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| US10748072B1 |
Intermittent demand forecasting for large inventories
With respect to an input data set which contains observation records of a time series, a statistical model which utilizes a likelihood function comprising a latent function is generated. The latent function comprises a combination of a deterministic component and a random process. Parameters of the model are fitted using approximate Bayesian inference, and the model is used to generate probabilistic forecasts corresponding to the input data set. |
| US10748061B2 |
Simultaneous localization and mapping with reinforcement learning
A robotic device is disclose as having deep reinforcement learning capability. The device includes non-transitory memory comprising instructions and one or more processors in communication with the memory. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a sensing frame, from a sensor, comprising an image. The processors then determine a movement transition based on the sensing frame and the deep reinforcement learning, wherein the deep reinforcement learning uses at least one of a map coverage reward, a map quality reward, or a traversability reward to determine the movement transition. The processors then update an area map based on the sensing frame and the deep reinforcement learning using a visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) process to determine the map updates. |
| US10748055B2 |
Validating system registry files in a dispersed storage network
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) execution unit includes receiving system registry integrity data via a network that corresponds to a plurality of system registry files, a request for a subset of the plurality of system registry files is generated for transmission to a dispersed storage network (DSN) unit via the network. The subset of system registry files are received from the DSN unit via the network. Integrity check data is generated based on the received subset of the plurality of system registry files and the system registry integrity data, where the integrity check data includes a verification indicator. The system registry files are stored in memory when the verification indicator indicates that verification was successful. |
| US10748054B2 |
Two-dimensional code information query method, server, client, and system
A two-dimensional code query method includes receiving a two-dimensional code query request from a first client, the two-dimensional code query request containing a first two-dimensional code, obtaining at least one two-dimensional codes that are bound to the first two-dimensional code, and returning the obtained two-dimensional codes to the first client for the first client to extract information from at least one of the obtained two-dimensional codes with a corresponding application on the first client. |
| US10748051B2 |
System and method for attaching identification tags to objects using a flexible attachment device
The present invention is a system and method for the attachment of a tracking sensor or identification device placed on an object without the need for an attachment tool or fasteners such as adhesives, rivets, screws, or bolts. Through the interaction of the attachment device and the particular portions of the object to which it is attached as to secure the device to the object using tension between the device and object due to the device having flexible prongs which grip the object when properly located on the object. |
| US10748046B2 |
Consumable-component management apparatus, control method, and storage medium storing program
A consumable-component management apparatus equipped with a plurality of consumable components, includes a display that displays information, and at least one controller configured to acquire a first value in units of days based on usage information regarding a first consumable component, acquire a second value in units of days based on usage information regarding a second consumable component, and cause the display to display a screen on which pieces of identification information regarding the plurality of consumable components are arranged, wherein an instruction object is disposed on the screen, the instruction object enabling a change in arrangement order between the identification information regarding the first consumable component and the identification information regarding the second consumable component based on a magnitude relationship between the first value and the second value. |
| US10748037B2 |
Machine intelligent predictive communications and control system
A machine intelligent communication and control system is able to dynamically predict and adapt information presented to various users. The system provides a personalized experience with its ability to identify users, become contextually aware of the user's location and environment, identify objects and actions, and present customized information tailored for the user and the current environment. The system is further able to control connected items within the environment based upon various user preference considerations. |
| US10748028B2 |
Extraneous-matter detecting apparatus and extraneous-matter detecting method
An extraneous-matter detecting apparatus including a dividing unit that divides a captured image into a plurality of regions. The captured image is output from an image capturing device; a computing unit detecting luminance values of pixels included in each of the regions divided by the dividing unit, and computes, for each of target regions, an average value or a standard deviation of luminance values of the detected luminance values. The corresponding target region corresponds to the one or more regions; and a detection unit that extracts the target regions having the average values or the standard deviations of the luminance values computed by the computing unit, which are within a predetermined range, and detects, when the extracted target regions are adjacent to each other, the adjacent target regions as an extraneous-matter region. The extraneous-matter region is a region of the image capturing device to which an extraneous matter is adhered. |
| US10748024B2 |
Method and system for detecting a person in an image based on location in the image
A method and system for detecting a person in an image of a space include determining a value of a parameter of an object in the image, wherein if the value exceeds a threshold the object is determined to be a person. If the object is located in a predetermined area in the image, then changing the threshold and determining that the object is a person based on the value of the parameter and the changed threshold. |
| US10748019B2 |
Image processing method and electronic apparatus for foreground image extraction
An image processing method and an electronic apparatus for foreground image extraction include steps: (A) acquiring frame images of a dynamic image, wherein each frame image has an RGB image and an IR image; (B) acquiring an RGB image representing a dark state as an RGB capture image, acquiring an IR image representing a light state as an IR light frame image, and acquiring one IR image representing the dark state as an IR dark frame image; (C) calculating a difference image between the IR light frame image and the IR dark frame image and binarizing the difference image to generate a binarized image; and (D) acquiring a plurality of foreground pixels corresponding to an IR foreground part of the binarized image of the RGB capture image and taking the foreground pixels as the foreground image, thereby reducing the impact of ambient light, background noise and calculation. |
| US10748015B2 |
Optical unit, vehicle monitor, and obstruction detector
Disclosed is an optical unit wherein a rotating reflector rotates about a rotation axis in one direction, while reflecting light emitted from a light source. The rotating reflector is provided with a reflecting surface such that the light reflected by the rotating reflector, while rotating, forms a desired light distribution pattern, said light having been emitted from the light source. The light source is composed of light emitting elements. The rotation axis is provided within a plane that includes an optical axis and the light source. The rotating reflector is provided with, on the periphery of the rotation axis, a blade that functions as the reflecting surface. |
| US10748013B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting road lane
A method and an apparatus for detecting a road lane are provided. The method includes acquiring a current road image of a road around a vehicle and inputting the current road image into a deep learning model and detecting a road lane region in the current road image based on a result outputted from the deep learning model. The deep learning model includes a first model device and a second model device. The first model device includes at least one first model subdevice which includes a convolutional neural network and a first recurrent neural network, and the second model device includes at least one second model subdevice which includes a deconvolution neural network and a second recurrent neural network. |
| US10748011B2 |
Method, device and system for detecting a loitering event
The present invention relates to monitoring applications. In particular, the present invention relates to a method, device and system for detecting a loitering event in which the loitering time of objects with different object IDs, which subsequent to each other spends time within an area of interest within a monitored scene, will be combined. |
| US10748001B2 |
Context-awareness
The discussion relates to context-aware environments. One example can include inwardly-facing cameras positioned around a periphery of an environment that defines a volume. The example can also include sensors positioned relative to the volume and configured to communicate with a user device in the volume. The example can also include an ambient perception component configured to track user locations in the volume and to detect user gestures relative to objects in the volume, and responsive to receiving a query from the user's device, to supplement the query with information derived from the objects. |
| US10747998B2 |
Structure from motion for drone videos
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first and second models for a structure of an object, based respectively on ground-level and aerial observations of the object. Model parameters are determined for a three-dimensional (3D) third model of the object based on the first and second models; the determining comprises a transfer learning procedure. Data representing observations of the object is captured at an airborne unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating at an altitude between that of the ground-level observations and the aerial observations. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the third model in accordance with the operating altitude of the UAS; updating the adjusted third model in accordance with the data; and determining a 3D representation of the structure of the object, based on the updated adjusted third model. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10747996B2 |
Identification method, identification apparatus, classifier creating method, and classifier creating apparatus
An identification method includes acquiring image data, acquiring a photography condition for the image data, selecting a classifier corresponding to the acquired photography condition from a plurality of classifiers, each of which was created for one of a plurality of different photography conditions, and identifying a target in the acquired image data by using the selected classifier. |
| US10747992B1 |
Document authentication
A computer-assisted method includes: accessing information encoding a high-resolution image of an identification document, the high-resolution image captured from a camera of a mobile computing device; extracting personally identifiable information (PII) printed on more than one locations on the front of the identification document; correlating the PII to determine a first authentication factor; inspecting the high-resolution image to detect at least one fine-print feature from a substrate of the identification document, the at least one fine-print feature not detectable by naked eyes alone and without a visual aid; in response to (i) determining a match for the PII and (ii) determining that at least one fine-print feature is present, correlating the PII with information content from the at least one fine-print feature; and in response to determining that the PII are correlated with information content from the at least one fine-print feature that the identification document as authentic. |
| US10747989B2 |
Systems and/or methods for accelerating facial feature vector matching with supervised machine learning
A face recognition neural network generates small dimensional facial feature vectors for faces in received images. A multi-task learning classifier network receives generated vectors and outputs classifications for the corresponding images. The classifications are built by respective sub-networks each comprising classification layers arranged in levels. The layers in at least some levels receive as input intermediate outputs from an immediately upstream classification layer in the same sub-network and in each other sub-network. After training, a resultant facial feature vector corresponding to an input image is received from the neural network. Resultant classifiers for the input image are received from the classifier network. A database is searched for a subset of reference facial feature vectors having associated classification features matching the resultant classifiers. Vector matching identifies which one(s) of the reference facial feature vectors in the subset of reference facial feature vectors most closely match(es) the resultant facial feature vector. |
| US10747985B2 |
Nanostructure pixel sensor and method
The present invention provides a nanostructure pixel sensor and a method for use thereof. A nanostructure pixel sensor includes a plurality of nanostructure pixels comprising periodic nanostructures. Every nanostructure pixel is designed to achieve a specific optical response at a given wavelength illuminated by a light beam. A nanostructure pixel sensor generates a wavelength-dependent image pattern, which is sensitive to the surrounding environment. The sensor described in the present invention utilizes image patterns to detect analytes and/or determine amount of analytes on the sensor surface or in the vicinity of the sensor surface. |
| US10747984B2 |
Method and apparatus of fingerprint identification and terminal device
The present application discloses a method of fingerprint identification, a fingerprint identification apparatus, a fingerprint identification chip and a terminal device. The method includes: detecting a value of a light signal reflected by a finger when a touch signal of the finger is received on a fingerprint identification area; determining whether the value of the light signal is within a preset numerical range; and determining a fingerprint contacting the fingerprint identification area is a live fingerprint if the value of the light signal is within the numerical range. Therefore, when a finger presses a fingerprint identification area, it is judged that a fingerprint contacting the fingerprint identification area is a live fingerprint or a non-live fingerprint through a value of a light signal reflected by the finger, thereby improving security of a fingerprint password. |
| US10747976B2 |
Optical information reading device
Provided is an optical information reading device that can reduce an installation load on a user, and can accurately read a code provided to each of various workpieces. A polarized illumination light source includes light emitters that irradiate the workpiece with illumination light through a polarization filter. A non-polarized illumination light source includes light emitters that irradiate the workpiece with illumination light without through a polarization filter. An imaging element is provided with a polarization filter having a polarization direction different from a polarization direction of the polarization filter of the light emitters. Either of the polarized illumination light source and the non-polarized illumination light source is used in accordance with the workpiece. |
| US10747967B2 |
Low loss acoustic wave sensors and tags and high efficiency antennas and methods for remote activation thereof
Enhanced surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors and SAW sensor-tag wireless interface devices, including low loss devices, devices that enable enhanced use of time diversity for device identification, and devices suitable for use in band-limited environments (such as ISM band) and for use in ultra-wideband applications are disclosed. Antennas for use with both SAW sensors and/or tags, and wireless transceiver systems also are disclosed, including antennas suitable for operation in conductive media and in highly metallic environments, said antennas being used to activate and read said SAW sensors and/or tags. SAW sensors and sensor-tags and related methods for measuring scaled voltage and current in electrical conductors via measurements of the electric and magnetic fields thereof are disclosed. |
| US10747965B2 |
Information bearing medium and information processing system
An information processing system includes an information bearing medium and an information reading unit. The information bearing medium has a two-dimensional array of unit data zones. Marks are provided on some of the unit data zones so as to form a digital code. Mark patterns of any two Y-directional adjacent unit data zone strings based on the arrangement of marks in an X-direction differ from each other. The information reading unit generates a data string on the basis of a unit signal formed from a plurality of signals output from a group of detection units that detect the marks in synchronization and recognizes the digital code of the information bearing medium on the basis of a group of the data strings sequentially obtained from the array of the unit data zones. |
| US10747964B2 |
Card reader device
Disclosures of the present invention describe a card reader device, which consists of a card reader unit, a human-machine interface and a physical keyboard. The human-machine interface is configured to show a first virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of first virtual buttons for a visually unimpaired to input a password thereon. Besides, the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical buttons formed with an embossed braille thereon. According to particular design of the present invention, a plurality of the second virtual buttons are showed on the human-machine interface, such that the plurality of physical buttons correspond to the plurality of second virtual buttons, respectively. Consequently, a blind user or a visually impaired is facilitated so as to be capable of completing a password input of the card reader unit through the physical keyboard. |
| US10747963B2 |
Speech morphing communication system
A communication system is described. The communication system including an automatic speech recognizer configured to receive a speech signal and to convert the speech signal into a text sequence. The communication also including a speech analyzer configured to receive the speech signal. The speech analyzer configured to extract paralinguistic characteristics from the speech signal. The communication system further includes a translator coupled with the automatic speech recognizer. The translator configured to convert the text sequence from a first language to a second language. In addition, the communication system includes a speech output device coupled with the automatic speech recognizer and the speech analyzer. The speech output device configured to convert the text sequence into an output speech signal based on the extracted paralinguistic characteristics. |
| US10747959B2 |
Dialog generation method, apparatus, and electronic device
A dialog generation method includes: training a sequence to sequence (seq2seq)-based dialog model using a loss function including topic range constraint information; and generating a dialog using the trained dialog model. With the dialog generation method, topic range constraint information is introduced in the process of dialog model training using a loss function including the topic range constraint information, thus helping to prevent the trained model from producing low-quality meaningless replies. |
| US10747956B2 |
Artificial intelligence process automation for enterprise business communication
Disclosed is an automated electronic message processing system that utilizes a combination of machine learning and natural language processing to create a communication system with greater adaptability and capacity for learning. An extension and modification of the general genetic algorithm concept better enables the present system to learn the sense of messages and apply learnt responses to future communications. |
| US10747955B2 |
Learning device and learning method
A learning device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute a process including acquiring a plurality of documents, clustering the plurality of documents with respect to each of a first plurality of words, the first plurality of words being included in the plurality of documents, assigning a common label to a first word and a second word among the first plurality of words in a case where a cluster relating to the first word and a cluster relating to the second word resemble each other, and re-clustering, on the basis of the common label, the plurality of documents including the first word and the second word after the assigning the common label. |
| US10747948B1 |
Video annotation system
A system and method for annotating video content is disclosed. The method receives, from a first client device of an annotating user, annotation data that includes annotations and specifies time portions of a video to include the annotations. The method also receives, from a second client device of a viewing user, a request of the viewing user to view the video with the annotations. The request of the viewing user is associated with a preference of the viewing user to display or hide the annotation during particular time portions of the video while the video is played. Responsive to the request, the method transmits the video with the annotations to the second client device for presentation of the video with the annotations in accordance with the annotation data of the annotating user. |
| US10747940B2 |
Displaying graphical content items
A method for generating a matrix of graphical content items to be displayed on at least one client computing device having a display. The method is implemented by a server computing device communicatively coupled to a database and to the at least one client computing device. The method includes retrieving, from the database, a plurality of textual content items, a link to a landing page associated with each textual content item, and an image associated with at least a part of the landing page. The method includes generating a matrix including a plurality of portions, including, for each portion of the matrix, selecting one of the plurality of textual content items, and including, in the portion, text from the selected textual content item, the image associated with the landing page, and the link to the landing page, and transmitting data for display of the matrix to the client computing device. |
| US10747936B1 |
System, method, and computer program product for genetic routing in an electronic circuit design
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for electronic design is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, using at least one processor, an electronic design having one or more unoptimized nets. Embodiments may further include applying a genetic algorithm to the electronic design, wherein the genetic algorithm includes a two stage routing analysis, wherein a first stage analysis is an intra-row routing analysis and a second stage is an inter-row routing analysis. Embodiments may also include generating an optimized routing of the one or more nets and displaying the optimized routing at a graphical user interface. |
| US10747923B2 |
Methods and apparatus for emulating power loss event on an integrated circuit
Programmable integrated circuits may be used to perform hardware emulation of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design. The ASIC design may be loaded onto the programmable integrated circuit as a circuit under test (CUT). During hardware emulation operations, an emulation host may be used to coordinate testing of the CUT on the programmable device. To help emulate a power gating event for the ASIC design, the programmable device may be provided with an encoder at the input of the CUT, a decoder at the output of the CUT, and a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) that outputs a value for adjusting the encoder and decoder. The value output from the PRNG stays fixed when there is no power loss, but will change to a new value during a power gating event. Operated in this way, the data read out from the CUT after the power gating event is effectively corrupted. |
| US10747921B2 |
Software tool for simulating operation of hardware and software systems
A method for simulating operation of a system. The method accesses information characterizes system behavior, identifies system components and characterizes component behavior and relationships. The components include composite or non-composite unit types. A user selects an instance root and the method induces an instance hierarchy from that root. The instance hierarchy is displayed on a GUI in the form of a navigable tree or breadcrumbs view. Operation of the system is simulated using the instance hierarchy. Embodiments further include the concepts of merging certain variable names, displaying producing and consuming downstream and upstream elements, positioning, rotating, or orienting diagram elements to avoid overlapping with other diagram elements, identifying statically constant variables and propagating constness to producer and consumer variables, storing simulation results in compressed form and decompressing as needed, and identifying differences between dataflow diagrams. |
| US10747919B2 |
Generating path execution times
For generating path execution times, a method encodes a logic design as a linear array that includes a plurality of logic states. Each logic state includes one or more binary output variables, one or more binary input variables, one or more minterms of the one or more binary input variables, one or more maxterms of the one or more minterms, one or more present state values, and one or more next state values. The method iteratively generates a path execution time for each path between a start state and an end state. The method further generates a maximum path execution time between the start state and the end state as a greatest sum of all path execution times between the start state and the end state. |
| US10747915B2 |
Programming automation sensor applications using simulation
A computer-implemented method of simulating automation applications based on input from a user includes a computer creating a system design in a three-dimensional workspace based on one or more instructions provided by the user. The system design comprises a sensor component representative of a physical sensor controlled by a physical controller, and one or more detectable components representative of objects detectable by the physical sensor. The computer assigns a tag value to each of the one or more detectable components and executes a simulation of the system design in response to a command from the user. The sensor component simulates detection of the one or more detectable components using the tag value assigned to each respective detectable component. |
| US10747909B2 |
System architecture to mitigate memory imprinting
A method and architecture for mitigating memory imprinting in electronic system volatile memory. At system power-up, a bus mode register control determines whether to operate the current power cycle in normal mode or inversion mode, with an objective of equal amounts of time in each mode over the system's lifecycle. A bi-directional data bus inverter is positioned between a system processor and volatile memory. When the system is running in inversion mode, data from non-volatile memory is inverted (0's and 1's are swapped) when copied to volatile memory, and the data bus inverter rectifies all data bits flowing in/out of the processor. By balancing the time spent by individual memory addresses in high and low voltage states, the system minimizes differences in memory cell stresses, thus reducing memory imprinting effects. The same concept applied to other architectures, such as internal processor cache memory, and FPGA configuration memory, is also disclosed. |
| US10747908B2 |
Secure circuit control to disable circuitry
Techniques are disclosed in which a secure circuit controls a gating circuit to enable or disable other circuitry of a device (e.g., one or more input sensors). For example, the gating circuit may be a power gating circuit and the secure circuit may be configured to disable power to an input sensor in certain situations. As another example, the gating circuit may be a clock gating circuit and the secure circuit may be configured to disable the clock to an input sensor. As yet another example, the gating circuit may be configured to gate a control bus and the secure circuit may be configured to disable control signals to an input sensor. In some embodiments, hardware resources included in or controlled by the secure circuit are not accessible by other elements of the device, other than by sending requests to a predetermined set of memory locations (e.g., a secure mailbox). |
| US10747906B2 |
Ensuring USB attack protection
For ensuring a universal serial bus, USB, attack protection between a communication device (CD) and an accessory device (AD), a protection device (PD) being inserted between the communication device (CD) and the accessory device (AD) through a USB link, the communication device (CD): memorizes the highest value (HV) of indexes of string descriptor found in a USB Device Descriptor received from the accessory device (AD), sends a request (Req) for a string descriptor to the accessory device (AD) with a value (Val1) of index higher than said highest value (HV), receives a response (Res) generated and sent from the protection device (PD), the response containing an identifier (Id P) of the protection device validates the presence of the protection device (PD) if the identifier (Id P) is found in a database. |
| US10747904B2 |
Detection of the opening of a data-entry device
A data-entry device includes an upper cover to which a capacitive pad is affixed through the exterior. The capacitive pad has at least one flexible security element having at least one electrical track connected to a cut-detection module in the device. The shape and the mounting of the at least one security device is adapted to exert a force on the internal face of the upper cover. |
| US10747903B2 |
Identification of pseudonymized data within data sources
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and system for identifying pseudonymized data within data sources. One or more data repositories within one or more of the data sources are selected. One or more privacy data models are provided, where each of the privacy data models includes pattern(s) and/or parameter(s). One or more of the one or more privacy data models are selected. Data identification information is generated, where the data identification information indicates a presence or absence of pseudonymized data and of non-pseudonymized data within the one or more of the data sources. The data identification information is generated utilizing the pattern(s) and/or the parameter(s) to determine pseudonymized data. |
| US10747894B1 |
Sensitive data management
Systems and methods for sensitive data management are disclosed. A voice-enabled device may generate audio data representing a request from a user utterance. A remote system may perform speech-processing operations, including obtaining responsive text data from a third-party application. In examples, a sensitivity designation may be received from the third-party application, which may cause the remote system to encrypt the responsive text data, redact the text data, and/or remove the text data from the remote system after the response is provided to the voice-enabled device. |
| US10747886B2 |
Attack assessment in a virtualized computing environment
A computer implemented method to determine whether a target virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment is susceptible to a security attack, the method comprising: training a machine learning algorithm as a classifier based on a plurality of training data items, each training data item corresponding to a training VM and including a representation of parameters for a configuration of the training VM and a representation of characteristics of security attacks for the training VM; generating a data structure for storing one or more relationships between VM configuration parameters and attack characteristics, wherein the data structure is generated by sampling the trained machine learning algorithm to identify the relationships; determining a set of configuration parameters for the target VM; and identifying attack characteristics in the data structure associated with configuration parameters of the target VM as characteristics of attacks to which the target VM is susceptible. |
| US10747879B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for identifying a file used to automatically launch content as unwanted
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying a file utilized to automatically launch content as unwanted. In one embodiment, a file is identified in response to a detection of unwanted code, the file utilized to automatically launch content. Additionally, it is determined whether an identifier associated with the unwanted code is included in the file. Further, the file is identified as unwanted based on the determination. |
| US10747868B2 |
System and method for authenticating a mobile device
In a mobile device including an image capturing device having an imaging element (CCD), and an illumination element, capturing an image of a hologram and sending the image of the hologram to a server for authenticating the image and authorizing a transaction. |
| US10747866B2 |
Transaction approval based on a scratch pad
A system for conducting transactions without a debit card or credit card may receive a request to complete a transaction including authentication data associated with a transaction account and a captured biometric template. The transaction request may lack information contained on a typical debit card or credit card. The system may identify the transaction account using the authentication data associated with the transaction account. The transaction account may be associated with a stored biometric template stored in a biometric data store. The system may also compare the stored biometric template with the captured biometric template. In response to the stored biometric template conflicting with the captured biometric template, the system may decline the transaction. |
| US10747862B2 |
Cognitive security adjustments based on the user
Different security changes are applied based on the user status, such as emotional state, level of attention and biometrics. A security change can be applied that will automatically logoff the user from the system or from applications of the device, depending of the user's detected status, applying different security profiles at a software level, without disabling hardware. |
| US10747853B1 |
Application-governed link opening system and method
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: developing at least a portion of a particular application that is configured to be installed on at least one device including an operating system, a web browser, and another application; developing a web page that includes a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link; causing the web page that includes the HTTP link to be hosted by at least one server in connection with a web site; causing to be stored, in connection with the particular application, first information identifying at least one aspect of the web site; causing to be stored, at the at least one server, second information identifying the particular application; via at least one network, receiving, at the at least one server and from the at least one device, a first request initiated via the web browser of the at least one device; and in response to the first request, serving, to the at least one device via the at least one network, the web page that includes the HTTP link such that, in response to a selection of the HTTP link via the web browser of the at least one device, the HTTP link causes the operating system to: based on a first result of an analysis involving the first information and the second information, open the HTTP link utilizing the particular application of the at least one device, and based on a second result of the analysis involving the first information and the second information, open the HTTP link utilizing the web browser of the at least one device; wherein the HTTP link is opened utilizing the particular application of the at least one device in response to the selection of the HTTP link via web browser of the at least one device, without any user input in connection with the HTTP link other than the selection of the HTTP link via the web browser of the at least one device. |
| US10747850B2 |
Medication scheduling and alerts
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for providing medication-related feedback. Aspects include receiving medication information for a patient. Aspects also include receiving a biological, behavioral, or environmental output from a sensor. Aspects also include determining, based upon the biological, behavioral, or environmental output and the medication information for the patient, whether a medication dose is needed. Aspects also include, based on a determination that the medication dose is needed, generating an alert. |
| US10747847B2 |
Medical image diagnosis apparatus, server and control method
According to the embodiments, a medical image diagnosis apparatus which is accessible to an external medical scanner includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires from the medical scanner medical image data by imaging a subject based on a protocol which is a predetermined imaging procedure. The processing circuitry acquires from a sensor biometric information of at least when the subject is being photographed. The processing circuitry extracts characteristic information of the subject by processing the biometric information acquired up until a previous study. The processing circuitry assists a design of a protocol for a current study based on the characteristic information of the subject. |
| US10747840B2 |
Method for browsing virtual reality webpage content and electronic device using the same
A method for browsing virtual reality (VR) webpage content is provided. The browsing method includes: identifying a device information of a VR helmet by a native application; sending out a notification message by a first browser when it is detected that a VR webpage is browsed; retrieving a webpage information corresponding to the VR webpage and providing the webpage information to the native application by an extension component of the first browser in response to the notification message; determining, by the native application, whether the first browser supports the VR helmet to display a VR content of the VR webpage according to the device information; opening the VR webpage through a second browser, which supports the VR helmet to display the VR content, by the native application according to the webpage information when it is determined that the first browser does not support the VR helmet. |
| US10747835B2 |
Content item audience selection
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting an audience for content are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a content item provider, a request to distribute content items to users that have been deemed interested in a particular entity. First users that have expressed an interest in the particular entity are identified. Expansion entities for the particular entity are identified in a knowledge graph. At least one of the expansion entities can be connected to the particular entity by a relationship path. Second users are identified. The second users are deemed interested in the particular entity based on the second users having expressed an interest in an expansion entity. The content items are provided to at least a portion of the first users and at least a portion of the second users. |
| US10747832B2 |
Portable information terminal and application recommending method thereof
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a suitable user-friendliness to a user regarding a recommendation of application software on a portable information terminal. In order to accomplish the purpose, this portable information terminal is configured to set an application as a recommendation candidate when the status of the portable information terminal matches a condition corresponding to the application, and recommend the application when the application further matches a pre-set recommendation permitting condition. Hence, the portable information terminal and the application recommending method thereof capable of providing a preferable user-friendliness to the user can be provided. |
| US10747822B2 |
Remote access control for stored data
A method and apparatus for document collaboration and management are disclosed. User devices associated with a user of a document management and collaboration system are identified. Documents associated with the user are downloaded to the user devices from the document management and collaboration system. A targeted denial of access to the downloaded documents is performed. |
| US10747820B2 |
Affinity calculation apparatus, affinity calculation method, and computer program
An affinity calculation apparatus for calculating a degree of affinity between a first element and a second element that are not directly relevant among three or more elements includes: an extraction section configured to extract, from a document, relevance of each of pairs of two directly relevant elements of the three or more elements; and a calculation section configured to calculate the degree, of the pairs, based on the relevance of each of pairs of two elements of the first element, the second element, and one or more intermediate elements that lie between the first element and the second element. |
| US10747813B2 |
Method and system for incremental search with reduced text entry where the relevance of results is a dynamically computed function of user input search string character count
A method and system are provided for processing a search request received from a user operating a text input device. The search request is directed at identifying a desired item from a set of items. Each of the items of the set of items has one or more associated terms. The method includes receiving a query input from a user directed at identifying the desired item. The query input comprises one or more characters input by the user on the text input device. As each character of the query input is received from the user, a group of items having one or more terms matching the characters received thus far of the query input is dynamically identified. The items in this group of items are ordered based on relevance values of the terms matching the characters and on the number of characters of the query input used in identifying the group of items. Identification of the group of items as ordered is transmitted to the user to be displayed on a device operated by the user. |
| US10747809B2 |
Color information display device
A color information display device includes an extracting unit that extracts a reference color combination corresponding to reference color vision characteristics; an output unit that outputs the reference color combination as it is or after conversion in accordance with a degree of sharing of an impression of the reference color combination between the reference color vision characteristics and other color vision characteristics; and an assigning unit that assigns information indicative of the degree of sharing of the impression to the output reference color combination. |
| US10747806B2 |
Proactive creation of image-based products
A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product. |
| US10747803B2 |
Media content recommendation and user interface generation
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a personalized content recommendation system determines a content-offering value (COV) for each title of content identified in a content catalog, wherein the COVs indicate terms of offerings to a user for consuming each title of content; calculate, for each title of content, a content-relevance value (CRV), wherein the CRV indicates respective relevancies of each title of content to the user; calculate, for each title of content, a cost-content sensitivity index (CCSI) value indicative of the user's relative cost and content sensitivities, wherein the CCSI value is calculated for a time-of-day parameter or a content-genre parameter for consuming each title of content; calculate, for each title of content, a cost-content tradeoff score (CCTS) based on the COV, CRV, and CCSI value; and identify k number of titles of content having the highest CCTS. |
| US10747800B2 |
Clustering search results in an enterprise search system
Described herein are enterprise search systems and methods that cluster search results that are associated with the same metadata or the same enterprise search site into one or more clustered results panels of a search results panel. The search results that are not included in the clustered results panel(s) are included in a non-clustered results panel of the search results panel. |
| US10747790B2 |
Topographical contextual grouping
Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for grouping topographic data based on the context of said data without the operator needing to make any assumptions. For each vector feature, its context, that is, information about the adjacent features, is incorporated in to the associated attribution data. In doing this, the system is able to characterise all of the vector features in a geographical area based on its context, from which patterns emerge. These patterns indicate features that have similar contexts, enabling the system to group the vector features according to their contexts based on their characteristics and attributes. Conversely, features that are anomalous within the region, that is, they do not fit the pattern of the surrounding features, are also identified. This is particularly important for identifying and resolving errors in the underlying topographic data. |
| US10747787B2 |
Web cookie virtualization
The web cookie data specifying a web cookie associated with an encoded domain is received. An identifier of an original domain corresponding to the encoded domain is determined. The web cookie data is stored in a stored web cookie in a manner that associates the web cookie data to the original domain but the stored web cookie is scoped to a domain scope that includes the encoded domain. |
| US10747785B2 |
Method and system for efficient clustering of combined numeric and qualitative data records
An optimized and efficient method of identifying one or more points within a dataset that are close to the centers of clumps similar records in a large, multi-element dataset uses Monte Carlo techniques to compute approximate clustering costs at significantly reduced computational expense. The inaccuracy caused by the approximate methods is also estimated, and if it is too high, the method may be repeated with a larger Monte Carlo sample size to improve accuracy. |
| US10747784B2 |
Identifying reason codes from gradient boosting machines
A classification server perform a method for classifying an entity and identifying reason codes for the classification. The classification server can use a gradient boosting machine to build a classification model using training data. The classification model can be an ensemble of decision trees where each terminal node in the decision tree is associated with a response. The responses from each decision tree can be aggregated by the classification server in order to determine a classification for a new entity. The classification server can determine feature contribution values based on expected feature values. These feature contribution values can be associated with each of the responses in the classification model. These feature contribution values can be used to determine reason codes for the classification of the entity. As such, the classification server can perform a single traversal of the classification model to classify the entity and identify reason codes. |
| US10747779B2 |
Technologies for achieving synchronized overclocking setting on multiple computing devices
Technologies for synchronized overclocking setting between multiple networked computing devices include a master computing device and multiple slave computing devices communicating over a network. The master computing device establishes a connection with the slave computing devices. Establishing the connection may include synchronizing the slave computing devices with a master time clock of the master computing device. The master computing device determines its own overclocking setting and requests overclocking settings from the slave computing devices. The overclocking settings may include processor frequency, processor voltage, or other overclocking parameters. The master computing device determines a best overclocking setting from its own overclocking setting and the overclocking settings received from the slave computing device. The master computing device advertises the best overclocking setting to the slave computing devices. The slave computing devices may implement the best overclocking setting. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10747776B2 |
Replication control using eventually consistent meta-data
The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for replication control using eventually consistent meta-data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for replication control using eventually consistent meta-data is provided. The method includes replicating data in a replication data processing system of nodes coupled to one another over a computer communications network. The method also includes replicating meta-data representing the state of the replication data processing system into a data structure of eventually consistent meta-data. Finally, the method includes managing the replication of the data according to the replicated meta-data. |
| US10747774B2 |
Interactive interfaces to present data arrangement overviews and summarized dataset attributes for collaborative datasets
A method may relate generally to data science and data analysis, and computer software and systems, to provide an interface between repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities that seek access to the datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that facilitates consolidation of one or more datasets. User interfaces may be implemented as computerized tools for presenting summarization of dataset attributes to facilitate discovery, formation, and analysis of interrelated collaborative datasets. A method may include receiving data resulting from insight calculations. Insight calculations may be based on a derived dataset attribute. Also, the method may include presenting a data arrangement overview summarizing the data attributes as an aggregation of data attributes in a portion of the user interface. The data arrangement overview may include an interactive display of a distribution associated with a collaborative atomized dataset. |
| US10747770B2 |
Continuous augmentation method for ranking components in information retrieval
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for continuously ranking components in a live information is provided. The present embodiment may include receiving search feedback derived from interactions between users and information retrieval systems; assigning weights to each of the ranking components; adjusting the assigned weights based on search feedback; modifying the current set of ranking components based on the search feedback by adding new ranking components and deleting old ranking components; transmitting a query from the users to the current set of ranking components; aggregating ranking results from the transmitted query into a single ranking based on the weights; and transmitting the single ranking to the users. |
| US10747769B2 |
Text representation method and apparatus
The present invention relates to text analysis, and discloses a text representation method. Aspects include identifying concepts in the text by using a knowledge base and determining relationship between the concepts and generating a concept graph by using the relationship between the concepts. Aspects also include determining connected components of the concept graph; calculating weight of the connected components and determining the concepts representing the text according to the weight of the connected components. By using correlation between concepts in a knowledge base and according to connected component theory of a graph, finds out a set of concepts which best represents subject of the text, and removes concepts irrelevant to the subject, thus improving accuracy of text representation and reducing noise. |
| US10747757B1 |
Graphical query builder for multi-modal search
A system may involve persistent storage containing a configuration management database (CMDB) and a non-CMDB table, wherein the CMDB contains configuration items that represent software, devices, or services deployed within a network, and wherein the non-CMDB table contains entries related to operation of the network. The system may also involve one or more processors configured to provide a representation of a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI contains a first selectable tab that displays classes of the configuration items, a second selectable tab that displays the non-CMDB table, and a canvas for visually depicting query expressions, wherein the classes are selectable to place class GUI elements thereof onto the canvas, wherein the non-CMDB table is selectable to place a table GUI element thereof onto the canvas, and wherein the table GUI element and a particular class GUI element are connectable by a link on the canvas. |
| US10747752B2 |
Space management for transactional consistency of in-memory objects on a standby database
Embodiments store transaction metadata in dedicated pools of allocated memory chunks. Portions of the pools of allocated memory chunks are dedicated to the respective apply slave processes that mine and process change records. Also, the pools of allocated memory chunks are anchored within the structure of a transaction log such that buffering and application of metadata for one transaction does not block required buffering and application of metadata for other transactions. The standby database system pre-processes transaction metadata in preparation for application of the metadata to invalidate appropriate portions of MF data. Further, embodiments divide the work of pre-processing invalidation records among the many apply slave processes that record the invalidation records. A garbage collection selects memory chunks for garbage collection in reverse order of how the chunks were allocated. Also, a deduplication algorithm ensures that typically only a single invalidation message per block is applied to invalidate MF data. |
| US10747749B2 |
Methods and systems for managing distributed concurrent data updates of business objects
A computer-implemented method and system for distributed concurrent data updating of a business object having a structured format. |
| US10747745B2 |
Transaction execution commitment without updating of data row transaction status
A system for executing a plurality of transactions comprises a first processor and a memory. The first processor is configured to execute a first transaction comprising: providing a plurality of indications to make a plurality of first changes to a plurality of first records of a database; and committing the first transaction by updating the status of the first transaction in a transaction table while not providing an indication to update the status of the first records from pending. The memory is coupled to the first processor and configured to store the transaction table. |
| US10747741B2 |
Mechanism for efficient storage of graph data
Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and computer-implemented methods for efficiently storing graph data. Consistent with some embodiments, the method includes using the graph data to construct a tree topology bitmap that represents a topology of a portion of the nodes in a tree data structure representing the graph data. The method further includes creating an archive bit array for the tree data structure that includes elements populated with a binary indicator of whether a corresponding leaf node includes a known entry. The method further includes creating a leaf values array comprising a known value for each leaf node in the tree data structure with a known entry. The method further includes storing, in a memory storage device, the tree topology, the archive bit array, and the leaf values array in association with an initial timestamp. |
| US10747734B2 |
Data deduplication within distributed computing components
Embodiments for, in an object storage environment, deduplicating data within and between distributed computing components by a processor. A deduplication operation is paired with metadata associated with a data object to determine data necessitating deduplication before the data object is transferred and written to a local node. |
| US10747731B2 |
Transferring data using unique identifiers of a table of a relational database
The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for transferring data using unique identifiers of relational databases. An example system can include a first server hosting a relational database and a second server coupled to the first server. The second server can be configured to assign a quantity of unique identifiers of a table of the relational database to each of a plurality of groups, perform a first transfer operation to transfer data corresponding to a first one of the plurality of groups via a first core of processing resources of the first server, and perform a second transfer operation to transfer data corresponding to a second one of the plurality of groups via a second core of the processing resources of the first server. The first transfer operation can be performed in parallel with the second transfer operation. |
| US10747723B2 |
Caching with dynamic and selective compression of content
Dynamic and selective compression for content caching is provided for improving content delivery over a digital network. The dynamic and selective compression increased server cache size for higher cache-hit ratios that offset delays associated with compressing and decompressing content. The dynamic compression involves switching between an available set of compression tools in order to compress different files with the compression tool that is optimal for that file. The selective compression involves selectively compressing the content or files with the optimal compression tool when at least a threshold amount of space savings is obtained in an acceptable amount of time. Thus, the caching server caches compressed copies of a first set of files compressed with a first compression tool, compressed copies of a second set of files compressed with a different second compression tool, and an uncompressed third set of files. |
| US10747721B2 |
File management/search system and file management/search method based on block chain
Provided is a file management/search system based on a block chain capable of identifying a data name and an owner of a data. In the file management/search system, a generated data is stored, and a data name together with an IP address and port number of a node in which the data is stored is transmitted in a form of a transaction to other nodes. The nodes receiving the transaction generates blocks on the basis of the transaction and links the blocks to the block chain, so that the data name and the owner information of the owner generating the data are shared by all users. Since this information is recorded in the block chain and all the nodes share the same information, a malicious node which is to arbitrarily change contents needs to change the contents of the block chain held by all the nodes. |
| US10747710B2 |
Dynamic association of application workload tiers to infrastructure elements in a cloud computing environment
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the dynamic association of components in a multi-tier application to different layers of a corresponding multi-tier application infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamically associating components in a multi-tier application to different layers of a corresponding multi-tier application infrastructure includes defining in memory of a host computing system a pattern that has an inventory of components of a multi-tier application. The method also includes associating each of the components with a corresponding tier label for an n-tier architecture. The method yet further includes loading the pattern into a pattern engine. Finally, the method includes deploying by the pattern engine each component of the pattern to a layer of the n-tier architecture corresponding to a tier label associated with the component. |
| US10747698B2 |
Masking the influence of unsupported fieldbus commands
A control or test system for a field device includes: a communication unit for bidirectionally commmunicating with the field device via a fieldbus protocol; a command memory for receiving commands that are transmittable to the field device via the fieldbus protocol; and a masking memory, which masking memory receives the commands contained in the command memory that are not supported by the field device, and/or receives an error message returned by the field device in response to such command. |
| US10747697B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of operating semiconductor device and system incorporating same
A PCIe capable semiconductor device includes; ports respectively configured to transmit and receive data in a PCIe environment, and a PCIe controller configured to set a link between the PCIe capable semiconductor device and another PCIe capable semiconductor device. The link includes at least one lane implemented over at least one of the ports. The PCIe controller includes a link training and status state machine (LTSSM) configured to perform a first lane number negotiation according to a first ordering of the ports and a second lane number negotiation according to a second ordering of the ports different from the first ordering of the ports, and determine an optimized link width for the link according to the results of the first lane number negotiation and the second lane number negotiation. |
| US10747686B2 |
Method and system for co-privileged security domains
A system and method is provided for secure establishment of a trusted enclave among co-privileged executable code. The system comprises one or more processors; execute only memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory. The one or more programs comprise instructions to establish a trusted enclave and an untrusted enclave in kernel space code, wherein the trusted enclave and the untrusted enclave are co-privileged from the perspective of the processor. The trusted code has the ability to modify page tables and the untrusted code does not have the ability to modify page tables. Any changes to memory mappings involve the trusted code. Page tables are mapped as read-only during execution of the untrusted code and mapped as writeable only during execution of the trusted code. |
| US10747682B2 |
Synchronizing a translation lookaside buffer with an extended paging table
A processor including logic to execute an instruction to synchronize a mapping from a physical address of a guest of a virtualization based system (guest physical address) to a physical address of the host of the virtualization based system (host physical address), and stored in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), with a corresponding mapping stored in an extended paging table (EPT) of the virtualization based system. |
| US10747676B2 |
Memory-efficient object address mapping in a tiered data structure
Systems, methods and/or devices are used to perform memory-efficient mapping of block/object addresses. In one aspect, a method of managing a storage system having one or more storage devices includes a tiered data structure in which each node has a logical ID and entries in the nodes reference other nodes in the tiered data structure using the logical IDs. As a result, when a child node is updated and stored to a new location, but retains its logical ID, its parent node does not need to be updated, because the logical ID in the entry referencing the child node remains unchanged. Further, the storage system uses a secondary mapping table to translate the logical IDs to the corresponding physical locations of the corresponding nodes. Additionally, the secondary mapping table is cached in volatile memory, and as a result, the physical location of a required node is determined without accessing non-volatile memory. |
| US10747671B1 |
System and method for intelligent tile-based prefetching of image frames in a system on a chip
An intelligent tile-based prefetching solution executed by a compression address aperture services linearly addressed data requests from a processor to memory stored in a memory component having a tile-based address structure. The aperture monitors tile reads and seeks to match the tile read pattern to a predefined pattern. If a match is determined, the aperture executes a prefetching algorithm uniquely and optimally associated with the predefined tile read pattern. In this way, tile overfetch is mitigated while the latency on first line data reads is reduced. |
| US10747662B2 |
Staggered garbage collection unit (GCU) allocation across dies
Apparatus and method for managing a non-volatile memory (NVM) such as a flash memory in a solid-state drive (SSD). In some embodiments, the NVM is arranged as a plurality of semiconductor memory dies coupled to a controller circuit using a plurality of channels. The controller circuit divides the plurality of dies into a succession of garbage collection units (GCUs). Each GCU is independently erasable and allocatable for storage of user data. The GCUs are staggered so that each GCU is formed from a different subset of the dies in the NVM. In further embodiments, the dies are arranged into NVM sets in accordance with the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) specification with each NVM set addressable by a different user for storage of data in a separate set of staggered GCUs. |
| US10747660B2 |
Method and system for forming and using memory superblocks based on performance grades
A memory system includes a plurality of memory devices, each including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller configured to evaluate performance grades of the plurality of memory blocks, form super blocks spanning the plurality of memory devices by selecting memory blocks, among the plurality of memory blocks, to be included in each of the super blocks based on the performance grades, and write-access an opened super block, among the super blocks. |
| US10747658B2 |
Systems and methods for testing online use-case scenarios in a staging environment
Methods and systems are presented for automatically configuring a staging environment to facilitate testing of online use-case scenarios for an online service provider. In response to receiving a request to test an online use-case scenario, a user account configuration may be derived from the use-case scenario. Account data for creating a user account is generated based on the user account configuration. The account data is inserted into a database of the staging environment to create the user account within the staging environment. A workflow associated with the online use-case scenario is automatically performed based on the newly generated user account in the staging environment. One or more defects observed while performing the workflow is reported to a user. |
| US10747651B1 |
System for optimizing system resources and runtime during a testing procedure
A system for optimizing system resources and runtime during a testing procedure is disclosed. During operation, the system may perform hypothesis testing on an application under evaluation, such as performing hypothesis testing on suggested constraints for the application under evaluation, which may result in the creation of new hypotheses yielding improved confidences. This testing may be optimized by simplifying and/or reducing the number of hypothesis tests used during the testing process. To do so, the hypothesis tests may be sorted into sets, and a subset of these sorted hypothesis tests may be executed. Based on the results of this testing, a remaining portion of the hypothesis tests may be skipped, allowing for an optimization of the testing process without reducing the quality of the testing procedure. |
| US10747648B2 |
Mock object generation
Techniques are provided for automatically generating a mock object from a description of a real object, such as for use in testing. Mock object generation logic parses the description to determine interface(s) of the real object, which are replicated in the mock object, and to determine method(s) of the real object, which are simulated in the mock object. The mock object generation logic may generate a description of the mock object that is then compiled into the mock object for execution. Data types may be validated so that the arguments and/or return values from the mock object meet the expectations of a calling object. |
| US10747640B2 |
Techniques for managing a distributed computing environment using event digests
Techniques and apparatus for managing a distributed computing environment using event digests are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, and logic for a system manager, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to determine a workload to schedule, access an event digest associated with a plurality of compute hosts, the event digest comprising event digest values determined using out-of-band information, determine metrics from the event digest, generate at least one host weight for at least a portion of the plurality of compute hosts based on the metrics, identify at least one candidate host from the portion of the plurality of compute hosts based on the at least one host weight, and schedule the workload on the at least one candidate host. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10747639B2 |
Monitoring device, monitoring method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A monitoring device includes: a PUF-information acquiring unit acquiring PUF-information; a first PUF-information change value calculating unit calculating a degree of change from PUF-information acquired at a previous time to PUF-information acquired at a current time as a first PUF-information change value; a second PUF-information change value calculating unit calculating a degree of change from initial PUF-information to the PUF-information acquired at the current time as a second PUF-information change value; an unauthorized use determining unit comparing the first PUF-information change value with a first threshold and determining that there is unauthorized use of the predetermined monitoring target device when the first PUF-information change value is greater than the first threshold; and a deterioration determining unit comparing the second PUF-information change value with a second threshold and determining that the predetermined monitoring target device has deteriorated when the second PUF-information change value is greater than the second threshold. |
| US10747638B2 |
Computing memory health metrics
Techniques for computing a memory health metric are disclosed. A system computes a memory health metric as a function of estimated entropy in a data set. The system may determine the memory health metric based on compressed and uncompressed sizes of the data set, quantities of values in the data set, and/or patterns of structural relationships within the data set. The system determines whether the memory health metric crosses a threshold value. If the memory health metric crosses the threshold value, the system presents a warning indicating that utilization of the memory is unhealthy. |
| US10747636B2 |
Streaming engine with deferred exception reporting
This invention is a streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence is specified by a control register. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by a central processing unit and stores it in a stream buffer. Upon occurrence of a fault reading data from memory, the streaming engine identifies the data element triggering the fault preferably storing this address in a fault address register. The streaming engine defers signaling the fault to the central processing unit until this data element is used as an operand. If the data element is never used by the central processing unit, the streaming engine never signals the fault. The streaming engine preferably stores data identifying the fault in a fault source register. The fault address register and the fault source register are preferably extended control registers accessible only via a debugger. |
| US10747635B1 |
Establishing quorums on an object-by-object basis within a management system
Techniques and mechanisms for establishing quorums on an object-by-object basis; e.g., by associating quorum schemes, quorum-eligibility groups and/or quorum rules with objects on an object-by-object basis. For example, a certain quorum scheme may be associated with one object in a system and a different quorum scheme may be associated with another object in the system. A management system may be configured to be part of a quorum-eligibility group of an object based on any of a variety of factors, including any of: the number of management systems in the system, the quorum rule to be employed; whether an instance of the object is stored in a same fault domain of at least one of the management systems that are members of the quorum scheme; and the desire to maintain high availability of the object in response to various failure scenarios. |
| US10747626B2 |
Method and technique of achieving extraordinarily high insert throughput
In a high insert throughput in a database system, the database management system (DBMS) caches, asynchronously from data insert transactions, a list of storage location identifiers for storage locations in a table space in the database system. When a request for an insert transaction with an insert size is received from an agent, the DBMS identifies a storage location on the list with an amount of free space meeting the insert size. The DBMS removes the storage location identifier from the list and returns the storage location identifier for the storage location. When the insert transaction completes, the DBMS determines a remaining free space at the storage location and adds the storage location identifier to the list according to the remaining free space. By removing storage location identifiers from the list, another agent cannot receive the same storage location identifier for a parallel task. Thus, space contention is avoided. |
| US10747620B2 |
Network storage management at scale using service level objectives
Technology is disclosed for managing network storage services by service level objectives (SLOs). The method receives multiple service level capability (SLC) templates; creates at least one storage service level (SSL) instance using at least one of the SLC templates; provisions a storage object located in a network storage infrastructure based on the SSL instance; and services storage requests using the storage object. |
| US10747608B2 |
Method and system for managing exceptions during reconciliation of transactions
A method and system for managing of exceptions during reconciliation of transactions, wherein the exceptions are raised for possible mismatches existing between data sets being compared. The reconciliation includes performing a first matching of the two sets based on a predefined rule set and a preset reconciliation type, wherein the first matching raises the exceptions. Further, the exceptions, as a batch file, are processed by performing a second matching for the exception-data based on pattern matching mechanism that utilizes fuzzy logic. The pattern matching mechanism is provided with metafiles corresponding to each batch element of the batch files. Further, only possible close matches are retrieved based on a predefined confidence score threshold. The close matches along with corresponding confidence score may be provided to a user on a User is Interface (UI) for further investigation of the exceptions. |
| US10747596B2 |
Determining when to send message to a computing node to process items using a machine learning module
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining when to send message to a computing node to process items using a machine learning module. A send message threshold indicates a send message parameter value for a send message parameter indicating when to send a message to the computing node with at least one requested item to process. Information related to sending of messages to the computing node to process requested items is provided to a machine learning module to produce a new send message parameter value for the send message parameter indicating when to send the message, which is set to the send message parameter value. A message is sent to the computing node to process at least one item in response to the current value satisfying the condition with respect to the send message parameter value. |
| US10747594B1 |
System and methods of zero-copy data path among user level processes
The disclosure provides an approach for performing an operation by a first process on behalf of a second process, the method comprising: obtaining, by the first process, a memory handle from the second process, wherein the memory handle allows access, by the first process, to at least some of the address space of the second process; dividing the address space of the memory handle into a plurality of sections; receiving, by the first process, a request from the second process to perform an operation; determining, by the first process, a section of the plurality of sections that is to be mapped from the address space of the memory handle to the address space of the first process for the performance of the operation by the first process; mapping the section from the address space of the memory handle to the address space of the first process; and performing the operation by the first process on behalf of the second process. |
| US10747593B2 |
Lock free container packing
Systems and methods for writing data are provided. A lock-free container and methods of writing to the lock-free container are disclosed. The container is associated with a tail pointer that identifies free space in the container. Threads writing to the container access the tail pointer and update an offset in the tail pointer to account for a size of a write to the container. Multiple threads can write to the same container without having to contend for a container lock. |
| US10747590B2 |
Application logging adapters
Embodiments for managing, serving, and applying logging adapters for applications are described. An administrator for an application can establish mappings between the application and adapters that handle log events from the application. When the application executes, it can get these mappings and use them to obtain the corresponding adapters. The adapters can have a configuration function and a logging function. The configuration function can be executed once per-execution of the application to establish a global state for the logging function of that adapter. The configuration function can receive configuration data provided with the mappings. Thereafter, as the application generates log events, they can be passed to the logging functions of the mapped adapters, which execute to perform logging such as analytics functions, on the events, whether locally or by sending the events to third parties. |
| US10747589B2 |
Electronic notifications
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a server computing device, a notification which includes: information associated with the identity of the user associated with the user-initiated event or with the identity of the client computing device; a variable, pre-determined string of symbols for the user-initiated event associated with the notification; a variable number describing a value of an attribute associated with the user-initiated event; and a variable parameter describing an attribute of the user at or near the time of the event or an attribute of the variable number. The method includes correlating, by the server computing device, the user-initiated events with a user; and determining, by the computing device, a description of the user-initiated event associated with the notification based at least in part on the string of symbols. |
| US10747580B2 |
Function as a service (FaaS) execution distributor
The disclosure provides an approach for distribution of functions among data centers of a cloud system that provides function-as-a-service (FaaS). For example, the disclosure provides one or more function distributors configured to receive a request for loading or executing a function, automatically determine an appropriate data center to load or execute the function, and automatically load or execute the function on the determined data center. In certain embodiments, the function distributors are further configured to determine an appropriate data center to provide storage resources for the function and configure the function to utilize the storage resources of the determined data center. |
| US10747579B2 |
Method and device for allocating resources in a system
Provided are a device and method for allocating system resources. In one example, the method includes identifying resources that are available from a plurality of devices included in a system, allocating available resources of the plurality of devices to a plurality of components operating in the system, the allocating comprising reserving a set of resources from the plurality of devices in the system for each respective component, from among the plurality of components, based on operating requirements included in the metadata of the respective component, and managing the system based on the allocated resources. By allocating resources to components executing in the system, in advance, and preventing other components from consuming those resources, the system can operate with improved stability. |
| US10747578B2 |
Nested tenants
Isolating resources between sub-entities. A method includes receiving data from a particular connected device. A memory storing a hierarchical graph that defines a topology for an entity is accessed. Branches or leaves in the graph include a node that represents a connected device, such as a sensor, controller, or computing system. Each connected device is configured to provide data or receive control signals. Each of the branches or leaves can be indicated as belonging to a particular sub-entity. A particular branch from the hierarchical graph having the particular connected device is identified using the graph. A sub-entity to which the particular branch belongs is identified. The method identifies that the particular sub-entity should be isolated from other sub entities. The data from the particular connected device is provided to a set of resources specifically allocated for the particular sub-entity. |
| US10747573B2 |
Virtualized execution across distributed nodes
A non-volatile computer readable medium includes computer program instructions to cause a computing device to perform steps in a process. The process comprises detecting an occurrence of an originating event; selecting, in response to the occurrence of the originating event, a unit of work from a queue; selecting, based at least in part on an identification script, a network available to accept the unit of work; sending the unit of work to a first configurable worker object in the network that encapsulates an application function capable of performing a processing task; processing the unit of work by the first configurable worker object; and indicating, by the first configurable worker object, that the unit of work has been processed. |
| US10747571B2 |
Systems and methods of improving parallel functional processing
The technology disclosed relates to improving parallel functional processing using abstractions and methods defined based on category theory. In particular, the technology disclosed provides a range of useful categorical functions for processing large data sets in parallel. These categorical functions manage all phases of distributed computing, including dividing a data set into subsets of approximately equal size and combining the results of the subset calculations into a final result, while hiding many of the low-level programming details. These categorical functions are extraordinarily well-ordered and have a sophisticated type system and type inference, which allows for generating maps and reducing them in an elegant and succinct way using concise and expressive programs that can significantly efficientize a whole software development process. |
| US10747567B2 |
Cluster check services for computing clusters
Examples described herein may provide cluster check services which may determine whether at least one infrastructure dependent virtual machine (e.g., at least one domain controller and/or at least one DNS server) is located outside of a cluster. In this manner, the storage utilized by at least one of the infrastructure dependent virtual machines may not be part of the cluster itself, which may reduce and/or avoid failure and/or downtime caused by unavailability of the service(s) provided by the infrastructure dependent virtual machine. |
| US10747563B2 |
Optimizing memory sharing in a virtualized computer system with address space layout randomization (ASLR) enabled in guest operating systems wherein said ASLR is enable during initialization of a virtual machine, in a group, when no other virtual machines are active in said group
Systems and techniques are described for optimizing memory sharing. A described technique includes grouping virtual machines (VMs) into groups including a first group; initializing a first VM in the first group, wherein initializing the first VM includes identifying, for each of one or more first memory pages for the first VM, a respective base address for storing the first memory page using an address randomization technique, and storing, for each of the one or more first memory pages, data associating the first memory page with the respective base address for the first group, and initializing a second VM while the first VM is active, wherein initializing the second VM includes determining that the second VM is a member of the first group, and in response, storing one or more second memory pages for the second VM using the respective base addresses stored for the first group. |
| US10747561B2 |
Log management device and log management method
A log management device includes one or more memories configured to store management information indicating each relationship between identification information of each virtual machine and identification information regarding each environment in which the each virtual machine operates, and one or more processor coupled to the one or memories and configured to, by referring to the management information, obtain a first log regarding a first environment operating a first virtual machine on the basis of identification information of the first virtual machine, perform generation of a second log in which specific information included in the first log is changed to a specific identifier regarding the first environment, and output the second log in response to receiving a request for a log regarding the first virtual machine. |
| US10747557B2 |
Video monitoring
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for monitoring a video are provided. For example, the video may be rendered within a canvas overlaying a webpage within a web browser. The video may comprise an opaque portion (e.g., a bike) and a transparent portion (e.g., a transparent background such that the bike appears to be driving across the webpage as the video plays). User input associated with the canvas may be evaluated to determine whether the user input occurs over the opaque portion or the transparent portion. Responsive to the user input occurring over the opaque portion, the web browser may be transitioned from the webpage to a biking website linked to by the video. Responsive to the user input occurring over the transparent portion, the canvas may be closed to terminate the video. |
| US10747555B2 |
Method and system for controlling user interface based on characteristics of wearable device
The present invention relates to technology for controlling a user interface (UI) of a wearable device, and a system for properly controlling a UI based on characteristics of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention which includes a wearable device and a terminal device configured to interwork with each other, wherein the wearable device provides device specification information when interworking with the terminal device, and the terminal device sets a UI and situation notification method to be controlled in response to a notification situation, based on the device specification information, and uses the set situation notification method to control the set UI in response to the notification situation. |
| US10747554B2 |
Contextual task shortcuts
In one example, a device includes one or more processors, a presence-sensitive display, and a storage device that stores one or more modules. The modules are executable to, responsive to receiving an indication of a first user input: output, for display, a graphical element including at least one task shortcut from a plurality of task shortcuts for an application, receive an indication of a second user input that selects a particular task shortcut included in the graphical element, and, responsive to receiving the indication of the second user input, output, for display, a shortcut icon for the particular task shortcut within the graphical user interface. |
| US10747550B2 |
Method, terminal and storage medium for starting software
The disclosure relates to a method, terminal and storage medium for starting software. A method for starting software carried out in an electronic apparatus includes: configuration information, which is information for configuring a starting acceleration mode adopted for starting target software, is acquired; a starting acceleration level of the target software is determined according to the configuration information; at least one of a number of prefetching operations and number of files prefetched in each prefetching operation corresponding to the determined starting acceleration level is acquired; starting files of the target software are opened and data in the target software is prefetched into a memory in each prefetching operation according to the at least one of the determined number of prefetching operations and number of files prefetched in each prefetching operation; and the target software is started according to the data prefetched into the memory. |
| US10747546B2 |
Distributed allocation device, distributed allocation system, and distributed allocation method
Computing processes are allocated to a plurality of computing nodes while taking a precedence constraint among a plurality of computing processes into consideration even when a deadline is longer than a period of the computing process. In a distributed allocation device, a creation unit determines an order to execute the computing processes based on the precedence constraint, and creates a constraint condition equation satisfying the deadline based on an execution time of the computing processes and a data communication volume among the computing processes. If the deadline is longer than the entire period, the creation unit creates the constraint condition equation which does not allocate an other computing process during execution of an excess computing process, in the subsequent entire period, to the computing node to which the excess computing process is to be allocated, which is executed past the entire period. |
| US10747543B2 |
Managing trace information storage using pipeline instruction insertion and filtering
At least some instructions executed in a pipeline are each associated with corresponding trace information that characterizes execution of that instruction in the pipeline. A predetermined type of store instructions flow through a subset of contiguous stages of the pipeline. A signal is received to store a portion of the trace information. A stage before the subset of contiguous stages is stalled. A store instruction of the predetermined type is inserted into a stage at the beginning of the subset of contiguous stages to enable the store instruction to reach the memory access stage at which an operand of the store instruction including the portion of the trace information is sent out of the pipeline. The store instruction is filtered from a stage of the subset of contiguous stages that occurs earlier in the pipeline than a stage in which trace information is generated. |
| US10747542B2 |
Load store dependency predictor using separate alias tables for store address instructions and store data instructions
A processor circuit and an operation method thereof are provided. The processor circuit includes a first alias queue module, a second alias queue module, and a pattern detection module. The pattern detection module is coupled to the first alias queue module and the second alias queue module. When a next sequential instruction pointer value of a store data instruction of the first alias queue module is matched, and a next sequential instruction pointer value of a store address instruction of the second alias queue module is matched, the pattern detection module determines that the load instruction depends on the store data instruction or the store address instruction according to a pattern value corresponding to the store data instruction. |
| US10747536B2 |
Program loop control
A data processing system provides a loop-end instruction for use at the end of a program loop body specifying an address of a beginning instruction of said program loop body. Loop control circuitry (1000) serves to control repeated execution of the program loop body upon second and subsequent passes through the program loop body using loop control data provided by the loop-end instruction without requiring the loop-end instruction to be explicitly executed upon each pass. |
| US10747535B1 |
Handling non-cacheable loads in a non-coherent processor
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for processing load instructions are disclosed. A processor includes at least a data cache and a load queue for storing load instructions. The load queue includes poison indicators for load instructions waiting to reach non-speculative status. When a non-cacheable load instruction is speculatively executed, then the poison bit is automatically set for the load instruction. If a cacheable load instruction is speculatively executed, then the processor waits until detecting a first condition before setting the poison bit for the load instruction. The first condition may be detecting a cache line with data for the load instruction being evicted from the cache. If an ordering event occurs for a load instruction with a set poison bit, then the load instruction may be flushed and replayed. An ordering event may be a data barrier or a hazard on an older load targeting the same address as the load. |
| US10747533B2 |
Selecting processing based on expected value of selected character
An instruction defined to be a looping instruction is obtained and processed. A determination is made as to whether an obtained selected character is an expected selected character. Based on the obtained selected character being the expected selected character, an execution process is used that includes a sequence of operations to perform an operation, the sequence of operations replacing a loop and providing a non-looping sequence to perform the operation on up to a defined number of units of data. The sequence of operations is configured to repeat one or more times and to terminate based on the obtained selected character. Based on the obtained selected character being different than the expected selected character, an alternate execution process is chosen. |
| US10747528B2 |
Modification of software application content within a cloud-deployed application container
A command is received in a cloud-computing environment from an integrated development environment (IDE), where the command is to update runtime software application content in an application container associated with the runtime software application content, and where the command contains new software application content. Without terminating the application container, a connection is opened to the application container using the application container name as an identifier, and at least some of the runtime software application content in the application container is modified using the new software application content. |
| US10747527B2 |
Multi-zone system with software update features
A system for performing software updates for building devices of a building includes a thermostat associated with one of multiple zones of the building and a controller. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to store thermostat software in a memory device of the processing circuit, the stored software being software for the thermostat and determine, by communicating with the thermostat, whether thermostat software run on the thermostat is newer or older than the thermostat software stored in the memory device. The processing circuit is configured to update the thermostat software run on the thermostat with the thermostat software stored in the memory device in response to a determination that the thermostat software run on the thermostat is older than the thermostat software stored in the memory device and operate building equipment to control an environmental condition of the building. |
| US10747525B2 |
Distribution of a software upgrade via a network
The invention relates to a method for distributing a software upgrade to client computing devices, the software upgrade being assigned to a software program, the client computing devices being communicatively coupled via a network, a target client of the client computing devices being adapted for executing the software program, the software program being adapted, when executed by the target client, for causing the target client to send via the network a signature specific to the software program, the method comprising intercepting network traffic from the client computing devices. The method comprises of detecting the signature in the intercepted traffic. The method comprises of collecting a network footprint from the intercepted traffic, the footprint being associated with the detected signature, the footprint comprising an identifier of the target client, the detected signature having been received from the target client. The method comprises of using the footprint for distributing the upgrade. |
| US10747524B2 |
Upgrading an application function library
In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include loading, into a first address space of a primary server of a database, a metadata library of an application function library. The application function library may include an application function for performing operations on data held at the database. The metadata library may include a description of the application function. The primary server may determine, based on the metadata library, that executing a database query requires running the application function. The database query may be routed, based on the determination, to a secondary server of the database. The database query may be routed to trigger a loading the application function library into a second address space of the secondary server. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also provided. |
| US10747520B2 |
Resource deployment using device analytics
Examples described herein generally relate to device analytics. Specifically, the present disclosure provides resource deployment at an organization including one or more devices. The present disclosure provides for receiving telemetry data from the one or more devices associated with the organization. The present disclosure further provides for generating a set of deployment rings for the deployment of the software resource at the one or more devices of the organization. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for deploying the software resource within the organization based on the set of deployment rings. |
| US10747517B2 |
Automated exchanges of job flow objects between federated area and external storage space
An apparatus includes a processor to: receive a job flow definition; retrieve the most recent versions of a set of task routines for the defined job flow; translate, into an intermediate representation, executable instructions of each task routine implementing an interface for data input and/or output during execution; translate executable instructions of the job flow definition that defines the interface for each task routine into an intermediate representation; compare each intermediate representation from a task routine to the corresponding intermediate representation from the job flow definition to determine if there is a match; and in response to there being a match for each comparison and to the executable instructions of the job flow definition being written in a secondary programming language, translate the executable instructions of the job flow definition into a primary programming language, and store the resulting translated form of the job flow definition in a federated area. |
| US10747501B2 |
Providing efficient floating-point operations using matrix processors in processor-based systems
Providing efficient floating-point operations using matrix processors in processor-based systems is disclosed. In this regard, a matrix-processor-based device provides a matrix processor comprising a positive partial sum accumulator and a negative partial sum accumulator. As the matrix processor processes pairs of floating-point operands, the matrix processor calculates an intermediate product based on a first floating-point operand and a second floating-point operand and determines a sign of the intermediate product. Based on the sign, the matrix processor normalizes the intermediate product with a partial sum fraction of the positive partial sum accumulator or the negative partial sum accumulator, then adds the intermediate product to the positive sum accumulator or the negative sum accumulator. After processing all pairs of floating-point operands, the matrix processor subtracts the negative partial sum accumulator from the positive partial sum accumulator to generate a final sum, then renormalizes the final sum a single time. |
| US10747493B2 |
Distributed provisioning of properties of operational settings of a media playback system
Devices, system, and methods are disclosed for provisioning devices over a cloud network in accordance with modifications to operational settings of a media playback system. In example embodiments, a playback device is provided that is configured to identify a change to a property of an operational setting of the media playback system. Based on the identified change, the playback device is configured to locally provision itself in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting, cause at least one additional playback device to be provisioned in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting, and cause a cloud computing device located outside of the media playback system to be provisioned in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting. |
| US10747491B2 |
Methods and systems for displaying content on multiple networked devices with a simple command
A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon. |
| US10747488B2 |
Head-mounted display apparatus worn on user's head
A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a gesture sensor that detects a swipe gesture manipulation that indicates a direction, the swipe gesture manipulation being performed in a manipulation space, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, executes a switching operation, in which first display information to be displayed on the display is switched to second display information according to the direction indicated by the swipe gesture manipulation detected by the gesture sensor. |
| US10747484B2 |
Communication control system, image processing unit, router, communication relay device and non-transitory recording medium
A communication control system comprises: a router that connects a first network and a second network; a communication relay device that connects the first network and the second network; and a hardware processor that: determines whether a first packet received from the first network is a packet to be discarded by the router; transmits a second packet corresponding to the first packet to the second network when the first packet is determined as the packet to be discarded by the router; and rewrites a transmitter IP address of a response packet corresponding to the second packet to an IP address of the router and sends the response packet to the first network when the response packet is received from the second network. |
| US10747481B2 |
Control method for acquiring data
A control method for an information processing apparatus which comprises a memory that stores a graphical user interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI in a case where a driver that does not have a function of providing a GUI is selected, the control method includes causing the GUI application to acquire drawing data generated by a drawing application, acquiring, by the GUI application, at least either of data including information indicating a setting and data including information indicating a capability of the driver, and providing, the GUI application, a first display item. |
| US10747474B2 |
Online cluster expansion for storage system with decoupled logical and physical capacity
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured, in conjunction with an online cluster expansion process for a clustered storage system having an address space distributed across a set of storage controllers each associated with one or more storage devices, to modify the distribution of the address space across the set of storage controllers responsive to adding at least one of compute and storage capacity to the set of storage controllers of the clustered storage system. The processing device is also configured to identify a set of pending input-output requests directed to deletion of data in the clustered storage system, and to execute the set of pending input-output requests prior to relocating data in the clustered storage system based at least in part on the modified distribution of the address space. |
| US10747473B2 |
Solid state drive multi-card adapter with integrated processing
Embodiments of the inventive concept include solid state drive (SSD) multi-card adapters that can include multiple solid state drive cards, which can be incorporated into existing enterprise servers without major architectural changes, thereby enabling the server industry ecosystem to easily integrate evolving solid state drive technologies into servers. The SSD multi-card adapters can include an interface section between various solid state drive cards and drive connector types. The interface section can perform protocol translation, packet switching and routing, data encryption, data compression, management information aggregation, virtualization, and other functions. |
| US10747461B1 |
Updating objects for archived objects
A system for updating archived data includes an active memory, an archive memory, an interface, and a processor. The interface is to receive an indication to update data structure. The processor is to update archive data structure in the archive memory. The archive data structure comprises a former active data structure that has been archived. |
| US10747460B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for changing type of storage system
Techniques change a type of a storage system. The techniques involve: determining, from a resource pool associated with the storage system, a set of used disks utilized by one stripe of the storage system and a set of spare disks unutilized by the stripe; determining a neighboring relationship between spare disks in the set of spare disks and used disks in the set of used disks, the neighboring relationship indicating a number of adjacencies between the spare disks and the used disks in a period of history time; selecting, based on the neighboring relationship, one spare disk from the set of spare disks as an expanded disk of the stripe; and updating the stripe of the storage system using extents of the expanded disk. Accordingly, the type of the storage system may be changed based on the existing resources to improve reliability and operating efficiency. |
| US10747452B1 |
Hybrid log-structured array and allocated storage device
A computer-implemented method of storing data on a storage device can receive an I/O request to read data from or write data to a data storage device. The data can be stored in special sectors as allocated sectors and regular sectors as a log-structured array (LSA). If the I/O request is to read data from the storage device, a determination can be made as to whether the data to be read is stored as a special sector, which can be read from the LSA, or as a regular sector, which can be can be read from the allocated sectors. If the I/O request is to write data to the storage device, a determination can be made as to whether the data to be written is stored as a special sector, to the LSA or as a regular sector, to the allocated sectors. |
| US10747451B2 |
Auto allocation of storage system resources to heterogeneous categories of resource consumer
Techniques to automatically allocate resources among storage system resource consumers are disclosed. In various embodiments, for each of a plurality of heterogeneous categories of resource consumer of the storage system a corresponding allocated portion of storage system resources to be available for use to perform operations associated with that category of resource consumer is determined. A storage system is configured automatically to provide access to resources of the storage system based at least in part on the respective portions of storage system resources allocated to each category of resource consumer, including by ensuring availability to workloads associated with each category at any given time at least a minimum amount of storage system resources corresponding to the portion of storage system resources allocated to that category. |
| US10747448B2 |
Reducing disturbance between adjacent regions of a memory device
A memory system includes a memory device including one or more memory blocks, and configured to store data in a plurality of pages included in each memory block through a write operation, and a memory controller configured to count an operation number of write operations performed on the memory block, check whether the write operation is performed for each of the pages, select one or more victim pages among the pages, and copy data stored in the victim pages. |
| US10747436B2 |
Migrating data to disk without interrupting running operations
Systems and methods for migrating stored backup data between disks (e.g., from an existing disk to another disk), such as a new or different disk in a magnetic storage library, without interrupting or otherwise affecting secondary copy operations (e.g., operations currently writing data to the storage library) utilizing the magnetic storage library, are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods mark one or more mount paths as full when a running secondary copy operation associated with the mount path has completed a job (regardless of the actual current capacity or intended use of the mount path), and migrate each of the one or more data to a second disk of the data storage library when the mount path associated with the data is marked as full. |
| US10747430B2 |
Keyboard for typing Chinese character
Provided is a keyboard for typing Chinese character, which includes a first base unit key group including subgroups of base unit keys having similar shapes to each other, a second base unit key group including base unit keys having symmetrical shapes with each other, and a third base unit key group including subgroups of base unit keys which are different from the base unit keys included in the first base unit key group and having similar shapes to each other. |
| US10747423B2 |
User interface for media content playback
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for a user interface for media content playback, such as during travel, are provided. An method of media playback by a media playback device, the method comprising: playing a media content item of a selected playlist of a selected group of playlists; generating a user interface displaying a graphic associated with the media content item that is playing; when an input associated with a first dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of the selected playlist; when an input associated with a second dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of another selected playlist of the selected group of playlists; and when an input associated with a third dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of another selected playlist of another group of playlists. |
| US10747420B2 |
Display device for executing plurality of applications and method of controlling the same
In one aspect, method is provided for controlling a display device, comprising: displaying, on a touchscreen display, a first window executing a first application and a second window executing a second application; receiving, at the touchscreen display, a first command input to the first window and a second command input to the second window; determining whether the first command and the second command are received simultaneously; dispatching, by a processor, the first command; and dispatching, by the processor, the second command. |
| US10747413B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling a machine
Embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling a machine. The apparatus is suitable for a mobile communication device for providing a sensor input signal to a machine control entity to control a machine. The apparatus comprises one or more sensor modules for providing first user input sensor data and second user input sensor data. The apparatus further comprises a control module configured to determine the sensor input signal based on the first user input sensor data and the second user input sensor data. The control module is further configured to provide the sensor input signal for sensor data processing to the machine control entity to control the machine via an interface. |
| US10747411B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and sharing content
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a selection of a primary content item. A user input is received indicating a user intent to add a camera sticker to the primary content item. In response to the user input, a camera sticker capture interface is provided which comprises a camera viewfinder window and a shutter button overlaid on the primary content item. |
| US10747409B2 |
Continuous playback queue
Embodiments are described herein that involve a media playback system playing back a playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode. In one aspect, a playback device is provided that includes a network interface, one or more media processing components, a non-transitory computer-readable medium with program instructions stored thereon. The program instructions are executable by at least one processor to cause the media playback device to: add one or more items to a playback queue of the media playback device, where the one or more items include a continuous-playback item including at least one media item, and based on one or more characteristics of the continuous-playback item, play back the playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode, where playing back the playback queue according to the continuous-playback mode involves: detecting a continuous-playback trigger, and based on the detected continuous-playback trigger, adding at least one additional media item to the continuous-playback item. |
| US10747408B2 |
Display apparatus and server apparatus providing feedback user interface
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display to display contents on a screen and a controller to control the display to display a feedback user interface (UI) on the screen which is generated based on a user preference of the contents, and the feedback UI may include at least one of a poll UI which is related to the contents or a control UI that is used to control playback timing of the contents. |
| US10747405B2 |
Method of receiving user-command by processor of electronic device via touchscreen of electronic device
A method of receiving a user-command by a processor includes displaying on a touchscreen a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a map view and an interactive menu. The map view has displayed thereon a map of a geographical area, and a route. The route has at least two Points of Interest (POIs) sequentially located along the route. A first one of the POIs is an in-focus one. A second one of the POIs is an out-of-focus one. The interactive menu has displayed thereon a first POI card associated with the first POI. The first POI card is changeable with a second POI card, which is associated with the second POI. In response to a user interaction with the interactive menu, focus is changed from the first POI card to the second POI card, and from the first POI to the second POI. |
| US10747396B2 |
Media management system supporting a plurality of mobile devices
An interactive media management server that facilitates management of interactive media and delivery of such interactive media. It comprises a first interface to an interactive media distribution server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices, and a second interface to a service provider system or a content provider system. It comprises a manager module for managing creation, distribution and tracking of a plurality of interactive media. The manager module, via the second interface, manages the delivery of the plurality of interactive media from the service provider system or the content provider system, and the communication of user responses to the plurality of interactive media to the corresponding service provider system or content provider system. |
| US10747391B2 |
Method and device for executing applications through application selection screen
A method of operating a display device includes displaying one or more entities and one or more application icons associated with the one or more entities on an application selection screen; receiving a first input selecting an application icon of the one or more application icons, while continuing to display the application selection screen; and executing an application associated with the selected application icon, in response to the first input. |
| US10747387B2 |
Method, apparatus and user terminal for displaying and controlling input box
The present invention provides a method, an apparatus and a user terminal for displaying and controlling an input box. The method for displaying and controlling an input box includes: hiding an input box of an operation interface in response to a user's touch operation; displaying or collapsing an input area in the operation interface; and re-displaying the input box according to the input area displayed or collapsed. The method, the apparatus and the user terminal for displaying and controlling an input box provided in the present invention, in the case when the input area is popped up or collapsed, allows the input box to interact properly with the input area, so as to avoid the operation interface, during the course of displaying or collapsing the input area, from being compressed or shifted in response due to the influence from the operation interface, thereby improving the user experience. |
| US10747382B2 |
Highly accurate synchronized charge pump for capacitive touch screen system
Disclosed herein is a touch screen controller including a driver circuit applying a drive signal to a drive line of a capacitive touch sensing panel. The driver circuit is powered by an accurate supply voltage. A driver supply circuit receives an input supply voltage and outputs the accurate supply voltage. The driver supply circuit includes a clocked comparator comparing a divided version of the accurate supply voltage to a reference voltage and outputting a comparison signal based thereupon. A voltage control circuit (e.g. a charge pump circuit) generates the accurate supply voltage in response to the comparison signal. The clocked comparator and voltage control circuit are both clocked by a driver supply circuit clock. |
| US10747378B2 |
Display device and sensor device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display function layer, and a connecting material. The first substrate includes a first basement and a first conductive layer. The second substrate includes a second basement including a first hole, a first projection formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first hole, and a second conductive layer. The connecting material covers a surface of the first hole including the first projection and electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. |
| US10747374B2 |
Touch control device
A touch control device comprises: a button member receiving a touch input; a body member located below the button member; a signal deliverer arranged in the body member for having capacitance changed according to the touch input; a substrate having a receiver which is arranged on the substrate for receiving information about the capacitance from the signal deliverer; and a light emitting member for irradiating light onto the button member. |
| US10747360B2 |
Display device and driver thereof
The present disclosure discloses a display device that performs a read operation corresponding to a touch based on a multipoint interface (MPI) protocol. In the display device, a microcontroller and a plurality of drivers share MPI buses and perform the read operation for a touch, and turning on of reception buffers may be efficiently controlled by providing a wake-up signal by a selected driver designated by a read command of the microcontroller to unselected drivers at the time of completion of transmission of touch data. |
| US10747359B2 |
Assistive device with a refreshable haptic feedback interface
An assistive device and method to provide non-visual assistance to a user to perceive the surrounding world, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device generates a first touch-discernible output layout on the haptic feedback interface using the plurality of haptic elements. The first touch-discernible output layout corresponds to a first reproduction of a 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device. The first touch-discernible output layout includes at least a first set of haptic indicators to discern movement of a first set of moving objects within the first proximity range. The first touch-discernible output layout is updated to a second touch-discernible output layout based on a change of the first proximity range to a second proximity range. A rate-of-change of movement of one or more of haptic indicators is controlled on the haptic feedback interface. |
| US10747346B2 |
Array substrate and touch display device
The invention provides an array substrate and touch display device. The array substrate comprises: a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in array, a plurality of touch sensing lines and DC power lines; a touch sensing line being provided for each column of sub-pixel units, and a DC power line being provided for each row of sub-pixel units, each sub-pixel unit comprising a photosensitive TFT, and the photosensitive TFT having a floating gate, a source electrically connected to the corresponding DC power line, and a drain electrically connected to the corresponding touch sensing line. The photosensitive TFT absorbs infrared radiation emitted by biological being when touched by biological being, thereby achieving conduction to transmit the voltage on DC power line to touch sensing line to complete touch sensing. The touch function is integrated into sub-pixel unit. No additional touch panel is required, which can reduce production cost and prevent erroneous operation. |
| US10747344B2 |
Flexible touch screen and manufacturing method thereof, display screen and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The present application discloses a flexible touch screen. The flexible touch screen comprises: a first region, the first region comprising touch electrodes and detection electrodes in a cross distribution, the first region being non-foldable; and a second region adjacent to the first region, the second region comprising touch electrodes and detection electrode in a parallel distribution, the second region being foldable. The present application further discloses a flexible display screen, a display device, a display method for a flexible display screen and a method for manufacturing a flexible touch screen. |
| US10747343B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel displaying an image on one surface thereof, a substrate including a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the display panel, and a first touch sensor provided between the display panel and the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a recess on the first surface, and the first touch sensor is arranged on at least a portion of the recess. |
| US10747331B2 |
Virtual reality platform with haptic interface for interfacing with media items having metadata
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interacting with media items in a virtual reality environment are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to control a display of a virtual reality interface to render representations of media items returned from a query in the virtual reality environment. The processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to render metadata links between the selected metadata attribute and the representations of the media items that have the selected metadata attribute, detect, from a haptic interface, a haptic gesture to bundle and pull the metadata links to a foreground, and control the display to render representations of the media items having the selected metadata attribute in the foreground for selection. |
| US10747328B2 |
Motion recognition apparatus and control method thereof
A motion recognition apparatus and a control method thereof, capable of controlling and operating a controlled device by determining a gesture variation of a user to replace conventional finger touch for a user interface. The motion recognition apparatus includes a first device, a second device and a controlled device wirelessly connected to the first device and the second device. The first device detects a gesture variation of a user. The second device calculates the number of gesture variations and outputs a corresponding control signal. The second device includes a motion recognition unit and a fast communication unit, enabling the controlled device to receive the control signal and operate according to the gesture variation of the user. Accordingly, the user interface becomes more user-friendly and makes the controlled device more controllable and the Internet of Things (IoT) more applicable. |
| US10747327B2 |
Technologies for adaptive downsampling for gesture recognition
Technologies for gesture recognition using downsampling are disclosed. A gesture recognition device may capture gesture data from a gesture measurement device, and downsample the captured data to a predefined number of data points. The gesture recognition device may then perform gesture recognition on the downsampled gesture data to recognize a gesture, and then perform an action based on the recognized gesture. The number of data points to which to downsample may be determined by downsampling to several different numbers of data points and comparing the performance of a gesture recognition algorithm performed on the downsampled gesture data for each different number of data points. |
| US10747322B2 |
Systems and methods for providing features in a friction display
A touch-enabled device can simulate one or more features in a touch area. Features may include, but are not limited to, changes in texture and/or simulation of boundaries, obstacles, or other discontinuities in the touch surface that can be perceived through use of an object in contact with the surface. Systems include a sensor configured to detect a touch in a touch area when an object contacts a touch surface, an actuator, and one or more processors. The processor can determine a position of the touch using the sensor and select a haptic effect to generate based at least in part on the position, the haptic effect selected to simulate the presence of a feature at or near the determined position. Some features are simulated by varying the coefficient of friction of the touch surface. |
| US10747310B1 |
Time of flight based eye tracker
A time of flight (ToF) eye tracker includes an illumination source configured to emit pulses of light toward a pupil of an eye, wherein the pulses of light are retroreflected by a retina of the eye. The ToF eye tracker also includes a camera assembly configured to detect the retroreflected pulses of light. The ToF eye tracker also includes a controller configured to determine ToF information for one or more of the retroreflected pulses of light, and determine eye tracking information for the user's eye using the determined ToF information and a virtual eye model. |
| US10747303B2 |
Backscatter hover detection
Disclosed is a controller that modulates the phase, amplitude or phase and amplitude of the signal. The modulated signals are transmitted and interact with an object. Backscattered signals are received by the controller. The received backscattered signals are analyzed to determine the position, movement and/or touch event of a hand or other object. |
| US10747302B2 |
Artificial reality interaction plane
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a horizontal screen visible to a user through a display, determining a horizontal distance between a position of the user and the horizontal screen, determining a vertical distance between a controller associated with the user and the horizontal screen, creating an interaction screen, where the interaction screen and the horizontal screen intersect in a closest point, where the interaction screen is tilted toward the user from the horizontal screen by an angle, detecting a first event that a ray cast from a virtual representation of the controller hits a first point on the interaction screen, translating the first event to a second event that the ray cast hits a second point on the horizontal screen, and displaying a curved line from the controller to the second point on the horizontal screen that is visible to the user through the display. |
| US10747301B2 |
Augmented reality system with spatialized audio tied to user manipulated virtual object
An augmented reality system includes left and right transparent eyepieces through which a user can view the real world and which serve to couple imagewise modulated light into the user's eyes in order to display virtual content components of a mixed reality experience. The system further includes left and right speakers and a facility for user spatial manipulation of virtual objects. The system produces spatialized audio that has a virtual sound source position fixed to one or more virtual objects that are spatially manipulated by the user. Thus the system provides more realistic visual and auditory presentation of virtual components of a mixed reality experience. |
| US10747297B2 |
Application processor performing a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling operation, computing system including the same, and operation method thereof
A method of operating an application processor including a central processing unit (CPU) with at least one core and a memory interface includes measuring, during a first period, a core active cycle of a period in which the at least one core performs an operation to execute instructions and a core idle cycle of a period in which the at least one core is in an idle state, generating information about a memory access stall cycle of a period in which the at least one core accesses the memory interface in the core active cycle, correcting the core active cycle using the information about the memory access stall cycle to calculate a load on the at least one core using the corrected core active cycle, and performing a DVFS operation on the at least one core using the calculated load on the at least one core. |
| US10747296B2 |
Power management for touch controller
Power management for a touch controller is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for transmitting stimulation signals to an associated touch sensor panel to drive the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the transmit section to reduce power during the transmission. The touch controller can also include a receive section for receiving touch signals resulting from the driving of the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the receive section to reduce power during the receipt of the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a demodulation section for demodulating the received touch signals to obtain touch event results, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the demodulation section to reduce power during the demodulation of the touch signals. The touch controller can also selectively reduce power below present low levels during idle periods. |
| US10747294B2 |
Electronic apparatus efficiently conducting power supply control
An electronic apparatus includes a main CPU, a main power supply control unit which conducts power supply to the main CPU and conducts supply control of the power, a sub power supply control unit which conducts power supply to the main power supply control unit, and a first switch which switches on and off power supply from the sub power supply control unit to the main power supply control unit. |
| US10747286B2 |
Dynamic power budget allocation in multi-processor system
Dynamic power budget allocation in a multi-processor system is described. In an example, an apparatus includes a plurality of processor units; and a power control component, the power control component to monitor power utilization of each of the plurality of processor units, wherein power consumed by the plurality of processor units is limited by a global power budget. The apparatus is to assign a workload to each of the processor units and is to establish an initial power budget for operation of each of the processor units, and, upon the apparatus determining that one or more processor units require an increased power budget based on one or more criteria, the apparatus is to dynamically reallocate an amount of the global power budget to the one or more processor units. |
| US10747277B2 |
Laptop computer with integral cooling
System and method for transferring heat generated by internal electronic components of a mobile computer to its external environment. Heat absorption and transfer elements disposed, in part, proximate heat-producing components move the heat to a remote heat sink assembly adapted to dissipate the heat. Example embodiments include one or more fans to produce internal airflow(s) that further facilitate internal heat transfer. |
| US10747275B2 |
Access to high frame-rate radar data via a circular buffer
Techniques and devices for access to high frame-rate radar data via a circular buffer are described. In some implementations, a radar sensor collects radar data regarding objects detected by a radar field and stores the data to a circular buffer. A data manager monitors the circular buffer and processes data requests from multiple applications. Through use of the described techniques and devices, the multiple applications can efficiently access the requested radar frame data from the circular buffer, reducing both memory requirements and processor resource usage associated with providing the requested data. |
| US10747274B2 |
Architecture features of an electronic device
A portable electronic device, having a single piece housing to carry operational components having a front opening, an integral bottom and sidewalls that cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening. The operational components can include a display to present visual content disposed within the front opening and having an outermost protective layer, a main logic board that extends along a central portion of the cavity having a size and shape that bisects the cavity into a first portion and a second portion each having substantially the same size and shape, a power storage system supported at the bottom wall and comprising a first power storage unit located in the first portion and second power storage unit located in the second portion, each being coupled to the main logic board, and self-contained audio components positioned at each corner of the single piece housing. |
| US10747273B1 |
Electronic device having camera module
An electronic device is provided, including a display module, a base and a camera module. The base has an upper shell member, and the display module is pivotally connected to the base and is rotatable relative to the base. The camera module is disposed on the upper shell of the base and can be switched between a closed mode and an open mode. The camera module has a lens. When the camera module is switched from the closed mode to the open mode, the camera module protrudes from the upper surface of the upper case member, and the optical axis of the lens is inclined toward the upper surface. |
| US10747271B2 |
Dual-shaft hinge and electronic device
A dual-shaft hinge and an electronic device are provided. The dual-shaft hinge includes a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, a fixing assembly, a torque element, and a first carrier plate. The fixing assembly has first via, second via, and a first locating hole. The first rotating shaft is inserted in the first via, and the second rotating shaft is inserted in the second via. The torque element has a connection portion, a first torque providing portion and a second torque providing portion extending from two opposite sides of the connection portion, and a first positioning protruding portion and a second positioning protruding portion extending from the other two opposite sides of the connection portion. The first rotating shaft is inserted in a first hole groove, and the second rotating shaft is inserted in a second hole groove. The first positioning protruding portion is inserted in the first locating hole. The first carrier plate has a first through hole, a second through hole, and a second locating hole. The first rotating shaft is inserted in the first through hole, the second rotating shaft is inserted in the second through hole, and the second positioning protruding portion is inserted in the second locating hole. |
| US10747267B2 |
Configuring docks
In some examples, an electronic device is to receive a configuration setting that is configurable to a first setting to indicate a first mode of operation, and a second setting to indicate a second mode of operation, wherein a feature supported by the first mode of operation is disabled in the second mode of operation; and configure a dock to which the electronic device is connected to operate according to a mode indicated by the configuration setting. |
| US10747258B1 |
Distributed digital ring oscillators in a digital system
A semiconductor device includes a system clock signal having a system clock period and a digital ring oscillator (DRO) cluster having DRO cells. Each of the DRO cells is disposed at a different location in the semiconductor device for producing a local ring oscillator clock signal. The local ring oscillator clock signal has a ring oscillator clock period that is shorter than the system clock period. The DRO cluster is configured to measure respective ring oscillator clock count in each of the DRO cells during a time window synchronized to the system clock. |
| US10747257B1 |
Adjustable pedal system
An adjustable pedal for a vehicle has readily accessible adjustment mechanisms. An adjustment component has a first leg and also has a cross leg secured in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. A slot extends horizontally in the first leg with horizontal first alignment holes above and below the slot. Bolts couple a slide block to the first alignment holes at a vertical position of comfort to a driver. A brake pedal has an upper end pivotably coupled to the slide block and has a lower end adapted to be depressed by the driver. A foot pad is coupled to the lower end of the brake pedal. A plurality of elevationally spaced holes are in the brake pedal. Bolts couple the foot pad to the brake pedal at a horizontal position of comfort for the driver. |
| US10747251B2 |
Voltage regulator
A low-dropout voltage regulator is arranged to convert an input voltage to an output voltage. The low-dropout voltage regulator comprises: an error amplifier circuit portion arranged to produce an error signal proportional to a difference between a sense voltage (Vsense) and a reference voltage (Vref), wherein the sense voltage is derived from the output voltage; a pass field-effect-transistor (MP) connected to the input voltage; and a rail-to-rail buffer circuit portion connected between the input voltage (VDD) and ground. The rail-to-rail buffer circuit portion comprises: a buffer input arranged to receive the error signal; a buffer output arranged to apply a buffer signal to the gate terminal of the pass field-effect-transistor, wherein the buffer signal is a buffered version of the error signal; and a resistive bypass arrangement (Rbypass) connected between the buffer input and the buffer output. |
| US10747250B2 |
Integrated circuit with adaptability to a process-voltage-temperature (PVT) variation
An integrated circuit including: an oscillator configured to generate an oscillating voltage with a predetermined oscillation frequency in an oscillation period; a voltage regulator configured to generate an output voltage for driving the oscillator and provide the output voltage to the oscillator; and a current injection circuit configured to provide an oscillation current to the oscillator, in response to an oscillation enable signal in the oscillation period. |
| US10747247B2 |
Power supply circuit
A power supply circuit includes an output transistor which adjusts an input voltage and generates an output voltage, an error amplifier which generates a control voltage for the output transistor according to a difference between a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and a reference voltage, an overcurrent protection circuit which controls the error amplifier according to a result of monitoring the control voltage and controls the control voltage so as to drop the output voltage, and an undershoot detection circuit Which detects an undershoot of the output voltage and controls the control voltage for the output transistor so as to suppress the output voltage from dropping. |
| US10747244B2 |
Transformer device with modified voltage tap arrangement
A transformer configured to receive a primary incoming voltage and provide at least two secondary output voltages. The transformer includes at least one secondary output assembly which includes at least two secondary voltage stabs, the number of voltage stabs being the same as the number of secondary output voltages, connected and configured to provide access to a respective secondary output voltage. The chosen secondary output voltage is connected by coupling a tap change link between a lug landing and either of the at least two secondary voltage stabs. Another of the secondary output voltages is provided by connecting coupling the tap change link between the lug landing and the other of the at least two secondary voltage stabs. |
| US10747237B2 |
Adjusting load on tethered aircraft
A system for adjusting a load on a tethered aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft is tethered to a payload. The system determines a new position for the tethered aircraft in the event that due to environmental effects, e.g., the aircraft is flying upwind or downwind, the load experienced by the tethered aircraft is not optimal. |
| US10747233B2 |
Parallel travel work system
A parallel travel work system for an autonomous travel work vehicle, an accompanying travel work vehicle accompanying the autonomous travel work vehicle, and a remote controller for communicating with the autonomous travel work vehicle. The remote controller creates a first preset travel path for the autonomous travel work vehicle and a second preset travel path for the accompanying travel work vehicle travels. The autonomous travel work vehicle is equipped with: a position calculator for calculating a position of the autonomous travel work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator for operating a steering device of the autonomous travel work vehicle, a transceiver for communicating with the remote controller, and a control device for controlling the position calculator, the steering actuator and the transceiver. With the control device, the autonomous travelling of the autonomous travel work vehicle is carried out along the first preset travel path. |
| US10747227B2 |
Vehicle positioning and object avoidance
A system is described for presenting information relating to lifting and moving a load object with a vehicle. Upon the lifting, a dimensioner determines a size and a shape of the load object, computes a corresponding spatial representation, and generates a corresponding video signal. During the moving, an imager observes a scene in front of the vehicle, relative to its forward motion direction, and generates a video signal corresponding to the observed scene. The imager has at least one element moveable vertically, relative to the lifting. A display renders a real time visual representation of the scene observed in front of the vehicle based on the corresponding video signal and superimposes a representation of the computed spatial representation of the load object. |
| US10747221B2 |
Moving body, moving body control system, and moving body control method
A moving body, having: a movement control unit controls movement of the moving body; a storage unit stores map information and target object information pertaining to a degree of necessity for determining whether self-driving can be continued; a monitoring/control unit transmits information inquiring whether to continue self-driving if the moving body comes into close proximity with the target object; and a route calculation unit that selects as a movement route, from a plurality of routes, a route where the degree of necessity of determining whether self-driving can be continued has a small value, on the basis of the map information and the target object information If a control signal for controlling the moving body is received in response to an inquiry regarding continuing self-driving, the monitoring/control unit inputs the control signal to the movement control unit and the movement control unit executes driving control according to the control signal. |
| US10747205B2 |
Electronic tool and method for copying a plurality of settings from a mechanical tool to another mechanical tool
An electronic tool for copying a plurality of settings from a first mechanical tool to a second mechanical tool comprises: a smart device having a processor, and having a non-transitory memory storing program instructions executable on the processor. The program instructions are configured, when executed on the processor, to: read the plurality of settings from the first mechanical tool; and write the plurality of settings to the second mechanical tool. |
| US10747203B2 |
Modeling process device, modeling process system, and medium
A modeling process device for performing a three-dimensional object modeling process is provided. The modeling process device includes an accumulation unit configured to accumulate a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects; a searching unit configured to, based on surface shape information of a three-dimensional object generated by a scanning unit that scans a surface of the three-dimensional object, search for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets accumulated in the accumulation unit; and an extraction unit configured to extract a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the surface shape information that has been generated by the scanning unit. |
| US10747190B2 |
Industrial control apparatus with short-circuit detection configuration
The present disclosure provides an industrial control apparatus that minimizes the increase in time taken for detecting a short-circuit in the apparatus and the decrease in the number of unoccupied terminals of a microcomputer due to detection of a short-circuit event. The industrial control apparatus includes first and second voltage supplying units, first and second circuits, an amplification command circuit, and a voltage amplifier incorporated into the first circuit. The amplification command circuit compares the input signal from the first circuit with that of the second signal, and if the comparison results in agreement, outputs to the voltage amplifier an amplification command signal indicating an amplification factor that allows a pre-amplified signal inputted to the voltage amplifier after being amplified to have a voltage out of the range of detecting connection or non-connection of the first input device to the first circuit. |
| US10747185B2 |
System and method for performing encryption between alarm panel and monitoring station
A system and method for communication between a building management system control panel and a monitoring station are disclosed. Examples of building management systems include fire alarm systems and security systems. The monitoring station and the control panel establish an encrypted channel between each other. The monitoring station and the control panel then transmit status information over the encrypted channel. In examples, the status information includes alarm information sent from fire control panels, intrusion information sent from security panels, and operational information of the panels and/or monitoring station, in examples. |
| US10747175B2 |
Fingerprint sensor integrated display using holographic optical element
A fingerprint sensor integrated display using a holographic optical element and a recording and reconstruction method of the holographic optical element are disclosed. The fingerprint sensor integrated display includes a display panel on which an input image is displayed, a transparent substrate disposed on the display panel, and a light entering element configured to irradiate light from a light source onto the transparent substrate. A particular type of visual information is reconstructed through a holographic element at a location of the light entering element. |
| US10747170B2 |
Photosensitive member unit and development unit
A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member, a transfer roller, a mounting portion capable of mounting a development unit including a development roller, a first gear and a second gear each provided at one end of the photosensitive member in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and a third gear provided at one end of the transfer roller in an axial direction of the photosensitive member and configured to engage with the second gear. The first gear, the second gear, and the third gear are helical gears. A direction in which helical teeth of the first gear are inclined is opposite to a direction in which helical teeth of the second gear are inclined, and the direction in which the helical teeth of the first gear are inclined matches a direction in which helical teeth of the third gear are inclined. |
| US10747151B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a temperature sensing circuit to which a temperature sensing element is electrically connected, wherein a surface of a heater on a side where the temperature sensing element is provided is in contact with the inner surface of a film, a heating element is provided in a primary side circuit which is electrically connected to a commercial power supply, and the temperature sensing circuit is electrically insulated from both of the primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit which is electrically insulated from the primary side circuit. |
| US10747150B2 |
Image forming apparatus with a controller setting an interval between a preceding recording material and a subsequent recording material
An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form the toner image on the recording material, a fixing portion including a heater and configured to fix the toner image on the recording material by heating the toner image formed on the recording material, and a controller configured to control the image forming apparatus. When toner images are continuously formed on a plurality of recording materials, the controller sets an interval between a preceding recording material and a subsequent recording material depending on unevenness of a print ratio of the subsequent recording material with respect to a direction perpendicular to a recording material feeding direction of the subsequent recording material. |
| US10747139B1 |
Control circuit, image forming apparatus, and control method
A control circuit for an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of beam sources each configured to emit a beam, a photodetector configured to detect an intensity of the beam emitted from the plurality of beam sources, a processor configured to measure a slope efficiency of each beam source by controlling each beam source to emit the beam with different drive currents, and acquiring the intensity of each beam detected by the photodetector, and while a job is performed by the image forming apparatus, detect a current flowing in each beam source, determine an adjustment amount of a drive current for each beam source so that the beam source emits the beam at a predetermined output, based on the detected current and the measured slope efficiency, and adjust the drive current with the determined adjustment amount. |
| US10747129B2 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor, method of manufacturing the same, and electrophotographic apparatus
Provided is a photoconductor for electrophotography having high sensitivity, low residual potential, and good wear resistance and contamination resistance, and that is less likely to cause light-induced fatigue and filming, and also exhibits good potential stability before and after repeated printing, even without a surface protective layer formed on a photosensitive layer. Provided also are a process of producing the photoconductor and an electrophotographic apparatus. The photoconductor for electrophotography may be a single-layer-type photoconductor or a multi-layer-type photoconductor and includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer formed on the conductive substrate and including a hole transport material having a structure represented by general formula (1) below; a binder resin having a repeating structure represented by general formula (2) below; and at least one electron transport material having a structure represented by general formulae (ET1) to (ET3) below: |
| US10747123B2 |
Semiconductor device having overlay pattern
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an in-cell area and a scribe lane defining the in-cell area, a first overlay pattern on the semiconductor substrate, and a second overlay pattern adjacent to the first overlay pattern, wherein the first overlay pattern is a diffraction-based overlay (DBO) pattern and the second overlay pattern is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) overlay pattern. |
| US10747120B2 |
Lithographic method and apparatus
A measurement method comprising using multiple radiation poles to illuminate a diffraction grating on a mask at a mask side of a projection system of a lithographic apparatus, coupling at least two different resulting diffraction orders per illumination pole through the projection system, using the projection system to project the diffraction orders onto a grating on a wafer such that a pair of combination diffraction orders is formed by diffraction of the diffraction orders, coupling the combination diffraction orders back through the projection system to detectors configured to measure the intensity of the combination diffraction orders, and using the measured intensity of the combination diffraction orders to measure the position of the wafer grating. |
| US10747117B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet lithography system that utilizes pattern stitching
An extreme ultraviolet lithography system (10) that creates a pattern (230) having a plurality of densely packed parallel lines (232) on a workpiece (22) includes a patterning element (16); an EUV illumination system (12) that directs an extreme ultraviolet beam (13A) at the patterning element (16); a projection optical assembly (18) that directs the extreme ultraviolet beam diffracted off of the patterning element (16) at the workpiece (22); and a pattern blind assembly (26) positioned in a beam path (55) of the extreme ultraviolet beam (13A). The pattern blind assembly (26) shapes the extreme ultraviolet beam (13A) so that an exposure field (28) on the workpiece (22) has a polygonal shape. |
| US10747114B2 |
Blocking layer material composition and methods thereof in semiconductor manufacturing
The present disclosure provides a method for lithography patterning in accordance with some embodiments. The method includes forming a material layer on a substrate; forming a blocking layer on the material layer, wherein a bottom portion of the blocking layer reacts with the material layer, resulting in a capping layer that seals the material layer from an upper portion of the blocking layer. The method further includes forming a photoresist layer on the blocking layer; exposing the photoresist layer; and developing the photoresist layer, resulting in a patterned photoresist layer. |
| US10747112B2 |
Compound, resin, and purification method thereof, material for forming underlayer film for lithography, composition for forming underlayer film, and underlayer film, as well as resist pattern forming method and circuit pattern forming method
The present invention provides a compound represented by following formula (1), wherein R1 represents a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, each of R2 to R5 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a thiol group or a hydroxyl group, provided that at least one selected from R1 to R5 represents a group including an iodine atom and at least one R4 and/or at least one R5 represent/represents one or more selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a thiol group, each of m2 and m3 independently represents an integer of 0 to 8, each of m4 and m5 independently represents an integer of 0 to 9, provided that m4 and m5 do not represent 0 at the same time, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, and each of p2 to p5 independently represents an integer of 0 to 2. |
| US10747107B2 |
Configuring optical layers in imprint lithography processes
An imprint lithography method of configuring an optical layer includes imprinting first features of a first order of magnitude in size on a side of a substrate with a patterning template, while imprinting second features of a second order of magnitude in size on the side of the substrate with the patterning template, the second features being sized and arranged to define a gap between the substrate and an adjacent surface. |
| US10747099B2 |
Photomask
The present invention provides a photomask, comprising: a substrate, a first region, a second region and a third region are defined thereon, wherein the third region is disposed between the first region and the second region, a patterned layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the patterned layer comprises a first patterned layer disposed in the first region, a second patterned layer disposed in the second region, and a third patterned layer disposed in the third region, and wherein a thickness of the first patterned layer is equal to a thickness of the second patterned layer, the thickness of the first patterned layer is different from a thickness of the third patterned layer, and at least one recess disposed in the third region. |
| US10747093B2 |
Joined body, method for producing joined body, and projector
A joined body includes a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, and a joining film which joins the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the joining film has a first region and a second region, and in a plan view of the first substrate, the first region has a higher metal nanoparticle density than the second region. |
| US10747084B2 |
Liquid crystal beam control device with improved zone transition and method of manufacture thereof
A liquid crystal optical device is described configured to provide variable beam steering or refractive Fresnel lens control over light passing through an aperture of the device. The device includes at least one layer of liquid crystal material contained by substrates having alignment layers. An arrangement of electrodes is configured to provide a spatially varying electric field distribution within a number of zones within the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal optical device is structured to provide a spatial variation in optical phase delay with a transition at a boundary between zones which is an approximation of a sawtooth waveform across the boundaries of multiple zones. The arrangement of electrodes, device layered geometry and methods of driving the electrodes increase the effective aperture of the overall optical device. |
| US10747076B2 |
Display panel, method for making the same and method for controlling the same
The disclosure provides a display panel, a method for making the display panel, and a method for controlling the display panel. The display panel comprises: multiple gate lines and multiple data line crossing the multiple gate lines to form multiple pixel regions; multiple pixel electrodes in the multiple pixel regions; multiple first thin film transistors in the multiple pixel regions, the gates of the multiple first thin film transistors are connected to the gate lines, and the sources and the drains are connected to the data lines and the pixel electrodes respectively; and a second thin film transistor between and connecting two adjacent pixel electrodes, wherein the second thin film transistor is in a non-conducting state when the display panel is under normal operation, and the second thin film transistor is in a conducting state when the display panel is under a power failure condition. |
| US10747063B2 |
Display-panel substrate, fabrication method, and display apparatus
A display substrate (100) is provided for a display device. The display substrate (100) includes a display region with an alignment film formed on one side of the display region. A non-display region at a peripheral area of the substrate and adjacent to the display region. An uneven layer (1) formed on the non-display region at a same side as the alignment film. A first film layer (2) formed on the uneven layer (1) and covering the uneven layer (1) to form a substantially flat surface of the non-display region with respect to the display region. |
| US10747062B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel, liquid crystal display panel manufacturing method, and liquid crystal display panel manufacturing device
A liquid crystal display panel includes in the following order: a first substrate including pixel electrodes; a first vertical alignment film; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; a second vertical alignment film; and a second substrate including a counter electrode. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixels each including four alignment regions which provide different tilt azimuths to the liquid crystal molecules and are arranged in a longitudinal direction of each pixel. The liquid crystal display panel includes first, second, third, and fourth alignment regions providing the respective specific alignment azimuths. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second vertical alignment films and at a tilt in the respective tilt azimuth directions with no voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer and are to be more tilted in the respective tilt azimuth directions upon application of voltage to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal molecules are at a twist angle of substantially 0° in each of the four alignment regions. |
| US10747054B2 |
Optical structure comprising a concave-and-convex-shaped interface between a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer and display device having the same
An optical structure includes a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer laminated on the high refractive-index layer and having a refractive index lower than that of the high refractive-index layer, and is disposed on a display surface of a display device. An interface between the layers has a concave-and-convex shape, and each of a concavity and a convexity in the shape has a flat portion extending in a surface direction of the layers. A side surface of the concave-and-convex shape, which extends between the flat portions of the concavity and convexity, is a curved surface or a folded surface that is convex to the low refractive-index layer. A difference between a maximum angle and a minimum angle, which are defined between the side surface of the concave-and-convex shape and a normal direction of the layers, is not less than 3 degrees and not more than 60 degrees. |
| US10747036B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a flexible base, a display area, first lines arranged in a first direction, pixel electrodes, and a first inorganic insulating layer contacting the lines. The display area includes a first area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a first pitch and a second area in which the lines are arranged in the first direction at a second pitch greater than the first pitch, and the second area is located between the first area and an edge of the base in the first direction. In the second area, the first inorganic insulating layer comprises a first slit extending along the lines between adjacent lines. |
| US10747033B2 |
Cooler for optics transmitting high intensity light
A system and an apparatus having an optic and a cooling system for cooling the optic. In one example an optically addressed light valve forms the optic. The cooling system includes first and second windows on opposing surfaces of the optically addressed light valve which constrain a cooling fluid to flow over the opposing surfaces. The fluid pressure outside the optically addressed light valve is low enough that it does not compress a liquid crystal gap of the optically addressed light valve. The cooling fluid is also transparent to a high powered light beam which is projected through the first and second windows, and also through the optically addressed light valve, during an additive manufacturing operation. |
| US10747030B1 |
Electro-optic modulators with stacked layers
Structures for an electro-optic modulator and methods of fabricating a structure for an electro-optic modulator. An electro-optic modulator is positioned proximate to a section of a waveguide core. The electro-optic modulator includes an active layer and a confinement layer. The active layer is composed of a first material, the confinement layer is composed of a second material with a different composition than the first material, the first material has a refractive index that is variable under an applied bias voltage, and the second material has a permittivity with an imaginary part that ranges from 0 to about 15. |
| US10747028B2 |
Nanofiber sheet
A nanofiber sheet is described that is composed of a substrate and a layer of oriented nanofibers. Nanofibers of the sheet can be oriented in a common direction. In some orientations, light absorbent sheets can absorb over 99.9%, and in some cases over 99.95%, of the intensity of light incident upon the sheet. Methods for fabricating a light absorbent sheet are also described. |
| US10747025B2 |
Polarizing lens, eyewear, and method for manufacturing polarizing lens
A polarizing lens including a polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film arranged between two pieces of a lens base material, where the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film includes a hydrophobic region having higher hydrophobicity than other regions at least at a partial region of an outer periphery part including an edge surface thereof and the hydrophobic region is exposed at least at a part of an edge surface of the lens. |
| US10747022B2 |
Diffractive multi-focal lens and method for manufacturing diffractive multi-focal lens
A diffractive multi-focal lens having a diffractive structure comprising a plurality of concentric circular zones, wherein: at least a portion of the diffractive structure is provided with an overlapping region in which at least two zone profiles overlap in the same region; in the overlapping region, at least a portion of a first zone profile has a zone pitch represented by a prescribed equation, and at least a portion of a second zone profile has a zone pitch represented by another prescribed equation; and an addition power P1 given by the first zone profile and an addition power P2 given by the second zone profile are determined by a prescribed relational expression, in which a and b are mutually different real numbers, and a value of a/b cannot be expressed by a natural number X or by 1/X. |
| US10747018B2 |
Stereoscopic display device having a barrier panel
A stereoscopic display device having a barrier panel is provided. The barrier panel can include channel electrodes to form transmitting regions and blocking regions in an active area, and link lines to provide a signal to the channel electrodes. The stereoscopic display device can include a display driver driving a display panel; a barrier panel on the display panel, the barrier panel including channel electrodes across an active area, and link lines disposed outside the active area; and a barrier driver controlling the channel electrodes through the link lines, wherein the number of the link lines in which each channel electrode crosses, is constant. Thus, in the stereoscopic display device, a dark spot due to a load deviation of the channel electrodes can be prevented. |
| US10747015B2 |
Lens driving apparatus, and camera module and optical device including same
One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin arranged in the housing so as to mount a lens therein; a magnet arranged in the housing; a first coil, which is arranged in the bobbin and moves in the optical axial direction according to an interaction with the magnet; an elastic member coupled with the bobbin and the housing; a second coil to which a first drive signal is applied, and moving the housing in a direction perpendicular to the optical axial direction according to the interaction with the magnet; a location sensor for sensing the strength of the magnetic field of the magnet according to the movement of the housing; and a third coil to which a second drive signal is applied, and is arranged in correspondence with the location sensor, wherein a first magnetic field, of the second coil, which is generated by the first drive signal, and a second magnetic field, of the third coil, which is generated by the second drive signal, are generated in directions offsetting each other. |
| US10747012B2 |
Method and system for tunable gradient patterning using a shadow mask
A method of depositing a variable thickness material includes providing a substrate and providing a shadow mask having a first region with a first aperture dimension to aperture periodicity ratio and a second region with a second aperture dimension to aperture periodicity ratio less than the first aperture dimension to aperture periodicity ratio. The method also includes positioning the shadow mask adjacent the substrate and performing a plasma deposition process on the substrate to deposit the variable thickness material. A layer thickness adjacent the first region is greater than a layer thickness adjacent the second region. |
| US10747010B2 |
Beam splitting prism systems
According to one embodiment, a prism system is provided. The prism system includes a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) surface. The PBS surface is configured to generate first and second sub-beams having corresponding first and second polarization information from a received beam, the second polarization information being different than the first polarization information. A first optical path of the first sub-beam within the prism system has substantially same length as a second optical path of the second sub-beam within the prism system. Additionally or alternatively, the first sub-beam achieves a predetermined polarization extinction ratio. |
| US10747009B1 |
Symmetrical facet Fresnel combiner
An optical combiner for a head mounted display includes a refractive material having a refractive index and a Fresnel surface formed in the refractive material. The Fresnel surface includes a plurality of Fresnel features that include an active surface and a draft surface. An active surface angle supporting the active surface is substantially the same as a draft surface angle supporting the draft surface such that active surface and the draft surface are symmetrical. |
| US10747000B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for holographic optical elements
Systems, devices, and methods for holographic optical elements are described. A holographic optical element includes a first layer of holographic material and a second layer of holographic material. The first layer of holographic material includes a first hologram responsive to light in a first waveband and a second hologram responsive to light in a second waveband. The second layer of holographic material includes a third hologram responsive to light in a third waveband and may include a fourth hologram responsive to light in a fourth waveband. The first, second, third, and fourth wavebands are distinct and may comprise light of red, blue, green, and infrared wavelengths, respectively. Distribution of the three or four holograms on two layers of holographic material allows each hologram to have an index modulation of greater than 0.016, a diffraction efficiency of greater than 15%, and an angular bandwidth of greater than 12°. |
| US10746993B2 |
Detection device, HUD and method for operating a HUD
Described is a detection device, a head-up display (HUD) and a method for operating a HUD. The detection device, the HUD and the method for operating an HUD are designed to protect an imager of the HUD from damage by incident radiation and to avoid or at least significantly reduce a glare effect of the HUD. The detection device comprises an optical element with a reflecting area and a passband, where the optical transparency of the passband is greater than the optical transparency of the reflecting area. The passband is completely enclosed by the reflecting area, the surface of the passband is smaller than the surface of the reflecting area, and the detection device is optically coupled to the passband. The detection device determines the intensity of a radiation incident on the detection device. |
| US10746989B2 |
Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD)
A head up display can use a catadioptric collimating system. The head up display includes an image source. The head up display also includes a collimating mirror, and a polarizing beam splitter. The light from the image source enters the beam splitter and is reflected toward the collimating mirror. The light striking the collimating mirror is reflected through the beam splitter toward a combiner. A field lens can include a diffractive surface. A corrector lens can be disposed after the beam splitter. |
| US10746987B2 |
Vehicle systems and methods for redirecting a driver's gaze towards an object of interest
Vehicle systems and methods for redirecting the direction of gaze of a driver towards an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes an object detection system configured to output an object signal in response to detecting an object, a driver gaze monitoring system configured to output a direction signal, a heads-up display configured to generate a visual indicator, one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform at least at the following: determine an object and a respective location of the object based at least in part on the object signal from the object detection system, and determine a direction of gaze of a driver based at least in part on the direction signal from the driver gaze monitoring system. |
| US10746985B2 |
Use of microparticle additives to simultaneously enable artifact-free image registration, auto-focusing, and chromatic aberration correction in microscopy
High-contrast, high-density cell-sized microparticles are introduced into a cell-containing solution prior to the solution being spread onto a planar substrate for imaging. The microparticles facilitate both the process of imager autofocusing and the subsequent registration of multiple images taken of regions of the substrate. The microparticles can further facilitate the correction of chromatic aberration. |
| US10746981B2 |
Methods and devices for imaging large intact tissue samples
Methods and devices for conducting high-speed, high-resolution imaging of large intact tissue samples are provided. Aspects of the methods include placing a sample in an optically homogenous sample manipulation component, performing a calibration procedure to align a light sheet and a detection focal plane at a plurality of locations within the sample, and performing an imaging procedure on the sample to collect an image from each location. The collected images are reconstructed to form a three-dimensional image of the sample. Devices for carrying out the steps of the methods are also provided. |
| US10746980B2 |
Calibration of microscopy systems
Approaches are disclosed for calibrating a plurality of imaging devices, such as microscopes. In certain implementations, a calibration plate is employed that includes a variety of calibration features. The calibration features comprise a geometric calibration, an illumination calibration, and an optical calibration. Imaging devices calibrated in accordance with the present approaches may be used to generate images having consistent attributes, such as brightness, regardless of which imaging device is employed. |
| US10746979B2 |
Sample processing improvements for microscopy
Among other things, a first surface is configured to receive a sample and is to be used in a microscopy device. There is a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the first surface to form a sample space that is between the first surface and the second surface and contains at least part of the sample. There is a mechanism configured to move the second surface from an initial position into the predefined position to form the sample space. When the sample is in place on the first surface, the motion of the second surface includes a trajectory that is not solely a linear motion of the second surface towards the first surface. |
| US10746975B2 |
Objective lens for a still or film camera and method for selective damping of specific spatial frequency ranges of the modulation transfer function of such an objective lens
An objective lens for a still or film camera includes a first and second lens-element arrangement, and a wavefront manipulator. The first and second lens-element arrangement are spaced mutually apart along an optical axis of the lens such that an interstice is present therebetween. The wavefront manipulator is in the interstice and includes two optical components displaceable counter to one another, perpendicular to the optical axis, and which each include a free-form surface. The wavefront manipulator has a zero position, wherein the optical components do not cause any image aberrations in the imaging properties of the objective lens, and effective positions, wherein the optical components are displaced counter to one another, out of the zero position perpendicular to the optical axis, and wherein the optical components cause a spherical aberration in the imaging properties of the objective lens. |
| US10746971B2 |
Imaging lens
A compact imaging lens which addresses low-profile and low F value, and corrects aberrations. An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a eighth lens having a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the second to seventh lenses each have at least one aspheric surface, and the eighth lens has pole points off an optical axis on the aspheric image-side surface. |
| US10746968B2 |
Optical imaging system, imaging apparatus and electronic device
An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element having negative refractive power, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, wherein the optical imaging system has a total of six lens elements; at least one lens element among the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point. |
| US10746966B2 |
Imaging optical system
An imaging optical system, including: a first lens being a meniscus lens with a positive refractive power, the first lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens being a biconvex lens; a third lens being a meniscus lens with a negative refractive power, the third lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a fourth lens being a meniscus lens, the fourth lens having a convex surface or a concave surface facing the object side; a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the object side; and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side; at least one surface of two surfaces of the lenses L1 to L6 has an aspherical shape. The imaging optical system satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): 0.23 |
| US10746934B2 |
Laser patterned adapters with waveguides and etched connectors for low cost alignment of optics to chips
By determining an alignment point for a photonic element in a substrate of a given material; applying, via a laser aligned with the photonic element according to the alignment point, an etching pattern to the photonic element to produce a patterned region and an un-patterned region in the photonic element, wherein applying the etching pattern alters a chemical bond in the given material for the patterned region of the photonic element that increases a reactivity of the given material to an etchant relative to a reactivity of the un-patterned region, and wherein the patterned region defines an engagement feature in the un-patterned region that is configured to engage with a mating feature on a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC); and removing the patterned region from the photonic element via the etchant, various systems and methods may make use of laser patterning in optical components to enable alignment of optics to chips. |
| US10746931B2 |
Light source device and projector
A light source device includes a light source emitting first light in a first wavelength band, a light guide section guiding partial light of the first light, a wavelength conversion section including a phosphor, which other partial light of the first light, and which converts the other partial light into second light in a second wavelength band. A light guide section first side surface and a wavelength conversion section second side surface are opposed. The first side surface has a diffraction grating. The partial light enters the light guide section from the first side surface via the diffraction grating. The other partial light enters the wavelength conversion section from the second side surface. The partial and second lights are emitted in one of a normal direction of the first end surface of the light guide section and a normal direction of the third end surface of the wavelength conversion section. |
| US10746929B2 |
Fiber optic cable extension sleeve for receiving a splice protector of fused fiber strands
The present disclosure relates to techniques for facilitating termination of fiber optic cable ends, and consists of a fiber optic cable extension, based on a re-openable jacket sleeve, which is designed to support a multitude of spliced fibers. The sleeve, typically flexible, involves splicing of a multiple fiber optic cable with pigtails, where fiber splices are integrated onto the re-openable jacket sleeve. |
| US10746925B2 |
Silicon nitride grating couplers
Grating couplers and methods of fabricating a grating coupler. The grating coupler may include a plurality of grating structures arranged on a substrate and a layer arranged over the grating structures. The grating structures are composed of a first material characterized by a first refractive index with a real part. The layer is composed of a second material characterized by a second refractive index with a real part. The real part of the second refractive index is greater than the real part of the first refractive index of the first material for electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in a range of 1 micron to 9 microns. |
| US10746923B2 |
Photonic semiconductor device and method
A method includes forming silicon waveguide sections in a first oxide layer over a substrate, the first oxide layer disposed on the substrate, forming a routing structure over the first oxide layer, the routing structure including one or more insulating layers and one or more conductive features in the one or more insulating layers, recessing regions of the routing structure, forming nitride waveguide sections in the recessed regions of the routing structure, wherein the nitride waveguide sections extend over the silicon waveguide sections, forming a second oxide layer over the nitride waveguide sections, and attaching semiconductor dies to the routing structure, the dies electrically connected to the conductive features. |
| US10746909B2 |
Wavelength variable interference filter and optical module
A wavelength variable interference filter includes: a first substrate on which a first reflection film is formed; and a second substrate that includes a movable portion on which a second reflection film facing the first reflection film is formed and a holding portion surrounding an outer circumference of the movable portion and holding the movable portion so that the movable portion is displaceable in a thickness direction of the second reflection film. The movable portion has long and short sides in a plan view. The holding portion includes a long-side holding portion formed along the long side and a short-side holding portion formed along the short side. The rigidity of the short-side holding portion is lower than the rigidity of the long-side holding portion. |
| US10746880B2 |
Navigation system interference locator
According to some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method for detecting locations of navigation interfering devices. The method comprises an action of receiving multiple navigation signal parameter datasets, each from one of multiple satellite signal receivers. The method comprises an action of detecting one or more interference event data according to an interference analysis of at least some of the datasets. The method comprises an action of updating a probability value for each of multiple suspected navigation interference device locations, by a location analysis of the interference event data, where each of the probability values is indicative of a likelihood that the interference event data originates from some of the suspected navigation interference device locations. The method comprises an action of selecting a subset of the suspected navigation interference device locations according to the probability values and outputting the subset. |
| US10746869B2 |
Method and apparatus for compensating antenna gain pattern
Disclosed is a calibration method of performing dual radiometric compensation by using an antenna gain pattern of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) both in a time domain and in a frequency domain. The method may include performing frequency-domain radiometric compensation in relation to an elevation angle and performing time-domain radiometric compensation in relation to a frequency to calibrate the antenna gain pattern. |
| US10746868B1 |
Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging with range-resolved reflection data
SAR imaging may be performed with range-resolved reflection data, where a spread-spectrum signal, such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) signal, is transmitted instead of a simple frequency chirp. The reflected spread-spectrum signal may be analyzed to gather range-resolved reflection data. Range-resolved reflection data may be gathered at each angular view. This data may be used to construct a more accurate approximation of the Fourier transform of the desired image than can be done by a conventional SAR approach. The image may be reconstructed from this Fourier transform using Fourier inversion techniques similar to those used in conventional SAR approaches. The range-resolved reflection scheme generally requires somewhat more processing to recover the image as compared with conventional SAR systems, but provides a significantly more stable image with less degradation from effects that plague conventional SAR systems. This can eliminate the need for phase coherency altogether and also eliminate “phase drift,” which leads to image distortion. This may be especially well suited for high resolution imaging of relatively large targets. |
| US10746866B2 |
RFID triangulated tank gauging and inventory management system
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for gauging tanks. A computer-implemented method includes generating, using an interrogator, a radio frequency signal directed towards a radio frequency identification (RFID) device that is freely floating on the liquid stored within the tank, receiving a return signal from the RFID device, the return signal being associated to a location of the RFID device, processing the return signal to determine a height of the liquid stored within the tank based on a triangulation algorithm, and determining a result data based on the height of the liquid stored within the tank and one or more tank characteristics. |
| US10746864B2 |
Estimating angle measurements for source tracking using a phased array system
A method includes using a receiver of a first device, receiving from a second device, radio frequency (RF) signals. The method also includes using a processor of the first device, determining and storing, based on the RF signals, a set of angle-estimation values of an angle between a plurality of antenna elements of one of the first device and the second device and an antenna element of the other of the first device and the second device, a set of confidence measurements, and at least one of an Area-of Arrival (ARoA) value and an Area-of Departure (ARoD) value. Each of the set of confidence measurements indicates a confidence of an angle-estimation value of the set of angle-estimation values. |
| US10746853B2 |
On-board radar apparatus and notification system
A radar apparatus generates a strength distribution indicating a correspondence relationship between a relative speed parameter related to an observation point relative speed and a reflection strength parameter related to reflection strength of radar waves reflected at an observation point, for a plurality of observation points. Furthermore, the radar apparatus determines that a traveling vehicle is detected when the reflection strength parameter decreases as the relative speed parameter increases from a center relative speed parameter that is the relative speed parameter corresponding to a peak in the reflection strength, the reflection strength parameter decreases as the relative speed parameter decreases from the center relative speed parameter, and a distribution of the reflection strength parameter is symmetrical with the center relative speed parameter at the center. |
| US10746849B2 |
Beam-forming reconfigurable correlator (pulse compression receiver) based on multi-gigabit serial transceivers (SERDES)
Aspects of the invention provide improvements to electromagnetic and other wave-based ranging systems, e.g., RADAR or LIDAR systems, of the type having transmit logic that transmits a pulse based on an applied analog signal. The improvements are characterized, in part, by a SERDES having a serializer (a/k/a a “transmit side”) that is coupled to the transmit logic. The serializer has (i) an input to which a pattern on which the pulse is based is applied and (ii) an output from which a serialization of the pattern is applied to the transmit logic. The improvements are further characterized in that the SERDES has deserializer logic (a/k/a a “receive side”) that is coupled to receive logic and that deserialize a received “analog” signal containing possible reflections of the pulse. According to various aspects of the invention, the transmit and/or receive logic can include circuitry for directionally steering pulses transmitted into the environment and/or the directional sensitivity of the system to possible reflects of those pulses. |
| US10746847B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless localization of high accuracy
The present invention relates to wireless localization method and apparatus of high accuracy, and measures strength of at least one signal that is transmitted from at least one fixed node, estimates a relative position of a moving node, generates a change pattern of at least one signal strength according to relative changes in positions of the moving node over a plurality of time points from at least one signal strength and the relative position of the moving node, and estimates an absolute position of the moving node, based on a comparison between the change pattern of the at least one signal strength and a map of a distribution pattern shape of signal strength in a region where the moving node is located. Accordingly, it is possible to accurately estimate a position of a moving node using a radio signal which not only accurately estimates the position of the moving node even in a change of wireless environment but also has almost no change in signal strength over a wide region. |
| US10746843B2 |
Method and system for learned communications signal shaping
Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over radio frequency (RF) channels. One of the methods includes: determining first information; generating a first RF signal by processing using an encoder machine-learning network; determining a second RF signal that represents the first RF signal altered by transmission through a communication channel; determining a first property of the first signal or the second RF signal; calculating a first measure of distance between a target value of the first property and an actual value of the first or second RF signal; generating second information as a reconstruction of the first information using a decoder machine-learning network; calculating a second measure of distance between the first information and the second information; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network or the decoder machine-learning network based on the first and second measures. |
| US10746835B1 |
Memory arrays
Some embodiments include memory arrays. The memory arrays can have global bitlines extending along a first horizontal direction, vertical local bitlines extending perpendicularly from the global bitlines, and wordlines extending along a second horizontal direction which is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The global bitlines may be subdivided into a first series at a first elevational level, and a second series at a second elevational level which is different from the first elevational level. The global bitlines of the first series can alternate with the global bitlines of the second series. There can be memory cell material directly between the wordlines and the vertical local bitlines. The memory cell material may form a plurality of memory cells uniquely addressed by wordline/global bitline combinations. Some embodiments include cross-point memory cell units that have areas of about 2 F2. |
| US10746834B2 |
Method and system for determining magnetic resonance image data as a function of physiological signals
MR image data corresponds to physiological signals. First image data is acquired by the magnetic resonance tomograph. Physiological signal data is acquired, and the first image data is provided with first meta data and the physiological signal data with second meta data. The meta data enables a temporal association to the instant of acquisition and the first image data. The physiological signal data is transmitted to an evaluation computer. |
| US10746831B2 |
System and method for convolution operations for data estimation from covariance in magnetic resonance imaging
Described here are systems and methods for reconstructing images of a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system. As part of the reconstruction, synthesized data are estimated at arbitrarily specified k-space locations from measured data at known k-space locations. In general, the synthesized data is estimated using a convolution operation that is based on measured or estimated covariances in the acquired data. The systems and methods described here can thus be referred to as Convolution Operations for Data Estimation from Covariance (“CODEC”). |
| US10746821B2 |
Current sensor
A current sensor includes a magnetic detection element that senses a magnetic flux generated from a current path to perform electromagnetic conversion, and at least two magnetic shields that are arranged around the magnetic detection element and shield an external magnetic flux affecting the magnetic detection element. The at least two magnetic shields include a first magnetic shield and a second magnetic shield facing each other across the magnetic detection element and the current path. At least one of the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield includes at least two base portions and a coupling portion coupling the at least two base portions. The at least one of the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic field has a recess recessed from a periphery in a surface facing the other of the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield. |
| US10746815B2 |
Magnetic interference detection and correction
A mixed-reality system causes a magnetic transmission device to transmit a magnetic field signal. The mixed-reality system also causes a magnetic-field sensing device to determine a measurement of the magnetic field signal. The mixed-reality system then identifies, using one or more input devices, that a magnetically-interfering object is located within a same environment as both the magnetic transmission device and the magnetic-field sensing device. The mixed-reality system also determines one or more characteristics of magnetic field interference that the magnetically-interfering object is imparting on the magnetic transmission device or the magnetic-field sensing device. The mixed-reality system then computes an adjustment to a pose-estimation model based upon the one or more characteristics of magnetic field interference. The pose-estimation model is used to calculate a pose of at least one of the magnetic transmission device or the magnetic-field sensing device. |
| US10746813B2 |
Test device and method for operating a test device
A test device is configured for testing a specimen which has an inductor. The test device includes a controllable unit for reducing a current intensity of a current flowing in the inductor. |
| US10746811B2 |
Wireless receptacle tester system
A wireless receptacle tester system that includes an electrical tester with protruding terminal blades from a rigid housing. The tester includes an isolation circuit connected to an ACV/DCV converter and an Analog/Digital Converter. When a voltage is detected by, the tester, the voltage is automatically measured by the Analog/Digital Converter. Connected to the ACV/DCV converter is a DC Volt Regulator that regulates the 5 DC volts needed for the Analog/Digital converter, a microprocessor and a first Bluetooth module. The system also includes a Smartphone with a display and a second Bluetooth transceiver configured to pair with the first Bluetooth module. Loaded into the working memory of the Smartphone is a voltage display application. When the Smartphone is operated in the vicinity of the tester and the voltage display application is activated, voltage information is automatically transmitted from the tester to the second Bluetooth transceiver and displayed on the display. |
| US10746803B2 |
Fault detection and isolation in generator modules
A fault detection method includes, at a generator module having a generator, a rectifier connected to the generator by phase leads, and an inverter connected to the rectifier by a direct current (DC) link, receiving a measurement of voltage applied to the rectifier by the phase leads and receiving a measurement of voltage applied to the inverter by the DC link. DC link voltage balance and sequence voltages are calculated using the measurement of voltage applied to the rectifier by the phase leads and the measurement of voltage applied to the inverter by the DC link. Determination is made using the DC link voltage balance and phase sequence voltages when no fault exists in the generator module. Determination is made that a fault condition exists using the DC link voltage balance and phase sequence voltages when a fault exists in the generator module. Generator modules are also described. |
| US10746791B2 |
Glitch measurement device and glitch measurement method
A glitch measurement device is coupled to a circuit under-test and includes a counter circuitry and a detector circuitry. The counter circuitry is coupled to the circuit under-test, and is configured to perform a first counting operation according to an input signal transmitted to the circuit under-test to generate a first count signal, and to perform a second counting operation according to an output signal outputted from the circuit under-test to generate a second count signal. The detector circuitry is coupled to the circuit under-test and the counter circuitry, and is configured to receive the first count signal and the second count signal according to the input signal, and to generate a glitch indication signal according to the first count signal and the second count signal. |
| US10746775B1 |
Testing system and method with multiple antennas
A testing system and a testing method with multiple antennas are provided. The system comprises an anechoic chamber for containing a device under test, at least two feed antennas, a movable shaped reflector, and a reflector positioner rotationally coupled to the shaped reflector. The reflector positioner provides a rotation mechanism that rotates the shaped reflector and directs its focal point towards a field generated by each of the at least two feed antennas. |
| US10746766B2 |
Devices and methods for detecting USB devices attached to a USB charging port
Methods and devices for detecting USB devices attached to a USB charging port including a USB port having a first data line D+, a second data line D−, and a power line are disclosed. A USB device is attached to the USB port; applying power to the USB device by the power line; applying a first voltage to the line D+ at the USB port by a first impedance; applying a second voltage to the line D− at the USB port by a second impedance. The voltages on the line D+ and the line D− are then monitored at the USB port. If the voltage on the line D+ is approximately equal to a first predetermined value for a predetermined period and the voltage on the line D− is below a second predetermined value, then the USB device is determined to be of an alpha type device. |
| US10746763B2 |
Apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment using thermal imaging camera
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment. The apparatus includes a measuring unit including a pan/tilt module mounted on the top of a vehicle and an imaging module mounted on an upper portion of the pan/tilt module, a determination unit for determining whether electric power equipment is detected by the measuring unit, a controller for performing control to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment using the measuring unit, and a processing unit for dividing the thermal image into an analysis target equipment region, a non-interest equipment region, and a background noise region through pattern analysis of the thermal image and diagnosing the electric power equipment as being normal or as being abnormal on the basis of temperature information included in the analysis target equipment region. |
| US10746757B2 |
Wheel speed estimation device
A wheel speed estimation device is to be applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle including a first coupling device for a rear left-wheel axle and a second coupling device for a rear right-wheel axle. These coupling devices respectively change states of engagement of a left engagement state and a right engagement state to the any one of a completely restraint state, a release state, and an incompletely restraint state. The wheel speed estimation device includes a correction parameter calculator that calculates correction parameters affected by a difference in wheel radius between wheels based on all wheel rotation speed signals, and a wheel speed calculator that calculates wheel speeds based on the wheel rotation speed signals and the correction parameters. Further, the correction parameter calculator stops calculation of the correction parameters when at least one of the left engagement state or the right engagement state is the incompletely restraint state. |
| US10746756B2 |
Dynamic testing device suitable for drilling tool attitude measurement module
The disclosure relates to the field of drilling tool attitude measurement, and particularly to a dynamic testing device suitable for a drilling tool attitude measurement module. The dynamic testing device may comprise a test fixture for attitude measurement module, an azimuth rotation device for adjusting an azimuth angle, an inclination angle swing device for adjusting an inclination angle, and a toolface angle rotation device for driving the test fixture for attitude measurement module to rotate, and a rotation speed measurement device for measuring a rotation speed and a self-rotation angle of the test fixture for attitude measurement module in a rotating state. The testing device has characteristics of large bearing weight, high rotation speed which is measurable and controllable, convenient for mounting and fixing a tested module, etc. It can simulate conditions of downhole rotation of a drilling tool, and be used for dynamic testing of the attitude measurement module. |
| US10746752B2 |
Opposables and automated specimen processing systems with opposables
A specimen processing system is capable of processing specimens carried on slides. The specimen processing system can sequentially deliver slides and opposables to specimen processing stations. The specimen processing stations can use the opposables to apply a series of liquids to the specimens. The applied liquid can be moved along the slide using capillary action while the specimen processing stations control the processing temperatures. The applied liquid can be in a fluid-carrying gap. The opposable can contact the slide to vary a cross section of the fluid-carrying gap. |
| US10746750B2 |
Cartridge device for a measuring system for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid, a corresponding measuring system, and a corresponding method
The present invention is directed to a cartridge device for a measuring system for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid, in particular a blood sample, comprising a cartridge body having at least one measurement cavity formed therein and having at least one probe element arranged in said at least one measurement cavity for performing a test on said sample liquid; and a cover being attachable on said cartridge body; wherein said cover covers at least partially said at least one measurement cavity and forms a retaining element for retaining said probe element in a predetermined position within said at least one measurement cavity. The invention is directed to a measurement system and a method for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid. |
| US10746746B2 |
Method for the enrichment of cell free nucleosomes
The present invention relates to the use of a histone H1 binding agent for detecting, isolating and/or purifying cell free nucleosomes of tumor origin from a biological sample. The invention also describes methods of negative or positive selection using histone H1 binding agents, in order to enrich a sample for cell free nucleosomes of tumor origin. |
| US10746744B2 |
Methods of detecting donor-specific antibodies and systems for practicing the same
Provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of donor specific antibodies in a biological sample. The methods include mixing a cellular sample from a donor with a biological sample from a recipient under conditions sufficient for recipient immune antibodies, if present, to bind to donor cell surface antigen (Ag) to form an immune antibody-Ag complex, contacting the mixture with beads comprising an antibody that specifically binds the immune antibody-Ag complex (e.g., the Ag or immune antibody) on a surface thereof, adding under lysis conditions a detectably-labeled antibody that specifically binds the immune antibody-Ag complex bound to the beads, and detecting the presence or absence of the detectably-labeled antibody bound to the immune antibody-Ag complex to determine the presence or absence of donor specific antibodies in the biological sample from the recipient. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| US10746740B2 |
Biological substance quantitation method, pathological diagnosis support system, and recording medium storing computer readable program
There is provided a biological substance quantitation method of quantitating a biological substance in a sample stained with a staining reagent including a fluorescent particle encapsulating a fluorescent substance, based on a fluorescence of the fluorescent substance. The method includes inputting a fluorescent image representing expression of the biological substance in the sample by a fluorescent bright spot; and quantitating an expression amount of the biological substance based on a fluorescence of the fluorescent bright spot. The biological substance is a nucleoprotein expressed at a cell nucleus. The fluorescent particle binds to the biological substance through a primary antibody which is directed against the biological substance as an antigen. |
| US10746736B2 |
Integrated functional and molecular profiling of cells
Presented herein are methods of evaluating cellular activity by: placing a cell population on an area; assaying for a dynamic behavior of the cell population as a function of time; identifying cell(s) of interest based on the dynamic behavior; characterizing a molecular profile of the cell(s); and correlating the obtained information. The assayed dynamic behavior can include cellular activation, cellular inhibition, cellular interaction, protein expression, protein secretion, cellular proliferation, changes in cellular morphology, motility, cell death, cell cytotoxicity, cell lysis, and combinations thereof. Sensors associated with the area may be utilized to facilitate assaying. Molecular profiles of the cell(s) can then be characterized by various methods, such as DNA analysis, RNA analysis, and protein analysis. The dynamic behavior and molecular profile can then be correlated for various purposes, such as predicting clinical outcome of a treatment, screening cells, facilitating a treatment, diagnosing a disease, and monitoring cellular activity. |
| US10746726B2 |
Method for assessing therapeutic effect of anti-cancer agent having anti-CD4 antibody as active ingredient
Means that enables monitoring of an anticancer effect of an anti-CD4 antibody or an anticancer drug targeting an immune checkpoint is disclosed. The method for testing a therapeutic effect of a cancer therapy of the present invention is a method for testing a therapeutic effect of an anticancer drug comprising as an effective ingredient an anti-CD4 antibody or an anticancer drug targeting an immune checkpoint, which method comprises investigation of expression of (1) at least one immune checkpoint receptor, (2) CD8, and (3) at least one cell surface molecule selected from the group consisting of CD44 and CD45RO, on T cells using a sample derived from a patient who received the anticancer drug. Induction of a T cell population which is positive for the immune checkpoint molecule (1) and positive for CD8, and which shows high expression of CD44 and/or high expression of CD45RO, indicates that said anticancer drug is producing a therapeutic effect in said patient. |
| US10746724B2 |
Sensor array
In the various illustrative embodiments herein, test devices are described with opposing sensor arrays and same side contacts. |
| US10746715B2 |
Air pollution monitoring
An air monitoring system for analysing an air sample including: a duct arranged such that the air sample flows therethrough from an inlet to an outlet; a relative humidity sensor arranged to measure a relative humidity of the air sample; a heating module including a first heater arranged to heat the air sample; a temperature sensor arranged to measure a temperature of the air sample; a controller arranged selectively to operate the first heater if the measured relative humidity is above an upper threshold; and an analysis module including at least one chemical analysis transducer providing an output corresponding to a presence or concentration of a predetermined substance in the air sample. |
| US10746709B2 |
Chromatograph device
A chromatograph device capable of correct measurement even if the retention times of target components change. This chromatograph device is provided with: a storage unit for storing measurement parameters for a plurality of target components, measurement conditions including measurement parameter switching times for each of two target components eluted in succession, and formulas for determining the switching times from predetermined retention times for the target components; a measurement data accumulation unit; a preceding-measurement-data determination unit for determining, at the time of sample measurement, whether there is preceding measurement data for the same column type, mobile phase type, and flow velocity; and a measurement execution unit for carrying out measurement on the basis of the measurement conditions if there is no preceding measurement data. |
| US10746705B1 |
Method for evaluating noise of glass run
A method for evaluating noise of a glass run of an automobile door includes: detecting oscillation of the door glass by a sensor for the door glass and then storing the oscillation as an oscillatory wave form of the door glass and detecting oscillation of the frame by a sensor for the frame and then storing the oscillation as an oscillatory wave form of the frame, with the glass run coupling to the automobile door; synthesizing the oscillatory wave form of the door glass and the oscillatory wave form of the frame, picking out relative oscillation of the door glass in relation to the frame and storing the relative oscillation as a synthesized oscillatory wave form; making oscillation corresponding to the synthesized oscillatory wave form by an oscillator and oscillating the door glass with the automobile stopped; and detecting sound of the oscillation by a microphone. |
| US10746702B2 |
Method of tuning parameter settings for performing acoustic scanning probe microscopy for subsurface imaging, scanning probe microscopy system, and computer program product
Method of tuning parameter settings for performing acoustic scanning probe microscopy for subsurface imaging, scanning probe microscopy system, and computer program product. This document relates to a method of tuning a scanning probe microscopy system. The method comprises: a) applying an acoustic vibration signal comprising a first frequency and a second frequency to a sample; b) at a first position of the probe tip, sweeping the first frequency across a first frequency range, and obtaining a first signal; c) at a second position of the probe tip, sweeping the first frequency across at least said first frequency range, and obtaining a second signal; d) analyzing the first and second signals to obtain a difference characteristic dependent on the first frequency. The first and second position are selected such that a subsurface structure of the sample at the first and second position is different. |
| US10746695B2 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for sequencing using capillary electrophoresis
In one aspect, a biological sequencing device comprising a cartridge configured to be removed from the instrument is disclosed. In various embodiments the cartridge can include one or more capillaries suitable for capillary electrophoresis, a reservoir and a pump. In various embodiments the reservoir can contain a separation matrix. In various embodiments the pump can load a capillary with separation matrix. In another aspect the biological sequencing device can include one or more capillaries and an integrated valve assembly. In various embodiments the integrated valve assembly can provide a polymer to the one or more capillaries. |
| US10746694B2 |
Integrated circuits with sensors and methods for producing the same
Integrated circuits and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a detection layer, a substrate, and a transistor having a transistor gate electrode, a transistor source, and a transistor drain. A capacitor gate electrode overlies the substrate, where the capacitor gate electrode and the transistor gate electrode are electrically connected with each other and with the detection layer. A capacitor well is defined within the substrate, and a gate insulator is positioned between the capacitor well and the capacitor gate electrode. A capacitor includes the capacitor gate electrode, the gate insulator, and the capacitor well. |
| US10746690B2 |
Solid electrolyte gas sensor element and gas sensor
A gas sensor element includes: an electrolyte body; a target gas chamber; a reference gas chamber; a first electrode coming into contact with the electrolyte in the target gas chamber; a second electrode coming into contact with the electrolyte body in the reference gas chamber so as to hold the electrolyte body between the first electrode and the second electrode; a diffusion layer arranged to come into contact with the electrolyte body and configured to deliver the target gas to the target gas chamber; and a shielding layer arranged to come into contact with the diffusion layer so as to arrange the diffusion layer between the electrolyte body and the shielding layer. At least one of the electrolyte body and the shielding layer is provided with a concave section depressed from an interface side with the diffusion layer. |
| US10746685B2 |
Multi-dimensional approach to imaging, monitoring, or measuring systems and processes utilizing capacitance sensors
A system and method for imaging, monitoring, or measuring systems and processes utilizing only data provided from capacitance sensors. The present invention combines the multi-frequency method of both ECVT/AECVT and DCPT to image or measure processes and systems more efficiently and accurately than the methods alone. The present system analyzes capacitance and current phase acquired at multiple frequencies to determine a plurality of properties of single and multiphase systems all at once. The combined use of ECVT and DCPT in multiphase flow can also be extended to measure volume fraction and phase distribution of flows involving greater than three phases by using multiple frequencies for capacitance, current phase, or both. |
| US10746683B2 |
Capacitive sensor and method of use
An analyte in a liquid sample is detected using a capacitive sensor having electrodes and a sensor surface, and a signal processor. The sample is dried to reduce its liquid content, and capacitive measurements are made after the drying and preferably also before the drying. The sample may include particles, and the analyte is part of or attached to the particles, and the particles provide a major part of the capacitance change compared to absence of particles. In another example the particles are degenerative and form an integral mass upon application of heat, enhancing the extent of capacitance change. |
| US10746682B2 |
Wireless sensor with multiple sensing options
A wireless sensor includes an antenna, a sensing integrated circuit (IC), and a power supply impedance altering element. The antenna is operable to receive an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal and to transmit an outbound RF signal. The sensing IC includes a power supply, a first power supply connection, and a second power supply connection. The power supply impedance altering element is coupled to the first and second power supply connections and is coupled to sense a condition of an item. The sensing IC is operable to detect an impedance change of the power supply based on an effect of the power supply impedance altering element. The sensing IC is further operable to convert the impedance change into a digital value that represents the condition of the item. The sensing IC is further operable to output, via the antenna, the digital value or a representation of the condition. |
| US10746679B2 |
Method for inspecting a metal surface and associated device
A method for inspecting a metal surface (12) includes providing a first laser source (14) that is arranged to generate a first laser beam having a first wavelength comprised between 1000 nm and 1100 nm and a power higher than 1 W; providing a second laser source (16) that is arranged to generate a second laser beam having a second wavelength comprised between 1500 nm and 1800 nm and a power higher than 1 W; activating one of the first and second laser sources and transmitting the first or second laser beam to the entrance (22) of an optic (18); scanning the metal surface (12) with the laser beam projected by the optic; and acquiring at least one image of the infrared radiation emitted by the metal surface (12). |
| US10746673B2 |
Inspection of grouting between monopile and transition piece on offshore wind turbines
An inspection system may be deployed as part of a routine crew transfer diving (“CTV”) or service operation vessel (SOV) deployment to perform inspections for analyses which can be conducted while carrying out other inspection tasks. A marinized digital detector array and betatron source may be maneuvered proximate a first detector plate, which can be of a plurality of detector plates and a first exposure generated at the first detector plate which is then used to aid in generating one or more images comprising each such exposure. The images are then reconstructed to identify defects in the grout. |
| US10746667B2 |
Fluorescent penetrant inspection system and method
An inspection system includes an imaging device, visible light source, ultraviolet light source, and at least one processor. The imaging device generates a first image set of a work piece while the ultraviolet light source illuminates the work piece with ultraviolet light to cause fluorescent dye thereon to emit light, and generates a second image set of the work piece while the visible light source illuminates the work piece with visible light. The first and second image sets are generated at the same positions of the imaging device relative to the work piece. The processor maps the second image set to a computer design model of the work piece based on features depicted in the second image set and the positions of the imaging device. The processor determines a defect location on the work piece based on an analysis of the first image set and the computer design model. |
| US10746666B2 |
Non-invasive wine taint detector
A system includes a computing device including a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations including initiating transmission of incident light from one or more light sources to a sealed bottle containing liquid. The operations also include receiving scattered light from the liquid contained in the sealed bottle. The operations also include processing one or more signals representative of the scattered light to detect interactions of the incident light with a particular molecule. |
| US10746661B2 |
Profile reactor for operando measurements
The invention pertains to a system for operando measurements that comprises, a reactor (1) comprising a reactor chamber (9) having at least one window (19) transparent for radiation for irradiating a sample (24) provided inside the reaction chamber (9), a radiation source (21, 31) for generating the radiation for irradiating the sample (24), wherein the radiation source (21, 31) is arranged to irradiate the sample at an irradiation location situated on the sample; a detection unit (26, 33) for detecting radiation scattered, emitted, reflected or diffracted by the sample (24) or transmitted through said sample (24), a sampling capillary (12) comprising an orifice (14) for collecting a fluid sample inside the reactor chamber (9), wherein the orifice (14) of the sampling capillary (12) is arranged at a fixed position relative to the irradiation location, wherein the reactor (1) is movable relative to the radiation source (21, 31). |
| US10746654B2 |
Method for monitoring the correspondence of a beer sample with a reference beer
In a method for monitoring the correspondence of a beer sample with a reference beer, at least 15 reference beer samples of the reference beer are brewed with the same ingredients and the same process parameters. Measurement signals for the absorption spectrum of the reference beer samples are captured and a principal component analysis is carried out for the measurement signals, in which at least 15 principal components are ascertained. A factor loading PR(i,j) is respectively determined for each principal component for the individual reference beer samples and a reference value (I) is ascertained, where i denotes the reference beer sample and j denotes the principal component, μR(j) refers to the mean value of all factor loadings of the j-th principal component and σP(j) refers to the standard deviation of these factor loadings. A reference interval (II) is formed, where n denotes the number of reference beer samples, m denotes the number of principal components, σR(j) denotes the standard deviation of all reference values of the j-th principal component and k denotes a constant not equal to zero. A measurement signal is captured for the absorption spectrum of the beer sample and the factor loadings PB(i) of this measurement signal are determined for the principal components ascertained for the reference beer samples and a characteristic (III) is formed and compared to the reference interval. Should the characteristic B lie outside of the reference interval, a fault during the production of the beer sample is indicated. |
| US10746651B2 |
Optical method for predicting treatment response, survival and recurrence of esophageal cancer patients
The present invention provides an optical method for predicting treatment response, survival and recurrence of esophageal cancer patients, comprising analyzing the spectral signatures of patient's tumor tissue spectra. By the features of the present invention, the prediction result achieves the sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 73.3% in concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) response; the survival prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 100%; the recurrence prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 85.7%. |
| US10746649B2 |
Real time numerical computation of corrosion rates from corrosion sensors
A method for determining a corrosion rate includes receiving an input signal including corrosion data from a sensor. A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a type of noise is determined from the input signal. A corrosion rate computation method is selected based on the SNR and the type of noise. The corrosion rate is determined, using a processor, based on a selected corrosion rate computation method. |
| US10746641B2 |
Peel bending moment calculation
Methods to accurately determine the maximum bending moment Mb for a spot weld are provided. The methods include subjecting a test coupon including a spot weld, to a coach peel test and monitoring the test coupon using digital image correlation in order to determine the bending moment arm length at peak force. The bending moment arm length at peak force is multiplied by the peak force value to provide an accurate maximum bending moment for the spot weld. The calculated maximum bending moment Mb is used in a combined force based spot weld failure calculation to predict failure of a spot weld under a combined loading condition. |
| US10746636B2 |
Device for preparing a layer of biological cells on a slide and apparatus for automatically preparing a layer of cells using said device
Disclosed is a device for preparing a layer of biological cells on a deposition surface of a slide, the device including a body provided with a channel, the body including a first end forming an inlet tip intended to enter inside a container containing a biological liquid, closed by a cap and a second end forming a depositing tip intended to deposit a drop of the liquid on the deposition surface, the second end including a spreader with a blade arranged in a plane forming an angle of inclination α with the plane of the deposition surface and elastic return interposed between the blade and the second end. |
| US10746633B2 |
Tissue slicing device and apparatus having tissue slicing device
Provided is a tissue slicing device having a first motor, a filling assembly, a filter, a pipe, and a cutter. The filling assembly includes a tube and a piston rod movably inserted through the tube. One end of the piston rod abuts against the first motor. The filter is located at an end of the tube opposite the first motor. The pipe is located at a common side of the first motor and the filling assembly, and includes a nozzle located at an end of the pipe and proximal to an end of the filter opposite the filling assembly. The cutter is proximal to the filter. The guiding body is located at the end of the tube opposite the first motor. Provided is an apparatus having the tissue slicing device, such that manpower and time can be saved, and the tissue slicing degree can be unified. |
| US10746627B2 |
Multiple configuration wind tunnel balance and method for converting the wind tunnel balance
Wind tunnel test stand for motor vehicles convertible into multiple configurations including a one-belt, three-belt and/or five-belt configuration. The wind tunnel test stand includes force sensors for sensing forces between a weighing platform and a test stand frame, a belt unit with a conveyor belt, and a carriage accommodating at least one belt unit, where the carriage is supported relatively movably with respect to the test stand frame in X- and Y-directions. |
| US10746618B2 |
Load measuring device and load measuring method
A load measuring device is provided with load sensor, data logger, and measurement start switch on body. When switch section is pressed down by a suction nozzle, load sensor outputs detection voltage to data logger in accordance with the size of the pressing load. Data logger records detection voltage for a specified time only from the time it starts receiving high level start recording signal from measurement start switch. By this, data logger does not record detection voltage until high level start recording signal is received from measurement start switch, thus does not incorrectly record vibrations and the like during conveyance as the load. |
| US10746615B2 |
Magnetizing ferromagnetic elements used in load and torque sensing devices
A system and method for magnetizing a ferromagnetic element is disclosed. Electrodes are positioned on opposite surfaces of the ferromagnetic element and a current is applied to the electrodes, resulting in the formation of a magnetically conditioned region on the ferromagnetic element. Magnetic field sensors may be placed proximate the magnetically conditioned region. Output signals from the magnetic field sensors may be indicative of a load or torque applied to the ferromagnetic element. |
| US10746607B2 |
System and method for detecting extrasolar laser pulses
A system and method for detecting laser pulses is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the present system detects an extrasolar laser pulse, ideally repeated pulses, by observing the pulse, characterizing the pulse, and confirming the data related to the pulse. |
| US10746606B2 |
Arrangement and method for wavefront analysis
The present invention relates to an arrangement and to a method for wavefront analysis comprising a radiation source (8) that emits an electromagnetic wavefront of electromagnetic radiation (1) to be analyzed; a spatially resolving detector unit (4, 4a, 4b, 4c) for detecting the electromagnetic wavefront; and an electronic evaluation unit (5, 7) connected to the detector unit (4, 4a, 4b, 4c). The at least one beam guidance unit (3) for guiding the electromagnetic radiation (1), that is only diffractive and/or reflective, has at least one opening (3a, 3b, 3c) and the detector unit (4, 4a, 4b, 4c) is arranged behind the at least one opening (3a, 3b, 3c) of the beam guidance unit (3) in the direction of propagation of the electromagnetic radiation (1) for detecting a diffraction pattern of the electromagnetic radiation (1) diffracted at the at least one opening (3a, 3b, 3c). |
| US10746599B2 |
System and method for spectral interpolation using multiple illumination sources
An optical detector is provided with multiple light sources having distinct spectral characteristics, which are controlled on/off across a range of lighting intensity combinations. A measurement sensor receives radiated light that is reflected from a target surface via confined optical channels, and generates representative output signals. A local controller or a remote computing device receives the output signals or corresponding messages from the optical detector, and generates a low resolution spectral data set based on the signals for each of the lighting intensity combinations. The low resolution spectral data set is interpolated based on machine learning algorithms trained with high resolution data from a reference device to generate a high resolution spectral data set associated with the target surface. In an embodiment, an auxiliary sensor measures light reflected from one or more light sources, wherein output signals from the measurement sensor are normalized to output values from the auxiliary sensor. |
| US10746587B1 |
System and method for determining a reel weight on a reel-carrying unit
A reel weight measurement system is shown and described herein. In some embodiments, the reel weight measurement system comprises strategically placed position and load sensors for measuring an orientation of a reel-carrying unit and measuring loads in the reel-carrying unit. The loads may be indicative of forces due to the weight of the reel when the reel is supported by a carriage of the reel-carrying unit. The weight of the reel may be determined by summing the forces and moments in the system while the carriage is in motion or static. Further, the weight of the reel may be determined by comparing the force measurements and orientation of the carriage to stored calibration data. |
| US10746583B2 |
Water content measuring device, measuring method, and image forming device
A water content measuring device measures water content of an object to be measured. The water content measuring device includes two plate members that are disposed facing each other, a current generating unit, a measuring unit, and an arithmetic processing unit. The current generating unit generates current supplied between the two plate members. The measuring unit measures electrostatic capacitance generated by the current supplied between the two plate members. The arithmetic processing unit is configured to convert the electrostatic capacitance measured by the measuring unit to water content. Two plate members each have a shape or are disposed such that at least two points on a leading edge of the object enter between the two plate members at different timings in a direction perpendicular to a passing direction in which the object passes through the two plate members. |
| US10746582B2 |
Sensing annular flow in a wellbore
Provided is a tool-body that arranges ultrasonic and electrical capacitance sensors at close distances to the casing wall of the wellbore such that properties of thickness, flow velocity, acoustic impedance and the dielectric constant of the liquid layer are measured at a number of circumferential locations inside the casing of the wellbore. These measured values may then be combined to derive the average flow rate of the layer and also used to identify whether the liquid is water or condensate/oil, or a mixture of the two with a certain water-in-liquid ratio. Combined with a gas flow rate and a liquid droplets concentration measurement, the total liquid flow rate and liquid type can be derived. |
| US10746580B2 |
Flow meter with measuring channel
Disclosed is a flow meter with at least two measuring sensors, preferably ultrasonic sensors, spaced apart from each other, wherein the coupling of the measuring signals into and out of a fluid is performed via a coupling element According to the disclosure, the measuring channel is formed with an approximately oval or trapezoid cross-section. |
| US10746572B2 |
Rotation detection device
A rotation detection device includes a detection unit and a determination circuit unit. A first magnetoresistive element pair, a second magnetoresistive element pair and a third magnetoresistive element pair are located to be farther from the end part than a fourth magnetoresistive element pair and a fifth magnetoresistive element pair are. The second magnetoresistive element pair is located in a region surrounded by the first magnetoresistive element pair, the third magnetoresistive element pair, the fourth magnetoresistive element pair and the fifth magnetoresistive element pair. The detection unit is to generate a main signal based on outputs of the first magnetoresistive element pair, the second magnetoresistive element pair and the third magnetoresistive element pair and to generate a sub signal based on outputs of the fourth magnetoresistive element pair and the fifth magnetoresistive element pair. |
| US10746566B2 |
Radio protocol for communication with meter devices
A method for communication between a meter device and a communication network in accordance with a radio protocol, the meter device including a meter device identification and the radio protocol including a reduced part of the meter device identification and a data field, wherein the method of communication involves transmitting a data telegram according to the protocol from the meter device, receiving the data telegram by the communication network, and identifying the meter device from a set of identification elements, including the reduced part of the meter device identification and at least one information element obtained from a data source external to the meter device. The invention furthermore relates to an identification computer device and a meter device adapted for operating according to the above mentioned radio protocol, and a radio protocol for communication between a meter device and a communication network in accordance with the above mentioned radio protocol. |
| US10746559B2 |
Dynamic route guidance based on real-time data
In an embodiment of the present invention, background data of a first user in a group of one or more users is received. Physiometric data of the first user while the group of one or more users is traversing a first route is received from a first group of one or more sensors. Environmental data associated with the first route is received from a second group of one or more sensors. Environmental data associated with a second route is received from the second group of one or more sensors. It is determined whether to modify the first route into the second route based on the background data, the physiometric data, and the environmental data associated with the first route and the environmental data associated with the second route, and the determination occurs while the group of one or more users is traversing the first route. |
| US10746557B1 |
Systems and methods for navigation using bounding areas
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining a route with at least one waypoint for a personal mobility vehicle, determining at least one navigational boundary, and providing the at least one navigational boundary and the at least one waypoint to a computing device associated with the personal mobility vehicle, wherein the computing device is configured to provide a direction of travel to a user for navigating the personal mobility vehicle along the route via the waypoint. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10746555B1 |
Multi-modal transportation route deviation detection and correction
Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route. |
| US10746552B2 |
Boat navigation assist system, and navigation assist apparatus and server of the system
A navigation assist system having a plurality of navigation assist apparatuses installed on small boats like motorboats each fitted with an outboard motor to be able to navigate in a predetermined water area, and a server placed on land to communicate with the navigation assist apparatuses. Each of the navigation assist apparatuses detects a sharp turn position of the boat, adds the position to a danger level data downloaded from the server unit, and alerts an operator concerned when the boat approaches a region whose danger level is great. |
| US10746550B2 |
Resonator fiber-optic gyro with quadrature error reducer
A resonance fiber-optic gyro (RFOG) with quadrature error reducer is provided. The RFOG with quadrature error reducer includes a laser assembly, a fiber resonator assembly, a resonance tracking loop and a quadrature error reducer circuit. The resonance tracking loop, coupled to an output of the finder resonator assembly, is used to generate a resonance frequency signal that is coupled to an OPLL mixer in one of a CCW OPLL or the CW OPLL of the laser assembly. The quadrature error reducer circuit includes an amplitude control loop and a second harmonic phase control loop. The amplitude control loop is used to generate a common modulation signal. An output of the amplitude control loop is coupled to a common phase modulator in the laser assembly. The second harmonic phase control loop is used to selectively adjust a phase of a second harmonic modulation signal in the amplitude control loop at startup. |
| US10746548B2 |
Ring gyroscope structural features
Novel structural features applicable to a variety of inertial sensors. A composite ring composed of concentric subrings is supported by a compliant support structure suspending the composite ring relative to a substrate. The compliant support structure may either be interior or exterior to the composite ring. The compliant support may be composed of multiple substantially concentric rings coupled to neighboring rings by transverse members regularly spaced at intervals that vary with radius relative to a central axis of symmetry. Subrings making up the composite ring may vary in width so as to provide larger displacement amplitudes at intermediate radii, for example. In other embodiments, electrodes are arranged to reduce sensitivity to vibration and temperature, and shock stops are provided to preclude shorting in response to shocks. |
| US10746542B2 |
Line edge roughness analysis using atomic force microscopy
Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to methods for measuring a characteristic of a substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes scanning over the substrate with a scanning probe microscope, the substrate having fins thereon, the scanning obtaining images showing respective fin top regions of the fins, the scanning probe microscope interacting with respective portions of sidewalls of the fins by a scanning probe oscillated during the scanning, selecting images obtained at a predetermined depth below the fin top regions to obtain a line edge profile of the fins, by a processor-based system, analyzing the line edge profile of the fins using power spectral density (PSD) method to obtain spatial frequency data of the line edge profile of the fins, and by the processor-based system, calculating line edge roughness of the fins based on the spatial frequency data. |
| US10746541B2 |
Inspection device for conveyor belt
An inspection device is provided in which X-rays are radiated in a fan-like shape with respect to an extension direction of steel cords, are transmitted through a conveyor belt, and reach an X-ray line sensor. A control device makes an X-ray generator and the X-ray line sensor move in a fixed relative position at a certain speed within a certain movement range in a direction parallel with a plane and orthogonal to an extension direction of the steel cords. The control device generates two-dimensional image information on the basis of an X-ray transmission signal obtained each time the X-ray generator and the X-ray line sensor move a unit amount equal to a pixel pitch of the X-ray line sensor. The control device detects measurement information relating to the conveyor belt and the steel cords on the basis of the obtained two-dimensional image information. |
| US10746535B2 |
Inspecting device and method for component with two wires
A component inspecting device inspects presence or absence of an abnormal state of two linear wires based on changes in the amount of received light of a first light ray and a second light ray received by a first light receiver and a second light receiver, respectively when a component is moved such that the two linear wires in the normal state block the first light ray and the second light ray in a posture wherein an arrangement direction of the two linear wires crosses optical axes of the first light ray of the first light projector and the second light ray of the second light projector. This device can detect an abnormality such as a bend or the like of linear wires by a simple configuration and a simple operation in a component having two linear wires which have axis directions parallel to each other and have different lengths. |
| US10746533B2 |
Relative position detection means and displacement detection device
Example position detection means and displacement detection devices are described. A relative position detection means optically detects a relative position of displacement of an object to be measured in a measuring direction, including a target mounted on the object to be measured and irradiated with light from a light source; a light receiver for detection of relative position for receiving light by changing polarization state of reflected light at the target with respect to the light; and a relative position information output unit for outputting relative position information based on displacement of the target in the measuring direction based on change of polarization state of the reflected light. The target includes a reflector mounted on the object to be measured and a birefringent member on the reflector and having a thickness changing from a tip to a base end along the measuring direction. |
| US10746532B2 |
Device for interferometric distance measurement
An interferometric distance measurement device includes a multiple wavelength light source, supplying a light beam having at least three different wavelengths. An interferometer unit is provided, which splits the light beam into a measuring light beam and a reference light beam. The measuring and reference light beams reflected back by measuring and reference reflectors are superimposed in an interfering manner to form an interference light beam. The interference light beam is split via a detection unit such that, in each instance, a plurality of phase-shifted, partial interference signals result per wavelength. With the aid of a signal processing unit, an absolute position information item regarding the measuring reflector is determined from the partial interference signals of different wavelengths. |
| US10746518B1 |
System for truing aspects of a cartridge case
A method and apparatus for truing a cartridge case with an apparatus including a frame defining a chamber and having a central axis, and a cartridge sleeve defining a cartridge passage with a passage surface for engaging the exterior surface of the body of the case, and a tool extending along the central axis of the frame with a tip end extending into the chamber. The frame may include a tool mandrel portion configured to mount the tool on the frame, and a sleeve mandrel portion configured to mount the cartridge sleeve on the frame. The sleeve mandrel portion may permit the cartridge sleeve and a cartridge case mounted thereon to translate with respect to the frame along the central axis of the frame, the sleeve mandrel portion permitting the cartridge sleeve and a cartridge case mounted thereon to rotate about the central axis with respect to the frame. |
| US10746514B1 |
Broadhead arrow tip with independent suspension blades
A broadhead arrow tip with independent suspension expandable blades is disclosed. It has an elongated ferrule body with a first slot oriented lengthwise therein which bifurcates the front end into two portions. A second slot oriented lengthwise within the body is situated between the first slot and the body's back end. The second slot is open to the body's side surfaces and is transversely wider than the first. Expandable blades are independently suspended within the second slot by a retaining pin passing through oblong apertures through an end of the blades. The blade ends have a thickness of one-third or less than the transverse width of the second slot. A threaded tip is securable on a threaded surface at the body's front end. Securement of the tip deflects the front portions toward one another, narrowing the first slot which holds the blades in a stowed positioned when placed therein. |
| US10746509B2 |
Lightweight anti-ballistic door and anti-ballistic panel
An anti-ballistic door having a keyed joint assembly substantially defining an inner perimeter of the door, and a bullet persistent panel secured internal to the door using the keyed joint assembly. The anti-ballistic door has up to a UL 752-Level 8 protection rating having a lower weight relative to conventional anti-ballistic doors and is sized to fit within conventionally sized door frames. An anti-ballistic panel is additionally provided having a keyed joint assembly substantially defining an inner perimeter of the panel, and a bullet persistent panel secured internal to the panel using the keyed joint assembly. The anti-ballistic panel has up to a UL 752-Level 8 protection rating. |
| US10746504B2 |
Collapsible reflective sight for a firearm
A collapsible reflective optical sight for a firearm, including a base configured to mount the collapsible reflective optical sight to a firearm; a lens attached to and able to rotate with respect to the base, wherein the lens includes an optic with a reflective surface, and the lens is able to be folded with respect to the base to store the lens in a collapsed configuration and is able to be angled with respect to the base to aim the firearm with the lens in a deployed configuration; a light source on the base that reflects a light off the reflective surface of the optic to aim the firearm; and a mechanical sight adjustably mounted to the base to aim the firearm. Additionally, the collapsible reflective optical sight can include a firearm and a hood. |
| US10746503B2 |
Launcher device and launcher battery
A launcher device for launching ammunition or weapons provided with primers, contains a plurality of launch tubes combined so as to form a launcher battery. Each of the launch tubes is loaded with ammunition or a weapon, and each of the launch tubes is closed off by a cover. A device is provided for detecting damage to the covers closing off the launch tubes. |
| US10746501B2 |
Archery release device and method
An archery release device and method are disclosed herein. The archery release device, in an embodiment, includes a trigger, a leverage link and a cord holder. In the hold arrangement, the trigger, the leverage link and the cord holder are coupled together through a direct connection or an indirect connection. The coupling, direct or indirect, causes the cord holder to hold a draw cord when the cord holder is subject to a pulling force. In the release arrangement, a release interface of the leverage link is decoupled from the trigger, and another release interface of the leverage link is decoupled from the cord holder. |
| US10746493B1 |
Recoil assembly for a machine gun
A receiver assembly for a rifle includes a receiver with a feed assembly configured for open-bolt operation. A feed cover is hingedly mounted to the receiver and includes a portion of the feed assembly, where the feed cover is movable between a closed position and an open position by pivoting about a hinge pin oriented along a longitudinal axis of the receiver. For example, the feed cover can pivot to one side of the receiver when in the open position. A rifle incorporating the receiver assembly is also disclosed. |
| US10746492B2 |
Firearm adapter configured to mount to a firearm frame
A universal firearm adapter configured to mount to the frame of a firearm. The adapter easily, quickly, accurately, securely, concentrically and repeatably, with or without tools, attaches a suppressor or suppressor adapter to the frame or rail system of a firearm. The adapter includes a rail attachment configured to attach to a plurality of dimensionally inconsistent frames/rails and a bore alignment assembly. Moreover, the adapter is configured to axially align the adapter bore with the barrel bore regardless of the dimensional and axial inconsistencies of the barrel and its bore. The bore alignment assembly preferably includes a suppressor mount axially aligned with the adapter bore thereby ensuring that the suppressor is axially aligned with the bore of the barrel. |
| US10746491B2 |
Firearm suppression device
The present invention pertains in general to a suppressing apparatus for the suppression of audible, visible and infrared profiles in the operation of firearms and weapon systems. Embodiments of the invention include the use of a substantially cylindrical component having a helical opening for the dispersion of gasses in conjunction with channels and volumes configured to carry the gasses along the length of the suppressing apparatus toward a distal aspect and toward a proximal aspect alternatively. |
| US10746488B1 |
Intrinsically safe firearm
An intrinsically safe firearm may include a handle and a frame connected by a pivot pin. One or more latches of the firearm can temporarily fix the firearm in a stowed orientation or a deployed orientation. In the deployed orientation, a magazine of the firearm can be removed from the handle; a slide of the firearm can be removed from the frame; a magazine safety allows a firing pin to strike a primer of a round in the firearm; and a trigger of the firearm is accessible to discharge the round in the firearm. In the stowed orientation, the magazine is not removable from the handle; the slide is not removable from the frame; the magazine safety prevents the firing pin from striking the primer; and the trigger of the firearm is not accessible. |
| US10746486B2 |
Firearm receiver pins for quick disassembly and assembly
An apparatus implementable on a firearm may include a takedown pin and a pivot pin. The takedown pin holds together a rear portion of lower and upper receivers of the firearm. The pivot pin holds together a front portion of lower and upper receivers of the firearm. Each of the takedown pin and pivot pin respectively includes a head and a generally cylindrical shank extending from the head toward a distal end thereof opposite the head. The shank is configured with: (1) a first groove track extending along a longitudinal axis of the shank, (2) a second groove track parallel to the first groove track and extending along the longitudinal axis of the shank, and (3) a linking groove track extending around the longitudinal axis of the shank and linking the first groove track and the second groove track. |
| US10746482B2 |
Capacity modulating an expansion device of a HVAC system
Methods, systems and apparatuses are directed to a capacity modulating assembly configured to distribute two-phase refrigerant mixture to an evaporator of a HVAC system, such as a micro-channel heat exchanger (MCHEX) evaporator. The capacity modulating assembly may include a plurality of expansion devices. During capacity modulation, at least one of the plurality of expansion devices can be closed so that a refrigerant flow rate through the remaining expansion devices can be maintained. The capacity modulating assembly can include a refrigerant outflow port, which may help direct refrigerant out of the heat exchanger. The capacity modulating assembly can be connected with the MCHEX. The plurality of expansion devices can be configured to extend inside a header of the MCHEX to help distribute refrigerant to the micro-channel tubes of the MCHEX. |
| US10746480B2 |
Plural heat pump and thermal storage system for facilitating power shaping services on the electrical power grid at consumer premises
A system and method for storing energy from an electrical grid utilizes a system heat pump at a premises for transferring energy from the grid to a thermal storage reservoir and a premises heat pump that can use the stored energy to provide, for example, heat to the premises. The system heat pump and premises heat pump desirably operate independently of one another so that energy can be transferred to the thermal storage reservoir regardless of whether energy is being withdrawn by the premises heat pump. Plural energy storage systems utilizing respective system and premises heat pumps and thermal storage reservoirs can form a part of the utility customer system with the system heat pumps being operable to shape the load on the electrical grid. A system heat pump can be operated to minimize a customer's bill, or the utility's cost and alternatively to achieve other purposes, depending upon the mode of operation of the system. |
| US10746473B2 |
Stacked type fluid heater and method of heating fluid with stacked type fluid heater
A stacked type fluid heater includes a first low temperature layer with low temperature side flow passages into which target medium to be heated is introduced, a first high temperature layer with high temperature side flow passages into which heating medium for heating the target medium to be heated is introduced, a second high temperature layer with high temperature side flow passages into which the heating medium is introduced. The target medium has a temperature lower than the freezing point of the heating medium. The first high temperature layer includes the high temperature side flow passages located adjacent each other via a metal material of the first high temperature layer. The high temperature side flow passages of the first high temperature layer and those of the second high temperature layer are adjacent each other via a metal material of the second high temperature layer. |
| US10746470B2 |
Method of operating a furnace
A method of operating a furnace having process tubes and multiple burners where it is desired to conform the temperatures of the process tubes to selected target temperature criterion. The present method provides a systematic and quantitative approach to determine how to adjust burner flow rates to result in desired tube wall temperatures, for example, using objective functions to decrease the probability that temperatures pertaining to the plurality of process tubes exceed their selected limit temperatures. An objective function can also be used to reduce the excess oxidant requirement for the furnace. |
| US10746461B2 |
Cryogenic air separation method for producing oxygen at high pressures
The present invention relates to a cryogenic air separation process that provides high pressure oxygen for an oxy-fired combustion of a fuel (e.g., a carbonaceous fuel). The air separation process can be directly integrated into a closed cycle power production process utilizing a working fluid, such as CO2. Beneficially, the air separation process can eliminate the need for inter-cooling between air compression stages and rather provide for recycling the adiabatic heat of compression into a process step in further methods wherein an additional heat supply is beneficial. |
| US10746457B2 |
Refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door
Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands. |
| US10746455B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a compressor that is configured to compress a refrigerant, a condenser that is configured to condense the refrigerant compressed in the compressor, an expander that is configured to depressurize the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, a first evaporator provided at one side of a refrigerator compartment, and that is configured to evaporate the refrigerant depressurized in the expander, a second evaporator provided at one side of a freezer compartment, and that is configured to evaporate the refrigerant depressurized in the expander, a valve unit provided at an outlet pipe of the condenser, and that is configured to introduce the refrigerant into at least one of the first or second evaporators, and a hot gas path that connects the valve unit to the second evaporator, and that is configured to guide flow of the refrigerant that has passed through the condenser. |
| US10746450B2 |
Electric motor and method of use
A motor control assembly for an electric motor. The motor control assembly is configured to be coupled to the electric motor, and includes a wireless communication module, an input power connector, and an inverter module. The wireless communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal from a system controller. The input power connector is configured to receive a DC voltage from an external power supply module. The inverter module is coupled to the wireless communication module and the input power connector. The inverter module is configured to convert the DC voltage to an AC voltage to operate the electric motor according to the wireless signal. |
| US10746445B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a compressor that is configured to compress refrigerant. The refrigerator further includes a condenser that is configured to condense compressed refrigerant. The refrigerator further includes a first expander that is configured to depressurize condensed refrigerant. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator that is configured to evaporate depressurized refrigerant. The refrigerator further includes a first valve unit that is located at an outlet side of the compressor and that is configured to guide compressed refrigerant from the compressor to the condenser. The refrigerator further includes a second valve unit that is located at an outlet side of the condenser and that is configured to guide condensed refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator. The refrigerator further includes a hot gas path that is connected to the first valve unit and that is configured to supply compressed refrigerant from the compressor to the evaporator. |
| US10746444B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant compressed in the compressor, an expander configured to depressurize the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, a plurality of evaporators configured to evaporate the refrigerant depressurized in the expander, a first valve configured to be operated to introduce the refrigerant into at least one of the plurality of evaporators, a hot gas valve device disposed at an inlet side of the first valve and configured to guide the refrigerant passed through the compressor or the condenser to the plurality of evaporators, and a hot gas path configured to extend from the hot gas valve device to the plurality of evaporators. |
| US10746437B2 |
Fluid fuel heater to heat air and a method for operating said heater
A movable fluid fuel heater to heat air and to introduce it into an environment to be heated. The heater includes a flow rate variator device for varying the flow rate of oxidizing air introduced in the combustion chamber by a forced ventilation device between a minimum flow rate value and a maximum flow rate value. The heater also includes a reference device comprising a plurality of reference values of a parameter representative of the pressure and a plurality of reference temperature values of the environmental air upstream of the combustion chamber. The reference device is configured to suggest an optimal setting value to set the flow rate variator device, at each pair of values formed by a value of the plurality of reference values of a parameter representative of the pressure and a value of the plurality of reference temperature values. |
| US10746425B1 |
Thermal modeling technology
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing thermal modeling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving monitoring data comprising temperature data measured inside a site, mode data, and state data, receiving weather data descriptive of weather at the site, and aligning the received temperature data, mode data, and state data with the received weather data. The method also includes determining an internal heat gain representing an amount of heat generated at the site irrespective of the heating or cooling system, determining at least one of a thermal product for the site or a thermal potential for the heating or cooling system, generating, based on the internal gain and the thermal product or the thermal potential, a thermal model for the site, and providing, as output, the generated thermal model. |
| US10746418B2 |
Outdoor unit and air-conditioning apparatus using the same
An outdoor unit including a compressor is configured to compress refrigerant, a heat source-side air sending device is configured to suck air, a heat source-side heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the air, and a controller is configured to control the compressor, the heat source-side air sending device, and the heat source-side heat exchanger, in which the heat source-side air sending device is provided in an upper part of the outdoor unit, the controller is provided in a lower part of the outdoor unit, the heat source-side heat exchanger is provided along outer peripheral side surfaces of the outdoor unit, and a part of the heat source-side heat exchanger is provided along a working plane used by an engineer for maintenance work and is provided above the controller. |
| US10746417B1 |
Packaged terminal air conditioner system and sleeve therefor
A packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) system includes a wall sleeve in which a chassis is mounted. The chassis includes the major electrical and mechanical components for the evaporator and condenser sections, and includes a pan that collects condensate from the evaporator section for use in cooling the condenser coil. The sleeve includes one or more guide openings in a sidewall, and correspondingly mounted guide structures inside the sleeve that are configured to guide treatment pellets into different portions of the PTAC system to suppress or inhibit microbial growth. This arrangement obviates the need to partially disassemble the PTAC unit to remove the chassis so that treatment pellets can be placed into the PTAC unit. |
| US10746416B2 |
Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan unit having an axial fan and a motor that drives the axial fan. The indoor unit also includes a pair of support arms on a back plate constituting a back surface of a casing. The fan unit is supported by the pair of support arms from the below. |
| US10746411B2 |
Cooking apparatus
Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus capable of accurately perceiving whether a door is closed. Disclosed herein is also a cooking apparatus capable of preventing a latch assembly of a main body from being pressurized by another object outside the cooking apparatus in a state in which a door is opened. The cooking apparatus includes a latch assembly disposed in a main body and configured to confine a key member of a door, wherein the latch assembly includes: a body including an interference hole therein; a first lever rotatably coupled to the body; a second lever configured to be rotatable in a first direction due to pressurization of the key member; a stopper connected to the second lever and configured to restrict rotation of the first lever as the stopper is inserted into the interference hole; and a sensor configured to be selectively pressurized by the first lever and sense whether the door is opened and closed to prevent malfunction of the cooking apparatus. |
| US10746409B2 |
Knob assembly for cook top
A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft. |
| US10746405B2 |
Apparatus and method for using model training and adaptation to detect furnace flooding or other conditions
A method includes obtaining data associated with operation of equipment in an industrial process and identifying training data and evaluation data in the obtained data. The method also includes, during each of multiple training periods, identifying one or more models and one or more first statistical values using at least some of the training data and determining a threshold value using the one or more first statistical values. The one or more models represent the operation of the equipment. The method further includes, during each of multiple evaluation periods, determining one or more second statistical values using at least some of the evaluation data and the one or more models, comparing the one or more second statistical values to the threshold value determined in a preceding one of the training periods, and determining whether the equipment is suffering from at least one specified condition based on the comparison. In addition, the method includes, in response to determining that the equipment is suffering from the at least one specified condition, generating an alert identifying the at least one specified condition. |
| US10746402B2 |
Method and device for heating a furnace
A method is provided for heating a furnace arranged with a heating zone heated with a burner providing a flame extending in a longitudinal direction and fed with a fuel and a primary oxidant, the burner is operated with a mass relationship between the fed fuel and primary oxidant permitting less than 50% of the fed fuel to be combusted using the primary oxidant, and a respective pair of secondary oxidant lances are provided one either side of the furnace pointing into the heating zone, lancing a secondary oxidant into the heating zone downstream of the burner substantially parallel with a cross plane, such that a temperature is measured downstream of the lances and that each of the lance pairs includes an upstream, low-speed first and a downstream, high-speed second lance, wherein the amount of secondary oxidant supplied via the first lance is regulated to achieve a homogenous lateral temperature profile. A related furnace is also provided. |
| US10746400B2 |
Integrated flare combustion control
A system for flare combustion control includes a sound speed measurement device for measuring sound speed in a flare vent gas, and a flare combustion controller including a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the measured sound speed and determine, based on the measured sound speed, a molecular weight of the flare vent gas. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined molecular weight, a net heating value of the flare vent gas, and adjust the net heating value of the flare vent gas by regulating an amount of a supplemental fuel gas in the flare vent gas. |
| US10746398B2 |
Gas fueled water heater appliance having a flame arrestor
A gas fueled water heater appliance having a flame arrestor is provided herein. The gas fueled water heater appliance may include a tank for storage of water for heater, a chamber wall, a gas burner, and the flame arrestor. The gas burner may be positioned adjacent to the tank and within a combustion chamber. The flame arrestor may be positioned beneath the gas burner. The flame arrestor may include a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate may define a non-permeable region and a perforated region. The perforated region may include a plurality of apertures extending through the top plate. The top plate may be positioned above the bottom plate and may define a non-permeable region and a perforated region. The perforated region may include a plurality of apertures extending through the top plate. |
| US10746395B2 |
Angled main burner
A gasification burner for a multiple-burner arrangement in an entrained-flow gasifier, in which the gasification burner extends along a main axis and in which the media for the gasification reaction in the gasification burner are guided in separate media channels and exit at the burner mouth in a direction having an angle to the main axis that is not zero. A vertical installation with an optimally adaptable flame shape is provided. Depending on the orientation of the burners, the flame shape is adaptable, whether it be a minimized total flame diameter for an initial slag formation of the cooling screen or an increase in the total twist of the total flame for an increased particle deposition on the reactor wall. The gasification burner with angled burner tips can be used as part of a retrofit. |
| US10746385B2 |
Lighting device with wireless control element
The invention provides a lighting device, comprising a light exit chamber (14), delimited by a light exit body (16), a plurality of light sources (20), positioned within the light exit chamber (14), and arranged to emit light in the direction of the light exit body (16), an optical processing element, adapted to process the light emitted from the plurality of light sources (20), and a transparent antenna element (22), extending into the light exit chamber (14) and positioned relative to the plurality of light sources (20) such that each light source is arranged to transmit light toward the antenna element, wherein said transparent antenna element (22) is separate from the optical processing elements, wherein the transparent antenna element (22) being transparent for the light emitted by the plurality of light sources (20), and the antenna element (22) comprises: a transparent conductive material that is self-supporting. |
| US10746379B2 |
Luminaire having pliable container with restricting light exit structure and manufacturing method therof
Disclosed is a luminaire (10) comprising a luminaire housing delimited by a light exit structure (20) engaging with an edge of a pliable container (30), wherein the container is structurally reinforced, i.e. rendered less pliable, by its engagement with the light exit structure; and at least one light engine (40) disposed within the luminaire housing. A method of manufacturing such a luminaire is also disclosed. |
| US10746367B2 |
Vehicle light comprising a portion of light emission with opalescent effect
Vehicle light comprising a container body, a lenticular body, a light guide, including a body having a prevailing longitudinal extension (L) that defines the propagation direction of the light beam inside the body by total internal reflection. The body has a first breakline that extends from the first to the second side wall. The first breakline includes a plurality of first holes that produce, through successive refractions, a scattering the light rays (Ri) towards the light outlet wall so as to emit a light beam with opalescent effect. The first holes are adjacent to each other without interruption, and the first holes of the first breakline are pass-through with respect to a thickness of the body of the light guide, penetrating from a first face to a second face of the body for a depth equal to the thickness. |
| US10746366B2 |
Light emitting device, optical module comprising same device, and vehicle comprising same module
A light emitting device of an embodiment includes at least one light source; a wavelength conversion unit for converting the wavelength of excitation light so as to emit the excitation light having the converted wavelength as conversion light; a light transfer unit disposed on a light path between the at least one light source and the wavelength conversion unit for transferring the excitation light to the wavelength conversion unit; and a light-path controller moving at least a part of the light transfer unit so as to adjust at least one from among the direction and intensity of excitation light which enters the wavelength conversion unit. |
| US10746360B2 |
Lighting systems for use in residential garages and other locations
Lighting units for use with garage door openers and associated door tracks in residential garages and other similar settings are described herein. In some embodiments, the lighting units can be easily attached to a door track by means of one or more magnets. In other embodiments, the lighting units can be easily daisy-chained together to provide increased lighting. Additionally, in further embodiments, lighting units described herein can be operably connected to a garage door opening system so that they operate in conjunction with the door opening system. |
| US10746351B1 |
Strap assembly, system, and method for head-mounted displays
A head-mounted-display strap assembly may include a flexible lining member having (1) a head-contact layer positioned to abut a head portion of a user, (2) a mounting layer overlapping the head-contact layer, the mounting layer defining a wiring channel, and (3) a mesh layer disposed between the head-contact layer and the mounting layer such that a portion of the mesh layer overlaps the wiring channel. A method may include (1) attaching a head-contact layer for a head-mounted-display strap assembly to a mesh layer and (2) attaching a mounting layer to the mesh layer such that the mesh layer is disposed between the head-contact layer and the mounting layer the mounting layer defining a wiring channel, and a portion of the mesh layer overlapping the wiring channel. Various other head-mounted-display strap assemblies, head-mounted-display systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10746346B1 |
Quick release universal mount
Furniture and other items are temporarily, but securely, fixed to any of a variety of surfaces using a quick release universal mount. The quick release mount includes a top plate, at least two rotatable latch carrying axles, latches carried by each of said axles extending through openings in the top plate, and means for biasing or holding the latches carried by said axles in a latched condition. The quick release mount is coupled to a surface and the latches engage the item to be fixed to the surface. The quick release application has broad application, but is particularly useful for mounting items to docks, piers and boats. |
| US10746342B2 |
Closure patch
A heat-shrink sleeve is provided for covering a pipe joint formed between two pipes that are coupled to one another to form a tube. The heat-shrink sleeve includes a heat-shrinkable material that is configured to conform to the first and second pipes when heated to cover the pipe joint. |
| US10746332B1 |
Adjustable pipe coupling
A ball and socket coupling that avoids threaded tightening-components instead has telescoped components that are bonded together. Such a coupling has a hollow seat-formed link, a counterpart hollow ball-formed link, and a socket-forming collar. Both the links have fitting extensions. The ball-formed link has a spherical bulb at one end as the seat-formed link has a conforming, spherically-widening seat surface at one end. The socket-forming collar has a centrally apertured web with a conforming spherically-narrowing socket surface at one end of an axially elongated sleeve. The coupling is adapted to be assembled and bonded into solid rigidity by workers in the field with the spherical bulb bonded to and clamped between the seat-formed link's spherically-widening seat surface and the collar's spherically-narrowing socket surface. In addition, the collar's elongated sleeve is bonded internally to the seat-an outer sidewall of the seat-formed link's seat-formed end. |
| US10746331B2 |
Method and a device for sealing between attachable pair of pipe flanges
Method and assembly of a pair of pipe flanges, a sealing ring and tensioners for sealing between the pair of flanges. At least one flange face has a circular groove to at least partly receive a sealing ring which has its ring wall rectilinear as seen in a cross-section when front faces of the pipe flanges are spaced apart. The ring fits at least partly into the flange groove. The ring in side view exhibits a truncated cone shape. The pipe flanges are attached to each other such that the flanges in operative state are forcibly held in abutting and facial engagement, and that upon tensioning of the tensionersto create said operative state, compressive forces act onto the sealing ring to yield that its wall, viewed in cross-section, is bent radially to exhibit a curved configuration. The groove may in an embodiment exhibit an isosceles trapezoid cross-section. |
| US10746325B2 |
Insert half, and insert block comprising two of said insert halves
Insert half for sealing around a cable, pipe or wire. The insert half includes a body with a first and a second end, a first side intended to be arranged towards a corresponding first side of a substantially identical insert half, and a groove arranged in the first side and extending between the first and second end along an axis A. A number of recesses extending transverse to axis A are formed in the groove along axis A. At least one insert is removably arranged within the groove. The insert is formed by at least two elements bonded to each other and arranged side by side along axis A. The insert has an outside shape corresponding to the shape of the groove and the recesses such that the insert could be arranged anywhere along the groove. Each element includes a semi-circular passage with different radius co-axial to axis A. |
| US10746324B1 |
Cable brace bracket, system, and method of cable bracing
Cable brace brackets and a system for bracing are provided. The cable brace bracket includes two hooks of different sizes and having a bracket angle between them that is less than 90°. The system using to cable brace brackets connected with a cable. One hook of each bracket is held against a surface using a threaded rod through the surface, and the other hook is interlocked with loops at the end of the cable. |
| US10746317B2 |
Valve
The invention relates to a valve (10, 50, 52) for operating a pressurizing medium driven actuator of a process control valve for technical process equipment, comprising a valve seat (14) in a basic valve body (48), a closing body (12) and an electromagnetic drive (18, 30), which closing body (12) is ball -shaped and cooperates with a valve seat (14) so as to block the flow from an inlet side to an outlet side, said closing body (12) cooperating with a piston surface (20) which can be moved within a piston chamber (25) connected to the inlet side, characterized in that a connecting element (17) is provided between the closing body (12) and the piston surface (20) which is actively connected to an armature (18) of an electromagnetic linear direct drive, with a coil assembly (30) being embedded in the basic valve body (28) and a magnetic field with alternating polarity in the axial direction being present at the armature (18). |
| US10746310B2 |
Changeover valve
A changeover valve includes a wall connection housing with at least one inlet channel and at least three outlet channels opening into a valve seat for receiving a valve upper part. The valve upper part has a base piece with at least three outlet openings connectable to a respective outlet channel via the valve seat. The valve upper part has at least one feed connected to the at least one inlet channel and connectable to at least one outlet opening via a control disc rotatable relative to a stationary inlet disc. The control disc engages with a spindle for rotating the control disc. The base piece has at least one positioning pin engaging into a positioning bore arranged in the valve seat. The valve seat has at least two positioning bores for engaging with the at least one positioning pin in different assembly positions of the valve upper part. |
| US10746302B2 |
Seal and corresponding manufacturing method
A seal comprises an annular portion having a static seal surface in contact with a first element and made of an elastomeric material. An annular lip exerts a dynamic seal in relation to a second element. A garter spring and a leaf spring cooperate to maintain the annular lip in an operating configuration abutting on a sliding surface of the second element, whilst an annular locking element holds in position the leaf spring. |
| US10746297B2 |
Electronic parking lock actuator for automatic transmission of vehicle
An electronic parking lock actuator includes a driving motor configured to generate a driving force, an output mechanism including an emergency unlocking feature, a reduction transmission mechanism connected between the driving motor and the output mechanism to transfer a driving force generated by the driving motor to output mechanism, a control device electrically connected to the power mechanism for controlling the power mechanism, and a casing receiving all of the driving motor, the output mechanism, the reduction transmission, the controller therein. The casing defines an opening configured to expose the emergency unlocking feature. |
| US10746296B2 |
Shift device of transmission
A shift device of a transmission includes: a cylindrical or columnar shift cam that is formed, at an outer circumferential surface of the shift cam, with a cam groove for operating a shift fork; a drive plate that oscillates by rotation of a shift pedal shaft; a shift cam plate that is fixed to one end portion of the shift cam and rotates the shift cam according to the oscillation of the drive plate; a shift cam sensor that detects a rotation angle of the shift cam; and a transmission shaft that transmits the rotation of the shift cam to the shift cam sensor, as defined herein. |
| US10746294B2 |
Control device for continuously variable transmission
A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes a belt type continuously variable transmission and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate an actual gear shift ratio based on rotation speed sensor values from a primary rotation speed sensor and a secondary rotation speed sensor, and to perform gear shift ratio control using feedback control to converge the actual gear shift ratio to a target gear shift ratio. The controller is further configured to stop calculation of the actual gear shift ratio when one of the rotation speed sensor values is less than a first threshold value determined based on a lower limit value of sensor detection accuracy, and stop calculation of the actual gear shift ratio even when one of the rotation speed sensor values is the first threshold value or greater, when a deceleration level of the drive wheel is a prescribed deceleration level or greater. |
| US10746283B2 |
Damped fluid transfer tube for a gas turbine engine
An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This assemble includes a stationary structure configured with a first side, a second side and a bore that extends through the stationary structure between the first side and the second side. The assembly also includes a fluid transfer tube extending within the bore and forming a plenum between a sidewall of the fluid transfer tube and the stationary structure. The fluid transfer tube is configured with a first end at the first side, a second end at the second side, a flowpath and an aperture. The flowpath is at least partially formed by the sidewall and extends through the fluid transfer tube between the first end and the second end. The aperture fluidly couples the flowpath with the plenum. |
| US10746272B2 |
Power transmitting device, motion assistance apparatus, and method of controlling the motion assistance apparatus
Provided is a power transmitting device including an input side gear assembly that includes a single power input terminal and two power output terminals, an output side gear assembly that includes two power input terminals and a single power output terminal, the two power input terminals configured to operate using power received from the two power output terminals of the input side gear assembly, respectively, and a stopper module configured to block power to be transmitted through one of two power transmitting paths connecting the two power output terminals of the input side gear assembly and the two power input terminals of the output side gear assembly. |
| US10746270B2 |
Continuously variable transmission
Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In one embodiment, a control system is adapted to facilitate a change in the ratio of a CVT. In another embodiment, a control system includes a stator plate configured to have a plurality of radially offset slots. Various inventive traction planet assemblies and stator plates can be used to facilitate shifting the ratio of a CVT. In some embodiments, the traction planet assemblies include planet axles configured to cooperate with the stator plate. In one embodiment, the stator plate is configured to rotate and apply a skew condition to each of the planet axles. In some embodiments, a stator driver is operably coupled to the stator plate. Embodiments of a traction sun are adapted to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Among other things, shift control interfaces for a CVT are disclosed. |
| US10746268B2 |
Gear nut adjustment assembly
A gear nut adjustment assembly is provided that receives and powers an adjustable jaw assembly for purposes of making or breaking a tubular connection. The adjustable jaw assembly is capable of receiving pipes of various diameters through an automated means. In one example of an implementation of the invention, the gear nut adjustment assembly of the present invention includes a housing for mounting a nut assembly at one end and a motor at the other end. The housing includes a front and rear housing where the front housing has a mounting assembly for mounting a nut assembly. The nut assembly includes at its rear end a ring gear. The rear housing further includes a drive gear positioned in between the front and rear housing in engagement with the ring gear of the nut assembly. The drive gear is driven by the motor attached to the back of the rear housing and, through engagement with the ring gear on the nut assembly, rotates the nut assembly to adjust the jaws of the adjustable jaw assembly. |
| US10746264B2 |
Rotary tensioner
A tensioner comprising a base having a base aperture, the base aperture having an axis A-A and capable of receiving a driven component, a rotary arm rotatably engaged with the base and encircling the base aperture, a swing arm pivotally engaged with the rotary arm, a first torsion spring biasing the swing arm, a first pulley journalled to the swing arm, a rotary ring rotatably encircling the base aperture and disposed between the rotary arm and the base, a second pulley journalled to the rotary ring, a second torsion spring engaged between the rotary ring and the rotary arm for biasing the rotary ring, and a wave spring in pressing engagement between the base and the rotary ring. |
| US10746263B2 |
Automatic transmission with electric synchronization
An automatic transmission and a method of synchronization are described. The automatic transmission includes a plurality of planetary gear sets, a plurality of dog clutches and a plurality of brakes coupled to the plurality of planetary gear sets, and an electric machine coupled to the plurality of dog clutches and a plurality of brakes via the planetary gear sets. Further, the automatic transmission includes a first speed sensor measuring a first speed of the electric machine and a second speed sensor measuring a second speed of an output shaft, and a synchronization controller configured to receive the first speed sensor data and the second speed sensor data, determine a synchronization speed, and adjust the first speed of the electric machine to the synchronization speed. |
| US10746260B2 |
Dual clutch transmission
A dual clutch transmission may include a first input shaft having a plurality of odd stage driving gears; a second input shaft disposed to have a concentric shaft with the first input shaft and including a plurality of even stage driving gears; an output shaft; a counter shaft disposed parallel to the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the output shaft to continuously transfer power to the output shaft and including odd stage driven gears engaged with the odd stage driving gears and even stage driven gears engaged with the even stage driving gears; a plurality of synchronous devices; a plurality of shift forks coupled to the plurality of synchronous devices; and one shift rail provided to commonly guide a linear sliding of the plurality of shift forks. |
| US10746259B2 |
Dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle
A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle provided with gearwheels sets that are shiftable via switching elements, which form in particular exactly eight wheel planes, which are respectively assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission, among which each sub-transmission is provided with an input shaft and both sub-transmissions are provided with a common output shaft. The input shafts, which are coaxial to each other, can be alternately activated via a load-shiftable clutch, and the odd forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission and the even forward gears are assigned to the second sub-transmission, which can be shifted during a gear shift by means of the switching elements. |
| US10746250B2 |
Method and apparatus for an adjustable damper
An air bleed system for a suspension fork or shock absorber includes: a fluid passage between an interior of the suspension and an exterior of the suspension; and a manually operable valve having a first position substantially closing the fluid passage and a second position allowing fluid flow between the interior and the exterior. |
| US10746248B2 |
Valve assembly
A valve assembly includes a first valve plate defining at least one first opening and at least one second opening. A valve element located above the first valve plate has a central portion, and at least one tab extending outwards from the central portion. The at least one tab includes a narrow portion axially aligned with the at least one first opening such that the narrow portion at least partially covers the at least one first opening. The at least one tab is selectively provided with electrical energy to melt the narrow portion to form an orifice. The orifice is fluidly coupled with the at least one first opening. |
| US10746238B2 |
Centrifugal positive blocking brake for shutter drives and shutter drives using the same
The invention concerns a centrifugal positive blocking brake for shutter drives. The brake includes centrifugal blocks, central spring element, and a drive motor comprising a drive shaft. A turntable is coupled with the drive shaft. The central spring element having a preloaded spring is centrifugally guided in a recess of the turntable. Either side of the spring is connected with a radially movable engaging tab element. Two different radially acting abutments are disposed on the central spring element and are movable towards recess. The engaging tab element has at least one engaging tab pointing radially inwards. The centrifugal block is attached to the engaging tab element. In the de-energized state of the drive motor, the engaging tab elements together with the centrifugal blocks disposed on them engage into detents of a frame-fixed detent disc with at least one engaging tab in a frictionally and positively locking manner. When voltage is applied and the drive motor starts, the engaging tabs disengage, the individual centres of mass of the central spring element, preloaded spring, the engaging tab element, the engaging tab, and two centrifugal block parts are on one symmetry axis. This invention creates a centrifugal positive blocking brake which is small in size and constructively simple and causes locking of the shutter when de-energized. |
| US10746237B2 |
Disc brake
A disc brake, in which a force-redirecting device is arranged between an actuator and the brake caliper for transmitting an input force from the actuator to a brake caliper of the brake actuation mechanism. |
| US10746222B2 |
System and method for a variable squeeze film damper
A damper assembly includes a bearing assembly including a radially outer surface. A housing surrounds the bearing assembly and includes a radially inner surface facing the radially outer surface. The radially outer and inner surfaces define a plurality of annuli therebetween. The damper assembly further includes a plurality of fluid supplies coupled in flow communication with the plurality of annuli and configured to deliver a fluid to each annulus of the plurality of annuli. Each fluid supply of the plurality of fluid supplies independently controls the fluid within the respective annulus. |
| US10746219B2 |
Screw, method of manufacturing the same and related storage devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a screw, a manufacturing method thereof and an associated storage device. The screw includes a screw stem at least partly provided with threads; and a head comprising a rolling element, the rolling element protruding out of a surface of the head and adapted to form rolling contact with an object abutting against the head. By the screw according to embodiments of the present disclosure, an effective support can be provided to the storage device, without interfering with the plug operation of the storage device. |
| US10746215B2 |
Blade-and-slot joints that unite composite panels via internal blades
Systems and methods are provided for blade-and-slot panel affixation. One embodiment is a method. The method includes cutting a first slot into a first composite panel that includes a core between two facesheets. The first slot penetrates through the core of the first composite panel. The method also includes cutting a second slot into a second composite panel that includes a core between two facesheets. The second slot penetrates through a facesheet of the second composite panel as well as the core of the second composite panel. The method further includes inserting a blade into the first slot, and inserting the blade into the second slot. |
| US10746204B2 |
Rotary drive having a position detection device and calibration method
A rotary drive for actuating a valve element of a valve fitting, having a housing, which has a drive device and a pivot-mounted driven shaft which can be driven by the drive device and which can be coupled to the valve element, and a position detection device for detecting a position of the driven shaft, wherein the position detection device has a magnet module attached to the driven shaft in a torque-proof manner and a sensor module which is fitted onto or into the housing and is designed to detect a magnetic field measurement value according to the magnetic field generated by the magnet module. The the magnet module and/or the sensor module is attached such that it can be removed from the rotary drive, and the rotary drive includes a control device, which is adapted to determine if the magnet module or the sensor module is removed from the rotary drive. |
| US10746203B1 |
Side inflow and side outflow hydraulic pump
An integrated housing containing a drive motor which is coupled to a pair of gears which are housed within a pump housing. There are a plurality of inflow-outflow openings which are located on opposite sides of the pump, outside of the centroid of the pump housing. A pump housing is continuous with a hydraulic cylinder. Fluid passage ways run through the integrated housing to control the integrated hydraulic cylinder. Valves within the integrated housing regulate fluid flow. |
| US10746198B2 |
Jet pump data tool method
A jet pump, a jet pump data tool system, and method of use thereof. The jet pump includes a body having an intake, a first aperture, and a second aperture between the first aperture and the intake. A carrier is seated in the body and receivable in the first aperture. The carrier includes a venturi for drawing wellbore fluid from the intake into the venturi. A housing for a data tool extends from the carrier. The housing is in fluid communication with the intake for allowing wellbore fluid to be exposed to the data tool. The carrier is seatable in the body by flowing power fluid and the carrier into the first aperture. The carrier is retrievable from the body by flowing power fluid into the second aperture. |
| US10746181B2 |
Variable speed boost compressor for gas turbine engine cooling air supply
A gas turbine engine has a compressor section with a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor having a downstream end. A cooling air system includes a tap from a location upstream of the downstream most location. The tap passes air to a boost compressor, and the boost compressor passes the air back to a location to be cooled. The boost compressor is driven by a shaft in the engine through an epicyclic gear system. A speed control changes the relative speed between an input and an output to the epicyclic gear system. |
| US10746163B2 |
Variable capacity compressor
A variable capacity compressor includes a compression chamber that compresses a working fluid, an inlet chamber to house the working fluid to be compressed, a discharge chamber to house the working fluid compressed in the compression chamber and discharged therefrom, a control pressure chamber to house a swash plate rotating in accordance with a rotation of the drive shaft, a supply passage to facilitate communication between the discharge chamber and the control pressure chamber, a bleed passage to facilitate communication between the control pressure chamber and the inlet chamber, a first control valve including a first valve portion to adjust an opening degree of the supply passage, a second control valve provided on the bleed passage and including a spool housing recess formed on the bleed passage, and a back pressure chamber between the spool and a bottom of the spool housing recess. |
| US10746157B2 |
Noise reducer for a wind turbine rotor blade having a cambered serration
A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a blade tip and a blade root. The rotor blade assembly also includes at least one noise reducer adjacent to the trailing edge. The noise reducer(s) includes at least one serration extending beyond the trailing edge in a chord-wise direction of the rotor blade. The serration(s) also includes a suction side surface and a pressure side surface. The suction side surface defines a first radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction and the pressure side surface defines a second radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction. Further, the first radius of curvature may be larger than the second radius of curvature such that the suction side surface is flatter than the pressure side surface or vice versa. |
| US10746145B1 |
Isolator for fuel injector
A fuel injector isolator includes a support member which is rigid and which is annular in shape being centered about an axis such that the support member has a support member inner periphery which circumferentially surrounds the axis and includes a concave region. The fuel injector isolator also includes an isolation member which is resilient and compliant and which is annular in shape being centered about the axis such that the support member has an isolation member outer periphery and an isolation member inner periphery which accommodates the fuel injector therein. The isolation member is located within the support member inner periphery and includes 1) an isolation member outer periphery upper retention surface which engages the support member first end surface and 2) an isolation member outer periphery lower retention surface which extends into the concave region and engages the concave region of the support member. |
| US10746144B2 |
Fuel injector
The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting two liquid and/or gaseous fuels with an injector housing (1), comprising a nozzle body (2) and a valve body (3). A first nozzle needle (7), arranged such that it can move in a stroke-like manner, is arranged in said injector housing (1) for opening and closing an injection cross-section (27). The first nozzle needle (7) is thereby designed as a hollow needle in which a second nozzle needle (8), arranged such that it can move in a stroke-like manner, is arranged. Same cooperates with an inner nozzle seat (25) formed in the first nozzle needle (7) to open and close at least one injection opening (35). The first nozzle needle (7) and the second nozzle needle (8) border an injection chamber (20) that can be filled with fuel via a supply throttle (36). In addition, in an upper switch position, the second nozzle needle (8) is in contact with a seal seat (38) and thereby separates a connection between the injection chamber (20) and the supply throttle (36). |
| US10746134B2 |
Water injection system and method for controlling the same
A water injection system for spraying water toward an intake system of an engine is disclosed. The water injection system includes a water collection circuit that has a water collection pipe for collecting water from the intake system and a drain valve installed on the water collection pipe. The water collection circuit collects water from the intake system of the engine by opening the drain valve when amount of stagnant water in the intake system reaches a predetermined threshold. |
| US10746123B2 |
Deep reinforcement learning for air handling and fuel system referencing
An engine system includes an air handling and fuel system whose states are managed by a reference managing unit. The engine system has a plurality of sensors whose sensor signals at least partially define a current state of the engine system. The reference managing unit includes a controller which controls the air handling and fuel system of the engine system as well as a processing unit coupled to the sensors and the controller. The processing unit includes an agent which learns a policy function that is trained to process the current state, determines air handling references and fuel system references by using the policy function after receiving the current state as an input, and outputs the air handling references and fuel system references to the controller. Then, the agent receives a next state and a reward value from the processing unit and updates the policy function using a policy evaluation algorithm and a policy improvement algorithm based on the received reward value. Subsequently, the controller controls the air handling and fuel system of the engine in response to receiving the air handling references and the fuel system references. |
| US10746122B2 |
Operation of an internal combustion engine having a wastegate turbocharger
Various embodiments may include a method for operating an internal combustion engine having a wastegate turbocharger comprising: measuring an intake pipe pressure; determining a cylinder air mass from the pressure; injecting an amount of fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine based on the air mass; determining and a plausible intake pipe pressure gradient for a current engine operating point; calculating a gradient of the measured intake pipe pressure during a full-load acceleration; comparing the stored plausible intake pipe pressure gradient to the calculated gradient; identifying manipulation of the intake pipe pressure sensor if the difference between the stored plausible intake pipe pressure gradient and the calculated gradient exceeds a selected threshold value; and limiting a power output of the engine if manipulation is identified. |
| US10746116B2 |
Starting assistance method and device for an internal combustion engine
A starting assistance method and device for an internal combustion engine supplied with a fuel that may contain ethanol, and including a fluid connection pipe between an intake manifold and a braking assistance device. The method including determining the engine temperature, determining the outdoor air temperature, blocking the pipe between the intake manifold and the braking assistance device for a given duration during a phase of starting the engine when the temperature of the engine is lower than a first threshold value and the outdoor air temperature is lower than a second threshold value, and freeing the pipe between the intake manifold and the braking assistance device when the engine is rotating autonomously. |
| US10746102B2 |
Gas turbine engine and core casing arrangement
A gas turbine engine (10) includes: a compressor system comprising a low pressure compressor (15) and a high pressure compressor (16) coupled to low pressure and high pressure shafts, respectively (23, 24); an inner core casing (34) provided radially inwardly of compressor blades (42), and an outer core casing provided outwardly of compressor blades, the inner core casing and outer core casing defining a core working gas flow path (B) therebetween; a fan (13) coupled to the low pressure shaft via a gearbox (14); wherein the outer core casing comprises a first outer core casing (48) and a second outer core casing (50) spaced radially outwardly from the first outer core casing, and wherein at an axial plane (E) of an inlet to the high pressure compressor, the second outer core casing has an inner radius at least 1.4 times the inner radius of the first outer core casing. |
| US10746100B2 |
Compact heat exchange device incorporated into an aircraft pylon
A heat exchange device to be positioned in an aircraft pylon and including a heat exchanger and an obturator to adopt a closed state where it prevents flow of air from flowing through the heat exchanger, and more- or less-permissive states where it allows flow of air to flow with a higher or lower flow rate. The obturator includes slats each including a pivot axis, the pivot axes of the various slats being mutually parallel and intersecting the direction of the flow of air, the slats being simultaneously mobile in rotation about their pivot axis between a closed position in which the slats are contiguous, which corresponds to the closed state of the obturator, and an open position in which the slats are spread apart, which corresponds to the permissive state of the obturator. |
| US10746097B2 |
Compressed air energy storage power generation device and compressed air energy storage power generation method
A compressed air energy storage power generation device includes a first heat exchanger, a heat storage tank, a second heat exchanger, a heating unit, a first power distributor, and a controller. The first heat exchanger performs heat exchange between the compressed air from a compressor and the heating medium. The heat storage tank stores the heating medium heatexchanged by the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger performs heat exchange between the compressed air from an accumulator tank and the heating medium from the heat storage tank. The first power distributor distributes the generated power of the power generator to a power system and the heating unit. When the internal pressure of the accumulator tank reaches a predetermined pressure and the generated power is larger than the power demand, the controller supplies a part or all of the generated power to the heating unit by the first power distributor. |
| US10746082B2 |
Exhaust layout for off road vehicle
An exhaust system for an off road vehicle includes a main intake pipe running in a generally longitudinal direction on the vehicle, receiving gasses from a first intake pipe for a forward cylinder and from a second intake pipe for a rearward cylinder of an mid-mounted internal combustion engine. A catalytic converter receives gasses from the main intake pipe. Instead of being mounted longitudinally, the catalytic converter extends in a transverse direction, at the rearward end of the exhaust system, behind the axis of the rear wheels. A muffler, located over the axis of the rear wheels, also extends in a transverse direction and receives gasses from the catalytic converter. The muffler outputs the gasses through a tailpipe, which is preferably above and extends wider than the main intake pipe. |
| US10746079B2 |
Exhaust gas sensor arrangement structure and exhaust control system
The present invention relates to an exhaust gas sensor arrangement structure comprising: an exhaust pipe 6 extending from an engine 3 to form a part of an exhaust flow path; an exhaust valve 7 that adjusts an aperture of the exhaust flow path; and a first exhaust gas sensor 8a that detects a predetermined component in an exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust flow path. The first exhaust gas sensor has a detector 80 arranged to protrude into the exhaust flow path. The exhaust valve includes a plate-like valve body 70 that expands and reduces a flow path cross section of the exhaust flow path, and a rotating shaft 71 extending in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the exhaust flow path and serving as a rotation center of the valve body. A downstream end of the valve body approaches the detector as the valve body is rotated in a direction of reducing the flow path cross section. |
| US10746076B2 |
Particulate matter detection circuit and filter processing device
A particulate matter detection circuit includes, a negative resistance circuit that couples to a first antenna inserted in a housing accommodating a first filter that filters an exhaust gas, couples to a second antenna inserted in the housing via a matching circuit that performs an impedance matching and a second filter that narrows the frequency band of a passing signal, and oscillates at a resonance frequency of the housing, and a detection circuit that outputs a voltage value corresponding to a signal strength of a radio wave received by a third antenna or the second antenna inserted in the housing. The resonance frequency of the housing varies depending on an amount of matter adhered to the first filter. |
| US10746068B2 |
Exhaust energy reutilization device
A system for reutilizing exhaust energy including a decomposition reactor, a turbine including a magnet, the turbine in fluid communication with the decomposition reactor, a coil disposed proximate to the decomposition reactor, the coil electrically coupled to the magnet, and a controller communicatively coupled to the turbine, the controller structured to determine exhaust energy output of a turbine associated with an exhaust system, and cause generation of a magnetic field based on the exhaust energy output, wherein the magnetic field causes a portion of the decomposition reactor to heat. |
| US10746064B2 |
Multi-way valve as well as actuator comprising such a multi-way valve
A multi-way valve includes a control pressure channel, first and second control fluid channels, a valve body in the first and second control fluid channels, and an electrically controlled device having a drive member and an armature. The armature moves back and forth by the drive member between inactive and active positions. Movement of the armature from the inactive to the active position displaces the valve body arrangement to an active position, closing the first and opening the second control fluid channel is open. The electrically controlled device includes a drive body connected to the armature and a first spring member between the armature and the drive body. The valve body arrangement is biased towards the inactive position by a second spring member. The armature in the inactive position is biased towards the active position by a third spring member. Also disclosed is an actuator including the valve. |
| US10746063B2 |
System and method for actuating an engine valve of an internal combustion engine
An actuating system of an engine valve comprises a movable member, for example, in the form of a master piston controlled by a cam of a camshaft. A slave piston is hydraulically controlled by the master piston by means of a volume of pressurized fluid, to open said engine valve against the action of a return spring. The system also comprises an auxiliary device for applying an additional force to the engine valve to keep the engine valve in a closed position. The auxiliary device is configured or controlled in such a way that the total force tending to keep the engine valve in its closed position varies during each rotation cycle of the cam. The total force is higher at least in one part of the rotation cycle of the cam wherein the engine valve must remain in its closed position, and is, instead, reduced at least in one part of the rotation cycle of the cam wherein the engine valve is not in its closed position. |
| US10746051B2 |
Hybrid wet-dry face seal seat
A wet-dry face seal seat includes a main body having a mating face configured to mate with a sealing member and an outer diameter surface, and defining a pool feed passage that extends to the mating face and a cooling hole that extends to the outer diameter surface. The wet-dry face seal seat further includes an oil capture scoop extending from the main body and defining an oil volume radially inward from the oil capture scoop and in fluid communication with the pool feed passage and the cooling hole, the oil capture scoop having a radial distance that allows oil to flow through the cooling hole in response to oil flow from an oil jet being below a threshold value and through the pool feed passage in response to the oil flow from the oil jet reaching or exceeding the threshold value. |
| US10746044B2 |
Aircraft comprising a turbojet engine integrated into the rear fuselage comprising a fairing allowing the ejection of blades
The invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage, flight control surfaces and a turbojet engine (20) integrated into the rear of said fuselage in the extension thereof, the turbojet engine (12) comprising two gas generators (22) that supply, via a common central duct (30), a power turbine (32) comprising two counter-rotating rotors (34, 36) respectively driving two upstream (38) and downstream (40) coaxial and counter-rotating fans each comprising a ring of vanes (42, 44), the set of fans (38, 40) being integrated into a fairing (46) of the turbojet engine (20) formed at the rear of the fuselage (12), characterised in that at least said fairing (46) is axially arranged behind the flight control surfaces and comprises an upstream section (50), surrounding the upstream fan (38), configured to be radially traversed by at least one fragment (43) of a vane (42) of the upstream fan (38) in the event of the breakage of a vane (42) of said upstream fan (38) and the ejection of said at least one fragment (43). |
| US10746043B2 |
Power source, adjusting power instructing apparatus, method, and recording medium for changing adjusting power
A power source includes: a generator; a turbine device that drives and rotates the generator; and a control device that: monitors a rotation speed of the generator; calculates a first adjusting power instruction value corresponding to a deviation between a reference value and an observed value of the rotation speed of the generator; acquires an adjusting power amplification coefficient from an external device; calculates a second adjusting power instruction value indicating a degree of increase of the adjusting power, based on the first adjusting power instruction value and the adjusting power amplification coefficient; amplifies the adjusting power based on the second adjusting power instruction value; and outputs the amplified adjusting power to the turbine device to adjust power supply from the generator and reduces fluctuation of frequency in a power transmission and distribution system. |
| US10746042B2 |
Systems and methods for active clearance control based on selected operating mode
An objective-driven system for blade tip clearance control may comprise a BOAS and a controller in operable communication with the BOAS. A tangible, non-transitory memory may be configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory may have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving an operating objective definition, and modulating a location of the BOAS using an optimization loop comprising the operating objective definition, input vector variables, and output vector variables driven by the input vector variables. |
| US10746040B2 |
Steam turbine system and method for starting steam turbine
A steam turbine system includes: a steam turbine having a casing into which steam is fed from an outside of the casing and a rotating shaft that is provided within the casing so as to be rotatable around a central axis; a deaerator that is connected to the steam turbine and that deaerates leaked steam that has leaked from a gap between the casing and the rotating shaft to the outside of the casing; a vacuum pump that is connected to the deaerator and that lowers a pressure within the deaerator; and a shaft sealing device that is connected to the deaerator and that seals the gap between the casing and the rotating shaft. The shaft sealing device has a seal member having a seal body, a housing, a biasing member, and a negative-pressure introduction part. |
| US10746025B2 |
Turbine wheel, radial turbine, and supercharger
Suction surfaces of blades of this radial turbine each have: a leading edge side of blade tip including a leading edge and the boundary between the suction surface and the tip; and a trailing edge side of blade tip including a trailing edge and the boundary between the suction surface and the tip. The leading edge side of blade tip forms a concave curved surface which is recessed towards the side opposite to the rotation side in a radial view. The trailing edge side of blade tip forms a convex curved surface which protrudes towards the rotation side in a radial view. |
| US10746024B2 |
Fan noise-lowering structure
A fan noise-lowering structure includes a fan frame main body and a connection section. The fan frame main body has a bottom side and a frame peripheral wall. The frame peripheral wall is perpendicularly annularly disposed on the outer rim of the bottom side. The inner rim of the frame peripheral wall defines an airflow passage. Two ends of the airflow passage respectively have an inlet and an outlet. The connection section is disposed in the frame peripheral wall. Two ends of the connection section are connected with the frame peripheral wall. The two ends of the middle passage are an inlet end and an outlet end in communication with the airflow passage. The connection section serves to guide the high-pressure air of the outlet to jet toward the inlet so as to achieve multiple noise-lowering effects. |
| US10746020B2 |
Vertical lifting type drum coal-mining machine without rocker arm
A vertical lifting type drum coal-mining machine without a rocker arm includes a central control box, left and right cutting and lifting reduction gear boxes, left and right guide rail fixing box bodies, left and right traction reduction gear boxes, and left and right traveling gear boxes. The left and right cutting and lifting reduction gear boxes are provided with slideways in fit with lifting guide rails of the left and right guide rail fixing box bodies. Lifting cylinders drive the left and right cutting and lifting reduction gear boxes to make lifting motion. A cutting gear reduction mechanism adopts two-stage fixed-axle gear transmission and two-stage planetary gear transmission, is free from multiple idler pulley groups and has simple transmission chain. The fit between the lifting guide rails and the slideways enables the entire machine to be compact in structure, and the reliability and stability of operation are improved. |
| US10746007B2 |
System, installation and network for recovery of gas trapped by fluid and particulate matter in a gas or oil well
A system for recovery of gas trapped by fluid and particulate matter in a well includes a device with a lower valve for controlling flow of fluid into the cavity and an upper valve for controlling flow of the fluid and suspended solids out of the cavity. The device also includes: a gas line for providing a stream of pressurized gas to push on fluid in the cavity in a compression stroke which closes the lower valve and opens the upper valve and to exhaust contained gas from the cavity during an exhaust stroke when infiltration of fluid into the cavity raises the fluid level; an effluent line for allowing exit of the fluid and suspended solids during the compression stroke; and a probe line providing powering pair of probes for initiating and halting entry of the stream of pressurized gas into the cavity. |
| US10746004B2 |
High density cluster based perforating system and method
A perforating gun for use in a well casing includes a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of 3, a group of 3 charges being positioned in a first single plane transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier. |
| US10745996B2 |
Circulation valve
A method of controlling fluid flow through a circulation valve disposed in a borehole includes flowing a fluid at a first flowrate through a first jet and a second jet disposed in a throughbore of a sliding sleeve disposed in a housing of the circulation valve, flowing the fluid at a second flowrate through the first jet and the second jet to actuate the sliding sleeve from a first position to a second position, and flowing the fluid from the throughbore of the sliding sleeve through a housing port of the housing in response to actuating the sliding sleeve from the first position to a second position. |
| US10745995B2 |
Fluid tolerant subsea manifold system
A technique which enables construction and operation of a subsea landing string system having a system manifold or manifolds unprotected by a dielectric fluid compensated enclosure. The manifolds contain directional control valves and corresponding solenoids which are able to operate while being exposed to environmental fluids such as seawater. The ability to operate manifolds in an unprotected environment enables the manifolds to be positioned in a variety of locations along the subsea landing string system or in cooperation with the subsea landing string system. The subsea landing string system also may be a modular system in which manifolds are added or removed according to the parameters of a given operation. |
| US10745994B2 |
System and method for preventing inadvertent valve closures
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for determining a valve member position. The system includes a valve having a flow passage extending therethrough. The system also includes a valve member positioned in a cavity that intersects the flow passage, the valve member coupled to a valve stem that axially translates the valve member between an open position and a closed position. The system includes an actuator coupled to the valve stem, the actuator providing a motive force to drive the axial movement of the valve member via the valve stem. The system includes a closure cap coupled to the actuator, the closure cap comprising a sensor feature arranged within an interior portion of the closure cap, the sensor feature arranged to react to an input from an actuator piston indicative of an actuator piston position within the interior portion of the closure cap. |
| US10745977B2 |
Double drill rod section, double drill rod length and method of producing an electrically conductive connection in a double drill rod section
A double drill rod section has an outer drill rod section and an inner drill rod section. The inner drill rod section has at least one conductor. In order to bring about an electrical connection of the conductor, the inner drill rod section has an essentially annular outer contact, and, in the annular space between the outer drill rod section and the inner drill rod section, a pick-up is in contact with the annular outer contact of the inner drill rod section. |
| US10745973B2 |
Securing mechanism for a drilling element on a downhole drilling tool
A downhole drilling tool is disclosed. The downhole drilling tool may include a drill bit having a bit body, a blade disposed on an exterior portion of the bit body, the blade including a pocket and a pocket groove adjoining the pocket. The drill bit may also have a drilling element located in the pocket, the drilling element including a drilling-element groove at least partially aligned with the pocket groove. In addition, the drill bit may have a locking element extending through a combined space inside the pocket groove and the drilling-element groove. |
| US10745969B1 |
Storage device for storing work-tools and hangable to and removable from a ladder
The present invention discloses a storage device that is easily hanged to and removed from any rungs of a ladder such that the storage device is positioned at any desired height of ladder thereby facilitating working at ergonomic height. Storage device includes a mounting plate, one or more hanging members and at least one of one or more storage boxes and one or more tool holders. Mounting plate mounts hanging members, storage boxes and/or tool holders. Hanging members are hook-shaped that can receive rungs of ladder and sit thereon for facilitating easy hanging of storage device on ladder. Storage boxes and tool holders facilitate holding of various work-tools. User can then position storage device on any portion of ladder so that work-tools are available at ergonomic height. After use, user can easily lift storage box and remove from storage box from ladder, thereby facilitates easy removal. |
| US10745962B2 |
Integrally hinged stile
A hinge for a bi-fold door is integrated with a pair of stiles. Each stile has a hinge flange integrated to the stile. Opposing stiles with opposing and aligned hinge flanges collectively create an integral hinge assembly that may be useful in thermal doors employing one or more thermal breaks. |
| US10745959B2 |
Touch sensor unit
In a touch sensor unit, a bracket body is provided with a first protruding portion which is disposed on a vehicle interior side of a base portion, a gap portion is provided between the first protruding portion and the base portion, the height from the bracket body to the distal end of the first protruding portion is smaller than the height from the bracket body to the sensor portion. Therefore, when the sensor portion and the base portion are elastically deformed by contact with a blockage, the elastically deformed sensor portion and base portion enter the gap portion, thereby preventing the sensor portion and the base portion from being pressed against the corner portion of the bracket without increasing the rigidity of the sensor portion and the base portion. |
| US10745950B2 |
Hinge sensor for barrier
Methods and systems are described for determining operation of an openable barrier and direction of movement of a person through an opening controlled by the barrier. A method includes detecting with a hinge sensor a closed position for the barrier, the hinge sensor being mounted to a hinge of the barrier, determining with the hinge sensor when the barrier changes position from the closed position to an open position, detecting with at least one motion sensor motion of an object in proximity to the opening, and determining a direction of movement of the object through the opening based on whether the motion is detected before or after detecting the change in position of the barrier. |
| US10745947B2 |
Automotive latch including bearing to facilitate release effort
A latch comprising: a housing having a slot for a striker; a ratchet rotationally mounted on the housing and biased for release of the striker from the slot and retaining of the striker in the slot dependent upon angular position of the ratchet with respect to the housing, the ratchet having a ratchet surface; a pawl rotationally mounted on the housing and biased towards the ratchet, the pawl having a pawl surface; and a rotatable bearing positioned between the pawl surface and the ratchet surface for rotation there between during rotation of the ratchet and the pawl, such that contact between the ratchet and the pawl is facilitated by one or more localized contact regions between an exterior surface of the bearing and adjacent respective at least one of the pawl surface or the ratchet surface; wherein the contact region is a localized contact region with respect to the exterior surface having a spheroidal shape. |
| US10745940B2 |
Universal switch assembly for locking and unlocking an access door of a gaming machine cabinet
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, an access door, an electromechanical latch mechanically coupled to the cabinet and configured to mechanically engage and disengage the access door, and a switch assembly operable to control the electromechanical latch. The switch assembly includes a lock mechanically coupled to the cabinet and extending into the cabinet, a cam mechanically coupled to a rotatable portion of the lock within the cabinet, and a switching element mounted within the cabinet proximate the cam and configured to be mechanically engaged and actuated by the cam when the cam rotates into contact with the switching element, wherein the switching element is electrically connected to the electromechanical latch and is further configured to control the electromechanical latch in response to actuation by the cam. |
| US10745937B2 |
Modular lock plug
A plug assembly including a plug, a sidebar movably mounted on the plug, and a plurality of rack pins seated in the plug. The sidebar is biased to an outer position in which the sidebar extends beyond an outer surface of the plug. Each rack pin includes a key-following leg and a sidebar-engaging leg. The sidebar-engaging leg includes at least one true gate. When a true gate of each rack pin is aligned with the sidebar, the sidebar is free to move radially inward to an inner position. |
| US10745933B1 |
Side wall apparatus
A side wall apparatus used with a tent having a canopy and a tent frame having at least two upright poles. The apparatus includes a tent engagement component and a side wall retention component. The tent engagement component is configured to engage the canopy at or above a side wall cable. The side wall retention component includes a tent engagement end, a ground base end and an engagement end and the ground base end. The tent engagement end is rotationally engaged to the tent engagement component. |
| US10745927B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing orientation related electrical signals from a robotic pool cleaner having an orientation sensor to a remote power supply via a two-wire cable
A robotic pool cleaner for cleaning surfaces of a pool including a housing having an upper portion disposed over a base to define an interior chamber. The base includes a water inlet and the upper portion has at least one water discharge port for discharging filtered water. Rotatably-mounted supports support and guide the cleaner along a pool surface. A filter assembly filters water drawn through the water inlet. An electric motor mounted in the interior chamber is configured to move the cleaner on a pool surface. The electric motor receives power from a remote power source via a two-wire power cable. An electrical circuit having at least one orientation sensor is provided on-board the cleaner. The circuit is configured to provide an electrical signal to the remote power supply over the two-wire cable when the cleaner changes its orientation by a predetermined amount with respect to the pool surface. |
| US10745926B1 |
Low profile circular drain with water stop for swimming pool
A sump drain includes a ring-shaped chamber having an inner sidewall with a diameter of at least about 18 inches and an outer sidewall, and a circular opening between the sidewalls preferably about an inch wide and optionally having a grid cover. Preferably the inner sidewall has a number of ports extending inwardly to radial conduits to a central hub for tying into a pool or spa filtering system, with the central hub operating as a clean out and having a removable cap. Upon installation, plaster substantially fills the space between the chamber and the central hub, such that the sump drain attractively blends in with the pool or spa floor. When installed, the top opening is preferably substantially flush with the pool or spa floor while being safely unblockable. And the sump drain preferably further includes channels both outboard and inboard from the chamber top opening and around the central hub, to help prevent water from passing through the plaster into the shotcrete of the pool or spa. |
| US10745923B2 |
Moisture vapor reduction system
The moisture vapor reduction system of the present invention comprises of as a first component the special mineral adhesive, being a hydraulic mineral adhesive, which comprises filling materials selected from the group of mineral fillers and/or plastic fillers and further comprises a binding material composition selected from the group consisting of Portland cement clinker, calcium-sulfo-aluminate and mixtures thereof, combined with an excess of a sulfate providing agent and further comprises as a second component a cover, e.g. a sheet or foil, made out of a waterproof and/or vapor-retarding material. |
| US10745916B2 |
Intermediate coupler for concrete reinforcement
A coupler may include a first chuck, the first chuck including an outer surface and first external threads and a second chuck, the second chuck including an outer surface and second external threads having a reverse orientation relative to the first external threads. The coupler may also include a coupler body including a first end, a second end, and a passageway extending between the first end and the second end, the first end secured to the first chuck, the second end secured to the second chuck, the first end including first internal threads engaging the first external threads, the second end including second internal threads engaging the second external threads. |
| US10745904B2 |
Method and connector set for connecting beams of wood material
The invention relates to a method and to a connector set for connecting beams from wood material, in particular solid wood, glued laminated wood, laminated veneer wood, or plywood board, in particular for connections that are under a compressive as well as a tensile load, wherein a connector has at least one plate-shaped portion for insertion into prefabricated slots in the beam or the beams, wherein at least the plate-shaped portion of the connector is composed of synthetic resin densified wood, wherein the synthetic resin densified wood is composed of a plurality of hardwood layers disposed on top of one another and synthetic resin, and wherein wood screws for fixing the connector are provided. |
| US10745889B2 |
Work machine and method for controlling work machine
A hydraulic excavator has a boom, an arm, a bucket, and a boom cylinder which drives the boom. A load value within the bucket is computed based on a load of the boom cylinder, and the load value obtained by computing is corrected based on an acceleration of extension/retraction of the boom cylinder. |
| US10745885B2 |
System for operating a circle drive gear of a machine
A system for operating a circle drive gear of a machine includes a pump configured to output pressurized fluid, an implement control valve fluidly coupled to the pump, a bi-directional hydraulic motor located downstream of the implement control valve and fluidly coupled to the implement control valve via a first delivery line and a second delivery line. The hydraulic motor has an output shaft that is configured to be rotatively driven by pressurized fluid output by the pump. A brake is disposed on the output shaft of the hydraulic motor and engages with the output shaft with the help of a spring force for reducing a rotational speed of the output shaft in a brake engage state. The brake operatively disengages from the output shaft in a brake release state with the help of fluid pressure in at least one of the first delivery line and the second delivery line. |
| US10745883B2 |
Dipper door trip assembly
A dipper door trip assembly includes a dipper, a dipper door pivotally coupled to the dipper, a linkage assembly including a sliding latch bar disposed at least partially in the dipper door, and a latch keeper coupled to the dipper. The latch keeper includes a roller that engages and disengages the latch bar. |
| US10745878B2 |
Cover element of concrete for a breakwater or jetty construction, as well as breakwater or jetty construction provided with a plurality of such elements
Disclosed is a concrete cover element for a breakwater or jetty construction. The cover element includes a plate portion and two noses. The plate portion lies in the xy-plane and has a thickness. The two noses project in opposite directions from the plate portion and form a single part with the plate portion. The plate portion is to be imagined as being formed from a quadrangular plate whose two opposite plate edges are incised in the middle to form a plate recess, and whose corners located on the first plate diagonal are both cut off along a first secant. The plate portion has a first dimension measured along the first plate diagonal and a second dimension measured along the second plate diagonal. The first dimension is smaller than the second dimension. |
| US10745871B2 |
Traffic cone
A traffic cone is provided. The traffic cone includes a triangular base with feet coupled to a bottom side of the triangular base. The traffic cone further includes a cone body having eight surfaces forming an octagonal cone shape coupled to the triangular base, wherein the cone body extends from a top side of the triangular base. Additionally, the traffic cone includes at least one reflective member coupled around a perimeter of the cone body. |
| US10745857B2 |
Process for treating microfibrillated cellulose
A process for modifying the paper burst strength enhancing attributes of microfibrillated cellulose may include subjecting an aqueous suspension including microfibrillated cellulose, and optionally inorganic particulate material, to high shear, wherein the high shear is generated, at least in part, by a moving shearing element, to modify the paper burst strength enhancing attributes of the microfibrillated cellulose. An aqueous suspension may include microfibrillated cellulose, and optionally inorganic particulate material, obtainable by the process. A papermaking composition and/or a paper product may be obtained from the process. |
| US10745854B2 |
Clothes treatment apparatus having a heat pump module
Provided is a garment processing apparatus for compactly optimizing the arrangement space of a heat pump system. A heat pump module is modularized by integrally mounting a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator in an integrated housing and is disposed at an upper portion of a tub. |
| US10745853B2 |
Fragrant additive reservoir for a dryer appliance
A dryer appliance and a method of operating the same to introduce a fragrance into the drying chamber include positioning a reservoir within the cabinet of the dryer appliance. The reservoir contains a fragrant additive and is positioned such that a flow of air may pass through the fragrant additive and into the drying chamber to improve the smell of the drying chamber and articles placed therein. The reservoir may be positioned within the cabinet and covered with a selectively positioned lid or may be placed in fluid communication with an air handler of the dryer appliance to permit the intermingling of the flow of air and the fragrant additive. |
| US10745852B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a laundry treating apparatus includes a door including: a door cover; and a door frame coupled to a rear surface of the door cover. A left cover seating portion and a right cover seating portion are respectively defined in a left edge and a right edge of a rear surface portion of the door frame. The left cover seating portion and the right cover seating portion are shaped to be symmetrical with each other with respect to a vertical line bisecting the door horizontally. Each of the left cover seating portion and the right cover seating portion is shaped to be symmetrical with respect to a horizontal line bisecting the door vertically. |
| US10745845B2 |
Drum washing machine
The present disclosure reduces sound generated when a driving mode of a drum washing machine having a rotating body on a rear part of a drum is switched between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a driving mode in which the drum and the rotating body independently rotate, and the second mode is a driving mode in which the drum and the rotating body integrally rotate. A bearing-side cushioning member is arranged on a clutch carrying plate side. The bearing-side cushioning member firstly touches an object side when a spline of a clutch body is engaged with a spline of the clutch carrying plate, so as to reduce an impact force generated between the clutch body and the clutch carrying plate. |
| US10745844B2 |
Washing machine
A washing machine includes a machine housing, a water accommodation tub disposed in the machine housing; a washing tub assembly disposed in the water accommodation tub and including a washing tub; and a balance ring mounted to an upper end of the washing tub and having a lower end fitted in the washing tub. |
| US10745838B2 |
Recyclable shoe insole and related method
A Strobel Insole of fully recyclable stitch-bonded fabric for use in construction of a shoe using the “California Slip Last” construction method. The stitch-bonded fabric is substantially 100% polyester stitched with two different yarns in different patterns. One side of the stitch-bonded fabric is subject to abrasion to break filaments of a relatively low denier stitching yarn to yield a soft brushed surface. A method of insole fabric production is also provided. |
| US10745836B2 |
Multistrata nonwoven material
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a multilayer nonwoven material. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers to form the nonwoven material. The multilayered structure can include a first layer comprising continuous filaments and a second layer comprising bonded fibers. The continuous filaments can be synthetic filaments. The fibers can be cellulosic fibers, noncellulosic fibers, or combinations thereof. Certain layers can also contain a binder material. |
| US10745829B2 |
Core-sheath conjugated fiber, slit fiber, and method of manufacturing such fibers
A core-sheath conjugated fiber includes two kinds of polymer, wherein the core-sheath conjugated fiber is characterized in that the core component has projected shapes having projections and grooves alternately in a cross section in a direction perpendicular to the fiber axis, the projections are formed continuously in the direction of the fiber axis, and the height (H) of the projections, the width (WA) at the tip of the projections, and the width (WB) of the bottom surface satisfy the formulas at the same time: 1.0≤H/(WA)1/2≤3.0 (1) 0.7≤WB/WA≤3.0 (2). |
| US10745828B2 |
Process of making polyacrylonitrile fibers
A process for preparing a PANOX fiber comprising: obtaining an acrylonitrile copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains at least about 2% by weight itaconic acid comonomer; forming a spin dope from the copolymer; wet spinning the spin dope to obtain gelled filaments; contacting the gelled filaments with ammonia activator in an aqueous imbibation bath; bundling the gelled filaments to obtain a fiber; removing solvent from the fiber; drawing the fiber; densifying the fiber by heating the fiber up to about 400 degrees C. for a time of about 15 minutes in a rapid densification zone; and withdrawing a PANOX fiber from the densification zone. |
| US10745821B2 |
Dissymetric particles (Janus particles) and their method of synthesis by bipolar electrochemistry
Dissymmetric particles also called Janus particles of micron or submicron size and methods of synthesis of Janus particles by bipolar electrochemistry, based on substrates of isotropic or anisotropic shape. The particles include an electrically conductive substrate having at least a chemically and/or physically modified part by deposit of a layer of electrochemically depositable material, and a non-modified part. The particles are of isotropic shape, and the layer of electrochemically depositable material has a specific shape delimited by a precise contour. |
| US10745817B2 |
Configuration and method of operation of an electrodeposition system for improved process stability and performance
In one aspect, an apparatus includes a plating cell, a degassing device configured to remove oxygen from the plating solution prior to the plating solution flowing into the plating cell; an oxidation station configured to increase an oxidizing strength of the plating solution after the plating solution flows out of the plating cell; and a controller. The controller includes program instructions for causing a process that includes operations of: reducing an oxygen concentration of the plating solution where the plating solution contains a plating accelerator; then, contacting a wafer substrate with the plating solution having reduced oxygen concentration and electroplating a metal such that the electroplating causes a net conversion of the accelerator to a less-oxidized accelerator species within the plating cell; then increasing the oxidizing strength of the plating solution causing a net re-conversion of the less-oxidized accelerator species back to the accelerator outside the plating cell. |
| US10745798B2 |
Coated article with low-E coating having IR reflecting system with silver and zinc based barrier layer(s)
A coated article includes a silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) on a glass substrate that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one metallic or substantially metallic zinc (Zn) inclusive barrier layer in order to improve chemical durability characteristics of the low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, the silver based layer may be sandwiched between first and second metallic or substantially metallic barrier layers of or including zinc. The IR reflecting layer(s) and zinc based barrier layer(s) are part of a low emissivity (low-E) coating. |
| US10745794B2 |
Anti-aging periodic variable reaction black chromium coating film and forming method thereof
The disclosure provides an anti-aging periodic variable reaction black chromium coating film, sequentially comprising: an aluminum alloy matrix, a silane conversion film, a high-gloss organic resin coating, a metal compound and metal element periodic variable content alloy coating film, and a transparent resin coating. The disclosure simultaneously provides a method for forming the anti-aging periodic variable reaction black chromium coating film. |
| US10745793B2 |
Ceramic coating deposition
A ceramic coating process comprises introducing a suspension including a fine ceramic particulate suspended in a liquid carrier into a plasma torch. The method includes melting the fine ceramic particulate in the plasma torch; propelling the fine ceramic particulate toward a substrate; and forming a coating on the substrate, the coating comprises splats of the fine ceramic particulate. |
| US10745792B2 |
Continuous single-dip process for galvanization of steel long products into Zn—Al—Mg alloys
By first fluxing a steel long product with novel specific flux compositions, it is possible to continuously produce, more uniform, smoother and void-free galvanized coatings on such steel long products in a single hot dip galvanization step making use of zinc-aluminum alloys or zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloys with less than 95 wt. % zinc. This is achieved by providing specific amounts of lead chloride and tin chloride in a flux composition comprising (a) more than 40 and less than 70 weight % zinc chloride, (b) from 10 to 30 weight % ammonium chloride, (c) more than 6 and less than 30 weight % of a set of at least two alkali or alkaline earth metal chlorides. |
| US10745786B2 |
Iron-based sintered alloy and method for producing the same
A method for producing an iron-based sintered alloy, which is used in sliding components in pairs and has a composition including, in terms of percent by mass, Ti: 18.4 to 24.6%, Mo: 2.8 to 6.6%, C: 4.7 to 7.0%, Cr: 7.5 to 10.0%, Ni: 4.5 to 6.5%, Co: 1.5 to 4.5%, Al: 0.6 to 1.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the method is carried out such that the alloy has a structure in which hard particles are dispersed in an island form in a matrix and, while an area ratio thereof is kept constant, a maximum circle equivalent diameter thereof is controlled to a predetermined value of 40 to 10 μm. |
| US10745785B2 |
High-performance low-alloy wear-resistant steel plate and method of manufacturing the same
A high-performance low-alloy wear-resistant steel sheet and a method of manufacturing the same, which has the chemical compositions (wt %): C: 0.21-0.32%; Si: 0.10-0.50%; Mn: 0.60-1.60%; B: 0.0005-0.0040%; Cr: less than or equal to 1.50%; Mo: less than or equal to 0.80%; Ni: less than or equal to 1.50%; Nb: less than or equal to 0.080%; V: less than or equal to 0.080%; Ti: less than or equal to 0.060%; Al: 0.010-0.080%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, N: less than or equal to 0.0080%, O: less than or equal to 0.0080%, H: less than or equal to 0.0004%, P: less than or equal to 0.015%, S: less than or equal to 0.010%, and (Cr/5+Mn/6+50B): more than or equal to 0.20% and less than or equal to 0.55%; (Mo/3+Ni/5+2Nb): more than or equal to 0.02% and less than or equal to 0.45%; (Al+Ti): more than or equal to 0.01% and less than or equal to 0.13%, the remainders being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The wear-resistant steel sheet of the present invention obtained by the above-mentioned compositions and TMCP process, has high strength, high hardness, good toughness, excellent wear-resistant performance, and is applicable to wearing parts in various mechanical equipments. |
| US10745783B2 |
Cemented carbide and cutting tool
A cemented carbide comprising a first hard phase composed of tungsten carbide particles and a binder phase including Co, the cemented carbide having a ratio Nt/Na of 0.9 or more, where, in any surface or any cross section of the cemented carbide, a region in which there is a distance X of 5 nm or less between surfaces respectively of tungsten carbide particles adjacent to each other, the surfaces facing each other along a length L of 100 nm or more, is referred to as a WC/WC interface, and Na represents a total number of WC/WC interfaces and Nt represents a number of WC/WC interfaces having distance X of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less and having therein an atomic percentage of Co higher than an average value of atomic percentages of Co in the tungsten carbide particles. |
| US10745780B2 |
Cu-based sintered bearing and production method for Cu-based sintered bearing
Provided is a Cu-based sintered bearing comprising: 15-36 mass % of Ni; 3-13 mass % of Sn; 0.05-0.55 mass % of P; and 0.02-4 mass % of C in total, the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the content of C forming an alloy with a matrix within Cu—Ni-based main phase grains is 0.02-0.10 mass %. |
| US10745772B2 |
Age hardening non-heat treated bainitic steel
The present invention provides an age hardening type bainitic microalloyed steel having a composition which includes, in terms of mass %: 0.06-0.35% of C; 0.01-2.00% of Si; 0.10-3.00% of Mn; 0.001-0.200% of S; 0.001-2.00% of Cu; 0.40-3.00% of Ni; 0.10-3.00% of Cr; 0.10-1.00% of Mo; 0.10-1.00% of V; and 0.001-0.100% of s-Al, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and which satisfies a value of the following expression (1) to be 20 or larger and a value of the following expression (2) to be 0.82 or larger: 3×[C]+10×[Mn]+2×[Cu]+2×[Ni]+12×[Cr]+9×[Mo]+2×[V] expression (1); 1.66×[C]+0.18×[Si]+0.27×[Mn]+0.09×[Ni]+0.32×[Cr]+0.34×[Mo]+0.44×[V] expression (2), in which each [ ] in the expression (1) and the expression (2) indicates a content of the element shown therein in terms of mass %. |
| US10745766B2 |
Methods and compositions for detection of Zika viral infections
Applicant discloses herein kits for identifying the presence of Zika virus in a sample. In embodiments, these kits comprise reagents disclosed herein. Applicant further provides kits for use in detecting ZIKV in a sample, the kits comprising reagents disclosed herein. In embodiments, kits include primers directed to Zika virus (ZIKV) nucleic acid sequences, the primers capable of hybridizing to ZIKV nucleic acids and to copies of ZIKV nucleic acids (including to cDNA copies of ZIKV nucleic acids). Applicant discloses herein reagents for detecting Zika virus (ZIKV) in a sample, the reagents including one or more nucleic acid primers that are capable of hybridizing to a ZIKV nucleic acid (including to cDNA copies of ZIKV nucleic acids). |
| US10745759B2 |
Methods and compositions for the prognosis and treatment of relapsed leukemia
The present invention is directed to methods of prognosing relapsed leukemia in a subject. These methods are based on the detection of one or more relapse-specific gene mutations in a patient sample. The present invention further relates to methods of preventing and treating relapse leukemia in a subject based on the determined prognosis of the subject. |
| US10745743B2 |
Methods of using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy systems for analyzing a cellular sample
The invention relates to the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy for cellular sample analysis. In some embodiments a method of performing mass spectroscopy analysis using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy system is provided. The method may include introducing a cellular sample comprising one or more cells or cellular particles into an inductively coupled plasma of the inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy system. The method may further include using the inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy system to assess the cellular sample by detecting and measuring one or more element tags in the cellular sample based on the element or isotopic compositions of the one or more element tags. |
| US10745742B2 |
Functionalized gel beads
The present disclosure provides methods of generating supports (e.g., beads) comprising barcode molecules coupled thereto. A barcode molecule coupled to a support may comprise a barcode sequence and a functional sequence. A barcode molecule may be generated using two or more ligation reactions in a combinatorial fashion. A support comprising two or more different barcode molecules may be useful for analyzing or processing one or more analytes such as nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and/or perturbation agents. |
| US10745736B2 |
Markers for mood disorders
Disclosed is a method for diagnosing a mood disorder or susceptibility to a mood disorder, including depressive disorders and bipolar disorder, from a biological sample taken from a subject. The method includes detecting markers of monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) in the biological sample; determining MAO-A concentration from the markers; and correlating the MAO-A concentration in the biological sample to a control group which does not have a mood disorder in order to diagnose or determine susceptibility to the mood disorder in the subject. Also disclosed is a method of detecting peripheral markers of MAO-A for the diagnosis of a mood disorder or susceptibility to a mood disorder. Also provided are polypeptide markers. |
| US10745727B2 |
Compositions and methods related to nucleic acid synthesis
The invention relates to the use of specific terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) enzymes in a method of nucleic acid synthesis, to methods of synthesizing nucleic acids, and to the use of kits comprising said enzymes in a method of nucleic acid synthesis. The invention also relates to the use of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferases and 3′-blocked nucleotide triphosphates in a method of template independent nucleic acid synthesis. |
| US10745726B2 |
Methods for mitigating the inhibitory effects of lignin and soluble phenolics for enzymatic conversion of cellulose
Disclosed herein are methods for improving ethanol production from biomass sources by blocking cellulose from binding to lignin. |
| US10745718B2 |
Microalga having aggregation ability
In ethyl alcohol production using the self-fermentation of a microalga, a step of concentrating or collecting an algal body by centrifugal treatment, filtering treatment or the like is made unnecessary or simple to save labor for effort and equipment therefor is saved. The microalga belongs to Chlamydomonas sp., and is a variant strain which has an ability to produce ethyl alcohol under dark and anaerobic conditions and has acquired an ability to proliferate while aggregating. The microalga is proliferated and maintained under dark and anaerobic conditions to generate ethyl alcohol in this method for producing ethyl alcohol. |
| US10745716B2 |
CRISPR-based genome modification and regulation
The present invention provides RNA-guided endonucleases, which are engineered for expression in eukaryotic cells or embryos, and methods of using the RNA-guided endonuclease for targeted genome modification in eukaryotic cells or embryos. Also provided are fusion proteins, wherein each fusion protein comprises a CRISPR/Cas-like protein or fragment thereof and an effector domain. The effector domain can be a cleavage domain, an epigenetic modification domain, a transcriptional activation domain, or a transcriptional repressor domain. Also provided are methods for using the fusion proteins to modify a chromosomal sequence or regulate expression of a chromosomal sequence. |
| US10745713B2 |
Compositions and methods for deploying a transgenic refuge as a seed blend
Methods and compositions for deploying refuge seeds together with transgenic crop seeds are provided. The refuge seeds can be non-transgenic seeds of a similar variety to that of the transgenic crop seeds, or the refuge seeds can be a transgenic variety, but in either case lacking a transgenic trait conferring pest protection found in the transgenic crop seeds. |
| US10745707B2 |
Digestibility of plant biomass
Plants described herein have increased biomass and are more readily digested into fermentable sugars when the plants express increased levels of one or more types of CGR2 and/or CGR3 enzymes. |
| US10745701B2 |
Methods of identifying and treating poor-prognosis cancers
The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying cancer patients with a poor prognosis, and to therapeutic modalities for improving prognosis by combating metastasis and abrogating chemoresistance in cancer cells. Embodiments of the present invention provide an objective means of prognostication regarding the long-term outcome of an incident of cancer, breast cancer in particular. Therapeutic modalities include immunotherapy and anti-sense therapy. Prognosis is determined by measuring the number of copies of the metadherin gene in the patient's cells. |
| US10745695B2 |
TAL-effector assembly platform, customized services, kits and assays
The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for designing and producing functional DNA binding effector molecules and associated customized services, tool kits and functional assays. In some aspects, the invention provides methods and tools for efficient assembly of customized TAL effector molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to uses of TAL effector molecules and functional evaluation of such TAL by, for example, customized assays. |
| US10745688B2 |
Coupling endonucleases with end-processing enzymes drives high efficiency gene disruption
The present disclosure relates to the co-expression of an endonuclease with an end-processing enzyme for the purpose of enhanced processing of the polynucleotide ends generated by endonuclease cleavage. |
| US10745673B2 |
Heme protein catalysts for carbon-boron bond formation in vitro and in vivo
Provided herein are methods for producing an organoboron product. The methods include combining a boron-containing reagent and a carbene precursor in the presence of a heme protein, e.g., a cytochrome c, a cytochrome P450, a globin, a protoglobin, a nitric oxide dioxygenase, a peroxidase, or a catalase, or a variant thereof, under conditions sufficient to form the organoboron product. Reaction mixtures for producing organoboron products are also described, as well as whole-cell catalysts comprising heme proteins and variants thereof for forming carbon-boron bonds. |
| US10745671B2 |
Efficient method for reprogramming blood to induced pluripotent stem cells
Described herein are methods and compositions related to generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Improved techniques for establishing highly efficient, reproducible reprogramming using non-integrating episomal plasmid vectors. Using the described reprogramming protocol, one is able to consistently reprogram non-T cells with close to 100% success from non-T cell or non-B cell sources. Further advantages include use of a defined reprogramming media E7 and using defined clinically compatible substrate recombinant human L-521. Generation of iPSCs from these blood cell sources allows for recapitulation of the entire genomic repertoire, preservation of genomic fidelity and enhanced genomic stability. |
| US10745670B2 |
In vitro production of expanded potential stem cells
A culture medium is provided which is capable of establishing expanded potential stem cell (EPSC) lines which resemble naive or ground state ES cells, but are also able to differentiate into placenta trophoblasts and the embryo proper. Methods are provided using the medium for the in vitro conversion and maintenance of cells, including pluripotent cells into EPSCs. |
| US10745663B2 |
Methods for modulating production profiles of recombinant proteins
The invention is in the field of cell culture. Particularly the invention relates to methods of culturing a host cell expressing a recombinant protein in a cell culture medium comprising an effective amount of 4,4′diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS) or supplemented with an effective amount of DIDS, whereby production of said protein is increased relative to cells grown without DIDS. |
| US10745651B2 |
High alkaline warewash detergent with enhanced scale control and soil dispersion
Detergent compositions and methods of preparing and using the detergent compositions are disclosed. The detergent compositions comprise a polymer system comprising at least one polycarboxylic acid polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, an alkalinity source comprising an alkali metal carbonate, a nonionic surfactant and water. The detergent compositions are suitable at alkaline pH and reduce or prevent scale formation, improve soil dispersion, and provide effective detergency. |
| US10745647B2 |
Device for extracting volatile oils contained in organic raw material via steam stripping and internal distillation method
The present patent application relates to a compact device with a modular design, and to a method for extracting volatile oils and herbal distillates contained in organic matter, using the extraction technique of steam distillation. The device is formed by a lower cylindrical module on top of which an upper hemispherical module may be disposed, and both modules may be secured to form a single hermetic body. The lower module may contain a hot-water boiler, a heat conducting disc, a steam-heating chamber, a still of raw material, and a valve for regulating the steam flow. The upper module may contain a conical steam condenser, a hemispherical cover, a ring for collecting distilled liquid, and a tube for removing the distilled liquid. The distillation method of internal steam distillation may integrate, in a single physical body, a semi-closed steam flow circuit that may include all the functions of distillation. |
| US10745637B2 |
Lubricant additives, lubricant compositions, and applications of same
A lubricant composition includes a base lubricant and a plurality of lubricant additive molecules. Each molecule includes a surface active group attractable to a target surface, wherein the surface active group comprises a carboxyl group, a siloxyl group, an amine group, or a mixture thereof, and a carbon containing component connected to the surface active group, wherein the carbon containing component comprises a carbon ring, wherein the surface active group and the carbon containing component are adapted such that the carbon film is formed in situ on the target surface of the target machine only when tribological energy activates the lubricant additive to unravel the carbon containing component under a pressure and a temperature during operation. |
| US10745636B2 |
Laminate for reducing flow resistance and manufacturing method therefor
There is provided a flow-resistance reducing laminate comprising: a substrate; and a flow-resistance reducing layer formed on the substrate, wherein the flow-resistance reducing layer has a surface portion facing a liquid, wherein a flow interface is formed between the liquid and the laminate upon relative movement between the liquid and the laminate, wherein the flow-resistance reducing layer is configured such that an air layer defines the flow interface. |
| US10745630B2 |
Staged introduction of additives in slurry hydrocracking process
A method of reducing catalyst agglomeration in a slurry hydrocracking zone containing at least two reactors is described. A hydrocarbon feed and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst are contacted in a first reactor to form a first effluent containing slurry hydrocracking reaction products, unreacted hydrocarbon feed, and the slurry hydrocracking catalyst, wherein the slurry hydrocracking catalyst agglomerates. The first effluent and an unsupported hydrogenation catalyst are contacted in a second reactor to form a second effluent containing the slurry hydrocracking reaction products, unreacted hydrocarbon feed, the slurry hydrocracking catalyst, and asphaltene reaction products. |
| US10745629B2 |
Process for upgradation of heavy crude oil/residue using waste plastic as hydrogen donating agent
Waste plastics are mixed with heavy crude and vacuum residues at temperature within the range from 180-220° C. and the resulting mixture are hydroprocessed to produce lighter products. The hydrodemetallization, asphaltene conversion and hydrocracking activities of the resulting mixture have been tested in an autoclave batch reactor. This process provides a very cheap material and method to upgrade problematic feeds to produce transportation fuels. |
| US10745620B2 |
Reactive mesogen formulation with conductive additive
The invention relates to a reactive mesogen (RM) formulation comprising a conductive additive, to a polymer film obtained thereof, and the use of the RM formulation and polymer film in optical or electrooptical components or devices, like optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs). |
| US10745603B2 |
Thermosoftening and heat conductive silicone grease composition, heat conductive film formation method, heat dissipation structure, and power module device
A thermosoftening and heat conductive silicone grease composition including: (A) a silicone wax having a melting point of 30-80° C.; (B) a organopolysiloxane indicated by formula R1aSiO(4-a)/2 (R1 indicating a monovalent hydrocarbon group and a being 1.8≤a≤2.2) and having a kinematic viscosity of 10-500,000 mm2/s at 25° C.; and (C) a heat conductive filler material having a heat conductivity of at least 10 W/(m·K). |
| US10745596B2 |
Flame retardant pressure-sensitive tape
Pressure-sensitive adhesive formulations based on acrylic or rubber adhesives are provided in combination with an aluminum phosphorous salt intumescent flame retardant and a nitrogen containing flame retardant which can act as a blowing agent through thermal decomposition. These flame retardant additives can be incorporated into the adhesive in levels of 10 to 30 percent by weight. These formulations are then placed on a polymeric flame retardant substrate in either a single-sided or double-sided form. |
| US10745594B2 |
Peelable adhesive composition
The invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one latex and at least one polymer composition having a glass transition temperature ranging from −50° C. to 0° C., said adhesive composition being particularly suitable for bonding flexible surface coverings having a high dimensional variability.The invention also relates to a membrane obtained after drying of the adhesive composition according to the invention, a combination of a flexible surface covering with an adhesive composition according to the invention, a method of application of a flexible surface covering onto a substrate as well as a substrate covered with a peelable adhesive membrane according to the invention. |
| US10745593B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for affixing component for electronic appliance, and transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for optical use
The present invention aims to provide an adhesive tape excellent in resistance against sebum to be able to maintain its adhesive force even when applied to a part frequently touched with human hands, and an adhesive tape for fixing electronic device component and a transparent adhesive tape for optical use each provided with the adhesive tape. The present invention relates to an adhesive tape including an adhesive layer containing an acrylic adhesive, the adhesive layer having a swelling ratio of 100% or more and 130% or less after immersion in oleic acid under the conditions of a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 90% for 24 hours. |
| US10745592B2 |
Thermally releasable adhesive member and display apparatus including the same
A thermally releasable adhesive member includes a base resin and microcapsules dispersed in the base resin. At least one of the microcapsules includes a shell part which comprises a hydrophobic polymer material, and a hollow part which is defined by the shell part and contains an organic solvent. |
| US10745586B2 |
Fluorinated networks for anti-fouling surfaces
According to one or more embodiments, a method of making an antifouling coating includes forming a polythioaminal polymer by reacting a fluorinated primary amine with an aldehyde to form an intermediate imine, and then reacting the intermediate imine with a dithiol. The method further includes depositing the polythioaminal on a substrate, and increasing a temperature of the polythioaminal deposited on the substrate to crosslink the polythioaminal and increase a contact angle of the substrate with crosslinked polythioaminal. |
| US10745582B2 |
Dispersion of soft polymer particles, cosmetic composition comprising it and cosmetic treatment method
The present invention relates to a dispersion of polymer particles in a liquid carbon-based medium, the said particles having a flexible polymeric core and being surface-stabilized with a block stabilizing polymer comprising at least one block that is soluble in the said carbon-based medium and at least one block that is insoluble in the said carbon-based medium.The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the said dispersion, and to a cosmetic treatment process using the said composition. |
| US10745579B2 |
Extrudable poly(propylene) compositions
Extrudable compositions were prepared comprising poly(propylene) and a liquid additive comprising a lactam group. The compositions can comprise other optional additives that include a polyhemiaminal, antioxidants, UV light absorbers, and surfactants. The extruded compositions have higher percent elongation at break and lower Young's modulus compared to extruded poly(propylene) lacking the liquid additive. These and other property improvements make the extruded compositions attractive for forming field joint coatings for undersea pipeline applications. |
| US10745578B2 |
Seed coatings, coating compositions and methods for use
A seed or seedling is coated with underivatized guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, polyacrylamide, poly(methacrylic acid), poly(acrylic acid), polyacrylate, polyethylene glycol), polyethyleneoxide, poly(vinyl alcohol), polyglycerol, polytetrahydrofuran, polyamide, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, underivatized starch, cationic starch, corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, tapioca, waxy maize, sorghum, waxy sorghum, sago, dextrin, chitin, chitosan, xanthan gum, carageenan gum, gum karaya, gum arabic, pectin, cellulose, hydroxycellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, or hydroxypropyl cellulose, the coated seed or seedling having a shelf-life at room temperature in ambient conditions in an unsealed container to at least two months. |
| US10745570B2 |
Copper-containing articles
A water-soluble composition includes reducible copper ions or copper nanoparticles complexed with a reactive polymer. The reactive polymer can be crosslinked using suitable irradiation to provide copper-containing water-insoluble complexes. The water-soluble composition can be used to provide various articles and electrically-conductive materials that can be assembled in electronic devices. The reactive polymer has greater than 1 mol % of recurring units comprising sulfonic acid or sulfonate groups, at least 5 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition, and optionally at least 1 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant amide, amine, hydroxyl, lactam, phosphonic acid, or carboxylic acid group. |
| US10745565B2 |
Environment-friendly leuco dye vegetable oil solvent
The invention discloses an environment-friendly leuco dye vegetable oil solvent, prepared from the following components by mass percent: 10-40% of component A, 40-750% of component B and 10-20% of methyl chloride, and the sum of the mass percentage of the above components being 100%. The component A is vegetable oil or vegetable oil methyl ester, and the component B is epoxy vegetable oil or epoxy methyl ester. |
| US10745564B2 |
Dye for dyeing cotton fiber in supercritical carbon dioxide, preparation method and application thereof
The present disclosure discloses a dye for industrialization of dyeing cotton fiber in supercritical carbon dioxide that can react with cotton fiber, wherein a preparation method therefor comprises the following steps: dissolving a hydroxyl-containing natural dye in an organic solvent, dropwise adding an alcohol compound containing a halogen group into a reaction system in the presence of an acid-binding agent, precipitating the product with another solvent after the reaction is completed, and then filtrating and drying to obtain the compound described. The obtained compound is used for dyeing cotton fiber in supercritical carbon dioxide. The dye provided by the present disclosure is capable of dyeing cotton fiber in supercritical carbon dioxide conditions, and has a better color fastness while dyeing the cotton fiber. |
| US10745548B2 |
Polypropylene composition with excellent paint adhesion
The invention relates to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising: (i) 62 to 85 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) with a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 6.0 to 50.0 g/10 min; (ii) 10 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2) with a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 0.1 to 5.5 g/10 min; (iii) 5 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of an inorganic filler (F); wherein (a) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) has a lower amount [in mol %] of C2 and/or C4 to C12 α-olefin derived comonomer units than the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2); (b) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) has a lower the intrinsic viscosity (IV) than the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2); and (c) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2) has an intrinsic viscosity (IV) in the range of 6.0 to 15.0 dl/g. |
| US10745546B2 |
Magnetic composition, covering comprising it and associated methods
Composition for making magnetic coverings comprising at least one elastomer, at least one magnetic filler, at least one compatibilizer, wherein the at least one magnetic filler is present in the composition in an amount comprised between 90% and 300% by weight, preferably between 100% and 250% by weight based on the weight of the least one elastomer. |
| US10745540B2 |
Protection and selective release of colorant
Selectively-releasable colorant compositions that allow a controllable release of colorant molecules from resin in response to one or more specific environmental stimuli. The selectively-releasable colorant composition may comprise resin particles having colorant molecules reversibly bound thereto. The compositions of the present disclosure may also provide precise and uniform control of free colorant content in an environment and/or protection of the immobilized (i.e., unreleased) colorant from compromising environmental chemistries. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing and methods of using the compositions described herein. |
| US10745536B2 |
Organo-modified layered double hydroxides and composite polymer materials comprising same
Layered double hydroxides organo-modified by 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid (HPPA), by 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethylsulfonic acid or by a hydroxyphenylpropenoic acid, and to composite polymer materials having same. The composite materials are advantageously made of biosourced polymers such as poly(butylene succinate). These composite materials have improved properties over the polymers that make up the composition thereof, and over the composites of the prior art. |
| US10745528B2 |
Method for producing metal nanoparticle-polymer composite thin film
The present invention relates to a method for producing a metal nanoparticle-polymer composite thin film comprising uniformly shaped metal nanoparticles uniformly dispersed in a polymer matrix, and more particularly to a method for producing a gold nanoparticle-polymer composite thin film, comprising the steps of: (A) preparing a mixture of an ionic liquid and polyethylene oxide; (B) preparing a reaction solution by dissolving a gold nanoparticle precursor in the mixture; (C) producing a gold nanoparticle-polymer composite by applying plasma to the interface of the reaction solution; and (D) separating the gold nanoparticle-polymer composite from the reaction solution. |
| US10745515B2 |
Biomass-based epoxy resin and preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a biomass-based epoxy resin and preparation method thereof; under conditions of N,N-dimethylformamide as a catalyst, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and thionyl chloride are acylated to obtain 2,5-furan diformyl chloride; then it is dissolved with dichloromethane; under tertiary amine conditions an esterification reaction takes place, and bis(4-allyl-2-methoxyphenyl)furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid ester is thus obtained; by means of meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, its unsaturated double bond is epoxidized to obtain a biomass-based epoxy resin. The process of the present invention is simple; the raw materials come from biomass 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and eugenol; in comparison with bisphenol-A epoxy resin based on petroleum and coal resources, the raw materials are green and renewable, and are advantageous to reducing the consumption of renewable resources with regard to polymeric material. The obtained cured epoxy resin has excellent thermal properties and modulus, and has broad prospects for application. |
| US10745511B2 |
Hydrophilic and biologically safe polymer foam as well as preparation method and application thereof
The present invention provides a method for preparing hydrophilic polymer foam. The method comprises a step of providing an isocyanate functionalized prepolymer (A) and a step of foaming and curing the prepolymer (A). The prepolymer (A) is prepared by reacting diisocyanate (A1) and polyether polyol (A2), wherein the diisocyanate (A1) is selected from any one and a combination of 1,4-butyl diisocyanate (BDI), lysine diisocyanate (LDI) and 1,5-pentyl diisocyanate (PDI); the polyether polyol (A2) is a copolymer of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) and/or butylene oxide (BO); the ethylene oxide has a weight percentage of about 50%-100% in the polyether polyol, and has an OH functionality degree of 3-6, a hydroxyl value of about 21 mg KOH/g-168 mg KOH/g and a number-average molecular weight of about 1000 g/mol to about 8000 g/mol; and NCO content in the prepolymer (A) is 1%-10%. |
| US10745509B2 |
Methods of making mechanoresponsive healing polymers
Methods are provided to produce new mechanoresponsive healing systems. Additionally, various embodiments provide a two tier self-healing material system concept that provides a non-intrusive method to mitigate impact damage in a structure ranging from low velocity impact damage (e.g., crack damage) to high velocity impact damage (e.g., ballistic damage.) The various embodiments provide the mechanophore linked polymer PBG-BCB-PBG. The various embodiments provide methods for synthesizing PBG-BCB-PBG. |