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US10759338B1 Intelligent detection and tail light control system for automobiles and control method thereof
The invention relates to an intelligent detection and tail light control system for automobiles and a control method thereof, including: a detection module used for detecting driving data of the rear vehicle and the subject vehicle; and an intelligent operation module used for performing operation and judgment on the driving data and controlling the tail light based on a judgment result. According to the invention, without the intervention of the driver of the front vehicle, the tail lights can be automatically controlled; and the driver of the rear vehicle can timely see the change of the tail light of the front vehicle so as to react accordingly.
US10759336B2 Vehicle periphery information management device
A vehicle periphery information management device includes a data acquisition unit, and a data selection unit. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of external environment information data around a vehicle. The data selection unit is configured to select apart of the plurality of pieces of external environment information data acquired by the data acquisition unit so as to make an output outside, based on a predetermined position of the vehicle.
US10759335B2 System and method for monitoring a former convict of an intoxication-related offense
A system and method are disclosed for preventing a restricted individual from operating a motor vehicle. The system monitors a speed of the individual via a smart device associated with the individual. The system activates a monitoring function based on a detected speed of the device, which may evidence the individual riding in a motor vehicle. The system them verifies that the user of the device is the restricted individual through a variety of different identification methods. Once identified, the system accesses various data sources associated with one or more ride applications running on the smart device in order to determine whether the restricted individual has requested a ride from a third party during a relevant time period. After analyzing the data, a determination is made as to whether the individual is driving, or whether more information is needed.
US10759334B2 System for exchanging information between vehicles and control method thereof
A vehicle includes an image sensor configured to acquire a surrounding image; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a vehicle state or a surrounding condition of the vehicle; an external display disposed on an outer side of the vehicle; and a controller configured to identify whether a predetermined situation occurs based on at least one of the acquired surrounding image or an output value of the sensor, and configured to control at least one of a flicker frequency or a flicker pattern of the external display to display information on the occurring situation when the predetermined situation occurs.
US10759332B2 Component comprising a flat decorative element and housing
A component (1) is disclosed. The component (1) comprises at least one flat decorative element (2) having a visible side (3) and a back side (4), at least one layer (5, 5) having a front side (6) and a back side (7), which layer is arranged on the back side (4) of the flat decorative element (2), wherein the front side (6) faces the back side (4) of the flat decorative element (2), at least one housing (8) having an inner side (9) and an outer side (10), wherein the inner side (9) faces the back side (7) of the layer (5), wherein the housing (8) is made of a material which has a hardness that is different from the hardness of a material of which the layer (5, 5′) is made, and wherein the housing (8) engages in at least one recess (26) arranged in the layer (5, 5′) and/or the layer (5, 5′) engages in at least one recess arranged in the housing (8).
US10759331B2 Travel direction indicator module and exterior rearview mirror arrangement
A travel direction indicator module for an exterior rearview mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one light source. A first light conductor associated with the at least one light source includes a multiplicity of light decoupling points. The travel direction indicator further includes a second light conductor. The light source couples a first beam part into the first light conductor at a first end and a second beam part into the second light conductor at a first end. A module housing is formed as one injection molded part in common with the first light conductor and the second light conductor. The at least one light source emits light into a single light decoupling area, which is arranged in an area of the second end of the first light conductor situated opposite the first end of the first light conductor. An exterior rearview mirror arrangement having such a travel direction indicator module is also disclosed.
US10759330B1 Tie-down bracket for motor vehicle
This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes at least one light. In this way, the tie-down bracket may function as one or more of a signature light, turn signal, cornering light, etc. A method is also disclosed.
US10759325B1 Vehicle towing apparatus for use with a hook truck
The vehicle towing apparatus for use with a hook truck comprises a tow bar, a left chain, and a right chain. The front end of the tow bar comprises either a pintle hook or a lunette ring for coupling to a tow vehicle. By way of example and not of limitation, the tow vehicle may be a hooklift truck. The tow bar comprises a first section and a second section, which are slidably coupled to each other. The overall length of the tow bar may be fixed by inserting a lock pin through the tow bar. The left and right chains are safety chains that may connect between the sides of the tow bar and the tow vehicle. The vehicle towing apparatus for use with a hook truck may further comprise a clevis tow bar adapter for use with a hitch receiver of a towed vehicle.
US10759323B1 Dovetail actuating mechanism
A cargo transporting apparatus includes a flatbed portion and a dovetail portion connected by a hinge. A hinge actuating mechanism includes first and second rigid linkages, the first longitudinal ends of which are connected by a first pivot, and the second longitudinal ends of which, respectively, are pivotably connected to the flatbed portion at a second pivot and the dovetail portion at a third pivot. A linear actuator is connected between one of the rigid linkages and either the flatbed portion or the dovetail portion. In a retracted position, the linear actuator causes the first pivot to be positioned above a line between the second and third pivots and raising of the dovetail portion. In an extended position, the linear actuator causes the first pivot to be positioned below a line between the second and third pivots and lowering of the dovetail portion.
US10759317B2 Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seatback, and a headrest. At least one of the seat cushion, the seatback, and the headrest includes a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part and the movable part that is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed part are provided adjacent to each other. A border between the movable part and the fixed part is exposed to an outside of the seat. A movable-side edge of the movable part and a fixed-side edge of the fixed part are disposed adjacent to each other along a direction of movement of the movable part so as to form at least a part of the border exposed to the outside of the seat. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part while keeping a constant clearance between the movable-side edge and the fixed-side edge.
US10759316B2 Dynamic adjustable armrest
A dynamic adjustable armrest includes a bracket supporting the armrest, a rod guide having a plurality of detents, the rod guide in slidable communication with the bracket, a locking rod engageable with the rod guide and the bracket. The locking rod is movable between at least a first position and a second position, and the armrest is movable between at least an up position and a down position.
US10759315B2 Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat is provided which includes a protruding corner formed by joining a first surface and a second surface. The protruding corner includes a pad, a surface cover covering a surface of the pad, and a contour defining plate that is provided on a back side of the surface cover at a position corresponding to the second surface of the protruding corner, the contour defining plate defining the contour of the protruding corner. The contour defining plate has a first edge arranged along a top portion of the protruding corner and a second edge different from the first edge, the contour defining plate not being fixed to the surface cover at the first edge, but fixed to the surface cover at the second edge.
US10759314B2 Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat pad; a backboard disposed on a back side of the seat pad; and a seat cover covering the seat pad and the backboard. The seat cover includes a pair of covering pieces adjacent to each other on the backboard-side, and a slide fastener that connects the covering pieces. When the slide fastener is closed with use of a slider, an end portion of the slide fastener is projected from an edge end of the seat cover in a state where the slider is disposed in the end portion of the slide fastener. The backboard is provided with an insertion portion. When the end portion of the closed slide fastener is disposed on a reverse side of the seat cover, the end portion of the slide fastener and the slider are inserted in and locked to the insertion portion.
US10759313B2 Trim cover and vehicle seat
A trim cover for a seat includes: a high extensible skin material; and a low extensible skin material. A joint part of the edge portion of the high extensible skin material and the edge portion of the low extensible skin material has a plurality of highly extensible protrusions and a plurality of low extensible protrusions, the plurality of highly extensible protrusions and the plurality of low extensible protrusions are each formed in a sharp tapered shape and are arranged alternately in an extending direction of the joint part, and at least a part of a boundary line between the highly extensible protrusion and the low extensible protrusion, which are adjacent in the extending direction of the joint part, is deviated from a line segment formed by connecting respective tips of the highly extensible protrusion and the low extensible protrusion to the low extensible protrusion side.
US10759296B2 Charging apparatus for electric vehicle
A charging apparatus for electric vehicle may comprise a charging apparatus and an electric vehicle. The charging apparatus has a rectifier and a mobile connector, and the connector covered by a plastic cover has a primary coil electrically connected to the rectifier. The cover comprises a vertical first plane, and a plurality of first engaging portions formed at an outer periphery of the cover. The electric vehicle has a converter, a battery pack and a charge port, and the charge port covered by a plastic shell comprises a secondary coil electrically connected to the converter. The charge port has a vertical second plane and at least a second engaging portion. When the first plane of the connector is coupled to the second plane of the charge port, the primary coil and the secondary coil are spaced apart by a fixed distance, thereby achieving the effect of safe charging.
US10759284B2 Battery module for a traction battery
A battery module for a traction battery having a housing, battery cells arranged inside the housing, a power electronics circuit board which is adjacent to the battery cells, a support face, facing away from the power electronics circuit board, for a cooling plate of the traction battery, and a heat-conducting element which bears over a surface on the power electronics circuit board and runs between the battery cells in the direction of or along the support face. Also described is a corresponding method for manufacturing a battery module, a corresponding traction battery and a corresponding electric car.
US10759278B2 Downhill speed control target adaptation based on engine retarder demand
A vehicle computer system controls downhill speed of a vehicle having a cruise control and an engine retarder. The system receives a request to increase engine retarder demand. In response, the system increases an engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, decreases a downhill speed control (DSC) cruise control offset. The engine retarder system may automatically activate to reduce the vehicle speed to a cruise control set speed plus the DSC cruise control offset. In an embodiment, the request to increase engine retarder demand is generated in response to operator input via an engine retarder demand input device (e.g., a steering-column-mounted control stalk). The system may also receive a request to decrease engine retarder demand in the engine retarder of the vehicle. In response, the system decreases the engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, increases the DSC cruise control offset.
US10759277B2 Four-wheel drive vehicle clutch control method and clutch control device
A clutch control method is provided for a four-wheel-drive vehicle in which the main drive wheels are connected to a drive source, and the auxiliary drive wheels are connected via a friction clutch to the drive source. When the vehicle starts off due to an accelerator depressing operation, the friction clutch is engaged to distribute, a drive torque from the drive source to the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels. In this clutch control method, when the vehicle switches from a traveling state to a stopped state while maintaining in a travel shift position, a control is preformed to apply initial torque as an engagement torque control of the friction clutch while the vehicle is stopped. A magnitude of the initial torque is set to a magnitude that maintains a drive-system torsion state by transmitting torque to an auxiliary-drive-wheel drive system before the vehicle is stopped.
US10759272B2 Tank closure
A closure of a tank of a motor vehicle for closing a filler neck gas- and fluid-tight, having a closure fastened to a flap, the flap being fastened to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle such that it is movable into an open or closed position, the closure including a seal, which causes the closure to close against the filler neck. The tank closure should be easy for a user to handle and have a relatively simple design and be economical to manufacture. This is achieved in that the seal is electromechanically or pneumatically adjustable with the aid of an actuator.
US10759270B2 Construction machine
A construction machine in which an electrical unit can be reliably cooled at low cost by effectively utilizing an intake pipe connected to an intake port of an engine. This construction machine includes: an engine; and a hood covering the engine, wherein a space inside the hood has a placement space in which an electrical unit is placed and which communicates with outside air, and a distal-end opening of an intake pipe connected to an inlet port of the engine is disposed in the placement space to cause outside air sucked into the intake pipe due to a suction pressure occurred in the intake pipe to pass through the placement space to form a cooling air path in the placement space.
US10759267B2 Hybrid vehicle and transmission control method thereof
A transmission control method of a hybrid vehicle provided with a transmission having no reverse gear, may include performing a speed control of a motor with a target RPM corresponding to an existing gear step when a shift lever is switched from a drive D to a neutral N; and performing a backward travel with the existing gear step by engaging a gear of the existing gear step with a clutch and applying a reverse torque of the motor to the transmission when the shift lever is switched from the neutral N to a reverse R.
US10759261B2 Truck cargo box tonneau cover system including a side-locking lock bar locking multiple slats
A lock bar can be laterally slidable between an unlocked position in which the lock bar is laterally recessed relative to the side rail and a locked position in which the lock bar is laterally extended relative to the side rail. The lock bar can be engageable with, and movable by, the tailgate to slide the lock bar from the unlocked position to the locked position as the tailgate moves from an open tailgate position to a closed tailgate position. Movement of the lock bar between the locked position and the unlocked position can simultaneously interengage and disengage, respectively, with each of the locking surfaces of the plurality of rectangular elements, which interengagement limits upward movement of the rectangular elements.
US10759243B2 Wheel suspension
A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4). The wheel-guiding control arm (4) includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a) with a forward body-side bearing (11) and a transverse control arm section (4b) with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is designed as a ball joint.
US10759236B2 Wheel for an air maintenance tire system
A wheel for an air maintenance tire system is provided. The air maintenance tire system includes at least one pump and a regulator. The wheel includes a body that is formed with an axially-extending wall, a pair of flanges, and a pair of bead mounting areas. Each bead mounting area is disposed axially inwardly proximate a respective one of the flanges. The axially-extending wall is formed with an AMT mounting channel. The AMT mounting channel extends circumferentially about the wheel approximately mid-way between the flanges and is defined by a first adjacent wall, a second adjacent wall, and a base. Mounting surfaces are formed in or adjacent the AMT mounting channel, so that the at least one pump is mounted in the AMT mounting channel radially inwardly of the bead mounting areas.
US10759228B2 Fuel efficient pneumatic tire
To provide a pneumatic tire with improved performance and balance in terms of fuel efficiency, steering stability performance and wear life. The total width SW, outside diameter OD, tread groove depth Ga, center groove depth Gc and shoulder groove depth Gs satisfy the relationships SW/OD≤0.3, Ga≤0.02×SW+2.5 and Gc>Gs.
US10759225B2 Rubber composition and pneumatic tire manufactured using same
A rubber composition contains a diene rubber containing a styrene-butadiene copolymer component formed from at least one type of styrene-butadiene copolymers, and a reinforcing filler. The styrene-butadiene copolymer(s) satisfy: (1) a bonded styrene content is from 5 to 50 wt. %; (2) a total of styrene content of an ozone-decomposed component S1 having one styrene-derived unit and styrene content of an ozone-decomposed component S1V1 having one styrene-derived unit and one 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit is less than 80 wt. % of the bonded styrene content and a total of styrene content of the ozone-decomposed component S1V1 is less than 10 wt. % of the bonded styrene content; (3) an integrated intensity of an ozone-decomposed component S1V2 having one styrene-derived unit and two 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived units is 15% or greater of an integrated intensity of all ozone-decomposed products containing a styrene-derived unit; and (4) a vinyl content of butadiene moiety is 50% or greater.
US10759212B2 Security element
The invention relates to a security element (1), a security document (2) with at least one security element (1), a transfer foil (3) with at least one security element (1) as well as a method for producing a security element (1), wherein the security element has at least one layer (11) that is electrically alterable in its optical effect. It is here provided that the at least one layer (11) that is electrically alterable in its optical effect has liquid crystals (12) that can be oriented in an electric field, wherein the at least one layer (11) that is electrically alterable in its optical effect has rod-shaped dye molecules (13), and the orientations of the longitudinal axes (14) of the rod-shaped dye molecules (13) are alterable depending on the orientations of the longitudinal axes (16) of the spatially adjacent liquid crystals (12) that can be oriented in the electric field, and/or wherein the liquid crystals (12) that can be oriented in the electric field are formed in such a way that the liquid crystals (12) that can be oriented in the electric field simultaneously act as dye molecules.
US10759207B2 Curved acrylic decorated article
A curved acrylic photographic article and process for making same comprising of an optically clear acrylic layer and an adjacent synthetic organic polymer containing both light scattering particulate and diffused disperse dyes. The layered article being thermodynamically formed into a curved or other shape immediately subsequent to receiving a graphic decoration by dye diffusion thermal transfer.
US10759204B1 Craftwork tools and kits
A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. The cover portion may be movably attached to the base portion or a side portion, for example, by one or more hinges. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may include alignment indicia on the base portion, side portions and/or cover portion to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp. The accessory may also include fastening mechanisms, such as magnetic elements, to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp.
US10759197B2 Digital printing device
A digital printing device, comprising a suction transport means (1). The suction transport means (1) comprises a transport belt (11) used for transporting a sheet material. At least one first suction box (14), which is used for sucking the sheet material on the transport belt (11) by means of negative pressure during transport, is provided in the space defined by the transport belt (11). Multiple first suction holes in communication with the first suction box (14) are provided on the transport belt (11). At least one side of the first suction box (14) is provided with a movable door (15) which moves in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction to make the first suction box (14) fit the sheet material to maintain a negative pressure state. Using the transport belt (11) during printing, the digital printing device avoids the problem of poor registration accuracy, and improves the printing effect.
US10759194B2 Drying device and ink-jet printing device equipped with the same
A drying device H is provided with: a first heating roller part 10 and a second heating roller part 20 that guide a printed object X and are capable of heating the printed object X; a first heating part 11 that is formed so as to be opposed to the outer circumferential surface of the first heating roller part 10 and a second heating part 21 that is formed so as to be opposed to the outer circumferential surface of the second heating roller part 20, wherein after the printed object X has been guided to the first heating roller part 10 on the upstream side, it is guided to the second heating roller part 20 on the downstream side, with the setting temperature of the second heating roller part 20 being made higher than the setting temperature of the first heating roller part 10, and an ink-jet printing device I equipped with such a heating device.
US10759193B2 Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus with bringing porous body of liquid absorbing member into contact with ink image
An ink jet recording method of the present invention includes a step of applying a reaction liquid onto a transfer body, an ink image forming step, a liquid removing step of bringing a porous body of a liquid absorbing member into contact with the ink image on the transfer body to remove 70% by mass or more of the liquid component from the ink image, a transfer step, and a smoothing step of bringing a fixing member into contact with the ink image on the recording medium, heating and pressing the ink image at a temperature not less than the softening point of the resin to smooth the surface of the ink image, and releasing the heated and pressed ink image from the fixing member at a temperature less than the softening point of the resin.
US10759191B2 Printing apparatus with curved feed path
A printing apparatus includes an apparatus main body that houses the printing unit therein, and that includes a paper feeding port provided on the upper surface; an upper feeding path configured to guide the medium fed from the paper feeding port and including a first curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium; a medium housing portion configured to house the medium; and a lower feeding path configured to guide the medium from the medium housing portion and including a second curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium in a course of the guidance, in which an innermost portion of the first curved portion overlaps the second curved portion in a depth direction from the front surface toward a rear surface, which is on a side opposite to the front surface, of the apparatus main body when viewed from the upper surface.
US10759188B2 System for providing multiple surface treatments to three-dimensional objects prior to printing
A surface treatment system includes a holder configured to secure an object within the holder and a plurality of surface treatment devices. Each surface treatment device is configured to treat a surface of the object within the holder differently than each of the other surface treatment devices in the plurality of surface treatment devices. A controller is configured to operate the surface treatment devices independently of one another so less than all of the devices can be operated to treat an object surface. Thus, the surface treatment system is capable of treating a wide range of materials for printing by a direct-to-object printer.
US10759186B2 Tape printer
A tape printer that includes: a cartridge loading portion to which a tape cartridge is loaded, the tape cartridge including a cartridge case and a platen roller accommodated in the cartridge case, the cartridge case having a positioning recess and a first detection target portion of which shape is varied depending on various types of tape cartridge; a platen shaft provided in the cartridge loading portion and inserted into the platen roller; a first detection unit provided in the cartridge loading portion, of which output changes depending on the shape of the first detection target portion; and a positioning projection provided at a position farther than the first detection unit with respect to the platen shaft in the cartridge loading portion when seen from a near side in a loading direction of the tape cartridge, and engaging with the positioning recess.
US10759185B2 Sheet, sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method
A sheet for a laser printer includes a plurality of fibers, and a binding agent for binding the plurality of fibers, in which an abundance of the binding agent on a surface of the sheet is smaller than an abundance of the binding agent in a center in a thickness direction of the sheet.
US10759182B2 Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection port ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber storing the liquid, an element generating energy for ejecting the liquid in the pressure chamber, first and second tanks which can store the liquid, a flow passage establishing communication between the first and second tanks through the pressure chamber, a switching unit switching a flowing direction of the liquid in the flow passage between a first direction from the first tank to the second tank and a second direction being opposite to the first direction, and a pressure compensation unit. When a pressure in a downstream side flow passage portion downstream of the pressure chamber has a predetermined pressure or below, the pressure compensation unit compensates for reduction in pressure in the downstream side flow passage portion by supplying the liquid to the downstream side flow passage portion.
US10759181B2 Inkjet printing apparatus and control method of the inkjet printing apparatus
According to an aspect of the present invention, an inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head having an ejection opening surface on which ejection openings for ejecting ink are formed, a tank storing ink to be supplied to the print head, a supply flow path for supplying the ink from the tank to the print head, a collection flow path for collecting the ink from the print head to the tank, a supply pump provided in the supply flow path to supply the ink from the tank to the print head, a tank decompression pump which decompresses the inside of the tank, and a control unit which controls to drive the supply pump and the tank decompression pump to fill the collection flow path with ink.
US10759173B2 Wiping member, wiping method, and wiping device
A wiping member that wipes a nozzle surface of a liquid discharging head, includes a first region having an average porosity P1, a second region disposed on the first region, having an average porosity P2 greater than P1, and a third region disposed on the second region having an average porosity P3 greater than P2, wherein the wiping member has a thickness t in the direction perpendicular to the surface that contacts the nozzle surface and each of the first region, the second region, and the third region has a thickness of t/3 in the direction, wherein P2/P1 is from 1.1 to 1.4.
US10759168B2 Support substrates for microfluidic die
The present disclosure provides supports for microfluidic die that allow for nozzles of the microfluidic die to be on a different plane or face a different direction from electrical contacts on the same support. This includes a rigid support having electrical contacts on a different side of the rigid support with respect to a direction of ejection of the nozzles, and a semi-flexible support or semi-rigid support that allow the electrical contacts to be moved with respect to a direction of ejection of the nozzles. The semi-flexible and semi-rigid supports allow the die to be up to and beyond a 90 degree angle with respect to a plane of the electrical contacts. The different supports allow for a variety of positions of the microfluidic die with respect to a position of the electrical contacts.
US10759166B2 Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection head includes a manifold configured to store liquid therein, a plurality of ejection channels, and a dummy channel. Each ejection channel communicates with the manifold and is configured to receive liquid from the manifold and eject liquid through a corresponding nozzle thereof open to a nozzle surface. The dummy channel communicates with the manifold and includes a dummy nozzle open to the nozzle surface. The dummy channel further includes a pressure chamber, an actuator configured to apply pressure to liquid in the pressure chamber, a communication passage connecting the manifold to the pressure chamber, and a circulation passage through which the pressure chamber communicates with the manifold. The circulation passage is different from the communication passage and located between the dummy nozzle and the manifold.
US10759164B2 Application device, ink application method, and non-transitory recording medium
The application device comprises a sensor that detects movement of the application device on an application target, a camera that obtains a captured image that is an image of a surface of the application target and is captured during the movement of the application device, a head that applies ink, and a processor, wherein the processor specifies an ink application area based on the captured image of the surface of the application target that is captured by the camera in accordance with the movement that is detected by the sensor, and controls the head to apply ink to the ink application area in accordance with the movement.
US10759163B2 Printing device
A method of operating a printing device during a power loss event includes, with a power loss protection supply voltage generator coupled to a printhead driving circuit, maintaining a power loss protection supply voltage (VDD_plp) to the printhead driving circuit until a high voltage power supply (VPP) to the high voltage devices drops below a threshold voltage.
US10759162B2 Printing head module
A printing head module for a 3-D printing apparatus includes a 3-D print head, an ink-jet print head and a baking module. The 3-D print head includes a melting module and a base-material nozzle to print a plurality of staking layers. The ink-jet print head is connected to the 3-D print head and includes an ink nozzle to dispense ink on each stacking layer. The baking module is disposed between the 3-D print head and the ink-jet print head and includes a fan, a discharge casing and a heating module. The fan includes an air-discharge side facing the base to provide an air flow. The discharge casing is disposed on the air-discharge side. The heating module is disposed between the fan and the discharge casing to heat the air flow and the heated air flow being blown out via the discharge casing for drying the ink layer.
US10759155B2 Method of manufacturing a laminated packaging material, the packaging material obtained by the method and packaging containers manufactured therefrom
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing of a laminated cellulose-based liquid or semi-liquid food packaging material, wherein the laminated packaging material has a bulk material layer comprising a low-density cellulose spacer layer, an outside module comprising a substrate layer having a print surface and an inside material module comprising a barrier layer or barrier coating. The invention further relates the laminated packaging materials obtained by the method and to a packaging container for liquid food packaging, comprising the laminated packaging material or being made from the laminated packaging material obtained by the method.
US10759151B2 Thermal conductive insulating sheet, method for producing same, and intermediate laminate
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermal conductive insulating sheet which has achieved a good balance between insulating properties and thermal conductivity higher than ever before. A thermal conductive insulating sheet according to the present invention contains a thermal conductive spherical filler (excluding boron nitride), a boron nitride filler and a binder resin, and has a plurality of layers (A) that mainly contain the thermal conductive spherical filler (excluding boron nitride) and one or more layers (B) that mainly contain the boron nitride filler, with the layers (A) and the layers (B) being alternately laminated so that layers (A) form the outermost layers.
US10759150B2 Waterproof membrane with good adhesion to concrete
A waterproof membrane is described that includes a barrier layer and a functional layer. The functional layer can include a thermoplastic polymer that changes consistency under the influence of highly alkaline media, and an adhesive. The production and use of the membrane are also described. The functional layer of the membrane can be designed in the form of a film, a coating, or a nonwoven fabric. The fibers in the fabric can include a hard core that is surrounded by a polymer layer, is inert prior to coming into contact with liquid concrete and acts as a protective layer. Thus, the membrane is protected from premature aging and allows work to be performed with the seal in place. During the concreting process, i.e. when the functional layer comes into contact with liquid concrete, the polymer dissolves and thus allows the adhesive to bond to the concrete. The functional layer thus acts as an adhesive sealing compound and the seal is leakproof.
US10759149B2 Recycled rubber backed cushioned vinyl
A laminated surface covering including a facing material made of vinyl and a backing material comprising a rubber component. The rubber component comprising at least a matrix of bonded rubber granules. A bonding material disposed between the facing material and the backing material. The facing material configured to melt at a temperature between 165° F. and 248° F. infiltrating the backing material thereby essentially encasing the rubber granules of the matrix and providing fire retardation and smoke suppression qualities.
US10759148B2 Wood adhesive, method for adhering wood materials using the same, and composite wood structure using the same
A wood adhesive, a method for adhering wood materials using the same, and a composite wood structure using the same are disclosed. The wood adhesive comprises a first agent and a second agent, wherein the first agent comprises sodium carboxymethyl cellulose having a molecular weight from about 15,000 to about 500,000 and a degree of substitution from about 0.4 to about 2, and the second agent comprises polymeric quaternary amine.
US10759145B2 Laminates
There is provided a process for preparing a laminate, comprising electrostatically printing a transparent electrostatic ink composition onto a base material, wherein the transparent electrostatic ink composition comprises a thermoplastic resin, and a charge adjuvant and/or a charge director; providing a substrate; and contacting the substrate with the transparent electrostatic ink composition while the thermoplastic resin is softened or molten, and then allowing the thermoplastic resin to harden, so that the electrostatic ink composition adheres the base material and the substrate together. Laminate materials are also disclosed.
US10759144B2 Building material
[Object] To provide a building material capable of solving the problem of peeling-off, turning-up, and displacement of a protective sheet from a coating during storage, transport, and construction and capable of solving the problem of degradation of surface finishing of the coating as a result of the protective sheet being peeled off from a coating surface of the building material.[Solution] A building material 10 includes a base material 1 having a design surface on a surface thereof, a coating 2 that is formed on the design surface and that has a surface having a 60-degree specular gloss of 80 or greater, and a protective sheet 3 affixed to the coating 2 so as to be peelable. The coating 2 has a pencil hardness of HB or higher. The adhesive force between the coating 2 and the protective sheet 3 is 2 to 8 N/20 mm.
US10759142B2 Method for forming a flexible, thermal-barrier sheet product, and associated apparatus
A method is provided for forming a flexible fire-resistant and thermal resistant sheet product. Such a method comprises securing a first insulation material sheet to a first cover sheet to form a first sheet product portion including a perimeter; securing a second insulation material sheet to a second cover sheet to form a second sheet product portion including a perimeter; and securing the first sheet product portion to the second sheet product portion, at least about the perimeters thereof and such that the first insulation material sheet is disposed adjacent to the second insulation material sheet, to form the sheet product. An associated apparatus is also provided.
US10759140B1 Composite damage tolerance and through thickness conductivity by interleaving carbon fiber veil nanocomposites
A polymer matrix composite includes layers that alternate between a thin carbon fiber veil layer and a thicker base carbon fiber reinforcement layer. Each veil is coated with conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) prior to being added as a laminate layer. Epoxy resin fixes CNTs extended into adjacent reinforcement layers, which results in a composite improved in interlaminar strength, fracture toughness, and impact resistance. Thermal and electrical conductivity are also improved due to the conductive CNTs bridging the resin-insulating interlayer region. As the fuzzy fiber veil is not relied on to provide strength or stiffness to the composite structure, any damage to the veil will not affect composite integrity. Also, as the CNT growth is not on a replacement section of reinforcement layer, the composite avoids pitfalls of strength degradation, reinforcing phase continuity disruption, and residual stress introduction.
US10759137B2 Multi-layered pipe and a method for forming a multi-layered pipe
A multi-layered pipe comprising a wall having a polyolefin inner layer and a barrier layer being an outer layer relative to the polyolefin inner layer, the barrier layer being formed of a non-metallic barrier material, which barrier material has relative to polyolefin an enhanced resistance to permeation therethrough of hydrocarbon molecules, the pipe further comprising a protective layer being an outer layer relative to the barrier layer, the pipe further comprising a peelable layer between the polyolefin inner layer and the barrier layer, the peelable layer being formable around the polyolefin inner layer by means of extrusion. The protective layer and the barrier layer may together be incorporated in a single layer.
US10759110B2 Light homogenization method for multi-source large-scale surface exposure 3D printing
A light homogenization method for multi-source large-scale surface exposure 3D printing, comprising the following steps: projecting pure-color images of a first color and a second color having identical attributes capturing an image of an overlapping portion and calculating height and width information of the overlapping portion; splitting a pre-processed slice and respectively recording width and height information of two slices resulting from the splitting and generating two grayscale images having identical attributes thereto; counting power values of identical positions of slices in different grayscale values, performing a further calculation to obtain a projection mapping function, using the projection mapping function as a basis for performing optimization on grayscale interpolation of the generated images; and fusing the processed grayscale images and the originally split two slices to obtain a surface exposure 3D printing slice having a uniform brightness in final shaping.
US10759107B2 Ribbon filament and assembly for use in extrusion-based digital manufacturing systems
A consumable material for use in an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, the consumable material comprising a length and a cross-sectional profile of at least a portion of the length that is axially asymmetric. The cross-sectional profile is configured to provide a response time with a non-cylindrical liquefier of the extrusion-based digital manufacturing system that is faster than a response time achievable with a cylindrical filament in a cylindrical liquefier for a same thermally limited, maximum volumetric flow rate.
US10759103B2 Injection blow molding method and injection blow molding apparatus for hollow container
In a cooling adjustment step of cooling a preform held within an injection space to a predetermined temperature, cooling intensity for an injection core mold 124 is reduced as compared with cooling intensity for an injection cavity mold 123.
US10759089B1 Recycling materials in various environments including reduced gravity environments
Recycling devices for producing additive manufacturing filament from received materials including objects to be recycled, discarded objects, obsolete objects, and the like. A recycling device may include a material processing system an extrusion mechanism and a spooling assembly. The material processing system receives material, reduces the size of the received material via a material size reducer and actively pushes the material through at least a portion of the device. The extrusion mechanism produces filament from the material and the spooling assembly loads the filament onto a spool for later use. The spooling assembly may include detachable elements configured to interface with and supply filament to an additive manufacturing device. Depending on configuration, recycling devices may create filament from plastic, metal, in-situ material, or a combination thereof.
US10759088B2 Cutting blade mounting method
A cutting blade mounting method of sandwiching both side surfaces of an annular cutting blade by a first flange and a second flange, the first flange being mounted on an end of a spindle and having a suction hole sucking and holding a side surface of the cutting blade to a sandwiching surface of the first flange, includes: a cutting blade provisional holding step of sucking and holding the cutting blade to the first flange by making the cutting blade abut against the sandwiching surface of the first flange at a perfect circle position at which a center of the cutting blade coincides with an axis of the spindle, and making a suction force act on the suction hole; and a fixing step of fixing the cutting blade maintaining the perfect circle position in the cutting blade provisional holding step to the first flange by the second flange.
US10759081B2 Non-binding fence for a table saw
A guide assembly for a saw device includes a pre-load mechanism located at one end and a slide mechanism located at the other end. The slide mechanism establishes two fixed contact points between the guide assembly and a guide rail of the saw device. The pre-load mechanism establishes a third contact point between the guide assembly and another guide rail of the saw device. The guide assembly has an unlocked condition in which the pre-load mechanism continuously generates a first clamping force on the saw device between the third contact point and the two fixed contact points. The first clamping force self-aligns the guide assembly to the saw device and permits slidable adjustment of the guide assembly on the saw device. The guide assembly has a locked condition in which a second clamping force is generated between the contact points and the guide assembly is fixed on the saw device.
US10759076B2 Device for the manufacture of pharmaceutical patches
The present invention relates to a device for the manufacture of pharmaceutical patches, a method for the manufacture of pharmaceutical patches, and a package comprising a pharmaceutical patch obtainable by said method.
US10759062B2 Article of dishware gripping systems
Example systems and methods are described that are capable of gripping objects. In one implementation, a system includes a first finger that includes a plurality of teeth and a second finger that is mechanically coupled to the first finger and includes a plurality of teeth. The first finger and the second finger are configured to move apart when the first finger and the second finger are moved in a first direction against an object. The first finger and second finger are further configured to grip the object when the first finger and the second finger are moved in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction.
US10759056B2 Control unit for articulated robot
A control unit for an articulated robot has a memory unit which accumulates, when a safety stop function operates by contact or proximity between the articulated robot in operation and at least one of the human and an object, information of occurrence positions in each of which the contact or the proximity occurs or information detected by a sensor which can be used to derive the occurrence positions, the contact and the adjacent are causes of the operation of the safety stop function, and a display device which displays the occurrence positions on a predetermined display based on the information of the occurrence positions or the information detected by the sensor accumulated by the memory unit.
US10759051B2 Architecture and methods for robotic mobile manipulation system
The present approach relates to integrated planning of robot navigation and manipulator motion in performing tasks. In particular, as discussed herein sensor information, such as visual information, may be used for the robot to locate a target object when it arrives at a working location. Adjustments may be made based on this information that may include moving the robot and planning a manipulator arm motion.
US10759047B1 Speed reducer and robot
The speed reducer includes: a first sun gear; a second sun gear arranged coaxially with the first sun gear and having a different number of teeth from the first sun gear; a first planetary gear to engage with the first sun gear; a second planetary gear to engage with both the second sun gear and the first planetary gear and having an equal number of teeth to the first planetary gear; and a carrier part to rotatably fix relative positions of shafts of the first sun gear, the first planetary gear, and the second planetary gear and to rotate at a lower rotational speed than the first sun gear. The first sun gear and the second sun gear are rotated in opposite directions at an equal rotational speed.
US10759044B2 Device and method for controlled motion of a tool
The present invention relates to devices and methods for controlled motion of a tool. In one embodiment, the device can support a tool needed to perform an activity requiring a highly-precise, stable motion, while also accommodating a person's hand for the purposes of moving the tool. In another embodiment, the device of the present invention allows for rotational motion of a tool independently of the directive motion of the tool. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to the design of a force transducer useful in a cooperative robot. The device and methods of the present invention are particularly useful for microsurgery or other tasks that are typically performed using cooperative robotics.
US10759038B2 Hand-held machine tool having a tool-change magazine
A hand-held machine tool having a tool receiver to receive an insert tool having an external profile, the tool receiver featuring an internal receiver provided at least sectionally with an internal profile, and having a tool housing assigned a tool-change magazine having at least one tool chamber for storing the insert tool, the tool chamber being alignable with the tool receiver to allow the insert tool to be transferred from the tool chamber into the internal receiver or from the internal receiver into the tool chamber, a positioning device being provided for the circumferential alignment of the external profile when transferring the insert tool from the tool chamber into the internal receiver of the tool receiver to produce a form-locking connection between the internal profile and the external profile that at least for the most part, is free of rotational play, the positioning device has at least one magnet.
US10759032B2 Fuel gas-operated drive-in device having valve component
The invention relates to a drive-in device comprising a drive-in piston guided in a cylinder for driving a nail component into a work piece, a combustion chamber arranged on the drive-in piston, and which can be filled with an incendive gas mixture, a charge component for producing an over-pressure of the gas mixture, and a touch component for recognising a pressing of the drive-in device on a work piece, wherein the combustion chamber is connected to an outer space via a valve component, wherein the valve component is controlled in accordance with a position of the touch component, such that, in the event of a non-ignition, the over-pressure of the gas mixture can escape via the valve component after a removal of the drive-in device.
US10759029B2 Powered fastener driver and operating method thereof
A powered fastener driver includes a cylinder and a drive piston within the cylinder being acted on by a driving force resulting from a pressure differential. The powered fastener further includes a drive blade coupled to the drive piston and operable to drive a fastener, and an adjustable valve for selectively introducing air from ambient atmosphere into the cylinder, thereby changing the pressure differential acting on the drive piston. By adopting a self-contained vacuum generating means as described above, the present invention does not rely on any external vacuum source and powered fastener driver can be used and carried with conveniently.
US10759026B2 Vise with an adjustable operating angle
A vise with an adjustable operating angle includes a base member, a front pier and a rear pier disposed on two opposite ends of the base member. A rotary seat mounted onto the front pier and the rear pier. A platform is pivoted to the front pier and the rear pier. A fixed jaw is secured on a rear end of the platform and a movable jaw is movably mounted on the platform. A lead screw is disposed in the platform for driving the movable jaw. A front turntable and a rear turntable are disposed to two opposite ends of the platform and rotatably disposed on the front pier and the rear pier. A front fastening seat and a rear fastening seat are mounted onto the front pier and the rear pier for selectively holding the front turntable and the rear turntable in place.
US10759025B2 Positive interlock network (PIN) vise and mold
A vise includes a base and two opposed jaws. At least one of the jaws is movable with respect to the other so that an object can be gripped therebetween. At least one of the two opposed jaws includes a frame and an array of polygon-shaped pins stacked parallel to one another. The frame has a bottom side and two opposed sides tapering towards the bottom side. The pins are disposed on the bottom side. Each pin has a cross-sectional shape such that when stacked together, the pins fit flush with one another and an area defined by the frame is tiled by the pins without any substantial gaps therebetween. The pins are oriented such that the tapering opposed sides direct force vectors to increase a pin-to-pin clamping force and the frame selectively clamps down on the pins such that the pins are held in place.
US10759021B2 Hood for drum sander
A drum sander having a fin for deflecting airflow around the drum and directing dust and debris to a dust collecting outlet. The fin includes a first section at a first angle and a second section at a second angle that directs air movement generated by the operating drum toward the dust collecting outlet. The free edge of the fin is shaped to wrap partially around the drum in two helical inclined planes. A tool free adjustment of parallelism may be provided. The workpieces are pulled through the sander rather than being pushed through. Lightweight materials reduce stress on the assembly. Heat is dissipated by the configuration and material of the drum.
US10759019B2 End point detection method, polishing apparatus, and polishing method
An end point detection method is provided for detecting an end point based on a drive current supplied to a drive unit that rotates and drives one of a polishing table and a holding unit. The end point detection method includes: a step (S102) of determining whether a polishing condition of a polishing process to be executed coincides with a preset specific polishing condition; a step (S103) of adjusting a current control parameter in a drive control unit that controls the drive current, the current control parameter related to a change in the drive current with respect to a change in a driving load of the drive unit, if it is determined that the polishing condition coincides with the specific polishing condition; and a step (S105) of detecting the drive current supplied to the drive unit based on the adjusted current control parameter.
US10759014B2 Adaptive R744 minimum quantity cooling lubrication system
This application presents a method and apparatus for cooling a through-ported cutting tool with a source of liquid CO2 with a compressed air line with a compressed air inlet and multiple CO2 injection capillary segments; the capillary segments interconnect to the same source of liquid CO2 and can have high pressure valves and throttles; the throttles have different sizes; a first capillary ends near the cutting tool; the second capillary ends near the compressed air inlet. Using a particular sequence of opening or closing the valves to the liquid CO2 to the capillaries, mixing with the compressed air provides and recycling the residual CO2, this invention provides for uniform and controlled cooling of the cutting tool within a certain temperature range.
US10759013B2 Dust containment apparatus for an air tool vacuum dust extraction system
A dust containment apparatus includes a tubular snorkel and dust bellows surrounding the implement of an air too, and a retention assembly housed within the snorkel that frictionally engages the implement to resist movement of the snorkel and bellows with respect to the implement. The retention assembly includes a set of friction members surrounding the radial periphery of the implement, and at least one resilient band that biases the friction members radially inward into pressing engagement with the implement. Preferably, the snorkel and friction members are constructed of non-magnetic material, and the friction members include permanent magnets that are magnetically attracted to the implement to augment the radially inward biasing of the resilient band.
US10759009B2 Friction stir welding flash and burr control
Some examples include welding a first workpiece to a second workpiece. For instance, the first workpiece may be secured adjacent to the second workpiece. At least one of the first workpiece or the second workpiece includes a channel or a portion of a channel in a respective surface such that a complete channel is presented when the first workpiece and the second workpiece are secured adjacent to each other. A rotating tip of a welding tool is inserted into the complete channel for welding the first workpiece to the second workpiece. A surface burr resulting from the welding is located within the complete channel.
US10759008B1 Pipe alignment system
A pipe alignment apparatus to align a pair of adjacent pipe ends together. The apparatus includes a first pair of arcuate frames joined together to move between an open position and a closed position. A second pair of arcuate frames joined together moves between an open position and closed position. A plurality of jackscrews is provided on the first pair of arcuate frames and on the second pair of arcuate frames. A plurality of adjustable turnbuckles extends between the first pair of frames and the second pair of frames.
US10759005B2 Laser cutting and machining method for plated steel plate, laser cut-and-machined product, thermal cutting and machining method, thermal cut-and-machined product, surface-treated steel plate, laser cutting method, and laser machining head
A laser cutting and machining method for plated steel plated, when irradiating a laser beam LB on to the upper surface of a plated steel plate W and laser cutting and machining same: a plating layer-containing metal that has been melted and/or evaporated by the irradiation of the laser beam LB is caused to flow on to a cut surface of the plated steel plate W as a result of assist gas that is jetted towards a laser machining units; and the plating layer-containing metal is coated on the cut surface.
US10759003B2 Method and system for dynamically following laser cutting with magnetic belt
Provided are a method and a system for enabling magnetic belts to follow laser-cutting dynamically to achieve flexible designs and facilitating processing. The system comprises: a processing station; two sets of magnetic belts arranged respectively on a feeding side and a discharging side of the processing station, with each magnetic belt of the sets being able to be stretched and retracted and the distance between magnetic belts being adjustable; a laser-cutting unit provided at the processing station; a feeding robot and a tooling arranged on an outer side of the set of magnetic belts on the feeding side, with a pile of blocks being arranged on the rear side of the tooling and a block edge measuring device being installed at the tooling; a discharging robot and a tooling arranged on an outer side of the set of magnetic belts on the discharging side, with a pile of sheets being arranged on the rear side of the tooling; a scrap conveyor device arranged on the rear side of the processing station perpendicular to the feeding direction; a dust treating device and a real-time measurement device for the cutting of the blocks provided at the processing station; a position detecting device for the sheets in front of the pile of sheets and a transfer location arranged at the position of the set of magnetic belts on the discharging side outside the processing station; and a cutting control system.
US10758998B2 Dividing method of workpiece and laser processing apparatus
A dividing method of a workpiece includes a dicing tape sticking step of sticking a dicing tape to the workpiece. A first laser processing step includes irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam with such a wavelength as to be absorbed by the workpiece along a first direction to form first laser-processed grooves. A first expanding step includes expanding the dicing tape in a second direction to enlarge the width of the first laser-processed grooves. A second laser processing step includes irradiating the workpiece with the laser beam with such a wavelength as to be absorbed by the workpiece along the second direction to form second laser-processed grooves, and a second expanding step includes expanding the dicing tape in the first direction to enlarge the width of the second laser-processed grooves.
US10758994B2 Weld cable communications controller module
The present invention is directed to a system and method of remotely controlling a welding machine with command signals transmitted to the welding power source across a weld cable connecting the power source to a remote device, such a wire feeder. A transmitter transmits the control commands containing desired welding operational parameters to a receiver disposed in the power source across a weld cable also designed to carry welding power from the power source to the wire feeder.
US10758983B1 Concentrated synthesis of monodispersed gold nanorods
A method for synthesizing nanostructures includes introducing a solution of seed crystals into an initial growth solution to form a nanostructure synthesis mixture. The initial growth solution includes a precursor material and a reducing agent in a surfactant solution. Growth of nanostructures in the nanostructure synthesis mixture is monitored during a period of anisotropic growth of the nanostructures to determine a shift from stage II growth of the nanostructures to stage III growth of the nanostructures. The shift from stage II growth to stage III growth is identified, and after identifying the shift, a second growth solution is added to the nanostructure synthesis mixture coincident in time with the shift. The second growth solution includes the precursor material and the reducing agent in the surfactant solution.
US10758982B2 Magnetic powder and production method thereof, magnetic core and production method thereof, coil component and motor
A magnetic powder is represented by general formula FeaSibBcPdCue. 71.0≤a≤81.0, 0.14≤b/c≤5, 0≤d≤14, 0
US10758978B2 Additive manufacturing with powder and densification material dispensing
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a platform, one or more supports positioned above the platform, an actuator, a first powder dispenser that is attached to and moves with a first support from the one or more supports and is configured to selectively dispense a first powder onto the build area, a first binder material dispenser configured to selectively dispense a first binder material on a voxel-by-voxel basis to an uppermost layer of powder in the build area to form a volume of the layer having powder and binder material and corresponding to a cross-sectional portion of a part being built, a third dispensing system configured to deliver a densification material to the layer of powder or the combined layer of powder and binder material, and an energy source configured to emit radiation toward the platform so as to solidify the binder material.
US10758976B2 Systems and methods for powder pretreatment in additive manufacturing
A method of processing a powdered feedstock to form a fabricated component is provided. The fabricated component includes a plurality of grains having a nominal grain size. The method includes providing the powdered feedstock material having a population of phase particulates with a first nominal size distribution disposed within a host matrix material. The method includes building a consolidated component from the powdered feedstock material in an additive manufacturing process, and fabricating the fabricated component from the consolidated component. The first nominal size distribution of the population of phase particulates is sized such that at least a portion of the population of phase particulates persists throughout the additive manufacturing process and is present as a processed population of phase particulates in the consolidated component. In addition, the processed population of phase particulates has a second nominal size distribution effective to produce the nominal grain size of the fabricated component.
US10758969B2 Process for producing a ceramic casting core
A production method for a ceramic casting core (20) in which one manufactures the core (20) by machining by mechanical removal of material from a fired ceramic material block (1), the machining operation comprising at least a first machining step to realize a first machined surface (6, 7) in the material block (1), and a second machining step to realize a second machined surface (9) in the material block (1), substantially opposite to the first machined surface (6). Prior to the second machining step, applying a reinforcement layer (8), made of a stiffening solution to protect the material block (1) from breaking during the second machining step, on at least part or the entire first machined surface (6, 7).
US10758961B2 Mechanical spreader
A mechanical spreader along a spreading axis, characterized in that it comprises a support (1) and two spreading plates (2), each spreading plate (2) comprising at least one bevel (3), and in that it also comprises a central rod (4) able to slide in said support (1) between the two spreading plates (2), said central rod (4) comprising a plurality of bevels (5) having a profile complementary to the bevels (3) of said spreading plates (2), the bevels (5) of said central rod (4) being in contact with the bevels (3) of said spreading plates (2), said spreader also comprising return means able to exert a return force on the spreading plates (2), means for pushing the central rod (4) and means for immobilizing the spreading plates (2) in planes perpendicular to said spreading axis.
US10758952B2 Pipe scarifying method and apparatus
An apparatus for hydrodemolishing the inside surfaces of an inclined pipe, particularly suited to contiguous pipe sections with access ports between the sections. The fluid supply hose is fed to the hydrodemolition rig inside the pipe from the same side as the winch that controls the movement of the rig. The rig is moved upstream in a scarifying pass, then downstream in a cleaning pass for each section and re-staged at each access port.
US10758944B2 Equipment for handling parcels using shuttle robots that move bags or the like
Equipment for handling parcels between loading points at which said parcels are loaded and drop-off points at which the parcels are dropped off in a logistics center, the equipment having sorting receptacles placed at the loading points and into which the parcels are poured loosely in bulk, further having trolleys, each of which is configured to carry a removable receptacle, and shuttle robots configured to dock with the trolleys and to move them automatically, and a monitoring and control unit for automatically and remotely controlling the movement of the shuttle robots as a function of a sorting plan so as to place trolleys with empty receptacles at the loading points and so as to place each of the trolleys with a receptacle loaded with parcels at a drop-off point where the receptacle loaded with parcels is replaced with an empty receptacle.
US10758937B2 Phosphor device comprising plural phosphor agents for converting waveband light into plural color lights
A phosphor device of an illumination system emitting a first waveband light includes a substrate and a phosphor layer formed on the substrate. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor agent and a second phosphor agent. The first waveband light is converted into a first color light by the first phosphor agent. The second phosphor agent is distributed over the first phosphor agent and mixed with the first phosphor agent, and the first waveband light is converted into a second color light by the second phosphor agent. The first color light and the second color light are integrated into the second waveband light. The difference between the first wavelength peak of the first color light and the second wavelength peak of the second color light is 50 to 100 nanometers. Therefore, the advantages of increasing the purity, the luminance and the luminous intensity of specific color light are achieved.
US10758936B2 Carbon nanomaterial composite sheet and method for making the same
A carbon nanomaterial composite sheet and a method for making a carbon nanomaterial composite sheet may include a layer of a carbon nanomaterial structure being bonded to a carrier layer, the carrier layer being fabricated from a porous metalized nonwoven material.
US10758932B2 Applicator for applying a thick matter, replacement part therefor and corresponding operating method
The disclosure concerns an applicator for applying a coating agent (e.g. thick matter) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body part) with a nozzle with a nozzle opening with a certain nozzle geometry, in particular for applying a thick matter bead to a component surface. The disclosure provides that the nozzle geometry of the nozzle opening can be adjusted without replacing the nozzle, in particular by a relative movement of two nozzle parts. Furthermore, the disclosure comprises an exchange part for such an applicator and an operating method therefor.
US10758927B2 Rotary device
Some embodiments relate to an apparatus for holding a workpiece under tension while one or more operations are performed on the workpiece, the apparatus comprising: a frame; a first spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; a first coupler configured to couple the first spindle to a first end of the workpiece; a second spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; and a second coupler configured to couple the second spindle to a second end of the workpiece; wherein a distance between the first and second couplers is adjustable to hold the workpiece under tension between the couplers while the one or more operations are performed, and wherein the workpiece can be rotated with the couplers relative to the frame about a common axis of rotation extending between the couplers. Some embodiments relate to a system comprising a controller for controlling rotation of the workpiece. Embodiments also relate to processes comprising holding a workpiece under tension while performing one or more operations on the workpiece. Some of the processes, systems and apparatuses described may be particularly useful for cold spraying delicate workpieces such as 3D printed static mixers.
US10758921B2 Separation device
A separation device, comprising: a third-stage cyclone housing, a separating unit, and a granule recycle and regeneration unit, wherein, the separating unit is disposed inside the third-stage cyclone housing and comprises: a cyclone separator and a moving bed coupled to each other; the granule recycle and regeneration unit comprises: a riser, a spouted bed regenerator, and a regeneration pipe connecting the spouted bed regenerator with the moving bed; the spouted bed regenerator has upper and lower ends opposing to each other, wherein, the upper end of the spouted bed regenerator is provided with a sleeve which opens downwardly, the sleeve divides an interior of the spouted bed regenerator into a fountain area and an annular gap area, and a regenerating gas outlet which is in communication with the annular gap area is provided on a side wall of the spouted bed regenerator. A centrifugal separation and intercepting filtration of the moving granular bed to fine particles can separate fine particles under low pressure drop, and can continuously separate the captured dust particles and the moving bed granules ensuring a sustainable recycling of the moving bed granules.
US10758906B2 Cell separation chip and system
The present invention relates to a system and method for cell separation. The system includes: a cartridge having a polygonal shape in cross section and including an injection part, a separation chip separating a flow channel of a sample injected through the injection part, and a discharge part; and a base plate coupled to the cartridge through its upper surface and including a magnetic chip for cancer cell capture, liquid sensors, and valves. The method includes: coupling a cut plane of one side of the cell separation cartridge to one side of the base plate; engaging a recess formed at the other end of the cell separation cartridge with a pin formed at the other end of the base plate; fixing holes of the separation chip of the cell separation cartridge and holes of the magnetic chip of the base plate using a fixing member to match the holes of the separation chip of the cell separation cartridge and the holes of the magnetic chip of the base plate; and determining whether a pattern of the separation chip of the cell separation cartridge matches a pattern of the magnetic chip of the base plate.
US10758904B2 Devices for trapping and controlling microparticles with radiation
A particle manipulation device includes a substrate and a microchannel included in the substrate and configured to receive a fluid including particles therein. A biasing structure is formed on the substrate adjacent to, but outside the microchannel. The biasing structure is configured to dispense radiation at a frequency to bias movement of the particles within the microchannel from outside the microchannel.
US10758902B2 Method of fabricating semipermeable ultrathin polymer membranes
A semipermeable ultrathin polymer membrane comprises a substantially optically transparent polymer film having a surface area to thickness ratio of at least 1,000,000:1, and an array of precisely spatially ordered pores of a user-selected diameter defined therethrough. Such membranes can be fabricated by providing a mold having a patterned array of nanoholes femtosecond laser ablated in a surface thereof; applying a first polymer solution onto the mold surface so that the first polymer solution infiltrates the nanoholes; allowing the first polymer solution to dry and form a replica of the mold having a plurality of freestanding nanoneedles extending from a surface of the replica; removing the replica from the mold; coating the replica surface with a second polymer solution; drying the second polymer solution to form a porous polymer film; and dissolving the replica in a solvent to release the film from the replica as a semipermeable ultrathin polymer membrane.
US10758901B2 Apparatus, system and method for filtering liquid samples
An apparatus and a system for filtering a liquid sample in a sample well (310) by transferring the liquid out of the sample well (310) through a filter member (320) situated at a bottom part of the sample well (310). The apparatus and the system include a syringe (100), and a seal member (200) arranged around a nozzle (140) of the syringe (100) in such a way that the syringe (100) is adjustable in connection with an upper part of the sample well (310) in a substantially airtight manner. A method for filtering a liquid sample and use of the system for filtering eluted blood are also disclosed.
US10758896B2 Phenanthroline based pincer complexes useful as catalysts for the preparation of methanol from carbondioxide
The present invention relates to a novel phenonthroline based pincer complexes and process for preparation thereof. The present invention also provides a one pot process for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol in the presence of a molecularly defined pincer-type single-site Ru-catalyst and secondary amine. Further the present invention provides the use of phenonthroline based pincer complexes for the esterification of alcohols and hydrogenation of esters under mild conditions.
US10758894B2 SAPO-34/ZSM-5@ kaolin microsphere composite catalytic material and its preparation and use
The present invention relates to a composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres and its preparation and use, the method comprises the steps of: 1) processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres, and baking them to obtain activated kaolin microspheres; 2) mixing the activated kaolin microspheres obtained in step 1), water, a phosphorus source, and a template agent to prepare a gel; 3) mixing the gel obtained in step 2) and a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, and carrying out aging, crystallization, and separation to obtain a composite material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin; 4) subjecting the composite material obtained in step 3) to ammonium exchange treatment and baking, to obtain the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres. The present invention not only greatly shortens the preparation route for the catalyst and reduces the cost of catalyst preparation, but also allows adjustment of the fractions of SAPO-34 and ZSM-5 molecular sieves in the composite material by adjustment of the synthesis conditions.
US10758889B2 Medical macromolecular microsphere adsorbent for a blood perfusion apparatus and a preparation method thereof
A medical macromolecular microsphere adsorbent for a blood perfusion apparatus and a preparation method thereof are provided. The polystyrene-divinylbenzene microspheres are graded by different pore sizes and specific surface areas, medically purified, and grafted by a bioactivity-controlled grafting technology. In the microsphere adsorbent, the volume ratio of microspheres with pore sizes of 1-10 μm, 10-100 μm and 100 μm is 1:(1-10):(1-20), the content of residual monomers in the microsphere has O.D190-400 nm≤0.03. The microsphere adsorbent not only can adsorb harmful micromolecules in blood but also can effectively adsorb harmful medium-molecules and macromolecules in blood, thereby meeting clinical application demands.
US10758877B2 Sample pretreatment module and pretreatment method using the same
Disclosed are a sample pretreatment module and a sample pretreatment method using the same. The sample pretreatment module including: a body having a chamber for accommodating a sample therein; a cap coupled to one end of the body; a dotting substrate provided to have at least some portion of it dotted with the reagent and be inserted into the chamber; a discharge tip movably coupled to the other end of the body for discharging a sample accommodated in the chamber; a permanent magnet provided to be inserted in the chamber and mix the sample by rotating owing to a magnetic force acting in accordance with a change in a magnetic field externally applied; and a moving unit movably provided in the cap and pressing the sample in the chamber according to the movement to discharge the sample to the outside.
US10758864B2 VOC refining apparatus
A particle diameter is decreased and a surface area per unit flow amount is increased by spraying a VOC-containing liquid from a spraying device spraying that is a two-fluid nozzle in a vacuum container, so that only water in the VOC-containing liquid can be greatly evaporated and exhausted, and a concentrated VOC-containing liquid having high concentration can be refined and processed.
US10758863B2 Control of wet scrubber oxidation inhibitor and byproduct recovery
The present disclose is directed to a method for controlling iodine levels in wet scrubbers, and, in particular, recirculating wet scrubbers by removing the iodine from the scrubbing solution, such as by using ion exchange, absorption, adsorption, precipitation, filtration, solvent extraction, ion pair extraction, and an aqueous two-phase extraction.
US10758849B2 Three dimensional filter devices and apparatuses
Three dimensional filter devices and devices are provided herein. An example substrate includes a primary inlet boundary and a primary outlet boundary, as well as a plurality of filter rows that include microstructure filter members that remove particulate matter from a fluid flowing across or through the substrate; the fluid entering through the inlet boundary and exiting through the outlet boundary. Each of the microstructure filter members includes a secondary inlet channel and a secondary outlet channel that couple to adjacent microstructure filter members.
US10758847B2 Filter cartridge for liquid filteration; assembly; and, methods
A liquid filter cartridge is provided. Preferred seal arrangements are provided, to provide for preferred axial load conditions, with respect to one or more of the end caps of the cartridge. Some cartridge configurations provided include no core structure or outer liner structure therein, to support axial load. Assemblies using the cartridge, and methods of assembly and use, are provided. The liquid filter cartridge can be a serviceable cartridge, or it can be retained permanently in a housing.
US10758842B2 Portable petroleum byproduct system for electrocoagulative purification by serpentine flow
Multiple site purification can be achieved by a small plastic portable voltaic inspissation unit in a box configuration. Each unit may feature an air hopper, a recirculation line, a gas diffuser, a centrifuge, a decanter, and multiple anodic and cathodic voltaic inspissation plates that may direct fluid through a box in a meandering or serpentine fashion. Multiple devices may be present or omitted, and retention times may be varied both by the presence or absence of recirculation and the flow rate accomplished by use of different metal in the plates depending on purification goals. Air may be injected interstitially prior to passage into the box to aid in purification, and ultimately both ease of transport and substantially improved purification percentages may be achieved relative to prior systems.
US10758841B2 Laterally-fed membrane chromatography device
A laterally-fed membrane chromatography device for removing a solute from a fluid is provided. The device has a top plate, a middle plate and a bottom plate. The top plate has an inlet and a top channel for directing the fluid from the inlet towards a membrane stack. The middle plate houses the membrane stack. The membrane stack has a leading edge for receiving the fluid from the top channel, a trailing edge for distributing the fluid to the bottom channel, and is configured to remove the solute from the fluid as the fluid passes through the membrane stack. The bottom plate has a bottom channel and an outlet. The bottom channel is for directing the fluid from the membrane stack to the outlet. The top channel directs the fluid form the inlet over the leading edge in a direction that is transverse to the direction of flow of the fluid through the membrane stack.
US10758838B2 Process for removing impurities from acetic acid
A process of purifying acetic acid is provided. The process includes feeding a stream of acetic acid into a distillation column and distilling acetic acid in the presence of an oxidizing agent in the distillation column, to oxidize oxidizable impurities in the acetic acid, wherein the oxidizing agent is an oxidant capable of cleaving C═C bonds. The process further includes removing a distilled acetic acid stream from the distillation column. Further processes for purifying acetic acid and systems for purifying acetic acid are also provided.
US10758824B1 Collision avoidance system for room scale virtual reality system
A virtual reality system comprising a headset, a primary battery, a secondary battery (provides backup power), an output device which displays a 3-D virtual world (VW) based on the orientation and position of the headset. Swapping of the primary battery with a physical battery is viewed in the (VW) using virtual counterparts of the primary battery and the secondary battery in an output device in the headset. A user physically swaps the batteries while “seeing” the swapping taking place in the VW. The locations the user sees (through the headset) the primary battery and secondary battery correspond to their locations in the real world relative to the headset so that while the user physically feels (with his/her hands) the primary battery and the secondary battery the locations of the primary battery and the secondary battery in the VW correspond to what the user feels so that the swapping feels “real.”
US10758813B2 Fusible toy bead
A fusible toy bead includes a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses.
US10758812B2 Portable lottery ticket holder
Portable holders for supporting lottery tickets and the scratching off of coatings therefrom. In some embodiments, the holders may include substantially planar surfaces having top edges, bottom edges, left side edges, and right side edges, the top edges being opposite to the bottom edges, and the left side edges being parallel and opposite to the right side edges; at least one slot and/or notch disposed along the surfaces and configured to hold lottery tickets on the surfaces; and trays attached to the bottom edges of the surfaces and configured to collect particulates there within.
US10758805B2 Digital putting diagnosis device
Provided is a digital putting diagnosis device for diagnosing putting, which is provided in a putter head of a golf putter, including: a 9-axis sensor unit for detecting position and movement of the putter head, the 9-axis sensor unit detecting rotation of the putter head in a roll direction, a pitch direction, and a yaw direction; a control unit for controlling the posture of the putter head at the time of addressing the putting and the swing path of the putter head during putting to be displayed in real time by using the detected signal of the 9-axis sensor unit according to the movement of the putter head; and a display unit for displaying the posture of the putter head and the swing path of the putter head under the control of the control unit.
US10758796B2 Diameter profiled golf club shaft to reduce drag
A golf club includes a golf club head, a shaft adapter secured within a hosel of the golf club head, and a shaft secured within the shaft adapter. The golf club shaft is formed from a fiber reinforced polymer and extends along a longitudinal axis between a tip end and a grip end. The golf club shaft includes a tip end section, a grip end section, and a tapered section between the tip end section and the grip end section. The tapered section of the shaft includes a reference portion within the upper half that has a frustoconical shape with a near-constant taper rate, and a narrowed portion within the lower half. The narrowed portion is recessed relative to a reference surface extrapolated from the frustoconical shape.
US10758793B1 Iron type golf club head
A golf club head including a ball striking face, heel, toe, top ridge, and an arcuate bottom sole having a greater ground contact area located adjacent a central portion of a leading edge of the club head that diminishes in size in a heel to toe direction toward a trailing edge of the club head. The club head is further defined by a leading edge being configured with a radius no greater than 50 mm approximately midway between the heel and toe to enable the golf club head to enter and penetrate the supporting turf during the execution of a golf shot.
US10758792B2 Iron type golf club head
A head includes a face surface, a back surface, and a top blade. The back surface includes a top-side region and a sole-side region. The top-side region includes a toe recess part located on a toe side relative to a face center, a heel recess part located on a heel side relative to the face center, and a first thick portion extending along the top blade and located on an upper side relative to the toe recess part and the heel recess part. In a reference state in which the head is placed on a horizontal plane, an angle between a lower edge of the first thick portion and the horizontal plane is denoted by θ1, and an angle between the top blade and the horizontal plane is denoted by θ2. The angle θ1 is smaller than the angle θ2.
US10758791B2 Iron-type golf club head
An iron clubs golf club head 1 comprises a face plate and a head main body supporting a peripheral part of the face plate. The face plate is made of a titanium or a titanium alloy and provided on the club face with grooves. The head main body is made of a metal material having a specific gravity larger than that of the face plate. In a grooved range defined between positions in the toe-heel direction of the most toe-side end and most heel-side end of grooves of the face plate, a distance of at least part of a sole-side edge of the face plate is not more than 2.5 mm when measured from a sole-side profile line of the club head appearing in the front view of the club head, in the up-down direction of the club head.
US10758789B2 Golf club head with variable face thickness
Embodiments of golf club heads comprising a face with a variable thickness to improve the durability in the club head, increase ball speed, and increase characteristic time (CT) are described herein. The face comprises thickened and thinned regions. The face includes a perimeter thickened region positioned near a perimeter of the face, a thinned region positioned inward of the perimeter thickened region toward a center of the face, and a central thickened region positioned over the center of the face. The combination of the thickened and thinned regions of the face increase ball speed and further increase or maximize CT without sacrificing durability.
US10758787B2 Golf club head with polymeric hosel
A golf club head includes a face, a club head body, and a hosel. The hosel has a tubular hosel body extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a bore. The bore is configured to receive a golf club shaft or a shaft adapter. The tubular hosel body is molded from a polymeric material that includes a resin and a plurality of fibers, each fiber has a length of from about 0.01 mm to about 12 mm.
US10758782B2 Dimple patterns for golf balls
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10758781B1 Hand control device for swimmers
A hand control device for swimmers is presented. The device has a main body with two holes in a side-by-side configuration. The first one of the two holes is configured for a third digit of a person's hand while the second one of the two holes is configured for a fourth digit of the person's hand. The inside surface of each hole comprises a plurality of grooves that run depthwise thereby providing wet traction while impacting minimum direct pressure on the nerves, vessels and tendons. The outside surface of the device may also include ridges to provide pass through for water.
US10758776B2 Column-type combination climbing exercise machine
A column-type combination climbing exercise machine mainly includes: the bottom end of a stand frame provided with a ground seat; a column is locked with the stand frame through a locking component; two sliding chutes are respectively disposed at the opposite left and right sides of the column; two sliding seats are correspondingly disposed in the two sliding chute, each sliding seat is adjacent to the top thereof, and a handle and a pedal are respectively disposed at the two ends of the bottom; a first linkage mechanism is connected with the two sliding seats to form a mutually opposite lift-fall and linkage action; a damper is assembled in the ground seat; two connectors are respectively disposed in the two sliding a seat; and a second linkage mechanism makes the damper and the two sliding seats in a linkage relationship.
US10758771B1 Sports training system and method
A physical training system includes a belt for fixing around the waist of a person and that includes a plurality of belt extension straps each adapted for fixing with the belt at any location therearound and preferably adjustable in length. Two shoes are adapted for wearing on the person's feet, each shoe including at least four attachment loops at opposing quadrants of the shoe and optional shoe extension straps. A plurality of elastomeric bands are selectively fixable between any of the belt extensions straps and the attachment loops or shoe extension straps of the shoes. A shoulder harness comprising two straps is included for attachment to and positioning of the belt. As such, in use, the person while running experiences resistance as each leg extends into a fully extended position, and a reduction or cessation of resistance as each leg retracts into a non-extended position.
US10758766B2 Staged-resistance training device and method of use
A staged resistance training device is described. When performing an exercise motion, normal human joint mechanics often mean less effort is needed in the later stages of a resistance exercise motion than at the beginning of the motion. The staged resistance training device is configured to allow a user, such as a weightlifter using a training machine having a series of resistive elements, to perform an exercise repetition with staged resistance forces experienced during the repetition. A range of motion of the exercised body part is opposed during a first stage of the motion by an initial resistance, transitioning to a second, greater resistance in a later second stage of the exercise motion. The staged resistance training device provides a means wherein the user can apply increased resistance to overcome an increasing mechanical advantage later during an exercise motion, versus at the motion's beginning.
US10758762B2 Gymnastics balance beam comprising a multilayer composite
A gymnastics balance beam includes a rigid elongate member of specific cross-section covered with a covering, the elongate member of specific cross-section including a planar upper surface on which is provided an elastic multilayer composite including at least two layers, namely an upper layer, and a lower layer in contact with the planar surface of the elongate member of specific cross-section. The upper layer is a layer of rubbery material and the lower layer is a layer of an elastic material of stiffness less than the stiffness of the rubbery material of the upper layer. Such a balance beam limits the risks of injury by reducing impact forces, while maintaining bearing security for gymnasts.
US10758748B2 Verification of leaf positions for multi-leaf collimator using multiple verification systems
A method includes determining a first estimate of leaf positions for a plurality of leaves of a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) in a reference coordinate space based on an image generated by an image-based aperture verification system, wherein the leaf positions for the plurality of leaves define an aperture for the MLC. The method further includes determining a second estimate of the leaf positions for the plurality of leaves in the reference coordinate space based on data from an additional source. The method further includes verifying the leaf positions for the plurality of leaves based on comparing the first estimate to the second estimate, wherein the leaf positions are verified if the first estimate deviates from the second estimate by less than a threshold value.
US10758736B2 Fixation of a removable magnet or a similar element in an elastic implant material
A magnet arrangement for an implantable medical device is described. An implantable coil case contains a communications coil and is made of biocompatible resilient material with a top lateral surface and an opposing bottom medial surface. A magnet receptacle is located within the coil case and has opposing receptacle openings in the top lateral surface and the bottom medial surface. An implant magnet fits within the magnet receptacle and has opposing end surfaces, and a center body region located between the end surfaces. The center body diameter is larger than the end diameters. The implant magnet and the magnet receptacle are configured to cooperate to permit the implant magnet to be inserted into or removed from the magnet receptacle through either of the receptacle openings.
US10758734B2 Implantable medical device with a silicone housing
An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a housing that is formed of a biocompatible material such as silicone. The housing includes integral contact receptacles that house individual contacts, which contacts are electrically connected to electrical circuitry within a main interior cavity of the housing. The integral contact receptacles receive electrode leads, and the contacts are aligned with electrode terminals on the proximal end of the electrode leads, which establishes an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry and electrodes at the distal end of the leads. The housing is filled with a silicone gel such as a tacky diphenyl silicone gel. The silicone gel provides electrical, mechanical, and thermal insulation, and prevents the ingress of bodily fluids when the IMD is implanted.
US10758730B2 Method and device for controlling left univentricular pacing therapy
Methods, devices and program products are provided for controlling a left univentricular (LUV) pacing therapy using an implantable medical device. Electrodes are configured to be located proximate to an atrial (A) site, left ventricular (LV) site and right ventricular (RV) site of the heart. A conduction different Δ is determined based on i) an atrial-ventricular conduction delay (ARRV) between the A site and the RV site, and ii) an atrial-ventricular conduction delay (ARLV) between the A site and the LV site. A correction term ε is based on intrinsic inter-ventricular conduction delay (IVCD) between the LV and RV. An LV atrial-ventricular pacing (AVLV) delay is set based on the conduction difference Δ, a pacing latency PL and the correction term ε and manages the LUV pacing therapy based on the AVLV delay, wherein the LUV pacing therapy lacks pacing in the RV.
US10758718B2 Systems and methods for endovascularly accessing a subarachnoid space
Systems and methods for implanting an endovascular shunt in a patient is disclosed. The system having an expandable anchor configured for being deployed in a dural venous sinus of a patient at a location distal to a curved portion of a wall of an inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) of the patient; an elongate guide member coupled to, and extending proximally from, the anchor; a shunt delivery catheter having a first lumen configured to receive the guide member, and a second lumen extending between respective proximal and distal openings in the shunt delivery catheter, the shunt delivery catheter further having a penetrating element coupled to a distal end of the catheter; and the system further having a guard at least partially disposed over, and movable relative to, the penetrating element.
US10758714B2 Fluid drive system for catheter articulation and other uses
Fluid control devices, systems, and methods are useful for articulating catheters and other elongate flexible structures. A modular manifold architecture includes plate-mounted valves to facilitate fluid communication along a plurality of fluid channels included in one or more multi-lumen shafts for articulating actuators comprising balloons within a balloon array, with the balloons often mounted on two or more extruded multi-lumen shafts. Valve/plate modules can be assembled in an array, and a proximal interface of the shaft(s) may have ports for accessing the balloon channels distributed along an axis of the interface. By aligning and engaging the proximal interface with a receptacle that traverses the plates of the manifold assembly, the ports can be quickly and easily sealed to associated channels of the various valve/plate modules using a quick-disconnect fitting.
US10758709B2 Articulating devices and methods
Aspects of articulating devices and methods are disclosed. An exemplary articulating device may comprise an interior core with a reinforcing extending along a central axis, an exterior layer bonded to the interior core by an interface, and a lumen extending through the exterior layer, exterior of the reinforcing element, and parallel to the central axis. A steering wire may be moveable in the lumen to articulate a distal end of the device relative to the central axis in response to a force applied to the steering wire. Related methods of manufacturing an articulating device are also described.
US10758704B2 Urinary catheter assembly
A urinary catheter assembly having a sleeve is provided. The urinary catheter assembly comprises a urinary catheter (2) having a hydrophilic surface; the urinary catheter being provided with an insertion tip (5) in a proximal insertion end of the urinary catheter and an outlet (4) at a distal end of the urinary catheter, a handle (8) being slidingly disposed on the urinary catheter, a collapsible, flexible sleeve (7) attached to the handle and being configured to cover the urinary catheter from the outlet to the tip portion in an extended configuration of the urinary catheter assembly, the sleeve being attached to a connector (9) at the outlet, the connector and handle configured to be detachably attached to each other and define a cavity provided by the sleeve, handle and connector encapsulating an entirety of the urinary catheter in a storage condition.
US10758686B2 Aerosol-generating device and aerosol-generating system
The aerosol-generating device includes a device housing, and a receiving chamber defined within the device housing. The receiving chamber is configured to receive at least a first-type consumable and a second-type consumable, the receiving chamber including a first structure for receiving the first-type consumable and a second structure for receiving the second-type consumable. A structure selector selects between the first structure and the second structure, the first and second structures differing in at least one of a shape, a size and a position within the receiving chamber. An aerosolization system is included with at least a portion of the receiving chamber, where the receiving chamber is configured to prevent an insertion of more than one consumable into the receiving chamber.
US10758673B2 Systems for dispensing a medicament to a subject and related methods
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods of dispensing one or more medicaments to a subject. The systems and methods utilize at least one flexible compression garment having one or more medicament dispensers therein.
US10758662B2 Priming system and method for dialysis systems
The application is directed to an extracorporeal blood processing system capable of using dialysate to prime the system. A plastic molded compact manifold supports molded blood and dialysate fluidic pathways along with relevant sensors, valves and pumps. The compact manifold is also disposable in one embodiment and can be detachably installed in the dialysis machine. A two-way valve in the manifold is used to direct the dialysate flow through the blood circuit to prime the circuit for use in treatment.
US10758652B2 System and method for collecting plasma
A method for collecting plasma includes determining the weight and hematocrit of a donor, and inserting a venous-access device into the donor. The method then withdraws blood from the donor through a draw line connected to a blood component separation device, and introduces anticoagulant into the withdrawn blood. The blood component separation device separates the blood into a plasma component and a second blood component, and the plasma component is collected from the blood component separation device and into a plasma collection container. The method may then calculate (1) a percentage of anticoagulant in the collected plasma component, and (2) a volume of pure plasma collected within the plasma collection container. The volume of pure plasma may be based, at least in part, on the calculated percentage of anticoagulant. The method may continue until a target volume of pure plasma is collected within the plasma collection container.
US10758651B2 Wound cleansing apparatus in-situ
An apparatus for cleansing wounds, in which wound exudate is removed from a wound bed and selectively cleansed and returned to the wound. The cleansing means removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The associated wound dressing and cleansing means are conformable to the wound, and may have irrigant fluid circulated from a reservoir by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing.
US10758647B2 Medical push button valve
A medical push button valve having a valve housing, a flow channel formed in the valve housing as well as a valve piston which is arranged displaceably in the valve housing between a position releasing the flow channel and a position closing the flow channel. The valve piston is operatively connected with a pressure element mounted on the valve housing and is spring-loaded via at least one spring element. The valve piston is biased into the position closing the flow channel with the spring-loaded pressure element. In order to provide a medical push button valve which allows for a simple and fatigue-free one-handed operation, the spring-loaded pressure element can be locked in at least one position in which the valve piston operatively connected with the pressure element at least partially releases the flow channel.
US10758646B2 Preparing method of nerve conduits including cells
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nerve conduit containing cells, more particularly to a method for preparing a porous nerve conduit containing cells, having micropores formed in microchannels, wherein the nerve conduit containing cells prepared according to the present invention can be usefully used in in-vitro and in-vivo researches on nerves.
US10758642B2 Sterilization process
The present invention relates to a process for sterilizing implantable biomaterials. In particular, the invention relates to a process for sterilizing collagen-containing implantable biomaterials and storage thereafter.
US10758636B2 Residualizing linkers and uses thereof
The present invention relates to conjugates including a residualizing linker, methods for their production, and uses thereof.
US10758634B2 Compounds, compositions and associated methods using zirconium-89 in immuno-positron emission tomography
Disclosed are novel compounds, complexes, compositions and methods using Zirconium-89 combined with azamacrocyclic chelators in connection with PET. The compositions and methods should provide better diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic oncology treatments relative to the presently available chelator compositions due to a variety of superior properties of the disclosed compositions. The present invention also relates to a superior method of making these compounds, complexes, compositions that allows one to make compounds/complexes (and thus, compositions) that were previously unattainable.
US10758633B2 Nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging applications
A method of preparing a coated nanoparticle can include decomposing a compound to produce a nanoparticle, oxidizing the nanoparticle to produce an oxidized nanoparticle, and coating the oxidized nanoparticle with a zwitterionic ligand to produce the coated nanoparticle. The coated nanoparticle or the nanoparticle can be used in magnetic resonance imaging.
US10758630B2 Topical compositions and methods of detection and treatment
A topical composition includes a nanoemulsion of a plurality of hydrophobic particles having a hydrophilic coating therein. The hydrophobic particles are derived from the same or different hydrophobic material and each hydrophobic particle has a melting point below the melting point of the respective hydrophobic material. The hydrophobic particles comprise a mean particle size of less than about 10 nm, and the nanoemulsion further includes one or more pharmaceutically active agents.
US10758624B2 Compounds and compositions including phosphorothioated oligodeoxynucleotide, and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure relates to an isolated compound including a phosphorothioated oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) sequence conjugated to a short-activating RNA (saRNA) or an antisense oligonucleotide sequence (ASO), compositions of such a compound, and method of treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases (with or without stimulating immune response), method of immune stimulation, method of activating CEBPA, and method of reducing activity of STAT transcription factor, by one of the disclosed compounds or compositions.
US10758623B2 Pharmaceutically active agent complexes, polymer complexes, and compositions and methods involving the same
The present disclosure generally provides complexes including a pharmaceutically active agent and a functionalized polymer, wherein the functionalized polymer includes repeat units, the repeat units including ionizable repeat units having at least one ionizable side group and/or ionizable end group, a plurality of the at least one ionizable groups forming non-covalent bonds with the pharmaceutically active agent. Polymers which may be used to form such complexes as well as methods of making and using the complexes and related compositions are also provided.
US10758622B2 Self-emulsifying composition of omega-3 fatty acid
A self-emulsifying composition contains: 70 to 90% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters; 0.5 to 6% by weight of water; 1 to 29% by weight of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester as an emulsifier (optionally including a polyoxyl castor oil, and not including lecithin); and lecithin in an amount of 3 to 40 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the like. The self-emulsifying composition is excellent in self-emulsifying property, composition dispersibility, emulsion stability, and absorbability, is free from ethanol and polyhydric alcohols or only has such an alcohol added thereto at a reduced concentration, and is useful for foods and pharmaceuticals.
US10758618B2 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising meloxicam
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10758617B2 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising meloxicam
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10758616B2 Pre-mixed, ready-to-use pharmaceutical compositions
Provided herein are ready-to-use premixed pharmaceutical compositions of nicardipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and methods for use in treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions.
US10758614B2 Combination therapies targeting tumor-associated stroma or tumor cells and topoisomerase
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a disease, such as cancer, in a subject. The methods include: administering to a subject in need thereof (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a topoisomerase inhibitor; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of a monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the monoclonal antibody contains: (i) a heavy chain variable region (VH), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7; and (ii) a light chain variable region (VL), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:8. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating diseases, such as cancer, are also provided herein.
US10758600B2 Fungal immunogens and related materials and methods
The present disclosure provides immunogenic materials and methods useful for reducing the risk of fungal infections, particularly valley fever. The disclosure also provides assays for identifying compounds useful to treat valley fever, as well as methods for ameliorating the symptoms of valley fever.
US10758589B2 Chloride salt of TAT-NR2B9c
The present invention provides lyophilized formulations of active agents, particularly of TAT-NR2B9c, as chloride salts. TAT-NR2B9c has shown promise for treating stroke, aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage and other neurological or neurotraumatic conditions. The chloride salt of TAT-NR2B9c shows improved stability compared with the acetate salt form of prior formulations. Formulations of the chloride salt of TAT-NR2B9c are stable at ambient temperature thus facilitating maintenance of supplies of such a formulation in ambulances for administration at the scene of illness or accident or in transit to a hospital.
US10758586B2 Composition containing Rhizoma Polygonati and having a health preserving effect
A composition with a health preserving effect, comprising 2.5-6.5 parts of Rhizoma Polygonati and 27.5-84.5 parts of a Rhizoma Polygonati-soaked solution mixture. The Rhizoma Polygonati-soaked solution mixture is a mixture of a baijiu soaking solution obtained by soaking Rhizoma Polygonati in baijiu and dregs of a decoction. Also provided are health preserving wine prepared from the composition and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises subjecting the Rhizoma Polygonati and the Rhizoma Polygonati-soaked solution mixture to mixed culture fermentation with proso millet. The health preserving wine is prepared by combining fermentation and soaking processes.
US10758574B2 Cartilage cells with a high regenerative potential and low immune response for use in cellular therapy
Cell-based therapies for cartilage repair and regeneration selectively using chondrocytes carrying a CD24 surface marker are disclosed. In particular, chondrocytes carrying the CD24 surface marker have a high regenerative potential and low responsiveness to inflammatory cues. Since cartilage injuries as well as chronic cartilage degenerative conditions are often accompanied by a heightened inflammatory environment, cartilage cell populations carrying the CD24 surface marker, which are resistant to the inflammatory environment, provide more efficient cartilage repair. Thus, chondrocytes carrying the CD24 surface marker are useful in cell-based therapies for regenerating or repairing cartilage.
US10758568B2 Regulatory T-cells for use in the treatment of inflammatory disorders of the human gastrointestinal tract
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an isolated CD4+ Treg cell population, wherein the Treg cells have signatures for i) identifying that the T-cells are CD4+ regulatory Tcells, ii) identifying that the Treg cells are tissue type tropic, i.e they can migrate to the diseased tissue, iii) optionally identifying that the Treg cells are tropic with respect to the diseased tissue, i.e. they are homing cells, iv) identifying that the Treg cells are emigrant cells, i.e. they originate from the target tissue, and v) optionally identifying that the Treg cells are retained in the target tissue and optionally one or more X-signatures and/or one or more Y-signatures and one ore more Z-signatures.
US10758565B2 Compositions of amorphous calcium carbonate for inhalation, sublingual or buccal administration
The present invention provides compositions comprising amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), suitable to being administered by inhalation, and methods for their use in treating ACC-responsive diseases and conditions. Further provided are ACC compositions suitable for buccal or sublingual administration.
US10758561B2 Composition based on xyloglucan and proteins for the treatment of intestinal disorders
Disclosed are compositions comprising synergic combinations of xyloglucans and plant or animal proteins, which are useful in the treatment of intestinal disorders.
US10758556B2 Anthracycline-based antibody drug conjugates having high in vivo tolerability
The present invention relates to antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) presenting improved properties of in vivo tolerability.
US10758554B2 Ophthalmic aqueous composition
An ophthalmic aqueous composition comprises levofloxacin, a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof; dexamethasone, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof; and one or at least two isotonic agents. The ophthalmic aqueous composition is substantially free of sodium chloride. This ophthalmic aqueous composition is excellent in drug stability and drug migration and has a clear appearance.
US10758551B2 Methods and compositions for treating pancreatitis
It was discovered that NF-κB signaling pathway plays a central role in pancreatitis, and inhibition of NF-κB signaling has the potential to reduce the incidence of pancreatitis and protect pancreatic tissues from inflammatory damage. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for inhibiting or treating pancreatitis in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an NF-κB signaling pathway inhibitor to the subject.
US10758542B2 Substituted pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as Trk kinase inhibitors
Compounds of Formula I: and salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of Trk kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a Trk kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases and certain infectious diseases.
US10758534B2 Modulators of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
The present invention features a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, W, X, Y, Z, n, o, p, and q are defined herein, for the treatment of CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. The present invention also features pharmaceutical compositions, method of treating, and kits thereof.
US10758529B2 Pharmaceutical compositions containing azaquinone for inhibiting clostridium difficile activity
Methods for inhibiting the activity of Clostridium difficile in a subject comprises administering to the subject in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of azaquinone or a pharmaceutical composition consisting of clofazimine or a clofazimine analogue, azaquinone, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of azaquinone or consisting of clofazimine or a clofazimine analogue, azaquinone, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient are provided for treating Clostridium difficile infection and diseases or symptoms associated therewith.
US10758523B2 Single-dose, ready-to-use injectable formulations
Provided are single-dose, ready-to-use formulations and methods for preparing the formulations that include a compound of Formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and amorphous and polymorph forms thereof.
US10758521B2 N3,N6-bis(2-(5-methoxy-1H-indole-3-yl)ethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)pyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide and use thereof in the field of neurotoxicity
The invention relates to a molecule enabling removal of neurotoxicity observed in neuron cells due to various reasons.
US10758519B2 UCP-1 expression promoter
It is intended to provide a drug, a quasi-drug, a dermatological preparation for external use, or a material to be contained to drugs, quasi-drugs, dermatological preparations for external use, food products, or the like which has an excellent UCP-1 expression-promoting action and promotes conversion of adipose to brown adipose (browning). The present invention provides a UCP-1 expression promoter comprising a PPARγ activator and a Smad3 inhibitor in combination. The present invention also provides a UCP-1 expression promoter comprising a PPARγ activator, a Smad3 inhibitor, and a β3 adrenaline receptor activator or a TGR5 activator in combination.
US10758517B2 mPGES-1 inhibitor for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain
The present invention relates to a microsomal prostaglandin E synthases-1 (“mPGES-1”) inhibitor for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain in a subject. For example, the present invention relates to a method of treating moderate osteoarthritis pain in a subject in need thereof by orally administering to the subject a substituted triazolone compound as a mPGES-1 inhibitor. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the mPGES-1 inhibitor, and to processes for preparing such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10758515B2 Treatment of androgen deprivation therapy associated symptoms
The present invention provides a method of treating symptoms associated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10758503B2 Composition containing glibenclamide
NSC antagonists are disclosed as useful in the treatment of dementia, in delaying the onset of dementia, and in the prevention of dementia. Dementia so treated may be, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD). NSC antagonists for treating dementia such as AD may be administered alone, a) in combination with other drugs used for treating dementia, b) in combination with drugs that stabilize or increase blood plasma glucose levels, or with both a) and b). Pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms, and methods for using the same are disclosed, which include NSC antagonists, NSC antagonists combined with dementia drugs, NSC antagonists combined with glucose-level stabilizing or enhancing drugs, or combinations of these. Dosage forms may be designed to provide stable plasma levels for extended periods of time. Exemplary pharmaceutical compositions include compositions including glibenclamide and memantine; glibenclamide and donepezil; tolbutamide and memantine; tolbutamide and donepezil; and these compositions further including glucagon and/or glucose.
US10758500B2 Treating androgen deprivation therapy induced hot flashes and bone loss in men using cis-clomiphene
This invention provides: 1) a method of treating androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures, loss of bone mineral density (BMD), and/or hot flashes in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; 2) a method of preventing androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures, loss of bone mineral density (BMD), and/or hot flashes in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; 3) a method of suppressing or inhibiting androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures, loss of bone mineral density (BMD), and/or hot flashes in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; and 4) a method of reducing the risk of developing androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures, loss of bone mineral density (BMD), and/or hot flashes in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer, by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising cis-clomiphene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10758497B2 Treatment of fragile x syndrome with cannabidiol
The present technology relates to a method of treating one or more behavioral symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome in a subject by transdermally administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the subject wherein one or more behavioral symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome are treated in the subject.
US10758495B2 Lattice loss reduction
Methods for producing systems for the transdermal or permucosal administration of active substances and particularly transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS), wherein the active substance depots thereof have a shape that deviates from a rectangular design.
US10758489B2 Acidifying coatings and disintegration-resistant substrates coated therewith
The present invention includes acidifying film coating compositions containing a polymer and an acidic component for use on orally-ingestible substrates such as tablets and the like. The acidifying coating compositions can be applied as an aqueous dispersion to an enteric-coated substrate to increase the disintegration resistance to aqueous media of up to pH 5.0. In preferred aspects, the acidic component is citric acid, lactic acid, stearic acid or mixtures thereof. Methods of preparing the dry film coatings, methods of preparing corresponding aqueous dispersions, methods of applying the coatings to substrates and the coated substrates themselves are also disclosed.
US10758488B2 Controlled release dosage forms for high dose, water soluble and hygroscopic drug substances
Controlled release dosage forms are described herein. The controlled release formulations described herein provide prolonged delivery of high dose drugs that are highly water soluble and highly hygroscopic. In specific embodiments, controlled release dosage forms for delivery of a drug selected from GHB and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, tautomers, solvates and complexes of GHB. The controlled release dosage forms described herein may incorporate both controlled release and immediate release formulations in a single unit dosage form.
US10758485B2 Amphiphilic entity nanoparticles
The present invention provides nanoparticle compositions comprising AE nanoparticles. The present invention provides AE nanoparticles comprising one or more amphiphilic entities and pharmaceutical compositions comprising AE nanoparticles. The present invention provides methods of manufacturing AE nanoparticles. The present invention provides methods of delivering a biologically active agent to a subject by administering AE nanoparticles containing a biologically active agent to a subject.
US10758479B2 Galenical form for the administration of active ingredients by transmucous means
A galenical form for the administration transmucously of at least one active ingredient, characterized in that the active ingredient is in a stable and complete dissolved state in a hydroalcoholic solution that includes at least 20% by mass of alcohol so as to allow rapid absorption of the active ingredient through the mucous membranes of the buccal cavity and/or the oropharynx. Uses of the galenical form are also disclosed.
US10758478B2 Active agent loaded uniform, rigid, spherical, nanoporous calcium phosphate particles and methods of making and using the same
Uniform, rigid, spherical nanoporous calcium phosphate particles that define an internal space and an amount of active agent present in the internal space are provided. Also provided are topical delivery compositions that include the active agent loaded particles, as well as methods of making the particles and topical compositions. The particles and compositions thereof find use in a variety of different applications, including active agent delivery applications.
US10758477B2 Radiation sensitizer or anti-cancer chemotherapy sensitizer
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer in a patient including (1) a step of applying to a tumor a composition comprising (a) 0.01 to 3.5 weight percent of hydrogen peroxide in a final formulation and (b) hyaluronic acid or a salt of the hyaluronic acid, in which applying the composition is an intratumoral injection, and (2) a step of performing a radiotherapy treatment or an anti-cancer chemotherapy treatment at the same time as or after the step (1).
US10758470B2 Cross linked silk-hyaluronic acid composition
Compositions useful as dermal fillers and methods using such compositions to treat various skin and soft tissue conditions. The dermal fillers can comprise silk attached to hyaluronic acid using for example two cross linkers and can be used to treat of facial imperfections, facial defects, facial augmentations, breast imperfections, breast augmentations or breast reconstructions.
US10758464B2 Anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A method includes selecting one or more coating materials to be applied to zinc oxide particles in a sunscreen composition, wherein selecting is based on optical properties of the coating materials, wherein the optical properties comprises at least the refractive index of each of the coating materials, and applying the selected coating materials to the zinc oxide particles to create the sunscreen composition.
US10758456B2 Redox polymerizable composition with photolabile transition metal complexes
Polymerizable compositions comprising a redox initiator system is disclosed. The redox initiator system comprises a photolabile transition metal complex that photolyzes and initiates the redox cycle. Dental compositions comprising dental resins and the photolabile redox initiator system are also described.
US10758455B2 Pills dispensing device
The embodiments herein provide a device for dispensing pills. The device comprises several dispensing chambers molded into the bottle rim, or fastened inside or outside the bottle. The chamber includes many radial projections defining discrete pill holding areas. The device comprises a dispensing cap secured and rotated uni-directionally or bi-directionally to the chambers, having a base, provided with a window. The cap comprises uneven surfaces on the holding surface to allow the pills in the chambers to oscillate up and down thereby causing a mixing action. The cap is mounted outside the bottle. The device further comprises a rotating central hub formed on an inner side of the base for delimiting an inner boundary of the pill holding areas. The cap is rotated to align the window with the pill holding areas to dispense a pill when the bottle is inverted or angled upside-down.
US10758451B1 Hand stimulation device to facilitate the invocation of a meditative state
An apparatus has a bottom sphere and a top sphere connected to the bottom sphere to define an interior volume with a central plane. The top sphere includes a concave surface at an angle to the central plane. A motor is positioned within the interior volume. A processor is positioned within the interior volume and is connected to the motor. A memory is positioned within the interior volume and is connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor. The instructions include hand stimulation sessions. Each hand stimulation session comprises a sequence of cycles, where each cycle is a sequence of vibration intensity values applied to the motor.
US10758417B2 Methods and systems for laser scan location verification and laser surgical systems with laser scan location verification
A method of verifying a laser scan at a predetermined location within an object includes imaging at least a portion of the object, the resulting image comprising the predetermined location; identifying the predetermined location in the image, thereby establishing an expected scan location of the laser scan in the image; performing a laser scan on the object by scanning a focal point of the laser beam in a scanned area; detecting a luminescence from the scanned area and identifying an actual scanned location within the image based on the detected luminescence; and determining whether the difference between the actual scanned location and the expected scan location is within a threshold value.
US10758412B2 One piece flat device of for the drainage of aqueous humor from the eye
The invention relates to a stainless steel device for permanent insertion into the sclerocorneal limbus, with different drainage and anchorage systems, enabling the aqueous humour to discharge through one or more virtual spaces from the anterior chamber to an intrascleral space in cases of simple glaucoma or to the equatorial episclera in cases of complex glaucoma, such as neovascular glaucoma. The space is virtual, not real, as in the case of the tubular device. It enables the aqueous humour to discharge slowly and continuously, minimizing the possibility of the chamber being flat or of germs penetrating through the device. Furthermore, the anchorage system is less aggressive, thus reducing the possibility of bleeding.
US10758410B2 Surgical hand piece with ultrasonic knife
A surgical hand piece has a solid knife connected to and supported at its proximal end by a source of ultrasonic energy. A plastic sleeve has the knife located in it. A support is provided between the sleeve and the knife to support the sleeve while minimizing the effect of the vibration of the knife on the sleeve. The space between the knife and the sleeve form a first fluid channel. A plastic fluid tube can be located along the sleeve and can provide a second fluid channel. In order to use the handpiece for cleanup the sleeve can be moved forward to cover the knife and a small aspiration tube can be provided within the sleeve.
US10758406B2 High efficiency heat exchange catheters for control of patient body temperature
Disclosure includes fluid-circulating heat exchange catheters, systems and related methods useable for controlling a patient's body temperature.
US10758399B2 Device, system, kit or method for collecting effluent from an individual
The present invention relates to a device, method, system and kit for receiving effluent from an individual. In an alternative embodiment, the present invention is directed to a device, method, system and kit for collecting effluent from an individual during a medical or diagnostic procedure including but not limited to, imaging or viewing one or more sections of an individual's gastrointestinal tract. In another alternative embodiment, the effluent is collected in a hollow area in order to prevent the effluent form contaminating a component, device or apparatus used in connection with the medical or diagnostic procedure.
US10758397B2 Article and method for maintaining menstrual fluid within the vagina
The present invention relates to sanitary protection article that is structured and arranged to maintain menstrual fluid within the vagina and thereby prevent the menstrual fluid from escaping the body. The present invention also relates to a method of selectively maintaining menstrual fluid within the vagina by means of using such article.
US10758392B2 Flexion and extension range limiting hinge for an orthopedic brace
An angle limitation system for an orthopedic brace employs a hinge assembly rotatably receiving an upper strut and a lower strut and having a hinge plate and a hinge assembly cap. An extension angle limit element is removably insertable in an anterior port between the hinge plate and hinge assembly cap. The extension angle limit element has a body with limiting surfaces adapted to engage mating faces indented in the anterior edges of the upper and lower strut. A flexion angle limit element is removably insertable in a posterior port between the hinge plate and hinge assembly cap. The flexion angle limit element has a body with limiting surfaces adapted to engage mating faces indented in the posterior edges of the upper and lower strut. Engagement mechanisms are adapted to releasably secure the flexion angle limit element in the posterior port and the engagement angle limit element in the anterior port.
US10758390B2 Joint for rehabilitation device
A joint for a rehabilitation device and a rehabilitation device are disclosed. The joint is defined for operation between an end of a first member and an end of a second member. The joint enables the second member to pivot at the joint with respect to the first member. The joint includes a positioning mechanism for defining a set position from which the second member pivots. The joint also includes a restriction mechanism for restricting the degree of pivoting of the second member, from the set position. The joint further includes a biasing mechanism for biasing the second member such that it returns to the set position when an opposing force applied to the second member is less than the bias of the biasing mechanism. When the joint is in the set position, the biasing mechanism is configured such that no bias is applied to the second member.
US10758383B2 Method of making recessed features on inner surface of tubular structure by photolithography
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for manufacturing intravascular stents wherein the intravascular stent has its inner surface treated to promote the migration of endothelial cells onto the inner surface of the intravascular stent. In particular, the inner surface of the intravascular stent has at least one groove formed therein.
US10758374B2 Carpometacarpal (CMC) implants and methods
Implants suitable for use in a carpometacarpal joint includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and sidewalls extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The implant includes hydrogel material such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel. Kits can include systems for preparing an implantation site, creating a cavity, and/or deploying the implant. Methods of treating a carpometacarpal joint include deploying an implant in a recess in a carpometacarpal bone.
US10758372B2 Method of implanting a contact implant
A method of implanting a contact implant includes providing the contact implant, providing a plurality of anchoring implants having a plurality of through openings, placing the contact implant at an implantation location, and introducing a first one of the anchoring implants through a first of the plurality of through openings. Mechanical oscillations are applied, along a first axis, to the first one of the anchoring implants, thereby causing thermoplastic material of the implant to liquefy and interpenetrate portions of the tissue. A second one of the anchoring implants is introduced through a second one of the through openings to bring it in contact with the live tissue. Mechanical oscillations are applied, along a second axis, to the second one of the anchoring implants to cause thermoplastic material to be liquefied. The first and first and second axes are at a nonzero angle to each other.
US10758364B2 Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies
A methodology for grafting together adjacent bony structures is provided using an implant device having an endplate with an inner disc portion and outer ring portion spaced from the inner disc portion by a connecting wall disposed there between. An endplate interior surface includes a retaining structure for securing the endplate to one of the bony structures, and endplate an exterior surface has an integrally formed socket. A ball-joint rod has a longitudinally extending body and an end, and at least a portion of the ball-joint rod end is curvilinear in shape. The curvilinear ball-joint rod end is rotatably disposed in the endplate socket to fixedly interconnect the bony structures.
US10758363B2 Transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft and an instrument for implanting the cage
This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.
US10758362B1 Motion preserving spinal implant for total disc replacement
A motion preserving spinal implant is presented for use in placement between intervertebral space for total replacement of a degenerated spinal disc The motion preserving spinal implant has a pair of end plates sandwiched around an inner core and an outer core, with the inner core being concentrically positioned within the outer core. The outer core encapsulates the inner core and provides adequate sealing of the inner core while maintaining flexibility and elasticity to advantageously support physiological movements. The inner core is constructed of an elastomeric material and acts as a solid diaphragm in order to resist and withstand localized compression and other forces. The end plates provide anchoring and fusion with adjoining vertebra and hold the inner and outer cores in place. The motion preserving spinal implant restores the normal height and natural function of the degenerated spinal disc and preserves the natural motion of the spine.
US10758353B2 Devices, systems and methods for accurate positioning of a prosthetic valve
The invention is a system and method for accurately positioning a prosthetic valve such as a prosthetic heart valve at a desired position for deployment. The invention includes extendable positioning elements which provide tactile feedback to a user to confirm proper positioning of the catheter with respect to the native valve annulus. During delivery, the extendable positioning elements may lie against or near the catheter, over the prosthetic valve and expandable balloon, providing a low profile for advancing the catheter to the desired treatment location via small passages such as body lumens. Prior to valve deployment, the positioning elements are extended and brought into contact with tissue of the native annulus to confirm the proper positioning of the delivery system and prosthetic valve.
US10758352B2 Transcatheter delivery system with two modes of actuation
A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the delivery device comprising an inner shaft, a distal sheath disposed about a portion of the inner shaft and forming a compartment with the inner shaft, the compartment adapted to receive the valve, the inner shaft and the distal sheath being slidable relative to one another, and a handle including a frame, a deployment actuator, a lever, and a hub, each of the deployment actuator, the lever, and the hub being independently capable of opening and closing the compartment, a resheathing lock configured to alert a user of a position of the distal sheath relative to the inner shaft and to impede movement of the distal sheath relative to the frame, and an indicator disposed on the frame and capable of showing an extent of deployment of the valve.
US10758343B2 Stent for prosthetic heart valves
A stented valve including a stent structure including a generally tubular body portion having a first end, a second end, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of vertical wires extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis around a periphery of the body portion, wherein the plurality of vertical wires includes multiple commissure wires and at least one structural wire positioned between adjacent commissure wires, and a plurality of V-shaped wire structures having a first end, a second end, and a peak between the first and second ends, wherein a first end of each V-shaped structure extends from a first vertical wire and a second end of each V-shaped structure extends from a second vertical wire that is adjacent to the first vertical wire, wherein each V-shaped structure is oriented so that its peak is facing in the same direction relative to the first and second ends of the body portion, and a valve structure including a plurality of leaflets attached to the stent structure within the tubular body portion.
US10758339B2 Intraocular lens assembly
An intraocular lens assembly configured to effectively transfer movement of a zonule of Zinn to improve performance of an intraocular lens. The intraocular lens assembly is inserted into the eyeball, and includes: an intraocular lens support body (10) configured in a shape of a ring inserted into the capsular sac of the eyeball, and provided with an outer circumferential surface (11) including a first front contact portion (11a) and a first rear contact portion (11b), and an inner circumferential surface (12) facing the outer circumferential surface (11) and including a second front contact portion (12a) and a second rear contact portion (12b); a connection means (50) including a deformation facilitating groove (52c) provided between a third front contact portion (52a) and a third rear contact portion (52b) and forming a space spaced apart from the inner circumferential surface (12); and an intraocular lens (30) connected to the connection means.
US10758338B2 Soft anchor assembly with barbed flexible strand and techniques for use
A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath and a flexible strand at least partially surrounded by the sheath.
US10758337B2 Biceps repair device
Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In general, various inserter tools are provided for simultaneously delivering an expandable sheath and an expander into bone. With both components of the implant mounted on the same tool, the sheath and a ligament can be advanced into a bone hole and the expander, which trails behind the sheath during delivery of the sheath, can be advanced into the sheath to expand the sheath and anchor the sheath and ligament within the bone hole.
US10758334B2 Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ
A surgical method of treating a patient is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the patient's skin and abdominal wall; dissecting an area of the patient's intestine; and dissecting a portion of the dissected intestinal area such that intestinal mesentery connected thereto is opened in such a way that supply of blood through the mesentery to the dissected intestinal area is maintained as much as possible on both sides of the dissected portion. The method further comprises the steps of dividing the patient's intestine in the dissected portion so as to create an upstream part of the intestine with a first intestinal opening and a downstream part of the intestine with a second intestinal opening with the mesentery still maintaining a tissue connection between the upstream and downstream intestine parts.
US10758331B2 Rotatable surgical table
Provided is a rotatable surgical apparatus and accompanying method for processing a specimen via the rotatable surgical apparatus. The surgical apparatus may include a base member and a platform member where the platform member and base member abut. Each of the base member and platform member may define one or more channel. The one or more base channels may be in fluid communication with the one or more platform channels. A nozzle may be disposed on the top surface of the platform member, in fluid communication with the at least one platform channel and may administer anesthetic to a specimen.
US10758303B2 Hollow body cavity ablation apparatus
An ablation apparatus places electrodes at the perimeter of a cavity. In an embodiment, the alternating electric field is used to expose the cavity to enough energy to ablate the cavity. In an embodiment, two modes are used to expose different regions of the cavity to different amounts of power for so that the thermal effect is more uniform. In an embodiment, the electrodes have a relatively large surface area so as to avoid charring the cavity, but are shaped so as to fit within a body orifice. For example, the diameter of the sheathed housing the electrodes during penetration may be only 5.5 mm.
US10758302B2 Irrigated ablation catheter with sensor array
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing and using an irrigated ablation catheter. The catheter may include a distal shell electrode having irrigation apertures. A sensor array formed on a flexible substrate conforms to an inner surface of the electrode and an insert disposed within the interior space engages the sensor array to position sensors of the sensor array in desired locations relative to the electrode. A support seals the proximal end of the electrode and engages the insert. The plurality of sensors may be used to measure electrical and thermal characteristics surrounding the electrode and may help assess contact between the electrode and tissue and/or determine movement of the electrode during ablation.
US10758300B2 Methods for endometrial ablation
A method for ablating a uterine endometrium enlarges an expandable-contractible frame to expand a compliant energy-delivery surface into a planar triangular shape and engage the surface against the walls of a patient's uterine cavity. The frame has flexible outer elements in lateral contact with the compliant surface and flexible inner elements not in said lateral contact, wherein the inner flexible element and outer flexible elements have substantially dissimilar material properties. Energy is applied through the compliant energy-delivery surface to ablate the endometrium.
US10758292B2 Uterine therapy device and method
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The system has an access tool with a lumen, the access tool being adapted to be inserted through a human cervical canal to place an opening of the lumen within a uterus when the access tool is inserted through the cervical canal; a seal disposed at a distal region of the access tool and adapted to seal the access tool against an interior cervical os; a sealing indicator adapted to provide a user with an indication that the seal has sealed the access tool with the interior cervical os; and a vapor delivery mechanism adapted to deliver condensable vapor through the access tool to the uterus, the condensable vapor being adapted to condense within the uterus.
US10758286B2 Minimal impact access system to disc space
Methods and apparatus for accessing and repairing a vertebral disc include a pad with a central cut-out mounted to the skin of a patient or, alternatively, a pedicle-mounted support. An incision is made and then a corridor is created using an elongated guide and a series of dilating tubes. An access to the disc space is created through the superior articular process and the facet joint using the corridor defined by the dilating tubes. Nucleus material is removed from the disc space and the vertebral endplates are prepared. The disc space may be sized to select a suitable implant, which is advanced through the corridor and into the disc space following discectomy and endplate preparation. Bone graft material may be inserted into the disc space following installation of the implant and then posterior rigid fixation may be achieved using percutaneous pedicle screws, followed by closure of the site.
US10758281B2 Targeting device and method
The present invention relates to a method for fixing an intramedullary cavity nail for the treatment of unstable trochanteric fractures and to a targeting device for use in performing the steps of said method. According to the method, a recess (16) for a femur neck screw (8) for fixing the cavity nail (2) is provided in at least the lateral cortex of the femoral shaft (FS) in close distal proximity to a hole (9) for the femur neck screw such that bone fragment(s) located distally of the fracture and bone fragment(s) located proximally of the fracture relatively seen can be displaced towards each other. A targeting head (5) of the targeting device (1) is configured with a targeting bore (14) which is alignable with a point on the femoral shaft (FS) in close distal proximity to the hole (9) for the femur neck screw (8) for use in providing at said point, said recess (16) for the femur neck screw.
US10758280B2 System and method for bone fixation using a nail locked to an encircling anchor
Systems and methods for fixing bone using an intramedullary nail locked to an encircling anchor including a bushing and a locking member. An exemplary system may include any combination of the nail, one or more bushings, one or more locking members, an instrument to guide installation of the bushing, at least one drill, and a driver that attaches to the bushing. The instrument may define a guide axis and be configured to be coupled to a bone such that the guide axis extends across the bone. The instrument may be used to guide a drill, the bushing, and/or the locking member along the guide axis into the bone. The nail may be configured to be placed along the medullary canal of the bone such that the nail extends through the bushing, and the locking member may be configured to lock the nail to the bushing.
US10758279B2 Humeral nail having a bracket
A nail device includes a flexible nail adapted to be inserted into a medullary canal of a bone and a fixation bracket attached via a connector to a head. The nail has an elongated distal tip body and a proximal head. A longitudinal axis of the elongated body is at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the head portion. The elongated body is sized such that a top of the head portion is substantially flush with an entry opening in the bone when the nail is inserted into the medullary canal during use. The fixation bracket has a plurality of holes being sized to be substantially the same size as a diameter of a suture and sized to accept sutures therein to enable soft tissue to be anchored securely to the bone during use. The fixation bracket has a top plate and a lateral plate extending therefrom at an acute angle back towards the elongated body of the nail, the connector having a first part extending outwardly from the top of the head portion and coaxially along the longitudinal axis of the head portion, and a complementary second part formed in the top plate.
US10758270B2 Surgical tool stabilization devices for trocar assemblies
A trocar assembly includes a trocar housing that defines a working chamber, and a cannula coupled to the trocar housing at a proximal end to facilitate communication between the cannula and the working chamber. A tool stabilizing device is coupled to at least one of the trocar housing and the cannula and is actuatable to stabilize and center a surgical tool within the cannula.
US10758266B2 Surgical probe incorporating a dilator
A surgical probe and a method for forming and enlarging an access opening through a psoas muscle to provide for minimally invasive lateral approach for surgical access to a lumber intervertebral disc. A distal end portion of the probe is equipped with an electrode useful for confirming proper location of the probe and includes an inflatable dilator body for enlarging an access opening through tissue adjacent to a spinal column. The probe includes a cannula through which a K wire can be extended to anchor the probe to a patient.
US10758258B2 Clamp for medical use
The invention relates to a clamp for medical use, particularly for use in aesthetic and reconstructive rhinoplasty procedures, said clamp comprising two arms (1) connected at corresponding ends, with a scoop (2) provided at the free end of each arm (1). Each scoop (2) comprises: on one longitudinal edge, a recess (3) with a plurality of through-holes (4), the size of which allows the double pass of a needle; and, on the longitudinal edge opposite the recess (4), respective opposing longitudinal projections (5).
US10758257B2 Vessel sealing device with fine dissection function
A electrosurgical forceps includes a first elongated shaft member including a first handle member and a first jaw member having a first tissue contacting surface, and a second elongated shaft member including a second handle member and a second jaw member having a second tissue contacting surface. At least one of the first and second handle members is movable relative to the other between an open position, a first approximated position where the first and second tissue contacting surfaces are diametrically opposed to one another, and a second approximated position where the first and second tissue contacting surfaces are laterally offset from one another. A handle connector assembly is selectively engageable with the second handle member and is configured to selectively communicate electrosurgical energy between the first and second tissue contacting surfaces when the first and second handle members are disposed in the first approximated position.
US10758252B2 Retro guidewire reamer
A retro guidewire reamer includes a cutting member, and a mechanism for moving the cutting member from a closed position to a deployed position in a single manual motion. Once a desired size of a bone tunnel is established, a surgeon uses the reamer to create a primary bone tunnel over a guidewire from the outside in. The surgeon retracts the guidewire, and activates the mechanism to deploy the cutting member within the bone joint to conform to the size of a tendon graft. The surgeon uses the deployed cutting member to create a counter bore through the bone in a retrograde manner. Once the counter bore is drilled, the surgeon activates the mechanism to close the cutting member, allowing the reamer to be withdrawn through the primary tunnel. The retro guidewire reamer can be used to provide more accurate bone tunnel placement during ligament reconstruction surgery.
US10758244B2 Endoscopic surgical clip applier
An endoscopic surgical clip applier includes an endoscopic assembly and a handle assembly. The endoscopic assembly includes a shaft assembly and a pair of jaw members. The handle assembly includes a housing, a fixed handle, a trigger, a drive bar, and a ratchet assembly. The ratchet assembly includes a first rack operatively coupled to the drive bar, the first rack defining a plurality of first rack teeth, wherein the first rack includes a first length between a distal end and a proximal end thereof, and a second rack operatively coupled to the drive bar, spaced apart from the first rack, the second rack defining a plurality of second rack teeth, wherein the second rack includes a second length between a distal end and a proximal end thereof, the second length of the second rack being less than the first length of the first rack.
US10758243B2 Surgical clip applicator and apparatus including the same
Apparatus and methods for delivering a surgical clip to a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus for isolating an atrial appendage of a patient includes a surgical clip that locks onto the atrial appendage of the patient, and a surgical clip applicator that releasably engages the surgical clip. The surgical clip can include a top portion and a bottom portion. The surgical clip applicator can include a first flexible flap and a second flexible flap. The first and second flexible flaps can be sufficiently rigid to prevent the surgical clip from falling off of the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is engaged to the surgical applicator and the surgical clip applicator is in a relaxed state, and sufficiently flexible to facilitate separation of the surgical clip from the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is locked onto the atrial appendage.
US10758240B2 Medical device for modification of left atrial appendage and related systems and methods
Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device includes an anchor portion and an occluder portion. The anchor portion includes frame segments, each anchor frame segment extending between a first end and a second end such that the second end of each anchor frame segment is coupled to an anchor hub. The occluder portion includes a hub that defines an axis. The occluder portion includes multiple occluder frame segments that extend between a proximal end and a distal end such that the proximal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the hub and the distal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the first end of the anchor frame segments.
US10758231B2 Surgical stapler with bent anvil tip, angled staple cartridge tip, and tissue gripping features
A surgical instrument includes a body portion, a shaft, and an end effector that is operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The end effector includes an anvil and a staple cartridge. The anvil has a rigid bent tip configured to contact an angled surface of a nose portion of the staple cartridge. The staple cartridge includes gripping features along a staple deck that assist in gripping tissue during clamping. The staple deck of the cartridge may include multiple levels. The anvil further includes a slot with lateral portions having curved ends for receiving portions of a firing beam to guide the firing beam during a cutting and stapling action.
US10758227B2 Delivering bioabsorbable fasteners
An apparatus includes a housing, an actuator, and a plurality of fasteners. The apparatus is for closing two sides of an incision or cut in skin tissue. The actuator moves into and out of the housing. The plurality of the fasteners are within the housing, and the apparatus is operable to deliver one fastener at a time into each of the two sides of the incision or cut.
US10758217B2 Implantable sealing device
An implantable sealing device is disclosed herein and includes an elongated elastic member having distal and a proximal ends, at least one sealing element including braiding having outside and inside faces. The braiding can include of a plurality of fine threads of a memory metal alloy and wherein at least one face of the braiding is coated by a membrane. The braiding can also include a fixing member positioned at one of the distal and proximal ends of the elastic member and being positioned opposite to the braiding.
US10758210B2 Ultrasound remote monitoring, operating and training system
The present invention is a method, system, and apparatus used to transmit information to an individual and or receiver who is not located at the actual ultrasound procedure that may monitor, communicate, and assist in the procedure in real time as well as provide protocols for specific procedures; wherein the ultrasound machine communicates to a receiver operational information such as but not limited to audio, visual, performance, and so forth; wherein the information may be received in real time to another party not located at the site of the procedure who may assist with the procedure, training, protocols, and so forth; and wherein the receiver may then transmit back to the ultrasound machine specific directions as well as communicate with the ultrasound operator.
US10758206B2 Method and system for enhanced visualization of lung sliding by automatically detecting and highlighting lung sliding in images of an ultrasound scan
An ultrasound device performs an ultrasound scan to acquire a video clip having images of a portion of a lung. The ultrasound device detects lung sliding in each of the images. The ultrasound device highlights the detected lung sliding in each of the images to generate processed images. The ultrasound device displays at least one of the processed images as one or more of an enhanced B mode image and an enhanced virtual M mode image.
US10758204B2 Radiographic imaging system and method for positioning one such system
Radiographic imaging system including: an x-ray transmission unit; an x-ray receiver unit; a plate made from a material opaque to x-rays and situated between the transmission unit and the receiver unit, the plate including at least four channels, each channel enabling a part of the x-rays emitted by the transmission unit to pass through the channel; and an image processing unit configured to determine the coordinates of the projected patterns and to calculate a position of the receiver unit from the coordinates of the projected patterns and from the coordinates of the channels.
US10758203B2 X-ray computed tomography apparatus
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a gantry, control circuitry, and acquisition circuitry. The X-ray tube generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays generated by the X-ray tube. The gantry supports the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector rotatably around a rotation axis. While the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector are rotated, the control circuitry allows the X-ray tube to generate X-rays and alters a predetermined CT imaging parameter for which correction data is acquired during a single rotation. While the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector are rotated, the acquisition circuitry acquires correction data related to the target CT imaging parameter through the X-ray detector.
US10758195B2 X-ray scatter reducing device for use with 2D mammography and tomosynthesis
Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging. In one embodiment, an anti-scatter grid having a plurality of septa may be configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray imaging device such that each septum of the plurality of septa extends along a direction substantially parallel to a coronal plane of a subject during imaging of the subject using the X-ray imaging device. The X-ray imaging device may be operable in a tomosynthesis mode for imaging of a breast of the subject and may include the anti-scatter grid disposed between a breast platform and the X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid may be configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a sagittal plane of the subject during tomosynthesis imaging.
US10758194B1 Filter system and method for imaging a subject
A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system using various selection techniques. The selection techniques may be used to assist in generating selected images for viewing. Selection techniques may include moving a filter to filter a selected portion of an imaging beam.
US10758193B2 Medical radiation protector and production thereof
The invention relates to a medical radiation protector, which is configured in such a way that said radiation protector holds tumor tissue and adjoining healthy tissue in a clear relative position with respect to each other in the head-and-neck region during a radiation treatment for cancer therapy, and which comprises at least a lower jaw element, an upper jaw element, and optionally a tissue protection element, and which is produced partially from a plastic that can be used in an additive method and that is approved for use in/against/on a human or animal body for medical purposes, wherein the part produced from said plastic is produced by means of an additive production method. The invention further relates to a production method for said radiation protector, to a system for performing the method, and to a computer program that substantially controls the method.
US10758188B2 Stroke detection and prevention system and method
A stroke detection and prevention system and method are provided in which there may be one or more phases of detection using devices in which the phases include user-friendly, less accurate tests to less user-friendly, more accurate tests.
US10758186B2 Physiological sign information acquisition method and system
The present disclosure relates to a vital sign extraction method and system. The system comprises a receiving module for receiving at least one type of physiological information; a feature extraction module configured to extract a first feature and a second feature of the physiological information by using a first technique and a second technique; a processing module for performing a matching calculation on the first feature and the second feature, marking matching results, and identifying a noise result of the physiological information based on the matching results; and a calculation module for calculating a physiological sign of a living body.
US10758174B2 Method for cross-diagnostic identification and treatment of neurologic features underpinning mental and emotional disorders
A system and method for diagnosing mental or emotional disorders is disclosed. An affective BCI component is incorporated into a closed loop, symptom—responsive psychiatric DBS system. A series of input data related to a brain of the patient is acquired while the patient performs a battery of behavioral tasks. From the patient's performance on the task battery, the system identifies what is abnormal for that individual patient in terms of functional domains. Patient-specific behavioral measurements are then linked to patterns of activation and de-activation across different brain regions, identifying specific structures that are the source of the patient's individual impairment.
US10758173B2 Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latency
In some implementations, a mobile device can adjust an alarm setting based on the sleep onset latency duration detected for a user of the mobile device. For example, sleep onset latency can be the amount of time it takes for the user to fall asleep after the user attempts to go to sleep (e.g., goes to bed). The mobile device can determine when the user intends or attempts to go to sleep based on detected sleep ritual activities. Sleep ritual activities can include those activities a user performs in preparation for sleep. The mobile device can determine when the user is asleep based on detected sleep signals (e.g., biometric data, sounds, etc.). In some implementations, the mobile device can determine recurring patterns of long or short sleep onset latency and present suggestions that might help the user sleep better or feel more rested.
US10758162B2 Systems, devices and methods for analyzing a person status based at least on a detected orientation of the person
A system for monitoring a person may include a person-worn sensor device including at least one sensor (e.g., at least one accelerometer, magnetometer, altimeter, etc.) configured to collect sensor data and a processor to process data from the person-worn sensor device. The processor may be configured to determine or access an orientation of a physical support apparatus (e.g., bed, table, wheelchair, chair, sofa, or other structure for supporting the person), receive sensor data collected by the person-worn sensor device, calculate an orientation of the person relative to the physical support apparatus based on (a) the orientation of the physical support apparatus and (b) the sensor data collected by the person-worn sensor device, and identify, based on the determined orientation of the person relative to the physical support apparatus, a physical support apparatus exit condition indicating an occurrence or anticipated occurrence of the person exiting the physical support apparatus.
US10758159B2 Measuring somatic response to stimulus utilizing a mobile computing device
A mobile computing device for measuring somatic response of a user to stimulus includes motion sensors, a volatile memory, and a processor for: executing a baseline calibration process including receiving first and second supervised data from the user, and first and second sensor data from the motion sensors, while the user performs a triple whip gesture, calculating signal strength of the first and second sensor data using a k-means clustering algorithm, and executing a classification process including reading third unsupervised data from the user and third sensor data from the motion sensors while the user performs the triple whip gesture.
US10758152B2 Compensation and calibration for a low power bio-impedance measurement device
A method and apparatus for compensating and calibrating a bio-impedance measurement device are provided. In the method and apparatus, a memory stores a plurality of compensation parameters and a first detection channel receives a first detection signal, compensates the first detection signal using a first compensation parameter of the plurality of compensation parameters. In the method and apparatus, a second detection channel receives a second detection signal and a third detection signal and compensates the second and third detection signals using second and third compensation parameters of the plurality of compensation parameters and the compensated first detection signal. The impedance measurement device generates a first output signal representative of a first impedance measurement and a second output signal representative of a second impedance measurement based on the compensated first, second and third detection signals.
US10758145B2 Method for realizing panoramic display of exercise test using time axis
It relates to the field of displaying the heart-rate data collected in an exercise test, in particular to a method for achieving a panoramic display during Electrocardiogram Exercise Test by using a time axis, comprising following steps: (a) building a horizontal axis (X axis) in units of time as a time axis, and building a vertical axis (Y axis) in units of heart rate, therefore forming a two-dimensional tendency chart; (b) collecting and storing real-time 12-lead ECG raw data, acquiring and storing real-time heart rate data, (c) setting a time vernier, wherein in a default status, the time vernier is located at the current moment, and it is connected with 12-lead ECG raw data.
US10758135B2 Method and apparatus for pressure measurement
Methods and apparatus for measuring pressure in a patient are provided which may include any number of features. One feature is a pressure measurement system comprising a pressure source, a compliant bladder, a catheter in communication with the pressure source, pressure sensors, and a controller configured to determine a pressure within the compliant bladder. The pressure measurement system can inflate the compliant bladder with gas or air to determine a pressure within a patient. In one embodiment, the pressure measurement system measures pressure within a peritoneal cavity.
US10758134B2 Sensor, sensor apparatus, and electronic device
A sensor that is capable of detecting a pulse of a user by using a proximity illumination sensor or a proximity sensor is provided. A proximity sensor (14) that includes a pulse detection function includes a count adjustment circuit (5) that performs adjustment such that a digital output value (ADCOUT1) from an analog-digital conversion circuit (4) changes in accordance with each value of a distance at least in a prescribed range of the distance between a photodiode (2) and a detected object (a finger in the drawing) and a digital filter (6) for detecting a cycle of the digital output value (ADCOUT1) from the analog-digital conversion circuit (4).
US10758132B2 Ambulatory diagnostic device and method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for acquiring and processing sensor signals on a host device. The device comprises a jack and connects to a socket on the host device. The device further comprises an instrumentation block which draws power from the host socket to power its operation. The instrumentation block further processes signals and conveys this information to the host device up on connecting the device jack to the host socket. The host device controls certain aspects of the electronics module for acquiring and processing plurality of signals. The instrumentation block in the device connects to one or more sensors through cables to sense at least one of electrocardiogram (ECG), Electroencephalography (EEG), motion, airflow of respiratory system, body temperature, light intensity of arterial oxygen saturation level, blood pressure and any other physiology signal.
US10758126B2 Dental irradiation device
A dental light irradiation device has sensing means for sensing a change of a position of the device, and an indicator for physically indicating the position change. The invention helps controlling the positioning of the device during use.
US10758118B2 Handheld ophthalmic laser system with replaceable contact tips and treatment guide
In some embodiments, an ophthalmic laser system may be provided that does not include a traditional laser console. Instead, the treatment device may be configured to house the treatment light source within the device handle. Additionally, in some embodiments, the handheld treatment device may include a user interface, such as dials and buttons, for adjusting various parameters of the therapeutic light. With certain embodiments, the self-contained handheld treatment device may be operated independent of an AC power source. For example, in some embodiments, the handheld treatment device may be battery powered. Additionally, the handheld treatment device may be disposable or may utilize replaceable distal tips in certain embodiments. Certain embodiments may be particularly designed for transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. Also, treatment guides are provided that may be configured to couple with a treatment device to align the device with a target tissue of the eye.
US10758110B2 Endoscope and method for producing an endoscope, and latching element
An endoscope having an elongate shaft and a system tube, which extends inside the shaft and in which an image carrier is arranged, the system tube is held in an axial direction of the shaft by means of at least one resilient latching element, and a method for producing such an endoscope and to a latching element for such an endoscope.
US10758105B2 Heating assembly for a washing appliance
A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber, a water storage chamber, an inlet defined in the tub and providing fluid communication into the wash chamber, and a heat pipe heat exchanger. The heat pipe heat exchanger includes a sealed casing, a working fluid contained within the sealed casing, a condenser section, and an evaporator section. The condenser section is in operative communication with the inlet upstream of the wet chamber. The dishwashing appliance also includes a fluid circulation system configured to deliver fluid to the wash chamber from the water storage chamber. The fluid circulation system includes a spray nozzle configured to spray wash fluid onto the evaporator section of the heat pipe heat exchanger.
US10758103B2 Robot cleaner and controlling method thereof
The present application relates to a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner of the present application includes: a main body which forms an external shape; a water tank which stores water; a rotation mop which is in contact with a floor while rotating and moves the main body; a drive motor which rotates the rotation mop; a motion detection unit which measures a reference motion of the main body when the rotation mop rotates; and a controller which measures a slip rate based on an actual speed of the main body measured by the motion detection unit in the reference motion and an ideal speed of the main body estimated according to driving of the drive motor, and controls an amount of water supplied to the rotation mop.
US10758095B2 Dispenser with suction cups
A dispenser for hygienic articles such as wipes, towels, toilet paper or soap, includes a dispenser housing for containing the articles, and a fastener for fastening the dispenser to a fastening surface. The fastener includes a suction unit disposed on the outside of the dispenser facing the fastening surface. The fastener further comprise operating device by which the suction unit is operable so as to establish or release a sub-atmospheric pressure between the suction unit and the fastening surface. Access to the operating device is provided from inside the dispenser.
US10758092B2 Water barrier for shower door bottom
A water barrier assembly for a shower door, including first and second sidewalls, a bottom wall joining the first and second sidewalls, interior surfaces of the bottom wall and the first and second sidewalls defining a channel adapted to receive a bottom portion of a shower door, a deflector extending outward from a top portion of the first sidewall, and a flexible blade extending from a bottom surface of the deflector and adjacent to an exterior surface of the first sidewall terminating with a distal end beyond a bottom surface of the bottom wall.
US10758069B2 Orthotic device
An orthotic device 10 comprising a body 20 having a base 30, a first support surface 40. In use, the first support surface 40 supports a selected region of a patient's neck 70 whilst suspending the patient's head 80.
US10758064B2 Hanger for displaying floor mats
A floor mat hanger (10) includes a hanger body (12) having a hanger aperture (20) for receiving a support member, and a hook member (14) selectively attachable to the hanger body (12) through the hanger aperture (20). The hook member (14) is selectively movable to and between a first configuration, wherein the hook portion (22) is spaced from the hanger body (12) to facilitate hanging the hanger body (12) from an external support structure, and a second configuration wherein the hook portion (22) is positioned adjacent the hanger body (12) in a compact arrangement. The floor mat hanger (10) may further include at least one post (16) configured to support a floor mat thereon, and locking structure (18) associated with the at least one post (16) to prevent a floor mat from being removed from the post (16).
US10758059B2 Cushion
A cushion includes a cushion core, adopting blasted sponge, and the cushion core comprising a main bearing area and an auxiliary bearing area; an outer cover layer, wrapping an outer layer of the cushion core, and the outer cover layer adopting a fiber material which is of a reticular structure; and a reinforcing skeleton comprising a plurality of bone bridges, and each bone bridge comprising an arch base and an arch bridge. For each bone bridge, the arch base is located at two side-by-side corners of one side of the cushion core, and is close to one side of the main bearing area; one end of the arch bridge is connected to the arch base, and the other end of the arch bridge extends to a diagonal opposite corner of the other side of the cushion core, and is close to one side of the auxiliary bearing area.
US10758048B1 Folding chair
A folding chair includes left and right frame rods, left and right frame rotating elements, left and right rear leg sliding elements, left and right rear leg rods, left and right rear leg fixing elements, left and right back rest rods, left and right back rest rod sliding elements, left and right front leg rods, leg terminals, left and right connecting rods, left and right handrail rods, left and right handrail fixing elements, left and right handrail supporting rods, left and right supporting rod sliding elements, limiting elements, left and right sliding elements, supporting rods, pad portion and back rest portion. The folding chair is compact and portable when folded and demonstrates high stability and high load-bearing capability when unfolded.
US10758046B1 L-shaped furniture anti-tipping mechanisms
Mechanism for preventing a piece of furniture from tipping over includes an L-shaped boot having a first elongate planar portion and a second planar portion shorter than the first planar portion. The second planar portion is attachable by structure to a rear surface of a rear leg of the furniture to be alongside and in contact with the rear leg. The first planar portion is dimensioned to extend under the rear leg and under a front leg of the furniture aligning with said rear leg and beyond the front leg when said second planar portion is attached to said rear surface of said rear leg to aid in preventing tipping of the furniture when a force is applied in a forward direction of the furniture. The first planar portion may be configured to extend below right and left legs of the furniture.
US10758045B2 Load lock door assemblies, load lock apparatus, electronic device processing systems, and methods
A load lock door assembly with side actuation is disclosed. Load lock door assembly includes a load lock door and a door support assembly coupled thereto. Door support assembly includes one or more pivot members pivotable relative to one or more sides of the load lock body, a door support bracket coupled to the load lock door, one or more separator side actuators coupled between the door support bracket being actuatable to separate the load lock door from a sealing surface, and one or more pivot side actuator operable to pivot the load lock door above or below the load lock entry. Load lock apparatus with side actuation, systems including one or more load lock door assemblies with side actuation, and methods of operating load lock door assemblies are provided, as are numerous other aspects.
US10758042B2 Universal drawer slide
A universal drawer slide is described. The drawer slide includes an outer slide member and an inner slide member that are configured to move between a closed position and an extended position. A lever is pivotally mounted to a front portion of the inner slide member. A cam mounts to the outer side member in at least a first position and a second position. An engaging end of the lever engages with the cam in either the first position or the second position.
US10758023B1 Cosmetic container
The present invention relates to a cosmetic container including: a container body made of a paper material; an inner container inserted into the container body to store a cosmetic content; and an overcap coupled to top of the inner container to open and close the inner container, wherein as the inner container is inserted into the container body, an outer peripheral surface of the inner container comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the container body, thereby allowing the inner container to be coupled to the container body.
US10758022B2 Mini brake for hair color placement foils and its method of use
A hair folding and creasing brake device for creating pre-folded and creased triangular hair foils for dimensional hair color placement has a hinged sheet which is hinged so that foil sheets placed on its surface can be clamped and then bent to form a crease in the foil. A hair coloring foil is prepared by placing a foil or a pack of foils onto the device which is then folded over the foil to clamp the foil and then then folded again to bend the foil to impart a crease to the foil.
US10758020B2 Device for treating the hair comprising a laterally inserting refill
The invention relates to a device for treating the hair including a first and a second arm connected together by a joint and able to move with respect to one another between a closed configuration for treating the hair and a spread configuration for engaging between them the hairs to be treated. The device also includes a refill including a body having a housing, a member for applying a cosmetic product received in the housing. The refill includes at least one first mounting means engaging with at least one second mounting means of the first arm, in such a way that the assembly of the first and second mounting means is performed by moving the first mounting means along an axis (Y) substantially parallel to the joint, relative to the second mounting means.
US10758018B1 Protective bag assembly
A protective bag assembly made of multi-layer material for securing one or more articles against natural or man-made disasters, is disclosed. The protective bag assembly comprises an enclosure with an opening. Said bag assembly further comprises a closure secured to the enclosure for fastening the opening and a flap extends over the closure to protect them from exposure to flame and water. The enclosure and flap are made of multi-layer material comprising, a first layer made of silicone material, a second layer made of flame resistant foil, a third layer made of foam material and a fourth layer made of rubber material. The protective bag assembly secures one or more articles against flood water, storm surges, leaky roofs, sand, dust, rodents, insects, flames or any combination thereof.
US10758012B2 Sensing device for footwear
A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive sensor configured to sense changes in a capacitance signal in response to proximity of a body. A dielectric member can be provided between the capacitive sensor and the body to enhance an output signal from the sensor.
US10758010B2 Increased access footwear
An article of footwear providing easy donning and doffing through a heel region. A heel cup is pivotably coupled with the footwear to articulate between an open configuration allowing easier access to a foot-receiving cavity and a closed configuration enclosing a heel region of the footwear. A tensioning strap extends from a first side of the footwear around the heel cup to an opposite second side of the footwear when the heel cup is in the closed configuration. The heel strap is effective to structurally secure the heel cup in the closed configuration. One or more tensioning strands may extend from the tensioning strap. The tensioning strands may be effective to convert force provided through the tensioning strap across a forefoot portion to generate a forefoot securing force through a lacing mechanism.
US10758008B2 Cord lock
A cord lock includes various components used to slidably adjust a cord length, such as one or more housing components that releasably clamp around the cord. In one aspect, the cord lock includes an arrangement of magnets that bias the cord-lock housing components away from one another, in order to secure the cord between the housing components. The housing components can be pressed towards one another to slidably adjust the cord. In a further aspect, the cord lock may also include a magnetized excess-cord retainer that attaches to a portion of the cord and that releasably attaches to the cord lock in order to help gather excess cord pulled through the cord lock.
US10758005B2 Outsole plate
A sole structure for an article includes a first layer including a first bundle of fibers affixed to a first substrate, a second layer including a second bundle of fibers affixed to a second substrate, a traction element having a first portion disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second portion extending from one of the first layer and the second layer. The sole structure further includes a resin that consolidates the first bundle of fibers and the second bundle of fibers, and secures the traction element between the first bundle of fibers and the second bundle of fibers.
US10757993B2 Cap with exchangeable visor
The present invention relates generally to a cap with an exchangeable visor, and more specifically to a cap with an exchangeable visor, the cap having a cap body configured to surround the head of a person and a cap visor configured to be selectively coupled to and separated from one side of the cap body, the cap including: a rail part configured to be formed on the outer circumferential surface of the bottom of the cap body; a coupling part configured to be coupled to the visor to surround one side of the visor; and a fastening groove part configured to be coupled to one side of the coupling part, and to be engaged with the rail part in a sliding manner.
US10757992B2 Jacket pocket arrangement
A jacket includes a body portion having an exterior surface and a first edge for mating with an opposing second edge. A first pocket opening extends through the exterior surface of the body portion. A first pocket member at least partially defines a first pocket cavity in communication with the first pocket opening and the first pocket member at least partially defines a pocket mating opening. A second pocket opening extends through the exterior surface of the body portion and a second pocket member at least partially defines a second pocket cavity in communication with the second pocket opening. The second pocket member at least partially defines a pocket mating insert that is moveable between a retracted position spaced inward from the first edge and an extended position extending outward from the second edge. The pocket mating insert is configured to be received by the pocket mating opening.
US10757988B1 Personal protective equipment with functionalized nanotube compositions to control pathogens such as SARS CoV-2 (coronavirus)
Nanotube compositions may be employed in many different forms alone, and/or with surfactants, with antiviral metals, with antigens, and/or with various drugs to control pathogens like viruses e.g., SARS COVID-2, bacteria, mold, fungi, chemical or biological agents etc in masks or other personal protection equipment. The personal protection equipment such as masks reduce, control, absorb, deactivate, detoxify, and/or kill the pathogens such that a pathogen or pathogens deleterious effects are reduced and/or eliminated to a user of the mask.
US10757984B2 Multi-layer nursing garment
The present invention teaches a multi-layered nursing garment. The multi-layered nursing garment includes breasts support having a pair of breast cups, shoulder straps and a chest band. Each breast cup is comprised of two or more layers. Further a clasp for attaching an outer removable layer with a shoulder strap and a clip is configured for attaching another, inner layer. The invention provides a number of combinations of clips, clasps, and layers but which a breastfeeding woman can selectively open the nursing garment to accomplish breastfeeding and/or milk pumping from either breast, and has the capacity to engage in said events simultaneously.
US10757983B2 Nursing brassiere including positionable cups
A nursing brassiere generally comprises a band, a first cup, a second cup, a bridge, and straps. The cups are positionable between a support position and one or more nursing positions. Each cup includes a lower edge that is at least partially detached from the band when the first cup is in the nursing position. The straps are connected to the first cup and the second cup and the band to form loops sized to fit over shoulders of the wearer. The nursing brassiere also comprises coupling members attached to the cups, the straps, the band, and/or the bridge to allow the cups to be positioned in the support position and one or more nursing positions.
US10757968B1 Floating smoking device
A smoking device that can float on water is disclosed. The smoking device comprises a base and an elongated pipe coupled to the base. The base comprises a floating ring to allow the smoking device to float on the water. The elongated pipe comprises one or more tubes. The tube is used to inhale smoke from a smoking material. The base comprising a plurality of floats to allow the smoking device to float on water is also disclosed.
US10757965B2 Feeder for components of an aerosol forming article
The present invention refers to a feeder for components of an aerosol-forming article, the feeder comprising: —a plurality of tubular hoppers, each hopper being adapted to receive and to deliver a plurality of components, each hopper including an inlet and an outlet and a channel connecting the inlet and the outlet, each channel having an axis and defining an insert dimension in a direction perpendicular to the axis, the insert dimension being constant along the axis of the channel; —a frame to which the tubular hoppers are fastened and arranged so that their axes are substantially parallel to each other and in series along a transport direction; —a delivery drum including a plurality of angularly spaced grooves arranged substantially parallel to said transport direction, said drum being located under the outlets of the tubular hoppers so that components going through said channels are delivered into one of said groves; —a motor to rotate said delivery drum; —a transport device located under said delivery drum and adapted to transport said components delivered by the delivery drum along the transport direction; and —a size change element adapted to vary the insert dimension of the channel of at least one of the plurality of hoppers.
US10757964B2 Purification of tobacco-derived protein compositions
The disclosure describes methods for the purification of protein-enriched extracts to provide concentrates and isolates and methods for incorporation of such materials into products. The purification methods are adapted for removal of nicotine and may have other benefits, e.g., lightening the color of the protein-enriched extracts. The methods generally include treatment with peracetic acid or hydrogen peroxide and filtrations. A protein composition in the form of a concentrate or isolate is provided, the protein composition including RuBisCO, F2 fraction proteins, or combination thereof extracted from a plant of the Nicotiana species, wherein the protein composition is characterized by relatively low nicotine content.
US10757960B2 Moisture control apparatus and moisture control method
A moisture control apparatus includes at least one electrode configured to receive at least one of an alternating current or a direct current, and to direct at least one of an electric field, a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic wave, a sonic wave, or a supersonic wave toward a substance. The moisture control apparatus further includes a controller configured to communicate with the at least one electrode, wherein the controller is configured to control a voltage applied to the at least one electrode to induce a bonded state between water molecules of moisture present in the substance.
US10757957B2 Concentrated protein compositions and methods of their making and use
This disclosure provides a highly concentrated protein composition and the processes of making the same. The compositions are shelf-stable, easy to use and have excellent nutritional values as compared to other protein products. The compositions may be prepared from animal sources, such as chickens or turkeys.
US10757954B2 Process for preparing a fat slurry and for preparing a spread with said slurry
A process for preparing a slurry of edible oil and fat powder, and to a process of preparing an edible fat-continuous spread out of such. The process for preparing said slurry has at least two different regimes of reduced pressure.
US10757946B2 Microbial inoculant formulations
Compositions comprising dried formulations of viable Methylobacterium as well as methods for making and using the formulations are provided. In particular the compositions provide for Methylobacterium formulations with improved viability, shelf-life, and plant or seed treatment characteristics.
US10757944B2 Ozone treatment for elimination of pathogens
The present disclosure relates to the ozone treatment of plants to reduce or eliminate pesticides, mold, yeast, or other pathogens. In an embodiment, the plant is exposed to ozone at a concentration of 150 to 250 ppm for between 15 and 65 minutes. The exposure of the plant to ozone reduces or eliminates pesticides, mold, yeast or other pathogens with little to no negative effects on the plants potency, flavor profile, fragrance, and weight.
US10757930B2 Modular tree stand and accessory support system
An accessory support system includes a mounting plate, a deck support, and a mounting member. The mounting plate includes a tree facing side and an upper axial end in substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the tree facing side. The deck support is coupled to the mounting plate. The deck support includes a frame extending outwardly from the mounting plate and away from the tree facing side along a direction that is substantially parallel to the upper axial end. The frame defines a plurality of openings arranged along a perimeter of the frame and a central opening that is larger than the plurality of openings. The mounting member is configured to couple at least one of the mounting plate or the deck support to a tree.
US10757929B1 Portable seat such as for use in hunting and photography
An apparatus, method, and system of supporting a person such as a hunter or photographer in a seated position includes a cantilever arm extending from a supporting structure and a seat that is eccentrically mounted to the cantilevered arm. The cantilevered arm and eccentric seat can be attached to a supporting structure to allow the cantilever arm to pivot at its end opposite its seat over a range. Optionally the seat and cantilevered arm can be cinched along a tree or other vertical structures, placed on ground supported structure, or on other elevating structures.
US10757919B2 Releasable chest pad
A releasable chest pad including a padding portion designed to form a single structural unit with an outer chest strap part and threaded through chest strap parts on the two sides thereof that fit into loop adjuster frames of the dog chest harness. A lining padding portion coming into contact with the body of the dog, is fixed only to the outer chest strap part by a bearing portion fixing zone for the adjustability of the threaded through chest strap parts. The lining padding portion can be folded up to the bearing portion fixing zone, then after adjusting the length of the threaded through chest strap parts and closing them on the outer chest strap part. The cut ends of the threaded through chest strap parts are covered by the lining padding portion and the bearing strip portion, preventing the cut ends from irritating the chest or neck of the dog.
US10757916B1 Support device for dog ear
Method and apparatus for supporting the ears of a dog in an upright position following cosmetic otoplasty having a softer outer portion and a stiffer inner core portion for providing effective and sufficient structural support for maintaining the device and the pinna in an upright position. The device has a lower support post portion and an upper spade-shaped portion designed to conform to the shape of the cropped ears of the dog. The device includes a spherical enlargement on a lower end for insertion into the inner ear portion of the dog's ear along with an adhesive layer for securing the convex surface of the device to the interior surface of the ear of the dog.
US10757915B2 Long-range electronic identification system
An identification system is provided employing tags which may be targeted by a coherent energy beam such as a laser emanating from a query device controlled by a user. The tags may be activated with great precision even when tightly grouped and at great distances from the user through the employment of the communicated beam to activate the tags to report an identifier and or data stored thereon. The tags may be enable to rebroadcast a signal intended for another tag or form another tag in response to a receiver. The emanating laser is also adjustable for cross sectional contact area to increase accuracy. Security may be provided through the requirement of a proper query code being communicated to the tag prior to generation of a wireless data or identifier response.
US10757909B2 Animal container
An animal container. The animal container includes a housing sized to fit an animal, such as a pet, within. The housing includes a plurality of sides. The plurality of sides includes a first side having a first opening leading into the housing and a second side having a second opening leading into the housing. A gate is secured to the housing and is spring biased in a closed position covering the first opening. The gate pivots against the spring bias in a direction towards an interior of the housing when a force is applied against the gate from outside of the housing. A first door is secured to the housing and covers the second opening.
US10757906B2 Tomato variety NUN 09231 TOF
The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 09231 TOF as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
US10757902B2 Alfalfa variety 1013T183
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 1013T183. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 1013T183. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 1013T183 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 1013T183 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10757901B2 Alfalfa variety 914T031
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 914T031. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 914T031. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 914T031 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 914T031 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10757900B2 Alfalfa variety H0415A3144
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated H0415A3144. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety H0415A3144. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety H0415A3144 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety H0415A3144 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10757897B1 Soybean variety OT11129279
A novel soybean variety, designated OT11129279 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety OT11129279, cells from soybean variety OT11129279, plants of soybean OT11129279, and plant parts of soybean variety OT11129279. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety OT11129279 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety OT11129279, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety OT11129279, and methods of characterizing soybean variety OT11129279. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety OT11129279 are further provided.
US10757896B1 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH101657
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101657. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101657, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101657 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101657.
US10757895B1 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH101213
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101213. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101213, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101213 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101213.
US10757889B1 Sweet corn hybrid SVSK6774 and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of corn hybrid SVSK6774 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn hybrid SVSK6774 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10757885B2 Wheat variety W090625F1
A wheat variety designated W090625F1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W090625F1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W090625F1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W090625F1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W090625F1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W090625F1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10757875B2 Device for hydroponic cultivation
A device for hydroponic cultivation, the device including one or more room(s) for receiving one or more seed(s), one or more source(s) of artificial light, arranged to produce photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) to the one or more room(s). The device further includes a control unit for adjusting the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) of the artificial light based on the growing phase of the plant(s) being grown in the device.
US10757870B2 Devices, systems, and methods for providing and using crop control hardware in a master controller in an assembly line grow pod
Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating crop control hardware are provided herein. Some embodiments include an assembly line grow pod having a master controller with a plurality of bays and being communicatively coupled to components of the grow pod, a crop control module within one of the bays such that the crop control module is communicatively coupled to the master controller and the components of the grow pod, and a second control module in one of the bays, which is removably insertable such that it is removable from the bay without altering the assembly line grow pod functionality. The crop control module is programmed to sense a removal of the second control module, determine control signals necessary to maintain an operation of the grow pod and the components of the grow pod, and provide the control signals to the grow pod or the components of the grow pod.
US10757863B2 Device and method for changing cleaning shoe shaker arm angle
A cleaning system for a combine harvester having an adjustable throwing angle is provided. The cleaning system includes a shoe for holding a sieve of the cleaning system, a mounting surface disposed on the shoe, and a rocker arm either movably or removably connected to the mounting surface. The rocker arm is configured to be mounted to the mounting surface at at least two different locations on the mounting surface. Each location resulting in a different throwing angle of the shoe of the cleaning system.
US10757861B2 Robotic fruit picking system
A robotic fruit picking system includes an autonomous robot that includes a positioning subsystem that enables autonomous positioning of the robot using a computer vision guidance system. The robot also includes at least one picking arm and at least one picking head, or other type of end effector, mounted on each picking arm to either cut a stem or branch for a specific fruit or bunch of fruits or pluck that fruit or bunch. A computer vision subsystem analyses images of the fruit to be picked or stored and a control subsystem is programmed with or learns picking strategies using machine learning techniques. A quality control (QC) subsystem monitors the quality of fruit and grades that fruit according to size and/or quality. The robot has a storage subsystem for storing fruit in containers for storage or transportation, or in punnets for retail.
US10757860B1 Stripper apparatus crop harvesting system
A system for removing parts from plants rooted in an agricultural field while leaving other parts of the plants rooted in the agricultural field may include a harvester apparatus with an intake throat formed by structures such as the combination of an infeed head and infeed conveyor, a pair of stripping assemblies including stripping belts, or stripping assemblies including stripping members such as chains.
US10765050B2 Component mounting method
A component mounting system includes a component mounting line in which a plurality of processing devices are connected to constitute the component mounting line and a management device (management computer) connected to the component mounting line by a network, and each of the plurality of processing devices can be remotely operated via the network by an input unit of the management device. In this component mounting system, a remote operation right allowing a remote operation is set with respect to the management device (ST21), and the remote operation right set with respect to the management device is released (ST23) in a case where a specific operation set in advance with respect to the one or more processing devices is performed (Yes in ST41) in a state where the remote operation right is set with respect to the management device.
US10765046B2 Electromagnetic interference shields for electronic packages and related methods
Disclosed are EMI shielded packages, electronic device packages, and related methods. EMI shielded packages are formed by applying an insulating material to a first side of a substrate strip, separating the substrate strip into segments, adhering the insulating material of the segments to a solid conductor, applying a conductive paste around lateral sides of the segments, curing the conductive paste, and cutting through the conductive paste and the solid conductor to form the EMI packages. An electronic device package includes a substrate including electronic circuitry, an EMI shield, and an insulating material insulating the substrate from the EMI shield. The EMI shield includes a solid conductor adhered to the insulating material, and a cured conductive paste at least partially surrounding a lateral edge of the substrate. The cured conductive paste electrically connects the solid conductor to a conductive terminal in a lateral side of the substrate.
US10765039B2 Two-phase liquid-vapor computer cooling device
Embodiments herein relate to multi-phase cooling of electronic equipment such as processors and voltage regulators in a rack computing system. In various embodiments, a cooling device may include a heat exchanger, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchange, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold to carry a two-phase fluid from the outlet manifold to the inlet manifold through the heat exchanger, and one or more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger. In some embodiments, the heat exchanger may be arranged in an inverted-V or an inverted-W configuration with respect to the fans. In embodiments, the cooling device may be disposed in a rack module. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10765035B2 Electrical enclosure assembly comprising a cooling device which is received in an electrical enclosure housing
A control cabinet arrangement, comprising a cooling device which is received in a control cabinet housing, wherein the cooling device can be slidably held on the control cabinet housing via a linear adjusting unit, particularly a bar system, and can be adjusted between a pull-out position and a slide-in position, wherein the cooling device in the slide-in position is completely received in the control cabinet housing, and in the pull-out position, the cooling device protrudes at least partially beyond a door side of the control cabinet housing from the control cabinet housing, and wherein a door element, which closes in its closed position the door side of the control cabinet housing, comprises at least one air passage opening which opens into an air outlet and/or an air inlet of the cooling device in the closed position of the door element, when the cooling device is in the slide-in position.
US10765032B2 Floating liquid cooled heat transfer solution
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for cooling electronic components. An apparatus of the presently claimed invention includes a connector and an electronic component that plugs into the connector. The electronic component contacts a heat sink, where the heat sink moves in an upward direction as the electronic component is plugged into the connector. Soft thermal pads located between the heat sink and liquid cooling tubes/pipes compress as the heat sink moves upward. When compressed, the thermal pads contact the heat sink and the liquid cooling tubes/pipes. Heat is then transferred from the electronic component through the heat sink, through the thermal pads, through the coolant tubes, and into liquid contained within the liquid coolant tubes.
US10765030B2 Adapters for rack-mounted computing equipment
Provided is an adapter for rack-mounted computing equipment, the adapter including: a chassis; two mounts coupled to the chassis, each of the two mounts having a respective hole shaped to receive and support rack-mountable computing equipment, wherein centers of the holes are between 460 and 470 mm (millimeters) apart from one another in a side-to-side direction of the chassis; two members extending from front of the chassis, the two members being less than 18 mm tall and being between 530 and 550 mm apart in the side-to-side direction; a channel extending at least half a distance along the chassis in a front-to-back direction, the channel defining a volume configured to hold cables extending from a back side of the chassis to a front side of the chassis; and a bus-bar connector mount configured to position a bus-bar connector extending from a back of the chassis.
US10765027B2 Assembly for attaching and connecting a computer data storage device to an on-board computer and associated method for use
The present invention relates to an assembly (10) for attaching a data storage device (12) to an on-board computer including an encapsulation structure (17), and a receiving structure (18) for receiving the encapsulation structure (17) comprising a first connector complementary to a connector of the storage device and a second connector complementary to a connector of the onboard computer.The encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) mounted therein are movable relative to the receiving structure (18) between an inserted configuration in which the encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) are inserted into the receiving structure (18) and the connector of the storage device (12) is connected to the first connector, and a removed configuration in which the encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) are removed from the receiving structure (18).
US10765023B2 Connecting assembly, flexible display screen, and flexible electronic device
A connecting assembly includes a plurality of link members, a hanging-hole-shaped fixing structure having openings configured to hole the plurality of link members, a first shaft and a second shaft coupled to the plurality of link members, and a first fixing member and a second fixing member for coupling to a first display region and a second display region of the flexible display screen respectively. The first and the second fixing members are further coupled to the first shaft and the second shaft respectively. The openings of the hanging-hole-shaped fixing structure are movable to arrange the plurality of link members at different distances from each other, in order to bend the flexible display screen upon a force being exerted on the flexible display screen to cause a relative motion between the first and second display regions of the flexible display screen.
US10765018B2 Tamper-proof computer device
Tamper-proof computer device (1) comprising a sealed enclosure (10), in turn comprising a hollow metal body (20) having an inside surface (22); a computer processor (30), arranged inside said enclosure (10); a tamper-detection sensor (40), which sensor (40) in turn comprises a tamper-detecting membrane (40) forming a sealed container in which the computer processor (30) is arranged, which membrane (40) is arranged on, and in direct thermal contact with, the said hollow metal body (20); and a metal heat sink structure (50) thermally connected to the computer processor (30), wherein the metal heat sink structure (50) is also arranged in direct thermal contact with a side of the membrane (40) not facing the said inside surface (22), so that the membrane (40) is sandwiched between the hollow metal body (20) and the metal heat sink structure (50) so that thermal connection is achieved between the metal heat sink structure (50) and the enclosure (10), via the membrane (40). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a computer device.
US10765012B2 Process for printed circuit boards using backing foil
A method for making a circuit board uses a dielectric core, and at least one thin foil bottom surface with a foil backing of sufficient thickness to absorb heat from a laser drilling operation to prevent the penetration of the thin foil bottom surface during laser drilling. A sequence of steps including a laser drilling step, removing the foil backing step, electroless plating step, patterned resist step, electroplating step, resist strip step, tin plate step, and copper etch step are performed, which provide dot vias of fine linewidth and resolution.
US10765009B2 Method for addressing misalignment of LEDs on a printed circuit board
LEDs for an illumination system may be mounted on a PCB. The PCB may be provided with alignment features such as oversized holes for connection to a support surface. Using optical sensing of the position of the mounted LEDs, the space made available by the alignment features may be reduced and aligned to create modified alignment features. The modified alignment features may be created by adding a modifying component and aligned based on the sensed positions of the mounted LEDs. The positioning of the modifying component may offset misalignment of the LEDs with the PCB. An opening in the modified alignment feature may receive a bolt or alignment pin for connection to the support surface. The support surface may be aligned with the secondary optics, resulting in the LEDs being aligned with the secondary optics irrespective of misalignment of the LEDs with respect to the PCB.
US10765007B2 Communication device based on flexible circuit board
Provided is a communication device based on a flexible circuit board communicating wirelessly. The communication device includes: a control unit configured to collectively control the communication device based on the flexible circuit board; a power supply unit configured to supply power to a configuration included in the communication device based on the flexible circuit board based on a control of the control unit; a flexible circuit board; and a plurality of antennas disposed on the flexible circuit board.
US10765006B2 Electronic module
The present invention relates to an electronic module. In particular, to an electronic module which includes one or more components embedded in an installation base. The electronic module can be a module like a circuit board, which includes several components, which are connected to each other electrically, through conducting structures manufactured in the module. The components can be passive components, microcircuits, semiconductor components, or other similar components. Components that are typically connected to a circuit board form one group of components. Another important group of components are components that are typically packaged for connection to a circuit board. The electronic modules to which the invention relates can, of course, also include other types of components.
US10764996B1 Chip package assembly with composite stiffener
A chip package assembly and method for fabricating the same are provided which utilize a composite stiffener selected to provide excellent resistance to warpage without detrimentally imposing excessive stress on a package substrate of the package assembly. In one example, the chip package assembly includes an integrated circuit die stacked on a top surface of a package substrate, and a composite stiffener coupled to a first edge of the package substrate. The composite stiffener includes a first stiffener member and a second stiffener member. The first stiffener member has a bottom surface bonded to the top surface of the package substrate. The second stiffener member is disposed over the first stiffener member. The second stiffener member has a bottom surface bonded to the top surface of the package substrate. The second stiffener member has a Young's modulus that is less than a Young's modulus of the first stiffener member.
US10764994B2 Circuit boards and circuit board assemblies
A printed circuit board includes a body and a belly pad seated within with the body. The belly pad is electrically separated into a first pad and a second pad. The first pad and the second pad are arranged to be electrically connected to one another by an interconnect electrically connecting the belly pad to a conductive plane of an electrical component, thereby allowing continuity testing across an interface between the first pad and the interconnect. Methods of testing continuity in electrical assemblies are also disclosed.
US10764988B2 Imaging device
An imaging device includes LED elements disposed on a first surface of a board to be electrically connected to first and second wiring patterns, and emitting illumination light in an imaging direction of a camera. A first heat dissipation member and second heat dissipation members are mounted onto opposite sides of the board. The first heat dissipation member is disposed opposite to the first surface. Each of the second heat dissipation members is disposed opposite to a second surface in a region including an area opposite to the LED elements via the board.
US10764985B2 Drive circuit for transmitting data signals on power wire
This invention discloses a drive circuit for transmitting data signals on power wire, and such drive circuit comprises: a DC power module, a switching circuit module, a voltage division clamping circuit, a receiving module and a control circuit module; after the switching circuit module and the voltage division clamping circuit module are connected in parallel, one end of them is connected to one end of receiving module, and the other end is connected to one end of DC power module; the other end of receiving module is connected to the other end of DC power module; the control circuit module is connected to the switching circuit module, and controls the conduction and disconnection of switching circuit module; when the switching circuit module is conducted, the DC power module will apply a high voltage to the receiving module through the switching circuit module, and when the switching circuit module is disconnected, the DC power module will apply a low voltage to the receiving module through the voltage division clamping circuit module.
US10764982B2 Emergency lighting system with charging, standby, and emergency modes of operation
An emergency LED lighting system maintains power to an LED lighting source based on measured voltages and currents provided to the LED lighting source; rolls back or decreases power provided to an LED lighting source over time in order to increase the amount of time the battery can power the LED lighting source; executes a soft start procedure, such that the power provided to the LED lighting source is gradually ramped up during activation of the LED lighting sources; identifies a type of battery coupled to the emergency LED lighting system; cycles the emergency LED lighting system between charging mode and standby mode to reduce power consumption over a window of time; detects AC power or an absence of AC power; and/or uses a status LED to communicate information about the emergency LED lighting system with a remote device.
US10764981B2 Tunable LED light array for horticulture
Disclosed are devices, methods, and techniques for providing photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) for plants, i.e. lighting. Devices including light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed than can be used as lighting for plants grown indoors or outdoors. The disclosed LEDs significantly reduce power consumption for horticulture lighting, provide the wavelengths needed by plants to optimize growth, and provide growers with the ability to control PAR in order to optimize grow strategies. The disclosed LEDs provide the correct wavelengths of light (300-800 nanometers (nm)) for photosynthesis with a uniform intensity across the LED device thereby providing an even photon delivery to plant canopy and into the underlying leaves within the plant canopy. The intensity and mixture of wavelengths provided by the LED device can be controlled by adjusting the electrical power delivered to individual LEDs included in the LED device.
US10764979B1 Lighting device having an interim operable state
A lighting device, such a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may operate in an interim operable state to avoid and/or prevent undesirable characteristics in the light emitted by the lighting device (e.g., strobing and/or flickering of a brightness of the light and/or shifting or change of a color of the light). When operating in a normal state, the control circuit may determine if a measured value of a first operational characteristic (e.g., a forward voltage of an emitter of the lighting device) is outside of a range and operate in the interim operable state if the measured value of the first operational characteristic is outside of the range. When operating in the interim operable state, the control circuit may adjust a drive current for the emitter in response to a measured value of a second operational characteristic (e.g., a forward voltage of a detector of the lighting device).
US10764975B2 Pulse-width-modulation control of micro light emitting diode
Embodiments relate to a light-emitting-diode (LED) cell that includes a LED and a controller. The controller receives a brightness data signal and generates a driving signal corresponding to the brightness data signal. The controller includes a comparator that receives the brightness data signal and a control waveform signal. The controller is coupled to a switched current source that generates a driving current based on the driving signal.
US10764974B2 Light-emitting device using organometallic complex having a pyrazine skeleton
Light-emitting elements having high emission efficiency and long lifetime can be provided. By forming light-emitting devices including the light-emitting elements, the light-emitting devices having low power consumption and long lifetime can be provided. A light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having a hole-transporting property, a second organic compound having an electron transporting property, and an organometallic complex. A central metal of the organometallic complex is an element belonging to one of Group 9 and Group 10, and a ligand of the organometallic complex is a ligand having a pyrazine skeleton.
US10764973B2 Display device and electronic device
A display device that can display an image along a curved surface is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel overlap each other with a light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. The light-transmitting layer is positioned on a display surface side of the first display panel, and on a side opposite to the display surface of the second display panel. The light-transmitting layer has an average transmittance of 80% or more with respect to light in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 700 nm and a refractive index higher than that of air. A display region of the first display panel overlaps a region transmitting visible light of the second display panel with the light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. It is preferred that the display region of the first display panel not overlap with a region blocking visible light of the second display panel.
US10764967B2 Heater unit, steering wheel and method of manufacturing heater unit
The present invention provides a steering wheel and a heater unit used for the steering wheel that does not give discomfort to a user when operating the steering wheel. A heater unit 31 is comprised of a substrate 10 made of a polymeric foam; and a cord-shaped heater 1 arranged on the substrate 10, wherein a thickness of the substrate 10 is thinner at a portion on which the cord-shaped heater 1 is arranged than other area so that the portion is formed along a shape of the cord-shaped heater 1 and the heater unit 31 is approximately flat. A steering wheel, comprised of the above described heater unit; a wheel core material; and a covering material, wherein the heater unit is arranged between the wheel core material and the covering material.
US10764960B2 Wireless sensor network and parameter optimization method thereof, and warehouse system
A wireless sensor network includes an aggregator, a control device, a bridge device, and a mesh module. The control device is connected with the aggregator and the bridge device. The mesh module is wirelessly connected with the bridge device and the control device. A mesh network is built by the connections of the mesh module, the bridge device, and the control device. A duty cycle of the mesh module is less than or substantially equal to 10 percent. A command sent by the aggregator is converted into a wireless message by the control device, the wireless message is transmitted by the control device and retransmitted through a first amount of radios and repeated for a second amount of times by the bridge device, so that the wireless message is successfully received by the mesh module. Therefore, a mesh network with high efficiency and low cost is achieved.
US10764958B2 Transmission apparatus and method of status indication and communication system
A transmission apparatus and method of status indication and a communication system. The transmission method of status indication includes: determining whether an RLC layer has successfully received all RLC PDUs of uplink data when a base station receives the uplink data transmitted by a UE; and transmitting PDCCH information to the UE, in a case where the RLC layer has successfully received all the RLC PDUs of the uplink data; the PDCCH information is used to indicate that the uplink data have been successfully received and/or the UE is permitted to enter into a DRX status. Hence, not only transmission of RLC status report may be reduced and transmission efficiency of the whole system may be improved, but also the UE may be made to enter into the DRX status as fast as possible and power consumption of the UE may be lowered.
US10764953B2 Methods of resuming a radio bearer and related wireless terminals and network nodes
Methods of operating a wireless terminal in a wireless communication network are discussed. A connection resume request may be transmitted from the wireless terminal to a base station of the wireless communication network. After transmitting the connection resume request, a connection resume message may be received at the wireless terminal from the base station. Responsive to receiving the connection resume message, reconfiguration of a connection with the base station may be performed, a security key for the connection with the base station may be provided, and a radio bearer may be resumed. After resuming the radio bearer, uplink data may be transmitted using the radio bearer. Related base station methods, network nodes, and wireless terminals are also discussed.
US10764950B2 Communication control device, communication control method, communication system and communication device
Provided is a communication control device controlling communication of multiple secondary usage nodes providing second communication services using a part of a frequency band assigned to a first communication service, including a communication unit receiving service area information for estimating service areas of the second communication services provided by the secondary usage nodes and access technique information indicating radio access techniques usable by the secondary usage nodes, a storage unit storing information on the service area and access technique received by the communication unit, an estimation unit estimating service areas of multiple second communication services, and a control unit notifying a secondary usage node providing one of the multiple second communication services of a radio access technique or a channel recommended to the at least one second communication service on the basis of a location relationship between the service areas estimated by the estimation unit and the access technique information.
US10764945B2 Radio base station, edge server, and methods therein
A RAN node (2) receives, from a core network node (6, 7, 8), a first identifier that is used by a service, an application, or an edge server (5) to identify a radio terminal (1) connected to the RAN node (2), and associates the first identifier with a second identifier that is used by the RAN node (2) to identify the radio terminal (1). Further, the RAN node (2) communicates with the edge server (5) using the first identifier. It is thus, for example, possible to allow an MEC server (or an MEC application hosted on the MEC server) and a radio access network (RAN) node to directly exchange therebetween a control message regarding a specific radio terminal.
US10764944B2 Trust mode switching for wireless access points
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for establishing a secure tunnel having a path that includes an untrusted link between a wireless access point and a gateway device. For example, a processor may detect a security event associated with a wireless access point that is in communication with a gateway device of the telecommunication network via a trusted link, establish a secure tunnel between the gateway device and an endpoint device that is accessing the telecommunication network via the wireless access point and the gateway device, and transport payload traffic between the endpoint device and the gateway device via the secure tunnel. A path of the secure tunnel may include an untrusted link between the wireless access point and the gateway device. In addition, the payload traffic that is transported via the secure tunnel may be indecipherable by the wireless access point.
US10764940B2 Automatic wireless communication protocol toggling
In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for toggling communication connections based on signal strengths. A first computing device receives an indication of a user input to send data packets to a second computing device. Responsive to receiving the indication, the first computing device determines a signal strength of a first wireless communication connection, comprising one of a cellular network connection or a wireless local area network connection, to the second computing device, and determines whether the signal strength satisfies a threshold signal strength level. Responsive to determining that the signal strength does not satisfy the threshold signal strength level, the first computing device automatically establishes a second wireless communication connection, including a mesh network using a different wireless communication protocol than the first wireless communication connection, to the second computing device, and sends the data packets to the second computing device via the second wireless communication connection.
US10764933B2 Predictive connectivity service layers
A system and method is provided for a predictive connectivity layer. In the disclosed embodiments, resources, such as bandwidth, processing, and memory, at a network node are dynamically allocated based on one or more predicted user behaviors. A predicted user behavior may be determined based on one or more previous actions of a user or a group of users at the network node. For example, if a user accesses the network node to download a particular web site at the same time every morning, the predictive technique may determine that the user will attempt to download the same web site the next morning, and therefore cache a copy of the web site before the user's next attempt to access the network through the network node. Similarly, the network node may predict an amount of bandwidth or other resources to allocate based on previous behavior of one or more users.
US10764928B2 Common random access channel resource based coordinated random access
Various communication systems may benefit from reliable random access. For example, fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems may benefit from a coordinated reliable random access technique based on common random access channel resources for a quality of service aware multi-connectivity link. A method can include preparing a random access message at a user equipment. The method can also include transmitting the random access message from the user equipment on a shared resource. The shared resource can include a resource, such as a random access channel, known by a plurality of access nodes or shared by a plurality of access nodes.
US10764925B2 Coordination of wireless nodes for data transmissions in overlapping basic service sets
An information transmission method, including receiving, by a first node, a request message sent by a second node, where the first node and the second node belong to a same basic service set (BSS), and sending, by the first node, a response message to the second node, where the response message comprises an identifier of a BSS to which the first node belongs.
US10764920B2 Semi-persistent scheduling for shared spectrum downlink
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration message from a base station, the SPS configuration message containing at least one SPS parameter for downlink SPS communications over a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may identify, based on the SPS configuration, one or more subframes or slots allocated for the downlink SPS communications. The UE may perform the downlink SPS communications during the one or more subframes or slots and according to the SPS configuration.
US10764919B2 Adaptive retransmission method and apparatus for delay reduction in wireless cellular communication system
Disclosed are a communication method for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. In addition, disclosed in the specification are: an adaptive retransmission method and device for delay reduction; a method and a device for selecting radio resource allocation and data size; and a method and a device for performing setting so as to enable different channels to share DMRS with each other.
US10764914B2 Uplink information processing method and apparatus
An uplink information processing method and an apparatus, the method including receiving, by a terminal device, first control information sent by a base station device in a first downlink transmission time interval, determining, by the terminal device, a time domain resource based on the first control information, where the time domain resource includes at least one uplink transmission time interval, where a start time unit of the time domain resource is later than the first downlink transmission time interval, and wherein the start time unit is a first uplink transmission time interval of the at least one uplink transmission time interval, and sending, by the terminal device, data information on an uplink data channel, where the uplink data channel corresponds to the at least one uplink transmission time interval in the time domain resource.
US10764913B2 Techniques for assisting performance of listen before talk procedures and uplink traffic multiplexing at user equipment
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for an uplink transmission; identifying, from the received information, the at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission; and performing, for a shared spectrum, the at least one type of LBT procedure for the uplink transmission. One method for wireless communication at a network access device includes scheduling an uplink transmission of a UE in a shared spectrum, and transmitting, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission.
US10764909B2 System and method for sectorized transmission in a wireless network
The hidden node problem can be avoided by scheduling stations in different sectors to perform transmissions during different time periods. Sectorized scheduling can be communicated to stations through transmission of beamformed beacon signals at the beginning of respective time periods. For instance, a first beamformed beacon signal may be transmitted to stations in a first sector at the beginning of a first time period, while a second beamformed beacon signal may be transmitted to stations in a second sector at the beginning of a second time period.
US10764907B2 Scheduling of data transmission from internet of things user equipment to a base station of a cellular network
Data transmissions are scheduled from internet of things (IoT) user equipment (UEs) to a base station (BS) that serves those IoT UEs in a cellular network. A BS may broadcast synchronization information to the IoT UEs that allows the BS to calculate and use a schedule for receiving data transmissions from the UEs. This information can include a total number of the IoT UEs being serviced, a length of a spreading code to use in the schedule, a time domain periodicity of available resources, and a maximum number of the IoT UEs that can send data to the BS at one time. Each IoT UE can independently apply a mathematical operation to the broadcast information it receives to calculate and use the schedule. The BS can receive the data transmissions from each of the IoT UEs according to that schedule.
US10764905B2 Transmission control system
To provide a transmission control system that can efficiently utilize communication bandwidth upon transmitting measurement data of machines. A transmission control system includes: a numerical control unit that controls operating of machines and acquires operating information; an A/C conversion unit that acquires behavior information measured by way of a sensor provided to the machine; a priority determination unit that determines priority of transmission in accordance with a condition set in advance, based on types and combinations of the operating information and the behavior information; and a bandwidth control unit that controls allocation of communication bandwidth for transmitting the operating information and the behavior information, based on a usage condition of communication bandwidth and the priority.
US10764898B2 Media access control (MAC) address identification
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes establishing a first wireless communication channel between a first device and a second device. The method also includes accessing, by an application executing on the first device, a transmitter of a first device to transmit to a second device one or more signals configured to cause an occurrence of an event on the second device. The one or more signals are transmitted over a second wireless communication channel between the first device and the second device. The method further includes receiving, from the second device over the first wireless communication channel, information representing a media access control (MAC) address of the first device, and storing, on a storage device accessible by the first device, a representation of the MAC address of the first device. The MAC address is associated with the second wireless communication channel.
US10764895B2 Telecommunications apparatus and methods
A method of operating a terminal device and network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system for communicating on a primary cell supporting a primary component carrier on radio resources within a first frequency band and a secondary cell supporting a secondary component carrier on radio resources within a second frequency band. The infrastructure equipment establishes a plural configuration settings for the secondary carrier based on measurements of radio usage in the second frequency band, which are conveyed to the terminal device. The terminal device makes channel quality measurements for the secondary component carrier according to the different configuration settings and reports these to the infrastructure equipment. Based on the measurements of channel quality for the different configurations, the infrastructure equipment selects one of the configuration settings, and conveys an indication of this to the terminal device in association with an allocation of transmission resources on the secondary component carrier.
US10764894B2 Method and device for zero configuration direct fallback communication
A method and device for zero configuration direct fallback communication is provided. In one aspect a method comprises selecting a channel in a fallback radio band based on at least a portion of at least one system operating parameter for a primary radio band. The method further comprises switching to the selected channel in the fallback radio band. The method also comprises communicating over the selected channel in the fallback radio band.
US10764891B2 Backhaul radio with advanced error recovery
A backhaul radio is disclosed that operates in multipath propagation environments such as obstructed LOS conditions with uncoordinated interference sources in the same operating band. Such a backhaul radio may use an advanced ARQ protocol, which uses an ACK_MAP, constructed by a combination of implicit and explicit signaling, and performs a combination of proactive and reactive retransmissions.
US10764888B2 Method and apparatus to receive and transmit data in a mobile communication system with multiple SCS
Data transfer method and apparatus for use in a mobile communication system with multiple subcarrier spacings are provided. Method to adjust uplink transmission timing includes receiving TA from the base station, deriving an integer from the logical information received from the base station and determining the amount of uplink adjustment based on the integer.
US10764884B2 Method for sending or receiving physical downlink control channel and device
The method includes: mapping, by a network device, a first PDCCH to A control channel transmission units on a first time-frequency resource, and mapping a second PDCCH to B control channel transmission units on a second time-frequency resource, where A is a positive integer and A≥2, B is a positive integer and B≥2, a subcarrier spacing of the first time-frequency resource is a first subcarrier spacing, a subcarrier spacing of the second time-frequency resource is a second subcarrier spacing, and the first subcarrier spacing is different from the second subcarrier spacing; and sending the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH.
US10764882B2 Terminal based grouping virtual transmission and reception in wireless networks
Virtualized group-wise communications between a wireless network and a plurality of user equipments (UEs) are supported using UE cooperation. UE cooperation includes receiving, at a cooperating UE (CUE), downlink information from the wireless network destined for a target UE (TUE) and associated with a group identifier (ID). The group ID indicates a virtual multi-point (ViMP) node that includes the TUE and the CUE. The UE cooperation also includes sending the downlink information to the TUE. The UE or UE component can have a processor configured to forward between the wireless network and a TUE at least some information that is associated with a group ID indicating a ViMP node that groups the TUE and the UE.
US10764872B2 System and method for allocating resources for device-to-device communications
A method for a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes determining, by the a device, availability of a D2D buffer status report (BSR) resource. The method also includes in response to determining that the D2D BSR is not available, generating, by the device, a D2D scheduling request (D2D-SR) message in accordance with D2D-SR configuration information and transmitting, by the device, the D2D-SR message in a D2D-SR resource when the D2D-SR resource is available.
US10764870B2 Method for transmitting uplink data in a dual connectivity and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting uplink data in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a radio bearer comprising a first and a second Radio Link Controls (RLCs) and a first and a second Medium Access Controls (MACs) of the UE, wherein the first RLC and the first MAC are used to transmit data to the first BS, and the second RLC and the second MAC are used to transmit data to the second BS; receiving an indication for the radio bearer, wherein the indication indicates to which of the first BS and the second BS the radio bearer is to transmit data; and transmitting uplink (UL) data of the radio bearer to the first BS using the first RLC and the first MAC if the indication indicates the radio bearer transmits data to the first BS.
US10764868B2 Device and method for monitoring control channel in multicarrier system
A method for monitoring a downlink control channel, is performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with multiple carriers and includes receiving information on carrier index, determining a plurality of UE-specific search spaces for monitoring the downlink control channel, and monitoring the downlink control channel within the plurality of UE-specific search spaces, wherein location of each of the plurality of the UE-specific search spaces is determined based on the carrier index.
US10764856B2 Uplink data transmission method and apparatus
The present application provides an uplink data transmission method and a user terminal (UE) for executing the method. The method in the present application comprises: A, generating a first random number; B, determining, according to the generated first random number, whether to initiate a random access process; if the random access process is initiated, obtaining a timing advance (TA) value from a base station by means of the random access process; and if the random access process is not initiated, listening for a TA message broadcast by another UE and obtaining a TA value from the TA message; C, transmitting uplink data according to the obtained TA value; D, if the uplink data is successfully transmitted, continuing to perform E, and if the uplink data is unsuccessfully transmitted, returning to A; and E, generating a TA message according to the obtained TA value, and broadcasting the generated TA message. By means of the method in the present application, the time delay and the power consumption can be reduced.
US10764849B2 Method for achieving synchronization of transmit and receive units with multi-carrier signal transmission
A method for achieving synchronization between a transmit unit and at least one receive unit of a communications system with multi-carrier signal transmission via a transmit channel includes generating a synchronization symbol using predefined carrier frequencies, modulating the generated synchronization symbol with a predefined synchronization sequence via a transmitter to generate a synchronization signal, emitting the generated synchronization signal by the transmitter with a predefinable repetition period, the synchronization signal being utilized for transmission of an item of transmit-specific status information, receiving a signal by a receiver following transmission via the transmit channel, the received signal being formed by the emitted generated synchronization signal and transmitted repeatedly with the predefinable repetition period, and detecting and evaluating, by the receiver, the received signal via a detection algorithm, the detection algorithm determining a period of the received signal as the synchronization instant at which the synchronization signal is almost certainly present.
US10764844B2 Transmit power determining method, user equipment, and base station
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a first-link transmit power. In one example method, a user equipment (UE) obtains transmit power indication information of a first link. The UE determines a first transmit power of control information and a second transmit power of data based on the transmit power indication information. The UE sends the control information at the first transmit power, and the data at the second transmit power. The control information and the data are sent on the first link in a same subframe.
US10764843B2 Power-limit reporting in a communication system using carrier aggregation
The invention relates to methods for informing an eNodeB on the transmit power status of a user equipment in a mobile communication system using component carrier (CC) aggregation. Furthermore, the invention is also related to the implementation of these methods by hardware and their implementation in software. The invention proposes procedures that allow the eNodeB to recognize the power usage status of a UE in a communication system using carrier aggregation. The UE indicates to the eNodeB, when the UE is close to using its total maximum UE transmit power or when it has exceeded same. This is achieved by the UE including indicator(s) and/or new MAC CEs to one or more protocol data units transmitted on respective component carriers within a single sub-frame that is providing the eNodeB with power status information. The MAC CEs may report a per-UE power headroom. Alternatively, the MAC CEs may report per-CC power headrooms and/or power reductions applied to the respective uplink CCs.
US10764824B2 Communication control apparatus, terminal apparatus, communication control method, program, and communication control system
There is provided a communication control apparatus including a determination unit that, when a mobile station communicates with any of one or more cells, determines whether the mobile station should communicate via an access point, a selection unit that, when it is determined that the mobile station should communicate via the access point, selects an apparatus that operates as the access point for the mobile station, and a signaling unit that instructs the apparatus selected by the selection unit to operate as the access point, and instructs the mobile station to communicate via the apparatus.
US10764822B2 Systems, methods and devices for selecting a public land mobile network using coverage enhancement indicators
A user equipment (UE) explicitly accounts for a coverage enhancement (CE or sometimes called enhanced coverage) feature in a public land mobile network (PLMN) search and/or selection. By explicitly using CE indicators in PLMN search and/or selection, a UE can determine whether to use a PLMN that may only be available in CE mode for voice services or data services, or fail to meet criteria, such as high data rate, that cannot be provided in CE mode. For example a UE can use the PLMN search and/or selection with (1) automatic PLMN selection at switch-on or recovery from lack of coverage, (2) higher priority PLMN selection, (3) manual PLMN selection, and/or (4) limited service capabilities while in CE mode.
US10764818B2 Apparatus and method for frequency scanning in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An apparatus of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus includes at least one transceiver and at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one transceiver. The at least one processor performs a frequency scanning through a first beam set, identifies at least one cell based on the frequency scanning, and communicates with the at least one identified cell through a second beam set.
US10764815B2 Base station network sharing configuration
A base station distributed unit receives a first message from a first base station central unit. The first message comprises a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier of a first PLMN comprising the first base station central unit. The base station distributed unit receives a second message from a second base station central unit. A second message comprises a second PLMN identifier of a second PLMN. The comprises the second base station central unit. A base station distributed unit transmits at least one system information block. The at least one system information block comprises the first PLMN identifier and the second PLMN identifier.
US10764812B2 System and method for beacon interval adaptation
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) adapted to transmit beacons includes adjusting an initial beacon interval between successively transmitted beacons in accordance with a value of at least one parameter and a beacon configuration received from a network entity, thereby producing an adjusted beacon interval, and transmitting a beacon selected in accordance with the adjusted beacon interval in a beacon transmission opportunity determined in accordance with the initial beacon interval.
US10764808B2 Method for performing a handover process for a mobile radio network terminal in a mobile radio network, corresponding apparatuses for performing the method, transportation vehicle and core network management device, and corresponding computer programs
A method for performing a handover process for a mobile radio network terminal in a mobile radio network. The method includes observing the transportation vehicle, predicting a travel route for the observed transportation vehicle, and informing the base station to which the transportation vehicle is logged on about the predicted travel route. A base station forwards the information about the predicted travel route to the base station of the cell to which the user equipment device in the observed transportation vehicle is logged on. This information is forwarded to a core network management component wherein an evaluation of the information about the predicted travel route takes place. The base station of the cell to which the observed transportation vehicle is travelling according to the predicted travel route is informed to prepare for taking over the user equipment from the passenger in the observed transportation vehicle in the handover process.
US10764807B2 Communication method for high-speed moving vehicle in wireless communication system, and apparatus for same
In the present application, disclosed is a method for a user equipment, that is moving at high speed from a first base station to a second base station, to transmit and receive signals in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: when a measurement value from the first base station is less than or equal to a first threshold value, monitoring a transmission of a first signal from the second base station; when the transmission of the first signal is detected, transmitting a response signal to the first signal to the second base station; and receiving a second signal from the second base station that has received the response signal.
US10764802B2 Method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover
The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
US10764798B2 Discovery of neighbor radio access systems by a user mobile communications device serviced by a radio access network (RAN) for reporting discovered systems to a serving system in the RAN
Discovery of a neighbor radio access system by a user mobile communications device serviced in a radio access network (RAN) for reporting to a serving system in the RAN. User mobile communications device serviced by a RAN is configured to scan one or more frequency ranges (e.g., bands) to discover other neighbor radio access systems. This is opposed to, for example, the user mobile communications device only searching for transmitted communications signals at specific center frequency (e.g., an EARFCN). There may be other radio access systems that operate neighbor cells and in other frequency bands in proximity the RAN serving the user mobile communications device. Discovered neighboring radio access systems can be reported by the user mobile communications device to its serving RAN in a measurement report, which can then be used by the serving RAN for other functionalities, such as trigger handovers of user mobile communications device for example.
US10764797B2 Method for handling failure of handover procedure in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method handling a link failure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of suspending at least one data radio bearer (DRB) upon detecting an occurrence of the link failure; transmitting, to a specific cell, a radio resource control message indicating the occurrence of the link failure; receiving a response message as a response of the radio resource control message from the specific cell; and resuming the at least one suspended DRB.
US10764787B2 Method and apparatus for performing EDT
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform early data transmission (EDT) in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving system information including a threshold for the EDT; determining whether or not a condition for initiating the EDT is satisfied, by comparing the threshold for the EDT with a size of data for transmission; if the condition is satisfied, performing the EDT; and if the condition is not satisfied, performing a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment or resume procedure.
US10764780B2 Method of service level traffic differentiation at radio access network, wireless network system and radio access network access node
A method of service level differentiation at a radio access network, a wireless network system and a radio access network (RAN) access node are provided. The method of service level traffic differentiation at the radio access network includes the following steps: A core network transmits a data flow information including a flow ID to a RAN access node via a user plane packet of an interface between the core network and the RAN access node. The RAN access node sets up a data connection with a user equipment according to the data flow information.
US10764773B2 Apparatus including an acquirer to acquire a parameter for a user relating to interference cancellation and a controller to perform measurement reporting of a cell in accordance with the parameter
[Object] To enable measurement or measurement to be performed in consideration of interference cancellation.[Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter for a user relating to interference cancellation; and a control unit configured to perform measurement or measurement reporting with respect to a cell in accordance with the parameter.
US10764765B2 Communication system, server apparatus, base station apparatus and communication control method
In order to quickly establish a communication link between a user terminal and an access point, a communication system comprises: a user terminal; an access point configured to transmit and receive user data to and from the user terminal; a cellular base station assisting wireless communication between the user terminal and the access point; and a control server 4. The user terminal comprises a cellular communicator configured to transmit location information of the user terminal to the control server via the cellular base station. The control server comprises a controller configured to generate communication control information; and a network communicator configured to transmit notification information including the communication control information. The access point comprises a beam controller configured to control a beam pattern used for wireless communication between the access point and the user terminal based on the communication control information.
US10764751B1 Associating vehicle user equipment with customer mobile accounts
A server device can, in response to a mobile device request, facilitate presentation of a login page via a mobile device. The login page can prompt for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page. Based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, the server device can facilitate displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link. The server device can receive a submitted code from the mobile device, and in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.
US10764745B2 Profile download method and device
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a profile download technology. In a profile download method, a primary device obtains an embedded integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of a secondary device, where the EID is used by the primary device to obtain, from a mobile operator server, profile download information that matches the EID; receives the profile download information from the mobile operator server; and sends the profile download information to the secondary device, where the profile download information is used by the secondary device to download a profile from a profile management server, and the profile is installed in an embedded UICC (eUICC) of the secondary device after the download is complete.
US10764737B2 Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium
A communication apparatus searches for another communication apparatus using either a method with which to perform direct wireless communication or a method for specifying a service via an apparatus for constructing a wireless network, and in a case where another communication apparatus is using one of the methods and the detected another communication apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition, the communication apparatus does not perform a search using the other method.
US10764718B1 System and method for obtaining radio frequency (RF) signal data
A system includes a plurality of mobile monitor setups, each mobile monitor setup connected with a vehicle. Each mobile monitor setup includes an omnidirectional antenna, a global positioning system (GPS) signal antenna configured to receive GPS signals and a receiver configured to obtain a plurality of radio frequency (RF) measurements. The plurality of RF measurements are swept across one or more frequency bands and each RF measurement is time stamped and location stamped based on received GPS signals.
US10764716B2 Method and system for monitoring the position of an object
A method and a system are provided for the automatic monitoring of the position of an object, such as a vehicle or other mobile equipment, including, for example, an implement or tool or of construction material and works-related material. The method includes a series of steps carried out iteratively. The steps include detecting a current position of an object to be monitored; determining a spatial distance of the detected current position from a position previously specified as a central position; checking whether the spatial distance which has been determined exceeds a predetermined distance threshold, and if this is the case, triggering a predefined functionality of the object and/or of the position monitoring system and specifying the detected current position as a central position for a subsequent iteration.
US10764712B2 Tracking device operation in safety-classified zone
Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.
US10764705B2 Perception of sound objects in mediated reality
A method comprising: causing classification of sound objects, within a rendered virtual space, as a first class of sound object or a second class of sound object in dependence upon historic action of a user within the virtual space; rendering one or more sound objects of the first class according to at least first rules; and rendering one or more sound objects of the second class according to at least second rules, different to the first rules, and a current position of the user within the virtual space.
US10764702B2 Audio content playback method and apparatus for portable terminal
An audio content playback method for a portable terminal. The audio content playback method includes checking a channel that is supportable by audio content that is currently engaged in group's simultaneous playback, in group's simultaneous playback of the audio content. The method includes allocating a channel to each of devices included in a group based on position information of each device included in the group or based on an input state in a user interface environment that is preset for channel allocation for each device included in the group, and transmitting the allocated channel information to each device included in the group to allow the device to select its allocated channel and play the audio content.
US10764696B2 Identifying hearing prosthesis actuator resonance peak(s)
An auditory prosthesis comprising an actuator for providing mechanical stimulation to a recipient. The auditory prosthesis comprises a measurement circuit for use in determining the resonance peak(s) of the actuator. In an embodiment, the measurement circuit measures the voltage drop across the actuator and/or current through the actuator during a frequency sweep of the operational frequencies of the actuator. These measured voltages and/or currents are then analyzed for discontinuities that are indicative of a resonance peak of the actuator. In another embodiment, rather than using a frequency sweep to measure voltages and/or currents across the actuator, the measurement circuit instead applies a voltage impulse to the actuator and then measure the voltage and/or current across the actuator for a period of time after application of the impulse. The measured voltages and/or currents are then analyzed to identify resonance peak(s) of the actuator.
US10764695B2 BTE hearing instrument comprising an open-end transmission line antenna
There is provided a hearing instrument comprising a BTE part (10) to be worn behind the ear of a user, the BTE part comprising: a first side, a second side substantially parallel to the first side, and a third side connecting the first side and the second side, wherein the third side is substantially perpendicular to the user's skin when the BTE part is worn behind the ear, an antenna (24), and a transceiver (12) designed for transmission and reception at frequencies from 1 to 6 GHz and connected to the antenna via a non-radiating bifilar transmission line (40).
US10764694B2 Hearing assistance device using unencoded advertisement for eavesdropping on bluetooth host device
Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for eavesdropping on a data stream for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing assistance system for a wearer including a Bluetooth host device having a transmitter configured to send data including one or more encoded audio streams, and a data channel having an advertisement that includes frequency information, frequency hop sequences, information for decoding audio streams, and security keys for decoding audio stream information. The system also includes one or more Bluetooth slave devices identified by the Bluetooth host device. The Bluetooth slave devices are configured to actively participate in a connection with the host device to aid the host transmitter in deciding which frequencies to use for frequency hopping and in determining which frequencies are being interfered with and should not be included in a channel map, according to various embodiments.
US10764689B2 Speaker
A speaker includes a housing and a sound unit accommodated in the housing. A sound outlet is disposed on one side wall of the housing, a front cavity is formed between the sound unit and the housing, a front cavity channel and a side cavity on one side of the front cavity channel are disposed in the housing, and the front cavity channel is connected between the front cavity and the sound outlet. The speaker further includes a connecting channel formed by injection molding, and the connecting channel is connected between the side cavity and the front cavity channel. The connecting channel includes a bottom wall, a side wall which extends from the bottom wall, and a top wall connected to the side wall.
US10764687B2 Sound generator
The present invention provides a sound generator, includes a frame with an accommodating space, a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system. The magnetic yoke includes a bottom wall, a side wall and a supporting plate bending and extending from the side wall. The frame includes an upper surface close to the diaphragm and a lower surface provided with a fixing post. The spring includes an inner edge close to the accommodating space and an outer edge opposite to the inner edge and far away from the accommodation space. The fixing post is provided between the inner edge of the spring and the side wall. Compared to the relate art, the spring of the present invention can make more effective use of space, ensure the spring size, thus reducing the low-frequency response of the sound generator to further improve the acoustic performance.
US10764683B2 Audio hub
Systems and methods are provided for distributing audio. An audio system is provided that includes one or more audio interfaces, at least one of which is a wireless audio interface. An audio hub couples to the one or more audio interfaces and detects the presence of one or more headphones coupled to the wireless audio interfaces. The audio hub selectively establishes communication channel(s) to convey audio content between a plurality of devices coupled to the audio interfaces. The plurality of devices may include one or more headphones, an infotainment head unit, a microphone, and a speaker. Accordingly, headphone users may hold conversations with each other and/or other occupants of a vehicle, and various users may share audio content with headphone users and/or other occupants of a vehicle.
US10764679B2 Voice control of a media playback system
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.
US10764675B2 Wearable microphone housing with built-in redundancy
A wearable audio apparatus used to support multiple audio components, namely, microphones. The audio apparatus can have a housing that contains the multiple microphones. The housing can be easily worn by a user, such as by coupling to a headset, ear mount/hook, user's clothing, or user's body. The microphones can be acoustically matched for rapid swapping without requiring a separate audio setup. The audio components can be mounted astride or near one another in the audio apparatus. The audio components can also be separately wired so that each audio component can be independently activated.
US10764674B2 Headset with force isolation
A method and system is disclosed for a headset with force isolation, where the headset comprises a headband having two upper headband sections coupled by a center block and two ear cups, where each ear cup is coupled to one of the two upper headband sections. The two upper headband sections may include side support strips between which a movable strip may be placed, thereby increasing the rigidness of the headband when fully extended between the side support strips. The rigidness of the headband may decrease when the movable strips are retracted from between the side support strips and into the center block utilizing a slider knob. The side support strips may be plastic and the movable strip may be metal. The center block may be more rigid than the side support strips. The center block may be plastic. The headband may include headband endcaps at lower ends of the headband.
US10764672B2 Over-ear headphone with hinge-free headband
An over-ear headphone system can provide optimal comfort, reliability, and fitment with a headband attached to at least one ear cup. The headband may have a first member and a second member that each extends from a rigid coupler. The rigid coupler can be configured to continuously extend about the periphery of the ear cup so that a gimbal connects the rigid coupler and the ear cup at a lateral position on the ear cup.
US10764670B2 System having device-mount audio mode
A system having a head-mounted display (HMD) mount and a mobile device, are described. A processor of the system can determine whether the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount and handle an audio signal communicated from the mobile device to a wireless headphone based on whether the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount. When the mobile device is not mounted on the HMD mount, the mobile device or the wireless headphone may operate in a first audio mode. When the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount, the mobile device or the wireless headphone may operate in a second audio mode. The second audio mode can reduce audio signal latency between the mobile device and the wireless headphone and increase motion-to-sound quality. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10764663B2 Speaker box
The present disclosure provides a speaker box which includes a shell, a speaker, an acoustic guiding channel, an auxiliary acoustic cavity, a baffle and a cover plate. The diaphragm of the speaker separates the receiving space into a front acoustic cavity and a rear cavity, the acoustic channel communicates the front acoustic cavity with the outside to form a front cavity. The auxiliary acoustic cavity is provided with a first through-hole in communication with the front cavity and a second through-hole in communication with the outside, and the baffle completely covers the first through-hole. The baffle is provided with a channel penetrating therethrough, and the auxiliary acoustic cavity is in communication with the front cavity through the channel. The cover plate completely covers the second through-hole and forms a fixed. Compared with the related art, the high-frequency acoustic performance of the speaker box of the present disclosure is excellent.
US10764658B2 System and apparatuses for calibrating metering circuitry
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a system and apparatuses for calibrating metering circuitry. An example system includes a first adapter including a plurality of receptacles proximally arranged in a circular manner on a first surface of the first adapter, the plurality of receptacles configured and arranged to be connected to endpoint controlling circuitry configured and arranged to communicate over the power lines or by using a RF communication, characteristics related to power usage of an endpoint device in a PLC network. The system further includes a second adapter including a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a first surface of the second adapter and a plurality of terminals disposed on a second surface of the second adapter opposite of the first surface. The plurality of terminals can be physically arranged so as to plug into corresponding inputs on meter calibration circuitry. Further, the system includes a housing fixedly securing the first adapter and the second adapter and enclosing circuitry configured, while in operation, to facilitate calibration of the endpoint controlling circuitry by the meter calibration circuitry.
US10764653B2 Creating and fulfilling dynamic advertisement replacement inventory
A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.
US10764652B2 Filler detection during trickplay
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the detection and management of a filler region during trickplay of a content stream. A filler region at the edge of a targeted advertisement segment may be detected based on the presence of one or more consecutive I-frames. When a filler region is detected during a trickplay operation, a corrective method may be applied during trickplay of the filler region. The corrective method may include a modification of a frame skip count (FSC) and/or frame repeat count (FRC) during trickplay of the filler region, or may include skipping over the processing and output of filler frames during trickplay of the filler region. In embodiments, an index file may be modified to include an indication of a designation of one or more frames as either a filler frame or non-filler frame.
US10764640B2 Receiver device including native broadcaster application
A reception apparatus includes a memory that stores a television receiver application and a native application. The reception apparatus further includes a processor configured to send, by the native application to the television receiver application, a query command regarding a number of services available for display, receive, by the native application from the television receiver application in response to the query command, a query response message including at least a first parameter that specifies a number of associated services available for display, and provide, by the native application, a video surface for each service indicated in the first parameter.
US10764638B2 Metadata system for real-time updates to electronic program guides
Novel tools and techniques to enable more robust electronic program guides in television distribution systems. Some solutions can obtain data (e.g., from the Internet) about a program listed on an electronic program guide and integrate that data with electronic program guide. In some cases, this information can be obtained and/or updated dynamically, in real-time or near real-time, for example to provide, up-to-date information can be provided in the electronic program guide, rather than requiring the viewer to tune to an information channel. In some cases, the system can provide a generalized electronic program guide that can be rendered by the system to be displayed on a plurality of different devices.
US10764634B1 Presence and authentication for media measurement
A method, executed by a processor, is used to determine presence of a viewer at a media device. The method includes receiving viewer biometric data captured by a biometric capture device associated with the media device; determining a category of the viewer based on the captured viewer biometric data; comparing the captured viewer biometric data to a reference to determine a possible identity of the viewer, by: determining a presence probability for the viewer based on a match between the biometric data and the reference, and determining a confidence level for the probability; and when the probability and confidence level equal or exceed a threshold, determining the viewer is present at the media device.
US10764631B2 Synchronizing audio of a secondary-language audio track
A method of providing a synchronized secondary audio track via a mobile device. The method includes: receiving, at a mobile device, a request from a user to receive a secondary audio track that corresponds with a primary audio track of an audio-visual (AV) program which is presented to the user; receiving the secondary audio track at the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device a playback-control cue; and in response to receiving the playback-control cue, outputting audio data of the secondary audio track so that the audio data is synchronized with the primary audio track.
US10764629B2 Systems and methods for simultaneously displaying video content from multiple programming sources
A method for viewing video content includes displaying, within a first display region, first video content from a first content source, and receiving a request to display second video content, wherein the second video content comprises only a portion of video content from a second content source (such as a news ticker or “scroll”). The second video content is then simultaneously displayed within a second display region adjacent to the first display region.
US10764626B2 Method and apparatus for presenting and controlling panoramic image, and storage medium
A method for presenting and controlling a panoramic image is provided. The method includes: sending a panoramic image trigger instruction to a media content server in response to a panoramic image trigger operation, wherein the panoramic image trigger instruction causes the media content server to send the panoramic image trigger instruction to a smart television bound with the mobile terminal, and the panoramic image trigger instruction causes the smart television to present the panoramic image corresponding to currently presented media content; obtaining a description parameter indicating a position of the mobile terminal in three-dimensional space; and sending the description parameter to the media content server, wherein the media content server determines an adjustment parameter of the panoramic image in panoramic space according to the description parameter and sends the adjustment parameter to the smart television, and the smart television adjusts the panoramic image according to the adjustment parameter.
US10764623B2 Method and system for media adaption
A method includes receiving a media request for a target device. The signaling information may be received from the target device and a media server. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be identified using the signaling information. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be evaluated against a service level objective to select a media format. The service level objective may include consideration of the target device and available bandwidth over a provider network. The media may be provided in the selected media format over the provider network to the target device.
US10764622B2 Systems and methods for client-based addressable advertising
In accordance with the present invention, systems and methods that allow a television broadcast facility or a headend to insert in-band messages, where the inserted message allow receivers to switch to, insert, or otherwise show addressable advertisements to its viewers.
US10764621B2 Authentic server, user terminal, content server, control method for these, and computer program
An authentication server that authenticates a user of a user terminal that plays a content stream provided by a content server, the authentication server authenticating the user. The authentication server includes storage means that stores registration information, authentication means that, when receiving an authentication request for content designated by a first user from a user terminal that the first user is using, compares information included in the authentication request with the registration information and authenticates the first user, generation means that, if the authentication succeeds, generates a first token indicating that the first user is an authenticated user, and communications means that transmits the generated first token to the user terminal. The generation means further generates a second token relating to the same content as the content designated by the first user, and the communications means is further configured to transmit the second token to the user terminal.
US10764613B2 Video media content analysis
A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) obtains a request, from a first client, to stream selected content, uploaded by a second client, on a streaming media platform. The processor(s) identifies a similarity between metadata associated with the selected content and metadata associated with relevant additional content uploaded to the streaming media platform, by a third client. The metadata associated with the selected content and the metadata associated with the relevant additional content describe elements in the selected content and the relevant additional content identified, based on the processor(s) performing a content analysis of the selected content and the relevant additional content. The processor(s) selects the relevant additional content to provide to the first client, with the selected content, based on the similarity. The processor(s) displays the relevant additional content with the selected content on a viewer on the first client.
US10764609B2 Systems and methods for creating broadcast media channels playing media contents based on user ratings
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a hardware processor executing the executable code to provide access to a plurality of media contents in a content repository, wherein each of the plurality of media contents has a rating, receive a rating input from a user device assigning a user rating to a first media content of the plurality of media contents, update the rating of the first media content based on the rating input, if the rating of the first media content exceeds a threshold, add the first media content to a programming queue of a broadcast channel, and transmit the first media content to a plurality of user devices on via the broadcast channel.
US10764607B2 Data processing systems for encoding video data
When encoding an array of data elements of a stream of arrays of data elements, a set of sample adaptive offset options to be used for encoding the array are selecting on the basis of a distortion value that is determined for a particular set of sample adaptive offset options. The distortion value is determined by generating one or more filtered reconstructed source blocks by applying a sample adaptive offset filter in accordance with the particular set of sample adaptive offset options to one or more reconstructed source blocks corresponding to a source block, and by then determining a distortion value for the particular set of sample adaptive offset options by comparing the one or more filtered reconstructed source blocks with the source block. When the particular set of sample adaptive offset options comprises an edge offset type, the distortion value is determined using a set of error values comprising fewer data elements than the source block of data elements.
US10764606B2 Methods of palette mode coding in video coding
An apparatus and method of coding a palette table using a palette predictor list operate by receiving input data associated with a current block in a picture, receiving a current palette for a current block in the picture, and receiving the palette predictor list for the current palette. For a current position of the palette predictor list, the operations determine a current palette predictor run, wherein a distance between the current position of the palette predictor list and a next position of a next palette entry of the palette predictor list corresponds to the current palette predictor run. Further, the operation constrains a syntax element representing the current palette predictor run to a range of values to cause the next palette entry of the palette predictor list to be within the palette predictor list, and signal or parse the syntax element in a bitstream for the current block.
US10764599B2 Moving picture decoding method and moving picture encoding method
High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.
US10764597B2 Video encoding and decoding
A temporal motion vector predictor is includable, together with one or more spatial motion vector predictors, in a set of motion vector predictors for a block to encode of a current frame. A method of determining the temporal motion vector predictor comprises selecting as the temporal predictor one motion vector from among motion vectors in a reference block of a reference frame different from the current frame. The reference block is a block of the reference frame collocated with the block to encode or a block of the reference frame neighboring the collocated block. The selection is based on a diversity criterion for achieving diversity among the predictors of the set. This can reduce the motion vector memory requirements with no or no significant additional coding efficiency penalty. Alternatively, even if the motion vector memory is not reduced in size, coding efficiency improvements can be achieved.
US10764574B2 Encoding method, decoding method, encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, and encoding and decoding apparatus
To provide an encoding method for reducing deterioration in encoding efficiency when encoding a video/an image by selecting one operation mode out of a number of operation modes. The encoding method includes: extracting one or more features from one or more reconstructed pixel groups; categorizing the one or more reconstructed pixel groups using the extracted one or more features and a first machine learning model; and performing an encoding process on a current block of image samples included in a current picture using a parameter set corresponding to a result of the categorizing, the parameter set being one of a plurality of predefined parameter sets.
US10764573B2 Host-independent VHF-UHF active antenna system
An antenna system for use with a media device is provided. The antenna system includes a multi-mode active antenna configurable to operate in a plurality of modes. Each mode of the plurality of has a distinct radiation pattern. The antenna system includes a supplemental tuner that is separate from a primary tuner associated with the media device. The antenna system includes a switching device movable between at least two positions to selectively couple the active antenna to the supplemental tuner. When the switching device is in a first position, the active antenna is coupled to the supplemental tuner. When the switching device is in a second position, the active antenna is coupled to the media device.
US10764572B2 Monitor usage information
A monitor includes a display device to display images; an integrated circuit to control the display device; and a video port to connect the monitor to a host device. The integrated circuit is programmed to collect usage information and output the usage information through the video port to the host device.
US10764570B2 Rotating inspector for camera module
The present invention relates to a rotating inspector for a camera module. The rotating inspector includes a rotary table having one or more socket units on which the camera module mounted; a plurality of inspection devices disposed around the rotary table to inspect the camera module; test boards disposed on the rotary table, each of test boards being connected to the one or more socket units, respectively to control the camera module and generate inspection data for the camera module; a first data processing unit disposed on the rotary table and analyzing the inspection data to generate result data for possible defects of the camera module; a second data processing unit disposed outside the rotary table, the second data processing unit being configured to receive the result data and to sort and store the received data; and a data transmission unit transmitting the result data generated in the first data processing unit to the second data processing unit. Accordingly, the inspection result obtained from the respective inspection devices disposed around the rotary table can be stably transmitted.
US10764567B2 Display apparatus and method of displaying
A display apparatus includes means for detecting gaze direction of user; processor configured to process input image based upon gaze direction to generate first and second images; first and second image renderers to render first and second images; optical combiner; first array of micro-prisms to split light emanating from second image renderer into multiple directions to produce multiple projections of second image; optical element to direct said multiple projections towards optical combiner; and optical shutter arranged between optical element and optical combiner, wherein optical shutter allows given portion of said multiple projections to pass, whilst blocking remaining portion of said multiple projections. The optical combiner optically combines projection of first image with given portion of said multiple projections, to produce on image plane output image having spatially-variable angular resolution. The processor controls optical shutter based upon detected gaze direction, whilst first and second images are being rendered.
US10764566B2 Modular virtual reality headset and virtual reality systems for use in public venues
A modular VR system is provided with features that are specifically beneficial to public venues. The system includes a mask unit that is preferably custom fit to the user, and a modular, selectively-connectable viewing unit. The viewing unit houses all the required virtual reality optics and may be selectively secured to the mask unit. The mask unit includes an electrical memory which is electrically connected to the viewing unit when the two are connected. The viewing unit includes activatable covers to automatically protect the lenses whenever the viewing unit is disconnected from the mask unit. The viewing unit further includes a system to automatically adjust the distance between the lenses to match the interpupillary distance of the user. The viewing unit also includes an integral payment device and a handle.
US10764565B2 Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein display control program, display control apparatus, display control system, and display control method
An image taken of a three-dimensional virtual space including a virtual designating object and an object arranged therein is displayed. When the position of the virtual designating object does not coincide with the object, the virtual designating object is arranged in a predetermined orientation. The position of the virtual designating object is determined based on an acquired designated position on a two-dimensional image, which is generated from the three-dimensional virtual space taken by a virtual camera. When the position of the virtual designating object corresponds to the object, the displayed orientation of the virtual designating object is based on the position.
US10764559B2 Depth information acquisition method and device
There are provided a depth information acquisition method and device. The method includes: determining a relative geometric position relationship between a ToF camera and left and right cameras in a binocular camera, and internal parameters; collecting the depth map generated by the ToF camera and the images of two cameras; converting the depth map into a binocular disparity value between corresponding pixels in the images of the two cameras; mapping, by using the converted binocular disparity value, any pixel in the depth map generated by the ToF camera to corresponding pixel coordinates of the images of the two cameras to obtain a sparse disparity map; and performing calculation on all pixels in the depth map generated by the ToF camera to obtain a dense disparity map, thereby obtaining more accurate and denser depth information; or inversely calibrating collected depth map by the ToF camera with the sparse disparity map.
US10764557B2 Method and apparatus for imaging a three-dimensional structure
A method for determining surface characteristics of an intraoral structure may include illuminating an intraoral structure with light of a first light source passing through focusing optics and capturing depth image data during the illumination with the first light source of light from the intraoral structure passing through the focusing optics. The method may also include illuminating the intraoral structure with a second light source and capturing two-dimensional image data during the illumination with the second light source. Depth data of the intraoral structure may be generated using the depth image data and the two-dimensional image data may be mapped to the depth data.
US10764556B2 Depth sculpturing of three-dimensional depth images utilizing two-dimensional input selection
A depth sculpturing system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. The depth sculpturing system further includes a user input device. Execution of programming by a processor configures the depth sculpturing system to perform functions to track, via the user input device, motion of a two-dimensional input selection from an initial touch point to a final touch point. The depth sculpturing system determines a rotation matrix between an initial ray and a final ray that project to the initial touch point and the final touch point, correspondingly. The depth sculpturing system generates a depth sculptured image by applying the rotation matrix to vertices of an initial depth image. The depth sculpturing system presents, via an image display, the depth sculptured image.
US10764554B2 System and method for dynamic in-vehicle virtual reality
A method for rendering views to an output device, including receiving vehicle data from a portable device. The vehicle data is from a frame of reference of an exterior environment of a vehicle. The method also includes receiving user data from a portable device. The user data includes a health data about a user from a frame of reference of an exterior environment of the vehicle. The method also includes generating a view based on the vehicle data, the user data and a model. The model includes one or more components that define the view. The method further includes determining a difference between the user data and the vehicle data. The method additionally includes rendering the view at a rendering speed to the output device by controlling the output device to update display of the view according to the determined difference. The rendering speed is based on the health data.
US10764551B2 Method for configuring image-recording settings
A method for configuring image-recording settings includes receiving an image source, determining whether the image source is the high dynamic range (HDR) image. If a HDR image source is received, a step is performed for determining whether a recording device supports recording an image with a HDR format, and a step is performed for adding a HDR recording option if the recording device supports recording the image with the HDR format.
US10764539B2 System and method for using mobile device of zone and correlated motion detection
A system and method for determining relationships between fields of views of surveillance cameras is disclosed. In the system, a user device such as a mobile phone receives image data from the cameras, and an analytics system of the user device analyzes the image data to determine the relationships between the fields of views of the surveillance cameras. The relationships include overlap among fields of view of at least two of the cameras and deadzones, where deadzones are areas monitored by the cameras that are not included within any of the fields of view of any of the cameras. In a preferred embodiment, the surveillance cameras capture image data of a scene while an installer holding the user device walks one or more critical paths through the scene. The user device then analyzes image data from the cameras during the critical path definition to determine any overlap and/or deadzones.
US10764536B2 System and method for a dynamic human machine interface for video conferencing in a vehicle
A system in a vehicle comprising one or more sensors configured to obtain cognitive-load data indicating a cognitive load of an occupant of the vehicle, a controller in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the controller is configured to determine a cognitive load of the occupant utilizing at least the cognitive-load data in response to an initiation of a video conference session, and output on a vehicle display a first user interface in connection with the video conference session when the cognitive load exceeds a threshold and a second user interface in connection with the video conference session when the cognitive load is below a threshold, wherein the second user interface includes video of the video conference session and the first user interface excludes video of the video conference session.
US10764532B2 Method and system for locating ingress utilizing customer premises equipment
Unlike conventional methods and systems for locating ingress, which only monitor the upstream path, a method and system of locating ingress by monitoring the downstream path is provided. A test system measures the signal quality in the upstream path and in dependence upon a noise level being above a predetermined limit, polls a plurality of terminal equipment devices to return a downstream signal quality measurement. The test instrument analyzes the downstream signal quality measurements to locate an ingress source contributing to the noise.
US10764524B2 Imaging apparatus, method of driving imaging apparatus, and apparatus using the imaging apparatus
Provided is an imaging apparatus, including: a photoelectric conversion element; an amplifier transistor configured to output a voltage corresponding to electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion element; a load transistor configured to supply a bias current to the amplifier transistor; and a voltage supply unit configured to input one of a first voltage and a second voltage, which have different voltage values, to a control node of the load transistor via an input capacitor. In the imaging apparatus, a current value of the bias current to be supplied by the load transistor at a time when the second voltage is input to the control node via the input capacitor is larger than a current value of the bias current to be supplied by the load transistor at a time when the first voltage is input to the control node via the input capacitor.
US10764523B2 Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that can reduce the influence on an OPB pixel in a case where blooming has occurred in an aperture pixel. A solid-state imaging device that is one aspect of the present disclosure has a first photoelectric conversion portion, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode formed outside a substrate, the first photoelectric conversion portion performing photoelectric conversion in accordance with incident light, the upper electrode and the lower electrode being formed to sandwich the first photoelectric conversion portion. The solid-state imaging device includes: an aperture pixel that is disposed on a pixel array, and generates a normal pixel signal; an OPB pixel that is disposed at an end portion on the pixel array, and generates a pixel signal indicating a dark current component; and a charge releasing portion that is disposed between the aperture pixel and the OPB pixel, and releases electric charge flowing out from the aperture pixel. The present disclosure can be applied to back-illuminated vertical spectroscopic CMOS image sensors.
US10764502B2 Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.
US10764498B2 Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
The invention generates an image having a sense of speed in conformity with each of a plurality of subjects in an image so as to generate an image in which a subject that the user wishes is made stationary. An apparatus comprises an acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of pieces of image data captured consecutively; an identifying unit which identifies a subject in the image data; and a generating unit which generates a first composite image in which at least two pieces of image data, among the plurality of pieces of image data, are composed in accordance with a motion of a first subject, and a second composite image in which at least two pieces of image data are composed in accordance with a motion of a second subject whose motion is different to the motion of the first subject.
US10764497B2 Document camera, method for controlling document camera, and electronic apparatus
A document camera which operates with electric power supplied via a USB cable includes: an image pickup unit which picks up an image of a subject via a lens; a light source unit which emits light toward the subject; a drive unit which drives the lens; a detection unit which detects an amount of current supplied via the USB cable; and a control unit which controls an operation of the light source unit and the drive unit according to the amount of current detected by the detection unit.
US10764495B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, system, and electronic apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a positional shift amount of each of a plurality of images; select a composite target image from the plurality of images based on the detected positional shift amount; and obtain a composite image based on the positional shift amount and the selected composite target image.
US10764494B2 Adaptive panoramic video streaming using composite pictures
Innovations in stream configuration operations and playback operations for adaptive streaming of panoramic video are described. The innovations include features of adaptive streaming of panoramic video with composite pictures. For example, a stream configuration tool splits an input picture of panoramic video into multiple sections and creates multiple composite pictures. A composite picture includes one of the sections as well as a low-resolution version of the input picture. A playback tool reconstructs one or more composite pictures. Under normal operation, the playback tool can use the reconstructed section(s) of the composite picture(s) to render high-quality views of the panoramic video. If the view window dramatically changes, however, or if encoded data for a section is lost or corrupted, the playback tool can use the low-resolution version of the input picture to render lower-quality details for views of the panoramic video, without disruption of playback.
US10764490B1 Computer vision system that detects people, identification of their location in a field of view
A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system detects people, identification of their location in a field of view as well as their actual physical location in a space detects.
US10764485B2 Display control apparatus and control method therefor
A display control apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch performed on a display unit, a specifying unit configured to specify a target of specification in a predetermined region of the display unit according to a touched position, and a display control unit configured to control an object identification mark to be displayed in the predetermined region so as to indicate a first axis and a second axis that makes the target specified by the specifying unit based on the touched position of the touch become an intersection point with the first axis in response to the touch performed in the predetermined region, and control the object identification mark to be hidden when the touch is released.
US10764482B2 Portable device for measuring the geometry of an object and its spatially varying surface reflectance on site
The invention concerns a portable device that, even for a device of small dimensions, increases the amount of the recorded imagery data of a measured object in a fixed position in order to obtain spatially varying surface reflectance data, i.e. Bidirectional Texture Function data, and the multidirectional imaging of real objects with the use of a basic three-dimensional object (2) equipped with first illumination units (4) and/or exit apertures of a light guiding system (21) in combination with multiplication of optical elements (11) contributing to the imaging on the acquisition system and/or second illumination units (9) and/or acquisition elements of the camera/detector type and/or third illumination units (12), by their placement on moveable arms (7, 8, 13) attached to the basic three-dimensional object (2). This principle is usable for small portable devices and allows for recording the visual appearance of surfaces on site without having to extract a sample from its environment.
US10764480B2 Optical image capturing module and system with multi-lens frame and manufacturing method thereof
An optical imaging module including a circuit assembly and a lens assembly is provided. The circuit assembly includes holding base, two circuit substrates, image sensor elements, conductive lines, and a multi-lens frame. The image sensor elements are disposed on the holding base. The circuit substrates are disposed on the carrier and surround the image sensor elements. The conductive lines are disposed between the circuit contacts of the circuit substrates and image contacts of the image sensor elements. The multi-lens frame is integrally formed and covered on the circuit substrate and the image sensor elements. The lens assembly may include lens base, two auto lens assemblies, and two drive assemblies. The lens bases can be disposed on the multi-lens frame. The auto lens assembly may have at least two lenses having refractive power. The driving assembly can be electrically connected to the circuit substrate.
US10764474B2 Assembly for electronic devices
This disclosure describes a voice-controlled electronic device that includes a housing and a mounting component. The housing includes a translucent cover attached to a cylindrical-shaped unibody enclosure. The electronic device further includes a microphone array disposed near a first end within the housing, a speaker box disposed within the housing, and a printed circuit board assembly disposed within the housing. Additionally, the electronic device includes a camera disposed within the housing and attached to the printed circuit board assembly, and a depth sensor that includes a depth camera and a projector. In some instances, the camera and the depth sensor point substantially in a direction of the translucent cover. Furthermore, the electronic device includes a light ring that protrudes from a surface of the translucent display and surrounds a lens of the camera.
US10764463B2 Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium for sending notification of an input operation to at least a user interface
An image forming apparatus capable of running a predetermined application program on a firmware, which includes an operation unit, a memory configured to accept a user operation via the operation unit and store a user interface program which initializes display of the operation unit in accordance with an elapse of predetermined time, and a notifying unit configured to notify the firmware and the user interface program when the user operation via the operation unit is accepted, in which while the predetermined application program is running, the notifying unit notifies the application program of operation information based on the user operation via the firmware so that the user interface program does not initialize the display of the operation unit in accordance with the elapse of the predetermined time, and the notifying unit notifies the user interface program of predetermined notification which is not based on the user operation at predetermined timing.
US10764462B2 Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a medium support section that supports a medium to be fed, a reading unit that performs reading on the medium fed from the medium support section, and a mounting section on which the medium to be set on the medium support section is mountable, the mounting section being located outside of a main body including the reading unit.
US10764448B1 Information processing apparatus and image forming apparatus performing file conversion of handwriting comment and comment extraction method
Provided is information processing apparatus that extracts a handwriting comment. A comment acquiring part searches handwriting comment from an image data of a scanned manuscript and acquire the handwriting comment in association with position information indicating the handwriting comment for an area of the manuscript. A filing part converts the handwriting comment acquired by the comment acquiring part into a file. An OCR part performs optical character recognition (OCR). A filing part performs OCR of the comment by the OCR part, and when recognizable as a character, converts character data of the handwriting comment into the file, and when unrecognizable as a character, acquires the area of the handwriting comment from image data of the manuscript and converts into the file.
US10764443B2 Gateway device, radio communication device, charging control method, data transmission method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
To provide a gateway device that achieves charging control in accordance with a RAT being used by a UE even when the UE is performing communication using different RATs at the same time, the present gateway device (30) includes a management unit (31) configured to, when a communication terminal (10) forms communication aggregation by performing a first radio communication using a first radio access technology and a second radio communication using a second radio access technology, manage at least one bearer assigned to the communication terminal (10) in association with information indicating the first and second radio access technologies, and a charging system communication unit (32) configured to transmit the information indicating the first and second radio access technologies to at least one policy charging control device (40) that performs charging control.
US10764441B2 Sound signal processing device and sound signal processing method
A sound signal processing device includes: a microphone terminal to which a sound signal derived from sound received by a microphone is input; a loudspeaker terminal from which a sound signal directed to a loudspeaker is output; a first input terminal to which a sound signal from another proximal-end device is input; a first output terminal from which a sound signal directed to the other device is output; a distal-end input terminal to which a distal-end sound signal is input via a network; a distal-end output terminal from which a sound signal directed to the network is output; and at least one processor configured to execute stored instructions to establish at least one signal path from at least one of the microphone terminal, the first input terminal, or the distal-end input terminal, to at least one of the loudspeaker terminal, the first output terminal, or the distal-end output terminal.
US10764428B2 Simultaneous voice and data content driven commercial data platform
Methods and systems are disclosed that facilitate a commercial data platform that enhances the interaction between a dialer and receiver during a voice call by simultaneously delivering and tracking data content that promotes ongoing commerce and interactions between these parties. One such system includes first and second interaction managers on a dialer device and a receiver device that transmit first and second sets of interaction data to a database during a call. A server obtains receiver content data from the database using the receiver identifier, transmits the receiver content data to the dialer device, obtains dialer content data from the database using the dialer identifier, transmits the dialer content data to the receiver device, and stores data from both the first set of ID and the second set of ID in the database in association with both the receiver identifier and the dialer identifier.
US10764422B2 Digital image viewing system, a cellar phone and a digital photo frame
A digital image viewing system comprises a wireless phone unit, a battery charger for the wireless phone unit and a digital photo frame in short-range wireless communication with the wireless phone unit. The digital photo frame may include phone function unit. Usual slide show is played on display of digital photo frame and replaced by a special image when a speaker of digital photo frame plays a ringer melody. The special image relates to a person causing the ringer melody. An operation at the wireless phone unit is transmitted to the digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication to change the special image back to the usual slide show. Upon receipt of e-mail with image data attached, cellar phone automatically but conditionally opens the e-mail and takes out the image data to transmit it to digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication or direct contact with battery charger.
US10764415B2 Screen lighting method for dual-screen terminal and terminal
The present invention discloses a screen lighting method for a dual-screen terminal and a terminal. In this method, after detecting an operation performed by a user to trigger lighting of a screen, the terminal detects a quantity of touch regions on a first screen of the terminal and a quantity of touch regions on a second screen of the terminal, and the terminal lights a screen with a smaller quantity of touch regions. By analyzing a gesture of handholding the terminal by the user, a generality between a touch status of a screen that the user expects the terminal to light and a touch status of a currently unused screen is found. Therefore, the screen that the user expects the terminal to light can be determined relatively accurately based on the touch statuses of the two screens.
US10764403B1 Method and apparatus for client configuration and utilization-aware adaptive server-side rendering
An information handling system includes a network interface configured to be coupled to a client device over a network, and a processor configured to receive a report of client capabilities pertinent to client rendering at the client device received from the client device via the network interface. The processor is also configured to assign a client resource rating to the client device from among a pre-defined plurality of client resource ratings, to store the client resource rating of the client device and an identifier of the client device in a data structure in the memory, to look up the client resource rating of the client device in the data structure, to transform content to be provided to the client device into server-side rendering transformed content according to the client resource rating of the client device, and to provide the SSR transformed content to the client device via the network interface.
US10764400B2 Semantic sharing of resources in a network of medical devices
A resource sharing system is for sharing local computing resources on devices within a medical network. The sharing system including a plurality of distributed devices, registered in the system and interconnected by a network. Each device includes at least one module communicating via a device-specific interface for providing a resource locally on the device. The device is provided with a device-specific service host for providing local resources to remote devices and for accessing foreign resources of at least one remote device. Further, a device, a method and a computer program product are disclosed.
US10764397B2 Method of managing the connections between a secure element and a server
Disclosed is a method for managing the connections between a secure element and a server of a communication network, the secure element being incorporated in a host device. The method includes the following steps: —determination of a theoretical time period between two consecutive instants of connection, —determination of a real time period between two consecutive instants of connection between the secure element and the server, —comparison of the determined theoretical time period with the determined real time period, and if the determined theoretical time period is different from the determined real time period: —determination of a new theoretical time period.
US10764388B2 Apparatus and methods for reduced switching delays in a content distribution network
Apparatus and methods for providing reduced channel switching delays in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, switching delays are reduced by caching background content at reduced quality and/or resolution. A manager entity is provided which manages which, and how many, background channels are cached. Additionally, the manager entity may classify each device in the network according a status thereof. When a particular device is in one status or mode, background content is cached; however, when the device is in another status or mode, it will no longer require background content caching. The provision of background content and the determination of a status may be based on for example the user or device behavior and patterns, user preferences or favorites, bandwidth availability, time of day, subscription level, type of program, recentness of channel change requests on the device (or associated devices), etc.
US10764384B2 Control system based on collaborative interaction detection and graph construction
Collaborative actions among users are detected and an indication of a graph, illustrating those collaborative actions, is generated. Nodes in the graph identify users and connections among nodes are indicative of collaborative actions between users. A connection metric, based upon a number of connections between nodes, is generated for each node, and an inheritance value is also generated for each given node, based upon a connection metric corresponding to other nodes connected to the given node. A centrality metric is generated for each node, and a control signal is generated, to control a user interaction system, based upon the centrality metric.
US10764372B2 Vehicular communication device
A vehicular communication device is communicable with each of an external communication device disposed outside a vehicle and at least one electronic control device. The vehicular communication device: receives the data from the external communication device and transmits the data to the at least one electronic control device; calculates an estimated power amount for writing the data into the at least one electronic control device; obtains a remaining battery power in a battery; and determines execution or suspension of data transfer.
US10764369B2 Data storage method and server applicable to distributed server cluster
Data may be stored in a distributed server cluster which includes a plurality of nodes. A specific implementation of a method for storing data in the distributed server cluster comprises: receiving a data write request, the data write request comprising to-be-written data; broadcasting the data write request to each of groups in the server cluster, the each of the groups comprising at least one node, and at least one of the groups comprising at least two nodes; and sending a notification message of successful writing to a client sending the data write request, in response to receiving a confirmation message fed back from more than a half of the groups.
US10764365B2 Web application system, server, terminal, and storage medium
A web application system of an embodiment includes a server and a terminal. The server includes a server-side updating device, a server-side detection device, and a server-side synchronization device. The terminal includes an application execution device. The server-side updating device updates first information stored in a server-side storage device on the basis of a server-side event. The server-side detection device detects that the first information has been updated. The server-side synchronization device notifies the terminal of information indicating that the first information has been updated when it is detected that the first information has been updated. The application execution device functions by a web application being executed. Further, the application execution device starts synchronization of second information stored in a terminal-side storage device with the first information when information indicating that the first information has been updated is received from the server. Further, the application execution device executes a process based on the second information according to an operation of a user.
US10764364B2 Live migration of partitions
Live migration of partitions can be achieved using server-to-server communications to coordinate and control partition migration and rebuild a persistent state of the partition on a destination server while the partition is served on the source server. The live migration approach breaks the heavy dependency on the partition master by eliminating most of the server-to-master communications, delegating coordination and control of the migration to the source and destination servers. After the migration is initiated by the partition master, the source server sends in-memory cache entries indicating the persistent state of the partition to the destination server. Once transferred, the two servers can cooperate to complete the handover, which loads the partition on the destination server using the cache entries received from the source server. Once the source server offloads the partition, it can redirect traffic for the partition to the destination server by triggering an update to the partition map.
US10764354B1 Transmitting data over a network in representational state transfer (REST) applications
Techniques for transmitting data over a network in a representational state transfer (REST) application are provided. A request for data from a client computing device in a representational state transfer (REST) application is received and a wire protocol is selected based on user input from a plurality of wire protocols that will be used to transmit one or more objects to be returned by the request. The selected wire protocol is indicated to the client computing device and the one or more objects are transmitted to the client computing device using the determined wire protocol.
US10764352B2 Context aware browser policy
Systems and methods for a web event framework include receiving at a framework plugin an event from a web browser, wherein the framework plugin is coupled to the web browser, generating, by the framework plugin, a framework event based on the event, forwarding the framework event to a framework server coupled to the framework plugin, receiving at the framework server the framework event from the framework plugin, determining, at the framework server, a framework action based on the framework event and a framework policy, forwarding the framework action to the framework plugin, and executing the framework action by the framework plugin, wherein executing the framework action includes modifying one or more settings for the web browser, wherein the modified settings are based on the framework policy and sending an instruction to the web browser to cause the web browser to reload at least one web page under the modified settings.
US10764350B2 Setting first-party cookies by redirection
A first request on a second domain associated with the computing device is received, by the computing device, from a user device, in response to the user device processing a webpage associated with a first domain. Handler instructions are sent, by the computing device, to the user device. A second request including a target URL is received, by the computing device, from the user device. Setting instructions to set a first cookie on the second domain associated with the computing device and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL are sent, by the computing device, to the user device.
US10764343B2 Methods, systems, and media for navigating through a stream of content items
Methods, systems, and media for navigating through content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a first plurality of interactive stream items; causing the first plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a first presentation mode; receiving a first user selection of an interactive stream item from at least a portion of the first plurality of interactive stream items; continuing to receive the stream of content including a second plurality of interactive stream items; determining a second presentation mode based at least in part on a content type associated with the second plurality of interactive stream items; causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a second presentation mode; receiving a second user selection indicating that the interactive stream item is no longer selected; and causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in the first presentation mode.
US10764335B2 Lawful interception
A mediation function receives intercepted signaling and media payload messages from an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS. Local correlation numbers (304) are calculated and a table (300) comprising correlation numbers (304) and media payload mapping information (306) is maintained in order to enable the mediation function to provide a law enforcement agency, LEA, with intercepted media payload together with information that enables the LEA to decode the media payload in real-time.
US10764334B2 Communication system, moving object, and communication method
A communication system includes a communication device configured to execute a process related to a cyber security solution in accordance with policy information defining execution details of the process related to the cyber security solution. The communication system includes a change unit configured to change the policy information, wherein the change unit changes the policy information after a state of the communication device in a process of manufacturing the communication system transitions from a first state where the communication device is mounted to the communication system to a second state where a predetermined process is executed thereafter so that the execution details of the process related to the cyber security solution in the second state are expanded more than the execution details in the first state.
US10764331B2 Network-accessible service for managing communications for computing node groups using rules
Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10764320B2 Structuring data and pre-compiled exception list engines and internet protocol threat prevention
Blocking high-risk IP connections in real-time while allowing tailoring of an acceptable risk profile to match the security requirements of network resources. By acquiring IP threat information about IP addresses, traffic from IP addresses posing unacceptable levels of risk is blocked. A computer executed method is disclosed for sorting a plurality of internet protocol (IP) addresses. The method includes dividing the range of IP addresses into a plurality of clusters representing a plurality of contiguous sub-ranges, assigning each IP address to the cluster associated with the sub-range that includes that IP address, and assigning the IP addresses in each cluster to one of a plurality of pages. A network appliance incorporating aspects of the method is also disclosed.
US10764317B2 Systems and methods for an artificial intelligence driven smart template
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for using a template for a simulated phishing campaign, A database includes a plurality of templates for simulated phishing campaigns, each template of the plurality of templates identifying a list of a plurality of types of simulated phishing communications and at least a portion of content for the simulated phishing communications. A campaign controller selects a template from the plurality of templates for a simulated phishing campaign directed to a user of a plurality of users; and communicates, to one or more devices of the user a first type of simulated phishing communication of the plurality of types of simulated phishing communications with at least the portion of content identified by the template.
US10764306B2 Distributing cloud-computing platform content to enterprise threat detection systems
A Content Service executing in a cloud-computing-based Cloud Platform receives enterprise threat detection (ETD) Content transmitted from an ETD Content Development System (CDS) as a publication of the ETD Content from the ETD CDS. The received ETD Content is stored into a Content Management System (CMS). A determination is made of a registered Client ETD System for which the ETD Content is relevant. The ETD Content is published to the registered Client ETD System.
US10764305B2 Account verification system
A digital content delivery system transmits, to a client device, a request for a set of verification data as part of an account registrations process to verify that a user of the client device is providing accurate information regarding their identity. The digital content delivery system receives a subset of the verification data and determines that the user has provided sufficient verification data to verify that the user of the client device is providing accurate information regarding their identity. In response, the digital content delivery system generates a unique identifier for the user account, which enables the user to access digital content maintained by the digital content delivery system. The digital content is provided to the user embedded with the unique identifier for the user account.
US10764304B2 User location check method, controlled device access method, controlled device, and user terminal
A controlled device dynamically generates a first security code and broadcasts the first security code repeatedly within a predefined time window. A mobile terminal detects the first security code and submits it and a user account identifier associated with the mobile terminal to a remote server, which then forwards them to the controlled device in the form of a second security code and a user account identifier. The controlled device checks whether the second security code is consistent with the first security code. After determining that the second security code is consistent with the first security code, the controlled device performs a predefined operation associated with the user account identifier. The controlled device also reports the user location check result to the remote server such that the remote server uses the geographical location of the controlled device as the current geographical location of the mobile terminal.
US10764300B2 Method for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application
A computer device for effecting an authentication procedure associated with a service provider or an application, including a plurality of sensors; and one or more processors in communication with the sensors and non-transitory data storage including, stored thereon, a plurality of instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of (a) receiving an authentication procedure request; (b) determining a hierarchy of authentication processes for the authentication procedure; (c) selecting an authentication process from the hierarchy of authentication processes; and (d) executing the authentication process.
US10764299B2 Access control manager
An access configuration for an access control manager is generated. Access data including users, resources, and actions the users performed on the resources is received into a matrix. Clusters of the matrix are formed to produce ranges of the users and ranges of the resources having selected permission levels based on the actions. Administrator-modifiable security groups are created based on the ranges of users and administrator-modifiable resources groups based on the ranges of resources.
US10764291B2 Controlling access between nodes by a key server
Access between a plurality of nodes of the computing environment is controlled by a key server. The key server receives from one node of the plurality of nodes, a request for a shared key, in which the shared key is created for a selected node pair. A determination is made by the key server as to whether the one node is a node of the selected node pair. In one example, the determining checks an alternate name of the one node to determine whether it matches an alternate name associated with the shared key. Based on determining the one node is a node of the selected node pair, the key server provides the shared key to the one node.
US10764284B2 Method and system for dynamic data flow enforcement
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which destination device identifiers associated with network devices are subject to a validation process before an end device attempts to establish a communication session with a network device. Based on an outcome of the validation process, a data flow subsequently established by the end device may be subject to a rule provided under a data usage plan subscribed to by the end device or another rule.
US10764282B2 Protected and secured user-wearable devices for assured authentication and validation of data storage and transmission that utilize securitized containers
Described are user-wearable devices utilizing encryption authentication techniques to ensure security of any data transmission to and from these devices that utilize one or more securitized containers. The securitized containers can be software containers that are either real or virtual devices. The user-wearable devices communicate using digital signals transmitted and received via wireless, optical, radiative, and other forms of energy that can be converted into signals. In order to provide privacy and security of these signals, unique encryption technology is employed together with the use of biometrics associated with each user. Such devices include timepieces such as digital watches that perform functions suitable for user-wearable devices. The devices can establish communications with a counterpart communication device or system in order to provide the ability to perform specific secured transactions. The biometric data transceivers are capable of reading a user's encrypted biometric data and then transmitting the encrypted data to a user identity validation distributed auto-synchronous array (DASA) database which allows for decryption, identification, and authentication of both the user(s) and the transaction(s).
US10764281B1 Systems and methods for authenticating a user using an image capture device
A user authentication system includes an image capture device and a controller communicatively coupled to the image capture device. The controller receives first image data associated with user identification information and generates a first set of biometric data based on the first image data. The controller also receives second image data associated with a first user action in response to the first set of biometric data approximately matching a first set of authenticated biometric data. The controller further generates a second set of biometric data based on the second image data and receives third image data associated with a second user action. The controller also generates a third set of biometric data based on the third image data. The controller further grant access to a user account in response to the second and third sets of biometric data approximately matching second and third sets of authenticated biometric data, respectively.
US10764258B2 Blockchain infrastructure for securing and/or managing electronic artifacts
Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for blockchain infrastructure for securing and/or managing electronic artifacts, such as implemented in connection with one or more computing and/or communication networks and/or protocols.
US10764254B2 Systems and methods of secure data exchange
A method is disclosed comprising providing a federated search facility adapted to search for content on a plurality of disparate computer content storage facilities comprising receiving a computer content search request from a client computing device, wherein the user of the client computing device has access rights to secure computer content on at least one of a first content storage and a second content storage; executing a first computer content search on the first content storage and a second computer content search on the second content storage; receiving a first computer content search result from the first content storage and a second computer content search result from the second content storage; consolidating the first computer content search result and the second computer content search result into a consolidated computer content search result; and providing the consolidated computer content search result to the user as a single computer content search result.
US10764244B1 Systems and methods providing a multi-cloud microservices gateway using a sidecar proxy
A method includes, in a constellation of clients including a first client and a second client, receiving, at the first client, a connection request from the second client, retrieving endpoint reachability data associated with the second client and transmitting, to a server, a connection request based on the endpoint reachability data. The first client receives, from the server and based on the connection request, endpoint reachability information associated with the second client and starts a bidirectional connection with the second client. A direct or indirect tunnel is established between the first client and the second client. The tunnel is set up based on a table which maps a first connectivity option associated with the first client to a second connectivity option associated with the second client to determine whether to establish the direct tunnel or the indirect tunnel between the first client and the second client.
US10764241B2 Address assignment and data forwarding in computer networks
When a network host (110H.1) requests an IP address (via DHCP for example), and a candidate IP address is generated, the candidate IP address and the host's MAC address are installed in the ARP table(s) of at least one router present in the host's LAN. If installation is unsuccessful, e.g. due to the ARP table being full or due to a hash collision, the candidate IP address is declined, and another IP address is generated. Other features are also provided.
US10764232B1 Predicting preferred communication patterns
Methods for predicting preferred communications patterns are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from a first user to initiate communication with a second user by a first communication method, determining a communication preference hierarchy of the second user based on a plurality of factors concerning the second user, wherein the plurality of factors include a presence state, selecting a second communication method from the communication preference hierarchy, wherein the second communication method is preferred over the first communication method in the communication preference hierarchy, and in response to the request from the first user, providing a recommendation to the first user to communicate with the second user by the second communication method. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US10764223B2 System and method for generating and applying message templates based on machine generated messages
Disclosed is a system and method for email management that leverages information derived from automatically generated messages in order to identify types of messages and message content. The disclosed systems and methods apply the information learned from decoding previously received messages to other messages in a user's inbox to fully, or at least partially decode the information included within such messages. The disclosed systems and methods analyze messages received in a user's inbox to detect message specific information corresponding to types of content in the message and the location of such content in the messages. The message specific information is then applied to other newly received or identified messages to learn message specific information about those messages. Based on such learning, information can be extracted from such messages in order to increase a user's experience and increase monetization.
US10764218B2 Tree-type homepage system and homepage management method
The invention relates to a tree-type homepage system and a homepage management method. The tree-type homepage system includes a plurality of homepages connected according to the organization internal administrative management relationship or personnel internal relationship. Each of the homepages has at least one identification number with a preset length, and is used to implement a management operation on a subordinate homepage belonging to it. Each of the identification numbers is used to identify homepage information corresponding thereto and communication between the homepage and a target homepage. The existing organization internal relationship or administrative management relationship is mapped based on the tree-type homepage system to implement management on the internal organization and personnel, so that the management efficiency on the organization internal personnel or organization branches can be greatly improved, and the management process is more convenient, precise and human-based.
US10764206B2 Adjusting network bandwidth based on an analysis of a user's cognitive state
Adjusting network bandwidth is provided. An indication that a client device corresponding to a user is using a level of bandwidth of a network that the computer and client device are connected to is received. An indication via a set of biometric sensors communicatively coupled to the client device that the user is experiencing an increased stress level also is received. The level of bandwidth allocated to the client device of the user is increased based on the received indication that the user is experiencing the increased stress level.
US10764203B2 Apparatus, system, and method for ordering and provisioning variable bandwidth capacity on a network
Systems and methods for automatic purchasing, reserving and/or provisioning of a wavelength bandwidth block are disclosed. A user may access a web page, such as an interactive web-portal, to provide bandwidth data and corresponding ordering information for reserving a particular amount of bandwidth capacity on a telecommunications network. Subsequently, the customer's may access and the bandwidth blocks to increase/decrease and/or activate/deactivate portions of the reserved bandwidth capacity as needed.
US10764202B2 Container-based mobile code offloading support system in cloud environment and offloading method thereof
The present invention discloses a container-based mobile code offloading support system in a cloud environment and the offloading method thereof, comprising a front-end processing layer, a runtime layer and a back-end resource layer. The front-end processing layer is responsible for responding to an arrived request and managing a status of a container, which is realized by a request distribution module, a code caching module and a monitoring and scheduling module; the runtime layer provides the same execution environment as that of a terminal, which is realized by a runtime module consisted of a plurality of mobile cloud containers; and the back-end resource layer solves incompatibility of a cloud platform with an mobile terminal environment and provides underlying resource support for a runtime, which is realized by a resource sharing module and an extended kernel module within a host operating system. The present invention utilizes the built mobile cloud container as the runtime environment for offloading code, ensuring execution requirements of offloading tasks and improving the computing performance of a cloud; cooperation between respective modules makes a further optimization to the performance of the platform, guaranteeing an efficient operation for the system.
US10764198B2 Method to limit packet fetching with uncertain packet sizes to control line rate
In an embodiment, a method comprises, loading, from at least one source of packets to a memory, a packet based on a network scheduler indicating availability of bandwidth from the at least one source of packets to the memory that is at least the average size of packets. The method further includes updating the average size of the packets based on a size of the loaded packet. The method further includes reconciling the availability of bandwidth indicated by the network scheduler based on the size of the loaded packet.
US10764196B2 Distributed unmanned aerial vehicle architecture
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a distributed system architecture for unmanned air vehicles. One of the methods includes obtaining information identifying flight information of a UAV, with the flight information including flight phase information or a contingency condition associated with a flight critical module included in the UAV. The obtained information is analyzed, and one or more first payload modules are determined to enter a modified power state. Requests to enter the modified power state are caused to be transmitted to each determined payload module in the one or more first payload modules.
US10764193B2 Routing network traffic associated with an application based on a transaction of the application
An example method can include detecting a transaction associated with an application; identifying a characteristic of the transaction; determining a priority for network traffic associated with the application, based on the identified characteristic; selecting, from a plurality of types of networks that are communicatively coupled with the user device and based on the priority for the network traffic, a network type for the network traffic; and causing the network traffic to be routed, from the user device, through a network device associated with the selected network type.
US10764192B2 Systems and methods for quality of service reprioritization of compressed traffic
The present solution is directed towards systems and methods for prioritizing data streams transmitted between intermediary devices. In some implementations, the system can temporarily reprioritize data streams based on their compression characteristics. The system can also reprioritize the data packets within specific traffic classes and then prioritize each of the individual traffic classes.
US10764189B1 OTN transport over a leaf/spine packet network
A network element includes ingress optics configured to receive a client signal; egress optics configured to transmit packets over one or more Ethernet links in a network; circuitry interconnecting the ingress optics and the egress optics, wherein the circuitry is configured to segment an Optical Transport Network (OTN) signal from the client signal into one or more flows; and provide the one or more flows to the egress optics for transmission over the one or more of Ethernet links to a second network element that is configured to provide the one or more flows into the OTN signal.
US10764185B2 Token-based policies burst-mode operations
A pricing policy to be applied to token population changes at a token bucket used for admission control during burst-mode operations at a work target is determined. Over a time period, changes to the token population of that bucket are recorded. An amount to be charged to a client is determined, based on the recorded changes in token population and an associated pricing amount indicated in the policy.
US10764184B2 Detecting communication network insights of alerts
In one embodiment, the system identifies geographic areas covered by a communication network. The system determines, for each identified geographic area, a network performance metric for the identified geographic area based on a difference between: (1) a first average network speed of the communication network in the identified geographic area during prior time periods in which the communication network is busy, and (2) a second average network speed of the communication network in the identified geographic area during second prior time periods in which the communication network is not busy. The system compares the respective performance metrics of the geographic areas to a threshold network performance metric, which is determined by a congestion-analysis machine learning (ML) model. The system identifies traffic congestions in one or more of the identified geographic areas having a determined network performance metric below the threshold network performance metric.
US10764175B1 Validating resource isolation between network slices in a mobile network
In one illustrative example, a router node is configured for use in a network having a plurality of interconnected router nodes for routing packets according to segment routing (SR). Router nodes of a first network slice are configured to establish routes based on first path determination criteria associated with a first identifier, and router nodes of a second network slice are configured to establish routes based on second path determination criteria associated with a second identifier. Each router node in the first network slice may operate as a unit under test (UUT) and validate isolation from network resources in the second network slice. An operator of the network may be alerted when an isolation failure is detected.
US10764165B1 Event-driven framework for filtering and processing network flows
Time-based groupings of network traffic flow data for virtualized computing resources are stored. Notifications that the time-based groupings are stored are sent, and in response to the notifications, the groupings are processed in accordance with the notifications. Network traffic flow data that is associated with users who have requested publication is published for associated virtualized computing resources.
US10764163B2 Determining an event history for an event processed by a plurality of communicating servers via a central event data log
An originating server of a payment processing system comprising multiple communicating servers first processes a transaction event, generates a correlating identifier and transmits the correlating identifier and processing information to a central data log accessible by the multiple communicating servers. One or more intermediate servers and a terminating server then process the transaction event, each successive intermediate server and the terminating server receiving the transaction event and a correlation identifier associated with the transaction event generated by the previous server which processed the transaction event. Each successive intermediate server and the terminating server generates a correlation identifier, and transmits both the received and generated correlation identifiers to the central transaction log. A query comprising a correlation identifier associated with the transaction event is received. The payment processing system extracts successive sets of entries from the central data log by matching corresponding correlation identifiers and generates a transaction event history.
US10764161B2 Method for traffic engineering in communications network and controller
The present disclosure relates to a method for traffic engineering in a communications network. In one example method, a controller determines at least one sampling node in a flexible node and a temporal frequency for traffic sampling. The controller instruct the at least one sampling node to perform traffic sampling at the temporal frequency. The controller receives sampled traffic data of all sampling nodes obtained during each sampling. The controller determines, according to the sampled traffic data obtained during each sampling and information about total traffic of a link whose link utilization is greater than a first preset value or less than a second preset value in the communications network, parameter information for traffic engineering. The controller performs traffic engineering control according to the parameter information.
US10764159B2 Dynamic system level agreement provisioning
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for dynamic system level agreement provisioning is disclosed. The method includes: identifying, by a data processing system of a computing environment service provider, service level criteria for a customer of computing services; determining characteristics of the computing environment; identifying a time period for providing the computing services; evaluating one or more utility functions defining service level variables; and automatically determining, by the data processing system, a service level agreement (SLA) provision for the customer based on the one or more utility functions.
US10764157B2 Control apparatus for controlling an operation of at least one electronic device
According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.
US10764156B2 Issue communication techniques
Provided are communication management techniques useful for delivering communications to client instances that have been impacted by a particular issue. The communication management techniques include determining an issue that impacts two or more client instances, generating and presenting a communications management graphical user interface (GUI), and sending communications to each client instance in response to a selection of a selectable communication action. The communications management GUI may include a communications portion configured to perform a selectable communication action related to the issue that impacts two or more client instances, and the selectable communication action may be configurable to send one or more communications to each client instance.
US10764155B2 System and method for on-demand network communication
A network system configured to provide software defined networking is described. The network system comprises networking hardware such as network controllers, memory and other storage devices, and processors. The processors execute instructions to implement various program modules. A user interface permits a user to generate a request for generating an on-demand network connection. A flow module generates a network flow request, based on the received request for generating the on-demand network connection, and transmits the network flow request to a controller module. The controller module controls the network controllers to generate the on-demand network connection based on the generated network flow request.
US10764152B1 Methods and apparatus for centralized configuration management of heterogenous network devices through software-based node unification
Apparatus and methods described herein relate to an apparatus including a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor can receive a package associated with a network management device and management input. The processor can generate at least one management device schema based on the package, and can modify a controller schema based on the management input and the at least one management device schema. The processor can receive a configuration input signal that includes instructions to configure the network management device. The processor can determine a management device schema associated with the network management device based on the controller schema, and can convert the configuration input signal into a configuration signal based on the management device schema. The processor can also send the configuration signal to cause a modification to a configuration of the network management device based on the configuration signal.
US10764147B1 Intermediate switch identification
A system to facilitate identification of intermediate switches within a network switching fabric is described. The system includes a processor and a machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to discover a host neighbor advertisement message received at a network virtualization infrastructure from an intermediary switch, receive a neighbor advertisement message from the intermediary switch via a top of rack (TOR) switch and identify a location of the intermediary switch within the network switching fabric based on the host neighbor advertisement message and the neighbor advertisement message.
US10764146B2 Segment routing over label distribution protocol
An apparatus and method is disclosed for segment routing (SR) over label distribution protocol (LDP). In one embodiment, the method includes a node receiving a packet with an attached segment ID. In response, the node may attach a label to the packet. Thereafter, the node may forward the packet with the attached label and segment ID to another node via a label switched path (LSP).
US10764143B2 System and method for enforcing group policies for MTC devices to perform background data transfers
A system in wireless core network obtains a group policy to support background data transfer for a group of user equipment (UEs) associated with a common network area identifier. The system maps the network area identifier to one or more of a mobility management entity (MME) device and a packet data network gateway (PGW) device. The system generates a configuration command to enforce the group policy by the one or more of the MME device or the PGW device and configures, based on the configuration command, the one or more of the MME device or the PGW device to enforce the group policy.
US10764135B2 Method and system for solution integration labeling
A method and system for solution integration labeling. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein enable the dynamic generation of recommended integration options for solution infrastructures based on component system and host network configurations. These recommended integration options may be presented visually, alongside compliant or non-compliant indicators, to validate the deployment of, and interconnectivities between, solution infrastructure components.
US10764133B2 System and method to manage server configuration profiles in a data center
An information handling system includes first and second data processing systems and a configuration management system. The configuration management system determines to change a first configuration setting for the first data processing system, modifies a first configuration profile for the first data processing system to include the changed first configuration setting, determines that the change to a first configuration setting necessitates the change to a second configuration setting for the second data processing system, modifies a second configuration profile for the second data processing system to include the changed second configuration setting, exports the modified second configuration profile to the second data processing system, and exports the modified first configuration profile to the first data processing system after exporting the modified second configuration profile to the second data processing system.
US10764121B2 Network entity of a communication network
Embodiments relate to a concept for a communication network, the communication network comprising a plurality of network entities. It is provided, from an event subscribing network entity (100) to an event publishing network entity (150) of the communication network, an event subscription message (110) comprising information identifying the event subscribing network entity (100) and comprising configuration rules for configuring a configurable event of interest at the event publishing network entity (150), wherein the configurable event of interest (160) shall be reported from the event publishing network entity (150) to the event subscribing network entity (100). Further it is provided the configurable event of interest (160) from the event publishing network entity (150) to the event subscribing network entity (100).