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US10603877B2	Multi-layer greenhouse film with superior anti-dripping performance A multi-layer film comprising: a) a first layer comprising i) a polyolefin component; and ii) a polyethylene oxide/polyethylene copolymer having a Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance value in the range of from 2 to 6; b) a second layer comprising i) a polyolefin component; ii) from 1 to 5 weight percent of an additive selected from the group consisting of sorbitan esters, polyoxyethylene esters, glycerol esters, polyglycerol esters, fluorine-based compounds and combinations thereof, wherein the additive has a Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance value in the range of from 7 to 18; and iii) an inorganic filler; wherein the second layer is adjacent to the first layer and c) a skin layer comprising a polyolefin component, is disclosed. The multi-layer film is used in greenhouse applications.
US10603874B2	Hydrophobic substrate and method for manufacturing same The present application relates to a hydrophobic substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The hydrophobic substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application includes: a substrate; a first layer disposed on at least one surface on the substrate and including an aluminum oxide; and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a hydrophobic material.
US10603852B2	Method for making bicycle crank arm A method for making a bicycle crank arm includes (a) providing an inner frame unit, (b) winding a first bundle of unidirectional continuous fibers on the inner frame unit to form an intersecting pattern, (c) impregnating the intersecting pattern with a curable resin material to obtain an impregnated structure, and (d) molding the impregnated structure in a mold.
US10603851B2	Apparatus and methods for cutting materials A cutting apparatus including a cutting blade configured to slide along a surface of an anvil to cut tow material. The cutting blade includes a first bottom face portion and a cutting edge. The cutting blade further includes a second bottom face portion positioned between the first bottom face portion and the cutting edge. The first bottom face portion is configured to contact the surface of the anvil when the cutting blade slides along the surface to cut the tow material. The second bottom face portion and the cutting edge are located above the first bottom face portion such that the second bottom face portion and the cutting blade are free of contact from the surface when the cutting blade slides along the surface to cut the tow material.
US10603842B2	Integrated 3D printing system An integrated 3D printing system (1) includes a server (6) and multiple 3D printers (4) respectively implementing different printing types. The server (6) opens up a 3D object (50) which is consisted of multiple separable sub-objects (51-57) through a graphic user interface (GUI, 61). The GUI (61) obtains a designated characteristic of each sub-object (51-57) for performing a characteristic-classification to the multiple sub-objects (51-57). The server (6) provides a plurality of configuration tools (31-33) through a processor (62). Each of the plurality of configuration tools (31-33) performs a slicing process on the sub-object (51-57) with the corresponding characteristic for generating slicing data, and transmits the slicing data with the corresponding characteristic to one of the multiple 3D printers (4) with a corresponding printing type for being printed.
US10603837B2	Belt leveling of layers in a part printed by additive manufacturing A three-dimensional object printing system improves the leveling of an object during object printing and removal of waste material during leveling. The printing system includes a material applicator configured to expel material, a member configured to move in a process direction to a position opposite the material applicator to enable the material applicator to expel material onto the member, and a belt assembly. The belt assembly includes a first roller, a second roller, and a continuous belt entrained about the first roller and the second roller. The belt assembly is configured to remove a portion of the material ejected onto the member. The belt assembly is further configured to move the removed portion of the material away from the member.
US10603833B2	Method to manufacture thin strut stent from bioabsorbable polymer This invention discloses a process for preparation of a balloon expandable biodegradable polymer stent with thin struts (strut thickness 130 μm or less, preferably 100-110 μm) with high fatigue and radial strength. The invention discloses a process for the preparation of a biodegradable polymer stent which involves deforming an extruded biodegradable polymer tube axially at a first predefined temperature by applying an axial force for a first predefined time interval. The process further includes radially expanding the axially stretched tube at a second predefined temperature by pressurizing the tube with an inert gas in one or more stages, the pressure applied in each successive stage being higher than the pressure applied in a previous stage.
US10603832B2	Die with aligning mechanism, and manufacturing device and method for enameled wire A die with alignment mechanism includes a die including a through-hole through which a traveling wire travels, a bearing member for rotationally moving the die in a circumferential direction of the traveling wire, and a movable member that moves the die so that a central axis of the through-hole is aligned with a travel direction of the traveling wire without inhibiting the rotational movement of the die produced by the bearing member when the travel direction changes in a direction orthogonal to the travel direction.
US10603830B2	Polymeric netting with ribbons and strands, and methods of making the same Polymeric netting comprising polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands, each of the polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands having a length and a width, wherein the length is the longest dimension and the width is the shortest dimension, wherein a plurality of the polymeric strands are bonded together to form a netting layer, wherein adjacent polymeric strands in the netting layer are bonded intermittently at multiple locations along their respective lengths, wherein the netting layer has first and second opposing major surfaces, wherein the polymeric ribbons have a height-to-width aspect ratio of at least 2:1 and a minor surface defined by their width and length, and wherein the minor surface of a plurality of the polymeric ribbons is bonded to the first major surface of the netting layer. Polymeric netting described herein are useful, for example, in an absorbent article.
US10603828B2	Injection molding device An injection molding device has a first mold half, an index plate that in a molding position is at least partly received in the first mold half, and an index plate axle connected with the index plate. The index plate axle is arranged for linear movement along its longitudinal axis relative to the first mold half so that the index plate can be moved between the molding position and a turning position in which the index plate can be rotated with respect to the first mold half. An adaptor plate, connected to the first mold half, has a drive and a first coupling element coupled with the drive. The first coupling element is arranged eccentric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the index plate axle.
US10603823B2	Display device, three-dimensional image forming system, and computer-readable storage medium For creating a surface-textured image on a thermally expandable sheet, an image editor edits the original image data in a plurality of editing manners to generate a plurality of edited image data, the plurality of edited image data corresponding to mutually different textured surface profiles to be created on the thermally expandable sheet, and the image editor causes a display unit to display a plurality of preview images that are generated in accordance with the plurality of edited image data, respectively, in such a manner as to enable a comparison of differences among the plurality of editing manners by a user.
US10603818B2	Method and apparatus for producing a sewer pipe element The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sewage pipe element comprising a plastics lining, the method comprising the following steps: providing a mould 2 for manufacturing the sewage pipe element, comprising a first sleeve 22 and a plastics element 20; introducing a concrete into the mould 2; attaching a second sleeve 28; demoulding the sewage pipe element; the first sleeve 22 being connected to the plastics element 20 and the plastics element 20 being connected to the second sleeve 28 in a fluid-tight manner in each case and forming at least part of the plastics lining.
US10603811B2	Stapler The staple receiving portion includes a clamping portion exposed to the paper clamping portion and configured to clamp the sheets of paper, and a staple guide portion provided on an end portion of the clamping portion at a side thereof, on which the staple striking portion is located, and configured to guide the staple struck by the staple striking portion. The clamping portion is made configured of a resin material. The staple guide portion includes a staple leg support member provided on a side of the clamping portion opposite to a side thereof, on which the sheets of paper are clamped, and configured to support the staple legs of the staple struck by the staple striking portion, and a guide member provided to oppose the staple leg support member, the staple leg support member and the guide member are made configured of a metal material.
US10603803B2	Humanoid robot foot comprising an active variable stiffness mechanism A humanoid robot foot (10) comprises: a foot base (12), at least one leaf spring (14) acting as a flexible toe of the foot, said at least one leaf spring (14) having a rear portion (14a) rigidly connected to a flat surface (12b) of the foot base (12), a front portion (14b) projecting from the foot base (12) and an intermediate portion (14c) which is not rigidly connected to the foot base (12) and is therefore freely deflectable, along with the front portion (14b), as a result of the application of an external force on the front portion (14b), and a stiffness adjustment device (26) for actively changing the stiffness (K) of said at least one leaf spring (14). The stiffness adjustment device (26) comprises a roller assembly (28), which is held in contact with the intermediate portion (14c) of said at least one leaf spring (14) and is movable relative to said at least one leaf spring (14) along a longitudinal axis (x) of said at least one leaf spring (14), and an actuation unit (34) arranged to move the roller assembly (28), and hence the point of contact (P) of the roller assembly (28) with said at least one leaf spring (14), thereby varying the length (l) of the cantilevered portion of said at least one leaf spring (14), and hence the stiffness (K) of said at least one leaf spring (14).
US10603796B2	Companion robot and method for controlling companion robot A companion robot includes a body, a sensing unit, a positioning unit, a network unit, an input unit, a storage device, and at least one processor. The processor controls the companion robot to receive a destination, generate a walking path of the companion robot according to the destination and a current location of the companion robot, obtain a walking direction and a walking speed of a user, and control the companion robot to walk along the walking path according to the walking direction and the walking speed.
US10603787B2	Rotary axis cable wiring structure To provide a rotary axis cable wiring structure and a robot having higher usability at the time of assembly and increased reliability as to whether or not cables are properly disposed. A rotary axis cable wiring structure includes a fixed member and a movable member which are rotatable relatively, a cylindrical hollow pipe member disposed between the fixed member and the movable member so as to be rotatable with respect to the movable member, a plurality of cable bundles passed from one of the fixed member and the movable member to the other through the hollow pipe member, first cable fixing means for fixing the cable bundles to the fixed member, and second cable fixing means for fixing the cable bundles to the movable member. Each of the cable bundles includes a plurality of cables, and a cable bundling member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the hollow pipe member and bundling the plurality of cables in a state where mutual relative arrangement is maintained.
US10603785B1	Tool rack A tool rack has a long base and a positioning structure disposed in the base, wherein the positioning structure includes a plugged impression, a socket seat and a connecting part, wherein the plugged impression is provided with a convex column for positioning the socket. The socket seat is used for positioning the socket wrench. The positioning structure can be used to dispose the socket and the socket wrench which are often used together, and it can improve the convenience of the tool user to take and store the socket and the socket wrench.
US10603782B2	Integrated track and support system A support system has a main body with a plurality of legs attached to a support portion. The support portion has an integrated track disposed therein. The integrated track is defined by an elongate cavity disposed through a length of the support portion. The integrated track is either molded into the support portion or defined by a metal channel disposed in the support portion. The integrated track can receive a rotatable rail, for creating a work surface. The integrated track may also receive one or more work implements.
US10603776B2	Demolition tool Demolition tools are presented including: a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, where the handle includes a reinforcing gusset mechanically coupled with the prying head, and where the handle further includes at least three bends along a handle length; a prying head disposed along the distal end of the handle, the prying head including at least two tines mechanically coupled with a cross frame; and a striking head mechanically coupled with and disposed along at least one end of the cross frame.
US10603771B2	Sprinkler installation tools and methods Installation tools and methods for installing a sprinkler within an opening or through hole in a wall or ceiling of an area to be protected. The tools include a reference surface and a gauge to be contacted by a sprinkler frame. The reference surface locates the gauge to define an operative position for the sprinkler frame and its operational components within a through hole of a wall.
US10603765B2	Articles comprising metal, hard material, and an inoculant, and related methods Methods of forming at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include providing particulate matter including a hard material in a mold cavity, melting a metal and the hard material to form a molten composition comprising a eutectic or near-eutectic composition of the metal and the hard material, casting the molten composition to form the at least a portion of an earth-boring tool within the mold cavity, and providing an inoculant within the mold cavity. Methods of forming a roller cone of an earth-boring rotary drill bit include forming a molten composition, casting the molten composition within a mold cavity, solidifying the molten composition to form the roller cone, and controlling grain growth using an inoculant as the molten composition solidifies. Articles including components of earth-boring tools are fabricated using such methods.
US10603764B2	Burnishing tool and method of manufacturing the same A burnishing tool and a method of additively manufacturing components of the burnishing tool are provided. The burnishing tool includes a burnishing element for burnishing a workpiece. The burnishing element is positioned between an upper nozzle and a lower nozzle which are additively manufactured to define a plurality of internal fluid passageways for receiving, distributing, and discharging a burnishing fluid to facilitate cooling and/or lubrication of the burnishing element and/or the workpiece.
US10603754B2	Universal-fit vacuum assisted dust collection hood for routers A universal-fit vacuum assisted router hood tool attaches to the router to capture dust and particles generated by the router bit. A generally planar base plate is adapted to mount to the flat base of the router. The base plate has a central opening centered on the axis of the router so that associated router bit protrudes through. A dust collection dome is rotationally positioned in the central opening, and the dome has a central opening at the axis of the router A cuff connector extending out from the dust collection dome to a hose cuff that can receive a hose of a dust extractor. An annular flange within the dome at the top opening prevents dust and particulates from exiting the top opening of the dome.
US10603747B2	Lead welding apparatus, battery module manufactured by the lead welding apparatus, and battery pack comprising the battery module Disclosed is a lead welding apparatus, which is used for welding electrode leads of battery cells facing each other, among battery cells of a battery module, and the lead welding apparatus includes a welding unit configured to weld two electrode leads of the facing battery cells to each other, and a welding jig configured to closely adhere the two electrode leads of the facing battery to each other and press the two electrode leads at one side of the two electrode leads, when welding is performed.
US10603746B2	Laser-welded shaped steel and method for producing same A laser-welded shape section steel includes a web member and a flange member each made of a steel plate, the steel plate having an equivalent carbon content Ceql of not less than 0.075 and not more than 0.15, the equivalent carbon content Ceql being represented by the following formula: Ceql=C+(Si/50)+(Mn/25)+(P/2)+(Cr/25)+Ti, where a welded part, which is a joint part in which the web member and the flange member are joined, has a hardness of not less than 1.2 times and not more than 4 times as hard as that of the steel plate, and the welded part a protrusion length of not greater than 1 mm.
US10603740B2	Method of joining by electron beam or laser welding a turbocharger turbine wheel to a shaft; corresponding turbocharger turbine wheel A turbocharger wheel (4) and shaft (1) assembly exhibits a frustoconical geometry of welding zone contact surfaces extending to the outer circumference of the shaft (1). This frustoconical geometry not only allows continuous centering of the parts (1, 4) during joining, it also eliminates the problem of stress propagation along a plane. The location of the electron beam is shifted so that only the radially outer segment of the frustoconical contact surface is joined by welding, leaving a radially inner unmelted and unfused zone for maintaining firm contact of the oblique surfaces.
US10603736B2	Polarity changing pin connector A welding system includes a welder configured to output welding power to generate an arc between a welding electrode and a workpiece. The welding system also includes a power pin configured to be coupled to the welder in a first orientation or a second orientation. The power pin is configured to switch the welding power from a first polarity to a second polarity when the power pin is switched from being coupled to the welder in the first orientation to being coupled to the welder in the second orientation.
US10603732B2	Sinter-brazed component It is an object of the present invention to effectively suppress the overflow of brazing material from each joint of a sinter-brazed component, such as a planetary carrier, obtained by brazing a plurality of members together. According to the present invention, there is provided a sinter-brazed component obtained by mating and joining a first member having a first bonding surface and a second member having a second bonding surface to each other. Brazing material is provided between the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface. The first bonding surface has a first recess, the first recess having an inner peripheral wall and a bottom surface. The inner peripheral wall extends along and on an inner side of a profile line of the first bonding surface.
US10603731B2	Method and apparatus for polishing metal parts with complex geometries The polishing system includes a power supply. The polishing system also includes a container including an interior portion. The interior portion includes a conductive material thereon. The conductive material is electrically coupled to the power supply. The polishing system also includes an electrolytic solution disposed within the container. The electrolytic solution includes a plurality of abrasive particles. The polishing system further includes a flexible media disposed within the container. The container is configured to contain an object. The power supply configured to electrically couple to the object. Each of the electrolytic solution, the flexible media, and the abrasive particles is configured to partially polish the object substantially simultaneously.
US10603727B2	Methods of milling a piece of raw steel stock into a machine-ready piece of steel A method of milling a piece of raw steel stock comprising: arranging a minimum of four solid pole extensions on top surface segments of a magnetic chuck such that the solid pole extensions are relatively evenly distributed under a piece of raw steel stock and within 2 inches of a perimeter of the piece of raw steel stock; arranging multiple mobile pole extensions beneath the piece of raw steel stock and on every other top surface segment of the magnetic chuck under the piece of raw steel stock that is not occupied by the solid pole extensions but beneath the piece of raw steel stock, each of the multiple mobile pole extensions having a biased top portion that contacts the piece of raw steel stock; milling the piece of raw steel stock with a face mill that generates steel chip as swarf; and recycling the steel chip.
US10603726B2	Surface coated cutting tool and method for manufacturing the same A surface coated cutting tool having surfaces including a rake face and a flank face and a cutting edge defined by a boundary portion between the rake face and the flank face includes a substrate and a coating which covers the surfaces of the substrate, the coating having a TiAlN layer having an NaCl type crystal structure, and relation of 0.65
US10603721B2	Hard alloy and cutting tool A hard alloy includes complex carbonitride hard phases that contain Ti and at least one additional element, and a metal binder phase containing an iron group element as a main component element. The complex carbonitride hard phases include homogeneous composition hard phases where in-complex carbonitride hard phase average concentrations of Ti and the additional element have a difference of greater than or equal to −5 atom % and less than or equal to 5 atom % from average concentrations of Ti and the additional element in all the complex carbonitride hard phases. On any cross section specified in the hard alloy, a cross-sectional area of the homogeneous composition hard phases accounts for greater than or equal to 80% of a cross-sectional area of the complex carbonitride hard phases, and the homogeneous composition hard phases account for greater than or equal to 80% of the complex carbonitride hard phases in number.
US10603720B2	Bonded diamond body, tool comprising the same, and method for manufacturing bonded diamond body A bonded diamond body having a high bonded strength is provided. The bonded diamond body includes a sintered polycrystalline diamond body, a hard substrate, and a hard layer provided between the sintered polycrystalline diamond body and the hard substrate, the sintered polycrystalline diamond body containing a diamond grain and a sintering aid, the hard substrate containing tungsten carbide and cobalt, and the hard layer containing cobalt and a hard grain made of a carbide, a nitride, or a carbonitride having a Vickers hardness of 1100 Hv or more.
US10603717B2	System and method for manufacturing a component A system for manufacturing a Three Dimensional (3D) printed component is provided. The system includes a substrate adapted for at least partially 3D printing the component thereon. The substrate includes a first geometrical feature. The system also includes a plurality of processing stations interconnected to one another. Each of the plurality of processing stations is adapted to receive the substrate. Each of the plurality of processing stations includes a second geometrical feature adapted to interlock with the first geometrical feature.
US10603713B2	Mechanical joining apparatus and mechanical joining method Provided is a mechanical joining apparatus enabling reduction of breakage of the area around a rivet of a joint obtained by riveting, the apparatus comprising a punch and die, blank holder, first power device, second power device and cooling device, wherein the first power device is configured to start supply of current through the holder and die so as to raise the temperature of the sheets before the punch drives in the rivet, the second power device is configured to start supply of current through the punch and die so as to supply current through and heat treat the rivet after the punch drives in the rivet, and the cooling device is connected to the punch and is configured to cool the rivet after the rivet is heat treated.
US10603710B2	Reconfigurable metal forming apparatus A reconfigurable stretch forming apparatus includes an array of pins adapted to be individually adjustable in height to define a reconfigurable forming surface, a pair of counter-rotating workpiece gripping devices being provided on opposite sides of the array of pins, each gripping device having an arcuate support surface for supporting a workpiece and a clamp member for clamping a work piece against the arcuate support surface, a driver being provided for rotating the counter-rotating gripping devices in opposing directions to stretch the work piece over the forming surface.
US10603708B2	Cushion pin Provided is a cushion pin which applies sufficient supporting force to a blank holder of a press molding apparatus even if the number of cushion pins and an arrangement region are restricted. A cushion pin (1A) has a cylindrical main body section including a plurality of cylindrical members (2) and annular members (3). The cylindrical members (2) are arranged in series in an axial direction, and the annular members (3) are disposed between the adjacent cylindrical members (2). A rod member (4) and a coil spring (5) are disposed in each the spring chambers of the main body section. The rod member (4) includes a rod-shaped part (4b) and a flange part (4a). The rod-shaped part (4b) has a diameter allowing the rod-shaped part (4b) to slidably penetrate through an opening (3a) of the annular member (3). The coil spring (5) biases the flange part (4a).
US10603703B2	Method of manufacturing press-formed product, and press-formed product The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a press-formed product. The method includes: a first process of preparing a material that is long in a first direction, and when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the first direction, the cross-section is a hollow cross-section that is long in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second process of bending the material in a direction intersecting the second direction when viewed from the first direction, by pressing the material along the second direction.
US10603699B2	Chemical jug washer and disposal assembly A combination cleaning and disposal assembly for safely cleaning and rendering unusable a jug containing a hazardous chemical residue. A body supports a receiving chamber for receiving the jug. A manifold is supported by the body and has a plurality of spikes arrayed toward the jug. A pressurized fluid source is communicated to the manifold such that, upon an inter-displacement occurs between the manifold and the container, the spikes are caused to pierce the container, the pressurized fluid being caused to issue from the spikes to clean an interior of the container. A floor of the chamber has irregular surfaces to assist in deforming the jug during puncturing and outflow of contaminated fluid. A drain is located underneath the jug receiving chamber which collects and segregates the fluid contaminated with the chemical residue for securing disposal concurrent with removing and disposing of the cleaned and punctured jug.
US10603696B2	Process for manufacturing resist composition and patterning process This is to provide a process for manufacturing a resist composition which can prepare a resist composition lowered in coating defects, and the manufacturing process is a process for manufacturing a resist composition to be used in a process for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, the process comprising the steps of: cleaning a manufacturing apparatus for a resist composition with a cleaning solution; analyzing the cleaning solution taken out from the manufacturing apparatus; repeating the step of cleaning and the step of analyzing until a concentration of metal components contained in the cleaning solution becomes 5 ppb or less; and manufacturing the resist composition by using the manufacturing apparatus after the step of repeating.
US10603683B2	Ultrasonic vibrator driving apparatus and mesh nebulizer An ultrasonic vibrator driving apparatus applies a sine-waveform alternating voltage as a drive voltage via a conversion circuit to an ultrasonic vibrator that has a unique resonance frequency. A first current detector that detects a first current that flows from the drive voltage generator to the conversion circuit and a second current detector that detects a second current that flows from the conversion circuit to the ultrasonic vibrator are included. A frequency controller performs control on the drive voltage generator to change the frequency of a square-waveform alternating voltage so that the difference between the first current and the second current is reduced or approaches a minimum.
US10603682B1	Device that assists in lubricating installed door hinges A device that assists in lubricating installed door hinges is disclosed. This invention isolates aerosol propelled lubricant to the specific area of an installed door hinge while preventing overspray and containing the lubricating liquid within the device.
US10603680B2	Personal cooling misting system The personal cooling misting system disclosed provides for a wearable fluid reservoir to contain a volume of misting fluid, and an electrically operated pump proximate to the reservoir to pump the misting fluid from the reservoir to a misting head. The misting head facilitates atomizing the misting fluid. The system further provides for feed tubing to direct the misting fluid from the reservoir to the pump, and distributive tubing to direct the misting fluid from the pump to the misting head. The system also includes a pump control to control at least one of a pressure and a flow rate of the misting fluid through at least one of the feed tubing and distributive tubing, and the system includes a programmable circuit board to facilitate system control via the pump control, as well as directing to the pump control a misting distribution pattern for at least one of a consistent or intermittent misting pattern.
US10603669B2	Agitator ball mill An agitator ball mill with a fluid circuit, which includes a grinding container and a casing container disposed around the latter uniformly spaced apart axially with a cavity formed between the containers. The fluid circuit is led at at least one flange through at least one flange lead-through introduced there, wherein a first opening of the at least one flange lead-through is constituted in a side wall of the corresponding flange lying orthogonal to the outer surface of the casing container.
US10603666B1	Pipetting device, pipette tip coupler, and pipette tip: devices and methods The invention is directed to a pipette assembly that includes a pipette device, a pipette tip, and an expanding mandrel collet coupling device coupling the tip to the pipette device, the coupling device comprising a central body, a spacer with cogs circumscribing a central body, an expanding mandrel collet circumscribing the spacer having an annular base and circumferentially spaced apart upwardly extending collet arms wherein the cogs protrude through spaces between the arms, and an elastomeric element circumscribing the central body. The collet arms are attached to the annular base and configured to expand between a first and a second greater circumference for engaging a first interior working surface of the tip in concurrence with the elastomeric element sealing against a second interior working surface below the first surface and in concurrence with an abutment between the cogs and a stepped interior shoulder of the pipette tip disposed between the first and second working surfaces.
US10603660B2	Modular reactor A modular device for treatment and/or analysis of substances comprises a supply device which supplies at least one functional fluid to at least one process device, wherein the supply device has multiple receiving means for receiving in each case one process device. The receiving means each have multiple supply ports, including an inflow supply port and an outflow supply port for transmission of a functional fluid. The process device has a functional region for the treatment and/or analysis of substances, a fluid line which encloses the functional region, and multiple coupling means for coupling to the supply ports of a receiving means. For each receiving means, a first valve device is provided in the region of the inflow supply port and a second valve device is provided in the region of the outflow supply port.
US10603658B1	Honeycomb structured body The present invention provides a honeycomb structured body capable of achieving more effective use of a catalyst in partition walls and having excellent exhaust gas conversion performance. The present invention relates to a honeycomb structured body including: a honeycomb fired body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween, wherein the honeycomb fired body contains ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles and alumina particles, the partition wall of the honeycomb fired body contains macropores having a pore size of 2 to 50 μm, and in an electron microscope image of a cross section of the partition wall, the percentage of the area occupied by pores having a pore size of 5 to 15 μm is at least 85% of the total area of the macropores.
US10603646B2	Laboratory stirrer A lab stirrer comprises a housing, a stirring shaft rotatably supported about an axis in the housing and a drive to drive the stirring shaft to make a rotary movement about the axis. A blocking device is provided to block the stirring shaft against a rotation about the shaft axis.
US10603642B2	Dosing and mixing arrangement for use in exhaust aftertreatment A method for causing exhaust gas flow to flow at least 270 degrees in a first direction about a perforated tube using a baffle plate having a main body with a plurality of flow-through openings and a plurality of louvers positioned adjacent to the flow-through openings. The method includes deflecting a first portion of the exhaust gas flow with the main body of the baffle plate. The method also includes allowing a second portion of the exhaust gas flow to flow through the flow-through openings of the baffle plate. The method also deflects the second portion of the exhaust gas flow at a downstream side of the main body with the louvers hereby causing the second portion of the exhaust gas flow to flow in the first direction about the perforated tube.
US10603641B2	Diesel exhaust fluid mixing body using variable cross-section switchback arrangement An aftertreatment system includes a filter configured to receive an exhaust gas and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system configured to treat the exhaust gas. A body mixer is disposed downstream of the filter and upstream of the SCR system. The body mixer includes a housing defining an internal volume and including at least a first passageway, a second passageway, and a third passageway. The first passageway receives a flow of the exhaust gas from the filter and directs the flow of the exhaust gas towards the second passageway. The second passageway redirects the flow in a second direction opposite the first direction towards the third passageway. The third passageway redirects the flow in a third direction opposite the second direction towards the SCR system. An injection port is disposed on a sidewall of the housing and configured to communicate an exhaust reductant into the internal volume.
US10603639B2	Nanocomposite blend membrane A nanocomposite blend membrane and fabrication methods for making the nanocomposite membrane are disclosed. The nanocomposite blend membrane can be utilized in fuel cells. The nanocomposite blend membrane may include a blend polymer with a first sulfonated polymer and a second sulfonated polymer, as well as sulfonated tungsten trioxide (WO3) nanoparticles.
US10603635B2	Multi-stage reverse osmosis systems and methods Improved reverse osmosis (RO) systems include at least first and second stages wherein each stage has at least one RO membrane, each stage has a feed stream inlet, permeate stream outlet, and concentrate stream outlet, the feed stream inlet of the second stage is coupled to the concentrate stream outlet of the first stage, the feed stream entering the first stage is pressurized to a first pressure and the feed stream entering the second stage is pressurized to a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure. The systems include M number of reverse osmosis membranes in the first stage and N number of reverse osmosis membranes in the second stage, wherein M≥N. The first pressure and second pressure are configured so that flux of the permeate streams of the first stage and the second stage has a spatial variance that is minimized.
US10603631B2	Desulfurization apparatus and exhaust gas processing system using the same A desulfurization apparatus employing the limestone-gypsum method has: a desulfurization unit where an absorbing liquid containing a calcium compound contacts with an exhaust gas to remove a sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas; a removal unit for removing gypsum, generated from the sulfur oxide, from the absorbing liquid; and a cleaning unit for cleaning the exhaust gas after contacting, using a cleaning liquid, thereby removing calcium-containing particles from the exhaust gas. In the removal unit, the gypsum is separated into larger gypsum particles and smaller gypsum particles using a cyclone separator, and the absorbing liquid containing the larger gypsum particles is filtrated and the filtrate is supplied to the cleaning unit as the cleaning liquid. An exhaust gas processing system has the desulfurization apparatus, a denitration apparatus and a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus. A post-recovery gas is partially supplied to the desulfurization apparatus as an oxygen source.
US10603630B2	Microwave oven deodorant device A microwave oven deodorant device includes a microwave safe bag having an interior space, and a plurality of apertures. An absorbent member is positioned within the interior space and is coated with a liquid based scented fragrance. A cover is removably positioned onto the bag so as to cover each of the apertures to create an airtight environment within the bag. Upon removal of the cover, and receiving heat from an oven, the scented material produces steam that escapes through the apertures.
US10603627B2	Hybrid low dew point compressed air dryer The present disclosure is directed to a dryer system for drying compressed gas discharged from a compressor. The dryer system includes a refrigeration drying system operable for removing moisture from the compressed gas and a desiccant drying system with a desiccant wheel located in series downstream of the refrigeration drying system operable for removing additional moisture from the compressed gas.
US10603620B2	Reversing blower adsorption utilizing coasting A driving system for a reversing blower adsorption based air separation unit is configured to not only drive the reversing blower cyclically in a forward and in a reverse direction, but also to allow the reversing blower to coast during a portion of its operating cycle. While coasting, a pressure differential across the blower acts alone to switch the reversing blower between a forward and a reverse direction of operation. Less power is thus required. When coasting, the blower can also be configured to output power such as the drive motor functioning as an electric generator or by having a mechanical power input be driven by the blower for power generation and/or energy storage. Such a system beneficially utilizes the energy associated with the pressure differential across the blower for energy harvesting and to further accelerate cycle times for the reversing blower adsorption based air separation unit.
US10603617B2	Microwave irradiation apparatus and exhaust gas purification apparatus A microwave irradiation apparatus includes: an annular microwave transmission path; a first microwave generation circuit that is coupled with the microwave transmission path and generates a first microwave; and a second microwave generation circuit that is coupled with the microwave transmission path and generates a second microwave; wherein the first microwave and the second microwave have frequencies equal to each other but have phases different from each other.
US10603613B2	Installation of correct filter cartridge in fluid filter assembly before allowing assembly to be completed The descriptions relate to preventing assembly of a fluid filter apparatus unless a filter cartridge is installed, and preventing assembly of a fluid filter apparatus if the incorrect filter cartridge is installed. A mechanism includes cooperation of a movable member and a structure that can move the movable member to ensure that a fluid filter apparatus cannot be completely assembled, for example connecting its filter head to its shell, when there is no cartridge installed inside the shell or when there is an attempt to install an incorrect cartridge. This can protect from an inadvertent or intentional failure to install a cartridge (or correct cartridge) in the fluid filter apparatus.
US10603612B2	Electromagnet interface for a water filter assembly A water filter assembly is provided that includes features that facilitate mounting and removal of a water filter cartridge to and from a manifold. In particular, the water filter assembly includes an electromagnet interface that simplifies and aids mounting of the water filter cartridge to the manifold as well as removal therefrom.
US10603607B2	Method and apparatus for smart electromagnetic screen system for use in drilling operations An auto cleaning system for cleaning a drilling fluid in a drilling operation includes a first line, a second line, an auto clean pump operatively connected to the first line and the second line, and an electromagnetic device around at least a portion of the first line, wherein the electromagnetic device is energized when the drilling fluid is passing through the first line. The auto clean pump is configured to receive the drilling fluid from the first line or the second line and remove metal particles from the drilling fluid. The system also includes a controller configured to determine a pressure difference in a line, at least partially open a valve to divert drilling fluid intake from one line the other, and close the first entrance valve to stop the drilling fluid from entering the first line.
US10603596B2	Assembly to control or govern relative speed of movement between parts Described herein is an assembly and methods of use thereof for controlling or governing the relative speed of motion between the assembly parts via eddy current formation. The assembly and methods also may minimize the number of parts required and may minimize the number of moving parts thereby increasing the mechanical durability of the assembly compared to art designs that may have more moving parts and greater part complexity.
US10603589B2	Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, and game system Even when a movement command input is not performed from a player, a player character is moved in a predetermined direction in a virtual game space, and a game screen including the player character is scrolled so as to follow movement of the player character. In response to determination being made that a touch operation is detected in a state in which the positional relationship between a predetermined object and the player character satisfies a predetermined condition, the movement direction of the player character is temporarily changed to a direction containing a direction component opposite to the predetermined direction.
US10603588B2	Information processing device An information processing device includes a controller that moves and controls a display of a character image in a virtual space, in accordance with a movement of a user in a real space, and an awarding unit that awards points to the user in a case in which the character image is made to overlap, in the virtual space, an other character image of an other user.
US10603578B2	Location-based augmented reality game control A method and apparatus for deterring augmented reality game players from intruding on undesirable locations (e.g., high risk locations, culturally sensitive locations, locations marked by property owners). The exemplary method includes obtaining a location of a mobile device using a first sensor of the mobile device and accessing a first locational database responsive to the location of the mobile device. The exemplary method further includes retrieving from the first locational database an augmented reality object; obtaining an indication that the location of the mobile device is an undesirable location; and modifying the augmented reality object responsive to the indication that the location of the mobile device is an undesirable location. The exemplary method also includes displaying the modified augmented reality object at a display of the mobile device.
US10603567B2	Alignment aid for a golfer An alignment aid for a golfer includes a handheld device with a direction finding device for determining a target vector (V1) with respect to a sighted target, a sensor device for determining a position vector (V2) as a measure of an instantaneous alignment of the golfer, and a display device. The alignment aid is operable to check an included angle (a) between the target vector (V1) and the position vector (V2) and to output a good signal (G) to the display device upon a successful check of the included angle.
US10603558B2	Golf club grip with sensor housing A golf club grip for a golf club includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft. The second end includes a recessed opening. The recessed opening extends away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end. A sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is received within the recessed opening. The first portion couples the sensor housing to the elongated member. The second portion receives a removable housing therein.
US10603551B2	Golf ball with improved durability A golf ball with improved durability is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a mantle layer comprising a blend of ionomers and methyl methacrylate, butadiene, styrene (MBS) with a weight percentage of MBS ranging from 5 to 15 weight percent of the mantle layer.
US10603544B2	Golf ball evaluation method An evaluation method includes determining, by a computer processor, the times of occurrence of states of a golf ball during its contact with a collision surface, from the behavior of the golf ball based on its collision with the collision surface. A slide time or slide amount is calculated by the computer processor, based on the times of occurrence of the states. The slide time is a period from the start to the stop of a slide of the golf ball on the collision surface. The slide amount is the amount of the slide during the period. Information on the slide time or slide amount is output by the computer processor.
US10603540B2	Tongue pressure strengthening training device and tongue pressure strengthening training method A device includes: a controller that converts a pressure value detected by a pressure detector into visual or aural lingual pressure information changed depending on a magnitude of the pressure value; and an information output unit, such as a buzzer and a color display LED, that outputs the lingual pressure information in response to a signal from the controller. The information output unit outputs lingual pressure information different depending on a pressing force applied on an elastic balloon by a tongue, allowing users such as patients and elderly people to continue a training without being bored.
US10603531B2	Self contained breathing apparatus and equipment storage units for firefighting apparatus and related methods A firefighting or rescue apparatus includes a cab and a body having a storage unit configured to store a self-contained breathing apparatus, contaminated by harmful chemicals at an emergency scene, in the body rather than in the cab where occupants ride, so the occupants are not exposed to the harmful chemicals, which might be hazardous, toxic, carcinogenic or otherwise deleterious to health. The storage unit can include a storage wall mounted on upper and lower telescoping rail systems, and can be selectively movable relative to a compartment opening from a storage mode, where the storage wall is disposed in a compartment to a retrieval mode, where the storage wall extends beyond the opening so a user can access air tank supports to store a self-contained breathing apparatus. Related methods of storing a contaminated apparatus in the storage unit, distal from the cab and occupants thereof, are also provided.
US10603530B2	Time delayed actuation mechanism for a fire extinguisher A fire extinguisher with an actuation mechanism includes a fire extinguisher canister filled under pressure with a fire suppressant in a manner forcibly causing the fire suppressant to be expelled from the fire extinguisher with substantial force upon release. An actuation mechanism is secured to the fire extinguisher canister for controlling expulsion of the fire suppressant from the fire extinguisher canister. The actuation mechanism includes a pneumatically controlled time delayed activation piston assembly that functions to control the release of the fire suppressant until desired by the user of the fire extinguisher. The pneumatically controlled time delayed activation piston assembly includes an actuator housing having a passageway in which a piston is positioned. The actuator housing includes a first end and second end, the first end of the actuator housing being covered with a first cap supporting a spring interposed between the piston and the first cap, and the second end of the actuator housing being provided with a second cap. The piston includes a first end with an annular shaped recess and a second end with a sealed piston head. The piston, under the control of balanced spring bias and pneumatic pressure, allows for time delayed release of the fire suppressant from the fire extinguisher canister.
US10603525B2	Impact tools An impact tool includes a core and a plurality of projections. The core is formed of a first material that has a first specific gravity and each projection is formed of a second material that has a second specific gravity. The plurality of projections is configured on the core such that at least two projections intersect a first hypothetical plane disposed on the first side of the core and at least two projections intersect a second hypothetical plane disposed on the second side of the core and that is opposably facing the first side. Each of the first and second hypothetical planes is disposed a distance from the central lengthwise axis of the core that is greater than the radius of the core and less than the sum of the radius of the core and the length of a projection.
US10603523B2	Ultrasound probe for tissue treatment A method and system for providing ultrasound treatment to a tissue that contains a lower part of dermis and proximal protrusions of fat lobuli into the dermis. An embodiment delivers ultrasound energy to the region creating a thermal injury and coagulating the proximal protrusions of fat lobuli, thereby eliminating the fat protrusions into the dermis. An embodiment can also include ultrasound imaging configurations using the same or a separate probe before, after or during the treatment. In addition various therapeutic levels of ultrasound can be used to increase the speed at which fat metabolizes. Additionally the mechanical action of ultrasound physically breaks fat cell clusters and stretches the fibrous bonds. Mechanical action will also enhance lymphatic drainage, stimulating the evacuation of fat decay products.
US10603519B2	Energy based fat reduction Methods for non-invasive fat reduction can include targeting a region of interest below a surface of skin, which contains fat and delivering ultrasound energy to the region of interest. The ultrasound energy generates a thermal lesion with said ultrasound energy on a fat cell. The lesion can create an opening in the surface of the fat cell, which allows the draining of a fluid out of the fat cell and through the opening. In addition, by applying ultrasound energy to fat cells to increase the temperature to between 43 degrees and 49 degrees, cell apoptosis can be realized, thereby resulting in reduction of fat.
US10603505B2	Implantable neural probe An implantable neural probe includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The probe has an elongated three dimensional shape with an exterior surface and an interior surface such that the exterior surface of the probe includes at least a portion of first surface of the flexible substrate and the interior surface of the probe includes at least a portion of the second surface of the flexible substrate. The probe may include an array of one or more neural stimulators disposed on the flexible substrate and configured to stimulate neurons. The probe may alternatively or additionally include an array of one or more neural sensors configured to sense brain neurons.
US10603502B2	Implantable wireless microstimulator for peripheral nerves In one aspect, implantable wireless microstimulators are described herein. In some embodiments, a microstimulator described herein includes an energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an input signal and generate an electrical signal based on the received input signal. The microstimulator further comprises a diode rectifier in series with the energy harvesting circuit. The diode rectifier is configured to rectify the electrical signal. The energy harvesting circuit and the diode rectifier can be encapsulated within a biocompatible electrically insulating material. Additionally, in some cases, an electrical interface is exposed through the biocompatible electrically insulating material. A microstimulator described herein can also include a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff can be configured to receive a monophasic neural stimulation pulse through the electrical interface of the micro stimulator. Moreover, the nerve cuff can be placed around a targeted peripheral nerve to provide a monophasic stimulation pulse to the peripheral nerve.
US10603501B2	External charger for an implantable medical device having at least one sense coil concentric with a charging coil for determining position A charging system for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a charging coil and one or more sense coils. The charging coil and one or more sense coils are preferably housed in a charging coil assembly coupled to an electronics module by a cable. The charging coil is preferably a wire winding, while the one or more sense coils are concentric with the charging coil and preferably formed in one or more traces of a circuit board. The magnitude of one or more voltages induced on the one or more sense coils can be measured to determine the position of the charging coil relative to the IMD, and in particular whether the charging coil is (i) centered, (ii) not centered but not misaligned, or (iii) misaligned, with respect to the IMD being charged, which three conditions sequentially comprise lower coupling between the charging coil and the IMD.
US10603500B2	Methods and systems for frequency adjustment to optimize charging of implantable neurostimulator Devices, systems, and methods for coupling with an implantable neurostimulator for delivering one or more electrical pulses to a target region within a patient's body are disclosed herein. A device, such as a charger, can include: a power source for storing electrical energy; a resonant circuit that can have a plurality of selectable natural frequencies; a driver coupled to the power source and the resonant circuit; and a processor coupled to the resonant circuit to control the natural frequency of the resonant circuit. The processor can control the natural frequency of the resonant circuit according to stored data associated with the implantable neurostimulator.
US10603498B2	Systems and methods for closed-loop determination of stimulation parameter settings for an electrical simulation system A method or system for facilitating the determining and setting of stimulation parameters for programming an electrical stimulation system using closed loop programming is provided. For example, pulse generator feedback logic is executed by a processor to interface with control instructions of an implantable pulse generator by incorporating one or more machine learning engines to automatically generate a proposed set of stimulation parameter values that each affect a stimulation aspect of the implantable pulse generator, receive one or more clinical responses and automatically generate a revised set of values taking into account the received clinical responses, and repeating the automated receiving of a clinical response and adjusting the stimulation parameter values taking the clinical response into account, until or unless a stop condition is reach or the a therapeutic response is indicated within a designated tolerance.
US10603496B2	Conduction pathway driven multi-site pacing management An apparatus comprises a stimulus circuit, a cardiac signal sensing circuit, and a control circuit. The cardiac signal sensing circuit senses a cardiac activity signal using a sensing channel. The stimulus circuit provides electrical pulse energy to a first pacing channel that includes a first left ventricular (LV) electrode and a second pacing channel that includes a second LV electrode. The control circuit initiates delivery of electrical pulse energy using the first and second pacing channels according to a first multi-site LV pacing mode; determines a cardiac event associated with a change in cardiac conduction path using a sensed cardiac activity signal; and changes to a second LV pacing mode in response to determining the cardiac event. The second LV pacing mode is different from the first multi-site LV pacing mode in one or more of a pacing site location and inter-electrode stimulus timing.
US10603492B2	System, method, and apparatus for applying transcutaneous electrical stimulation A system, method, and apparatus for treating a medical condition by applying transcutaneous electrical stimulation to a target peripheral nerve of a subject. Electrical stimulation is applied to the peripheral nerve via a stimulation electrode pattern under closed-loop control in which EMG responses are monitored and used to adjust stimulation parameters. In response to detecting an unacceptable recording, electrical stimulation is applied to the peripheral nerve under open-loop control.
US10603490B2	Temporarily implantable GI sensor and stimulator and related methods GI tract treatment and monitoring devices configured for temporary implantation in the GI tract and non-invasive removal via natural body processes are disclosed. Methods of implantation, treatment and monitoring with disclosed devices are also disclosed. Devices include bio-active fixation that allows removal from the body by natural processes after a time that may be engineered in the fixation elements. In some embodiments, devices are configured to be implanted on GI tract tissue and transmurally migrate into the GI tract to be passed from the body. In other embodiments, devices are configured for placement within the GI tract via a delivery tube such as an NJ/NG tube. Embodiments include stimulation devices for treating conditions such as ileus and sensors for monitoring GI leaks and/or biological or chemical markers for various GI tract conditions.
US10603488B2	Implantable medical devices having diamagnetic conductors and contacts An implantable medical device includes an elongated tubular body having opposed proximal and distal end portions and defining a longitudinal axis. The elongated tubular body includes an interior lumen extending therethrough. A plurality of axially spaced apart electrode rings are operatively associated with the distal end portion of the tubular body. The electrode rings are formed from at least one of bismuth or pyrolytic graphite. A plurality of electrical conductors extend through the interior lumen of the tubular body. Each of the electrical conductors is operatively associated with a respective one of the plurality of electrode rings. The electrical conductors are formed from at least one of bismuth or carbon fiber.
US10603480B2	Method and device for insertion of tubing into irrigation and infusion fluid pumps In one embodiment, a door is used to provide uniform pressure to insert tubing into slots of a pump having walls that are narrower than the outer diameter of the tubing. In another embodiment, connectors are attached to receptacles on the pump, where the connectors insert and/or hold the tubing in slots of the pump. The connectors push the tubing into the slots while closing thereby covering the slots, which helps assure that the tubing is properly inserted into the slots. Optionally, the tubing may be partially affixed to the connectors so that detaching the connectors from the pump receptacles may remove the tubing from the slots. In one embodiment, as long as the connectors are connected to the pump receptacles properly, the tubing is properly inserted and/or retained in the slots.
US10603476B2	Microneedle A microneedle including a projection having a through hole formed in the projection in a direction that the projection extends, and a tubular member having an end surface configured to support the projection when the end surface is pressed against a skin and a fluid is supplied through the through hole of the projection to the skin. The projection has a length H along the direction that the projection extends and the supporting surface has an area S such that a ratio of S/H is in a range of from 2.1 to 10.5.
US10603475B2	Swallowable drug delivery device and methods of drug delivery Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Some embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. The device comprises a capsule sized to be swallowed and pass through the intestinal tract. The capsule can include at least one guide tube, one or more tissue penetrating members positioned in the guide tube, a delivery member, an actuating mechanism and a release element. The release element degrades upon exposure to various conditions in the intestine so as to release and actuate the actuating mechanism. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US10603471B2	Medical guide wire In a guide wire of the present invention, a distal end portion of a core has a distal small-diameter body and a combined truncated cone including a first truncated cone in order from a distal end side to a proximal end side. A twist angle of the distal small-diameter body is specified to be larger than the twist angle of the first truncated cone to increase flexibility for easily bending at the distal end. At least one truncated cone is connected on the proximal end side of the first truncated cone to form the structure of a combined truncated cone. Thus, the guide wire of the present invention has high rotation transmission performance toward the distal end side and other performances. Accordingly, the guide wire can be quickly reached to the vascular lesion and has high passability at the vascular lesion.
US10603470B2	Medical safety needle preventive of needlepoint re-exposure A medical safety needle is comprised of a needle body having a needlepoint, a covering body having a detent portion slidable on the needle body to catch the needlepoint so as to cover the needlepoint, and a resilient cantilever supporting the detent portion, a sleeve following the covering body to cover a side face of the needle body, a collar portion slidably fitting on the covering body, which is configured to get in contact with the cantilever to press the cantilever radially inwardly, and a housing being formed in a unitary body with the collar portion or having an end face on which the collar portion is capable of being seated, the housing being configured to carry the covering body from a first position to have the needlepoint exposed to a second position to have the needlepoint covered by the covering body.
US10603469B2	Medical dressing having a timer A medical dressing is disclosed herein. The medical dressing, in an embodiment, includes a body and a see-through surface supported by the body. The medical dressing also includes a timer coupled to the body. The timer includes a structure configured to track the passage of time based on liquid diffusion or otherwise without relying on a battery or electrical power source.
US10603457B2	Respiratory mask A respiratory mask includes a mask frame and a soft mask pad. The mask frame includes a ring-shaped base which is disposed at the front end of the mask pad, and a pair of wing portions which are connected to two opposite sides of the ring-shaped base and each of which is formed with a free end face. The mask pad includes an abutting portion, and is transformable between a non-sealing state, where the abutting portion is separated from the free end faces, and a sealing state, where the abutting portion abuts against the free end faces.
US10603456B2	Interface comprising a nasal sealing portion An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly and a headgear assembly. The mask assembly comprises a mask seal that is adapted to underlie the nose. The mask seal extends up the lateral sides of the nose. The mask seal has a primary seal below the nose and a secondary seal alongside the nose.
US10603443B2	Driving and dosing device for an injection device with a pretensioned driving spring A driving and dosing device for an injection device for discharging a liquid product includes a housing, a rotatable dose adjustment member for adjusting a product dose to be discharged, a driven member received in the housing, a driving member rotatable relative to the housing and which, during the discharge of product, is coupled to the driven member such that a rotation of the driving member has the effect that the driven member is moved in the distal direction relative to the housing, a pretensioned driving spring which is switched between the dose adjustment member and the driving member during the adjustment of the product dose, wherein the dose adjustment member, during the adjustment of the product dose, is coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the driving member, such that a rotation of the driving member relative to the dosing member is prevented.
US10603435B2	Drive mechanism for use in a drug delivery device The disclosure is directed to a drive mechanism for use in a drug delivery device having a cartridge, the mechanism comprising a base element, a toothed piston rod movable from a first retracted position corresponding to a full cartridge to a second extended position corresponding to an empty cartridge, wherein the piston rod is guided within and movable relative to the base portion, and a drive gear having a pinion, which is rotatably held in the base element and in meshed engagement with the toothed piston rod, wherein the toothed piston rod comprises multiple rigid rod pieces which are connected by hinges, and a drive spring, which is fixed to the base element with one end and fixed to the drive gear with another end and which exerts a force or torque to the drive gear for rotating the drive gear relative to the base element, which rotation results in a movement of the toothed piston rod. The drive spring is charged during manufacture or assembly, wherein the energy stored in the drive spring is sufficient to move the piston rod (from the first to the second position. The disclosure is also directed to a drug delivery device.
US10603432B2	Method and system for adaptive communication transmission Disclosed are methods, systems, devices and articles, including a method for adaptive wireless communication transmissions between units of an ambulatory portable medical device. The method includes obtaining data relating to wireless transmissions between the units of the medical device, and setting one or more attributes of wireless transmission of one or more messages between the units of the medical device based, at least in part, on the obtained data.
US10603422B2	VA ECMO with pulmonary artery ventilation A veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system includes a dual lumen drainage cannula configured for withdrawing blood from a patient's vasculature in a manner that provides a perfusion of oxygenated blood with reduced carbon dioxide content while unloading the left ventricle, with two points of access to the patient's vasculature. The dual lumen drainage cannula has a first drainage tube and a second drainage tube co-axially aligned with the first drainage tube. The first and second drainage tubes are fluidly coupled to a connector. A blood pump having a pump inlet is configured for fluidly connecting with the connector, while an oxygenator having an oxygenator inlet is configured for fluidly connecting with a pump outlet. An infusion cannula is configured for fluidly connecting with an oxygenator outlet for infusing oxygenated blood into a patient's bloodstream.
US10603413B2	Disintegrating digestive tract barrier An inventive digestive tract barrier includes a material defining dimensions of a tube sized to deploy within the digestive tract of a subject. The material or stitches that make up the barrier disintegrate in a controlled manner. The disintegration precludes the need for a surgical procedure to retrieve the barrier and allows for increased nutritional absorption after behavior modification has occurred. Through the inclusion of opening or fenestrations in the barrier, bile flow and nutrition absorption are facilitated. Disintegration is facilitated by formation of the barrier from biodegradable material, stitching non-degradable swatches with disintegrating stitching, or the use of a MEMS cutter. A digestive barrier coated on either the interior or exterior of the tube facilitates management of conditions such as obesity, colitis, and Crohn's disease.
US10603411B2	Production of semifinished goods for implants based on plastic The invention relates to an implant preform made of plastic, which comprises an assembly of at least one biocompatible—being intended for contact with a biological material—thermoplastic plastics unit (A) having an elasticity modulus EA and at least one thermoplastic plastics unit (B) having an elasticity modulus EB, where for the elasticity moduli of these plastics units EA
US10603389B2	Anti-cMet antibody drug conjugates and methods for their use The present disclosure provides antibody drug conjugates that bind human cMET, their methods of making, and their uses to treat patients having cancer.
US10603385B2	Methods and compositions for templated assembly of nucleic acid specific heterocompounds The present disclosure is directed methods and products for synthesizing and using targeted templated assembly reactants comprising at least one nucleic acid recognition moiety, at least one selectively-reactive moiety, and at least one effector partial moiety. The nucleic acid recognition moiety can bind a target nucleic acid sequence within a sample. The nucleic acid recognition moiety also can bind the selectively-reactive moiety. Additionally, the effector partial moiety can bind the selectively-reactive moiety to produce an active effector structure. Also disclosed are methods of delivering the targeted templated assembly reactants and active effector structures formed from the targeted templated assembly reactants.
US10603383B2	High capacity diketopiperazine microparticles and methods Disclosed herein are diketopiperazine microparticles having high capacity for adsorbing a drug or active agent. In particular, the diketopiperazine microparticle are formed using fumaryl diketopiperazine and can comprise a drug in large doses for the treatment of disease or disorders by pulmonary delivery via oral inhalation.
US10603380B2	Chimeric antigen and T cell receptors and methods of use The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TCR) comprising extracellular domain disclosed herein. Some aspects of the invention relate to a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TCR) comprising the extracellular domain disclosed herein. Other aspects of the invention relate to cells comprising the CAR or the TCR and their use in a T cell therapy.
US10603379B2	Selectively altering microbiota for immune modulation The invention relates to methods of modulating immune cells in a patient by altering microbiota of the patient. The invention also relates to methods of modulating treatments or therapies in a subject organism by altering microbiota of the subject. The invention also relates to cell populations, systems, arrays, cells, RNA, kits and other means for effecting this. In an example, advantageously selective targeting of a particular species in a human gut microbiota using guided nucleic acid modification is carried out to effect the alteration.
US10603375B2	Genetically stable recombinant modified vaccinia ankara (rMVA) vaccines and methods of preparation thereof A method of preventing, controlling or treating CMV infections with a vaccine comprising an immunologically effective amount of a fusion cytomegalovirus (CMV) protein antigen comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding two or more antigenic portions of Immediate-Early Gene-1 or Immediate-Early Gene-2 (IEfusion), wherein the antigenic portions elicit an immune response when expressed by a vaccine.
US10603366B2	Methods for treating headache A headache can be treated effectively by administration of a botulinum toxin to a patient at specific muscles using specific doses.
US10603365B2	Clostridium histolyticum enzymes and methods for the use thereof The invention relates to recombinant nucleic acid and polypeptides encoding collagenase I and collagenase II, methods for the preparation thereof and methods for the use thereof. The invention also encompasses methods related to releasing a composition comprising collagenase prior to therapeutic administration.
US10603364B2	Lysosomal targeting and uses thereof The invention provides compositions and methods for effective lysosomal targeting mediated by SORT1. In particular, the compositions and methods provided by the invention may be used to treat lysosomal storage diseases such as Sanfilippo syndrome type B.
US10603362B2	Beverage, and method of producing the same The invention relates to a drink includes angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate in an amount of more than 0.8 mg/100 ml and not more than 150 mg/100 ml, and lactoperoxidase and/or lactoperoxidase hydrolysate in the mass ratio to the angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate of 0.3 to 23.
US10603361B2	Methods of treating a subject with an alkaline phosphatase deficiency Disclosed herein are methods for treating a subject with an alkaline phosphatase deficiency, further comprising monitoring additional anaiytes, e.g., calcium, parathyroid hormone and/or vitamin D, with treatment modifications as indicated by the levels, e.g., serum levels, of the additional anaiytes.
US10603353B2	Recombinant clostridial neurotoxins with increased duration of effect This invention relates to novel recombinant clostridial neurotoxins exhibiting increased duration of effect and to methods for the manufacture of such recombinant clostridial neurotoxins. These novel recombinant clostridial neurotoxins comprise a random coil domain, and the methods comprise the steps of inserting a nucleic acid sequence coding for a random coil domain into a nucleic acid sequence coding for a parental clostridial neurotoxin and expression of the recombinant nucleic acid sequence comprising the random coil domain-coding sequence in a host cell. The invention further relates to novel recombinant single-chain precursor clostridial neurotoxins used in such methods, nucleic acid sequences encoding such recombinant single-chain precursor clostridial neurotoxins, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the recombinant clostridial neurotoxin with increased duration of effect.
US10603349B2	Method for preparing pharmaceutical compositions of rhizomes from Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera having a high content of 1′S-1′-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA) The present invention relates to a method for preparing a granulate composition of rhizomes from Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera having a high and stable content of 1′S-1′-acetoxychavicol acetate and low microbiological count, which is suitable for preparing orally ingestible dosage forms such as tablets or capsules.
US10603347B2	Pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of liver disease The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver disease, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition capable of preventing or treating liver disease by using a fermented product of Orostachys japonicus, and a method of producing the same.
US10603342B2	Lactic acid bacteria for coeliac disease The present invention discloses strains of Lactobacillus and Streptococcus which have a capacity to degrade gliadin peptides involved in coeliac disease and which peptide degrading activity is stable under low pH and in the presence of mammalian digestive enzymes. These strains are suitable in a product for use in prevention and/or treatment of celiac disease.
US10603341B2	Microbiota restoration therapy (MRT), compositions and methods of manufacture Microbiota restoration therapy compositions and methods for manufacturing, processing, and/or delivering microbiota restoration therapy compositions are disclosed. An example method for manufacturing a microbiota restoration therapy composition may include collecting a human fecal sample and adding a diluent to the human fecal sample to form a diluted sample. The diluent may include a cryoprotectant. The method may also include mixing the diluted sample with a mixing apparatus and filtering the diluted sample. Filtering may form a filtrate. The method may also include transferring the filtrate to a sample bag and sealing the sample bag.
US10603339B2	Fast acting inhibitor of gastric acid secretion The present invention relates to the use of pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salts, preferably water soluble zinc salts alone or optionally, in combination with one or more of a protein pump inhibitor (PPI), H2 blocker, anti-H. pylori antibiotic/antimicrobial, cytoprotective agent or a combination agent as otherwise described herein for providing fast action with optional long duration effect in reducing gastric acid secretion, raising the pH of the stomach during resting phase as well as decreasing the duration of stomach acid release during a secretagogue phase and for treating conditions including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZE disease), ulcer disease, and gastric cancer, as well as preventing or reducing the likelihood of ulcer disease. In addition, the present methods are useful for treating patients who are non-responsive to proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and as an alternative to traditional therapies or conditions which are caused by rapid and complete inhibition of secretagogue induced acid secretion. The present invention also relates to the use of one or more water soluble zinc salts, administered in combination with a therapeutic compound or agent (second therapeutic agent) which may be delivered orally with enhanced bioavailability (compared to compounds which are administered in the absence of water soluble zinc salts) or other favorable benefits. In addition, therapeutic agents which exhibit sensitivity to low pH may be advantageously orally administered in combination with an effective amount of at least one water soluble zinc salt. Compositions according to the present invention exhibit greater bioavailability of the active agent when formulated in combination with a water soluble zinc salt in oral dosage form than when administered with the water soluble zinc salt.
US10603325B2	Methods of treating age-related symptoms in mammals and compositions therefor A method of alleviating age-related symptoms in a mammal, which comprises a step of administering to a mammal in need thereof, an effective amount of a composition containing an effective amount of at least methylene blue.
US10603323B2	Combination of histamine-3 receptor inverse agonists with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors The present invention relates to the combination of histamine-3 receptor inverse agonist and acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. Also, the present invention provides histamine-3 receptor (H3R) inverse agonist, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof in combination with or as adjunct to acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and their use in the treatment of cognitive disorders. The present invention further provides the pharmaceutical composition containing the said combination.
US10603317B2	Benzylaminopyridylcyclopropanecarboxylic acids, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R, R1, R2, R3, m and n are defined herein, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
US10603311B2	Use of pridopidine to improve cognitive function and for treating Alzheimer's disease This invention provides a method of improving cognitive function in a subject comprising periodically administering to the subject an amount of pridopidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to improve a cognitive function in the subject.The invention also provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, comprising periodically administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of pridopidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to treat the subject.
US10603308B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of epileptic disorders Use of allosteric modulators and/or gaboxadol for the treatment of epileptic disorders in a subject in need thereof.
US10603300B2	Treatment of metabolic disorders in canine animals The present invention relates to one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a canine animal, preferably wherein the metabolic disorder is one or more selected from the group consisting of: ketoacidosis, pre-diabetes, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperglycemia induced cataract formation, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, hepatic lipidosis, inflammation of the pancreas, metabolic disorder consequences, such as hypertension, renal dysfunction and/or muscoskeletal disorders, and/or Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome), wherein preferably the development of hyperglycemia induced cataract formation is prevented or remission is achieved and/or wherein preferably the development of metabolic disorder consequences, such as hypertension, renal dysfunction and/or muscoskeletal disorders, is prevented or progression is slowed or remission is achieved.
US10603298B2	Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHi's) The invention relates to a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor or a prodrug and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of reperfusion injury, such as ischemia-reperfusion injury, by inhibiting the accumulation of succinate, wherein the inhibitor or prodrug and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is a cell-permeable reversible inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase.
US10603295B2	Sensorineural hair cell differentiation The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating subjects at risk for or with sensorineural hearing loss. Such compositions and methods include modulating the epigenetic status of the cell, or rate of protein degradation, to increase expression and/or levels of Atoh1 protein.
US10603290B2	Formulation for inhibiting formation of 5-HT2B agonists and methods of using same Drug combinations and their use are disclosed. A first drug is administered in combination with a second drug. The first drug such as fenfluramine is characterized by the formation of a metabolite including 5-HT2B agonists such as norfenfluramine with known adverse side effects. The second drug is in the form of a CYP inhibitor such as cannabidiol which modulates the formation of metabolite down thereby making the first drug safer.
US10603289B2	Process for the manufacture of ajoene derivatives The present invention relates to the compound (E,Z)-ajoene of formula (1) for use in treatment of bacterial infections. Another aspect of the present invention is a composition comprising (E,Z)-ajoene of formula (1) and at least one antibiotic. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to a method for manufacturing (E,Z) ajoene of formula (1) wherein the conformation of the internal C═C— bond can be either E or Z or a mixture thereof, said method comprising reacting allicin of formula (3) with an acid in the presence of a solvent to provide (E,Z ajoene) of formula (1) as defined above. Yet another aspect of the invention is (E,Z)-ajoene of formula 1 obtainable by the method described above.
US10603278B2	Microspheres containing anthelmintic macrocyclic lactones Disclosed are microspheres containing 1% to 20% by weight of milbemycin, avermectin or a derivative thereof, 50% to 95% by weight of a fat, a wax or a mixture thereof, 0.1% to 10% by weight of a steroid lipid, preferably cholesterol, and 0.01% to 1% by weight of an antioxidant.
US10603276B2	Nanolipogel vehicles for controlled delivery of different pharmaceutical agents A “nanolipogel” is a delivery vehicle including one or more lipid layer surrounding a hydrogel core, which may include an absorbent such as a cyclodextrin or ion-exchange resin. Nanolipogels can be constructed so as to incorporate a variety of different chemical entities that can subsequently be released in a controlled fashion. These different incorporated chemical entities can differ dramatically with respect to size and composition. Nanolipogels have been constructed to contain co-encapsulated proteins as well as small hydrophobic drugs within the interior of the lipid bilayer. Agents incorporated within nanolipogels can be released into the milieu in a controlled fashion, for example, nanolipogels provide a means of achieving simultaneous sustained release of agents that differ widely in chemical composition and molecular weight. Additionally, nanolipogels can favorably modulate biodistribution.
US10603270B2	Skin care compositions and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides a mixture of sugar apple and rosemary extracts, optionally in combination with prickly ash extract, for use as skin care compositions.
US10603257B2	Emulsifying system for microemulsions The present disclosure relates to antiperspirant and/or deodorizing cosmetic agent agents in the form of emulsions, which contain at least one non-ionic emulsifier a), wherein an ethoxylated, saturated, branched C14-C18 alcohol has an ethoxylation degree of from about 18 to about 22 ethylene oxide units, and at least one further non-ionic emulsifier b), wherein an ethoxylated, linear, mono-unsaturated C16-C20 alcohol has an ethoxylation degree of from about 18 to about 22 ethylene oxide units, wherein the weight ratio of the non-ionic emulsifier a) to the non-ionic emulsifier b) is from about 1.2:1 to about 4.0:1. The cosmetic agents as contemplated herein are optically transparent and have an improved storage stability, even under fluctuating temperatures.
US10603242B2	Actuation system for hip orthosis A hip orthosis having: an elastic rotary actuator positioned at the rear part of orthosis; an extensible transmission system, positioned along the side of the user and suitable for transmitting the action of the actuator to the joint of the hip; a link which transmits the mechanical action to user's thigh; and a chain of degrees of freedom through which the three elements are connected to a frame which interfaces the entire orthosis with the user's body is disclosed. The degrees of freedom can be passive, actuated or connected to elastic elements.
US10603235B2	Patient repositioning system A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress. The sheet may include indicia for indicating a “loaded” condition, and also usage indicia to indicate that it is time for a new sheet to be used.
US10603227B2	Diaper with transverse barriers The current invention concerns an absorbent hygiene article suitable to be worn around the waist of a wearer, such as a diaper, diaper pants or incontinence diaper, the article comprising a leakage barrier comprising a pair of leg cuffs arranged longitudinally on the body-facing side of the article from the front region to the back region across the crotch region, a first leg cuff of said pair of leg cuffs being arranged near a first leg hole defining edge of the article and a second leg cuff of said pair of leg cuffs being arranged near a second leg hole defining edge of the article and a front barrier and/or a back barrier, wherein the front barrier and/or the back barrier comprises a liquid-impermeable nonwoven sheet comprising a weight of at most 18 gsm and in that the elastic members of the leg cuffs do not overlap with the front barrier and/or the back barrier. The present invention also pertains to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing the article and the leakage barrier.
US10603223B1	Vacuum commutation apparatus and methods The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a transporting a discrete element, by activating a discrete vacuum zone on a puck at or before an acquisition, rotating the puck about an axis (and optionally twisting the puck), and deactivating the discrete vacuum zone at a deposition point, through tightly controlled piecewise vacuum porting particularly in applications where vacuum commutation length changes in radial direction.
US10603212B2	Ophthalmic surgical instruments and methods of use thereof An ophthalmic surgical instrument includes a housing and a snare operably coupled to the housing. The snare is configured to transition between an insertion configuration and a deployed configuration, in which the snare is sized to encircle lenticular tissue. The ophthalmic surgical instrument is designed to prevent elevation and/or tilting of the lenticular tissue as the snare transitions toward the insertion configuration to divide the lenticular tissue.
US10603200B2	System and apparatus for adjustable gastric bypass An apparatus for gastric bypass is disclosed. The apparatus for gastric bypass includes a primary passage having an input and an output. The apparatus also includes a bypass conduit, coupled to the primary passage, having an input and an output, wherein the passage input is interspersed with the conduit input. The apparatus further has a primary regulator coupled to the primary passage and adjustable to control a primary flow profile from the input to the output of the primary passage. The apparatus also has a bypass regulator coupled to the bypass conduit and adjustable to control a bypass flow profile from the input to the output of the bypass conduit.
US10603196B2	Fenestrated prosthesis Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to endoluminal prostheses having one or more reinforced fenestrations therein. The one or more reinforced fenestrations can have improved sealing capabilities with respect to branch grafts deployed within the fenestrations, improved tear resistance and expandability, and improved pull-out resistance for branch grafts. In some embodiments, the endoluminal prosthesis can have a main graft body defining a flow lumen therethrough, a first opening passing through a wall of the main graft body, and a first support member supported by the main graft body and overlapping an edge of the first opening, the first support member being configured to at least increase the tear resistance of the main graft body adjacent to the first opening. The support member can be stitched or otherwise attached to the main graft adjacent to the fenestration.
US10603189B1	Dual purpose prosthetic foot system and method of use A dual purpose prosthetic foot system enables a person to use the same prosthetic to either walk or swim. The foot part is joined at the ankle and can be locking in either a walking position or a swimming position. The foot allows common swimming equipment such as flippers to be attached.
US10603188B2	Bearing trial system Systems including a provisional tibial prosthesis system are disclosed. The provisional system can include a tibial component, a base component, and a shim component. The tibial component can have a proximal surface and a distal surface, the distal surface can be configured to seat on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The base component can have a proximal surface and can be configured to couple with the tibial component when disposed on the proximal surface thereof. The shim component can have a proximal surface and a distal surface. The proximal surface can be configured as an articulating surface sized and shaped to articulate with a femoral prosthesis and the distal surface can be configured to couple with the base component at the proximal surface thereof.
US10603186B2	Spinal implant inserter assembly for use in spinal fusion A system for fusing together opposing vertebra of a spine that defines a disc space therebetween. The system comprises a disc preparation instrument and an inserter assembly for use in the interbody fusion procedure. Disc preparation instrument comprises an elongate handle supporting a trial device at one end thereof. Inserter assembly comprises an elongate inserter supporting at one end thereof an interbody cage implant for insertion into the disc space. Disc preparation instrument provides a scoring element that scribes vertebral endplates at an appropriate scored location for anchor blades on the cage implant to engage the vertebral bodies. Inserter is used to introduce cage implant with anchor blades into the disc space to an appropriate depth so that the blades will be precisely positioned at the scored location created by the scoring element for penetration into the vertebral endplates.
US10603165B2	Mechanically expanding heart valve and delivery apparatus therefor An assembly can comprise a radially expandable and compressible annular frame, at least one linear actuator assembly coupled to the frame and at least one locking mechanism coupled to the frame. The linear actuator can be configured to apply a distally directed force and/or a proximally directed force to the frame to radially expand or compress the frame. The locking mechanism can comprise a first sleeve member connected to the frame at a first location, a second sleeve member having internal threads and being connected to the frame at a second location, and a first screw configured to engage the internal threads of the second sleeve member to retain the frame in a radially expanded state.
US10603163B2	Nasal implant introduced through a non-surgical injection technique A method for non-surgically treating an internal nasal valve of a patient comprising, injecting a working device into the internal nasal valve of the patient, wherein the injected working device in the nasal tissue causes an alteration of an internal or external nasal valve. A device introduced by injection into the nose, allowing for structural support or filling of defects in the nose, and causing a change in external shape of the nose. The device and inserts and implants described also have use in cosmetic applications relating to the facial tissue.
US10603159B2	Composite interference screws and drivers The present disclosure relates to an anchor. The anchor includes a suture bridge having a proximal end and distal end. The distal end of the suture bridge has a thickness greater than a thickness of the proximal end of the suture bridge. At least two ribs extend from the proximal end of the suture bridge to a proximal end of the anchor. At least one open helical coil wraps around the at least two ribs and extends, substantially, from the proximal end of the suture bridge to the proximal end of the anchor. The at least one open helical coil defines an internal volume communicating with a region exterior to the anchor through apertures between turns of the at least one open helical coil. The at least two ribs are engagable with a grooved shaft of a driver.
US10603157B2	Braid implant delivery and retraction device with distal engagement A braid implant delivery and retraction device having a catheter, an expandable element and a delivery wire with distal, pusher, and recapture bumps. The expandable element having compressed, partially delivered, and implanted configurations. Delivering the braid can include engaging the distal bump till the braid is in the partially delivered configuration. If the user needs to recapture the braid, the recapture bump engages the braid proximally. To fully implant the braid, the distal bump is used until the braid is partially delivered and the distal bump disengages, now the pusher bump completes implanting by proximally pushing the braid completely out of the catheter.
US10603154B2	Devices and methods for preventing incisional hernias A reinforcement device [10] comprises a biocompatible material such as a mesh sheet [12] for closing and reinforcing the closure of a surgical incision, including an elongated abdominal incision. The biocompatible material may provide one or more of a column of hooks [16a, 16b] or a column of apertures [31a, 31b] or markings [51a, 51b] to indicate where puncturing/suturing is to occur and/or where the device [10] is to be positioned. A disclosed ratio of suture [22] length to incision length is 4:1. The reinforcement device [10], when implanted through surgery, may reduce the likelihood of and/or prevent incisional hernias. The reinforcement device [10] may be included in a surgical kit.
US10603136B2	Selection and locking of intraoral images A method includes receiving first intraoral scan data of an intraoral site, the first intraoral scan data having been generated at a first time, receiving second intraoral scan data of the intraoral site, the second intraoral scan data having been generated at a second time that is later than the first time, and analyzing the second intraoral scan data of the intraoral site relative to the first intraoral scan data of the intraoral site. The method further includes identifying an area of interest (AOI) based on the analyzing and removing data for the AOI from at least one of the first intraoral scan data, the second intraoral scan data, or a three-dimensional (3D) model of the intraoral site generated from the first intraoral scan data and the second intraoral scan data.
US10603130B2	Measurement device and method for headless orthopaedic compression screws Disclosed is an orthopedic measurement device. The orthopedic measurement device can comprise a tip section, a backend section, and a middle section. The tip section can have a distal end sized to fit into a hole drilled into a bone. The middle section can be located between the tip section and the backend section. The middle section can include a plurality of measurement features. Each of the plurality of measurement features can be a fixed distance from the distal end of the tip section. The middle section can be sized to fit into the hole drilled into the bone. The tip section, the backend section, and the middle section can define a cannula sized to receive a wire.
US10603129B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument with integral torque wrench and longitudinal engagement A surgical instrument includes an instrument body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly, and a slip lock having an arrester. The transducer assembly is rotatably mounted along a longitudinal axis within the body such that the transducer assembly is configured to selectively rotate. The arrester is configured to move relative to the ultrasonic transducer assembly between an engaged position and a disengaged position and has a catch portion and a deflectable portion. The catch portion is configured to seize the transducer assembly and selectively inhibit rotation for rotatably coupling with the acoustic waveguide up to a predetermined torque. The deflectable portion is configured to deflect relative to the transducer assembly upon receiving a torque greater than the predetermined torque. Accordingly, the catch portion releases the transducer assembly to slip relative to the catch portion for limiting coupling of the transducer assembly with the acoustic waveguide to the predetermined torque.
US10603126B2	Device for robot-assisted surgery A device for robot-assisted surgery, comprising at least one non-sterile manipulator arm (12) having a coupling unit (100) with drive elements. The device further has an instrument unit (300) which comprises a surgical instrument (500) and a sterile sterile unit (400) for coupling the surgical instrument (500) to the drive elements of the coupling unit (100). The coupling unit (100) comprises a translatory drive element (110, 112) for generating a translatory drive movement and a rotatory drive element (114, 116) for generating a rotatory drive movement. The sterile unit (400) has a translationally driven element (408, 410) couplable to the translatory drive element (110, 112) and a rotationally driven element (412, 414) couplable to the rotatory drive element (114, 116). The device has a sterile lock (200) which is capable of being coupled to the coupling unit (100) and to the sterile unit (400).
US10603116B2	Image-guided minimal-step placement of screw into bone The present disclosure describes a device and methods for safely and accurately placing screws into bones with a powered driving device. By employing multiple layers of fail-safe features and image-guidance systems, the powered driving device provides safe, accurate, and efficient screw placement. That is, the powered driving device may continuously monitor a screw advancement and placement and may automatically shutdown when improper placement is detected. Monitoring placement may be conducted by a microcurrent-monitoring system, by an image-guidance system, or by any other appropriate sensory system. Additionally, upon detecting that screw insertion is complete, the powered driving device may be automatically shutdown. As screw placement is continuously simulated by image-guidance in real time, multiple redundant verification steps are eliminated, providing highly accurate screw placement while decreasing clinician error, device contamination, and surgical time, the decreased surgical time associated with decreased patient-recovery time and associated medical costs.
US10603112B2	Software for use with deformity correction A method of generating a correction plan for correcting a deformed bone includes inputting to a computer system a first image of the deformed bone in a first plane and inputting to the computer system a second image of the deformed bone in a second plane. Image processing techniques are employed to identify a plurality of anatomical landmarks of the deformed bone in the first image. The first image of the deformed bone is displayed on a display device. A graphical of the deformed bone is autonomously generated and graphically overlaid on the first image of the deformed bone on the display device, the graphical template including a plurality of lines, each line connected at each end to a landmark point corresponding to one of the anatomical landmarks. A model of the deformed bone may be autonomously generated based on the graphical template.
US10603100B2	Electrosurgical device and methods A controller for an electrosurgical device and related methods and devices are disclosed. The controller has a processing component to: (a) derive a power factor of power applied to the electrosurgical device; and (b) responsive to the deriving a power factor, assign a circuit status to a circuit comprising the electrosurgical device. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)≥T), THEN the circuit status is “open”. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)
US10603082B2	Bone anchor A bone anchor having a rod housing including a base that has an internal groove oriented at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the base, a capture ring situated within the groove and oriented at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis, and a bone fastener extending into the rod housing and including a fastener head situated within the base and having a surface that mates with the capture surface of the capture ring to maintain a connection between the bone fastener and the rod housing.
US10603071B1	Cutting device and related systems and methods Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for forming an incision in tissue for receiving a surgical instrument. A cutting device for forming the incision can be reversibly coupleable to an instrument, e.g., a dilator. The instrument may define a lumen configured to receive a wire that extends or is otherwise extendable through a puncture site. The cutting device can include a cutting element configured to be actuated to form the incision such that the incision extends form the puncture site and is sized to receive the instrument.
US10603069B2	Intravascular catheter balloon device having a tool for atherectomy or an incising portion for atheromatous plaque scoring An apparatus and method is disclosed for an intravascular balloon device having a balloon and a handle where a catheter tube extends between the two. The handle assembly includes an inflation device in fluid communication with the balloon. A medical tool is provided on the outer surface of the balloon for the treatment of intravascular conditions. The medical tool may be configured to score or remove atherosclerotic material.
US10603067B2	Polypectomy snare devices Polypectomy devices and methods for making and using polypectomy devices are disclosed. An example polypectomy device may include an elongate sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A shaft may be slidably disposed within the sheath. A handle may be coupled to the proximal end region of the sheath. The handle may be designed to axially shift the shaft relative to the sheath. A snare may be coupled to the shaft. The snare may include a first region, a traction region, and a distal tip region. The first region may have a non-circular cross-sectional shape. The traction region may include a plurality of traction members. At a position between two adjacent traction members the snare may have a reduced cross-sectional area relative to the first region. The distal tip region may have a circular cross-sectional shape.
US10603053B2	Method of using a combination driver/anti-rotation handle for shoulder arthroplasty A method of preparing a shoulder to receive a glenoid component includes accessing a glenoid of a shoulder, rotationally coupling a distal portion of a combination device to an instrument, applying a torque to a proximal portion of the combination device, transferring the applied torque from the proximal portion to the distal portion through a pivotable connection, rotating the instrument using the transferred applied torque, and reaming a portion of the glenoid with a rotating reaming section of the instrument using the transferred applied torque.
US10603051B2	Devices and methods for vertebrostenting The invention provides a method for creating a curvilinear void created in a bony structure. The method includes inserting a distal end of a reamer device through a cannula and into a curvilinear void created in a bony structure, the reamer device having a flexible reamer shaft assembly which includes (i) a pivotable reaming element at a distal end thereof, and (ii) a mechanism for pivoting adjustably the reaming element. The method also includes deploying the reaming element within the curvilinear void and manipulating the reaming element to enlarge the curvilinear void.
US10603050B2	Orthopedic impacting device having a launched mass delivering a controlled, repeatable and reversible impacting force A motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool is provided for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like. The tool is capable of holding a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism stores potential energy and then releases it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter in accordance with a patient profile.
US10603039B2	Progressively releasable implantable adjunct for use with a surgical stapling instrument A staple cartridge assembly is disclosed comprising, one, a plurality of staples removably stored within a surgical staple cartridge and, two, an implantable adjunct. The implantable adjunct is configured to be progressively released from the surgical staple cartridge during a firing progression of a firing assembly configured to travel through the surgical staple cartridge.
US10603038B2	Surgical clip applier including inserts for jaw assembly A surgical clip applier includes a housing, a channel assembly, jaw assembly, and a first insert. The channel assembly extends distally from the housing and the jaw assembly is disposed at the distal end of the channel assembly. The jaw assembly includes a first and second jaws constructed of a first material. Each of the jaws defines a recess extending longitudinally along opposing inner surfaces thereof. The first insert is disposed in the recess of at least one of the first or second jaws. The first insert is constructed of a second material different from the first material.
US10603036B2	Articulatable surgical instrument with independent pivotable linkage distal of an articulation lock A surgical tool assembly that includes a elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is movably coupled to the elongate shaft assembly by a distal support link that is pivotally coupled to the surgical end effector to define an articulation axis that is transverse to the shaft axis. The distal support link is pivotally and axially movably coupled to the elongate shaft assembly to facilitate selective articulation of the surgical end effector relative to the elongate shaft assembly about the articulation axis between a first unarticulated position and articulation position located on one side of the shaft axis.
US10603028B2	Finger traps for collapsible suture loops Finger traps for collapsible suture loops are provided. In general, a suture coupled to an implant can be tensioned to facilitate desirable positioning of the implant relative to tissue in a patient's body. The suture can include a finger trap and a knot. In general, the finger trap is a hollow area of the suture through which the suture passes through itself and is configured to slide in a single direction when under tension. In an exemplary embodiment, the knot is located along a length of the suture that is closer than the finger trap to a tail of the suture that is being pulled to tension the suture.
US10603027B2	Crimping instrument with reduced dimension, continued compatibility, and tissue protection features An instrument for crimping a suture fastener to a surgical suture is disclosed. The instrument has a shaft and an expanded receiving face configured to receive the suture fastener and to provide a smoothing radius for a distal end of the shaft. The instrument also has an anvil in the distal end of the shaft. The instrument further has a hammer in the distal end of the shaft and moveable relative to the anvil for crimping the suture fastener therebetween and received in the expanded receiving face. The instrument also has a pusher moveable in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft and configured to engage at least one of the hammer and the anvil for urging the hammer and the anvil together.
US10603024B2	Devices, systems, and methods for moving tissue within a body In general, devices, systems, and methods for relocating tissue during surgeries are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical apparatus is provided that includes a needle, a hook movably disposed in the needle, an actuator, and a slidable member. The needle can be percutaneously advanced through skin of a patient. The actuator can move the hook between two orientations, one being disposed entirely within the needle and another extending from the needle. The slidable member can slide along the needle and abut an exterior surface of the skin of the patient through which the needle is advanced. In use, the hook can engage tissue within the body of the patient when the hook extends from the needle. The surgical apparatus can then move the engaged tissue within the body of the patient, and the engaged tissue can be locked in position relative to the skin.
US10603021B2	Endo-cameral closure device Disclosed herein are devices and methods for closing a hole in the wall of a cardiovascular structure from the inside using a self-assembling closure device. The closure device can be delivered to the subject hole from the inside of the cardiovascular chamber using a transcatheter approach. Disclosed techniques involve deploying the closure device from the delivery device such that an endo-cameral portion of the closure device self-expands first to cover the hole from the inside, and then extra-cameral arms of the device are released to self-deploy against the outside of the wall by withdrawal of a retaining element, such as a guidewire, to secure the closure device to the wall.
US10603017B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and biomedical examination apparatus According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets one of wavelengths of a plurality of light sources as a reference wavelength, normalize an intensity of light having a wavelength other than the reference wavelength, which is detected by a pair of each light irradiation unit and each optical detector, with an intensity of light having the reference wavelength, calculate a first value for each pair by nonlinear enhancement correction of a normalized light intensity, calculate a second value for the each pair by nonlinear reduction correction of an intensity of light having the reference wavelength detected by the each pair, and calculate an evaluation value based on a value obtained by multiplication of the first value and the second value for the each pair.
US10603014B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a Doppler processing circuitry, an image generating circuitry, and a control circuitry. The Doppler processing circuitry calculates a correlation matrix using a first data string that is a set of reflected wave data generated based on reflected waves that are generated by transmitting ultrasonic waves without making time intervals of transmission pulses uniform on an identical scan line. The Doppler processing circuitry calculates a filter coefficient based on a result of principal component analysis using the correlation matrix. The Doppler processing circuitry extracts a second data string that is included in the first data string, and that is a set of reflected wave data originated from reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves that are reflected on a moving object present on the identical scan line, using the filter coefficient. The Doppler processing circuitry estimates moving object information of the moving object based on the extracted second data string. The image generating circuitry generates ultrasonic image data based on the moving object information. The control circuitry causes a display to display the ultrasonic image data thereon.
US10603010B2	System and method for performing an ultrasound scan of cellular tissue A system for performing an ultrasound scan of cellular tissue includes an ultrasound scanning device having an ultrasound probe, to generate cross-sectional images of the cellular tissue. A probe enclosure houses the ultrasound probe, has a bottom formed by a flexible membrane, is configured to hold an ultrasonic coupling material, and forms a pressurizable cavity adjacent the flexible membrane. An armature supports the probe enclosure and is configured to move the probe enclosure into a position where the flexible membrane is placed adjacent to and displaced by the cellular tissue. A probe positioning assembly supports the ultrasound probe within the probe enclosure and moves the ultrasound probe over the flexible membrane with a head of the ultrasound probe submerged in the ultrasonic coupling material, the ultrasound scanning device generating the cross-sectional images of the cellular tissue as the probe positioning assembly progressively moves the ultrasound probe over the flexible membrane.
US10602999B2	X-ray system and method for operating an X-ray system An X-ray system includes an X-ray source and/or an X-ray detector, at least two guide rails, and at least one carriage on which the X-ray source and/or the X-ray detector is mounted. The carriage includes first guide wheels and second guide wheels, and a drive unit including drive wheels and a motor drive that drives the one or more drive wheels. The first guide wheels move between at least two different positions relative to the carriage. In a first position, the drive wheels are in a lifted position such that the carriage is moveably mounted on the guide rails via the first and second guide wheels. In a second position, the first guide wheels disengage from the guide rails while the drive wheels engage with the guide rails such that the carriage is moveably mounted on the guide rails via the second guide wheels and the drive wheels.
US10602986B2	Furniture article with user health analyzing system A smart furniture includes a furniture article designed for being used by a user and a smart system which includes a detection module built-in with the furniture article for detecting health data of the user when the furniture article is used. In particular, the detection module includes a plurality of sensors located at a user supporting surface of the furniture article for collecting health data of the user. The health data of the user is then analyzed to ensure the user to use the furniture article in a proper way.
US10602984B2	Medicant-releasing intravascular components and methods Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for administering one or more medications useful for facilitating diagnostic and/or surgical procedures within a patient. A guidewire is positioned intravascularly in a patient at a location of interest, the guidewire being free of any coating that includes adenosine. An intravascular component having a surface with a coating that includes a vasodilation agent is deployed over the guidewire. The vasodilation agent is released from the surface of the intravascular component, such as by eluting the vasodilation agent from the coating of the surface while the intravascular component is within the anatomical structure of the patient. The intravascular component is removed over the guidewire, and the guidewire is left at the location of interest after the intravascular component is removed, which can facilitate subsequent deployment of a different intravascular component over the guidewire.
US10602980B2	Securing device for connecting to a display device A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
US10602979B2	Method with biofeedback for training the muscles of the pelvic floor The invention relates to a method with biofeedback for training muscles of the pelvic floor, applicable to the treatment of urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and prolapse of pelvic organs, using a portable electronic device for capturing, by means of sensors, EMG signals relating to abdominal activity and the area to be treated during muscle exercises, said device providing results visually and/or acoustically, the method comprising: placing a vaginal or rectal sensor (10) and two sensors (11) in the lower abdominal area, performing exercises working the muscles of the pelvic floor, providing evaluation of the exercises performed and storing results. The user places the sensors herself, the device evaluating the correct placement of the sensors indicating to the user that the suitable position has been reached through said acoustic and/or visual means, and performing a step prior to the exercises for acquiring muscle tone.
US10602977B2	Electrocardiography and respiratory monitor A monitor recorder optimized for electrocardiography and respiratory data acquisition and processing is provided. The recorder includes a sealed housing and an electronic circuitry comprised within the sealed housing, which includes an electrocardiographic front end circuit electrically interfaced to an externally-powered micro-controller and operable to sense electrocardiographic signals through electrodes provided on the patch; the micro-controller interfaced to one or more respiratory sensors, the micro-controller operable to sample the electrocardiographic signals, to sample respiratory events detected by the one or more respiratory sensors upon receiving one or more signals from the one or more respiratory sensors, to buffer each of the respiratory event samples, to compress each of the buffered respiratory event samples, to buffer each of the compressed respiratory event samples, and to write the buffered compressed respiratory event samples and the samples of the electrocardiography signals into an externally-powered flash memory; and the memory interfaced with the micro-controller.
US10602960B2	Locating device A device and method are described for navigating and positioning a central venous catheter into the venous system using two different modes of location. For example, a peripherally inserted central catheter (“PICC”) may be navigated and positioned within the superior vena cava. A light emitting element is used in the first mode to navigate the PICC to the superior vena cava. To improve visibility during navigation, the light emitted from the light emitting element may include a narrow range of wavelengths that generally matches the wavelengths of light that are transmissable through a light absorbing material defining the wall of the catheter. A conductive medium is used in the second mode to monitor an ECG signal in order to position the PICC in the superior vena cava. One advantage of this procedure is that X-ray visualization can be eliminated to reduce the danger associated with X-rays.
US10602959B2	Position determination apparatus A position determination apparatus for determining the position of a working element arranged within an object having an inner structure with respect to a model of the object. The position and shape of a registration element within the inner structure of the object are provided and used for determining a transformation relating the inner structure of the model and the position and shape of the registration element with respect to each other, wherein the position of the working element with respect to the model is determined depending on a provided spatial relation between the working element and the registration element and the determined transformation.
US10602958B2	Systems and methods for guiding a medical instrument A virtual tracking system for a virtual medical device. The virtual medical device may include a tangible proximal portion that at least temporarily has a magnetic element attached thereto. The system includes a tracking circuit configured to track movement of the virtual medical device and a display. The tracking circuit may include at least one reception component configured to detect a magnetic field of the magnetic element and to generate magnetic field strength data. The tracking circuit may also include a processor that iteratively computes position data of a virtual distal portion of the virtual medical device according to the magnetic field strength data so as to simulate insertion of the virtual distal portion of the virtual medical device into a body of a patient. The display may be configured to depict an image of the computed position data of the virtual distal portion of the virtual medical device.
US10602957B2	Systems and methods for detecting and visualizing biofields with nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and QED quantum coherent fluid immersion Systems and methods for imaging and detecting the biofield of a living subject are provided. A biofield detection system can include a number of features, including a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system, a fluid container configured to hold a fluid and the living subject, and a fluid management system configured to enhance a coherence of the fluid volume. The biofield detection system can implement a biofield detection scheme that compares a baseline NMR image of the fluid in the absence of the subject to a NMR image of the fluid surrounding the subject. The two images can be compared and analyzed to detect variances relating to field effects of the subject. Systems and methods are also provided in which environmental factors can be introduced to the fluid volume or the living subject. Subsequent detection scans can detect changes in the biofield based on the introduction of environmental factors.
US10602948B2	Catheter having closed electrode assembly with spines of uniform length A catheter comprising an elongated catheter body, and an electrode assembly distal of the catheter body, the assembly comprising a plurality of spines, wherein each spine has a distal end that is connected to the distal end of at least one other spine, wherein each spine has an electrode-carrying portion, the electrode-carrying portions of all spines of the assembly being in a single common plane, and wherein all spines of the assembly have a uniform exposed total length.
US10602944B2	Detecting artifacts in a signal A patient monitoring apparatus and method is provided. A plurality of moving average filters each receive a signal sensed from a patient and generates an output signal including a respective cutoff frequency. An extraction processor is coupled to receive the sensed signal and output signals from each moving average filters. The extraction processor determines at least one feature associated with the sensed signal based on at least one of the sensed signal and the output signals from each moving average filter and generates a feature signal including data representative of the determined at least one feature. A classification processor identifies a position of artifacts within the sensed signal based on the feature signal and generates a signal identifying the position of the artifacts.
US10602940B1	Systems, devices, software, and methods for diagnosis of cardiac ischemia and coronary artery disease Described herein are methods, software, systems and devices for detecting the presence of an abnormality in an organ, tissue, body, or portion thereof of a subject by analysis of the electromagnetic fields generated by the organ, tissue, body, or portion thereof.
US10602937B2	Photoplethysmographic sensor configuration An apparatus is suitable for measuring a photoplethysmogram (PPG). A photoplethysmographic sensor apparatus may include a casing defining a surface, a plurality of optical emitters configured to emit radiation extending from the surface, at least one photo sensor configured to capture radiation emitted by at least a subset of the plurality of optical emitters. At least a first measurement configuration and a second configuration is defined by the plurality of optical emitters and the at least one photo sensor such that the first and the second measurement configuration provide different measurement channels by including at least partially different sets of at least one optical emitter and at least one photo sensor. The first and second measurement configurations define different spatial configurations, each of which is line symmetric with respect to an imaginary line along the surface.
US10602930B2	Multi-biometric-factor, internet of things (IOT), secured network A method for authenticating to a network comprising a plurality of Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices is provided. The method may include using a mobile telephone apparatus, a wrist-worn apparatus and a head-worn apparatus to monitor the level of at least one of a wearer's pulse, body temperature, voice, gait and/or other biorhythmic indicator. One of the aforementioned apparatus may operate as a hub apparatus. The method may further include using the hub apparatus to assign a federated biometric marker based at least in part on the first, second and third biometric markers. The method may also include using artificial intelligence to monitor for one or more outliers with respect to historical monitoring. Each of the one or more outliers may include a magnitude that exceeds a security threshold difference between the current magnitude and the historically monitored magnitude. When the difference in magnitude exceeds a security threshold difference between the current magnitude and the historically monitored magnitude the method may quarantine apparatus associated with the outlier.
US10602925B2	Coherence-gated wavefront-sensorless adaptive-optics multi-photon microscopy, and associated systems and methods In one embodiment, a sensorless adaptive optics imaging system includes a source of light, an optical delivery unit having a wavefront modifying element, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor configured to acquire OCT images based on light emitted by the source of light and transmitted through the optical delivery unit. The system also includes a processing unit that can: process the OCT images, and determine an adjustment of parameters of the wavefront modifying element. In some embodiments, the system includes a multi-photon microscopy (MPM) sensor that acquires MPM images based on the light transmitted through the optical delivery unit.
US10602919B2	Imaging device An imaging device includes a first substrate including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, a second substrate including a plurality of third pixels and facing the first substrate, and a processing unit. The plurality of third pixels receive light transmitted through the plurality of first pixels. The plurality of first pixels output signals corresponding to a wavelength bandwidth including wavelengths of green light and transmit a wavelength bandwidth including wavelengths of red light. The plurality of second pixels output signals corresponding to a wavelength bandwidth including wavelengths of blue light and not including wavelengths of red light and wavelengths of green light. The plurality of third pixels output signals corresponding to a wavelength bandwidth including wavelengths of red light. The processing unit generates a signal at least from an output of the plurality of first pixels and an output of the plurality of third pixels.
US10602917B2	Switching between white light imaging and excitation light imaging leaving last video frame displayed Still image display of a recent video image of tissue as a reference still image prior to a switch in the mode of illumination of the tissue. The still image is displayed concurrently with live video of the tissue under a different mode of illumination, to facilitate discrimination between healthy and diseased tissue, and further facilitate therapeutic intervention. The reference still image may be displayed either as an insert (picture-in-picture), side-by-side, or the like concurrently with the live video image. In some embodiments, when a practitioner switches a light source from “excitation-light” to “white light”, the “excitation-light” video may be frozen/captured and displayed as a reference still image as a PIP, and the “white-light” live video is displayed concurrently. When the source is switched again, the “white-light” video may be frozen/captured and displayed as a reference still image, and the “excitation-light” live video is displayed concurrently.
US10602915B2	Trans-platform apparatus and use thereof The present invention relates to a trans-platform apparatus including a main platform and an operating device. The trans-platform apparatus of the present invention has the advantage of performing complex and various operations by inserting a maximum number/size of operating devices through a minimal number of openings within an operating space. In addition, since the trans-platform apparatus of the present invention does not use an additional connecting member for a spin shaft, the configuration thereof is further simplified, the operation thereof is easier, and power can be efficiently transmitted to an operating means. The trans-platform apparatus of the present invention is applicable to various fields including medical devices, and an engine room or a device for operating the inside of a radiator.
US10602908B2	Dish washing machine A dish washing machine having a structure allowing wash water to be evenly sprayed into a washing tub. The dish washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the dish washing machine, a washing tub arranged in the cabinet and allowing dishes to be washed therein, a dish basket arranged in the washing tub to accommodate the dishes, a spray unit to spray wash water into the washing tub, a diversion unit arranged inside a flow passage of wash water to divert the wash water sprayed from the spray unit, and a guide member coupled to one side of the diversion unit to allow the diversion unit to move within the washing tub. As the spray unit and the diversion unit are provided, a dead zone which wash water does not reach may be eliminated, and divided and intensive washing may be implemented in the washing tub.
US10602907B2	Dishwasher with sprayer A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and a sprayer for spraying liquid to the treating chamber. The sprayer may include a liquid passage and at least one outlet extending from an interior to an exterior of the sprayer and in fluid communication with the liquid passage. A membrane may have at least one opening and may be in fluid communication with the liquid passage to control the flow of liquid through the at least one outlet.
US10602906B2	Dish washer with spray arm and power transfer assembly A dishwasher may include a tub configured to accommodate one or more items to be washed, a spray arm rotatably mounted to the tub, and configured to spray water onto the one or more items to be washed, a sump disposed at a bottom surface of the tub and configured to store water and to supply stored water to the spray arm, a fixed gear unit fixed to the tub with gear teeth arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the fixed gear unit, a rotary gear unit rotatably mounted on the spray arm and configured to engage the gear teeth of the fixed gear unit, and a link member connected to the rotary gear unit and the spray arm, where the spray arm may include, a main arm with a pair of arms, and a pair of auxiliary arms rotatably connected to the main arm.
US10602903B2	Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus is provided with a primary fluid distributor and an auxiliary fluid distributor. Each distributor can have a separate and independent flow control actuator. The flow control actuator for the auxiliary fluid distributor is operably coupled with a push-push flow control mechanism, where push-push flow control mechanism has a push on/push off configuration such that pushing the auxiliary flow control actuator once starts fluid flow from the auxiliary fluid distributor and subsequently pushing the auxiliary flow control actuator again stops fluid flow from the auxiliary fluid distributor.
US10602898B2	Autonomous floor cleaning system A floor cleaning system includes multiple autonomous floor cleaners or robots. The robots are configured to share a mapping, navigation, and/or stain sensing system. A first robot carries the mapping, navigation, and/or stain sensing system, and a second robot receives information from the mapping, navigation, and/or stain sensing system of the first robot. The system can include at least one dry vacuuming robot and at least one deep cleaning robot.
US10602896B2	Self-propelled cleaning device A self-propelled cleaning device has a surface cleaning system for cleaning a surface to be cleaned. In order to also be able to clean an above-floor surface, the cleaning device also has an above-floor cleaning element for mechanically cleaning an above-floor surface offset in terms of height relative to the surface. The above-floor cleaning element can be rotated and/or pivoted around a rotational axis, and at least one partial cleaning area of the above-floor cleaning element has a difference in height of roughly 3 cm or more relative to a lowermost standing surface of the cleaning device by comparison to a usual orientation of the cleaning device for a cleaning operation.
US10602889B2	Dispenser with noise dampener A noise dampener for implementation with a sheet material dispenser is disclosed. The dampener attenuates motor and moving part noise audible to a user of the dispenser and quiets dispenser operation. In an embodiment, a noise dampener may be an integral part of the dispenser motor support structure. An embodiment of a noise dampener may include a motor support component, a motor mount component which supports a motor, and a plurality of connectors. The connectors may be integrated with and join the motor support component and the motor mount component to provide support for the motor mount component with respect to the motor support component and to provide spacing between such components collectively reducing noise audible to a user.
US10602883B2	Shower curtain blocking device A blocking device for preventing the motion of a shower curtain arranged in a shower cabinet comprising one or more walls is disclosed.The blocking device comprises a rod member configured to be arranged in a position in which the rod member prevents the shower curtain from being sucked into the shower cabinet. The blocking device comprises a mounting element configured to enable the rod member to be detachably attached to a wall by means of the mounting element configured to be attached to the wall.
US10602855B2	Item of furniture A furniture sheet is provided, including a sheet body that has a through-hole in at least an edge portion, and longitudinal frame portions that are disposed on the edge portion of the sheet body, and that are respectively attached to the corresponding longitudinal frame portions. The longitudinal edge member includes a first longitudinal member that is disposed on a first surface side of the sheet body, a second longitudinal member that is disposed on a second surface side of the sheet body, and that pinches the sheet body between the first longitudinal member and the second longitudinal member, and a fixing portion that fixes the first longitudinal member and the second longitudinal member to each other together with the sheet body through the through-hole of the sheet body.
US10602854B2	Method and system for footrest stretching device for convertible sofa seating unit A footrest stretching device used for a convertible sofa including a left-side component and a right-side component; the left-side component and the right-side component are each provided with identical parts as follows: a mounting side-plate, a third foot lever and a fourth foot lever, with one end of the third foot lever and one end of the fourth foot lever being rotatably connected to the mounting side-plate; the footrest stretching device includes a first footrest connector connected to the other end of the third foot lever, and a second footrest connector connected to the other end of the fourth foot lever; an outer footrest mounting member is connected to the other end of the first footrest connector; a middle footrest mounting member is connected to the other end of the second footrest connector; a third footrest connector is rotatably connected onto the second footrest connector; a fourth footrest connector is connected onto the third footrest connector; an inner footrest mounting member is rotatably connected to the other end of the fourth footrest connector.
US10602853B2	Bench A bench for a bed frame having a headboard includes a base frame and a back frame. The base frame includes a seat frame and a leg frame downwardly extended from the seat frame. The back frame is upwardly extended from the seat frame, wherein a shape of the back frame matches with a shape of the headboard of the bed frame. In particular, an ornamental design of the back frame matches with an ornamental design of the headboard of the bed frame, so as to enhance an aesthetic appearance of the bench which serves as a bedroom bench.
US10602848B2	Theater seating system with reclining seats and comfort divider A comfort divider for use in a seating system for improved user comfort and convenience while maximizing auditorium floor space utilization. The comfort divider is comprised of foot rest assemblies and recliner backstop assemblies arranged in an alternating fashion.
US10602841B2	Video screen holding assembly A video screen holding assembly for holding an electronic device in a landscape position or a portrait position includes a frame and a plurality of holding units. Each of the holding units is pivotally coupled to and extends outwardly from the frame and the holding units are spaced from each other and distributed horizontally along the frame. Each of the holding units has a deployed position and a stored position and each of the holding units holds an electronic device when in the deployed position. A plurality of first couplers is provided and each of the first couplers pivotally couples a respective one of the holding units to the frame. A plurality of second couplers is provided and each of the second couplers pivotally couples a respective one of the holding units to the frame.
US10602840B2	Height adjustable table A height adjustable table can include a plurality of legs, a lower portion, a worksurface, a height adjustable surface, and a linkage. The worksurface can be supported by the plurality of legs and can include a fixed surface and a height adjustable surface. The fixed surface can be secured to at least one of the lower portion and the plurality of legs, and the fixed surface can define a recessed portion. The height adjustable surface can be movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that the height-adjustable surface retracts into the recessed portion when in the lowered position so that the height adjustable surface is coplanar with the fixed surface. The linkage can be configured to move the height adjustable surface between the lowered position and the raised position so that the height adjustable surface remains parallel to the fixed surface.
US10602832B2	Process for manufacturing a padding device for a carrying belt system for a respirator A process manufactures a padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e), for a carrying belt system (100) for a respirator (1000), having a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) configured in the pad core shell. The process includes injection molding a hollow profiled section, inserting of a pad core material into the hollow profiled section for forming the pad core in the hollow profiled section, and closing the hollow profiled section (21) for creating the closed pad core shell (20). The padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e) has a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) arranged in the pad core shell. The pad core shell is seamless as an injection-molded component in at least some sections. A carrying belt system as well as a respirator with the carrying belt system are provided with the belt system having the padding device.
US10602820B2	Protective device and method for wristwatches and similar articles A device and method thereof for protecting watches and similar articles is provided. The device comprises a tubular support cushion (12) having a first end (122) and a second end (124); a tubular protective sheath (14) having a first end (142) and a second end (144), wherein the first end (142) of the protective sheath is integrally connected to the first end (122) of the support cushion; wherein the support cushion (12) has a suitable thickness and size for fitting one or more articles to be protected thereon and providing support therefor; and wherein the protective sheath (14) is foldable toward the second end (124) of the support cushion to cover at least a portion of the support cushion on which the article fitted, and when the folded protective sheath is on the exterior of the device, it protects the article on the support cushion. The device provides easy, practical and secure presentation, storage and protection for the precious articles when they are not worn.
US10602818B1	Travel cosmetic kit A modular travel case for transporting items includes: a base having opposing side rails formed along sides of the base, the side rails forming elongate channels therein; a plurality of container modules removably secured on the base, the plurality of container modules having a base plate having a width extending across a width of the base such that sides of the base plate fit within the elongate channels formed by the side rails of the base, one or more containers formed on the base and extending upwardly therefrom, the one or more containers including an open end, and one or more caps secured to the one or more containers over the open end. Sides of the plurality of base plates slidably engage the elongate channels formed on the base. A spatula is located in a recess cavity formed in the base.
US10602816B2	Umbrellas with inflatable portions Some umbrellas include a support assembly, canopy assembly, and a toroidal air bladder. The support assembly includes a pump and a handle. The canopy assembly includes a plurality of support ribs attached to the handle, and a sheet attached to each of the support ribs. The toroidal air bladder is coupled to the air pump, and the air bladder disposed about the handle and engages the support ribs.
US10602808B2	Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a frame, a latch plate, and a tongue. The frame includes a latch opening and a slot for receiving the tongue. The latch plate is configured to be linearly displaced within the frame between a locked position and an unlocked position and includes a latch portion. The tongue includes a tongue opening having an angled leading end. When the tongue is inserted into the frame slot, the latch plate is biased to the locked position such that the latch portion of the latch plate traverses the angled leading end of the tongue opening until the angled leading end of the latch portion of the latch plate is secured in the latch opening in the locked position. In preferred embodiments, the buckle assembly includes a seat belt connected to the tongue for securing a user to a seat of a vehicle.
US10602807B2	Belt ratcheting device The Belt Ratcheting Device (BRD) facilitates unidirectional belt fastening and fast release. The BRD has a turning gate rotatably installed diagonally in a channel. The turning gate has a tapered front end with sharp edge with a smooth side. A preloaded spring keeps the BRD in active state when the release lever is not pulled. The BRD has two states: “active” and “inactive”. In the active state the device works as a belt ratchet i.e. allowing the belt to be pulled forwards but restricting any belt motion backwards. After fastening, the belt remains fastened until the BRD is switched into inactive state by manually pulling the lever. The BRD doesn't employ serrated surfaces, which cause accelerated belt wear. Instead, the BRD's smooth side and channel's smooth surfaces minimize belt wear. BRDs facilitate garment belt fastening or belt fastening of footwear.
US10602806B2	Coil pin threaded fastener and duvet pin The present invention is directed to an improved fastening apparatus comprising a coil pin having a coil shape and a threaded pin receiver, said pin and fastener being releasably connectable by threading them together so that the coil and threads mesh. The coil pin may have a pointed end for penetrating fabric material of a duvet and duvet cover so that the fastening apparatus may secure the duvet and duvet cover together.
US10602804B2	Tensioning systems for footwear The inventive subject matter shown and described is directed to an item of footwear with a tensioning system, comprising: a shell for enclosing a foot and at least a portion of a lower leg; a pair of opposing edges generally aligned along the top of foot portion of the shell and/or a front lower leg portion, the edges generally aligning with a longitudinal axis of the foot and/or lower leg, the opposing edges defining opposite sides of the shell; a foot retraction system comprising a tension path and at least two anchor points disposed along the path on the opposite sides of the shell and supporting at least one tensionable cable section disposed along the path, at least one anchor point comprising a tensioning mechanism, the tensioning mechanism allowing for adjustable tensioning of the cable section, the anchor points being arranged on opposite sides of the shell that support the edges, at least one being on a lateral or medial side of a boot and not on the top of the foot and front of the lower leg, so that tensioning of the cable causes the opposing edges to converge together. The inventive subject matter is particularly suitable for use in boots for snow and skating sports or any other such sport where sliding movement of the foot or leg relative to the item of footwear is undesirable and where secure coupling of the item to the foot and leg facilitates transfer of power to a board, ski, skate blade, set of skate wheels, etc., that is coupled to the item.
US10602803B2	Sockliner for a shoe A sockliner for a shoe or other article of footwear is formed having at least one generally flat, planar surface. At least a portion of the sockliner has a linear width that exceeds the linear distance across a width of the shoe. When the sockliner is placed in the shoe, pressure on the wider portions of the sockliner changes the conformation of the sockliner to conform to the shoe.
US10602792B2	Method for manufacturing elastic pants The invention relates to a method for continuously manufacturing elastic pants (28), wherein a flat web material (1, 16, 19) is continuously conveyed in a longitudinal direction (8) of the web material (1, 16, 19), is shaped into a closed tube (4), and is closed in the longitudinal direction (8). The closed tube (4) forms a first outer layer (9). Elastic threads (10) in the form of a tubular reinforcement are then wound around the first outer layer (9) in the conveying direction (8) in such a way that the elastic threads (10) are taut when the outer layer (9) has a convex shape. A second outer layer (15) is then continuously applied to the elastic threads (10) in the conveying direction (8) and is joined to the elastic threads (10) and/or the first outer layer (9). The first outer layer (9), the elastic threads (10) and the second outer layer (15) form an elastic pants web material (21). Further down in the conveying direction (8), the pants web material (21) is closed along a joining section (29) in regular intervals such that the joining section (29) forms two approximately equally large opening sections that lie opposite each other in the transverse direction. Further down in the conveying direction (8), the pants web material (21) is cut at a distance from the joining section (29) such that a pair of elastic pants (28) is formed.
US10602790B2	Shoulder sling and pillow system A shoulder sling and pillow system that will house a beverage and a cellphone. The system is designed to ergonomically fit around the waist of a user and the system will also allow a cellphone to be charged. The system will use removable straps that will attach to the foam pillow and to the brace of the shoulder sling and pillow system.
US10602789B2	Techniques for matching and combining distinct fabrics into a single article of clothing A method of matching/combining distinct fabrics into a single article of clothing comprises obtaining a first fabric defining a color pattern, obtaining a second fabric that is distinct from the first fabric, the second fabric being a plain or solid color fabric, using a digital fabric printer to print the color pattern of the first fabric onto the second fabric to obtain a modified second fabric that also defines the color pattern, and combining the first fabric and the modified second fabric into the single article of clothing. The digital fabric printer can also be used to print the color pattern onto the first fabric. The first and/or second fabrics can also be formed using a yarn-dye process. A system for matching/combining distinct fabrics into a single article of clothing includes a yarn weaving/knitting system and/or a digital fabric printer, a fabric combining system, and an optional color pattern analyzer.
US10602782B2	Concealed engaging clip and anchor for fixedly associating upper body clothing with lower body clothing to preserve a wearer's neat appearance An apparel securing mechanism anchors upper body clothing to lower body clothing to preserve a neat appearance of a wearer. An anchor mechanism anchors an upper body clothing and conceals an apparel securing mechanism within the upper body clothing. A locking retainer tube removably engages the anchor tab. An anchor outer casing affixes to and substantially surrounds the locking retainer tube. The anchor outer casing and the locking retainer tube may be surrounded by the shirt-weight fabric. An engaging clip forms a concealed and firm anchoring with the anchor mechanism. A belt ledge grabbing channel firmly positions the engaging clip in fixed association with the lower body clothing. The engaging clip and the anchor mechanism fixedly associate the upper body clothing with the lower body clothing while being concealed by the upper body clothing and the lower body clothing to preserve a neat appearance of a wearer.
US10602781B2	Aerosol generating device, method of controlling aerosol generating device, and program Provided is an aerosol generating device which is capable of stopping aerosol generation at an appropriate timing. This aerosol generating device includes a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a circuitry which controls the power supplied from the power source on the basis of the measurement value. The circuitry controls to increase a power supply amount per unit time in response to a first condition that the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold being satisfied, and to decrease the power supply amount per unit time in response to a second condition that the measured value is less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold and a third condition which is different from the first condition and the second condition being satisfied.
US10602773B2	Mouth piece of an electronic smoking device having a tempering element The present invention relates generally to electronic smoking devices and in particular electronic cigarettes. A mouthpiece for an electronic smoking device has an elongated housing having ports at opposite ends; a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing in communication with the ports, contact terminals for connecting to a battery of the electronic smoking device and conductive elements connected to the contact terminals, the conductive elements being configured for connecting, to the battery, an tempering element for tempering an aerosol produced by the electronic smoking device. Using the tempering element, aerosol passing through the central passage can be tempered and loss of aerosol due to condensation is reduced.
US10602770B2	Smoking article with transparent wrapper A method of manufacturing a smoking article (10) comprises providing a mouthpiece (14) and an aerosol generating substrate (12) in axial alignment with the mouthpiece (14). The mouthpiece (14) includes one or more segments (16) and a substantially transparent wrapper (18) circumscribing at least a portion of the one or more segments (16). A sheet of paper material is provided and comprises a window in the paper material. The ratio of shrinkage of the substantially transparent wrapper (18) to shrinkage of the paper material at the time of manufacture of the smoking article is less than 3.5 when subjected to 15 percent relative humidity at 42 degrees Celsius for 3 hours. The sheet of paper material is wrapped around at least a portion of the transparent wrapper (18) so that an underlying mouthpiece segment can be viewed through the window and the substantially transparent wrapper (18).
US10602767B2	Appliance for preparing animal feed An appliance for preparing animal feed, includes a housing, a mixing chamber designed to receive a portion of dehydrated feed and a liquid portion, mobile mixer arranged in the mixing chamber, a consumption chamber, wherein the mixing chamber is removable from the preparation appliance, wherein the mixing chamber, once mounted on the preparation appliance: is rotatable in order to pass from a position mixing the feed ration to a position dispensing the feed ration, and has a gripping portion which protrudes from the housing.
US10602760B2	Slender and funnel-shaped jet nozzle structure A slender and funnel-shaped jet nozzle structure includes a plurality of slender tapered diversion channels, a plurality of slender jet nozzles and a conveyer belt. The wall thickness of the slender tapered diversion channel is 1-5 mm. The wall thickness of the slender jet nozzle is 1-5 mm. A thickness of the conveyer belt is 1-5 mm. The slender tapered diversion channel is a hollow slender truncated cone and includes an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening of the slender tapered diversion channel is substantively elliptic, and the lower opening of the slender tapered diversion channel is connected to an inlet of the slender jet nozzle. The slender jet nozzle is a hollow slender elliptic cylinder.
US10602757B2	Nutrition supplement for animal and use thereof The present invention belongs to a technical field of nutrition additives for animal, and specifically discloses a nutrition supplement for animal, comprising eggs of an edible insect. Further, the eggs of the edible insect are one or more of eggs of Hermetia illucens L., eggs of Tenebrio molitor and eggs of fly. The present invention finds that the eggs of edible insect provide better effects such as enhancing nutrition, promoting growth and health care for animals, especially for newborn animals, weaning animals, weak animals or sick animals. The nutrition supplement provided by the present invention can be prepared easily and used conveniently. The present invention using the eggs of edible insect as a main component of the nutrition supplement can not only improve a health level of animals including livestock, aquatic animals and the like, but also enhance a feed intake, a feed conversion level and a comprehensive benefit of cultivation with a good application prospect.
US10602750B2	Pickling machine with detection device The invention relates to a pickling machine comprising a detection device for detecting if a needle is blocked, damaged and/or broken.
US10602747B2	Method, a guide assembly and a system for separating viscera sets eviscerated from slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method, a guide assembly and a system for separating poultry viscera sets suspended from a viscera holder. In the method a guide member is moved so that said viscera set is arranged in an elongated opening of the guide member with the intestines and the gallbladder suspended below said guide member and the liver and gizzard positioned above it. The intestines and the gallbladder are then separated from the remaining viscera set while said liver rests on a first part of a separation support surface and said gizzard on a second part on the opposite side of an elongated opening. Before the separtion, the viscera set is brought into contact with an engagement member so that the gizzard is kept on the one side of the elongated opening at least until coming into contact with the separation support surface.
US10602745B2	Food preparation apparatus for sliced pizza and method of use thereof A food preparation apparatus for a slice includes a flat bottom and raised side members. The flat bottom is shaped like the slice with two angled sides and an open end. The open end connects the two angled sides. The open end is also straight. Raised side members are on the two angled sides. Wherein, the food preparation apparatus is configured to hold the slice on the bottom where the raised side members are configured to retain the slice and toppings on the food preparation apparatus.
US10602744B2	Agriculturally beneficial microbes, microbial compositions, and consortia The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms-including novel strains of the microorganisms-microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same, in methods for imparting beneficial properties to target plant species. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable plant traits in agronomically important crop species.
US10602741B2	Organ-chimerization maintenance apparatus and method of use An organ-chimerization maintenance device. The organ-chimerization device includes at least one large cannula connector that connects to at least one of an organ's vessels. The large cannula is configured to supply a chimerization solution to the organ. The organ-chimerization device also includes a an oxygenation cannula connector that facilitates oxygenation of the organ during chimerization.
US10602735B2	Weed control An apparatus (10) comprises a water storage tank (14), a heater (16), a pump (38) and an outlet duct (70) to convey heated water to a plurality of lances (24) through hoses (22). The heater (16) is arranged to heat the water in at least two successive stages (66, 67), to an intermediate and then to a final temperature, at least the second stage (67) of the heater being activated in pulses, the frequency and/or duration of the pulses being adjustable to control the resultant temperature. Foaming agent is introduced (18, 40) into the water. Upstream of each hose (22) is a diversion valve (85) connecting to a water return circuit (54) leading back to the water storage tank (14); and the water return circuit (54) includes a heat exchanger (55, 56). The heater (16) may be liquid fuelled. The apparatus can be mobile, for example on a motor-vehicle (12), and it enables a number of people to control weeds separately, using separate lances (24), from the same apparatus (10).
US10602727B2	Automated aquaculture harvesting system A system and method for automatically harvesting fish from an aquaculture cage is provided. Underwater robotic rovers draw out a large net from a protective enclosure. The net is manipulated to corral or concentrate the fish into a smaller volume. Transponders installed at strategic locations throughout the cage facilitate navigation of the rovers.
US10602726B2	Corner bracket, a frame assembly using corner brackets and an aquarium utilizing said frame assembly A frame assembly for an aquarium is disclosed. The frame assembly supports a pair of doors, each enclosed by a door frame, which can slide back and forth on the frame assembly. The frame assembly can be secured to both a front wall and to a pair of sidewalls of an enclosure having an open top. A cover can close the open top to form an aquarium for amphibians.
US10602715B2	Absorbent sheet An absorbent sheet includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and a liquid-absorbent structure interposed between the top- and backsheets. In the sheet, the topsheet faces itself and is bonded to itself by a joining means extending in a transverse direction so as to define a fold edge extending in a transverse direction. The absorbent structure includes a first absorbent section extending between a front end edge and the fold edge, a second absorbent section extending between the fold edge and the joining means and a third absorbent section extending between the joining means and a rear end edge. Outboard of the third absorbent section of the sheet in the longitudinal direction, a non-absorbent region in which the absorbent structure is not present is formed. A portion of the backsheet of the sheet within the non-absorbent region is attached to a wall by attachments.
US10602707B1	Soybean cultivar 85442619 A soybean cultivar designated 85442619 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85442619, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85442619, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85442619, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85442619. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85442619. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85442619, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85442619 with another soybean cultivar.
US10602703B1	Soybean variety 5PDEC49 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PDEC49 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PDEC49, cells from soybean variety 5PDEC49, plants of soybean 5PDEC49, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PDEC49. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PDEC49 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PDEC49, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PDEC49, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PDEC49. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PDEC49 are further provided.
US10602697B2	Inbred corn line KL5 Inbred corn line, designated KL5, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KL5, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KL5 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KL5 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KL5 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KL5.
US10602686B2	Hydroponic growing system and method A hydroponic growing system is disclosed herein. The hydroponic growing system includes a plurality of plant containers, a nutrient reservoir, a nutrient control tower, a plumbing means, a pump, and an overflow tube. The hydroponic growing system is useful for pumping a nutrient solution to the plurality of plant containers from the nutrient reservoir. A method is also disclosed herein.
US10602685B2	Pole and wall adaptable plant container assembly and bracket A planter assembly adaptable to a pole or a wall. The assembly holds a large amount of water for passively watering plants therein at an optimized rate without over-saturating the potting soil. The assembly comprises a shell and a soil insert and a plurality of wicking units. The soil insert is removably nested within the shell. A plurality of wicking units are selectively attachable to the bottom of the soil insert. The wicking units are hollow so that soil from the soil insert falls therein to absorb water from the reservoir in the shell. The wicking units are designed to provide stable support without consuming water volume or adding unnecessarily to the overall weight of the assembly. Overflow ports prevent oversaturation of the potting soil. A bracket can be used to clamp the assembly to a pole. An optional iron cladding basket is available.
US10602683B2	Thermally regulated enclosure system A thermally regulated enclosure system which includes apparatuses and methods of making and using a thermally regulated enclosure system, including one or more of a vessel having a bottom aperture element which defines a bottom open area, a top aperture element which defines a top open area, one or more stakes detachably fastenable to the peripheral margin of the bottom aperture element of the vessel, and a closure element adjustable in relation to the top aperture element to increase or decrease the top open area.
US10602676B2	Systems and methods for providing an industrial cart for a grow pod A cart having a wheel, a drive motor coupled to the wheel such that an output of the drive motor causes the wheel to rotate and propel the cart, a cart-computing device communicatively coupled to the drive motor; and one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the cart-computing device, the one or more sensors generating one or more signals in response to a detected event. The cart-computing device receives a communication signal and electrical power via the wheel. The communication signal corresponds to one or more instructions for controlling an operation of the cart. The cart-computing device receives the one or more signals from the one or more sensors. The cart-computing device generates and transmits a control signal to the drive motor to cause the drive motor to operate based on at least one of the one or more signals generated by the one or more sensors or the communication signal.
US10609845B2	Medical article storage container having RF shield and tortuous path seal A modular system of plastic walls having embedded and coextensive electrically conductive components configured to electrically connect with each other when the walls are mated. The walls have joining edges that form joint seams with other walls when joined together to create an enclosure. When enough walls are used to surround a storage space, a Faraday cage is created. The walls additionally have portions of tortuous paths at each joining edge that mate with a complementary portion of a tortuous path of another wall when the walls are joined together. A torturous path seal is thereby created at each joint seam. The plastic walls can be configured in a multiplicity of combinations to create various enclosures necessary for RFID-enabled storage and tracking of medical articles. Containers, enclosures, cabinets, and drawers of differing heights and sizes can be made and they may be stacked or otherwise assembled.
US10609842B2	Storage assembly and storage module structure thereof A storage module structure of a storage assembly includes an upper shielding component, a lower shielding component and a memory component. An outer surface of the upper shielding component has a plurality of heat-conducting units. The lower shielding component is located above the upper shielding component, and an accommodating space is defined between the upper shielding component and the lower shielding component. The memory component is located in the accommodating space. The heat-conducting units contact an external structure, and a thermal energy generated by the memory component is conducted to the external structure through the plurality of heat-conducting units.
US10609839B1	Liquid submersion cooled electronic systems and devices Liquid submersion cooling devices and systems are described that use a cooling liquid, for example a dielectric cooling liquid, to submersion cool individual electronic devices or an array of electronic devices. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a non-pressurized device housing defining an interior space where pressure in the interior space equals or is only slightly different than pressure outside the non-pressurized device housing.
US10609824B2	Manufacturing method of a multi-layer circuit board A multi-layer circuit board including a plurality of insulation bumps, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer is provided. The plurality of insulation bumps are disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. A top portion of the plurality of insulation bumps is served as a circuit connection point. The first conductive layer is disposed on the first substrate and connected to the circuit connection point. The second conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate and connected to the circuit connection point.
US10609821B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel including a bending region; and a flexible printed circuit film connected to the display panel, the display panel including: a substrate; a display active layer on the substrate to display an image; a protection layer on the substrate; and a polarization layer on the display active layer, and the polarization layer includes an inclination part at a side surface thereof, the protection layer covers the bending region, and a side of the protection layer is in contact with the inclination part.
US10609820B2	Electronic component module, DC-DC converter, and electronic device An electronic component module includes a substrate, a coil element provided in or on the substrate, and an IC element connected to the coil element, in which external terminals are provided on the substrate, the substrate includes a first region and a second region different region from the first region when the substrate is viewed in plan view, the IC element is provided in the first region, the external terminals are provided at least in the first region, the coil element extends across the first region and the second region, and the first region is a rigid region and the second region is more flexible than the first region.
US10609816B2	Stretchable conductive pattern and stretchable device A stretchable conductive pattern includes a plurality of first closed loop parts spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and at least one first line part extended in the first direction and connecting between adjacent first closed loop parts among the plurality of first closed loop parts.
US10609810B2	Method for producing heat-dissipating sheet having high thermal conductivity A heat-dissipating sheet having a density of 1.9 g/cm3 or more and an in-plane thermal conductivity of 570 W/mK or more, which comprises carbon black uniformly dispersed among fine graphite particles, a mass ratio of fine graphite particles to carbon black being 75/25 to 95/5, is obtained by repeating plural times a cycle of applying a dispersion of fine graphite particles, carbon black and an organic binder in an organic solvent to a surface of a support plate, and then drying it, to form a resin-containing composite sheet; burning the resin-containing composite sheet to remove the organic binder; and pressing the resultant composite sheet of fine graphite particles and carbon black for densification.
US10609804B2	Laser driven lamp A laser driven lamp includes a metallic main body having a columnar shape. The lamp also includes an ellipsoidal reflecting surface formed in the main body such that the ellipsoidal reflecting surface has a focal point at which the laser beam converges. The lamp also includes a light exit window in front of the ellipsoidal reflecting surface. The light exit window transmits ultraviolet light. The lamp also includes a laser beam passing hole formed at a predetermined position of the main body such that this hole penetrates the main body in an optical axial direction of the lamp. The lamp also includes a light entrance window behind the laser light passing hole such that the laser beam is incident to the light entrance window. The main body, the light exit window and the light entrance window form a closed space to contain a light emitting gas.
US10609800B2	Light string and automatic assembly apparatus and method thereof A light string, an automatic assembly apparatus and an automatic assembly method thereof are provided. The method includes steps of: arranging lamp housings in a lamp housing carrier by using an assembly machine; actuating a holder to move horizontally by using the assembly machine to align light-emitting elements with accommodating spaces of the lamp housings, respectively; actuating the holder to move vertically toward the lamp housing carrier by using the assembly machine to move the light-emitting elements into the accommodating spaces to be bonded to the lamp housings, respectively; removing a first wire and a second wire together with the light-emitting elements from the holder by the assembly machine; passing the first wire and the second wire through lamp housing through holes of the lamp housings by using the assembly machine; and taking out the light string from the lamp housing carrier by using the assembly machine.
US10609796B2	Programmable feed-forward regulation Programmable drivers (or power supplies) for solid state light sources are disclosed, on which output regulation is improved to expand the dimming range to 1% and reduce and/or remove flicker. Additional fault conditions are set up to avoid latching, and thus provide for a controllable restart feature. Such drivers include an isolated half bridge resonant converter with an improved control approach designed to regulate very low current though primary side in a feed-forward loop. Such drivers include both digital and analog loops that improve the performance in steady state and/or during transients, particularly for a lighting load, in comparison to a single full digital control.
US10609792B2	Digital load control system providing power and communication via existing power wiring A controller comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between an AC power source and a load control device. The controller also comprises a control circuit coupled to the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive each half-cycle of the AC power source to generate a phase-control voltage. The control circuit is operable to render the controllably conductive device conductive for a portion of each half-cycle of the AC power source. The control circuit is operable to transmit a digital message to the load control device for controlling the power delivered to the load by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage, where the phase-control voltage having at least one timing edge in each half-cycle of the AC power source when the control circuit is transmitting the digital message to the load control device.
US10609791B2	Lighting system optimized for cost reduction A method and corresponding system is disclosed for use in a Networked Lighting Control System whereby communication costs (e.g. costs associated with LTE technologies), variable electric rates and traffic models are analyzed to maximize cost savings. In one example, the system consists of receiving cellular usage rates, electric usage rates, and generated traffic models or statistics to manage transmission and broadcast of usage rates to lighting poles. An apparatus associated with the lighting pole can then use this information to determine frequency of sending lighting commands to nearby poles.
US10609778B2	LED lighting systems and methods for constant current control in various operation modes System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US10609761B2	Adaptive signal strength thresholds for peer-to-peer synchronization and data communication In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to adapting a signal strength metric threshold. In some embodiments, the signal strength metric may be adapted (or adjusted) to establish or maintain data communications with peer devices.
US10609751B2	Method and apparatus for connection processing between a terminal and base station The present invention provides a method and apparatus for connection processing between a terminal and base station, wherein, the method comprises: the base station receiving the first request message carrying the terminal identity information that is transmitted by the terminal, wherein, the terminal identity information is used to indicate the identity of the terminal, and the first request message is used to request the base station to resume the connection between the terminal and network; the base station searches for context information matching the terminal identity information; when the base station finds the context information, it uses the context information to resume the connection with the terminal. Adopting the technical solutions provided by the present embodiments solves the problem of complex connection processing between the terminal and network in the related art, and achieves high-speed connection resumption between a terminal and network.
US10609750B2	Devices and methods for next generation technology indicators Devices and methods for enabling the reporting of technology indicators to a user operating on an LTE-NR Dual Connectivity mode. This may include establishing a first network access link with a primary network access node and a second network access link with a secondary network access node; identifying a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) corresponding to the first network access link and a second RAT corresponding to the second network access link; determining a first RAT Radio Link Control (RLC) leg for the first RAT and a second RAT RLC leg for the second RAT; and reporting at least the second RAT based on the determined second RAT RLC leg.
US10609749B2	Network node and method therein for configuring PDCP for a wireless device A wireless device is configured for wirelessly communicating with one or more types of Radio Access Networks (RANs) providing control-plane connectivity to one or both of a first type of core network and a second type of core network. The device configures a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) at the device, e.g., at least for initial control-plane signaling, in dependence on whether the device is connected, or connecting, to the first type or the second type of core network. In at least one embodiment, the device configures PDCP for the second type of core network as a default choice, when control-plane connectivity to the second core network is available. In an example arrangement, the RAN types are LTE and 5G New Radio (NR), and the core network types are Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and 5G New Generation Core Network (NGCN).
US10609748B2	Communication system, communication apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium A mobile terminal (communication apparatus) selects a data item that needs to be obtained from an MFP (information processing apparatus) according to a user instruction given via an operation screen. Upon establishment of NFC communication between the mobile terminal and an NFC tag of the MFP as a result of the mobile terminal being brought closer to the NFC tag by the user, the mobile terminal reads, from the NFC tag, connection information for connecting to the MFP by using the Wi-Fi Direct. The mobile terminal connects to the MFP by using the Wi-Fi Direct based on the obtained connection information, and obtains data corresponding to the selected data item from the MFP through the Wi-Fi Direct communication.
US10609743B2	D2D data transmission method and system, and device A device-to-device (D2D) data transmission method and system, where the method implemented by a source terminal and includes sending a first message to n candidate terminals, where the first message discovers the n candidate terminals, the source terminal is out of a network coverage area of a base station, and the n candidate terminals are in the network coverage area of the base station, receiving n second messages from each candidate terminal, wherein each second message includes at least one of a user identity of each candidate terminal or status information of each candidate terminal, determining a relay terminal from the n candidate terminals according to at least one of the user identity of each candidate terminal or the status information of each candidate terminal, and transmitting the data to the base station using the relay terminal.
US10609739B2	Internet protocol address and port-based identity service A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an IP address and port-based identity service in which an anchor node of a wireless network stores identity information pertaining to a user of a mobile device in a centralized database. An authenticated and authorized web server may query the centralized database using the IP address or the IP address and port of an end device connected to the web server. The web server may obtain identity information pertaining to the user, such as a mobile telephone number.
US10609734B2	Method and apparatus for detecting RACH preamble on basis of plurality of zero-correlation zones in wireless communication system Provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting a random access channel (RACH) preamble on the basis of a plurality of zero-correlation zones (ZCZ) in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) transmits a RACH preamble, generated using a combination of a plurality of sequences corresponding to a plurality of zero-correlation zones, to an evolved NodeB (eNB). The evolved NodeB (eNB) detects a plurality of peaks from the RACH preamble and transmits a random access response to the UE.
US10609729B2	Conditional uplink radio resource utilization in a cellular network A communication device receives an uplink grant from a node of a cellular network. The uplink grant indicates uplink radio resources allocated to the communication device in reoccurring time intervals. For each of these time intervals, the communication device selects between an active mode and an inactive mode. In the active mode the communication device performs an uplink transmission in the allocated uplink radio resources. In the inactive mode the communication device performs no uplink transmission in the allocated uplink radio resources.
US10609723B2	Methods and systems for establishing in-flight network traffic policies for personal electronic devices Methods and systems establish a traffic policy for a personal electronic device based on one or more physical characteristics of the device. In some aspects, a database of traffic policies is maintained. The traffic policies are for accessing a network via a wireless communications link. A network access unit receives a request from a personal electronic device to access the network. The request is analyzed to determine a physical characteristic of the device. A traffic policy is established from the database for the device based, at least in part, on the determined physical characteristic of the device. Transmission of network traffic for the device is then scheduled based at least in part, on the established traffic policy.
US10609721B2	Wireless access point with two radio frequency modules of same frequency band and signal interference reduction method Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless access point, including: a first radio frequency module, a second radio frequency module, and a processor. A frequency band of the first radio frequency module is the same as that of the second radio frequency module; the first radio frequency module and the second radio frequency module work on different channels; a first transmit power upper limit of the first radio frequency module is greater than a second transmit power upper limit of the second radio frequency module; and the processor is configured to schedule a terminal whose signal strength is greater than a threshold to associate with the wireless access point by using the second radio frequency module. The complexity of hardware design for integrating two radio frequency modules of a same frequency band into one AP may be reduced.
US10609717B2	Downlink transmission method and user terminal equipment Disclosed is a downlink transmission method that includes UE receiving configuration information sent form base station and accordingly adjusting CQI table and MCS table; UE measuring and reporting downlink channel quality indicator information to the base station; with the UE reporting the CQI information according to a backward compatible CQI table or a CQI table which supports 256 QAM modulation; and the UE receiving downlink scheduling information sent from the base station, receiving accordingly downlink data sent from the base station, with the UE processing the MCS information according to a backward compatible MCS table or a MCS table which supports 256 QAM modulation.
US10609711B1	Time-reversal scalability for high network densification The predicted explosive growth in the number of wireless devices and mobile applications utilizing wireless networks makes it time for engineers to face the high network densification challenge where massive numbers of terminal devices (TDs) coexist and require both high-rate and low-latency wireless data transmissions. We describe a multiple access point (AP) Time-Reversal Division Multiple Access (TRDMA) downlink system that utilizes the natural spatial and temporal focusing properties of Time Reversal (TR) based communications, where the interference to unintended receivers is automatically at least partially mitigated. As a result, in some implementations, the TRDMA system can achieve full or nearly-full spectrum reuse without any coordination among APs. The performance of the TRDMA system is investigated in both an open access model where an AP is open to all the TDs and a closed access model where an AP is only open to specific TDs. It is shown that in the open access model, the TRDMA system can be easily extended by adding more APs to fit various scenarios. In the closed access model, the TRDMA system is failure-robust such that the performance degradation caused by neighboring APs is graceful. Moreover, the packet delay of the TRDMA system can be much lower than that of the IEEE 802.11 based system.
US10609708B1	Use of TDD special subframe for transmission of small quantity of data A method and system to help control transmission over an air interface from a base station to a served WCD. When the base station has a threshold small quantity of data to transmit over the air to a WCD, the base station will schedule the transmission to occur in a downlink PRB of a special subframe, rather than in a PRB of a regular downlink subframe. As the downlink PRB of the special subframe likely has fewer useable resource elements than the PRB of the regular downlink subframe, this process could help to minimize waste of air interface resources resulting from not making use of resource elements in an allocated PRB.
US10609705B2	Transmission method and apparatus for mapping downlink control information and transmitting a mapped downlink control signal In the base station (100), a search space setting unit (103) sets a search space on the basis of a search space setting rule in accordance with R-PDCCH range of a setting target slot, and an allocating unit (108) places DCI in one of a plurality of candidates of to-be-decoded unit range included in the set search space. The search space setting rules are associated with respective numbers of candidates of to-be-decoded unit range corresponding to the respective ones of a plurality of numbers of connections for R-CCE, and a first search space setting rule of a slot 0 and a second search space setting rule of a slot 1 are different from each other in terms of the patterns related to the numbers of candidates of to-be-decoded unit range corresponding to the plurality of numbers of connections for R-CCE.
US10609698B2	Method for processing physical downlink control channel data, transmitting end, and user equipment A method for processing physical downlink control channel data, a transmitting end, and a user equipment are provided and relate to the field of communications, which can extract a scrambling sequence in multiple modulation modes, so that scrambling and descrambling are performed on physical downlink control channel data in multiple modulation modes. The method includes: generating a scrambling sequence corresponding to a control channel element according to an index number of the control channel element and/or a modulation mode used by the control channel element; performing scrambling on physical downlink control channel data by using the scrambling sequence; and sending the scrambled physical downlink control channel data to a user equipment. The embodiments of the present application are used to perform scrambling and descrambling on physical downlink control channel data.
US10609697B2	Communication method based on non-orthogonal transmission, and device The present invention discloses a communication method based on non-orthogonal transmission, and a device. The method includes: receiving, by first user equipment UE, first downlink control information sent by a base station, where the first downlink control information includes a downlink control parameter of the first UE and an index of a radio network temporary identifier RNTI of second UE; receiving, by the first UE, second downlink control information sent by the base station; and obtaining, by the first UE, a data signal of the first UE according to the index of the RNTI of the second UE, the downlink control parameter of the second UE, the data signal of the associated user equipment group, and the downlink control parameter of the first UE. Signaling overheads can be reduced according to embodiments of the present invention.
US10609694B2	Mobile communication system, SGW, terminal, reception method of mobile communication system, reception method of SGW, and reception method of terminal The mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes UE (45), MME (25), SGSN (27) and SGW (15). The SGW (15) includes means for, when ISR is active in the UE (45), the MME (25), the SGSN (27) and the SGW (15), sending a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME (25) and the SGSN (27), and when a Modify Bearer Request message is received from another MME (35) or another SGSN (37) different from the MME (25) and the SGSN (27), resending the Downlink Data Notification message only to another MME (35) or another SGSN (37) having sent the Modify Bearer Request message.
US10609690B2	Terminal device, network device, uplink sending method, and uplink receiving method The present disclosure relates to a terminal device, in which a processing module selects one or more normal carriers or special carriers from a first carrier set for an uplink subframe, where the first carrier set includes all carriers in carrier aggregation that are used by the terminal device to send a first uplink subframe; and a sending module cancels sending of the uplink subframe on one or more carriers, where the special carrier is a carrier on which the terminal device sends neither uplink data nor uplink control information in uplink, and the normal carrier is a carrier that is used by the terminal device to send uplink data and/or uplink control information. An uplink subframe on some carriers is rejected, thereby resolving a problem that information such as a downlink channel characteristic of a carrier cannot be obtained when no uplink reference signal is sent on the carrier.
US10609686B2	Common search space (CSS) for paging of NB-IoT devices A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in idle mode, for determining common search space (CSS) for NB-IoT paging is disclosed. The method comprises determining a set of periodic subframes as a Paging Occasion (PO) subframe pattern. The method further comprises monitoring a starting subframe of paging CSS for a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). The starting subframe of paging CSS is determined as follows: a first subframe (SF0) defined by the Paging Occasion subframe pattern, is used when SF0 is determined to be a valid downlink subframe. A next valid downlink subframe after SF0 is used when SF0 is determined to be an invalid downlink subframe.
US10609681B2	User device-initiated request for resource configuration The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for user device-initiated requests for resource configuration. In some aspects, a user device can detect one or more conditions related to communicating with a base station over a wireless connection. The user device selects, based on the conditions, elements of a resource configuration for communicating with the base station. The user device then transmits a request indicating the selected elements of the resource configuration to the base station, which can then allocate resources to the user device based on the request. The elements of the resource configuration selected by the user device may include one or more of numerology configuration, mini-slot configuration, or a schedule for uplink and downlink OFDM symbols within a resource of the wireless network. This may allow the user device to influence a resource configuration that is better-suited for communication over one or more channels of the wireless connection.
US10609670B2	Method and system for locating a position of a movable device A method in a movable device for locating or positioning of the movable device within an environment comprises: receiving, from an external unit, a central environment model; determining distance-dependent measurements for one or more positions of the movable device; determining a location of the movable device based on the received central environment model and the determined distance-dependent measurements, said determining comprising: forming a local environment model defining estimated locations of the wireless transmission sources and of the one or more positions of the movable device, wherein the estimated locations of the wireless transmission sources in the local environment model are updated in relation to the central environment model, wherein the updated estimated locations of the wireless transmission sources and the estimated locations of the one or more positions of the movable device are set based on a calculated error of the local environment model in relation to the determined distance-dependent measurements.
US10609659B2	Configuring transmission power of a transmission by a wireless communication device Methods and devices for configuring a transmission power of a transmission by a wireless communication device (102) are provided. For instance, an example method (200) is described that includes determining (202) whether the wireless communication device (102) is to control the transmission power (114) of the transmission (104) in accordance with transmission power control commands (108) from a radio network node (106). In an aspect, the determination is based on whether the wireless communication device (102) is configured to dynamically adjust a clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold for the transmission (104) and based on a traffic type (112) conveyed by the transmission (104). The example method may also include transmitting (204) the transmission (104) with a transmission power (114) that is configured based on such a determination.
US10609658B2	Communication apparatus, communication processing method, and recording medium A communication apparatus that communicates with a counterpart apparatus in accordance with a hierarchical communication protocol that includes a first layer and a second layer higher than the first layer is provided. In the communication apparatus, in a case where received signal strength is less than a threshold in a received signal strength checking process repeated N times and a notification is not output from a first communication processor 10 in at least a predetermined period of time that includes a period of time during which the received signal strength checking process is repeated N times, a second command to terminate the connection with the counterpart apparatus is input into the first communication processor 10, so as to prevent a situation in which a packet is repeatedly retransmitted.
US10609657B2	Uplink transmit power control during random access procedures Beam specific power ramping counters may be used to adjust uplink transmit power. For example, a user equipment (UE) may use counters for beam specific power control of Random Access Channel (RACH) Message1 transmissions. A UE may transmit a RACH message1 on a beam specific resource and increment a counter corresponding to a gNB downlink beam. Power adjustments may be made on subsequent re-transmissions of the RACH message1 according to a power control policy. The power control policy may call for applying a power ramping function based on the value(s) of one or more of the counters.
US10609651B2	Adjusting signal power to increase performance of communication links of communication nodes A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining performance measurements for a number of sectors or a number of paths and determining whether one or more of the performance measurements are below a threshold. A power level of at least a portion of a received uplink signal is adjusted to increase a performance measurement of an affected sector of the number of sectors or an affected path of the number of paths falling below the threshold. A determination is made as to whether the adjusting of the power level of at least the portion of the received uplink signal has improved the performance measurement of the affected sector or the affected path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10609647B2	Multi-band link-aggregation pre-negotiated power save modes An apparatus for implementing power control for a radio device that has multiple radio transceivers operating in different bands, including sub-bands of a single frequency band. The device implements a power control protocol for communications between the device and a similar peer device. The device sets-up the power control protocol by generating a request to use one of the multiple bands to signal power control operations, and to use another one of the multiple bands to transfer data between the device and the peer device. The device sends the request to the peer device and receives a response. Based on the response, the device identifies a control channel band and a data channel band from among the multiple bands.
US10609635B2	Network sharing by multiple service providers in a 3GPP framework using single core network A method is provided for network equipment and resource sharing amongst service providers within a communications network. Parameters are determined, each associated with a an SP(ID) identifying a respective service provider. The Parameters relate to network parameters of a that are utilized for standard network processes unrelated to service provider identification. A control message is received, including a UT-ID associated with a user terminal (UT). The UT is associated with one service provider. The control message is received as part of configuration of network services for the UT. One of the Parameters is determined that is associated with the UT-ID, and one SP(ID) is determined that is associated with the determined Parameter. Communications channels are provided to the UT for network services. The communications channels are configured based on share parameters defining a share of network resources allocated to the service provider to which the determined SP(ID) corresponds.
US10609634B2	Access network selection In one embodiment, an enterprise network includes: at least one wireless access point operative to enable a wireless device to connect to the enterprise network, networked resources to be accessed by the wireless device, and a network selection server implemented on at least one computing device and operative to: authenticate credentials provided by the wireless device when connecting to the enterprise network via the at least one wireless access point, and provide network access selection policies to the wireless device, where the network access selection policies at least determine access by the wireless device to network resources while said wireless device is connected to said enterprise network.
US10609633B2	Method for triggering registrar protocol interaction, access point, and station A method for triggering a registrar protocol interaction. The method includes: receiving, by an access point, a probe request sent by at least one station, where the probe request includes an identifier of the access point; determining, by the access point, a first station in the at least one station according to the probe request sent by the at least one station, where the identifier included in the probe request sent by the first station matches an identifier of the access point, and a signal strength of the probe request sent by the first station is greater than a signal strength threshold; and automatically triggering, by the access point, a registrar protocol interaction with the first station.
US10609630B2	Discovery message processing method and apparatus This disclosure discloses a discovery message processing method and apparatus, and pertains to the communications field. The method includes: receiving, by a first wireless network device, a discovery message sent by a second wireless network device; and if the first wireless network device is in an RRC connected state or has an RRC connection requirement, sending, by the first wireless network device, a feedback message corresponding to the discovery message to the second wireless network device. This disclosure can save time-frequency resources.
US10609629B2	Method and apparatus for exploiting radio access technology system information blocks for time transfer based positioning Disclosed is a method and apparatus for exploiting Radio Access Technology (RAT) system information blocks for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning. The method may include processing, by a mobile device with carrier aggregation, a voice call via a first RAT, the processing of the voice call causing second RAT capabilities of the mobile device to go out of service. The method may also include accessing a communications network using the second RAT with an available receiver of the mobile device during the voice call via the first RAT. The method may also include obtaining, with the available receiver, timing information from one or more broadcast system information blocks of the second RAT, and determining a time based, at least in part, on the obtained timing information.
US10609627B2	Identifying communications technology from cellular broadcast data A device can receive a system information data from a cell and obtain cell metadata from the system information data, the cell metadata including at least one of: a cell identifier, or a cellular parameter. The device can determine, based on the cell metadata, that the cell is of a particular cell type of multiple cell types, including: a fifth generation long term evolution (LTE) cell type, a fifth generation new radio (NR) sub-6 GHz cell type, and a fifth generation NR millimeter wave cell type. Based on the particular cell type, the device can perform an action, including causing display of an indicator on a display of the device.
US10609622B2	Ad hoc networking scheme for mobile cyber-physical systems Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for packet routing. In an embodiment, when a transmitting communication device injects a packet into a communication network, a receiving communication device that is closer to a sink or destination than the transmitting communication device relays the packet in a first hop. In a subsequent hop, a receiving communication device evaluates position information conveyed by the transmitting communication device of the first hop to determine whether to forward the packet. Accordingly, a receiving communication device receiver that offers progress towards the sink can elect to forward the packet.
US10609619B2	Cell selection procedures for machine type communication devices Cell selection techniques are provided for network access to cells that may employ one or more coverage enhancement techniques. A user equipment (UE), which may be a machine type communication (MTC) device, upon initial acquisition or upon wakeup may measure a reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or both, and determine a cell selection value based at least in part on the RSRP, RSRQ, or a combination thereof. The cell selection value may be determined based on an offset, which may be selected based on a measurement accuracy capability of the UE. UE sequential access attempts, neighbor cell list information that may include coverage enhancement of neighboring cells transmissions, and cell re-selection measurement frequency adjustments are also described.
US10609618B2	Terminal and processing method after access failure of terminal Various embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal and a processing method after an access failure of the terminal. The method includes: establishing, by a terminal, an RRC connection with a first cell, where the first cell is a cell containing a PLMN selected by the terminal; and logging, by the terminal, an access failure PLMN list when the terminal fails to establish the RRC connection with the first cell, where the access failure PLMN list includes the PLMN selected by the terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the accuracy of the logging may be achieved, thereby reporting to a correct PLMN.
US10609613B2	UE network mobility during IMS The disclosure provides for a user equipment (UE) to change from a first network to a second network for an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) call. Initially, the UE has a connection to a first network providing an IP address for the UE. The UE may receive, via the first network, a message indicating an incoming IMS call. The UE may transmit one or more IMS call setup messages on the first network at an IP layer. The UE may change the connection from the first network to a second network that uses a same identifier for the UE (e.g., the IP address). The UE may complete setup of the IMS call on the second network using the same identifier for the UE.
US10609609B2	Timing and cell specific system information handling for handover in evolved UTRA A method and apparatus for reducing handover time includes a wireless transmit receive unit receiving cell specific information in a downlink signal. The downlink signal is one of a set of signals included in a handover process.
US10609608B2	Method for changing connection mode in base station, and base station therefor, and method for changing connection mode in user equipment, and user equipment thereof A network may instruct to change the connection of a user equipment connected to the network in a first mode, to a second mode. The network may instruct re-establishment while instructing the user equipment to change the connection. In this case, the network and the user equipment release the connection of the first mode while maintaining an uplink resource allocated to the user equipment. After completing the connection release, the user equipment may transmit a connection request to the network using the uplink resource directly without any access process.
US10609604B2	Handover from WiFi to mobile network The invention relates to a method for handling a handover of a call at a mobile entity from a WiFi network to a mobile communications network, comprising the following steps. A connection request is transmitted to a radio access network of the mobile communications network, the connection request comprising a first indicator indicating that the connection request is for a handover of an ongoing call currently handled by the WiFi network. A service request is transmitted to set up a connection to a call control node of the mobile communications network, the service request comprising a second indicator indicating that the service request is for the ongoing call currently handled by the WiFi network.
US10609601B2	Wireless telecommunications system, terminal device, infrastructure equipment, integrated circuitry and methods The present technique provides a first terminal device for exchanging signals with a wireless telecommunications network and a plurality of second terminal devices, the first terminal device configured to exchange signals with each of the plurality of second terminal devices, when the first terminal device provides a local cell for providing wireless connectivity for the plurality of second terminal devices, and to exchange signals with one or more infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, and receive, from each of the plurality of second terminal devices served by the first terminal device when providing the local cell, suitability information indicative of the suitability of each of one or more other terminal devices or infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network to exchange signals with that second terminal device to provide for that second terminal devices another local cell.
US10609598B2	Base station, network system, and implementation method A base station includes multiple edge nodes and a central node. The edge nodes are configured to perform communication with a user equipment, and execute baseband processing and mutual conversion between baseband data and radio data, in which the multiple edge nodes belong to one or more edge node groups, and each edge node group includes at least one edge node. The central node is configured to perform communication with the multiple edge nodes, manage the multiple edge nodes, and perform resource sharing so that resources are shared by the multiple edge nodes. The base station is divided into two levels of architecture, namely, a central node and an edge node, and the central node implements resource sharing so that resources are shared by the edge nodes, so that a resource sharing degree in the base station is enhanced.
US10609597B2	System and method of a pause watchdog A method and apparatus of a device that triggers a pause watchdog is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a pause message from a second network element on a first network element, where the pause message indicates that data should not be transmitted by the first network element. The device additionally triggers a pause watchdog on the first network element if the pause message is above a pause watchdog threshold, where the pause watchdog reduces the effect of the pause message.
US10609591B2	Rate configuration method and device The present disclosure relates to rate configuration methods and devices. In some embodiments, the method includes: generating indication information that indicates a rate capability supported by an enhanced LTE-WLAN aggregation user equipment (eLWA UE); and reporting the indication information to an LTE base station. The indication information indicates a first rate of the eLWA UE, and the first rate is greater than a second rate configured by a WLAN access point for the eLWA UE.
US10609587B2	System, method, and computer program product for location-based detection of indicator anomalies A location-based system detects anomalies in performance indicators of telecommunication networks. The system generates a plurality of service areas, each service area including a plurality of adjacent cell sites. A performance indicator of a first service area of the plurality of service areas is selected and an aggregated service area performance indicator is generated, by aggregating the selected performance indicator for each cell site of the plurality of cell sites of the first service area. Generation of the plurality of service areas may be related to a determined network traffic threshold. The threshold may be related to: total bandwidth provided by a cell site, or total number of calls handled by a cell site. The selected indicator may be, for example the call set-up success rate (CSSR), or the drop call rate (DCR). An alert related to the aggregated indicator may be generated.
US10609586B2	Systems, methods, and devices having databases for electronic spectrum management Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time, which is stored on each apparatus or device and/or on a remote server computer that aggregates data from each apparatus or device.
US10609584B2	Selection of a carrier in multi-carrier operation system Radio network devices (30, 31) operative in a wireless communication network are autonomously distributed among available narrowband carriers for receiving and transmitting messages from and to the network according to each device's (30, 31) required enhanced coverage level, and the enhanced coverage levels supported by each narrowband carrier. Information about the narrowband carriers, including at least which enhanced coverage levels each carrier supports, is broadcast in a cell. Additional information may also be broadcast. The radio network devices (30, 31) each independently ascertains its required enhanced coverage level, such as for example by measuring a received signal power and comparing it to one or more thresholds. The network and radio network device (30, 31) each determined one narrowband carrier, such as by applying a predetermined function to parameters known to both the network and the radio network device (30, 31).
US10609582B2	Interference detection and identification in wireless network from RF or digitized signal A method for detecting interference in a wireless system is disclosed. The method includes receiving an uplink signal at a remote radio head in a distributed base station, passing the uplink signal from the remote radio head to a baseband unit over a front-haul communication link as baseband IQ data, and intercepting the baseband IQ data at a tester coupled between the remote radio head and the baseband unit. Processing of the IQ data is performed to determine whether an interfering signal is present in the uplink signal.
US10609573B2	Switching PANs while maintaining parent/child relationships Systems and methods for managing nodes in mesh networks are provided. A parent node may switch PANs and coordinate the switch with its child nodes. The parent node and its child nodes may maintain timing synchronization information for a current PAN and a new PAN. The parent node and its child nodes may switch to the new PAN using the same switching time.
US10609571B2	Determining redundant radios An algorithm for determining redundant radios in APs is disclosed. The algorithm first performs a coverage peak flattening algorithm to predict an impact to the total coverage area if a radio in a selected AP does not transmit signals in a frequency band. If the impact to the total coverage area is acceptable, the algorithm then performs a multi-point check algorithm to determine whether the radio in the selected AP is redundant in the frequency band. After determining that the radio in the selected AP is redundant in the frequency band, the algorithm transforms the redundant radio into various services based on the network deployment and user preference.
US10609570B2	Method and system for optimizing network parameters to improve customer satisfaction of network content A method for optimizing network parameters of a network includes receiving, via a network probe in communication with the network, a service type, key performance indicators associated with the service type, and network parameter information of the network. A customer satisfaction score associated with the service type and the associated key performance indicators is determined. When the customer satisfaction score is determined to be below a threshold, one or more network parameters leading to the customer satisfaction score being below the threshold are determined from the network parameter information. The one or more network parameters are adjusted, via a network configuration interface in communication with the network, to thereby increase the customer satisfaction score.
US10609564B2	System and method for detecting rogue access point and user device and computer program for the same A system for detecting a rogue access point (AP) may include: a user device configured to detect whether an accessed AP is a rogue AP with reference to a rogue AP database based on uniform resource locator (URL) access detection, and determine whether the accessed AP is a rogue AP by further using one or more information of secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate validity information of a predetermined server, electronic signature information of an accessed web page, and media access control (MAC) address collection information of an accessed gateway, if information of the accessed AP is not searched in the rogue AP database; and a detection server configured to share the rogue AP database with the user device. Using the system for detecting a rogue AP, it is possible to detect existence of a rogue AP having an unknown form through access detecting using a one-time URL, and detect address resolution protocol (ARP) spoofing attack.
US10609549B2	Apparatus and method for profile installation in communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of providing a profile package by a profile server and the profile server includes generating a profile package, dividing the profile package in a unit installable in a UICC of an electronic device, reconfiguring the divided profile information in an encryptable unit, and transmitting the reconfigured profile information to the electronic device. Further, provided is an operating method and apparatus of an electronic device communicating with the profile server.
US10609546B2	Unified radio access network (RAN)/multi-access edge computing (MEC) platform A device can receive, from a node in a core network, application identifiers associated with applications accessible by a first user device. The application identifiers can be associated with latency requirements. The device can obtain, from the first user device, a first packet associated with a first packet flow. The device can compare information regarding the first packet flow, and the application identifiers to determine that the first packet is destined for a low-latency application having a specified latency range. The device can identify a first low-latency bearer that satisfies the specified latency range associated with the low-latency application. The device can map the first packet flow to the first low-latency bearer, and communicate packets, associated with the first packet flow, using the first low-latency bearer. The packets can include data packets communicated between an entity hosting the low-latency application and the first user device, while bypassing the core network.
US10609545B2	Discovery carriers in frequency-hopping IOT systems According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of acquiring system information in a frequency-hopping network comprises obtaining an indication that the wireless device is configured for frequency hopping among a plurality of frequency channels. At least one of the plurality of frequency channels is a discovery channel. The discovery channel includes one or more dense discovery signals. A dense discovery signal is denser than a corresponding discovery signal included in the non-discovery channels of the plurality of frequency channels. The method further comprises tuning a radio receiver of the wireless device to the discovery channel, and acquiring system information using the one or more dense discovery signals. For example, a discovery signal (e.g. NPSS, NSSS, NPBCH, etc.) of the non-discovery channel may include one occurrence per frame and the corresponding discovery signal of the discovery channel includes more than one occurrence per frame.
US10609542B2	Systems, devices, and methods for emergency responses and safety Systems, devices, and methods for emergency responses are provided. A client device can be provided with a response to an emergency via a networked system that can determine that the client device is located with a defined area of coverage, and can route a call session to a answering platform associated with answering station device that can facilitate a facilitate a safety service. Client devices located outside the coverage area can be directed to communicate via a call to 911.
US10609519B1	Location tracking configuration using user devices In some embodiments, a method assigns an assigned user location to a device identifier of a device of a user and receives a time series of measurements of a signal associated with the device identifier. Each measurement is between the device and a set of spatially disposed radio monitors. The method filters one or more measurements from the time series of measurements based on a characteristic to generate a set of measurements. The set of measurements is associated with the assigned user location. Different sets of measurements are associated with different assigned user locations for use in location tracking of a subject client.
US10609518B2	Hybrid positioning system using a real-time location system and robotic total station A positioning system that combines the use of real-time location system and a robotic total station into a single, transparent hybrid positioning system to locate one or multiple targets by one or multiple users.
US10609517B2	Object tracking using a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network Embodiments described herein are directed to a tracking objects using a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network. Participant objects transmit notification signals to inform other participant objects in line-of-sight of their position and movement. The participants also utilize echoes of the notification signals to detect and estimate the position and movement of non-participant objects. Participant objects can then share this positional information with one another to refine the estimated position and movement of non-participant objects. The position of each other participant and non-participant object is updated based on an individualized update rate that dynamically changes based on the distance and velocity of closure between the participant and the other participant or non-participant object.
US10609514B2	Systems and methods for locating a tracking device The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.
US10609513B2	User intervention based on learned behavior in a tracking device environment A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
US10609512B2	User intervention based on tracking device location A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
US10609509B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method for providing application information An information processing apparatus connectable to a device includes: an acquiring unit to acquire, from the device, a display request including destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used and indicating information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application; a specifying unit to specify, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information identifying an application available for the device is associated with the destination information, the application identification information associated with the destination information included in the display request; and a first transmitting unit to transmit, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application identified by the application identification information. The device includes: a second transmitting unit to transmit the display request to the apparatus; a receiving unit to receive the application list screen from the apparatus; and a display controller to display the application list screen.
US10609507B2	Circuit device and a communication apparatus An application program relating to a process of an integrated circuit is stored in a virtual integrated circuit storage area server apparatus. Following a mutual authentication between the IC and the virtual storage area server apparatus through a portable communication function unit, the server apparatus executes the application program. Additionally, through the IC, the portable communication function unit, a wireless communication line, and a network, communicate with an IC_R/W apparatus and perform a process relating to a service in collaboration with each other.
US10609506B2	System and tools for enhanced 3D audio authoring and rendering Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment.
US10609487B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus capable of realizing uniform sound wave and improved sound quality is provided. The display apparatus may include a display panel for displaying an image, a supporting member for supporting a rear surface of the display panel, at least one sound generating device disposed between the supporting member and the display panel, at least one partition provided at a predetermined interval from at least one sound generating device, and an adhesion member disposed in the periphery of the display panel.
US10609485B2	System and method for performing panning for an arbitrary loudspeaker setup Placement of one or two placed virtual loudspeakers within a loudspeaker setup that includes a real loudspeakers is determined and vector base amplitude panning (VBAP) gains including the gains of the real loudspeakers and placed one or two virtual loudspeakers are also then determined. Gains of one or two placed virtual loudspeakers are redistributed to the real loudspeakers to ensure preservation of total energy. Real loudspeakers in the loudspeaker setup have redistributed gains of one or two placed virtual loudspeakers. Loudspeaker outputs are generated and transmitted to the real loudspeakers to be played back. When received audio content is ambisonics content, a predetermined grid is generated and HOA content is projected to the grid. Other aspects are also described.
US10609483B2	Method for sound effect compensation, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and terminal device A method and an apparatus for sound effect compensation, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the following. An acoustic transmission function of an audio processing device in an ear canal of a user is determined according to an audio signal currently output from the audio processing device. Compensate for the audio signal according to the acoustic transmission function.
US10609477B1	Control system for regulation of boosted audio amplifier A boosted audio amplifier system includes a first digital interpolation filter configured to oversample an audio input signal at a first oversampling rate and includes a signal level detector having an input coupled to receive the oversampled audio input signal and configured to produce an audio input level signal. The system further includes a programmable delay buffer having inputs coupled to receive the oversampled audio input signal and a first delay signal. The programmable delay buffer adds a first delay to the oversampled audio input signal to produce a delayed input signal. The system also includes a first processor having inputs coupled to receive a battery voltage level signal, the audio input level signal and the first delay signal. The first processor is configured to produce boost control signals to regulate a boost voltage.
US10609474B2	Air pulse generating element and manufacturing method thereof An air pulse generating element is disclosed. The air pulse generating element includes a front faceplate; a back faceplate; a front supporting element; a back supporting element; a folded membrane, configured to form a front chamber and a back chamber, and comprising a plurality of membrane units; wherein the plurality of membrane units are parallel and sequentially connected and an end of the folded membrane is connected to the back faceplate via the back supporting element and another end of the folded membrane is connected to the front faceplate via the front supporting element; and a plurality of valves controlling a plurality of air flow channels between the front chamber toward either a front space or a back space; wherein the plurality of membrane units are configured to perform horizontal deformation to squeeze air in and out of the front or back chamber with operations of the plurality of valves.
US10609472B2	Speaker module and projector A speaker module includes a bracket, a plurality of first cushion members, a speaker and a plurality of second cushion members. The bracket includes a plurality of first pillars. Each of the first cushion members is disposed on one of the first pillars. The speaker is connected to the first cushion members. The second cushion members are connected to a periphery of the bracket.
US10609471B2	Speaker module and sound-adsorbing material The invention provides a speaker module and a sound-adsorbing material, comprising: a housing and a speaker unit accommodated in the housing, wherein the speaker unit separates a cavity formed by the housing into a front sound cavity and a rear sound cavity; the rear sound cavity is filled with a sound-adsorbing material; and heteroatoms are doped in a crystal structure of the sound-adsorbing material. The application of the above invention can reduce the adsorption of alien molecules by the sound-adsorbing material inside the speaker module, and even reject the alien molecules, thereby ensuring the long-term effectiveness of the sound-adsorbing material and improving the stability of the acoustic performance of the speaker module.
US10609464B2	Wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system and method for controlling a wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system A wireless microphone and/or in-ear monitoring system having at least one first mobile device for wirelessly transmitting first audio signals. The system also has at least one base station for wirelessly receiving the first audio signals transmitted by the mobile device. The wireless transmission is based on an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission (OFDM) during a time-division multiple access (TDMA) time slot. Each wireless microphone occupies at least one slot within 2 ms. Each of the TDMA frames has a plurality of slots which respectively have precisely one OFDM symbol. Accordingly, precisely one OFDM symbol is transmitted in each TDMA slot. During a time slot made available in accordance with the TDMA, a transmission is effected on the basis of an OFDM method. The TDMA frame length is so short as a latency of <4 ms is required for professional audio transmission, for example in the case of wireless microphone systems.
US10609463B2	Integrated microphone device and manufacturing method thereof An integrated microphone device is provided. The integrated microphone device includes a substrate, a plate, and a membrane. The substrate includes an aperture allowing acoustic pressure to pass through. The plate is disposed on a side of the substrate. The membrane is disposed between the substrate and the plate and movable relative to the plate as acoustic pressure strikes the membrane. The membrane includes a vent valve having an open area that is variable in response to a change in acoustic pressure.
US10609458B2	Apparatus for embedding digital watermark and method for embedding digital watermark An apparatus for embedding a digital watermark includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to generate a watermark signal to be embedded into moving image data based on information to be added to the moving image data, determine a frame of the moving image data at which overlapping of the watermark signal is to be started based on a variation in value in a time direction of a pixel in a region, in each of a plurality of frames of the moving image data, into which the watermark signal is to be embedded and also on a feature of the watermark signal, and embed the watermark signal beginning with the determined frame.
US10609457B2	Selection and alignment of video segments for adaptive streaming Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for selection and alignment of video segments for adaptive streaming. An embodiment operates by receiving one or more variant segments, the one or more variant segments including a first variant segment having a first bitrate and a second variant segment having a second bitrate for decoding and playback and generating a first packetized elementary stream (PES) collection based on the first variant segment and a second PES collection based on the second variant segment. The embodiment further operates by storing the generated first PES collection and second PES collection in a processing buffer; and determining a first out-of-tolerance splicing location and associated first out-of-tolerance offset between the first PES collection and the second PES collection based on a maximum tolerance offset.
US10609453B2	Customized recommendations of multimedia content streams Customized recommendations of multimedia content streams are provided herein. A method can include facilitating, by a network device of a wireless network and comprising a processor, an output of a recommendation of a first multimedia content stream at a communications device based on a monitored interaction determined to have been performed by an identified entity at the communications device. The method can also include facilitating, by the network device, a first transmission of the first multimedia content stream to the communications device in response to an acceptance of the recommendation of the first multimedia content stream received from the communications device. The first multimedia content stream can be renderable for consumption at the communications device.
US10609452B2	Audience forecasting for digital video content Techniques and systems are described to enable an analytics system to generate a forecast value for audience impressions of subsequent digital video content. In one example, an analytics system generated a linear regression model using data. The data describes audience segment values for past audience impressions of digital video content and a time series of when the digital video content is made available for consumption. The analytics system generates forecast values for audience impressions of digital video content using the linear regression model. In one example, the analytics system generates a forecast value for audience impressions of a subsequent item of digital video content based on scheduled availability for the subsequent item.
US10609445B2	Encoding device and method, decoding device and method, editing device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to an encoding device and a method, a decoding device and a method, an editing device and a method, a storage medium, and a program which can perform encoding and decoding so that buffer failure does not occur. Information, such as a minimum bit rate, a minimum buffer size, and a minimum initial delay time, is contained in a random access point header contained in an accessible point in a bitstream. A bitsteam analyzing unit 72 analyzes an input bitstream, sets the above-mentioned information, and outputs the resulting information to a buffer-information adding unit 73. The buffer-information adding unit 73 adds the input information to the input bitstream and outputs the resulting bitstream. The present invention is applicable to an encoding device and a decoding device which process bitstreams.
US10609443B2	Method, apparatus and system for discovering and displaying information related to video content Methods, apparatus and systems for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata includes extracting a plurality of frames from the video, generating a fingerprint for each frame of the plurality of frames, or for a set of frames of the plurality of frames, determining contextual data within at least one frame or set of frames, associating the generated fingerprint of each frame or set of frames with the determined contextual data, and storing the association of the fingerprint of each frame or set of frames and the contextual data.
US10609436B2	Controlling data communication in a moca access network A MoCA network management device is configured to enable data communication between client devices that are connected to different MoCA end devices in a MoCA Access network, by providing a redirection function for the MoCA end devices that are configured to be included in a VLAN within the MoCA Access network. The VLAN may include MoCA end devices in different rooms of a building. The MoCA network management device, which is installed intermediate the MoCA end devices and an external data channel, is configured to receive outgoing data generated by client devices that are connected to the MoCA end devices, access a database containing identifiers that are associated with the MoCA end devices in the VLAN, and selectively, based on the database, redirect the outgoing data to a selected MoCA end device among the MoCA end devices in the VLAN.
US10609434B2	Machine-learning based multi-step engagement strategy generation and visualization Machine-learning based multi-step engagement strategy generation and visualization is described. Rather than rely heavily on human involvement to create delivery strategies, the described learning-based engagement system generates multi-step engagement strategies by leveraging machine-learning models trained using data describing historical user interactions with content delivered in connection with historical campaigns. Initially, the learning-based engagement system obtains data describing an entry condition and an exit condition for a campaign. Based on the entry and exit condition, the learning-based engagement system utilizes the machine-learning models to generate a multi-step engagement strategy, which describes a sequence of content deliveries that are to be served to a particular client device user (or segment of client device users). Once the multi-step engagement strategies are generated, the learning-based engagement system may also generate visualizations of the strategies that can be output for display.
US10609430B2	Method and device for processing multimedia file, and storage medium A method and a device for processing a multimedia file are provided. In some embodiments, for a multimedia file to be processed, payload data in the multimedia file is acquired, and the payload data includes multi-frame data forming the multimedia file. Some pieces of frame data are selected from the payload data as frame data to be encrypted, and the frame data to be encrypted is encrypted. New payload data is formed by the encrypted frame data and unencrypted frame data, and the new payload data is encoded to obtain an encoded multimedia file. Therefore, the protection of the copyrights of the multimedia file is achieved.
US10609428B2	Transmission device and transmission method as well as reception device and reception method Control information on a data broadcasting application for each delivery segment is distributed.An application service descriptor for each delivery segment is arranged into an MP table stored in a PA message on the side of a broadcast station. Each application service descriptor indicates information on one application type and priority of the application type. A receiver further selects a specific MH-AIT and data transmission message, on the basis of the priority for each application type, indicated with the application service descriptor, and a default AIT flag.
US10609420B2	Reducing visible artifacts during playback of a video file for recorded real-time video communications Improved systems and methods of video decoding and recording in real-time video communications for use in lossy network environments. The disclosed systems and methods can employ a plurality of wait time thresholds for retransmission of missing video packets, based at least on the processing performed on the respective video packets, such processing including video decoding in a real-time video communication between client devices, and video recording and storing in a video file. The disclosed system and methods can also adaptively perform error concealment on video frames in the bitstream domain prior to recording and storing encoded video frame data in a video file, based at least on estimates of the complexities of the respective video frames.
US10609407B2	Method and apparatus for video coding There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding and decoding. In some embodiments a method comprises at least one of the following: encoding into a bitstream an indication that motion fields are stored, but only for inter-layer motion prediction; encoding into a bitstream an indication on a limited scope of motion field usage; encoding into a bitstream an indication whether or not to use the motion field for prediction; encoding into a bitstream an indication of storage parameters for storing motion information.
US10609403B2	Method and apparatus for block partition with non-uniform quad split A method of video decoding includes acquiring a current picture and signaling information from a coded video bitstream. The method further includes determining, from the signaling information, whether the block is partitioned in accordance with a quad split partition type. The method further includes, in response to determining that the block is not partitioned in accordance with the quad split partition type, determining whether the block is partitioned in accordance with a split partition type. The method further includes in response to determining that the block is partitioned in accordance with the split partition type, determining whether the block is partitioned in accordance with a non-uniform quad split partition type in which the block is partitioned into four sub-blocks along a same direction. The method further includes in response to determining that the block is partitioned in accordance with the non-uniform quad split partition type, reconstructing the block.
US10609400B2	Image processing device and image processing method Provided is an image processing device including a control section configured to set, based on a first quantization parameter offset set for a chroma component of a first layer, a second quantization parameter offset for a chroma component of a second layer decoded with reference to the first layer, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize transform coefficient data of the chroma component of the second layer using a quantization parameter computed using the second quantization parameter offset set by the control section.
US10609399B2	Cluster-based dependency signaling The signalization of the inter-layer dependencies between layers of a multi-layered data stream is described. A good compromise between a too intensive restriction of the potential diversity of inter-layer dependencies on the one hand and a too complex signaling of the inter-layer dependencies on the other hand has been found by describing the inter-layer dependencies by way of a first inter-dependency syntax structure indicating inter-dependencies between pairs of different values representable by a base layer-ID and a second inter-dependency syntax structure indicating inter-dependencies between pairs of different values representable by an extension layer-ID, the base layer ID and extension layer ID indexing the layers the portions of the multi-layer data stream are associated with. In accordance with this concept, emphasis may be shifted between increased diversity of the signalizable inter-layer dependencies on the one hand and reduced side-information overhead for signaling the inter-layer dependencies on the other hand.
US10609397B2	Low delay picture coding Parallel processing concepts such as wavefront parallel processing, are realized with a reduced end-to-end delay by giving up the usual slice concept according to which slices are either coded/decoded completely independent from areas of the picture outside of the respective slice, or at least independent from areas outside the respective slice as far as the entropy coding is concerned, namely in favor of slices of different modes, namely ones called dependent slices which allow for interdependencies across slice boundaries, and others which do not, called normal slices, for example. Combined with the aspect or not, WPP processing concept is made more efficiently by using the slices' start syntax portions to locate WPP entry points.
US10609396B2	Efficient scalable coding concept Scalable coding concepts are described. One aspect improves parallel decoding of inter-dependent layers of a multi-layer video data stream by introducing a long-term syntax element structure for guaranteeing that during a predetermined time period the pictures of the dependent layer are subdivided so that borders of the spatial segments of the pictures of the second layer and the spatial segments of the first layer overlay. Another aspect concerns upsampling from base layer to enhancement layer. Another aspect introduces a long-term syntax element structure allowing the decoder to determine the inter-layer offset for a predetermined time period. Another aspect introduces a type indicator field changing a way a layer indicator field within the NAL unit headers is to be interpreted. Another aspect allows different codecs/standards to be used for the different layers. Another aspect concerns a syntax element structure which indicates the inter-layer offset in units of the base layer blocks.
US10609395B2	High dynamic range video coding architectures with multiple operating modes A high dynamic range (HDR) signal processing device may receive a video signal and an operating mode indication. The operating mode indication may indicate a format of the video signal, for example, an HDR format or a non-DR format. Whether to perform adaptive reshaping on the video signal may be determined based on the operating mode indication. For example, it may be determined to perform the adaptive reshaping if the operating mode indicates that the video signal is in an HDR format. It may be determined to bypass the adaptive reshaping if the operating mode indicates that the video signal is in the non-HDR format. Multiple types of HDR reconstruction metadata may be received via a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit.
US10609389B2	Image encoding method, image decoding method, encoding device, and decoding device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image encoding method, an image decoding method, an encoding device, and a decoding device. The method includes: determining a conversion function parameter of a current image block; determining a conversion function parameter of a neighboring image block corresponding to the current image block; determining, according to a correlation between the conversion function parameter of the current image block and the conversion function parameter of the neighboring image block, whether to perform merge encoding on the conversion function parameter of the current image block and the conversion function parameter of the neighboring image block, and determining a first indicator, where the first indicator is used to indicate whether to perform merge encoding on the conversion function parameter of the current image block and the conversion function parameter of the neighboring image block; and encoding the first indicator.
US10609387B2	Image processing device and method The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method whereby higher encoding efficiency can be achieved. A prediction motion vector generating unit 76 uses peripheral motion vector information supplied thereto to generate multiple types of prediction motion vector information, and supplies each prediction motion vector information and code numbers assigned to the prediction motion vector information by a code number assigning unit 77 to a motion prediction/compensation unit 75. The code number assigning unit 77 supplies code number assignation information indicating which code numbers have been assigned to which prediction motion vector information, to a lossless encoding unit 66. The present technology can be applied to an image encoding device which performs encoding based on the H.264/AVC format, for example.
US10609383B2	Video compression using down-sampling patterns in two phases A method receives an image from a video. The image is split into a first set of first blocks of a first size and then the first blocks are split into a second set of second blocks of a second size. The method tests a first set of down-sampling patterns for the second set of second blocks in a first block in the set of first blocks to determine if a quality of reconstruction of the down-sampled second blocks meets a threshold associated with the respective first set of down sampling patterns. Second blocks satisfying the threshold are down-sampled using the first set of down-sampling patterns. Also, the method tests a second set of down-sampling patterns for the first block using a second set of down-sampling patterns to select one of the second set of down sampling patterns to use to down-sample second blocks that did not satisfy the threshold.
US10609378B2	Method and apparatus for determining reference picture set of image A method of determining a reference picture set (RPS), which is a set of reference pictures used in predictive decoding of a current picture that is to be decoded includes: obtaining a flag indicating whether the RPS is determined based on picture order count (POC) values of the current picture and a previous picture or whether the RPS is determined based on an index of a reference RPS, which is an identification value of the reference RPS that is one of pre-defined RPSs and is referred to in determining the RPS, and a delta RPS that is a difference value between a POC vale of a reference picture included in the reference RPS and a POC value of a reference picture included in the RPS; and determining the RPS according to a value of the flag.
US10609376B2	Encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method for coding efficiency According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range.
US10609359B2	Depth image provision apparatus and method Apparatuses, methods and storage media for providing a depth image of an object are described. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a projector to perform a controlled motion, to project a light pattern on different portions of the scene at different time instances, and an imaging device coupled with the projector, to generate pairs of images (a first image of a pair from a first perspective, and a second image of the pair from a second perspective), of different portions of the scene in response to the projection of the light pattern on respective portions. The apparatus may include a processor coupled with the projector and the imaging device, to control the motion of the projector, and generate the depth image of the object in the scene, based on processing of the generated pairs of images of the portions of the scene. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10609348B2	Pixel binning in an image sensor Pixel binning is performed by summing charge from some pixels positioned diagonally in a pixel array. Pixel signals output from pixels positioned diagonally in the pixel array may be combined on the output lines. A signal representing summed charge produces a binned 2×1 cluster. A signal representing combined voltage signals produces a binned 2×1 cluster. A signal representing summed charge and a signal representing combined pixel signals can be combined digitally to produce a binned 2×2 pixel. Orthogonal binning may be performed on other pixels in the pixel array by summing charge on respective common sense regions and then combining the voltage signals that represent the summed charge on respective output lines.
US10609347B2	Luggage management system and luggage management method A luggage management system includes: a locking/unlocking device mounted in a vehicle and configured to lock and unlock the vehicle in response to a request from a terminal, the terminal being used by a user who delivers luggage; an imaging device configured to capture an image of an inside of a predetermined area located in the vehicle, the predetermined area being used as a delivery place of the luggage; a control device configured to cause the imaging device to capture the image in the predetermined area when the locking/unlocking device locks or unlocks the vehicle in response to the request, and store the image; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a result of comparison between a reference image and a comparison image, whether the luggage has been carried away from the predetermined area.
US10609339B2	System for and method of dynamically displaying images on a vehicle electronic display A system for and method of displaying multiple images on an electronic display included in a vehicle. The method may include altering the position or one or more properties of a secondary image based on whether an object is detected in a primary image. The electronic display can be an electronic display mirror providing a view of an area behind the vehicle as the primary image.
US10609324B2	Real time painting of a video stream Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating graphical representations within frames of a video stream in real time. The systems and methods receive a frames depicting a portion of a face, identify user input, identify positions on the portion of the face corresponding to the user input. The systems and methods generate a graphical representation of the user input linked to positions on the portion of the face and render the graphical representation within frames of the video stream in real time.
US10609322B2	Medical diagnostic apparatus and medical diagnostic system According to one embodiment, a medical diagnostic apparatus causes first display circuitry to display the medical image, generates a first compressed image by compressing the medical image, and wirelessly transmits the first compressed image. If marker information including position information is generated and wirelessly transmitted from the terminal device, the medical diagnostic apparatus receives the marker information. The medical diagnostic apparatus causes the first display circuitry to display a composite image in which a marker is composited on the medical image, based on the marker information. The medical diagnostic apparatus stores in storage circuitry the medical image which constitutes the composite image in accordance with a storage request.
US10609321B2	Interfacing a television with a second device A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
US10609297B2	Optical scanning endoscope apparatus with light amount detector The disclosed optical scanning endoscope apparatus includes a scanner that scans an object with illumination light from a light source, a light amount detector that detects a light amount of the illumination light from the light source, and a controller that controls output of the light source based on the light amount detected by the light amount detector. The controller controls the output of the light source based on an integral value of the light amount detected by the light amount detector during an immediately prior predetermined period.
US10609295B1	Parallel high dynamic exposure range sensor Systems, apparatuses, and methods are presented for taking a combination of images taken synchronous in time with one another. According to one example, the present disclosure proposes one or more sensor arrays, each of which comprises multiple pixel sensors arranged to capture image data responsive to light exposure. Light is incident on the respective sensor arrays during substantially synchronous exposures. The one or more sensor arrays are configured such that the image data captured by the respective sensor arrays during the synchronous exposure differ in at least one of a luminance output or a color profile from one another.
US10609290B2	Video communication network with augmented reality eyewear Control of video camera monitors using a augmented reality wearable device is disclosed including integration within a communications network. A user of the wearable device can communicate wirelessly with other components or elements of the network, allowing for hands-free control of the video recording and/or streaming and physical work contemporaneously.
US10609287B2	Stabilizing video In general, the subject matter can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying, by a computing system and using first and second frames of a video, a transformation that indicates movement of a camera with respect to the frames. The computing system generates a modified transformation so that the transformation is less representative of recent movement. The computing system uses the transformation and the modified transformation to generate a second transformation. The computing system identifies an anticipated distortion that would be present in a stabilized version of the second frame. The computing system determines an amount by which to reduce a stabilizing effect. The computing system applies the second transformation to the second frame to stabilize the second frame, where the stabilizing effect has been reduced based on the determined amount by which to reduce the stabilizing effect.
US10609286B2	Extrapolating lighting conditions from a single digital image The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for predicting lighting conditions. In particular, the systems and methods described herein analyze a single low-dynamic range digital image to estimate a set of high-dynamic range lighting conditions associated with the single low-dynamic range lighting digital image. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein train a convolutional neural network to extrapolate lighting conditions from a digital image. The systems and methods also augment low-dynamic range information from the single low-dynamic range digital image by using a sky model algorithm to predict high-dynamic range lighting conditions.
US10609284B2	Controlling generation of hyperlapse from wide-angled, panoramic videos Hyperlapse results are generated from wide-angled, panoramic video. A set of wide-angled, panoramic video data is obtained. Video stabilization is performed on the obtained set of wide-angled, panoramic video data. Without user intervention, a smoothed camera path is automatically determined using at least one region of interest that is determined using saliency detection and semantically segmented frames of stabilized video data resulting from the video stabilization. A set of frames is determined to vary the velocity of wide-angled, panoramic rendered display of the hyperlapse results.
US10609281B2	Camera calibration A method of calibrating a camera performs a first calibration for frames of a sequence captured by the camera to calculate for those frames first calibration data for a set of one or more camera parameters; performs, for selected frames of the sequence, a second calibration to calculate second calibration data for the selected frames in dependence on the first calibration data for those frames; and uses the second calibration data in the first calibration performed for subsequent frames of the sequence.
US10609280B2	Method and system for recommending optimum position of photography Provided is a method and system for recommending an optimal position of photographing. A optimal position-of-photographing recommendation method may include executing, at an electronic device, and controlling a camera included in the electronic device under control of a photography application executed on the electronic device; calculating, at the electronic device, a photograph angle of the electronic device based on sensor information provided from a sensor of the electronic device under control of the photography application; comparing, at the electronic device, the calculated photograph angle to a desired angle range that is managed by the photography application, under control of the photography application; and outputting, at the electronic device, notification data in response to the calculated photograph angle being included in the desired angle range, under control of the photography application.
US10609278B2	Systems and methods for improved mobile platform imaging A method of imaging on a mobile platform includes exposing an imaging device mounted aboard the mobile platform at a plurality of positions of a component of the mobile platform to obtain images, determining, using the images, allowed positions of the component that do not obstruct a field-of-view of the imaging device, and controlling the imaging device according to the allowed positions to avoid imaging the component.
US10609273B2	Image pickup device and method of tracking subject thereof The present invention provides an image pickup device that recognizes the object that the user is attempting to capture as the subject, tracks the movement of that subject, and can continue tracking the movement of the subject even when the subject leaves the capturing area so that the subject can always be reliably brought into focus. The image pickup device includes a main camera that captures the subject; an EVF that displays the captured image captured by the main camera, a sub-camera that captures the subject using a wider capturing region than the main camera, and a processing unit that extracts the subject from the captured images captured by the main camera and the sub-camera, tracks the extracted subject, and brings the subject into focus when an image of the subject is actually captured. When the subject moves outside of a capturing region of the main camera, the processing unit tracks the subject extracted from the captured image captured by the sub-camera.
US10609271B2	System for visualizing image data What is provided is a system for visualizing digitalized image data having an image data source and an image data sink. The image data are associated to at least two different layers, wherein, for at least one of the layers as the reference layer, image data is present in at least two different resolutions. The layers show a common scene at different conditions of taking a picture. The image data source is configured to transfer to the image data sink image data of the reference layer in the at least two different resolutions in a prioritized manner relative to the image data of layers different from the reference layer. The image data source is configured to transfer to the image data sink, in a reload case where the image data source has transferred the image data of the reference layer to the image data sink at a presettable reference resolution, the image data of a presettable number of layers different from the reference layer in at least one presettable reload resolution.
US10609268B2	Control apparatus, lens apparatus, and imaging apparatus A control apparatus which performs control of a movable optical member of an optical apparatus based on a first operation amount of a first operation device and a second operation amount of a second operation device, comprises: a storage that stores information of a first operation sensitivity of the first operation device and a second operation sensitivity of the second operation device; and a processor configured to generate a target value for the control based on the first operation amount, the second operation amount, and the first operation sensitivity and the second operation sensitivity of which information is stored in the storage.
US10609267B2	Systems and methods for analyzing advertisement effectiveness using wearable camera systems Systems are provided for analyzing the effectiveness of an advertisement using information provided by a wearable camera system. In one implementation, a system includes a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processing device programmed to execute the instructions to receive, from the wearable camera system, information derived from image data related to an advertisement in an environment of a user of the wearable camera system. The processing device of the system may be further configured to receive information derived from the image data related to activities of the user, and may be configured to identify, based on this received information, a product acquired by the user that is associated with the advertisement.
US10609266B2	Camera for wide field of view with an arbitrary aspect ratio A camera system comprises illumination and optical components that manage illumination from the illumination source to the camera sensor in a highly efficient manner to image a wide field of view. The camera sensor comprises a modular compound imaging lens and a corresponding illuminator. The illuminator is capable of emitting a field of illumination that is wide in one plane (e.g., the tangential plane) and relatively narrow in the orthogonal plane (e.g., the sagittal plane). The modular compound lens receives scattered light from the viewing field and focuses the light to one or more imaging sensors (e.g., 3D imaging sensors). The modular lens images a wide field of view substantially equal to the field of illumination of the illuminator and is oriented such that the field of view of the lens substantially overlaps the field of illumination of the illuminator, yielding a high collection efficiency.
US10609264B1	Optical image capturing module An optical imaging module, including a circuit assembly and a lens assembly, is provided. The circuit assembly includes a base, a circuit substrate, image sensor elements, conductors, and a multi-lens frame. The image sensor elements are disposed in the accommodation space of the base. The conductors are disposed between circuit contacts of the circuit substrate and image contacts of the image sensor elements. The multi-lens frame can be integrally formed and covered on the circuit substrate and the image sensor elements. The lens assembly includes a lens base, a fixed lens assembly, an auto lens assembly, and a drive assembly. The lens base is disposed on the multi-lens frame. Each of the auto lens assembly and the fixed lens assembly has lenses having refractive power. The driving assembly drives the auto lens assembly to move in the direction of the normal line of the sensing surface.
US10609258B2	Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a print controller and a print mode setter. The print controller causes one or a plurality of print layers to be printed on a recording medium. The one or the plurality of print layers may include one or both of a special color ink layer and a process color ink layer. The special color ink layer includes ink dots of a special color ink, and the process color ink layer includes ink dots of the process color ink. The print mode setter is programmed and/or configured to be able to set a multi-layer print mode in which three or more layers including both of the special color ink layer and the process color ink layer are printed.
US10609257B2	Image processing apparatus with sheet removal monitoring for sheets with protection-target image In an image processing apparatus, a protection-target document sheet determining portion determines whether or not a protection-target image is included in a read image that is obtained by an image reading device, the protection-target image satisfying a predetermined protection condition. An operation detection sensor detects a removal operation of removing the document sheet from the document sheet support portion. An image output device executes a read image output process that includes printing the read image or outputting data of the read image to outside. A control device, in a case where it has been determined that a protection-target image is included in the read image, causes the image output device to execute the read image output process only after the removal operation is detected after the image is read from the document sheet.
US10609256B2	Imaging apparatus management system and operation method of an imaging apparatus management system An image apparatus management system includes a plurality of image apparatuses, a transmission device, and a processor. Each image apparatus of the plurality of image apparatuses is utilized to record surrounding images and generates at least one image file. The transmission device has a plurality of ports for electrically connecting to the plurality of image apparatuses. The processor is used for selecting at least one image apparatus according to a comparison condition from at least one image apparatus currently connected with the transmission device as at least one standby image apparatus to be utilized.
US10609255B2	Image forming apparatus that restricts functions after termination of login program, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image forming apparatus that performs authentication of a user by a login program that operates on firmware and that, upon detection an abnormality of the login program, restricts execution of a job without causing the login program to terminate, and, while execution of the job is being restricted, controls to enable reception of an operation for disabling the login program via a reception unit for receiving an operation by a user via an operation unit, and, in accordance with the operation for disabling, causes the restricted job to be executed.
US10609253B2	Data communication apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor A data communication apparatus that is capable of improving operability when inputting authentication information. An authentication unit accepts authentication information inputted when a user logs in to the data communication apparatus and authenticates the user based on the accepted authentication information. A designation unit designates a file transmission destination that is inputted by the authenticated user. A transmission unit transmits a file to the transmission destination inputted. A registration unit registers the transmission destination of the file. A control unit prohibits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the accepted authentication information is used for file transmission, and permits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the inputted authentication information is not used for file transmission.
US10609248B2	Communication system, mobile terminal, method of controlling the mobile terminal, and storage medium A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal receives a packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus, it determines whether or not a login condition for transmitting a login request is satisfied based on a received signal strength of the packet, and it transmits the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it determines that the login condition is satisfied, and does not transmit the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determines that the login condition is not satisfied.
US10609245B2	Image reading apparatus and image data generation method An image reading apparatus includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a first processor that generates a first merge image based on first image data acquired by reading by the first sensor and second image data acquired by reading by the second sensor, and a second processor that generates a second merge image based on the second image data and third image data acquired by reading by the third sensor, and generates an output image by performing a linking process on the first merge image and the second merge image.
US10609241B2	Image forming system, server, and image forming apparatus for updating internal data of an external device directly connected to the image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming system capable of updating internal data of an external device according to an instruction from a server. An app-installing unit installs an application for updating internal data of card reader in an image forming apparatus. An internal-data-updating unit causes the image forming apparatus to execute the application installed by the app-installing unit. An app-acquiring unit acquires the application from the server according to an instruction from the server. An app-executing unit executes the app acquired by the app-acquiring unit and updates the external device to the internal data. As a result, the internal data of the card reader is updated.
US10609230B2	Information processing apparatus that suppresses erroneous operation by user, control method for the information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus capable of suppressing an erroneous operation by a user when a mobile terminal is brought close to the information processing apparatus for near field wireless communication. Approach of a mobile terminal is detected. Whether an operation related to performing specific processing has been carried out by a user is determined. A confirmation screen for confirming with the user whether to perform processing corresponding to the operation related to performing the specific processing is displayed when the approach of the mobile terminal is detected and it is determined that the operation related to performing the specific processing has been carried out.
US10609226B2	Access node and method An all-encompassing fully integrated communication Access Node for call stations and other security and communications equipment includes a modular housing within which is mounted wire and wireless communication systems and power systems. The housing has a chassis for mounting the electronics and battery modules and a backbox and panel for staged installations, managing cables and providing heat dissipation. A door to the chassis is secured using latch hooks with roller bearings. Optical cable termination is provided as a two sided patch panel. Dual power supplies provide power to internal components and to external components via a distribution module. Backup power is provided by a custom battery backup with a charging controller. Cooling is controlled by dual fans and a fan controller moving air through the housing using openings and baffles. Freestanding pedestal mounting of the Access Node and various other mounts for column, wall, or ceiling to any substrate or condition is an option. Venting through a plug prevents pressure build up.
US10609224B2	Method and system for dynamically allocating operator specific billing rules for data exchange by an application on a user equipment The present system relates to a server for providing data connectivity in a packet mode communication network. The server has a processor arranged to receive, via a first brokerage control unit, a charging rule request to allow one or more communication devices in the communication network to exchange with an application server data charged under operator specific billing. The server determines availability of the operator specific billing based on network parameters and the charging rule request, and updates the database of a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity in the communication network based on available operator specific billing and an identifier for the application server, for subsequent charging of data exchanged with the application server at said available operator specific billing.
US10609222B2	Internet Protocol (IP) serverless Page Party (SPP) station and systems and methods for deploying multiple SPP stations A serverless Page Party (SPP) station is provided for page announcing and party line conferencing that is configured to implement mutual provisioning to allow all SPP stations within a system to mutually maintain their configurations in runtime, and multiple master station negotiation and master failover. Plural SPP stations are connected with Ethernet cable or WIFi to a network and therefore without need for expensive and cumbersome cabling and daisy-chain configuration among stations. SPP stations route packets between each other via multicast technology and without need for a IP-PBX or other server (e.g., a SIP server) for controlling inter-station connections. In Mutual Provisioning Mode, SPP stations operate using a system configuration obtained from other SPP stations already on the network using a command channel. System configuration is maintained by a SPP station designated as a master station. Plural SPP stations can negotiate among themselves to designate a new master station.
US10609211B2	Determining dropped call rates in IP multimedia networks Systems and methods are described herein for determining dropped call rates (DCR) for various communications networks, such as IP Multimedia Networks (IMS), which include Voice over LTE (VoLTE) networks. For example, the systems and methods utilize data (e.g. abnormal cause codes) generated by layers of the IMS networks, such as a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) layer of the IMS network, when determining dropped call rates for IMS networks.
US10609208B2	Managing device usage A device receives a time-based restriction for usage by a first user with respect to an application, a website or a device-level function. The device receives encrypted data indicating a usage by the first user on a second device with respect to the application, website or device-level function. The device determines that at least one of the usage by the first user on the second device or a usage by the first user on the device with respect to the application, website or device-level function violates the time-based restriction. The device provides, in response to the determining, a notification that the time-based restriction has been violated by the first user.
US10609207B2	Sending smart alerts on a device at opportune moments using sensors Measurements can be obtained from sensors to determine a state of a device. The state can be used to determine whether to provide an alert. For example, after a first alert is provided, it can be determined that the device is not accessible to the user based on the determined state, and a second alert can be suppressed at a specified time after providing the first alert. The sensor measurements can be monitored after suppressing the second alert, and a state engine can detect a change in a state based on subsequent sensor measurements. If the state change indicates that the device is accessible to the user the second alert can be provided to the user. Alerts can be dismissed based on a change in state. A first device can coordinate alerts sent to or to be provided by a second device by suppressing or dismissing such alerts.
US10609203B2	Confidentiality-smart voice delivery of text-based incoming messages Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a voice delivery application, running on a mobile device of a user, receives a text message from a user; by use of sensor inputs of the mobile device, the mobile device stores data regarding environment of the mobile device including external audio equipment, speed of the user, and bystanders within a hearing range of the environment; various data describing a sender of the text message and the bystanders are analyzed for respective relationships with the user and with each other to determine a confidentiality group dictating whether or not the text message may be heard by the bystander; the text message may be scanned for content screening, then according to configuration of the voice delivery application, the text message is securely delivered to the user by voice.
US10609197B2	Communications using aviation headsets The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a first signal representative of audio captured using a microphone in communication with an analog communication module. The method also includes determining that a first feedback signal from the analog communication module includes a sidetone associated with the audio captured by the microphone, and responsive to determining that the first feedback signal includes the sidetone, generating, by one or more processing devices, at least one control signal that affects operations of a digital communication module.
US10609191B2	Electronic device including glass According to an embodiment, an electronic device and a glass plate forming at least half of one side of an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera disposed below the glass plate. The glass plate includes an outer surface facing a first direction. The glass plate also includes an inner surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The least one of the outer surface and the inner surface includes a first portion where at least a part of a lens of the camera is exposed, and the first portion includes a different curvature from a peripheral portion around the first portion.
US10609186B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of first frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame containing check results indicating whether the first frames are successfully received and first information specifying at least one communication device. The receiver is configured to receive a plurality of third frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing from a communication device having transmitted the first frame the check result of which represents failure and the communication device specified in the first information.
US10609181B2	Method and apparatus for controlling service chain of service flow Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for controlling a service chain of a service flow. The method includes: receiving a service processing customization request message sent by a content provider server/service provider server; generating, according to a service processing customization condition carried in the service processing customization request message, service chain information of a service flow corresponding to the content provider server/service provider server; and constructing, based on the service chain information, service chain control information corresponding to a service chain, so that a controller acquires the service chain control information and sends flow forwarding policy information corresponding to the service chain to a switch based on the service chain control information, so that the switch processes, according to the flow forwarding policy information, a received service flow.
US10609172B1	Adaptive compression of stored data Systems, devices and methods for adaptive compression of stored information includes a memory management computing device programmed to monitor a size of a plurality of data structures stored in a data repository. The computing device compares the size of each of a plurality of data structures to a predetermined threshold. When a size of an uncompressed data structure meets the threshold, the memory management computing device calculates a value of a first compression parameter based on a value of a first parameter and a value of a second parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, calculates a value of a second compression parameter based the value of the first parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, generates a compressed data structure based on the value of the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter; and replaces, in the data repository, the uncompressed data structure with the compressed data structure.
US10609164B2	System and method for diagnosing an unfavorable mobile application user experience In some aspects, a computer-implemented method for diagnosing an unfavorable mobile application user experience is described. The method may include retrieving user application interaction data from a mobile device, inter-correlating the user application interaction data, updating a user interaction database with the inter-correlated user application data, and diagnosing, via a processor operatively connected to the user interaction database, information indicative of a cause of the unfavorable user experience.
US10609161B2	System and method for controlling operation of IoT device A method for controlling operation of an internet of things device includes: controlling, by a processor, a first device to be in an on state and controlling the processor to be in a sleep mode when the processor determines that a user is located outside a place object; receiving, by the processor, a control signal from the first device and waking up to an operation mode; controlling, by the processor, a second device to be in an on state, wherein the second device is installed in an entrance side of the place object and detects a user's entry into the place object; controlling, by the processor, the processor to be connected to an external control device, controlling the first device and the second device to be in an off state, and controlling a third device to be in an on state when the user's entry into the place object is detected; and detecting, by the processor, whether the user is located inside the place object using an output of the third device.
US10609155B2	Scalable self-healing architecture for client-server operations in transient connectivity conditions A method, system, and computer program product for scalable and self-healing architecture for client-server operations in transient connectivity conditions are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An application in a second system receives a request from a first system, the request requesting data from a type of service. A first response responds to the request. The request is queued in a service queue corresponding to the type of the service, to make the request available to a third system that provides the type of the service. A notification is received that a second response from the third data processing system has been posted into a session specific queue, the second response being responsive to the request. In response to another request received from the first system, a third response is sent to the first system, the third response including the data from the second response from the session specific queue.
US10609144B2	Creating a storage area network zone based on a service level agreement Examples disclosed herein relate to creation of a storage area network (SAN) zone based on a service level agreement (SLA). In an example, provisioning of a server in a cloud may be determined. Further, a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the provisioned server may be determined. The SLA may define desired states of SAN configuration parameters to be met in configuring a SAN zone for the provisioned server. Network components and storage components in the cloud that meet the desired states of SAN configuration parameters defined in the SLA may be identified. A SAN zone for the provisioned server may be created based on the identified network components and storage components.
US10609142B2	Optimization of a multi-channel system using a feedback loop Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a system that controls content distribution using a feedback loop. Content is distributed over multiple different online channels using a same initial selection value for distribution over each different online channel. An observed user actions required for distribution of the content over the multiple different online channels is received through a feedback loop and for multiple different distributions of the content. Based on the observed user actions received through the feedback loop, a predicted user action rate is determined for the multiple different distributions across the multiple different online channels. The selection value is adjusted based on a difference between the predicted user action rate and a reference distribution amount specified by a provider of the content. The content is distributed over the multiple different online channels using the adjusted selection value.
US10609137B2	Global logical timestamp Examples of the disclosure provide for providing a global timestamp in a distributed system. A plurality of nodes are connected via a network. A logical clock is implemented on a node of the plurality of nodes. The logical clock sets a global time for the network, such that another node of the plurality of nodes labels a local event with a global timestamp interval based on the global time provided by the logical clock.
US10609134B2	Providing application virtualization using a peer-to-peer model Virtualized applications can be delivered using a peer-to-peer model. Each client in a virtual desktop infrastructure environment can function as both a server and a client for purposes of distributing and receiving application layers. A server component on each client can advertise any application layers that the client maintains in its local storage and can receive and service streaming requests from other clients. A client component on each client can discover each application layer that is available within its location including which client provides each application layer. The client component can therefore also be configured to request application layers from the appropriate clients. This peer-to-peer model eliminates the need to provide a dedicated server at each location. Also, because a server component on the client will only be tasked with streaming to a limited number of clients, virtually any client can function as the source of an application layer.
US10609129B2	Method and system for multi-tenant resource distribution In a distributed computing network, requests for allocation of resources to tenant workloads and messages identifying resource availability are received and aggregated. Resources are allocated to the workloads in accordance with a distribution policy defining values for resource entitlements of the tenants. The values include pre-emption quantities. In response to determining that a quantity of resources allocated for workloads of a first tenant is less than the tenant's pre-emption quantity, processing of another workload from a second tenant is interrupted to re-allocate resources from the second tenant's workload to the first tenant's workload.
US10609128B2	System and method for cloud aware application delivery controller The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods of managing cloud-based services via a network. A controller intermediary to clients and servers of a cloud environment can receive account information related to each of a plurality of instances of one or more services provided by the servers of the cloud environment. The controller can determine a weight for each of the instances based on the account information. The weight can indicate a performance of the instance of the service provided via the cloud environment. The controller can select an instance of the plurality of instances to direct network traffic from a client. The controller can select the instance based on the weight for each of the instances.
US10609127B2	System for providing an isolated testing model for disaster recovery capabilities A system for providing an isolated testing model for testing the disaster recovery capabilities of a streamlined backup network backing up a primary network. The primary network provides one or more users access to critical data and critical services. The system is configured to be switched between a production mode and a test mode. When the system is in the test mode, the primary network and the streamlined backup network form a live production environment and the streamlined backup network provides the one or more users access to the critical data and the critical services in the event the primary network is unable to do so. When the system is in the test mode, the streamlined backup network is removed from the live production environment by physically and logically isolating the streamlined backup network from the primary network.
US10609121B2	Application-specific group listing A method, apparatus, and system for providing active contents between applications activated by a plurality of computer systems are provided. A list of one or more remote users is created. A determination is made whether a first application and a second application are being executed by the at least one or more remote users. The list is updated in response to determining a change in a status of the second application being executed by the one or more remote users using at least one communications feature associated with the first application.
US10609118B2	Adaptive communication control device Aspects control data transfers within group of networked devices. The devices are assigned a power values indicative of a relative quality of power supply, connection values indicative of a relative quality of network connections available, and master state values as a function of a comparing historical usage data. The devices with a highest combination value generated from the assigned master state, power and connection values is set as a master device to receive the data item and transfer the data item to each of other devices as client devices relative to the master device.
US10609112B2	Method, server and system for converging desktop application and web application A method, Web server and computer system for converging a desktop application and a Web application. The method includes: in response to a request from a client user for using a target desktop application, starting a desktop application initialization process on the Web server and determining an appropriate corresponding hosting server for the user; preparing and provisioning desktop application environment on the corresponding hosting server and starting the target desktop application; transmitting the corresponding hosting server's address to the client to make desktop application interaction between the client and the corresponding hosting server; and in response to the completion of the desktop application interaction, stopping and exiting the target desktop application on the corresponding hosting server. The client user is provided with a unified Web console for accessing desktop applications and Web applications and Web files can be shared between the desktop applications and the Web applications.
US10609111B2	Client-driven, ABR flow rate shaping Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, by a media server from a client device, a first hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request specifying a first transfer rate for a first segment of a plurality of segments of an adaptive bitrate (ABR) video, determining, by the media server, a first expected transfer rate for transferring the first segment of the ABR video, transmitting, by the media server to the client device, a first HTTP response specifying the first expected transfer rate, and transmitting, by the media server to the client device, the first segment of the ABR video via a network.
US10609107B2	Real time optimized content delivery framework A content delivery system may receive and aggregate video content from one or more content sources. In a first embodiment, the content delivery system may start streaming a video to a first viewer on a first device and then receive a request for a catch up version to be streamed to a second viewer viewing a second device. The content delivery system may send replacement segments of the video that are shortened summaries to the second device until the second viewer has caught up to the first viewer on the first device. In a second embodiment, the content delivery system may detect two or more viewers and customize a video content for both viewers. In a third embodiment, the content delivery system, in real time, may customize a segment of a video (possibly using a “green screen” or overlaying a second video over the original video segment) based on characteristics of the viewer and then stream the customized video segment to the viewer.
US10609103B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method of receiving broadcast signals is provided. The method includes receiving the broadcast signals and decoding a service layer table including bootstrap information from the received broadcast signals. The bootstrap information indicates an MPEG Media Transport Protocol (MMTP) session carrying service layer signaling. The method further includes decoding the service layer signaling from MPEG Media Transport (MMT) packets based on the MMTP and decoding a transport session description from a Real-Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) session. In addition, service components are delivered by the MMT packets based on MPEG Media Transport Protocol, and non-real time components are delivered by Layered Coding Transport (LCT) packets in the ROUTE session. The service components delivered in the MMT packets and the non-real time components delivered in the LCT packets are decoded, respectively.
US10609097B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems for instantly sharing video content on social media Methods, apparatus, and systems for instantly posting images or video clips to social media websites during recording of video content are provided. A video capture device is provided for recording video content. A social media integration application is associated with the video capture device. The selection of a still image or video clip during recording of video content is enabled via a one-touch process. The selected still image or video clip is then processed by the social media integration application such that the still image or video clip is at least one of directly forwarded to and posted on one or more pre-selected social media websites via a network or forwarded to and posted on the one or more pre-selected social media websites via a web browser interface.
US10609093B2	Instantaneous call sessions over a communications application In one embodiment, a method includes determining an occurrence of a trigger event; sending a notification to the caller-user; receiving a request from the caller-user to initiate the call session; establishing the call session to enable a media stream of the caller-user to be received by the callee-user; and sending the media stream to the callee-user.
US10609087B2	Systems and methods for generation and selection of access rules A resource security system may generate access rules for use in determining whether to grant or deny a request for access to a resource. In order to generate the access rules, the resource security system may select certain access request parameters and determine conditions associated with those parameters. The resource security system may generate mutually exclusive segments associated with a condition of each of the parameters. The resource security system may generate independent access rules based on the segments. The resource security system may then evaluate the performance of each of the access rules based on validity information corresponding to previously received access requests that satisfy the conditions of a particular access rule.
US10609081B1	Applying computer network security policy using domain name to security group tag mapping In one example embodiment, a network appliance is configured to process packets in a network. The network appliance obtains a mapping of a domain name to a security group tag having associated therewith one or more security policies. The network appliance receives a network packet having an Internet Protocol address. The network appliance determines a particular domain name associated with the Internet Protocol address of the packet. Based on the mapping of the domain name to the security group tag and the particular domain name, the network appliance determines whether the network packet is associated with the security group tag. The network appliance applies the one or more security policies to the network packet based on the security group tag when the particular domain name of the network packet matches the domain name.
US10609077B1	Event-restricted credentials for resource allocation A customer of a resource allocation service can register a function to be executed using virtual resources, where the function includes customer code to be executed. Customer events are defined as triggers for a registered function, and a resource instance is allocated to execute the registered function when triggering event is detected. An identity role associated with the triggering function is used to obtain access credentials for any data source which a triggering event might require for processing. An event-specific access credential is generated that provides a subset of these access privileges using a template policy for the registered function that is filled with values specific to the triggering event. The filled template policy and base credential are used to generate an event-specific credential valid only for access needed for the event. This event-specific credential can be passed with the event data for processing by an allocated instance.
US10609074B2	Implementing decoys in network endpoints Endpoints of various domains implement forwarding modules as well as perform various production tasks. The endpoints of a domain participate in an election process by which one or more endpoints are selected to operate as honeypots. The forwarding modules of non-selected endpoints become inactive, but wake up periodically to determine whether an election process is occurring. Selected endpoints obtain configuration data from a management server. The endpoints then acquire IP addresses and implement one or more services according to the configuration data. The management server may configure the services based on a location of the selected endpoint. Traffic received by the selected endpoints is forwarded to the management server, which engages an attacker system using one or more VMs. When an endpoint moves to a different domain, it releases acquired IP addresses and attempts to participate in the election process in the different domain.
US10609066B1	Automated detection and remediation of ransomware attacks involving a storage device of a computer network An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a storage device having a processor coupled to a memory. The storage device incorporates at least one trap object particularly configured for use in detection of a ransomware attack and not otherwise utilized for storage of operational data in the storage device. The storage device further comprises a ransomware detector configured to monitor the trap object and to generate an alert based at least in part on a result of the monitoring. The trap object may comprise a dummy file system element of the storage device, such as, for example, a file or a directory of a file system of the storage device. Additionally or alternatively, the trap object may comprise one or more specific storage blocks of the storage device with the one or more specific storage blocks being determined at least in part by the file system of the storage device.
US10609055B2	Method for detecting network anomaly in distributed software defined networking environment, apparatus therefor, and computer program therefor A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for detecting network anomaly in a distributed software defined networking (SDN) environment. The method includes collecting a control message from a distributed SDN controller and generating network characteristic information using the control message. The network characteristic information includes statistic information or event information included in the control message, new calculation information calculated using the statistic information or the event information, and network stateful information. The method, the apparatus, and the computer program for detecting network anomaly have high utilization, scalability, availability, and distribution properties to a user by supporting a variety of functions for detecting network anomaly in the SDN environment and providing a high-level API to the user.
US10609052B2	Dynamic configuration of settings in response to DDoS attack A system can monitor the server for indications of an attack and adjusts server settings accordingly. In response, the system can increase server tolerance in a systematic way to deal with DDoS by adjusting server settings appropriately. Conversely, when the server is not under attack, the settings can be adjusted to those for standard operations (e.g., adjusted downward), as they are more optimal for normal, non-attack operations.
US10609049B2	Method for sensing fraudulent frames transmitted to in-vehicle network A fraud sensing method for use in an in-vehicle network system including a plurality of electronic control units that communicate with each other via a network includes detecting that a state of a vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, and switching, upon detecting that the state of the vehicle satisfies the predetermined condition, an operation mode of a fraud-sensing electronic control unit connected to the network between a first mode in which a first type of sensing process for sensing a fraudulent message in the network is performed and a second mode in which the first type of sensing process is not performed.
US10609047B2	Network security tool An apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor. The memory stores a threshold. The processor receives first, second, and third messages. The processor determines a number of occurrences of words in the messages. The processor also calculates probabilities that a word in the messages is a particular word and co-occurrence probabilities. The processor further calculates probability distributions of words in the messages. The processor also calculates probabilities based on the probability distributions. The processor compares these probabilities to a threshold to determine whether the first message is related to the second message and/or whether the first message is related to the third message.
US10609042B2	Digital data asset protection policy using dynamic network attributes Various systems and methods for determining whether to allow or continue to allow access to a protected data asset are disclosed herein. For example, one method involves receiving a request to access a protected data asset, wherein the request is received from a first user device; determining whether to grant access to the protected data asset, wherein the determining comprises evaluating one or more criteria associated with the first user device, and the criteria comprises first information associated with a first policy constraint; and in response to a determination that access to the protected data asset is to be granted, granting access to the protected data asset.
US10609039B2	Traitor tracing for obfuscated credentials A method, computer program product, and system for providing verification processes associated with a commitment-based authentication protocol are described. A request by a user for access to one or more resources is received, and a presentation policy is transmitted to the user indicating required credentials. A commitment to a revocation handle is received, including an indication of an associated Sigma protocol executed by the user. A challenge value selected from a challenge value set associated with the associated Sigma protocol is transmitted to the user. Based on the selected challenge value, a presentation token and a value parameter that is distinct from the presentation token are received from the user. Based on a determination as to whether the presentation token and value parameter are valid in accordance with the associated Sigma protocol, access for the user to the one or more resources is granted to the user or prevented.
US10609037B2	Consolidated multi-factor risk analysis Provided is a process of authenticating a user, the process including: receiving an authentication request sent by a first computing device; receiving an observed profile of the second computing device; accessing a known profile of the second computing device; determining that the known profile corresponds to the observed profile; sending an authentication credential to either the second computing device or the first computing device; receiving the authentication credential from either the first computing device or the second computing device; and in response to receiving the authentication credential and the determination that the known profile corresponds to the observed profile, determining that the user is authenticated.
US10609035B2	Access guards for multi-tenant logging Implementations of the disclosure describe access guards for multi-tenant logging. A method of the disclosure includes receiving an access request to access a logging stack comprising application logs, wherein the access request identifies a user identifier, identifying an authorization token associated with the user identifier, wherein the authorization token references an access role, and determining whether the application logs from the logging stack are accessible in view of the access role.
US10609021B2	Computing device with integrated authentication token Disclosed are various embodiments for a computing device with an integrated authentication token. The computing device includes first circuitry having a processor and a memory and providing general-purpose computing capability. The computing device also includes second circuitry configured to generate data. The first circuitry is incapable of determining the data due to a separation from the second circuitry, and the first and second circuitry may be in a single enclosure.
US10609018B2	Gesture-based access control in virtual environments Techniques of access control in VR environments involve defining a series of gestures that users attending a private meeting within a virtual environment carry out to be allowed into the private meeting. Along these lines, when a user sets up a meeting to take place within a virtual environment, the user may define a series of gestures (e.g., swipes, circles, etc.) that may serve as an effective “secret handshake” that gains admittance to the private meeting. In one implementation, each person invited to the private meeting is given the same gesture to form in the virtual environment that provides access to the private meeting. In other implementations, each user has their own respective gesture that, when matched along with an identifier identifying that user, provides the access. Advantageously, such gestures are easily defined and executed by the users and recognized by servers that control private meetings within the virtual environment.
US10609015B2	Method and apparatus of providing messaging service and callback feature to mobile stations An apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result indicating that the action has been satisfied.
US10609014B2	Un-password: risk aware end-to-end multi-factor authentication via dynamic pairing A method for determining a dynamic pairing code for use in exchanging information between a first and a second communications entity. At the at the first communications entity, determining a first authentication score associated with a first information exchange session between the first and second communications entities, determining a second authentication score associated with a second information exchange session between the first and second communications entities, (the second information exchange spaced apart in time from the first information exchange), combining the first and second authentication scores to create a cumulative risk analysis score, and responsive to the cumulative risk analysis score, generating a dynamic pairing code for use in governing exchange of information during subsequent communications between the first and second communications entities.
US10609010B2	System, methods and software application for sending secured messages on decentralized networks Systems and methods of sending secured messages on decentralized networks are provided. A software application distributed and installed on a computer terminal that willing is able to participate in the system, where the computer terminal is interactively and dynamically connected to one or two decentralized peer-to-peer communication networks, using the Internet. One of the networks is used to advise about the presence of a message and the other is used to securely store the content of the messages. An alternative embodiment is to use only the decentralized storage system, if it can also acts as a Public Ledger network, with its native crypto-currency. The cryptographic keys of the first network are used to protect the content of the file and to derive where the messages will be stored on the decentralized storage network. In such networks, the transactions are handled by cryptographic mathematical algorithms, which are known to be identical across all users or participants of the same network.
US10609007B2	Method and apparatus for controlling transmission of content data A method of controlling transmission of content data includes establishing a communication channel with an external device; transmitting the content data through the communication channel to the external device; verifying a plurality of times whether the content data is transmitted to the external device within an acceptable transmission range to generate a verification result; and determining whether to continue transmitting the content data according to the verification result. The verification is periodically performed according to an amount of the content data to be transmitted.
US10609000B2	Data tokenization A data-source computer provides message data, having associated id data, to be sent to a data-collection computer; produces a blinded id by blinding the id data using a nonce; sends the blinded id to a tokenization computer; and sends the nonce and the message data via a network for receipt by the data-collection computer. In response, the tokenization computer produces a blinded token comprising a function, blinded with the nonce, of the id data and a secret key of the tokenization computer, and sends the blinded token to the data-collection computer. The data-collection computer, in response, uses the nonce to unblind the blinded token to obtain an id token which comprises a deterministic function of the id data and the secret key. The data-collection computer then stores the id token and the message data in storage operatively coupled to the data-collection computer.
US10608999B2	Establishing a secure uplink channel by transmitting a secret word over a secure downlink channel An apparatus includes a Base Station (BS) that includes an antenna array and circuitry. The antenna array is configured to transmit downlink transmissions and to receive uplink transmissions. The circuitry is configured to generate secret bits to be used for securing uplink transmissions from legitimate user devices, and to distribute the secret bits over one or more data streams destined to the legitimate user devices, to further generate one or more jamming streams, and to apply to the jamming streams beamforming that directs the jamming streams away from the legitimate user devices, to transmit the data streams and the jamming streams using the antenna array, to receive, via the antenna array, data that was encrypted by a legitimate user device based on the secret bits, and to recover the data by decoding the encrypted data using the secret bits.
US10608986B2	Dynamic VPN address allocation Methods and related systems are presented that relate to automatically avoiding address conflicts when establishing a secure communications link over a public network between a local computer, associated with a local network, and a remote device, located outside the local network. Local network addresses on the local network reserved for use, and a block of local network addresses that do not conflict with the reserved local network addresses, are identified. At least one local network address is selected from the block and assigned as an address of the local device for use in communicating with the remote device securely over the public network. Communication is facilitated with the remote device using the network driver based on the assigned at least one local network address.
US10608978B2	Voice communications with real-time status notifications A system, apparatus, graphical user interface and methods are provided for conducting electronic voice communications with status notifications. A user of a first portable device executing a communication application selects a multi-function control that automatically initiates an audio recording, which is automatically sent toward another participant of an active communication session when the control is released. The same multi-function control may be used to transmit a textual message. A representation of the recording is displayed on the user's device, with an indicator that changes appearance when the other participant plays the recording. In addition, when one user initiates an audio recording that will be automatically sent to another user, the other user's device is advised of the initiation of recording and displays that status for the other user.
US10608976B2	Delayed processing for arm policy determination for content management system messaging Computer-implemented techniques include, during a delayed processing window, receiving reward data for arm actions taken, where the arm actions were chosen based on a previous version of an arm choice policy, and the previous version of the arm choice policy was determined based on a previous set of reward data for a previous set of arm actions taken. When the delayed processing window has closed, a new arm choice policy is determined based at least in part on the action-reward data, and the previous set of reward data and/or the previous arm choice policy. After a request to choose an arm choice is received, a particular arm action to take is determined based on the new arm choice policy. This chosen arm is provided in response to the request.
US10608972B1	Messaging service integration with deduplicator Systems and methods for messaging service integration with a deduplicator are disclosed. In example embodiments, a server determines that a first user from among a set of users is composing a message to an entity using a first contact information of the entity. The server determines that a second user from among the set of users previously contacted the entity using a second contact information of the entity, the second contact information being different from the first contact information. The server provides for display, within a graphical user interface, an indication that the second user has previously contacted the entity.
US10608971B2	Technology for managing electronic communications having certain designations Systems and methods for managing and storing electronic communications are disclosed. According to certain aspects, the systems and methods may receive an electronic communication intended for a recipient user who is not registered to receive the electronic communication. The systems and methods may modify content of the electronic communication, and may transmit the modified electronic communication to the recipient user and enable the recipient user to access any removed content. The systems and methods may store the electronic communication appropriately for later analysis and retrieval.
US10608966B1	Techniques to customize bot messaging behavior Techniques to customize bot messaging behavior are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise bot setup component operative to receive a bot customization control directive at a page bot associated with a web page, the web page comprising a plurality of page fields; present a bot setting user interface in response to the control directive; receive a first control directive in the bot setting user interface to enable a response assistant component of the page bot; receive a second control directive in the bot setting user interface to enable a response to an intent; receive a customization setting in the bot setting user interface to modify the enabled response to the intent; and save the customization setting for the response assistant component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10608964B2	Bot audio date updating A server computing device is provided, including a processor configured to execute a bot server program. The processor may provide a dialog for a first bot of the bot server program, the dialog including at least one trigger condition for transmitting default audio data. The processor may receive an audio data update communication from a bot developer computing device. Based on the audio data update communication, the processor may replace the default audio data with updated audio data. The processor may establish a first communication channel between the first bot and a client computing device. The first communication channel may allow one or more communications to be transmitted between the first bot and the client computing device based on the dialog. The processor may transmit a first communication to the client computing device via the first communication channel. The first communication may include the updated audio data.
US10608963B2	Adjusting buffer size for network interface controller Systems and methods for adjusting the receive buffer size for network interface controllers. An example method may comprise: maintaining, by a computer system, a moving window referencing a pre-defined number of incoming data packets; responsive to receiving a new data packet, shifting the moving window to include the new data packet while excluding a least recently received data packet; calculating a weighted average value of sizes the incoming data packets referenced by the moving window, wherein a most recently received data packet is associated with a first weight that is higher that a second weight associated with a least recently received data packet; and adjusting, using the weighted average value, a size of a buffer allocated for incoming data packets.
US10608955B2	Reverse breadth-first search method for optimizing network traffic in a distributed system with a point of convergence Techniques are disclosed herein for managing network bandwidth in a distributed system having multiple endpoints that upload data to a central server or server cluster. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a logical topology of the network that is determined based on network measurements. The method further includes generating a tree having links of the logical network topology as nodes, and allocating bandwidth during a traversal of the tree to obtain a bandwidth allocation scheme for the endpoints uploading data. In addition, the method includes controlling bandwidth consumption by the endpoints based on the determined bandwidth allocation scheme.
US10608952B2	Configuring resources to exploit elastic network capability Resource configuration to exploit elastic network capability is provided by establishing an elastic network bandwidth allocation level to provide for an application for transfer of data between the application and an elastic network, the application hosted at a data center, then dynamically configuring, for the application, elastic network bandwidth allocation from the network service provider in accordance with the established elastic network bandwidth allocation level, and allocating storage resources of the data center for the application and processing resources of the data center for the application, the allocating being based on the established elastic network bandwidth allocation level and providing storage resources and processing resources to operate at a level commensurate with the established elastic network bandwidth allocation level.
US10608944B2	Device selection for providing an end-to-end network connection Systems, methods, and apparatuses for selecting a server for a user are disclosed. One method includes collecting performance parameters associated with a plurality of servers, wherein the plurality of servers facilitates end-to-end network connections through a network. The method further includes selecting a server to provide end-to-end network connection between the user and a target based on the collected performance parameters, wherein the selected server is included within the end-to-end network connection, and wherein the user and the target are endpoint edge devices. The method further includes connecting the user to the selected server, thereby providing the end-to-end network connection between the user and the target.
US10608935B2	Packet sending method and network device The present application provides a packet sending method and a network device. The packet sending method includes: receiving, by a network device, a first data packet; and if a MAC entry matching a destination MAC address of the first data packet is not found in a media access control MAC address table of the network device, sending, by the network device, the first data packet according to a forwarding behavior in a MAC default entry of the MAC address table. When the MAC entry matching the destination MAC address of the first data packet is not found, the network device does not need to flood the first data packet on all interfaces, but directly sends the first data packet according to the MAC default entry in the own MAC address table, thereby reducing a need for MAC address capacity in the network device, and not increasing unnecessary network traffic.
US10608925B2	Packet transmission method performed by node in wireless communication system and terminal using said method The present invention provides a method for forwarding an uplink packet performed by a node in a wireless communication system, the method being characterized in that the uplink packet including a first cost is received, the first cost is compared with a second cost corresponding to a cost of the node to determine whether to forward the uplink packet, and on the basis of the determination the uplink packet is forwarded, the node forwards the uplink packet when a value of the second cost is smaller than a value of the first cost, and the node does not forward the uplink packet when the second cost value is not smaller than the first cost value.
US10608924B2	Methods and apparatuses for non-blocking IP multicast delivery of media data in a multi-spine network In one illustrative example, an IP network media data router includes a spine and leaf switch architecture operative to provide IP multicast delivery of media data from source devices to receiver devices without the overhead communication with a controller. The architecture can include K spine switches, K sets of L leaf switches, M data links between each leaf switch, and a plurality of bidirectional data ports connected to each leaf switch for a guaranteed non-blocking IP multicast delivery of data. A deterministic hash function a used on both the first hop router and the last hop router to ensure the same spine node is selected for flow stitching. Accordingly, without the extra communication with a centralized controller, the right spine for establishing a multicast flow can be chosen using the deterministic hash function and the distributed resource information stored on each node.
US10608918B2	Data transfer, over session or connection, and between computing device and one or more servers to determine likelihood of user device using a routing network A method, apparatus, computer-readable medium, and/or system may comprise a computing device comprising a processor and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to generate a first secure session connection between the computing device and a first server associated with a first routing network. The computing device may receive, from the first server and via the first secure session connection, data associated with the first routing network. The computing device may generate a second secure session connection between the computing device and a second server associated with a second routing network. The computing device may receive, from the second server and via the second secure session connection, data associated with the second routing network. The computing device may analyze the data associated with the first routing network and the data associated with the second routing network. The computing device may determine, based on the analyzing the data associated with the first routing network and the data associated with the second routing network, a likelihood of a user device using a new routing network different from the first routing network and the second routing network. In response to determining that the likelihood of the user device using the new routing network exceeds a threshold, the computing device may generate, for display via the user device, a notification indicating a recommendation for the new routing network. The computing device may transmit, to the user device, the notification indicating the recommendation for the new routing network. The user device may be configured to display the notification indicating the recommendation for the new routing network. The first server associated with the first routing network may be configured to transmit, to the computing device and via the first secure session connection, the data associated with the first routing network. The second server associated with the second routing network may be configured to transmit, to the computing device and via the second secure session connection, the data associated with the second routing network.
US10608914B2	Methods and devices for monitoring of network performance for container virtualization It is disclosed a server node, a virtual container and methods performed therein for establishing a monitoring function monitoring performance metrics of data traffic of a first task container in a virtual environment. The methods comprise instantiating a monitoring function, receiving data traffic, communicated between the first task container and a second task container, which data traffic is mirrored to a monitoring container. The methods also comprise executing the monitoring function monitoring the performance metrics of the mirrored data traffic. Monitoring and task processes are separated, which allows multiple VNFs to share the same monitor reducing overhead. The disclosure allows for an automatic instantiation and configuration of monitor functions deployed in containers, eliminating the need for manual selection of measurement points, and thus reducing operational expenditure.
US10608912B2	Troubleshooting multi-layered networks using datapath analysis In various embodiments, the techniques and supporting systems implement a recursive routing mechanism in hierarchical topological addressed environments to analyze and determine the presence of packet-forwarding errors within an IP network comprising a plurality of network-connected devices. This includes receiving, at a software defined network device, an indication of a potential packet-forwarding error between a first and second device of the plurality of network-connected devices and injecting, by the software defined network device, a test packet at an ingress to the first device. The test packet includes an initial ingress interface location identifying the first device, an alternate ingress interface location identifying the software defined network device and an egress interface location identifying the second device. A determination may then be made as to whether the test packet is received at the second device, thus indicating the existence or lack of routing errors.
US10608903B1	System and method for serverless monitoring Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for routing event data from cloud-based sources to various service providers without using a permanently dedicated server (or similar solution). The solution disclosed herein is source agnostic, meaning that the data being received can be from any provider of cloud-based data, with the data received being in a format specific to the given provider. The system can normalize the data from the respective sources into a common format based on properties on the data and, based on the normalized data, identify what type of analysis, process, or other service should be executed on data received. The system can then forward the data to respective service providers for the execution of those services.
US10608901B2	System and method for applying machine learning algorithms to compute health scores for workload scheduling Disclosed is a method that includes collecting first temporal statistics for a port element in a computing environment, collecting second temporal statistics for a switch element in the computing environment, collecting third temporal statistics for the computing environment generally, computing a spatial correlation between network features and network elements comprising the port element and the switch element and computing, via a machine learning technique, a port dynamic weight for the port element and a switch dynamic weight for the switch element. The method can also include scheduling workload to consume compute resources within the compute environment based at least in part on the port dynamic weight for the port element and the switch dynamic weight for the switch element.
US10608900B2	Generating a deferrable data flow Examples of the disclosure enable one or more operations to be executed or implemented while managing computational resources. In some examples, an instruction to implement a first operation is received. The first operation is associated with a first node of a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes are arranged in a plurality of regions. A second node of the plurality of nodes that is related to the first node is identified. On condition that the second node is arranged in an active region of the plurality of regions, a second operation associated with the second node is implemented within a period of time. On condition that the second node is not arranged in the active region, the second operation is not implemented within the period of time. Aspects of the disclosure enable a computing device to defer the implementation of an operation to facilitate managing computational resources.
US10608898B2	Dynamic method for determining a list of services in an SIP network A method is provided for determining a list of services for a user of a customer device of operator network implementing SIP. The method includes: the customer device inserts a list of services that it has the technical means to provide into a request for registration with the operator network; where appropriate, each intermediate network relating the customer device to the operator network transmits the request to the operator network after having deleted therefrom or marked, in the list of services, all services that the intermediate network does not have technical means to provide and/or for which the intermediate network does not have a use agreement with the operator of the upstream and/or downstream network to which it is connected; and the operator network obtains a definitive list by extracting services to which the user is entitled among the services that the operator network has the technical means to provide.
US10608897B2	Broadband profile management Systems and methods for performing broadband profile management in a cable network are disclosed. The method may include establishing a network connection with a cable modem termination System (CMTS) and discovering OFDM channels utilized by the cable network where each of the OFDM channels includes a plurality of OFDM subcarriers. In addition, a current set of profiles for the cable network is discovered and each of the profiles defines a modulation order for each of the plurality of OFDM subcarriers in each OFDM channel. Signal quality values are obtained for the plurality of OFDM subcarriers to generate a mapping between the signal quality values and the OFDM subcarriers, and a plurality of profiles are generated based upon the mapping between the signal quality values and the OFDM subcarriers. Then each of the cable modems is assigned to one of the plurality of profiles.
US10608892B2	Methods, systems and appratus for custom interface specification in a cloud management system Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for custom interface specification in a cloud management system are disclosed. An example cloud management system includes: a first interface to communicate with a second interface external to the cloud management system; and a host to manage requests from the second interface and allocate resources to the second interface as a reverse proxy for the second interface with respect to a backend. The example host is to at least: add, at a first request from the second interface, an endpoint with respect to the second interface; fetch, at a second request from the second interface, data for the endpoint from the backend, the backend identified for the endpoint based on metadata in a component registry; and provide the data from the backend to the second interface.
US10608886B2	Wireless medical body area network and a method for managing wireless devices for the same A method for managing wireless devices in a wireless medical body area network, MBAN, comprises configuring the wireless MBAN based on all wireless devices of the MBAN comprising at least one sensor and at least one hub, by sharing identification data, battery status, and communication performance between wireless devices of the wireless MBAN; providing a plurality of the wireless devices with at least short range communication and long range communication; and configuring a first wireless device of the wireless MBAN as a master depending on battery status and communication performance. Thereafter, the method comprises configuring a second wireless device of the wireless MBAN as a new master if the battery status and communication performance of the master drops below that of the second wireless device; and routing data transfer within the wireless MBAN depending on the battery status and communication performance of the wireless devices of the wireless MBAN.
US10608884B2	Method and apparatus for providing device compatibility information An approach is provided for determining device compatibility using alerts and information spaces. A link redirector receives a request from a device for a required type of service. The link redirector alerts the device compatibility service and the export control interface about the potential request or stores the request information in an information space while searching for a suitable service for the device. Therefore, the device compatibility service and the export control interface can start preparing information about device compatibility and export control before the information is requested by the service determined.
US10608881B2	Application-based network segmentation in a virtualized computing environment Example methods are provided for host to implement application-based network segmentation in a virtualized computing environment. The method may comprise detecting an egress packet from a virtualized computing instance supported by the host for transmission to a destination and identifying a source application associated with the egress packet. The source application may be one of multiple applications supported by the virtualized computing instance, the multiple applications being associated with respective target networks. The method may further comprise, based on a network policy configured for the source application, determining a particular target network associated with the source application; and sending, to the destination, the egress packet via a physical network interface controller (NIC) associated with the particular target network.
US10608878B2	Dynamic high availability policy creation based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template A method for dynamically creating of a high availability policy based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template can be provided. The method can include directing resource discovery in a CMDB for a selected application to discover components and dependencies of the selected application. The method also can include mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application. Finally, the method can include storing the best practices template with mapped components and dependencies as a high availability policy for the selected application.
US10608875B2	Method for dynamically configuring a network comprising a plurality of subnets A method is developed for dynamically configuring a network with numerous subnets, each subnet comprising at least one router node and said network comprising at least one subnet server. For enhancing the efficiency, the determination of a subnet master for configuring a subnet is carried out with two parallel processes: election of a subnet master among the router nodes of said subnet allocation to each router node of said subnet of a subnet identifier. Configuration of the subnet, achieved by the subnet master with its allocated subnet identifier, is refreshed regularly, in particular when detecting a change in the configuration of the network.
US10608874B2	Data aggregation and wireless access point configuration based on universal plug and play A first Universal Plug and Play (UPNP) system, associated with a first wireless access point, can identify a second UPNP system. The second UPNP system can be associated with a second wireless access point. The first UPNP system can identify one or more parameters to be monitored with regard to the second UPNP system. The first UPNP system can provide, to the second UPNP system and using a UPNP protocol, information identifying the one or more parameters to be monitored. The first UPNP system can receive, from the second UPNP system and based on the UPNP protocol, data regarding the one or more parameters. The first UPNP system can identify an action to be performed based on the data regarding the one or more parameters. The first UPNP system can perform the action, or cause the second UPNP system to perform the action, using the UPNP protocol.
US10608872B2	Radio interrupt Example implementations relate to a radio interrupt reboot. For example, an apparatus may include a first processing resource connected via an interface to a second processing resource. The first processing resource may execute instructions to receive an interrupt generated by a radio coupled to the second processing resource, increment a counter in response to receiving the interrupt during a configurable time interval, and determine that the counter has not been incremented during a threshold number of configurable time intervals. The first processing resource may execute instructions to reboot the first processing resource and the second processing resource in response to the determination that the counter has not been incremented during the threshold number of configurable time intervals.
US10608868B2	System and method for proactive distributed agent based network diagnosis A method, system, and apparatus are provided for diagnosing network faults by distributing network test policies to remote devices that issue network tests and report network test results from a first remote device which attempts to access a first network resource over a first specified network path, where a central portal responds to a first network test result by issuing a command to one or more additional remote devices to issue one or more additional network tests for evaluating at least part of the first specified network path and report network verification test results having data which is aggregated with data from the first network test result report for use in proactively diagnosing the network fault in the first specified network path.
US10608866B2	Forwarding Ethernet packets Forwarding Ethernet packets is disclosed, including: receiving an incoming packet; determining a value based at least in part on performing a hash operation on at least a portion of a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address included in the incoming packet; comparing the value against a pre-established look-up table to determine whether a corresponding index value is found, wherein the pre-established look-up table stores index values and corresponding data sets to respective ones of the index values; determining a destination media access control (MAC) address associated with the incoming packet based at least in part on whether the corresponding index value is found in the pre-established look-up table; and forwarding the incoming packet to a virtual machine associated with the determined destination MAC address.
US10608864B2	Method of establishing paid connection using screen mirroring application between multi-platforms A method of establishing a paid connection between multi-platforms, where a transmitting end application is installed in a transmitting end apparatus of a sharing source and a receiving end application is installed in a receiving end apparatus of a sharing target. When establishing a connection, the transmitting end application/receiving end application confirms whether a unique ID of the receiving end apparatus/transmitting end apparatus exists in an exception list, and confirms whether the receiving end application/transmitting end apparatus makes payment based on an operating system used by the transmitting end apparatus/receiving end application, in order to determine establishing a limited or an unlimited connection between the transmitting end apparatus and the receiving end apparatus. Thus, the method assures that either the transmitting end application or the receiving end application is a paid version, a user complies with an application license agreement by using the exception list and the right of application developers is protected.
US10608856B2	Transmission of reference signals in a communication system A method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit a channel state information (CSI) report. The method comprises receiving configuration information for a location of a CSI report trigger field in a downlink control information (DCI) format that includes multiple CSI report trigger fields and receiving the DCI format. The method further comprises determining whether or not a value for the CSI report trigger field indicates a transmission of a CSI report and transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) that includes the CSI report when the value indicates a transmission of the CSI report.
US10608855B2	Transmission method, transmission device, reception method and reception device A transmission method includes mapping processing, phase change processing, and transmission processing. In the mapping processing, a plurality of first modulation signals and a plurality of second modulation signals are generated using a first mapping scheme, and a plurality of third modulation signals and a plurality of fourth modulation signals are generated using a second mapping scheme. In the phase change processing, a phase change is performed on the plurality of second modulation signals and the plurality of fourth modulation signals using all N kinds of phases. In the transmission processing, the first modulation signals and the second modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from different antennas, and the third modulation signals and the fourth modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from the different antennas.
US10608850B2	High speed communications system Transmission of baseband and carrier-modulated vector codewords, using a plurality of encoders, each encoder configured to receive information bits and to generate a set of baseband-encoded symbols representing a vector codeword; one or more modulation circuits, each modulation circuit configured to operate on a corresponding set of baseband-encoded symbols, and using a respective unique carrier frequency, to generate a set of carrier-modulated encoded symbols; and, a summation circuit configured to generate a set of wire-specific outputs, each wire-specific output representing a sum of respective symbols of the carrier-modulated encoded symbols and at least one set of baseband-encoded symbols.
US10608844B2	Graph based routing through multiple public clouds Some embodiments establish for an entity a virtual network over several public clouds of several public cloud providers and/or in several regions. In some embodiments, the virtual network is an overlay network that spans across several public clouds to interconnect one or more private networks (e.g., networks within branches, divisions, departments of the entity or their associated datacenters), mobile users, and SaaS (Software as a Service) provider machines, and other web applications of the entity. The virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the routing of the entity's data messages to their destinations for best end-to-end performance, reliability and security, while trying to minimize the routing of this traffic through the Internet. Also, the virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the layer 4 processing of the data message flows passing through the network.
US10608840B2	Automatic addressing of networked nodes A network and method of addressing a network includes a host computer, a communication bus connected to the host computer, and a plurality of nodes connected to the communication bus. Each of the plurality of nodes includes a node controller, a timer, a communication input connected to the communication bus and a communication output connected to the communication bus. The node controller is configured to connect the communication input to the communication output upon successful receipt of an address from the host computer or upon the timer reaching a threshold.
US10608837B2	Control apparatus and method for controlling the same The present invention relates to a control device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device. The control device includes a user interface unit configured to display a first screen having an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device and a state window of the at least one electric device, and receive an operation command for the at least one electric device; and a control unit configured to, when an icon of any one electric device is selected, perform control such that a control screen for controlling the selected any one electric device is displayed on the user interface, and when a state window of any one electric device is selected, perform control such that a current operation of the selected any one electric device is switched. It is possible to allow easy identification by utilizing icons to display a plurality of home electric devices and it is also possible to check operation states of the home electric devices by utilizing speech bubbles to display the operation states of the electric devices in the vicinity of the icons.
US10608828B2	Revocation status using other credentials Providing revocation status of at least one associated credential includes providing a primary credential that is at least initially independent of the associated credential, binding the at least one associated credential to the primary credential, and deeming the at least one associated credential to be revoked if the primary credential is revoked. Providing revocation status of at least one associated credential may also include deeming the at least one associated credential to be not revoked if the primary credential is not revoked. Binding may be independent of the contents of the credentials and may be independent of whether any of the credentials authenticate any other ones of the credentials. The at least one associated credential may be provided on an integrated circuit card (ICC). The ICC may be part of a mobile phone or a smart card.
US10608824B1	Merkle signature scheme tree expansion A first public key is generated based at least in part on a first plurality of signing keys and a second public key is generated based at least in part on a second plurality of signing keys. The signing keys may be used to generate digital signatures. The second public key may be made available to verify a digital signature generated using a signing key from the second plurality of signing keys. In some cases, a first Merkle tree may be formed by the first public key and the first plurality of signing keys, and a second Merkle tree may be formed by the second public key, the first public key, and the second plurality of signing keys.
US10608810B2	Techniques and apparatuses for synchronization design Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide bandwidth, coverage extension/repetition schemes, and synchronization signal burst set periodicities for low-cost UEs. For example, some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide particular repetition resources within a broadcast channel and/or synchronization signal block, particular repetition resources in consecutive slots, and/or the like. Furthermore, some techniques and apparatuses described herein define minimum bandwidths of low-cost UEs in relation to non-low-cost UEs, and define synchronization signal burst set periodicities that may be different for low-cost UEs than for non-low-cost UEs.
US10608803B2	Method for transmitting ACK/NACK in wireless communication system and device using same A method for transmitting a positive-acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system, performed by a wireless device, includes receiving a plurality of downlink (DL) grants on a plurality of serving cells, each DL grant including a counter downlink assignment index (DAI) and an ACK/NACK resource indicator (ARI), the counter DAI indicating an accumulative number of PDSCHs received by the wireless device for a corresponding DL grant, receiving a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) associated with the plurality of DL grants, selecting one of a plurality of sets of PUCCH resources based on a payload size of uplink control information (UCI), the UCI including ACK/NACK bits for the plurality of PDSCHs, determining a PUCCH resource within the selected set of PUCCH resources based on an ARI included in the most recently received DL grant among the plurality of DL grants and transmitting the UCI by using a PUCCH format associated with the determined PUCCH resource.
US10608798B2	Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information are disclosed. Channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information is coded, to obtain one or more CSI-RS configuration codes. The CSI-RS configuration codes are sent to a terminal device. The terminal device determines, based on CSI-RS configuration codes, CSI-RS configuration information such as a quantity of antenna ports for transmitting a CSI-RS, a CSI-RS pattern, a CSI-RS period and an offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period.
US10608792B2	Generating and processing MAC-ehs protocol data units A Node-B may prioritize a service data unit (SDU) associated with a logical channel of a priority queue that is associated with a segmentation component. A Node-B may also prioritize other SDUs associated with another priority queue associated with another segmentation component. The segmentation component may facilitate generating an enhanced high speed medium access control (MAC-ehs) reordering protocol data unit (PDU) that includes a segment of the SDU to transmit a MAC-ehs PDU on a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH).
US10608790B2	Data transmission with code block segmentation for 5G systems Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a transmission system using codeblock segmentation that does not have to retransmit each of the codeblock segments if one of the codeblock segments is determined to have an error at the receiver. The transmitter segments a transport block into a group of codeblock segments, each having respective cyclic redundancy check bits. The receiver receives the group of codeblock segments, and during decoding, if it is determined that one of the segments have an error, instead of just sending back to the transmitter a negative acknowledgement (NAK) the receiver can send back a NAK as well as an indicator of which segment was in error. The transmitter can then resend just the segment in error in order to improve efficiency and decrease power requirements.
US10608789B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor A method of transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and a device for the same are provided. More particularly, there are provided a method and a device for the same in which a station operating in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) mode transmits and receives signals through two aggregated channels.
US10608784B2	Distributed storage system data management and security A system and method for distributing data over a plurality of remote storage nodes. Data are split into segments and each segment is encoded into a number of codeword chunks. None of the codeword chunks contains any of the segments. Each codeword chunk is packaged with at least one encoding parameter and identifier, and metadata are generated for at least one file and for related segments of the at least one file. The metadata contains information to reconstruct from the segments, and information for reconstructing from corresponding packages. Further, metadata are encoded into package(s), and correspond to a respective security level and a protection against storage node failure. A plurality of packages are assigned to remote storage nodes to optimize workload distribution. Each package is transmitted to at least one respective storage node as a function iteratively accessing and retrieving the packages of metadata and file data.
US10608779B2	Search space configuration for new radio (NR) system Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described a search space configuration. A set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) or resource element groups (REGs) may be configured over two or more modulation symbols. A control channel element (CCE), or fixed set of REGs, may be formed using REGs in one modulation symbol. A search space, or set of decoding candidates, may be configured for one user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. Search spaces for different UEs may share some CCEs. A decoding candidate for a UE may occupy a set of CCEs; the UE may make decoding to attempts on the set of CCEs. A base station may transmit in a subset of decoding candidates configured for the UE. A demodulation reference signal (DMRS) may be transmitted when a decoding candidate is used, and DMRS may not be transmitted when a decoding candidate is not used.
US10608772B2	Broadcast signal transmission apparatus using transmission identifier and method using same An apparatus for transmitting broadcasting signal using transmitter identification and method using the same are disclosed. An apparatus for transmitting broadcasting signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a waveform generator configured to generate a host broadcasting signal; a transmitter identification signal generator configured to generate a transmitter identification signal for identifying a transmitter; and a combiner configured to inject the transmitter identification signal into the host broadcasting signal in a time domain so that the transmitter identification signal is transmitted synchronously with the host broadcasting signal.
US10608756B2	Power detector calibration in integrated circuits A system and a method for calibrating an output signal of an antenna is disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a first digital adder configured to generate a gain offset by at least adding gain calibration data from non-volatile memory and gain command data from static memory. The apparatus further includes an amplitude gain circuit configured to modify, based at least in part on the gain offset, an amplitude of a first output signal of a first antenna. The modified amplitude of the first output signal is provided to enable pre-calibration of the first output signal. The apparatus further includes a power detector configured to measure an output power of the first output signal. The apparatus further includes at least one processor configured to generate a difference between the measured and expected output power, and adjust gain command data in response to the generated difference.
US10608754B2	Optical link management The present disclosure provides optical link management in a marine seismic environment. A first device can transmit, to a second device, a first optical transmission at a first output level. The first optical transmission can include a first packet corresponding to a network protocol. The first device can determine that the second device failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission. The first device can transmit, responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical transmission at a second output level different than the first output level. The second optical transmission can include a second packet corresponding to the network protocol. The first device can identify that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent. The first device can establish, responsive to the identification that the second packet was successfully received, the second output level as a transmission output level for the first device.
US10608753B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, probe head, ultrasonic probe, electronic machine, and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic measurement apparatus has an ultrasonic transducer device including an ultrasonic element array, a first through n-th first end-side terminal XA1 to XAn provided to a first end side, and a first through n-th second end-side terminal XB1 to XBn provided to a second end side opposing the first end side; a first transmission circuit outputting first drive signals VTA1 to VTAn to the first through n-th first end-side terminals XA1 to XAn; and a second transmission circuit outputting second drive signals VTB1 to VTBn to the first through n-th second end-side terminals XB1 to XBn.
US10608749B1	Probabilistic shaping techniques for high performance coherent optical transceivers A method and structure for probabilistic shaping and compensation techniques in coherent optical receivers. According to an example, the present invention provides a method and structure for an implementation of distribution matcher encoders and decoders for probabilistic shaping applications. The techniques involved avoid the traditional implementations based on arithmetic coding, which requires intensive multiplication functions. Furthermore, these probabilistic shaping techniques can be used in combination with LDPC codes through reverse concatenation techniques.
US10608744B2	Systems and methods for multiband delta sigma digitization A digital mobile fronthaul (MFH) network includes a baseband processing unit (BBU) having a digitization interface configured to digitize, using delta-sigma digitization, at least one wireless service for at least one radio access technology. The network further includes a transport medium in operable communication with the BBU. The transport medium is configured to transmit a delta-sigma digitized wireless service from the BBU. The network further includes a remote radio head (RRH) configured to operably receive the delta-sigma digitized wireless service from the BBU over the transport medium.
US10608742B2	Signal modulation and demodulation method and system, and apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a signal modulation and demodulation method and system, and an apparatus, to eliminate SSBI generated in a modulation and demodulation method. The method includes: performing, by a transmit end, PAM encoding on an input signal to obtain a PAM signal; electrically modulating, by the transmit end, the PAM signal by using a first filter; converting, by the transmit end, the electrically modulated PAM signal into an analog signal; optically modulating, by the transmit end, the analog signal by using an electro-optic modulator to obtain an optical signal, and sending the optical signal. Another method includes receiving, by a receive end, the optical signal, and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal; electrically demodulating, by the receive end, the electrical signal by using a second filter; and performing PAM decoding, by the receive end, the electrically demodulated electrical signal to obtain a restored input signal.
US10608738B2	Coherent optical receiver device and coherent optical receiving method A coherent optical module includes an optical power monitor configured to monitor power of a wavelength multiplexed signal, a local oscillator configured to output a local oscillation light with an optical power corresponding to the monitored power of the wavelength multiplexed signal, a coherent receiver configured to receive an optical signal from the wavelength multiplexed signal by an interference with the local oscillation light, and a converter configured to convert the received optical signal to an electrical signal.
US10608734B2	Virtualization and orchestration of a radio access network A distributed radio frequency communication system facilitates communication between wireless terminals and a core network. The system includes a group of remote radio units (RRUs). Each RRU of the group of RRUs is coupled to an antenna to communicate with at least some of the mobile terminals and includes electronic circuitry to perform at least a first portion of a first-level protocol of a radio access network (RAN) and communicate over a fronthaul link. The system also includes a baseband unit (BBU) coupled to the core network and the fronthaul link, and communicably coupled to the group of RRUs over the fronthaul link. The BBU includes electronic circuitry to assign one or more RRUs, selected from the group of RRUs, to a cluster of RRUs based on one or more parameters, and to perform at least a second-level protocol of the RAN.
US10608730B2	Mobile communications system, communications terminals and methods for coordinating relay communications A mobile communications system, methods, and communication terminals. A first of plural communications terminals is configured to determine, based on current communications conditions, one of plural predetermined priority levels representing a relative ability of the first communications terminal to act as a relay node for a second of the plural communications terminals, and to transmit an indication of the determined priority level to the second communications terminals for one of the first or other communications terminals to be selected to act as a relay node for the second communications terminal. The second communications terminal is configured to receive from the first communications terminal the indication of the determined priority level, to receive from the other communications terminals indications of determined priority levels, to select one of the first communications terminals or one or more of the other communications terminals to act as a relay node for the second communications terminal.
US10608729B1	Fifth generation new radio repeater state machine A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to establish a communication channel with a fixed wireless access (FWA) user equipment (UE) device associated with a provider; scan for Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) antenna beams from a base station associated with the provider; and identify a plurality of 5G NR antenna beams. The processor may be further configured to rank the plurality of 5G NR antenna beams based on a key performance indicator (KPI); select a highest ranked antenna beam, from the plurality of 5G NR antenna beams, via which the FWA UE device is able to connect to the base station associated with the provider while satisfying a threshold requirement associated with the KPI; and use the selected antenna beam to exchange wireless signals between the base station and the FWA UE device.
US10608724B2	Method for reporting CSI in wireless communication system and device for same Disclosed in the present invention is a method for reporting, by a terminal, channel status information (CSI) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The CSI reporting method is characterized by including the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, first CSI including a rank indicator in a first period unit; transmitting, to the base station, second CSI including a vertical precoding matrix index in a second period unit within the first period; and transmitting, to the base station, third CSI including horizontal precoding matrix index in a third period unit within the second period.
US10608717B2	Transmission control device, radiocommunication system, and calibration method A transmission control device includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor executes a process including: selecting a reference transmission point as a starting point of generating a link from among a plurality of transmission points of which each wirelessly transmits a signal; sequentially selecting the transmission points one by one for each hierarchy corresponding to a number of hops from the selected reference transmission point and retrieving ones of the transmission points for which radio quality between the ones and the selected transmission point satisfies a predetermined criterion; and generating a link between the selected transmission point and a transmission point, among the transmission points obtained as a result at the retrieving, not connected to others of the transmission points to connect the two transmission points.
US10608702B2	Near field communication device A near field communication (NFC) device includes a communications module and a controller. The communications module includes a receiver to receive a wireless signal, a transmitter to transmit data by superimposing the data on the wireless signal, and a signal detector to compare the wireless signal with a predetermined reference signal. The communications module operates in at least one of a wakeup mode and a sleep mode, the receiver and transmitter are activated to operate in wakeup mode, and the receiver and transmitter are deactivated in sleep mode. The controller adjusts the sensitivity of the signal detector based on a magnitude of the wireless signal and an operating condition of the communications module when the communications module enters the wakeup mode from the sleep mode.
US10608701B2	Splittable rotary joint module with contactless data link A rotary joint has a body with an even number of body segments. Each body segment holds one transmission line with one RF signal connector at one end and a termination at the opposing end. The body segments are oriented such, that alternatingly in neighboring segments two RF signal connectors or two terminations are next to each other. Two neighboring body segments are connected by a carrier plate. The carrier plate holds an electronic housing where two RF signal connectors are located next to each other, and provides a connection to the RF signal connectors.
US10608695B2	Wide area positioning system Systems and methods are described for determining position of a receiver. The positioning system comprises a transmitter network including transmitters that broadcast positioning signals. The positioning system comprises a remote receiver that acquires and tracks the positioning signals and/or satellite signals. The satellite signals are signals of a satellite-based positioning system. A first mode of the remote receiver uses terminal-based positioning in which the remote receiver computes a position using the positioning signals and/or the satellite signals. The positioning system comprises a server coupled to the remote receiver. A second operating mode of the remote receiver comprises network-based positioning in which the server computes a position of the remote receiver from the positioning signals and/or satellite signals, where the remote receiver receives and transfers to the server the positioning signals and/or satellite signals.
US10608690B2	Cover for a region of a mobile phone Disclosed are covers for a mobile phone including aspects that protect the phone from impact and/or provide shock absorbance characteristics. Covers can include one or more protrusions that reduce the contact surface to the phone and dissipate energy. Advantageously, the one or more protrusions work with intermittent spaces to provide shock absorbing characteristics and reduce the contact surface area between the cover and the phone. In some embodiments, the protrusions can include a soft-side rectangular shape, where the protrusions are placed in an ordered array in the back wall of a cover. In some embodiments, the one or more protrusions can include a row of x-shaped protrusions interspersed with air pockets along the inside wall of the cover.
US10608688B2	Protective case having modular components A protective case for a mobile device such as a tablet computer is disclosed that includes modular components that can be mixed and matched by the user at the point of purchase to facilitate creation of a user customizable look. The case includes a shell that is configured to retain the tablet device and a front cover that is configured to protect and conceal the screen of the tablet when the case is in the closed position. When the assembled case is in the open position and the tablet is retained within the shell, the cover is configured to stand the shell up on edge. The shell and front cover can be reversibly attached to one another by the user, so that the user can select a shell of one color, material, design, or style and a front cover of another color, material, design or style. Retention tab and slot are employed to reversibly lock the front cover to the shell to form a seamless integrated multi use mode case.
US10608687B2	Wireless communication system for enabling playback of transmitted voice and controlled interruption thereof A radio device comprising: a transmitter that transmits a transmission voice; a receiver that receives a reception voice; a recorder that records the reception voice; a playback controller that performs rewind playback of a reception voice recorded in the recorder during the reception voice being received; and a transmit-receive controller that causes the transmitter to transmit the under playback signal to notify that it is during the rewind playback when it is detected that reception of the reception voice is completed during the rewind playback, and that causes the transmitter to transmit a playback end signal indicating that the rewind playback is finished when the rewind playback is finished.
US10608676B2	Bit-alignment testing for obtaining FEC code lock Methods and apparatus disclosed herein may be used to establish framing more efficiently in communication protocols with block-coded forward error correction. Such protocols generally involve the check of different bit-alignments searching for positions that yield zero syndromes. The search can be undesirably slow, particularly in the presence of received errors. The presently-disclosed bit-alignment testing technique reduces this search time by checking the syndrome at each data word as if that data word was the last of a code. In other words, the word positions are effectively checked without a prior assumption as to which words are the first and last of the code. This reduces the task to the number of different bit-alignments possible within a single data word, rather than the number of bit-alignments possible in a complete FEC code. In one implementation, the lock time is reduced by approximately 50 times when compared to a straightforward solution.
US10608663B2	Real-number photonic encoding Optical encoders for encoding signed, real numbers using optical fields are described. The optical fields may be detected using coherent detection, without the need for independent phase and amplitude control. This encoding technique enables the use of simple and non-ideal modulators (e.g., modulators that provide neither pure phase nor pure amplitude modulation) for high-precision encoding. A photonic system implementing optical encoding techniques may include a modulator configured to be driven by a single electrical modulating signal and a coherent receiver. An optical transformation unit optically coupled between the modulator and the coherent receiver may transform the phase and/or the intensity of the modulated optical field. The optical encoding techniques described herein may be used in a variety of contexts, including high-speed telecommunications, on chip-phase sensitive measurements for sensing, communications and computing, and optical machine learning.
US10608662B2	Hybrid digital-to-analog conversion systems A hybrid digital-to-analog converter (DAC) driver circuit includes a current-mode DAC driver, a voltage-mode DAC driver, and a combination circuit. The current-mode DAC driver may be configured to receive a first set of bits of a digital input signal and to generate a first analog signal. The voltage-mode DAC driver may be configured to receive a second set of bits of the digital input signal and to generate a second analog signal. The combination circuit may be configured to combine the first analog signal and the second analog signal and to generate an analog output signal. The DAC driver circuit may be terminated by adjusting resistor values of the voltage-mode DAC driver. The current-mode DAC driver and the voltage-mode DAC driver are differential drivers, and may be configured to operate with a single clock signal.
US10608655B1	Inter-stage gain calibration in double conversion analog-to-digital converter Various background calibration techniques to calibrate inter-stage gain, e.g., in pipelined ADCs, are described to allow open loop amplifier circuits to be used as residue amplifiers for better power efficiency. Using various techniques, a well-controlled perturbation can be injected between two conversions and the actual perturbation after a residue amplifier can be measured. By comparing the actual measurement against an expected value, the gain information of the residue amplifier can be estimated and then calibration can be applied.

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