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US10967413B2	Forming device A forming device that forms a metal pipe by heating and expanding a metal pipe material includes: a pair of an upper die and a lower die between which the metal pipe material is heated and expanded; upper electrodes and lower electrodes that sandwich both end parts of the metal pipe material therebetween from upper and lower sides to heat the metal pipe material; and a busbar that is connected only to either the upper electrodes or the lower electrodes to supply electric power from a power supply.
US10967409B2	Device and method for cooling a roll The invention relates to a device and a method for cooling a roll. The roll concerned can be a roller in a roll stand or a measuring roll. The device comprises a cooling shell having a cross section in the shape of a section of a circular arc, for covering a surface region of the roll (200), wherein, in the region of an edge of the cooling shell, a bearing is formed with a pivot joint (120) with an axis of rotation running perpendicular to the circular arc-shaped cross-section, for pivoting the cooling shell about the axis of rotation. According to the invention, in order to ensure that the size of the cooling gap during the rolling operation or during the operation of a measuring roll is always autonomously optimally set, the bearing has a degree of freedom in radial direction r with respect to the circular arc-shaped cross-section of the cooling shell, such that the cooling shell is mounted in the bearing in such a way as to be freely movable in the radial direction.
US10967408B2	Pressurized conduit rodder A rodder assembly to be moved through an underground conduit includes a tube adapted to receive fluid under pressure. In some embodiments the rodder assembly includes at least one rigid rod, and a nozzle is attached to the tube to discharge fluid from the tube.
US10967404B2	XRF analyzer for identifying a plurality of solid objects, a sorting system and a sorting method thereof The present invention discloses a novel XRF analyzer capable of simultaneously identifying the presence of a marking composition in a plurality of objects by modulating/varying the intensity of the excitation beam on the different objects and measuring the secondary radiation thereof. The XRF analyzer comprises a radiation emitter assembly adapted for emitting at least one X-Ray or Gamma-Ray excitation radiation beam having a spatial intensity distribution for simultaneously irradiating the plurality of objects; a radiation detector for detecting secondary radiation X-Ray signals arriving from a plurality of objects in response to irradiation of the objects by X-Ray or Gamma-Ray radiation, and providing data indicative of spatial intensity distribution of the detected data X-Ray signals on the plurality of objects; and a signal reading processor in communication with the detector, the processor being adapted for receiving and processing the detected response X-Ray signals to verify presence of the marking composition included at least one surface of each object of the plurality objects.
US10967401B2	Injection molded screening apparatuses and methods Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.
US10967390B2	Efficient showerhead with purge outlet A showerhead system with a normally open, temperature controlled first water valve coupled between a hot water source supply inlet and a purge outlet. The first water valve is configured to move from its normally open position to a closed position to restrict water passing from the hot water source supply inlet to the purge outlet when the temperature controlled water valve reaches a predetermined temperature. In a first mode, the first water valve purges water from the hot water source supply inlet through the purge outlet until the thermal actuator reaches the predetermined temperature. In a second mode, the first water valve blocks water entering the first water valve from passing through the purge outlet toward the showerhead outlet. In an optional third mode, a normally closed, manual second water valve is open and passes water through the showerhead outlet.
US10967388B2	Centrifugal separator having a liquid outlet chamber with a rotating member A centrifugal separator for separating a liquid phase from crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine includes a separation chamber, a rotor shaft, a rotor inside the separation chamber, an inlet for crankcase gases, a gas outlet, and a liquid outlet for separated liquid phase. The centrifugal separator also includes a liquid outlet chamber, a check valve, and a rotating member. The liquid outlet chamber forms an individual chamber and is arranged in fluid communication with the separation chamber via a liquid passage. The rotating member is connected to the rotor shaft and is arranged inside the liquid outlet chamber. The liquid outlet forms an outlet of the liquid outlet chamber. The check valve is arranged in the liquid outlet.
US10967387B2	Continuous whole-chip 3-dimensional DEP cell sorter and related fabrication method A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
US10967385B2	Method for making a shell plate A method for making a shell plate that is mountable to a shell of a grinding mill for grinding ore, said shell plate includes a shell plate body having a first portion including a fixing surface for fixing the shell plate body to the shell and a second portion including a wear surface facing toward interior of the grinding mill, said first portion and said second portion forming a continuous shell plate body, the second portion includes polyurethane such that the wear surface is made of polyurethane.
US10967382B2	Vertical roller mill A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.
US10967370B2	Microfluidic device and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device (1) comprising at least one flow channel (21) connecting an inlet opening (22) with an outlet opening (23), and an array of wells (24) in fluid communication with the flow channel (21), wherein the flow channel (21) comprises an inlet portion (211) at the inlet opening (22), an outlet portion (212) at the outlet opening (23), and a middle portion (213) between the inlet portion (211) and the outlet portion (212), wherein at least the middle portion (213) comprises the array of wells (24) and is provided with a hydrophilic surface, and the flow channel (21) further comprises a transition area (214) provided at least between the middle portion (213) and the outlet portion (212), which transition area (214) is constituted by providing a hydrophobic surface. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing such a microfluidic device is also provided.
US10967369B2	Pillar structure for biochip The present invention relates to a pillar structure for a biochip and includes a substrate which has a plate-shaped structure, and pillar members, each of which has one side detachably coupled to the substrate and the other side on which a sample is disposed.
US10967367B2	Method of cleaning resins Provided is a method of cleaning a collection of resin beads, wherein the method comprises bringing the collection of resin beads into contact with an aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution comprises one or more dissolved amine compounds, wherein the collection of resin beads comprises polymer that comprises attached carboxylic acid groups or sulfonic acid groups or a mixture thereof.
US10967357B2	Enhanced sorbent formulation for removal of mercury from flue gas A mercury sorbent and method for enhancing mercury removal performance of activated carbon from flue gas by the addition of non-halogen ammonium-containing compounds are provided herein.
US10967338B2	Methods of releasing and analyzing cellular components A system for analyzing a biological sample may include at least one sample acquisition stage comprising a sample acquisition device for acquiring the biological sample from a sample source; a droplet generator device for forming a droplet wrapped in an immiscible carrier fluid, wherein the wrapped droplet comprises at least the biological sample and a reagent, the droplet generator configured to receive the biological sample transferred from the sample acquisition device; a collection vessel for collecting the wrapped sample droplet from the droplet generator, the vessel configured to contain a carrier fluid for receiving and protecting the sample droplet; and an analysis system for analyzing the wrapped sample droplet and detecting products of a polymerase chain reaction.
US10967337B2	Aggregate attrition systems, methods, and apparatus Attrition mills and propeller shaft assemblies therefor are described having features for enhanced installation and maintenance. Some embodiments include propellers having enhanced material processing characteristics.
US10967334B2	Mixing device and aftertreatment device A mixing device for mixing exhaust gas from a combustion engine of a vehicle with a solution for lowering the content of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas includes a casing with an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, and a corner region in which an exhaust gas flow is diverted toward the exhaust outlet. The corner region has an opening for a dosing unit. A flow guide is arranged within the casing. The flow guide is configured to divide a total of the exhaust gas flow into a first exhaust gas stream and a second exhaust gas stream. A gap for the second exhaust gas stream is formed between the flow guide and a side wall of the casing. In the side wall the opening for the dosing unit is located. An end region of the flow guide is arranged upstream of the opening for the dosing unit.
US10967331B2	Hollow fiber membrane There is provided a hollow fiber membrane for vacuum membrane distillation having a maximum tensile strength of a ≥3.5 MPa and a liquid entry pressure (LEP) of ≥3.0 bar, wherein the hollow fiber membrane is a single layer hollow fiber membrane comprising a wall with a thickness of ≤150 μm and a cross-section comprising two open cell layers with an array of interconnected pores and a macrovoid layer between the two open cell layers. The hollow fiber has improved mechanical strength and vacuum membrane distillation flux.
US10967327B2	Spray drying system A spray drying system for drying wastewater to be dried includes: an exhaust as introduction line for introducing the exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust gas generation source, the exhaust gas introduction line being connected to a plurality of exhaust gas ducts for allowing the exhaust gas to flow through; and at least one spray drying device connected to the exhaust gas introduction line and configured to bring the exhaust gas introduced from the exhaust gas introduction line into contact with the wastewater. The number of spray drying device is smaller than the number of the plurality of exhaust gas ducts.
US10967321B2	Air filter clog detector An air filter clog detector that provides a simpler and reliable method of determining clogging level of air filters using a grayscale or color light sensor. An example air filter clog detector includes a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)), light detector, and circuitry (e.g., micro-processor controller). The light source is configured to emit light toward an air filter. The light detector is configured to measure a color of light reflected by the air filter. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the air filter is clogged based on the color of light reflected by the air filter. To prevent the air filter clog detector from becoming dirty, the detector can be positioned on the downstream side of the air filter.
US10967320B2	Pulse jet air cleaner systems; components; and, methods Pulse jet air cleaner systems, components and methods are described. The features relate to air cleaner housings that include a cartridge receiving section. Features described relate to a possible two-stage construction, a possible pulse jet accumulator section, pulse jet equipment for cleaning a filter cartridge positioned within the air cleaner; possible evacuation valve arrangements for projection of dust from the air cleaners; and other example features. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US10967316B2	Compact gas-liquid filtration cyclone separation unit Disclosed is a compact separation system suitable for separating components of a multiphase fluid stream. The compact separation system utilizes a cylindrical cyclone in conjunction with a filtration system. The filtration system incorporates filtration media having at least one of the following characteristics: hydrophilic-oleophobic characteristics or oleophilic-hydrophobic characteristics. The separation system is configured to substantially preclude gas under-carrying into the liquid conduit lines.
US10967315B2	Fine fiber media layer Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.
US10967310B2	Liquid filter assemblies; features; components; and, methods Liquid filter assemblies, features, components and methods are described. In general, a liquid filter cartridge is provided which includes features that help ensure that when the assembly is serviced, the cartridge positioned within the assembly is a proper one, in proper sealing orientation, for appropriate use. Features that can be used to provide for this include: a seal on the filter cartridge that defines a seal pattern non-orthogonal to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the filter cartridge; and, a member of a projection/receiver arrangement on the filter cartridge which is orientated to engage a portion of a liquid filter assembly, for example a liquid flow collar, to allow sealing when the cartridge is a properly positioned cartridge and a properly configured cartridge. Assembly features are described. Also, a flexible radial projection arrangement providing snap-fit interaction between a cartridge and housing is provided. Methods of assembly and use as described.
US10967309B2	Water purifying system and backwash module control method thereof Disclosed herein is a water purifying system, including: a raw water tank configured to store raw water; a filter unit configured to include a plurality of filtration modules for purifying the raw water and a plurality of valves for feeding or cutting off the raw water; a raw water pump configured to feed the raw water from the raw water tank to the filter unit; and a backwash module configured to feed backwash water to the filter unit, in which some of permeate water permeated by the filter unit is fed to the backwash module to be used as the backwash water and a feed pressure of the backwash water is fed by the raw water pump.
US10967303B2	Filter backwash control system for a water or wastewater treatment system to conserve water during the filter backwash process A water treatment filter backwash process control system, comprising a control system that receives filter level data and filter backwash turbidity data. The control system having a filter level set point, wherein the filter level set point corresponds to a desired filter media bed expansion. The control system having a filter backwash turbidity set point, wherein the control system controls the filter backwash process by, while monitoring the filter backwash turbidity, sending one or more output signals that are used to control a backwash inlet liquid flow in order to maintain a desired media bed expansion, and stop the backwash inlet liquid flow when the filter backwash turbidity set point is reached.
US10967295B2	Processes for removing reactive solvent from lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) using organic solvents that are stable toward anodes in lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries Methods for making high-purity LiFSI salts and intermediate products using one, the other, or both of a reactive-solvent removal/replacement method and an LiFSI purification method. In some embodiments, the reactive-solvent removal/replacement method includes using non-reactive anhydrous organic solvents to remove and/or replace one or more reactive solvents in a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, the LiFSI purification method includes using anhydrous organic solvents to remove impurities, such as synthesis impurities, from a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, crude LiFSI can be made using an aqueous-based neutralization process. LiFSI salts and products made using methods of the disclosure are also described, as are uses of such salts and products and electrochemical devices that include such salts and products.
US10967287B2	Bobble for bottle neck A bobble for bottle neck apparatus and method providing a sleeve for a bottle neck which holds a contoured brace having a nipple which protrudes through a slit in the sleeve, whereby a spring is connected on one end to the nipple of the contoured brace and on the other end to a bobble figurine representing one of a range of symbols, persons, holidays, events, sports teams, logos, and the like, such that the bobble figurine is held extended from the bottle neck and can move about by the flexing of the spring. The bobble figurine is removable and substitutable.
US10967276B2	Collaborative online gaming system and method A system, method, and computer program product for collaborative online gaming, including at least one of providing a central repository master browser system; providing an experience calibrated match-making service; providing a dynamic multiplayer server component auto deployment and aggregation system; providing a lobby centric simultaneous and collaborative client game play launching feature; and providing a video game screen over-layer technology giving users access to a control interface while inside a video game being played.
US10967272B2	Virtual performance system Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region.
US10967271B2	Virtual performance system Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region.
US10967262B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing system for permitting a first user to join in executing game software of a second user over a network When an acquisition unit acquires image data of a game being played on another information processing apparatus, a display processing unit displays, using the acquired image data, an image of game play. A participation processing unit allows a user to join the game being played on the other information processing apparatus, and an execution unit activates game software after it is determined that the user joins the game. While the execution unit is activating the game software, the display processing unit continues to display the image of the game play.
US10967259B1	Asynchronous event management for hosted sessions Authoritative management of application state can be provided for a large number of participants using a set of application servers. Each participant in an active session will communicate with only a specific application server, where that server will have authority over the state information for that participant. When input is received from a participant, the input is passed to the authoritative server for processing. The authoritative server performs a simulation based on the input as of the time indicated by respective timestamps, enabling the server to utilize rewind and replay semantics to enable events performed in the past on various clients to be accurately simulated on the authoritative server, dramatically reducing the perceived latency. Results of the simulation are sent to the other application servers having authority over the state information for other participants in the session for updating the state for those participants.
US10967255B2	Virtual reality system for facilitating participation in events A system for providing a virtual reality system is disclosed. In particular, the system provides a game-simulation hybrid that provides a massive online virtual world and accompanying network based around user profiles, events, activities, challenges, virtual lifestyle, and advertising. The system enables users to actively participate in live events or activities occurring in locations remote from the users by rendering digital versions of the live events or activities via applications executing on the computing devices of the users. The digital versions of the live events may be rendered within the virtual world and the system may enable users to interact in the virtual world in meaningful ways. For example, the system may enable users to communicate with other users during the rendering of the live events or activities, participate in the rendered live events with other users, interact with and purchase various rendered goods and services, among other functionality.
US10967252B2	Games controller and trigger therefor Aspects of the disclosure relate to a games controller for controlling electronic games, input device for a computer program and a trigger mechanism therefor. The trigger mechanism comprises a trigger body having a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber. The plurality of walls include a base wall and an orifice defined in the base wall. A detent is detachably mounted on the trigger body. The detent is at least partially received in the orifice and the detent is rotatable with respect to the trigger body. The detent comprises at least one abutment surface which is eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent.
US10967249B2	Gaming device The present invention provides a gaining device for playing a game of laser tag. The gaining device includes a controller configured to control and coordinate functions between various components thereof. The gaining device includes an aiming unit configured to generate infrared light signals and a receiver configured to detect the generated infrared light signals. The gaining device includes a targeting unit configured to generate a vibration when the receiver in the targeting unit detects infrared light signals. The gaining device further includes one or more lights configured to indicate one or more states of the aiming unit and targeting unit. The controller is configured to engage the aiming unit and targeting unit in a stealth mode in which the one or more lights are switched off.
US10967248B2	Crossword puzzle generator Methods and systems that facilitate generating and presenting a crossword puzzle. Methods include obtaining, from a content source, a plurality of data items. Using the plurality of data items, a dictionary of clue-word pairs are generated. A crossword layout is generated using a random crossword layout generator. The generated crossword layout is input to a model that outputs a likelihood that the input crossword layout results in a valid crossword. If the likelihood that the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle satisfies a first threshold, a plurality of words in a set of clue-word pairs from among the plurality of clue-word pairs is inserted into the crossword layout. If the plurality of words inserted into the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle is provided to a user on a user device using the set of clue-word pairs.
US10967241B2	Golf match creation and tracking A match creation and management method and system are described, according to various implementations. In an implementation, a match is customized based on match information in response to a first selection from a user device. In response to a second selection from the user device, a match profile is configured associated with a plurality of players. For each of the plurality of players, a golf handicap index may be retrieved (e.g., from a third party source), where the golf handicap index is associated with each of the plurality of players. The golf handicap index may then be used at least in part to calculate a course handicap associated with each of the plurality of players. The course handicap may be used to allocate a plurality of stroke holes for each of the plurality of players. An electronic match scorecard may be generated comprising at least in part a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of players and the match information, wherein the electronic match scorecard is displayed within a first interface of the user device.
US10967240B2	Sports match refereeing system A system for refereeing a sports match including a portable processing device for compiling data associated with the sports match and eyeglasses including data display means for displaying the data associated with the sports match to a wearer of the eyeglasses.
US10967239B2	Pitching machine and methods of use Improved pitching machines capable of providing accurate, repeatable, and various pitches for training or simulation purposes (e.g., batting and catching). The pitching machine of the present invention may be operable to deliver pitches that each have a different predetermined trajectory, location, velocity (speed to target), and rotational velocity with repeatable precision and accuracy. Additionally, the pitching machine may be programmable and capable of simulating a pitch sequence, as thrown by a pitcher in a game situation, which provides a novel and effective tool for training batters.
US10967237B2	Exercise device A multipurpose exercise device having a base that rests on a support surface and a user platform upon which the user stands. The lower end of a perpendicular support post is mounted to the base to axially pivot thereon and the upper end of the post is pivotally mounted to the lower surface of the user platform. The user platform pivots with the support post in a horizontal plane parallel to the support surface and pivots on the support post in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal support surface. Resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the support post and the other end mounted to the base to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the horizontal plane. Preferably, a plurality of resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the base and the other end mounted to the user platform to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the vertical plane. In use, the user stands on the user platform and performs exercise motions to propel the user platform to pivot in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane. The user platform may include various type foot mounts to simulate sports activities such as skiing and snowboarding.
US10967234B2	Putter shaft with decorative sleeves A shaft for a putter includes decorative sheaths that may beautify the shaft while retaining lightweight stiffness and avoiding breaking the sheaths.
US10967232B2	Club head having balanced impact and swing performance characteristics Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of the following parameters: a low and back club head center of gravity position, a high moment of inertia, a large Ixy product of inertia, and low aerodynamic drag. Methods of manufacturing the embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of club head center of gravity position, moment of inertia, product of inertia, and aerodynamic drag are also described herein.
US10967229B2	Sports ball A sports ball comprises a plurality of interlocking panels covered by an outer layer. Each of the interlocking panels includes a plurality of recesses. The outer layer includes a plurality of distinct surface irregularities, each of the surface irregularities aligned with one of the plurality of recesses.
US10967226B2	Multi-piece solid golf ball In a golf ball having a two-layer core consisting of an inner core layer and an outer core layer, one or more intermediate layer, and a cover serving as an outermost layer, the inner core layer and outer core layer are each formed primarily of a base rubber, the inner core layer has a diameter of at least 19 mm, the intermediate layer and the cover are each formed primarily of a resin material, and the overall core has a specific hardness profile. The golf ball has a high initial velocity while holding down the spin rate on full shots with a driver or long iron, thus enabling a good distance to be achieved. The ball also has a high controllability in the short game.
US10967224B2	Functional training rig kit A functional training rig kit includes a box and a plurality of components adapted to fit within the box. At least some of the components and the box include elements by which the components are adapted to be attached to the outside of the box to provide at least one functional training rig attached to the outside of the box.
US10967219B2	Exercise device with rocking seat An exercise device is disclosed which is safe to use, resists muscle adaptation, incorporates multiple methods of resistance, can quickly and easily switch between exercise modes to provide the user with the most optimal exercise routine and the least amount of hassle, and can otherwise remove the limitations of prior art machines. The exercise device can be utilized by the user to perform rowing exercises targeting cardiovascular training, high intensity training, strength training, muscle-building training and core building. Moreover, the exercise device is easy to use, will have multiple methods of operation, can quickly and easily switch between these methods of operation, and will not limit the user in the types of exercises to be performed.
US10967213B2	Exercising assisting and support assembly An exercising assisting and support assembly includes a body having a bottom surface, a top surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first end and a second end. The body is elongated from the first end to the second end and a cross-section of the body has a trapezoidal shape. The body has a length from the first end to the second end is between 24.0 inches and 48.0 inches and a height from the bottom surface to the top surface being at least 12.0 inches and less than 16.0 inches. The bottom surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side between 16.0 inches and 20.0 inches and the top surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side at least equal to 4.0 inches and no greater than 10.0 inches.
US10967203B1	Oxygen delivery device The oxygen delivery device is a portable structure. The oxygen delivery device contains a plurality of oxygen canisters. The plurality of oxygen canisters contain oxygen under pressure. The oxygen delivery device stores the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device dispenses the oxygen contained in the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device comprises a housing, a distribution apparatus and the plurality of oxygen canisters. The housing contains the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The housing: a) stores the plurality of oxygen canisters; and, b) forms a fluidic connection between the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The distribution apparatus delivers the oxygen received from the plurality of oxygen canisters for consumption.
US10967200B2	Systems and methods for multiplanar radiation treatment A method for delivering radiation treatment may include defining a preliminary trajectory including a plurality of control points. Each control point may be associated with position parameters of a gantry and a couch. The method may also include generating a treatment plan based on the preliminary trajectory by optimizing an intensity and position parameters of a collimator and MLC leaves for each control point. The method may also include decomposing the treatment plan into a delivery trajectory including the plurality of control points. Each of the plurality of control points may be further associated with the optimized intensity, the optimized position parameters of the collimator and the MLC leaves, an output rate, and a motion parameter of each of the gantry, the couch, the collimator, and the MLC leaves. The method may further include instructing a radiation delivery device to deliver the treatment plan according to the delivery trajectory.
US10967199B2	Knowledge-based brachytherapy planning based on primitive features computed from anatomical contour data Described here are systems and methods for knowledge-based brachytherapy planning. These systems and methods are capable of automatically generating treatment plans for prostate brachytherapy in clinically relevant times. Primitive features computed from anatomical contours of the target organ are used to retrieve a template plan from a database. The template plan is then adjusted in a stochastic search algorithm.
US10967195B2	Hyperthermia system and a method for generating a focused three-dimensional RF field The invention relates to a hyperthermia system for treating a patient, comprising an RF power unit, one or more RF antenna's connected to the RF power unit for generating a focused three-dimensional RF field, a controller for adjusting the RF power source and/or the one or more RF antenna's for steering the focused three-dimensional RF field; a sensor for sensing a parameter representative of the focused three-dimensional RF field; a communication environment for inputting data from the said sensor and/or additional information provided by the patient, said communication environment being capable of generating trigger signals to the controller for in use steering the focused three-dimensional RF filed in real time. The invention further relates to a method for generation a focused three-dimensional RF field.
US10967192B2	Systems and methods for charging a medical device implanted into a patient A wearable article for receiving and retaining a charger for charging a medical device implanted into a patient includes a coil-assembly cavity and first and second controller cavities defined between first and second major surfaces of a body of the wearable article. The coil-assembly cavity is configured to retain a coil assembly of the charger, and the first and second controller cavities are each configured to receive at least a portion of a controller of the charger. A controller slit is defined along the first major surface and is open to both the first and second controller cavities. The first controller cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of the controller with a user interface of the controller extending or observable through the controller slit or disposed in the second controller cavity.
US10967183B2	Method and apparatus for neuromodulation treatments of pain and other conditions Systems, devices, and methods for neurostimulation using a combination of implantable and external devices to treat pain are disclosed.
US10967181B2	Apparatus and methods for estimating an electrical stimulation effect on cortical neurons A method is disclosed for predicting the stimulation effect of cortical neurons in response to extracellular electrical stimulation. The method comprising the steps of defining an electrode configuration, defining a reconstructed neuronal cell type, wherein the reconstructed neuronal cell is characteristic of the physical and electrical properties of a neuronal cell, computing an electric field potential at the reconstructed neuronal cell, computing an effective transmembrane current of an arborization of the reconstructed neuronal cell, and determining a probability of activation of the reconstructed neuronal cell. A method for inducing an electrical stimulation effect on a cortical column is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the predicted network response of a cortical column is used to configure one or more electrodes to induce cortical stimulation.
US10967174B2	Cardiac lead wire protector A lead wire associated with a pacemaker, implantable cardiac defibrillator or other cardiac electric signal source is provided with a protector tube overlying at least a portion of the lead wire. In one embodiment, this protector tube is provided as a sheath tube portion of a sheath assembly along with a valve body. The valve body of the sheath assembly is fracturable and removable away from the sheath tube, leaving the sheath tube upon the lead wire as a protector tube. In other embodiments, a separate protector tube is provided and fed over the lead wire and through a sheath assembly until placed where desired. A grommet and/or plug can be provided at a proximal end of the protector tube for anchoring of the protector tube in a desired location and for plugging the protector tube, while also accommodating the lead wire passing therethrough.
US10967166B2	Nipple areola complex stencil Embodiments of the invention include a breast nipple areola complex tattoo stencil comprising first, second and third stencil sections. The first stencil section defines an areola area. The second stencil section defines a nipple area and tubercle areas. One or more registration elements on the first and/or second stencil sections enable registration of the second stencil section to the first stencil section. The third stencil section defines one or both of a nipple shading area and a nipple highlight area. One or more registration elements on the third and/or second stencil sections enable registration of the third stencil section to the second stencil section.
US10967165B2	Systems and methods for enhancing gas and vapor transfer for tissue treatment devices Embodiments of the invention include methods of tissue/wound treatment and associated devices and systems, including devices for breaching bio-films contained in and around wounds, devices for maximizing moisture vapor transmission rate, and tissue dressings with added barrier features for permeable surfaces.
US10967163B1	Sterile applicator assembly with hollow microneedle array A soft tip applicator attaches to a syringe for spreading expressed liquid from the syringe onto a surface, such as skin. A detachable hollow microneedle assembly supports transdermal injection of syringe contents.
US10967161B2	Medicament delivery device, apparatus and assembly A device includes a container for accommodating a medicament, a pressure route and a valve. The pressure route, disposed in the container, includes an extending pathway, a pressure-route inlet connected with a connecting port, and a pressure-route outlet extending toward a container bottom. The valve includes a first through hole connecting spatially the pressure-route inlet and outlet, and a valve body dividing the extending pathway into a pressure-in pathway and a pressure-out pathway. The device can convey the medicament such as a hemostatic agent more stably and smoothly to effectively avoid blocking upon a field of vision of an endoscope by the disturbed medicament while hitting a target tissue. Thereupon, the medicament can be provided more precisely, continuity of an endoscopic surgery can be improved, efficiency of hemostasis can be enhanced, and also surgery time can be substantially shortened.
US10967159B2	Sinuplasty guide with plurality of configurations A catheter system and method of dilating first and second anatomies includes a guide catheter extending along a longitudinal axis that has a breakaway distal end portion with a conduit in communication with the lumen. The conduit is configured to guide a dilation catheter at a first predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis and a second predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis for respectively dilating the first and second anatomies. The breakaway distal end portion includes first and second guide segments at least partially defining the conduit and respectively extending the first and predetermined angles to first and second distal openings. The second guide segment is removably connected to the first guide segment for selectively guiding the dilation catheter along the second predetermined angle when connected and along the first predetermined angle when disconnected.
US10967148B2	Patient specific guide wire method A guide wire control device and methods of use are described herein. A novel method for optimizing a guide wire for a patient is described. The method includes steps of scanning a patient's anatomy and then fabricating, or selecting, a guide wire with optimal geometry for a particular patient and/or procedure. The guide wire may optionally be secured to a guide wire control device for improved control during transcatheter surgical procedures.
US10967137B2	Infusion pump assembly An infusion pump assembly includes a locking tab and a pump barrel inside a pump barrel housing, where the pump barrel accommodates a reservoir assembly. The reservoir assembly includes a reservoir and a plunger rod. The infusion pump assembly also includes a locking disc at a terminus of the pump barrel. The locking disc includes a clearance hole for the plunger rod. The locking disc also includes at least one locking tab notch in close proximity with the locking tab. The locking tab is in moveable engagement with the locking tab notch, and the reservoir moves the locking tab from a locked position to an unlocked position when the plunger rod is inserted through clearance hole. The locking disc rotates upon torque being applied to the reservoir assembly, the locking disc rotating from a non-loaded position to a loaded position with respect to the plunger rod and a drive screw.
US10967118B2	Automatic injection device having a magnetic drive system An automatic injection device has an insertion needle configured to be inserted into a patient and a drug container which contains a pharmaceutical product. The drug container includes a stopper. The automatic injection device also has a fluid path which fluidly connects the drug container to the insertion needle. The automatic injection device further has a drive system configured to cause parallel linear movement of the stopper to force the pharmaceutical product into the fluid path. The drive system has a driving element and a movable element. The automatic injection device additionally has electronics configured to provide a signal to the drive system to move the stopper and have means for sensing the stopper position. The movable element has an outer magnet at least partially surrounding the drug container and an inner magnet inside the drug container.
US10967117B2	Automated insertion assembly An automated insertion assembly includes a first dermal perforation assembly configured to releasably engage a first subdermal device. A first actuation assembly is configured to drive the first dermal perforation assembly into a user's skin to a first depth and drive the first subdermal device into the user's skin to a second depth. The second depth is greater than the first depth.
US10967114B2	Dialysis machine A dialysis machine has a blood circuit, a blood pump, a dialyzer, a venous pressure sensor, a substituate line, and a control unit. The control unit can operate the blood pump in a first operating mode and in a special operating mode, and start the special operating mode after a trigger event. In the special operating mode, a blood pump conveying rate is controlled via a default value or regulated to a desired value, with the default or desired value being derived from a value determined before the started special mode or corresponding to the value. The presence of an obstacle is polled before the special mode, and depending on the presence thereof, the start of the special mode is blocked or delayed and/or the selection of the default value or the desired value on the presence of the obstacle differs from the selection without the presence of the obstacle.
US10967113B2	Dialysate-extracting apparatus A dialysate-extracting apparatus in which a collecting port can be disinfected with no disinfecting work to be performed by a worker. A dialysate-extracting apparatus includes a dialysate-extracting device having an introduction port and a discharge port each of which is connected to the flow route for liquid and allows the liquid to flow therethrough, and a collecting port from which the liquid flowing in the flow route is collectable; and an opening-and-closing device that is movable between a closing position where the opening-and-closing device covers the collecting port of the dialysate-extracting device and an opening position where the opening-and-closing device 6 opens the collecting port. The dialysate-extracting apparatus further includes an ultraviolet-applying device attached to the opening-and-closing device and that is capable of applying ultraviolet rays to the collecting port when the opening-and-closing device is at the closing position.
US10967111B2	Blood treatment filter and blood bag system A blood treatment filter includes a housing having a first resin sheet and a second resin sheet, a filter member disposed in the housing, a peripheral edge molded body formed on a peripheral edge portion of the filter member and having an inner peripheral portion joined to an outer peripheral end edge of a filtering material, and a connection sheet extending outward from the peripheral edge molded body and connected to the housing.
US10967108B2	Low-profile reduced pressure treatment system A low-profile reduced pressure treatment apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus includes a moldable conduit holder, a conduit through the conduit holder, and a flexible base. The conduit holder has first and second bulkhead surfaces, a convex top surface, and a bottom surface adapted to conform to a tissue contact region adjacent to a tissue site. An end of the conduit is substantially flush with the first bulkhead surface and a longitudinal axis of the conduit is substantially perpendicular to the first and second bulkhead surfaces. The base is connected on a first side to the bottom surface of the conduit holder, and extends beyond the first bulkhead surface to form an overlay zone adjacent the first bulkhead surface. An adhesive is disposed on a second side of the flexible base to secure the flexible base to the tissue contact region.
US10967106B2	Wound therapy system and related methods therefor A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, including a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject and a subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject. The subatmospheric pressure mechanism includes a housing having a control unit adapted to draw a vacuum and a canister associated with the housing. The canister has a collection bag disposed therein, which is in fluid communication with the wound dressing to receive exudates from the wound bed. The collection bag is adapted to expand upon receipt of the fluids and has means to release gas from within the collection bag in connection with operation of the control unit. With this arrangement, the canister is attitude independent, i.e., the canister may be positioned on edge, on its side or on its end etc. while still maintaining operation of the control unit. The collection bag may include a hydrophobic vent or material for releasing the gases. In another embodiment, the collection bag comprises a gas permeable material. The collection bag may include one of pleats or bellows.
US10967104B2	Encapsulated or coated stent systems A stent system comprising zero or more inner stents inserted into an outer stent. The inner stents and outer stent are separated and/or encapsulated by a protein-based material of a protein matrix and/or a set biocoacervate, each comprising one or more biocompatible proteins and one or more biocompatible solvents. The protein-based material may also include one or more carbohydrates and one or more pharmacologically active agents.
US10967097B1	Methods of making chitosan/hyaluronic acid hydrogel compositions and compositions made therefrom A novel hydrogel wound dressing therapy and methods for making the same. The novel methods comprise forming two biopolymers, chitosan and hyaluronic acid, together into a wound dressing with inherent ability to enhance wound closure. The novel composition of the subject invention comprises cross-linked chitosan/hyaluronic acid hydrogels manufactured according to the methods disclosed having a specific cross-link density that results in a swelling ratio of 20 to 100. Hydrogels manufactured in accordance with the method of the invention dramatically increase healing rates and greatly improves outcomes of wound injuries.
US10967095B2	Wound dressings and preparation thereof A method for preparing a wound dressing including forming a first solution by mixing a zinc solution with a Tragacanth solution, immersing a substrate in the first solution, forming a second solution by adjusting pH of the first solution containing the substrate, forming a modified substrate by synthesizing a plurality of ZnO nanoparticles with a particle size between 55 nm and 70 nm on the substrate by applying ultrasound radiation to the second solution, and forming a plurality of Ammoniacum nanocapsules with a particle size between 20 nm and 80 nm on the modified substrate.
US10967094B2	Purified hydrogen peroxide gas generation methods and devices The present disclosure provides for and includes improved devices and methods for the production of Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially non-hydrated and substantially free of ozone.
US10967091B2	Scent dispensation A scent dispenser may comprise a vial retaining mechanism, a heating element, vial sensor, and a controller. The vial retaining mechanism includes a vial coupling that removeably retains a vial containing a scented solution. The includes a wick extending from a cavity of the vial through an opening of a neck of the vial. The heating element is shaped to receive and heat the wick of the vial. The vial sensor includes an array of sensor pads that are arranged in alignment with the vial retained by the vial coupling. The controller is electrically coupled to the heating element and electrically coupled to the array of sensor pads. The controller regulates a temperature level of the heating element, and receives signals from the array of sensor pads and processing the signals to determine a fluid level of the vial.
US10967082B2	Method of limiting the spread of norovirus within a cruise ship A method of limiting the spread of the norovirus within a cruise ship comprising: identifying a surface within a common area of a cruise ship that passengers are likely to touch; and applying a silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof to the surface. The common area can be an elevator and the surface an elevator button. The common area can be a stairway and the surface a handrail. The common area can be a casino. The common area can be a dining room. The common area can be a walkway and the surface a handrail. The silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof can be 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, or 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride. Applying the silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof to the surface comprises applying a solution including the silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof and a solvent.
US10967063B2	Surfactant-free, water-free formable composition and breakable foams and their uses A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition which includes a hydrophobic solvent, a wax and a propellant. A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition, further comprising, a tetracycline antibiotic, or one or more other active agents. A method of treatment, using a substantially surface active agent-free and substantially foam adjuvant-free composition.
US10967059B2	Toothpaste for delivery of allergens to oral mucosa Pro-toothpaste compositions formulated to receive a volume of allergen solution to provide toothpastes that exhibit efficacy for oral mucosal immunotherapy (OMIT) and acceptable consumer and product stability properties, along with kits of pro-toothpaste, allergen/extracts of allergens, and optionally compounding means and/or specialized toothbrushes are provided. Toothpastes suitable and effective for OMIT and methods for managing allergic symptoms and for reducing risk of allergy in people without symptoms employing the pro-toothpastes, toothpastes and kits of the invention are also disclosed.
US10967054B2	Methods of cancer treatment using activated T cells Provided is a method of treating a cancer in an individual using activated T cells or PBMCs induced by antigen presenting cells (such as dendritic cells) loaded with a plurality of tumor antigen peptides. The method may further comprise administration of the antigen presenting cells loaded with the plurality of tumor antigen peptides to the individual. The methods may be used singly or in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also provided are precision therapy methods customized for the individual using neoantigen peptides or based on the mutation load in the tumor of the individual, methods of preparing the activated T cells, methods of monitoring the treatment, methods of cloning tumor-specific T cell receptors, an isolated population of cells comprising the activated T cells, and compositions and kits useful for cancer immunotherapy.
US10967052B1	Treatment of dyslexia using botulinum toxin A method for treating dyslexia or reading developmental disorder (RDD) in a patient in need thereof comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and/or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, and/or a sacral nerve of the patient. In infants or toddlers—from about birth to 5 years old, botulinum toxin is used to prevent or minimize damage to the developing brain that would result in dyslexia; in older children and adult patients with dyslexia, botulinum toxin will be used to reduce or eliminate their symptoms.
US10967051B2	Methods and compositions for treating NAFLD, hepatic steatosis, and sequelae thereof Provided herein are oral pharmaceutical compositions containing a GLP-1 analogue and/or insulin for treating and reducing the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatic steatosis, and sequelae thereof, and methods of utilizing same.
US10967033B2	Formulations for the treatment and prevention of obesity Disclosed are compositions containing: a) Phaseolus vulgaris extract; b) Cynara scolymus extract; c) Echinacea angustifolia extract; d) Vitis vinifera extract and optionally e) Panax ginseng extract, mixed with suitable excipients.
US10967032B2	Optimum ratio for herbs combination obtained by using scientific-based formula for hypertension treatment and a composition thereof The present invention relates to a hypertension treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to combination of four herbs' extract including 95% ethanolic extract of U. rhynchophylla (UR95), 95% ethanolic extract of P. thomsonii (PT95), 95% ethanolic extract of P. notoginseng (PN95), and 50% ethanolic extract of A. orientale (AO50) in particular range of ratio (known as F1 ratio), and all the raw herbs were then extracted in total by using 50% ethanol (known as F1-2) for use in a medicament for treating hypertension and hypertension-related complications and a composition thereof.
US10967029B2	Method of using Cistanche tubulosa extract to prevent, slow down, or treat an eye disease caused by oxidative stress This invention provides a method of using extract of Cistanche tubulosa. The extract was used to prevent, slow down, or treat an eye disease caused by oxidative stress. The method includes administrating to a subject in need a therapeutically effective amount of the extract of Cistanche tubulosa to prevent, slow down, or treat an eye disease caused by oxidative stress.
US10967022B2	Botanical extract for skin care A botanical extract for use in skin care, wherein the botanical extract is at least an extract from the testa of the seed of Anacardium occidentale L.
US10967021B2	Oral compositions and route of administration for the delivery of a thylakoid extract The present invention provides a new use or method of use of a thylakoid extract, for oral route of administration, and a composition comprising the thylakoid extract in adjunction with an acceptable carrier for oral administration. Besides the pharmaceutical use, the thylakoid extract enters the composition of food or food supplements, or medication for its innocuity and its capacity to provide a diet enriched in anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. Therefore, in accordance with the present invention is provided the use of athylakoid extract in the making of an oral composition for treating preventing a disease or disorder involving the formation of reactive oxygen species or inflammation. Also is provided a method for treating or preventing a disease or disorder involving the formation of reactive oxygen species inflammation in an individual, which comprises the step of orality administering an effective dose of a thylakoid extact. Further is provided an oral composition comprising a thylakoid extract and a vehicle for oral ingestion or oral administration. An oral composition comprising purified thylakoids and a carrier for oral ingestion or oral administration, with the proviso that the carrier does not essentially consists of water, physiological saline or propylene glycol is also provided as food or a food supplement, or as a peliet, or encapsulated granules or powder. The carrier may be present in an amount of 0.01% to 95% (w/w) of the total composition. The purified thylakoids are present in an amount which achieves a dosage of 0.1 to 10 mg per Kg of a subject's body weight.
US10967015B2	Method of treatment using oncolytic viruses A method for treating a tumor by administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount for treating the tumor of a Poxviridae decapping deficient mutant virus. Also disclosed are mutant Poxviridae and pharmaceutical formulations for use in the method.
US10967014B2	Respiratory syncytial virus with a genomic deficiency complemented in trans The invention relates to pneumoviral virions comprising a viral genome that has a mutation in a gene coding for a protein that is essential for infectivity of the pneumovirus, whereby the mutation causes a virus produced from only the viral genome to lack infectivity, and whereby the virion comprises the protein in a form and in an amount that is required for infectivity of the virion. The invention also relates to methods for producing the pneumoviral virions and for using the virions in the treatment or prevention of pneumoviral infection and disease. A preferred pneumoviral virion is a virion of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in which preferably the gene for the G attachment protein is inactivated and complemented in trans.
US10967008B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and topical use thereof The present invention relates to methods for the preparation of compositions comprising adipose tissue-derived secretions, for example those derived from bovine adipose tissue, and the use of such compositions in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for topical use. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of a non-inflammatory condition, for example the treatment of a skin condition, and for the stimulation of hair growth in a subject by topical application. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of acne.
US10966996B2	Glechoma longitube extract, preparation method for same, and use thereof in sugar reduction, weight loss, and lipid reduction Disclosed is a Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr. extract, specifically compounds I and II, a preparation method for same, and a use thereof in preparing a medicament for blood glucose decease, blood lipids decrease, weight loss, and kidney disease treatment or a method for treatment of said diseases, and a composition containing the extract.
US10966993B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising a sulfonylurea drug and preparation method thereof An injectable pharmaceutical composition of a sulfonylurea drug and a preparation method thereof were described. The pharmaceutical composition contains a sulfonylurea drug, a cyclodextrin and an additive.
US10966986B2	Compounds, compositions and methods for cancer patient stratification and cancer treatment The present invention features improved Compounds, especially (I) methods of identifying patients having Cancer using biomarkers (e.g., PDE3A, SLFN12 and/or CREB3L1) that correlate with drug sensitivity and consequently treating a stratified patient population with an agent of the invention (e.g., Compounds 1-6 disclosed herein).
US10966984B2	Transient protection of normal cells during chemotherapy This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US10966981B2	Fatty acid synthase inhibitors The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) with a FASN inhibitor, methods for treating cancer and viral infections with a FASN inhibitor, and compounds and compositions inhibiting FASN.
US10966971B2	Pharmaceutical compositions of pomalidomide The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of pomalidomide comprising pomalidomide and binder or filler at amount of at most 89% weight percent of total weight of the composition and process for the preparation of such compositions.
US10966970B2	Fused tricyclic compounds and uses thereof in medicine A fused tricyclic compound and use thereof as a medicament, in particular as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of hepatitis B. Specifically, a compound having Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a solvate, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, wherein each variate is as defined in specification. The compound also includes a Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a solvate, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof as a medicament, especially as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of hepatitis B.
US10966968B2	Co-administration of rosiglitazone and eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of reducing triglycerides in a subject on rosiglitazone therapy, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof.
US10966964B2	Method for preparing pharmaceutical composition comprising pyrrolo-fused six-membered heterocyclic compound The present invention provides a method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition containing a pyrrolo-fused six-membered heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the invention provides a preparation method of a pharmaceutical composition, the method containing: mixing 5-(2-diethylamino-ethyl)-2-(5-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-indol-3-ylidene-methyl)-3-methyl-1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-4-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with at least one filler, and then granulating the mixture. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention features a rapid dissolution and good stability.
US10966963B2	Tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indole estrogen receptor modulators and uses thereof Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US10966961B2	Pyrazole derivatives as bromodomain inhibitors The present invention is directed to pyrazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds or the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
US10966958B2	Composition comprising a diindolylmethane and a retinoid to treat a skin condition Provided is a composition for use in treating a skin condition, the composition comprising: (a) a first component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted diindolylmethane compound; and (b) a second component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted retinoid compound.
US10966952B2	Crystal forms of tetrahydro-n,n-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride, processes of making such forms, and their pharmaceutical compositions Polymorphic forms of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73) and a metabolite of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73) are disclosed and characterized. Compositions and method for treatment of Alzheimer's disease that includes the polymorphic forms and metabolite of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73).
US10966949B2	Dietary supplementation to achieve oxy-redox homeostasis and epigenetic stability The invention describes pharmaceutical, dietary and/or food compositions, preferably dietary supplements, exerting the ability to activate the endogenous antioxidant system by feeding essential micronutrients to both the one carbon cycle and the trans-sulfuration pathway so to achieve effective oxy-redox homeostasis together with an improved energy balance and healthy processes of cell growth and differentiation including DNA methylation and epigenetic regulation. The invention further relates to the use of the aforementioned compositions to decrease homocysteine levels and for the support to menopause, pregnancy and reproductive competence and for the prevention and/or treatment of diabetes, celiac disease, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
US10966941B2	Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US10966930B2	Anticancer compositions The present invention concerns pharmaceutical formulations of ARN-509, which can be administered to a mammal, in particular a human, suffering from an androgen receptor (AR)-related disease or condition, in particular cancer, more in particular prostate cancer, including but not limited to castration-resistant prostate cancer, metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, biochemically relapsed hormone sensitive prostate cancer, or high-risk, non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. In one aspect, these formulations comprise a solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS. In one aspect, the solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS is obtainable, in particular is obtained, by melt-extruding a mixture comprising ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS and optionally subsequently milling said melt-extruded mixture. In one aspect, the solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS is obtainable, in particular is obtained, by spray drying a mixture comprising ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS in a suitable solvent.
US10966928B2	Oral dosage form The present invention in general relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising one or more granules, and a method for manufacturing thereof. The granules of the dosage form are prepared via the extrusion/spheronization technique using partially hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol. These granules have the advantage that a high drug load can be contained therein.
US10966920B2	Effervescent tablets that include crystalline sugar binder and methods of making the same An effervescent tablet that exhibits rapid disintegration is disclosed. The effervescent tablet includes an effervescent agent that includes an acid and a base, a crystalline sugar binder selected from the group consisting of crystalline dextrose, crystalline sucrose, crystalline fructose, and combinations thereof, the crystalline sugar binder being essentially free of excipients, a sweetener that includes at least one of Stevia and Monk fruit, a flavor agent that includes a gum Arabic carrier, and optionally a lubricant derived from rice hulls (e.g., a multi-component integral lubricant).
US10966919B2	Anti-aging potential of extracellular metabolite isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 Disclosed is the use of partially purified extracellular metabolite isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 to prevent skin aging. More specifically the invention discloses the anti-collagenase, anti-elastase, anti-glycation activity and enhancement of TGF-β, epidermal growth factor and hyaluronic acid expression in human dermal fibroblasts, of extracellular metabolites isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856.
US10966912B2	Medicament The present invention belongs to the fields of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and concerns on the one hand a medicament for the inhibition of and refers also on the cosmetic, non-therapeutic use for the treatment of hyperpigmentation, particularly induced by sun light radiation, preferably induced by visible light radiation.
US10966909B2	Resin composites for use in dental preventive and restorative applications A composition of matter includes one or more functionalized vinylbenzyl components of the formula covalently connected to one or more R functional components; the one or more R functional groups selected from a group including one or more hydroxyl methyl (—CHOH—) moieties and/or derivatives thereof, one or more ethoxy (—CH2—CH2—O—) moieties and/or derivatives thereof, end one or more benzene (C6H6) and/or derivatives thereof; and ether links that connect the functionalized vinylbenzyl components and the R functional components.
US10966901B2	Massage system A massage system includes a chair type massage machine that performs a massage on a person to be treated, a head mounted display (head worn type display device) that is worn on a head portion of the person to be treated, and a controller, which, when the massage is being performed by the massage machine on the person to be treated, makes a video image, including a moving image of a virtual practitioner performing the massage, be displayed on the head mounted display.
US10966898B2	Fidget sleeve An elongate hollow tube having two or more fidgets molded onto or attached to an outside surface of said tube is described. The tube can be slipped over a smooth elongated base object, such as a pencil or similar object, to provide manipulatives for students.
US10966894B2	Exoskeleton legs to reduce fatigue during repetitive and prolonged squatting A leg support exoskeleton is strapped on as a wearable device to support its user during squatting and/or lunging. The exoskeleton includes a knee joint connected to a first link and a second link, which is configured to allow flexion and extension motion between the first link and the second link. A force generator has a first end that is rotatable connected to the first link. A constraining mechanism is connected to the second link and has at least two operational positions. In a first operational position, the second end of the force generator engages the constraining mechanism, where the first link and the second link flex relative to each other. In a second operational position, the second end of the force generator does not engage the constraining mechanism; the first link and the second link are free to flex and extend relative to each other.
US10966884B2	Absorbent core having funnel-shaped swelling chamber Absorbent cores comprising a core wrap which comprises a liquid permeable substrate layer, the core containing from about 87% to about 100% of superabsorbent polymer and having a funnel-shaped swelling chamber. The area of the core is at least twice the area of the swelling chamber, and the core contains a water responsive immobilizing agent to immobilize the superabsorbent polymer prior to water insult. The funnel-shaped swelling chamber is a portion of the absorbent core containing superabsorbent polymer and delimited by continuous permanent seals. Two permanent continuous seals form first opposing funnel wall segments, wherein first opposing funnel wall segments collectively comprise a first chamber angle about 20° to about 120°, the first chamber angle being the sum of angles formed by each first opposing wall segment with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US10966883B2	Absorbent core having tube-shaped swelling chamber An absorbent cores includes absorbent material enclosed a core wrap which comprises a liquid permeable substrate layer. The core contains from about 87% to about 100% of superabsorbent polymer and a tube-shaped swelling chamber having a length to width aspect ratio of less than or equal to about 5:1. The area of the core is at least twice the area of the swelling chamber, and the core contains a water responsive immobilizing agent to immobilize the superabsorbent polymer prior to water insult. The tube-shaped swelling chamber is a portion of the absorbent core containing superabsorbent polymer that is delimited by a plurality of continuous permanent seals that each join together overlapping portions of the core wrap and prevent superabsorbent polymer from moving across the seals.
US10966874B2	Absorbent article(s) chassis comprising beamed elastics The present disclosure relates to absorbent article's chassis that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics. The elastics in the chassis may be oriented parallel or transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US10966869B2	Combination SIS and vacuum bandage and method A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to be placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer.
US10966867B2	Push-in earplug A push-in earplug including an elongate core and outer layer is disclosed. The outer layer includes a sound attenuating portion having a first average density and a stem portion having a second average density, and the second average density is greater than the first average density.
US10966865B2	Femtosecond laser docking apparatus The present disclosure provides a femtosecond laser docking apparatus that includes a suction cone, with an upper frusto-conical portion and lower spherical portion, and a suction ring, with a mechanical stop and at least one contact and sealing surface. The mechanical stop engages the spherical portion of the suction cone to prevent it from being lowered further toward an eye, in a z-direction, beyond the mechanical stop. This disclosure provides a system for femtosecond laser ophthalmic surgery that includes a suction cone, with an upper frusto-conical portion and lower spherical portion, and a suction ring. This disclosure further provides a method for docking a femtosecond laser that includes positioning a suction ring on an eye, lowering a suction cone toward the eye until it engages the mechanical stop of the suction ring, and applying suction to seal the suction cone to the suction ring by a contact and sealing surface.
US10966864B2	Patient interface device for ophthalmic surgical laser system Apparatus and method for interfacing an ophthalmic surgical laser system with a patient's eye using a single-piece patient interface (PI). The PI includes a hollow shell, with an applanation lens and a flexible skirt at its lower end. Through channels are formed around the applanation lens to connect the spaces above and below the lens. When the PI is coupled to the laser system and the eye, the upper rim of the shell forms a seal with the laser system and the flexible skirt forms a seal with the eye. A vacuum is applied to the interior of the shell via a vacuum port on the laser system, and the vacuum is communicated to the space enclosed by the applanation lens, the skirt and the eye through the channels around the lens. A magnetic mechanism is also provided to hold the PI shell to the laser system.
US10966861B2	Apparatus and method for maintaining enthalpy with secondary mechanisms An interactive enthalpy exchange system for infant care includes a pouch for receiving an infant, and a heat source arranged in the pouch. The heat source includes a first heat source and a second heat source different from the first heat source. Control circuitry is operatively coupled to the heat source, the control circuitry configured to control interactive enthalpy between the first heat source and the second heat source to maintain a temperature within the pouch at a prescribed temperature.
US10966859B2	Force distribution method and apparatus for neonates at risk of cranial molding A force distribution apparatus and method are presented. Various embodiments of the disclosed apparatus include a plurality of layers configured and oriented to be deployed on a subject in a manner that disperses forces and lowers peak pressures experienced by the subject when resting on a surface, which tends to minimize risks of deformation and local ischemia. An innovative combination of novel construction methods and material selections produce an apparatus that possesses an inherent three-dimensional shape despite being built from essentially flat components, while also retaining an ability to effectively distribute forces and reduce pressures.
US10966857B2	Wrist brace with enhanced lacing The present wrist brace includes an advantageous lacing configuration that provides a cast-like compression on a patient's forearm, wrist, and hand. Pulling the lacing mechanism equilibrates lace tension along the length of the wrist brace in a way that applies consistent compression to the patient's forearm and wrist.
US10966855B2	Orthosis An orthosis comprises a first portion which comprises a polymer reinforced with a plurality of first fibres, and a second portion which is disposed around at least a section of a peripheral edge of the orthosis which comprises a polymer reinforced with a plurality of second fibres. The first portion has a higher tensile strength and is harder than the second portion.
US10966854B1	Brace with a variable resistance band system A brace assists a user in regaining muscle mass during the back to work phase of joint injury recovery. The brace uses a resistance band that is attached to the upper arm and the lower arm of the brace. Proximate the arms' juncture point, a pair of gears is attached, one gear per arm with a gap between the gears. The gears rotate in lockstep with their respective arm. A variation piece has two sets of teeth, each set gearably mating with one of the gears so that rotation of the gears causes the variation piece to linearly extend and counter-rotation causes the variation piece to retract. A medial portion of the band is received by the variation piece so that as variation piece extends, it places additional tension on the band, which tension placement is reduced with variation piece retraction.
US10966851B2	Orthopedic device An orthopedic device comprises a main body defining an outer surface and a cuff extending from an end portion of the main body with frictional material disposed on an inner surface of the first cuff. A hinge is connected to the main body and terminates along the main body short of the cuff. The cuff is arranged to fold over the outer surface of the main body in a disengaged configuration, such that the outer surface of the first cuff is adjacently against the outer surface of the main body.
US10966842B2	Surgical extraction device for bone implant tips Devices and methods for the removal of bone implant tips from within a bony structure in a body. The device or method includes a shaft with an internal grasping feature capable of being inserted while remaining in an un-expanded, un-deployed state. This permits a surgeon or operator to insert the device while in a small profile state, avoiding or reducing damage to adjacent bone tissue during insertion. Upon insertion of the shaft to the proper position within a patient's bone, the grasping feature may then be expanded or deployed from the distal end of the shaft by a surgeon or operator using an actuator in a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft. Following deployment, the grasping feature may be used to manipulate and/or remove a bone implant tip from a patient's bone tissue. Embodiments of the grasping feature include one or more hooks, wires, articulating fingers, and/or net-based designs formed of metal, polymer, composite, or a combination thereof. The grasping feature may also include an adhesive-based design formed of bone cement, protein-based glue, or other adhesive material with the purpose of grasping or manipulating a bone implant tip within bone tissue.
US10966840B2	Enhanced cage insertion assembly A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
US10966833B2	Modulated ultra-sound compatible artificial cranial prosthesis An intracranial prosthesis comprised of a flat body having an interior ultrasound-compatible window and means about the outer portion capable of engaging a plurality of diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems so that a practicing medical professional can monitor certain parameters of a patient or deliver therapeutic agents to the patient while using an ultrasound-monitoring device to image the patient's brain. The prosthesis is designed to allow for the continuous, uninterrupted, simultaneous monitoring of a number of parameters of a patient's brain at the patient's bedside.
US10966812B2	Embolic protection system An embolic protection and filtration device (EFD) that is deployable within the aortic arch of a patient to prevent emboli from entering the coronary arteries. The device includes a collapsible tubular chassis having enlarged opposing end portions and a midsection of smaller radial dimension. A filtration membrane is disposed at least on upstream and midsection portions of the chassis and is configured to filter and shunt large emboli down the descending aorta and away from the coronary arteries. A retrieval device is provided for retrieving the EFD from within the patient. The retrieval device automatically compensates for elongation of the EFD as the EFD is radially contracted such that the EFD is not moved or drug along the aorta as it is collapsed and retracted into a retrieval catheter.
US10966804B2	Connecting element, a base unit and a cleaning head for use in an oral care appliance A connecting element, a base unit and a cleaning head for use in an oral care appliance are disclosed. The connecting element is configured to engage operatively with the cleaning head and the base unit to form a first connection and a second connection respectively.
US10966799B1	Stable affixation system for guided dental implantation A stable affixation system for dental implantation includes a fixation tray having, for rapid placement, a housing defining a chamber whose inner surface is configured to house a flowable or malleable material (configured to harden) and be placed over one or more teeth during guided dental implantation surgery. A mechanism for urging the material against the teeth may comprise side walls having an inwardly directed extra flexible arm extension or an inwardly directed step. A lock mechanism may comprise a wedge positioned over the fixation tray to reduce or eliminate freedom of movement of the tray. For rapid removal, the system may include mechanisms (for example an element rotating inside the tray) for applying force on the tray and material and for ensuring that the material adheres more strongly to the tray than to the teeth. The system is sturdy enough to withstand forces including from various angles and leverage.
US10966793B2	Device for positioning sterile instruments In order to provide a simple device for positioning sterile instruments, particularly puncture needles, injection needles or surgical probes, with respect to a patient (P), where said device comprises a sheath (3) at least the inside of which is sterile and which at least partially encompasses a sterile instrument (2), as well as at least one gas-tight feedthrough provided on said sheath (3), it is suggested that the sterile instrument (2) has at least one sterile instrument holder (2′) and that, by moving the instrument holder (2′) outside of the sheath (3), said instrument may be moved in a controlled manner in at least two spatial directions.
US10966769B2	Mixing and dispensing gun A device for mixing and dispensing a paste, such as bone cement, comprises a housing (H) with a feeding mechanism (53), and a cylinder (51) for mixing a powder component and a liquid component forming the paste. A piston assembly includes a paste feeding member (57) located in the cylinder, and a tubular member (54). A mixing member (55) is located in the cylinder (51), and a mixing rod (52) extends within the tubular member (54) of the piston assembly. The mixing rod (52) is movable in the tubular member (54) of the piston assembly. The tubular member (54) is provided with external engagement means (T) by which the paste feeding member (57) is movable within the cylinder (51) in a feeding direction. The feeding movement is operated by the feeding mechanism.
US10966760B2	Spinal implant system and method A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant being connected with an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
US10966757B2	Vertebral assist spinal medical device A vertebral assist device for monitoring, supporting, stabilizing, and adjusting vertebrae. An embodiment of the vertebral assist device includes: a plurality of vertebral support sections, each of the plurality of vertebral support sections configured to support a respective vertebra of a patient; an actuating system for interconnecting each adjacent pair of the plurality of vertebral support sections, the actuating system dynamically controlling an alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections; and a control system for actively monitoring the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections and for directing the actuating system to dynamically adjust the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections until an alignment goal is achieved.
US10966755B2	Implant delivery apparatus An implant delivery device (100) includes a casing (110); and inner and outer tube driving members (150, 160), an inner tube (120), an intermediate tube (130), an outer tube (140) and an air-evacuation locking assembly (170), each at least partially accommodated in the casing (110). The three tubes are sequentially nested in one another, and first, second and third spaces are formed between neighbouring tubes. The inner tube driving member (150) has a proximal end that is sealingly fixed to a proximal end of the inner tube (120), and the outer tube driving member (160) is sealingly fixed to a proximal end of the outer tube (140). The intermediate tube (130) has a proximal end that is sealingly fixed to the inner tube driving member (150), and the intermediate tube extends through and is sealingly connected to the outer tube driving member (160). The air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is detachably coupled to the inner tube driving member (150). The inner tube driving member (150) and the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) are provided with first and second air-evacuation channels (A, B), respectively. When the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is coupled to the inner tube driving member (150), the second air-evacuation channel (B) is brought into communication with the second and third spaces via the first air-evacuation channel (A) and the first space. The inner tube driving member (150) is coupled to the casing (110) by the air-evacuation locking assembly (170). When the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is disconnected from the inner tube driving member (150), the inner tube driving member (150) remains in slidable connection with the casing (110).
US10966753B2	Catheter-based system for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection from anti-rotation, and improved docking cap and drive gear assemblies.
US10966749B2	Medical device and treatment method A treatment method and medical device are disclosed for cutting a substance inside a body lumen. The medical device for cutting substances inside a body lumen, the medical device including a rotatable tubular drive shaft; a treatment member connected to a distal side of the drive shaft; an elongated tube extending through the drive shaft; and a bearing member connecting a distal side of the treatment member and the elongated tube.
US10966748B2	Endoscopic snare An endoscopic snare device (10, 100, 100′) includes a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, snare wires (12, 14) with bow shaped memory, a mesh (20) attached to mid-portions (16, 18) and distal portions (22, 24) of the snare wires (12, 14) for a mesh length (A) that is less than the snare length (L), a bowed, resiliently deformable, support wire (116) extending in a plane out of the plane of the snare wires (12, 14), and a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, incising wires (112, 114) side by side with the snare wires (12, 14). The support wire (116) is electrically insulated. A mouth cord or wire (46) extends from one snare wire (12), through the support wire (116), and to the other snare wire (14).
US10966741B2	Arthroscopic resection device The present disclosure relates to an arthroscopic resection device. The device includes an outer member including a hub, an inner member including a hub, the inner member housed within the outer member, a tube coupled to the outer member, and means for allowing longitudinal movement of the outer member relative to the inner member, the means coupled to the tube. A method of tissue repair and other arthroscopic resection devices are also disclosed.
US10966740B2	Method and devices for performing minimally invasive surgery A device for use in performing minimally invasive surgery. A system for performing minimally invasive surgery comprising the device according to the present invention. A method for performing minimally invasive surgery.
US10966739B2	Medical instrument The application relates to a medical instrument with a hollow shaft, at the proximal end a handle is arranged, and at the distal end a tool with two jaw parts is arranged, of which at least one jaw part is pivotable, wherein the distal end is configured as a tool tip that can be deflected, and the tool tip is rotatable, wherein the rotation of the tool tip is effected via a first actuation element which is operatively connected at the proximal end to the handle, and wherein the deflection of the tool tip is effected via a second actuation element which is operatively connected to the handle, and wherein the at least one pivotable jaw part is adjustable between a closed position and an open position via a pull/push element. The pull/push element is mounted eccentrically in the tool tip and parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US10966737B2	Device and method for generating forward directed shock waves Described herein is a shock wave device for the treatment of vascular occlusions. The shock wave device includes an outer covering and an inner member inner connected at a distal end of the device. First and second conductive wires extend along the length of the device within the volume between the outer covering and the inner member. A conductive emitter band circumscribes the ends of the first and second wires to form a first spark gap between the end of the first wire and the emitter band and a second spark gap between the end of the second wire and the emitter band. When the volume is filled with conductive fluid and a high voltage pulse is applied across the first and second wires, first and second shock waves can be initiated from the first and second spark gaps.
US10966729B1	Pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with optimized compression A pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with optimized compression, including a wrap and a controller. The wrap includes an outer wrap and an inner airbag set; the controller can be fixedly connected to, detachably connected to, or separately connected to the outer wrap; the inner airbag set includes the first airbag and the second airbag that are interconnected and overlapped; the controller contains an inflating motor and an integrated control board that are electrically connected. The inflating motor that is controlled by the integrated control board inflates the second airbag first and then the first airbag to achieve the overlapped compression between the second airbag and the first airbag. Therefore, the user can use the pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with optimized compression to promote blood flow, improve blood circulation, prevent deep vein thrombosis and other diseases, and improve user experience in the treatment areas.
US10966728B2	Medical device for treating vascular malformations A non-occlusive device is provided that includes a coilable section and a docking section. The coilable section is configured to become coiled into a coil when deployed from a microcatheter within a vascular malformation. The coil is shaped so as to define a sequence of concentric loops. The coil is configured to bridge a neck of the vascular malformation so as to at least partially cover an orifice of the vascular malformation, when in use. The docking section is configured to be deployed from the microcatheter within the vascular malformation. The docking section is configured to, when in use, perform one or more functions selected from the group consisting of: anchoring the device within the vascular malformation, stabilizing the device within the vascular malformation, assisting with positioning of the device within the vascular malformation, and intertwining detachable coils delivered to the vascular malformation. Other embodiments are also described.
US10966725B2	Devices and systems for closing the left atrial appendage Described here are devices, systems and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. Some of the methods described here utilize one or more guide members having alignment members to aid in positioning of a closure device. In general, these methods include advancing a first guide having a first alignment member into the left atrial appendage, advancing a second guide, having a second alignment member, into the pericardial space, aligning the first and second alignment members, advancing a left atrial appendage closure device into the pericardial space and adjacent to the left atrial appendage, and closing the left atrial appendage with the closure device. In these variations, the closure device typically has an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a closure element at least partially housed within the elongate body. The closure element comprises a loop defining a continuous aperture therethrough.
US10966724B2	Surgical staples comprising a guide A surgical stapling assembly comprising a staple cartridge, a sled movable during a firing stroke between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position, and a plurality of staples removably stored within the staple cartridge is disclosed. The staples are configured to be ejected from the staple cartridge by the sled. Each staple comprises a proximal staple leg comprising a proximal piercing tip, a distal staple leg comprising a distal piercing tip, and an integral staple driver base portion. The proximal staple leg and the distal staple leg extend from the integral staple driver base portion. The integral staple driver base portion comprises a body portion, a ramp surface configured to be contacted by the sled, and a starter guide feature configured to assist sled driving contact between the sled and the ramp surface.
US10966716B2	Surgical stapler with articulation locking mechanism The present disclosure is directed to an endoscopic surgical stapler having an articulation locking mechanism that functions to prevent straightening of a tool assembly of the surgical stapler when the surgical stapler is fired with the tool assembly in an articulated position. In embodiments, a mounting assembly supports a notched member on a proximal end of the tool assembly and the notched member defines a series of notches. An articulation member supported adjacent to the mounting assembly includes a locking member defining protrusions or teeth that are movable from a first unlocked position spaced from the notches of the mounting assembly to a second locked position received within the notches to lock the tool assembly in one of a plurality of articulated positions. In embodiments, the locking member is biased towards the unlocked position by a biasing member and is urged toward and retained in the locked position via engagement with a drive assembly of the surgical stapler.
US10966714B2	Surgical anastomosis apparatus A surgical circular fastener apparatus includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends, a fastener cartridge disposed adjacent the distal end of the body, an anvil retainer releasably mounted relative to the fastener cartridge; and a manually operably release configured to move between a first position corresponding to a secured condition of the anvil retainer relative to the fastener cartridge and a second position corresponding to a release condition of the anvil retainer relative to the fastener cartridge.
US10966713B2	Three dimensional adjuncts Stapling assemblies for use with a surgical stapler and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. Three dimensional adjuncts for use with a surgical stapling assembly and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.
US10966709B2	Device for suture attachment for minimally invasive heart valve repair Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and methods for intravascularly accessing the heart and performing a transcatheter repair of a heart valve by inserting a suture as an artificial chordae into a heart valve leaflet. In various embodiments, such systems and methods can be employed in other heart valve repair procedures such an edge to edge repair to coapt leaflets by inserting one or more sutures that retain the leaflets in a coapted positioned or inserting a suture to repair a tear in a leaflet, for example.
US10966707B2	Surgical port closure system A wound closure device includes a shaft, a needle, and a housing. The needle includes a first leg portion coupled to a distal end of the shaft, a curved portion, and a second leg portion including a needled end portion terminating at a needle tip. The housing includes a first channel slidingly engaged with the elongated body of the shaft and a second channel slidingly engageable with the second leg portion of the needle. The second channel terminates at an opening defined within a notched section defined in a proximal portion of the housing. The needle is movable to a covered position in which the needle tip is disposed within the second channel of the housing, an advanced position in which the needle tip is disposed distal to the housing, and a retracted position in which the needle tip is disposed within the notched section of the housing.
US10966705B2	Knotless all suture tissue repair A knotless tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone includes an anchoring implant with a length of suture threaded therethrough. The implant is preferably a soft flexible three-dimensional structure. The implant may be actuated from a first elongate low profile shape into a second short radially expanded shape having a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed. The suture extends through the anchor, through a tissue to be secured, and back through a designated suture-binding region or passageway within the anchor enabling the suture to be secured therein and without the need for a physician to tie a knot. Further tension applied to a suture leg approximates the tissue to the anchor until a desired tension or distance between the tissue and anchor is achieved.
US10966704B2	Methods and systems for stitching soft tissue to bone Disclosed are systems and methods for performing soft tissue repair by delivering a suture through the soft tissue and underlying bone at two or more fixation points that can be spaced apart from each other and connected by the suture on the surface of the soft tissue. The two or more fixation points and the suture connected there between can be a continuous strand of suture, which can form a stitching assembly that can provide sufficient fixation in the bone and minimize disruption to the soft tissue and bone. In an example, the suture can be delivered into the bone using one or more implants that can catch the suture to drive the suture through the tissue and into the bone. The one or more implants can include structural features to aid in securing the suture to the implant. In an example, the suture can include structural features or be formed of a material to aid in fixation of the suture in the bone.
US10966701B2	Tissue retractor for minimally invasive surgery Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery including a system for performing minimally invasive procedures including a flexible catheter having a working space expanding system positioned at a distal portion, the working space expanding system movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body lumen. A tissue retractor having an inner member positioned within an outer guide member has a plurality of closed loops at a distal portion forming a petal-like structure. The loops are positioned in a collapsed position within the outer guide member and are movable to an expanded position when exposed from the outer guide member.
US10966699B2	Retractor One exemplary aspect comprises an illuminated surgical retractor that comprises a blade portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a proximal end and a distal end, the blade portion comprising an operative portion at the distal end, a saddle portion at the proximal end, and a barrel portion connecting the operative portion and the saddle portion; a handle portion connected to the saddle portion; and an illumination assembly. Other aspects will be apparent from the description, drawings, and claims.
US10966696B2	Catheter-based tissue remodeling devices and methods Methods and systems for closing an opening or defect in tissue, closing a lumen or tubular structure, cinching or remodeling a cavity or repairing a valve preferably utilizing a purse string or elastic device. The preferred devices and methods are directed toward catheter-based percutaneous, transvascular techniques used to facilitate placement of the devices within lumens, such as blood vessels, or on or within the heart to perform structural defect repair, such as valvular or ventricular remodeling. In some methods, the catheter is positioned within the right ventricle, wherein the myocardial wall or left ventricle may be accessed through the septal wall to position a device configured to permit reshaping of the ventricle. The device may include a line or a plurality of anchors interconnected by a line. In one arrangement, the line is a coiled member.
US10966694B2	Apparatus and method for medical imaging and pathology correlations A primary sample holder for imaging, gross pathology, or histological correlations of a biological sample includes an enclosure having a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall; a plurality of slots provided at predetermined intervals along the first and second side walls; and a grid recessed within the bottom wall. The grid includes a hole bisected by a central panel and at least one axial panel that intersects the central panel along a length thereof. The biological sample received by the primary sample holder is configured to be aligned with the central panel of the grid to align the biological sample along an accepted internal orientation line (e.g., the anterior-posterior commissure line in the brain). The slots are configured to receive a cutting device to cut the biological sample into slices of uniform thickness containing a region of interest based on histological and imaging findings.
US10966693B2	Diagnosis and treatment of tissue A method of evaluating an image indicating a potential presence of a cancer lesion at a location within a prostate of a patient by transmitting light from an optical probe toward a location, receiving fluorescence spectra by the optical probe from the location, and generating a visual display of a diagnosis classification so as to confirm or contradict the existence of the cancer lesion at the location.
US10966689B2	Method and apparatus for predicting concentration of analyte Disclosed is a method for predicting an in vivo concentration of an analyte, including: estimating an in vivo intrinsic spectrum of the analyte; and predicting the in vivo concentration of the analyte by using a concentration predicting algorithm based on the estimated in vivo intrinsic spectrum and an in vivo spectrum obtained during a section in which the in vivo concentration of the analyte is not substantially changed.
US10966688B2	Image registration for CT or MR imagery and ultrasound imagery using mobile device A method for fusion of live ultrasound imagery with computed tomography (CT) scan images or magnetic resonance images, the method comprising steps of acquiring a series of CT scan images or magnetic resonance images, acquiring a series of ultrasound images, applying a manual registration process on a computing device to register each of the CT scan images or magnetic resonance images with corresponding ultrasound images, and displaying on a display associated with the computing device the live ultrasound imagery and corresponding CT scan images or magnetic resonance images.
US10966685B2	Method and ultrasound apparatus for providing ultrasound elastography image A method of providing an ultrasound elastography image that includes inducing a shear wave by transmitting a first ultrasound signal pushing an object to the object, transmitting a second ultrasound signal tracing the shear wave to the object to receive a response signal to the second ultrasound signal from the object; acquiring an elastography image of the object, based on the response signal, and providing the elastography image of the object and transmission position information of the first ultrasound signal.
US10966673B2	X-ray imaging device, x-ray detector, and x-ray imaging system Provided are an X-ray imaging apparatus, an X-ray detector, and an X-ray imaging system. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a receptor into which a first X-ray detector configured to detect the emitted X-rays is inserted; an X-ray detector sensing interface configured to detect whether the first X-ray detector has been inserted into the receptor, acquire first identification information of the first X-ray detector inserted into the receptor, and generate first position information indicating that the first X-ray detector has been inserted into the receptor; an output interface configured to output information about the first X-ray detector; and a controller configured to control the output interface to output the first position information and the first identification information, wherein the first identification information is identification information set by a workstation of an X-ray imaging system including the X-ray imaging apparatus.
US10966667B2	Method for predicting a dental situation A method for predicting a future dental situation for a patient. Acquiring historical data including at least: previous time point and context parameter values. Acquiring at a time point all the data related to the current dental situation, including at least: the current time point, context parameter values at the current time point, statistical analysis of the historical data and the current data, so as to predict, at a future time point, at least one future dental situation for the current patient. Depending on the future dental situation, (re)evaluation of the benefit of an orthodontic treatment. Steps may include creating a three-dimensional digital reference model, acquiring at least one two-dimensional image, analysing each updated image and creation, searching, for each updated image, and collecting data relative to the updated reference model and relative to the orthodontic appliance.
US10966656B2	Electric conductive fiber structure, electrode member, and method of producing electric conductive fiber structure An electric conductive fiber structure includes an electric conductive resin containing electric conductive polymer(s), the electric conductive resin being filled in gaps between single fibers included in a fiber structure, the electric conductive fiber structure having 15% or more area ratio of the electric conductive resin present in an area of 15 to 30 μm from a surface when a cross section in a thickness direction of the fiber structure is observed.
US10966650B2	Method and device for detecting atrial fibrillation in the presence of ventricular pacing Methods and systems are provided for detecting arrhythmias in cardiac activity is provided. The method and systems are under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The method and systems obtain a far field cardiac activity (CA) signal that includes a series of beats, the CA signal including paced events. The method and systems identify the paced events in the CA signals. The method and systems determine a score based on an amount of paced events and adjust at least one parameter of an atrial fibrillation (AF) detection process based on the score.
US10966645B2	Device for taking a liquid sample by capillarity and associated analysis method A device for taking a sample of liquid by capillarity, including a channel for flow of the liquid delimited by two internal walls of the device between which a channel bottom extends, the distance separating the two internal walls decreasing in the direction of the channel bottom, the channel extending between a first collecting end, open onto outside of the device and configured to receive the liquid, and a second end, to enable the liquid to flow by capillarity along the channel bottom from the first end towards the second end. The channel includes, at the second end, a blocking structure to block the flow of liquid in the channel from the first end towards the second end.
US10966644B2	Devices, systems and methods for on-skin or on-body mounting of medical devices Devices, systems, methods and kits for releasably mounting a medical device on the body or skin of a user are provided. Embodiments include a holder or mounting unit or structure that retains a medical device in a fixed position on a body part of a user or host, such as on the surface of the skin, and/or provides physical and/or electrical coupling to one or more additional components which may be operatively positioned above and/or below the surface of the skin.
US10966643B1	Wearable non-invasive carbon monoxide inhalation tracking Systems and devices of the present disclosure provide automated detection and tracking of carbon monoxide inhalation through non-invasive optical spectroscopy. A wearable device includes a light source coupled to the base and directing light towards a subject and a photodetector coupled to the base to receive light emitted by the light source through or reflected the subject. The light source emits light at a wavelength spectrum corresponding to a carboxyhemoglobin absorption spectrum and an oxyhemoglobin absorption spectrum. Biometric circuitry is coupled to the photodetector to receive a signal from the photodetector and process the signal to determine an intensity of the wavelengths present in the light received at the photodetector. The intensity of the wavelengths is indicative of a level of carbon monoxide inhalation associated with the subject.
US10966640B2	Hearing assessment system A system for a healthcare provider to administer a portable interactive hearing assessment is provided. The system allows the healthcare provider to administer the hearing assessment in a way that accurately detects hearing loss and provides recommendations for seeking further assistance from qualified hearing health specialists and/or an ENT physician. The system includes a hearing test device, and a processor that receives and processes a pressure test result associated with each of the patient's ear from a tympanometer and the patient's response to one or more pure tone frequencies transmitted by the hearing test device. The processor may also provide a report and recommendation based on received pressure test result and the determined hearing results, and demonstrate effects of any hearing loss to a person accompanying the patient so that the accompanying person understands a scope of the patient's hearing loss.
US10966638B2	Miniaturized electronic unit for integration in any sole The invention relates to a system of analyzing and quantifying a user's posture and gait, characterized in that it includes a pair 10 of soles 11, 12 each provided with an electronic box 100, 101, 102, each box comprising: an inertial platform, a data processing module 120, 121, 122, a data storage module 130, 131, 132, a means of communication 140, 141, 142, a power source 150.
US10966633B2	Wrist worn mobile alcohol and offender monitoring system The present disclosure includes a body-worn alcohol detection device. The device includes a housing comprising an electronics module and an alcohol detection module. The device further comprises a strap for securing the housing to a limb of the user. The electronics module includes a processor and a communication module, and the alcohol detection module includes an alcohol detection sensor, a sample collection device and a biometric camera for capturing an image of the inside of the user's mouth.
US10966627B2	Time dependent evaluation of sensor data to determine stability, creep, and viscoelastic elements of measures A powered surgical cutting and stapling instrument is disclosed. The instrument includes at least one sensor to measure at least one parameter associated with the instrument, at least one processor, and a memory operatively associated with the processor. The memory includes machine executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the at least one sensor over a predetermined time period and determine a rate of change of the measured parameter.
US10966614B2	Intraoral scanner A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and/or said light emitter.
US10966613B2	System, apparatus and method for utilizing optical dispersion for fourier-domain optical coherence tomography An apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement which can be configured to provide a laser radiation, and can include an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical first arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation. Such cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The optical cavity can further include a dispersive optical third arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. For example, actions by the first, second and third arrangements can cause a spectral filtering of the fourth electro-magnetic radiation(s) relative to the first electro-magnetic radiation(s). The laser radiation can be associated with the fourth radiation(s), and a wavelength of the laser radiation can be controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions by the first, second and third arrangements.
US10966609B2	Integrated medicament delivery device for use with continuous analyte sensor An integrated system for the monitoring and treating diabetes is provided, including an integrated receiver/hand-held medicament injection pen, including electronics, for use with a continuous glucose sensor. In some embodiments, the receiver is configured to receive continuous glucose sensor data, to calculate a medicament therapy (e.g., via the integrated system electronics) and to automatically set a bolus dose of the integrated hand-held medicament injection pen, whereby the user can manually inject the bolus dose of medicament into the host. In some embodiments, the integrated receiver and hand-held medicament injection pen are integrally formed, while in other embodiments they are detachably connected and communicated via mutually engaging electrical contacts and/or via wireless communication.
US10966606B1	System and method for measuring the head position and postural sway of a subject A system and method for measuring the head position and postural sway of a subject is disclosed herein. The system generally includes a head position detection device, a postural sway detection device, and a data processing device operatively coupled to the head position detection device and the postural sway detection device. During the execution of the method, the position of the head of the subject is measured using the head position detection device, and the postural sway of the subject is measured using the postural sway detection device. Also, during the execution of the method, it is determined whether the subject is displacing his or her head over a prescribed range by comparing the head position information determined by using the head position measurement device to a predetermined head displacement range.
US10966592B2	3D endoscope apparatus and 3D video processing apparatus A three-dimensional endoscope comprises a video signal input portion to which a first video signal is obtained by a first imaging system and a second video signal is obtained by a second imaging system are inputted. A video signal identification portion that identifies a two-dimensional video signal and a three-dimensional video signal are obtained from the video signal input portion. An image condition detection portion that when the video signal identification portion has detected the two-dimensional video signal, analyzes a display area of a two-dimensional image to detect a foggy region. An image combining portion that, when the image condition detection portion has detected a foggy region in a video of at least one of the first imaging system and the second imaging system, combines both of the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a composite image in which fogginess of the foggy region being eliminated.
US10966589B2	Debris pan and associated assemblies Debris pans and debris pan assemblies are provided. A debris pan includes a bin with an open end for receiving debris and a closed interior for containing debris. A plurality of baffles protrude from a floor of the closed interior, and the plurality of baffles may be configured to slow debris flow inside the closed interior. A debris pan assembly includes a bin, a yoke attached to the bin, and an elongated shaft attached to the yoke. The debris pan assembly also includes a latch on the bin that is selectively pivotable between a first position and a second position. The first position of the latch is configured to engage the yoke such that the bin and the yoke are rigidly positioned relative to one another. The second position of the latch is configured to disengage the yoke from the bin.
US10966579B2	Cleaning device Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10966578B2	Holding arrangement and method for holding a tissue roll in a dispenser, and dispenser A holding arrangement for holding a tissue roll in a dispenser, to a dispenser and a method is disclosed. The holding mechanism comprises a holding mechanism for holding a tissue roll in a first tissue roll position; wherein the holding mechanism comprises a first holding element for engaging a first end of an axle of the tissue roll and a second holding element for engaging a second end of the axle of the tissue roll; a diameter sensor; and a shift mechanism adapted for shifting the holding mechanism, in particular the first and second holding elements, from a hold position to a release position and vice versa; wherein a distance between the first holding element and the second holding element in the release position is larger than a distance between the first holding element and the second holding element in the hold position.
US10966576B2	Neonatal bath tub A bath tub 100 for neonatal bathing including a backrest 112 that provides support for the baby at an inclined position, and a seat 152 to cooperate with the backrest 112 to flex the baby's hips to suppress the baby's urge to sit up or squirm. Embodiments may include side supports 136, 138 and/or stabilizer ribs 166, 168 to resist baby rotation about the seat 152. The tub 100 may be structured to reduce leverage to the baby to resist baby's turning over during a bath. A drain path 180 is desirably provided to maintain thermal equilibrium in the water during a bath. A system 240 may include a plurality of bathing accessories and a disposable sterile liner 264 to permit reuse of the tub 100, and/or an optional storage bag 268 to store the tub 100, and even a system 240, at a convenient location.
US10966574B2	Multi-function draining basket for kitchen sink A multi-function draining basket for kitchen sink: includes a basket body, having a pair of supporting rods oppositely extended from the basket body adapted to be rested on two opposite edge portions of a kitchen sink, and at least a clamping panel pivotally secured on the basket body for clamping or holding a kitchen-waste bag on the clamping panel.
US10966572B2	Food cutting and preparation surface with antimicrobial and anti-slip pegs Surfaces suitable for cutting boards, cheese boards or other food preparation activities. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are wood that has been subjected to torrefaction. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are substantially planar, and include one or more pegs that have antimicrobial activity.
US10966566B2	Foaming device Pumping and foaming device (100) comprising a pumping and foaming unit (102) rotatable around a shaft (130) by driving means (104), the pumping and foaming unit (102) comprising a pumping element (110) whose rotation pumps both air and fluid and mixes them; the pumping and foaming unit (102) further comprising a foaming element (120) whose relative rotation in a foaming chamber (121) drives the mixture of air and fluid coming from the pumping element (110) under a certain level of shear stress which allows this mixture to be foamed.
US10966562B2	Machine for brewing tea A machine which contains a housing (14) having a placement surface for the beverage container (13), wherein a removable brewing container (8) having a drain stub (19) and having a drain valve (10) that can be electrically or electromagnetically opened and closed is arranged in the housing (14). The actual brewing process is automatically controlled by a control unit (11). The water is pumped by a vibrating armature pump (16) through a heating system (15) and through a water outlet in the cover (4) having an integrated temperature sensor (24) through the cover (5) into the brewing container (8). A pressure sensor (12) ensures that the water is not heated above the pressure-dependent current boiling point. The control unit (11) can be programmed by means of a control panel (7) on the housing, for at least the brewing temperature, the brewing duration, and the start of a brewing cycle. Furthermore, a radio interface and an associated antenna (9) are present, for the communication of the control unit (11) with a smartphone by means of an established communication standard such as WIFI or Bluetooth, or with a computer or laptop via the internet, such that the machine can be remotely operated.
US10966560B2	Fully automated cooking system A fully automated cooking system achieves unmanned and fully automated meal cooking through a mobile transport device, multiple cooking devices, multiple heating devices and other peripheral devices. The mobile transport device uses a circulating conveyor belt to form a cyclic travel path, along which a feeding station area, a heating station area, a discharging station area and a cleaning station area are defined. Each station area is provided with corresponding equipment, such as feeding device, heating device and cleaning device. Each cooking device includes a swivel mechanism disposed on the circulating conveyor belt, and a heating container coupled to the swivel mechanism. The heating container can stir the ingredients when heated and pour out food when cooking is complete. The heating device can be an electric heating device or a fuel gas heating device for heating the heating container to cook food, thereby achieving fully automated cooking.
US10966557B1	Utensil retention organizer An eating utensil organizer is provided having a base providing a lower support surface adapted to provide a stabilized surface for placement on a table or high chair tray. The housing forms an outer perimeter, and a vertical housing support connects the housing to the base. A plurality of utensil supports each connect a utensil to the outer perimeter in a cantilevered fashion. The lower support surface may include an attachment mechanism such as a suction cup or a weighted ballast. A rotatable hinge allows the housing to rotate radially relative to the base in a manner adapted to allow access to each of said utensil supports. Each utensil support is tethered between the housing and a utensil to a length sufficiently short such as to prevent the utensil from hitting a floor if dropped from a table top or high chair.
US10966547B2	Air guiding strip for refrigerators A refrigerator has an open front, an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress. The air curtain system is adapted to produce a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress including a first shelf that has an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the first shelf being located in the upper half of the open front of refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a second shelf that does not have an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the second shelf being located below the first shelf.
US10966541B2	Portable and removable weight bench seat cover A protective cover for weight training benches structured and arranged to permit a user to place and remove the cover from on the bench thereby protecting users from germs such as bacteria, sweat, that are transferred to the bench when in use.
US10966534B2	Swing arm mechanism for tablet chair On an article of furniture, a bearing assembly is disposed between an elongate central structure and a seat, which permits rotation between the seat and the base. A tablet is provided, which is connected to a tablet arm with a first cylindrical member, and the tablet arm is connected to the elongate central structure of the base with a second cylindrical member. The second cylindrical member is disposed around the elongate central structure with a flange at the upper end thereof. The bottom of the seat has a lobed friction bushing disposed such that the flange of the second cylindrical member contacts the lobed friction bushing and frictionally resists rotation of the tablet arm as the seat rotates 360 degrees relative to the base, leading the tablet to follow the seat as it rotates. A lobed friction bushing is also provided.
US10966527B2	Seating arrangement and method of construction A seating arrangement includes a base member, and an integrally formed support member coupled to the base member and supporting a seat moveable from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein a first portion of the support member positioned rearwardly of the base member is bendable such that an upper layer of the first portion is put in tension, and wherein a second portion of the support member positioned forwardly of the base member is bendable such that a lower layer of the second portion is put in tension, wherein the upper layer of the first portion and the lower layer of the second portion are reinforced with at least one tensile substrate.
US10966525B2	Semi-full access and full access framed cabinetry A semi-full access and full access face frame for a cabinet box is provided, together with a method for making and assembling cabinet boxes. In a semi-full access face frame, the vertical stiles are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame. In a full access face frame the vertical stiles and the horizontal rails are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame.
US10966495B2	Charity box device A charity box device is provided which counts the acts of charity and the dollar amounts inserted by the users of the device by inserting coins into the coin counter. The device then relays the total counts of acts of charity and dollar amounts to a remote database, which may be on a website that is accessible for the user from any computer or internet device. The total amounts may also be obtained and displayed by the device.
US10966493B2	Charm keeper assembly A charm keeper assembly that includes a first and a second clasp member disposed at respective free ends of a strand member and a charm keeper body having a keeper body thickness and independently disposed adjacent to a clasp member and having a spring-loaded charm retention member at least partially housed within the keeper body. The charm retention member includes a retention surface spanning upwardly in a transverse direction away from an outer surface of the charm keeper body to a terminal end defining a keeper offset length when the spring-loaded charm retention member is in a fully extended position along a retention member translation path. The assembly also includes at least one charm member defining a lumen with a lumen diameter having a maximum length less than the offset length and the keeper body thickness, combined, when the charm retention member is in the fully extended position.
US10966488B2	Shoe accessory system A shoe accessory system and methods can include: an accessory connector having a male accessory mount and a female accessory mount: the male accessory mount including a base, a protrusion mounted above the base, an outwardly protruding lip extending from the protrusion, the outwardly protruding lip having a slope extending down toward an abutment, and the female accessory mount having inwardly extending flanges, the inwardly extending flanges extend in toward a center of the female accessory mount, the inwardly extending flanges spaced apart allowing the protrusion to fit therebetween; a shoe affixed to the male accessory mount; and an accessory affixable to the female accessory mount for allowing the accessory to be placed over the male accessory mount, pressed down, and twisted to lock the accessory onto the shoe.
US10966486B2	Shoe with a high heel to low heel conversion A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.
US10966484B2	Shoe sole and a shoe comprising such sole The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a first base component, at least one second top component connected to the first base component, as well as at least one third intermediate component, interposed between the first base component and the second top component.
US10966482B2	Footwear with stabilizing sole An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper having a bottom surface and a length and a sole secured to the bottom surface of the upper and including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole including a peripheral stabilizing member extending outwardly from the upper along a periphery of the upper from a medial side to a lateral side of the upper, the peripheral stabilizing member having a width and a length that are each at least 20% of the length of the upper.
US10966481B2	Article of footwear and a charging system for an article of footwear A charging system can include provisions for providing power to various systems or components associated with the article of footwear. A charging system may include a charging device dimensioned to be used with one or more articles of footwear, where the articles of footwear can include different sizes. In some cases, the charging system can be used to facilitate the transfer of power to components in a motorized tensioning system.
US10966479B2	Protective helmets with non-linearly deforming elements The present technology relates generally to protective helmets with non-linearly deforming members. Helmets configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can comprise, for example, an inner layer, an outer layer, a space between the inner layer and the outer layer, and an interface layer disposed in the space. The interface layer comprises a plurality of filaments, each having a height, a longitudinal axis along the height, a first end proximal to the inner layer, and a second end proximal to the outer layer. The filaments are sized and shaped to span the space between the inner layer and the outer layer. The filaments are configured to deform non-linearly in response to an external incident force on the helmet.
US10966477B2	Jacket with graduated temperature regulation A puffer jacket configured to provide improved temperature regulation through graduated venting. In one embodiment, the jacket includes a back panel with baffles and insulation arranged to provide reduced insulation and increased venting of heat and humidity toward the center of the back. The back panel may include an alternating arrangement of insulation baffles (containing insulation) and vent baffles (free of insulation). The insulation baffles and vent baffles may be formed by joining inner and outer layers of fabric with laterally extending lines of stitching. The lines of stitching may follow paths selected to progressively change the relative size of the vent baffles and the insulation baffles toward the center of the back. For example, the lines of stitching may give the insulation baffles a somewhat hourglass shape shortening toward the center of the back resulting in increasingly greater venting of heat and humidity toward the center of the back.
US10966469B2	Nanoadhesion structures for sporting gear An apparatus including a first surface configured to attach the apparatus to a second surface of another object, and a plurality of elongated nanofibers. Each nanofiber has one end connected to the first surface and an opposite end extending away from the first surface. The plurality of elongated nanofibers is configured to adhere to the second surface by nanoadhesion when brought into contact with the second surface.
US10966467B2	Pod assembly, dispensing body, and e-vapor apparatus including the same An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a vapor precursor compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the vapor precursor compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
US10966463B2	Electronic cigarette phone case with battery This invention is an e-cigarette phone case and battery that allows for powering a filter component of an e-cigarette while also recharging the battery component of the e-cigarette. This invention may also be used with powering the filter component and the battery component of a vape pen or other similar nicotine or non-nicotine delivery devise. This invention may also be used for recharging a phone or other mobile electronic communication device secured within the case.
US10966459B2	Electrically heated smoking system An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an aerosol, a power supply for supplying power to the heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the heating element, and an interface for establishing a communications link with a host. The communications link can be a USB link and the host can be a personal computer.
US10966453B2	Flavouring component, and apparatus and method for manufacturing a flavouring component A flavouring component (43) for a smoking article (50) comprising a rod (33) of flavouring material (17). The flavouring material (17) comprises a carrier material (15) and flavouring particles (14) adhered to the carrier material (15) by means of a binder (13). The flavouring material (17) is formed by passing the carrier material (15) through a mixture (12) comprising the binder (13) and the flavouring particles (14). Also disclosed is a smoking article (50) including such a flavouring component (43), and an apparatus (10) and method for manufacturing such a flavouring component (43).
US10966440B2	High pressure processing of foods and food supplements The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.
US10966437B2	Microbial compositions and methods of use for improving milk production The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms—including novel strains of the microorganisms—microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same, in methods for modulating the production and yield of milk and milk components in ruminants. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable components of milk in ruminants. Furthermore, the disclosure provides for methods of modulating the rumen microbiome.
US10966431B2	Refreshment towel and applied solution A refreshment towel with applied solution is an apparatus consisting of a carrying agent, most likely a high quality cotton towel or towelette, that has been saturated with an aqueous solution comprised of various ingredients. The resulting saturated towel can be rubbed on a user's skin such that the aqueous solution that has been absorbed by the towel is transferred. The aqueous solution is compounded specifically to provide cooling, insect repellant, sun protection, freshness, cleansing and other uses. More specifically, the aqueous solution is specially formulated so that desired sensory results take place when the towel comes in contact with the skin.
US10966427B2	3-pyridyl oxyanilide compound and use therefor The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1), which has an excellent control efficacy against weeds, and is thus useful as an active ingredient for herbicidal composition.
US10966421B2	Method and device for collecting and preserving cells for analysis The claimed subject matter comprises a device to collect and preserve cells comprising of: (1) a collection container comprised of a tube having an open end and a closed end, a closure in the open end of the tube, a vacuum drawn to a predetermined level inside the container; and (2) compounds including an anticoagulant agent and a fixative agent, wherein the compounds are in a sufficient amount to preserve said cells' original morphology and antigenic sites without significant dilution of said cells, and thereby allowing said cells to be directly analyzed by a flow cytometer without further treatment. The claimed subject matter further comprises of a method of making a collection device for cells comprising of: (1) providing a tube having an open end and a closed end; (2) preloading compounds including: an anticoagulant agent, and a fixative agent into the tube, wherein the compounds are in a sufficient amount to preserve the cells' original morphology and antigenic sites without significant dilution of the cells, and thereby allowing the cells to be directly analyzed by a flow cytometer without further treatment; (3) inserting a closure into the open end of the tube; and (4) drawing a vacuum inside the tube to a predetermined level to form the collection device.
US10966420B2	Insect trap In some implementations, an insect trap includes a plurality of individual cells, with each of the cells being configured to trap very few, and in some instances a single flying insect. Each cell defines a cavity and may be provided with an independently operable door to selectively close the cavity. One or more sensors may sense the presence of an insect to be trapped.
US10966417B1	Universal spool-free fishing reel and methods of making and using the same The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a fishing reel attached to a fishing rod. The disclosed reel has no spool, but instead includes a canister that stores fishing line in an orderly free state via a crank attached to pinch rollers. The fishing line moves to storage by passing through the pinch rollers into the canister. The line entering storage curls to left or right dependent only on line memory, and stacks against the outer walls and to the rear in an orderly fashion. Further, the line is also capable of being extracted from the canister when the pinch rollers are opened. For example, the inertia of a fishing lure thrown by a fishing rod extracts free line from the canister at the same velocity as the moving lure. As a result, synchronization of the lure and fishing line occurs regardless of wind conditions. The problem of line backlash is eliminated. In addition, the free state of the fishing line eliminates the problem of line twist since the line memory chooses the direction of curl in the canister independently.
US10966406B2	Cat litter box mat A cat litter box mat having a planar upper layer which overlaps and covers a planar lower layer. In some embodiments, the planar upper layer includes a pair of planar upper layers. The planar upper layers are connected to the planar lower layer. A plurality of openings are formed through the upper layers and these openings increase in area from a lower surface of each upper layer to an upper surface of the upper layers. Connecting members are provided for joining additional mats placed adjacent one another.
US10966394B1	Hybrid corn variety 85919248 A novel maize variety designated 85919248 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety 85919248 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 85919248 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety 85919248, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 85919248 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 85919248 and methods of using maize variety 85919248 are disclosed.
US10966389B2	Lactuca sativa cultivar valencia According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated Valencia. Valencia is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar and recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar Valencia with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US10966372B1	Cover for use with ring and cradle style round bale feeders A cover for a round bale feeder having a top wall joined to an uppermost edge of a side wall by a perimeter weld. A pocket, sized and shaped to hold a strap for a ratchet-strap assembly, is formed in a lowermost edged of the side wall. At least one access hole is formed into the pocket to allow access to the ratchet-strap assembly, and in some embodiments, two or more additional access holes allow the strap to be more easily positioned inside the pocket. The cover is sized and shaped so as to cover a ring-style or a cradle-style feeder holding a round bale, with the side wall extending downwards to cover a side of the bale feeder such that the pocket is positioned below the round bale to protect the bale from environmental moisture. An optional flap covering the access hole is present in some embodiments.
US10966365B2	Agricultural machine frame A hydraulically-foldable agricultural machine frame includes a hydraulic cylinder assembly that connects and pivots two lateral parts of the hydraulically-foldable agricultural machine frame relative to one another, wherein unrestricted pivoting or folding of the lateral parts is prevented by movement of the hydraulic cylinder assembly only being guided or delimited laterally.
US10966362B2	Auxiliary tool assembly for an agricultural implement An auxiliary tool assembly for an agricultural implement is configured to support a finishing tool(s) at a location at or adjacent to the aft end of the implement. The auxiliary tool assembly includes a support arm extending lengthwise between a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end of the support arm being pivotally coupled to a portion of the implement at or adjacent to its aft end so that the tool assembly is pivotable relative to the implement between a work position and a transport position. In addition, the finishing tool(s) is configured to be coupled to or otherwise supported relative to the ground by the support arm at a location between its proximal and distal ends. Moreover, the auxiliary tool assembly includes one or more surface-engaging wheels coupled to the distal end of the support arm.
US10973155B2	Heat dissipation plate assembly, display module and its assembling method A display substrate includes a first region, a second region, and a bendable region between the first region and the second region, and a heat dissipation plate assembly for heat dissipation of the display substrate includes: a first release film; a heat dissipation plate, comprising a first portion and a second portion which are separated by a space and located on the first release film; a protective film, located on a side of the heat dissipation plate distal to the first release film, having a substantially same shape as the heat dissipation plate, and comprising a third portion located on the first portion and a fourth portion located on the second portion, the third portion being able to be bonded to the first region of the display substrate, and the fourth portion being able to be bonded to the second region of the display substrate; and a second release film, located on a side of the protective film distal to the heat dissipation plate and having a substantially same shape as the first release film.
US10973152B2	Cooling system The present disclosure provides a cooling system. The cooling system includes: a first set of fans mounted on an inward-facing side of an air inlet on an outer shell of a case; a second set of fans mounted on an inward-facing side of an air outlet on the outer shell of the case, for generating, in cooperation with the first set of fans, a high-pressure airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a first heat sink connected to heat generating component in the case, for absorbing heat from the heat generating component and transferring the absorbed heat to a second heat sink; and the second heat sink mounted on an inward-facing side of the second set of fans and cooled by the high-pressure airflow.
US10973135B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a display area on which a plurality of display elements is disposed and a non-display area on which one or more wires for driving the plurality of display elements are disposed. A back cover is attached to one surface of the display panel and has a plurality of openings. A roller unit winds or unwinds the back cover and the display panel, and a lifting unit moves the back cover and the display panel in a vertical direction. The plurality of openings overlaps the display panel, and each of the plurality of openings is disposed to be staggered with one or more of the openings in an adjacent row. A size of the back cover is larger than a size of the display panel.
US10973132B2	Radio-frequency module and communication apparatus An RF module includes a switch IC having connection electrodes on a first main face and connection electrodes on a second main face; a mounting substrate which has a first mounting face at the first main face side and a second mounting face at the second main face side and in which the switch IC is mounted; signal lines for a band A, which are formed at the first mounting face side of the mounting substrate; signal lines for a band B, which are formed at the second mounting face side of the mounting substrate; a band A filter; and a band B filter. Among the band A filter and the band B filter, only the band A filter is mounted on the first mounting face and only the band B filter is mounted on the second mounting face.
US10973130B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board includes a substrate, a contact member arranged in contact with the substrate, and a wear resistant member fixed at least in an area on the substrate that comes in contact with the contact member, the wear resistant member having a wear resistance higher than that of the substrate.
US10973125B2	Flex board spacer A spacer for providing support to a flex board including a spacer body having, a first portion including multiple surfaces on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side, a second portion including multiple surfaces on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side, wherein the second portion is connected to the first irregular portion by a bridge having a single surface on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side and a set of orifices each for receiving a fastener therein, wherein at least one of the orifices is located on the first side of the first portion and at least one of the orifices is located on the first side of the second portion.
US10973119B2	Electronic circuit board, acceleration sensor, inclinometer, inertial navigation device, structure monitoring device, and vehicle An electronic circuit board includes a substrate having a multilayer structure including a ground layer, has at least one configuration in which, in a ground layer closest to a signal terminal of an oscillator, a region overlapping a signal terminal in a plan view is a non-forming region of a ground electrode, in a ground layer closest to a first wiring connecting the signal terminal of the oscillator and an input portion of an amplifier, a region overlapping the first wiring in the plan view is a non-forming region of a ground electrode, and in a ground layer closest to a second wiring connecting the signal terminal of the oscillator and an output portion of the amplifier, a region overlapping the second wiring in the plan view is a non-forming region of a ground electrode.
US10973109B2	Installing or changing an executable computer program in an illumination system The invention relates to a method for installing an executable computer program in an illumination system having a plurality of illumination devices which are controlled by means of a particular computer unit and have a lighting device and a transmitting device arranged in or directly on the lighting device, wherein the transmitting device wirelessly emits a signal having an item of identification information specific to the transmitting device, in which: data corresponding to the computer program to be installed are provided by a data source, the data are transmitted to the illumination devices and the computer program is automatically installed in the respective computer units of the illumination devices on the basis of the transmitted data, wherein a first of the illumination devices receives the data via a communication link, and in order to install the computer program in at least one second of the illumination devices, the first of the illumination devices transmits the data to the at least one second of the illumination devices.
US10973106B2	Systems and methods of directing a lighting fixture in a venue Methods and systems are provided for directing a lighting fixture in a venue. A user device is paired with a three-dimensional model space that represents a physical space of the venue. A lighting beam destination is indicated with the user device using a position and an orientation of the user device. The indicated lighting beam destination is converted into coordinates in the three-dimensional model space. A lighting fixture orientation value to direct a lighting beam of the lighting fixture to the lighting beam destination in the physical space of the venue is determined based on the coordinates of the lighting beam destination in the three-dimensional model space of the venue. A motor associated with the lighting fixture is actuated to move the lighting fixture to a lighting fixture orientation in the physical space of the venue based on the lighting fixture orientation values.
US10973105B2	Lighting device with control of power flow direction A lighting device (100), comprising a light source (104) configured to be driven by electrical power, an energy-storage unit (106) configured to store electrical energy, to receive the electrical power from a power interface and to deliver the electrical power to the light source and to the power interface (108) allowing, in a connected state, an energy-transfer operation between the energy-storage unit (106) and an external second energy-storage unit (110) of an external electrically driven device (102) that can be connected to the power interface (108) and a control unit (116) configured to determine if the power interface (108) is in the connected state, to determine a current light-output state of the lighting device (100), and to control, in the connected state, the energy-transfer operation in an energy-transfer direction depending on the current light-output state of the lighting device (100).
US10973100B1	LED luminance control circuit, LED luminance control method, and LED luminance control program Provided is an ambient temperature estimating device, ambient temperature estimating method, program, and system that are able to realize both high robustness and high ambient temperature estimation accuracy. An ambient temperature estimating device includes a neural network, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more temperature values inside the ambient temperature estimating device, and a neural network calculator configured to estimate an ambient temperature around the ambient temperature estimating device using the neural network. Input values inputted to the neural network by the neural network calculator include the temperature values acquired by the temperature acquisition unit and a heat source control value for controlling a heat source inside the ambient temperature estimating device.
US10973086B2	Resource allocation and mode configuration for wide coverage enhancement Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable for wideband coverage enhancement is disclosed. The UE can decode downlink control information (DCI) received in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The UE can identify a transport block size (TBS) scaling factor from the DCI. The UE can identify a repetition number from the DCI, wherein the repetition number configures the UE to receive or transmit one or more of data and control channel information that is repeated, in the time domain, a selected number of times based on the repetition number. The UE can encode one or more of data or control information, for transmission to a next generation node B (gNB), based on the TBS scaling factor and the repetition number.
US10973082B2	Registration method, session establishment method, terminal, and AMF entity A registration method includes sending, by a terminal, a first message to the AMF entity, where the first message includes first information, first network slice selection information, second network slice selection information, and information for requesting to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session. The first network slice selection information is used by the AMF entity to select a first session management control function (SMF) entity, and the second network slice selection information is used by the AMF entity to select a second SMF entity. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal, a second message from the AMF entity, where the second message includes second information, and the second information includes PDU session establishment accept information.
US10973076B2	Fast switching between control channels during radio resource control connection This disclosure relates to techniques for fast switching between control channels during a radio resource control connection in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station and a wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection. The base station may provide a physical layer indication to the wireless device of a control channel to monitor for scheduling information. The base station may provide scheduling information to the wireless device on the indicated control channel. The wireless device may monitor the indicated control channel for scheduling information based at least in part on the physical layer indication and may receive the scheduling information provided by the base station on the indicated control channel.
US10973075B2	Common channel configuration in new radio inactive state Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a radio resource control (RRC) resume message, associated with transitioning the UE from an inactive state to a connected state. The UE may configure, based at least in part on receiving the RRC resume message, the UE with a serving cell common configuration, associated with a serving cell of the UE, received in a system information block (SIB) associated with the serving cell. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10973062B2	Method for extracting environment information leveraging directional communication Generating an environment information map from a wireless communication system having directional communication capabilities. A plurality of features are extracted and logged resultant from a communication link attempt at multiple beam directions and training at least one machine learning model based on the plurality of extracted features from the first beam direction and the at least one additional beam directions to infer an environment information map of the area between the first transmitter and the receiver.
US10973060B2	Methods and systems for management of an association between a user and a vehicle Methods and systems for vehicle—user association management. The methods and systems may include receiving identification data corresponding to a user and transmitting the identification data to a server. The identification data is compared to previously stored data in a memory of the server, and when the identification data matches previously stored data, transmitting a notification to a mobile device of the user, and when the identification data does not match previously stored data, transmitting a message based on the identification data, prompting the user to complete a registration with the server. The methods and systems may further include establishing the association between the user and the vehicle based on at least one of the notification and the registration.
US10973050B2	Communication control method, radio terminal, and base station A radio terminal according to one embodiment is used in a mobile communication system supporting uplink transmission using an unlicensed spectrum. The user terminal comprises a controller configured to perform LBT (Listen-Before-Talk) before the uplink transmission. The controller applies a first LBT scheme to the LBT, in response to reception of information indicating the first LBT scheme from a base station. The controller applies a second LBT scheme to the LBT, in response to reception of information indicating the second LBT scheme with a shorter LBT time interval than the first LBT scheme, from the base station.
US10973034B2	Control resource set monitoring rules based on active quasi-co-location assumption capabilities of a user equipment (UE) Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with multiple control resource sets (CORESETs) for control channel monitoring. In some cases (e.g., based on a random access (RACH) procedure), the base station may update a CORESET with an updated downlink beam and, correspondingly, an updated active quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption for monitoring. In some cases, this updated active QCL assumption may cause the total number of active QCL assumptions to exceed a UE threshold value for monitoring. The UE may determine a priority order for monitoring the CORESETs, where the CORESET corresponding to the updated active QCL is assigned highest priority and the remaining CORESETs are prioritized based on CORESET or search space parameters, and the UE may either drop CORESETs from monitoring or modify active QCL assumptions for CORESETs based on the determined priority order.
US10973024B2	Communication apparatus and communication method The purpose of the present invention is to inhibit an increase in the amount of A/N resources, without changing the timing at which the error detection result of an SCell is notified when UL-DL configurations to be configured for each of the unit bands are different, from the timing at which the error detection result is notified when just a single unit band is configured. A control unit transmits, using a first unit band, a response signal including error detection results about data received with both the first unit band and a second unit band. In a first composition pattern set for the first unit band, an uplink communication subframe is set to be the same timing as at least an uplink communication subframe of a second composition pattern set for the second unit band.
US10973010B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, integrated circuit, and radio communication method A terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines the number of modulation symbols for channel state information transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel based on a value of an offset; and a transmission unit that transmits the channel state information to the base station apparatus on the physical uplink shared channel. When two subframe sets are configured by higher layers, the value of the offset is determined depending on the subframe set to which subframes for transmission on the physical uplink shared channel belong. Thus, the communication can be performed efficiently in a radio communication system in which the channel state information is used.
US10973006B2	Method, mobile station, and network apparatus for transmitting service Disclosed in the present invention are a method, mobile station, and network apparatus for transmitting a service. The mobile station employs, by means of SPS, a first resource allocation parameter set to transmit a current service. When a requirement of the service changes, the network apparatus instructs, via a control signaling, the mobile station to replace the first resource allocation parameter set with a second resource allocation parameter set, and employ the second resource allocation parameter set to transmit the service having the changed requirement, or to employ a second resource allocation parameter set along with the first resource allocation parameter set to transmit the service having the changed requirement. The method, mobile station and network apparatus for transmitting a service in the embodiments of the present invention save signaling costs by completing SPS re-configuration with less control signaling.
US10972992B2	Synchronization and reference signal for uplink based mobility Various aspects relate to flexible mobility for a user equipment (UE) based on supported mobility modes of a network and UE conditions. A network may support one or more of a downlink based mobility mode, an uplink based mobility mode, or a hybrid mobility mode for a connectivity state of a UE. A UE may determine a serving cell based on at least one downlink signal. The UE may determine based on the at least one downlink signal, a set of supported mobility modes for the serving cell, including at least one of a downlink based mobility mode, an uplink based mobility mode, or a hybrid based mobility mode. The UE may follow a mobility procedure based on a selected mobility mode from the determined set of supported mobility modes. Other aspects relate to a base station transmitting synchronization signals to support flexible mobility.
US10972973B2	Energy-efficient idle listening schemes Two methods for energy-efficient idle listening enhancement for WLAN systems are provided. The first method performs a change of operation of a station (STA) from an active mode to an idle listening mode without notifying the change to an access point (AP) associated with the STA. In the idle listening mode, the AP may transmit frames to the STA using a higher bandwidth, but the STA can only sense channels in a lower bandwidth to save energy. The second method transmits a frame to the AP associated with the STA to notify the AP the change of operation of the STA from the active mode to the idle listening mode. In the idle listening mode, the AP may transmit frames to the STA using the lower bandwidth, and the STA can only sense channels in the lower bandwidth to save energy.
US10972966B2	Managed flooding for bluetooth mesh networks A multi-hop mesh network comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes each comprising a receiver, a transmitter, a controller and memory storing program instructions. The plurality of nodes are suitable for participating in data relaying within the network. The plurality of nodes comprise a plurality of source nodes and a plurality of relay nodes. The plurality of source nodes advertise, via the respective transmitter at least one message in one or more advertising events, and adapt the duration of the advertising event. Each advertising event comprises the at least one message being advertised over one or more primary advertising channels. The plurality of relay nodes scan each of the one or more primary advertising channels to receive, via the respective receiver, the at least one message, and relay, via the respective transmitter, the at least one message, and adapt the duration of the scan of the one or more primary advertising channels based on reception of the at least one message during scanning.
US10972965B2	Method and apparatus for wireless fidelity fast connection A method and an apparatus for wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) fast connection are provided. The method includes the following. After a terminal device detects Wi-Fi is turned on by a user, a Wi-Fi driver is loaded and wpa_supplicant is started as a support library of Wi-Fi protected access (WPA). After determining that the wpa_supplicant is started, the terminal device sends a scanning command and performs a scanning operation, and performs, in parallel with sending the scanning command and performing the scanning operation, operations of loading pre-stored access points, setting all the pre-stored access points to be connectable, updating a current connection state, turning on Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, and setting parameters of the Wi-Fi peer-to-peer. After setting the parameters of the Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, the terminal device connects to a first access point according to the scanning result of the scanning operation.
US10972960B2	Method and user equipment for blocking network access by ACDC A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for blocking network access. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving application specific congestion control for data communication (ACDC) blocking information; driving a blocking timer when it is determined by an ACDC blocking check that a network access attempt by a first application being executed is blocked; determining the category of a second application being executed according to a network access attempt by the second application; performing an ACDC blocking check on the basis of the determined category of the second application and the received ACDC blocking information when the determined category of the second application has a higher priority than the category of the first application; and stopping the blocking timer when the network access attempt by the second application should be permitted according to the ACDC blocking check.
US10972956B2	Enhanced handling on QoS flow description A method of QoS rule management with enhanced handling on QoS flow description is proposed. UE checks QoS configuration received from the network for QoS operation errors. When UE receives a QoS rule associated with a specific QFI but has no QoS flow description for the QFI, UE further determines whether the QoS rule is of a GBR QoS flow. If so, UE detects a QoS operation error. If the QoS rule is the default QoS rule, then UE releases the PDU session. If the QoS rule is not the default QoS rule, then UE either rejects a PDU session modification command that carries the QoS rule or deletes the QoS rule carried by a PDU session establishment accept with a 5GSM cause value indicating the QoS operation error.
US10972952B2	Method and apparatus for PDCCH monitoring in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), a signal to configure the UE to perform a Random Access Channel-less (RACH-less) handover to a second cell may be received in a first cell, wherein the signal comprises a candidate list of beams for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring in the second cell and/or the signal is indicative of a first beam of the candidate list of beams (to be used by the UE for PDCCH monitoring). A PDCCH in the second cell on the first beam may be monitored before receiving a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) assigning a second beam for PDCCH monitoring in the second cell.
US10972951B2	Anchor base station, slave cell and user equipment A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to activate or deactivate the slave cell, based on a service requirement received from at least one user equipment.
US10972949B2	Sleep-state for mobile terminal and service initiation for mobile terminals in sleep-state The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US10972947B2	Secure packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) version change Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a message that indicates a change from an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) to a New Radio (NR) PDCP, wherein the message includes an instruction to perform an intra-cell handover; generate one or more security keys based at least in part on receiving the message that includes the instruction to perform the intra-cell handover; and communicate using the one or more security keys after the intra-cell handover is performed. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10972945B2	Method for handover between secondary base stations, network device, and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for handover between secondary base stations, a network device, and user equipment. The network device instructs each of at least one candidate secondary base station to make a prior path handover preparation, so that each of the at least one candidate secondary base station waits to be selected by user equipment as a target secondary base station. The path handover preparation includes at least one of the following: preconfiguring an access resource for the user equipment or establishing a data transmission channel with the network device. The user equipment is handed over to the target secondary base station in the at least one candidate secondary base station according to configuration information of each of the at least one candidate secondary base station when the user equipment needs path handover.
US10972938B2	Method and device for transmitting data packet in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method for a terminal transmitting a data packet in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: generating a data packet; determining whether to perform duplicate transmission for the data packet; and if it is determined to perform duplicate transmission for the data packet, generating at least two duplicate packets by duplicating the data packet, and transmitting the respective at least two duplicate packets to at least two base stations.
US10972934B2	End-to-end prioritization for mobile base station A method for utilizing quality of service information in a network with tunneled backhaul is disclosed, comprising: establishing a backhaul bearer at a base station with a first core network, the backhaul bearer established by a backhaul user equipment (UE) at the base station, the backhaul bearer having a single priority parameter, the backhaul bearer terminating at a first packet data network gateway in the first core network; establishing an encrypted internet protocol (IP) tunnel between the base station and a coordinating gateway in communication with the first core network and a second core network; facilitating, for at least one UE attached at the base station, establishment of a plurality of UE data bearers encapsulated in the secure IP tunnel, each with their own QCI; and transmitting prioritized data of the plurality of UE data bearers via the backhaul bearer and the coordinating gateway to the second core network.
US10972921B2	Wireless signal strength optimizer A wireless signal strength monitoring system employs a wireless signal strength driver model to monitor and maintain wireless signal strengths for mobile devices on a wireless communication network. The monitoring system parses activity logs of network entities including the mobile devices on the wireless communication network to generate a plurality of multilevel token sets. A selected one of the plurality of multilevel token sets is used to generate a wireless signal strength driver model along with topics from clusters of homogenous logs of the activity logs. The drivers of the wireless signal strength are identified from the wireless signal strength driver model. The drivers are used to monitor and improve the wireless signal strengths for the mobile devices on the wireless communication network.
US10972919B2	Wedge shaped cells in a wireless communication system Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the first base station array along the first direction by a first distance. The network also includes a similar second base station array where the second base station array extends substantially parallel to the first base station array and is spaced apart from the first base station array by a second distance to form continuous and at least partially overlapping cell coverage areas between respective base stations of the first and second base station arrays.
US10972917B2	Signaling attack prevention method and apparatus A signaling attack prevention method and apparatus, where the method includes receiving a general packet radio service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP-C) message from a serving gateway (SGW), determining whether the GTP-C message is received from an eighth data interface (S8), determining whether a first characteristic parameter of the GTP-C message is valid when the GTP-C message is received from the S8 interface, where the first characteristic parameter includes at least one of an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a user, or an identifier of a message source end of the GTP-C message, and discarding the GTP-C message or returning, to the SGW, a GTP-C response message carrying an error code cause value when the first characteristic parameter of the GTP-C message is invalid.
US10972907B2	Method and system for Bluetooth-based multi-end to multi-end communication The invention provides a method and system for Bluetooth-based multi-end-to-multi-end communication, including: obtaining, through a short-term connection-oriented communication, a UUID of a device that needs to receive private data, corresponding the UUID to a private label according to a private label allocation table and storing the UUID in a mapping table within a broadcast host; and looking-up the mapping table, if data to be sent contains private information targeted for a specific receiving object group, then determining whether encryption is required; if encryption is required, then performing dynamical encryption based on the private label and proceeding to a step of Bluetooth broadcast payload sending; and performing corresponding non-private data hosting encapsulation or private data hosting encapsulation for the data to be sent and broadcasting the data. The invention not only satisfies the Bluetooth low energy specification, but also achieves many-to-many real-time communication, and includes a highly reliable encryption method.
US10972896B2	Intelligent steering of roaming for user equipment Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for intelligent steering of roaming of user equipment. More particularly, the methods include receiving, from a user equipment (UE) located in a visitor network, a registration message to register with a home network, the registration message including an identifier of the UE. The methods also include querying, by one or more processors, a steering controller using the identifier of the UE to obtain a roaming list customized for the UE. The methods also include pushing, by one or more processors, the roaming list to the UE.
US10972889B2	Dual-system lock A dual-system lock includes a lockset including a combination lock and a near field communication. The combination lock includes a contact. The near field communication includes a contacting pin. A mobile apparatus transmits a signal to the near field communication. The near field communication determines and verifies whether a verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct or not. If the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is correct, the contacting pin of the near field communication is connected and contacted to the contact of the combination lock, and the near field communication transmits a message including a number to the mobile apparatus, wherein the number is a correct unlocking number. If the near field communication determines that the verification code of the mobile apparatus is incorrect, the near field communication does not transmit the message to the mobile apparatus.
US10972879B2	Communication terminal, communication method, computer readable recording medium having communication program recorded, and network system A communication terminal includes: a display, an input device for accepting a first operation instruction; a communication device for connection with a server and another terminal; and a control unit for receiving first contents from the server via the communication device according to the first operation instruction, determining whether connection with another terminal is established or not, transmitting the first contents to another terminal via the communication device when a determination is made that connection with another terminal is established, and causing the display to show the first contents.
US10972877B2	Radio terminal and base station A user equipment supports MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) transmission using SC-PTM (Single Cell Point-To-Multipoint). The user equipment receives an MBMS service from a base station via SC-MTCH (Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel). The user equipment receives, from the base station, MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) indicating a suspension of transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH. The user equipment determines that the transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is suspended in response to the reception of the MAC CE.
US10972874B2	Method for transmitting positioning information by terminal in wireless communication system supporting sidelink, and device therefor Disclosed are a method for a terminal transmitting positioning information in a wireless communication system supporting sidelink and a device therefor according to various embodiments. Disclosed are a method for a terminal transmitting positioning information and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a network or a transmission terminal, a positioning signal comprising N consecutive tones to which reference signals are mapped; measuring the phase difference between a reference signal, which is mapped to an anchor tone which is a reference among the N consecutive tones, and the reference signals respectively mapped to the remaining tones; and transmitting, to the network or the transmission terminal, positioning information comprising information relating to the measured phase difference, wherein the positioning information comprises information relating to the sum of the measured phase differences between the reference signals.
US10972869B2	Dynamically maintaining walking profile for time estimation Systems and methods for dynamically maintaining and utilizing walking profiles for time estimations in service scheduling are provided. A networked system detects usage of an application on a user device. In response to the detecting, the networked system accesses environmental condition data at a location associated with a user of the user device, whereby the environmental condition data comprises one or more environmental condition affecting the location. The networked system accesses walking pace data from the user device, whereby the walking pace data represents a current walking pace of the user and correlates the walking pace data with the environmental condition data. Using the correlated data, the networked system adjusts a parameter in a walking profile of the user. The walking profile is then used to determine time estimates that are used to schedule services that require walking by a user.
US10972863B2	RSU apparatus, base station apparatus, control node, and methods therein A Road Side Unit (RSU) (120) transmits V2X report information to a control node (140) and transmits location-related information about the RSU (120) to the control node (140). The control node (140) determines, based on the received location-related information about the RSU (120), at least one of: one or more sending nodes; a transmission area; a distribution path; and a communication scheme, to distribute a V2X control message to a plurality of UEs. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a configuration in which, upon receiving V2X report information from an RSU, a server transmits a V2X control message based on the V2X report information to a plurality of vehicles or pedestrians.
US10972859B2	Signal processing apparatus and method as well as program The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method capable of reducing calculation loads, as well as a program. A signal processing apparatus includes an ambisonic gain calculation unit configured to find, on the basis of spread information of an object, an ambisonic gain while the object is present at a predetermined position. The present technology is applicable to an encoder and a decoder.
US10972855B2	Location information through directional sound provided by mobile computing device A mobile computing device that provides location information through directional sound is described herein. The mobile computing device includes a location detection system that provides location signals corresponding to a user location and a destination location, such as a vehicle location or a vertex of a predefined travel route, to a spatial audio generation system to define a spatial audio signal based on a direction from the user location to the destination location. The spatial audio signal is provided to an audio device of the mobile computing device that outputs the spatial audio signal as directional sound having a locus at the destination location.
US10972851B2	Spatial relation coding of higher order ambisonic coefficients In general, techniques are described by which to perform spatial relation coding of higher order ambisonic coefficients using expanded parameters. A device comprising a memory and a processor may perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store at least a portion of a bitstream, the bitstream including a first indication representative of an HOA coefficient associated with the spherical basis function having an order of zero, and a second indication representative of one or more parameters. The processor may be configured to perform parameter expansion with respect to the one or more parameters to obtain one or more expanded parameters, and synthesize, based on the one or more expanded parameters and the HOA coefficient associated with the spherical basis function having the order of zero, one or more HOA coefficients associated with one or more spherical basis functions having an order greater than zero.
US10972846B2	Microphone placement A device including a prosthesis configured with a sound capture system and configured to evoke a hearing percept based on a captured sound captured by the sound capture system, wherein at least a portion of the prosthesis is configured to attach to a head of a recipient such that sound is captured by the sound capture system externally of the recipient at a location below an ear canal of a human.
US10972841B2	Vibration system, loudspeaker, and method for manufacturing the vibration system A vibration system which does not rely on adhesive assembly includes a first bracket and a vibration assembly. The vibration assembly includes a voice coil portion and a first diaphragm portion. The voice coil portion includes a mounting base and a voice coil body. The voice coil body surrounds an outer surface of the mounting base. Through holes define in one end of the mounting base. The through holes penetrate the base. The first diaphragm portion includes two connecting portions and a diaphragm body between the two connecting portions. A first connecting portion connects the first bracket. A second connecting portion surrounds an end of the mounting base away from the voice coil body, and the second connecting portion inserts into the through hole. The disclosure further provides a loudspeaker and a method for manufacturing the vibration system.
US10972839B2	Head band structure of headset A head band structure of headset includes a retractable adjusting block and a head band group. The retractable adjusting block includes an upper cover, a sliding slice, an elastic piece and a lower cover. The sliding slice has at least one blocking portion. A substantial middle of the elastic piece is arched upward to form a convex surface. The head band group is connected with the retractable adjusting block. The head band group has a head band, and two end covers disposed to two opposite ends of the head band. A surface of each end cover has a waveform locking portion, and at least one stopping frame disposed at one end of the waveform locking portion. The convex surface keeps contacting with the waveform locking portion.
US10972838B2	Electronic furniture systems with speaker tuning An electronic furniture assembly of the present invention comprises: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base (e.g., a seat portion), (B) at least one transverse member (e.g., a side, armrest or backrest), and (C) a coupler for selectively coupling the base to the transverse member; (ii) an electrical hub for providing electrical power to the speakers, the hub configured to selectively reside within the furniture assembly; and (iii) a speaker system mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. The speaker system comprises one or more speakers mounted within the base and transverse member, hiding the speakers therein, and saving space within a home or office, using the same footprint for both furniture and speakers, providing a high fidelity surround sound system.
US10972835B2	Conference system with a microphone array system and a method of speech acquisition in a conference system A conference system with transmitting and receiving sides. The transmitting side has a microphone array unit with microphone capsules, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive output signals of the microphone capsules and to execute audio beamforming based on the received output signals for acquiring sound coming from an audio source in a first direction. The processing unit has a direction-recognition unit that computes from the output signals of said microphone capsules a score for each of multiple search grid spatial positions and uses a search grid spatial position having a higher score to identify said first direction. The receiving side has an audio reproduction system that reproduces an audio signal detected by the microphone array with directional information of the first direction. The detected audio signal and the directional information regarding the first direction are transmitted from the transmitting side to the receiving side.
US10972834B1	Voice detection using ear-based devices This disclosure describes techniques for detecting voice commands from a user of an ear-based device. The ear-based device may include an in-ear facing microphone to capture sound emitted in an ear of the user, and an exterior facing microphone to capture sound emitted in an exterior environment of the user. The in-ear microphone may generate an inner audio signal representing the sound emitted in the ear, and the exterior microphone may generate an outer audio signal representing sound from the exterior environment. The ear-based device may compute a ratio of a power of the inner audio signal to the outer audio signal and may compare this ratio to a threshold. If the ratio is larger than the threshold, the ear-based device may detect the voice of the user. Further, the ear-based device may set a value of the threshold based on a level of acoustic seal of the ear-based device.
US10972829B2	Portable sound equipment A portable sound equipment including a housing having an audio hole; an inner microphone collecting a sound through the audio hole; an audio output unit having a frame securing a speaker in which a ventilation hole is formed in the frame allowing outside air to pass through the audio output unit, and a mesh covering the ventilation hole and having a density sufficient to reduce an amount of the outside air passing through the audio output unit; and a controller processing the sound collected by the inner microphone.
US10972828B2	Headphone with a headband friction mechanism A headphone (1) comprising a first earphone (2) and a headband (3) to be arranged around the head of a user The headband (3) comprises a first headband part (4) and a second headband part (5), which are slidably connected to each other, so that the length of the headband (3) can be adjusted in a longitudinal direction (Y). There is provided a controlled friction mechanism, that controls the friction between the first headband part (4) and the second headband part (5). The friction mechanism comprises a first cantilever (8) comprised by the second headband part (5) and a first friction element (11) of elastomeric abutment material, which is attached to the first cantilever (8) and which due to elastic deformation of the first cantilever (8) abuts and exerts a force against a first contact area of the first headband part (4).
US10972826B1	Head mounted display and driving method thereof A head mounted display including a main body, a sound controller, a vibration driver, a motion sensor, a vibrator and a speaker is provided. The main body has a display device. The sound controller is electrically connected to the main body. The vibration driver is electrically connected to the sound controller. The motion sensor is configured to sense a motion state of the main body. The vibrator is electrically connected to the vibration driver. The vibration driver receives a vibration signal from the sound controller, adjusts the vibration signal as needed according to the motion state and then drives the vibrator to generate vibration by the vibration signal. The speaker is electrically connected to the sound controller. The speaker outputs a sound according to a sound signal received from the sound controller. A driving method of a head mounted display is also provided.
US10972823B2	In-ear headphones with an ergonomic cushion and an ergonomic cushion thereof The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, and wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user. A speaker element is positioned inside the nozzle portion of the housing, and the center of mass of the headphone is shifted close to a center plane of the cushion.
US10972817B2	Topology processing method, apparatus, and system A topology processing method, apparatus, and system are provided. The topology processing method includes: obtaining, by a topology processing apparatus, a first onsite image collected from an optical distribution network ODN, where the first onsite image includes at least an imaging of a first port of a first ODN device, the first port is connected to a first cable, a first identification area used to identify the first cable is disposed on the first cable, and the first onsite image further includes at least an imaging of the first identification area on the first cable; and identifying, by the topology processing apparatus, the first cable based on the first identification area on the first onsite image, and identifying, based on the first onsite image, the first port connected to the first cable; and generating a first correspondence between the first ODN device, the first port, and the first cable.
US10972813B2	Electronic devices, methods, and computer program products for detecting a tag having a sensor associated therewith and receiving sensor information therefrom An electronic device is operated by detecting a tag having a sensor associated therewith and being configured to transmit information over a defined distance using a short range wireless protocol, and receiving sensor information transmitted by the tag over the communication link.
US10972803B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for video output brightness adjustment Systems and methods are operable to increase brightness output from a display. An exemplary embodiment detects a predefined user action of a remote control, and then increases brightness of a currently presented image that is being presented on the display in response to detecting the predefined user action so that an ambient lighting level in the vicinity of the display is increased.
US10972801B2	Electronic apparatus, method and program for selecting content based on time of day An electronic apparatus including a control circuit that controls access to content and determines an operation mode of the electronic apparatus, and a monitoring circuit that monitors the access to the content, acquires content access information, and generates a table. The control circuit causes each of the content access information acquired by the monitoring circuit and the table generated by the monitoring circuit to be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of the electronic apparatus. The monitoring circuit can update the content access parameters as additional content access information is acquired, and when the control circuit determines that the electronic apparatus is in an active mode, the control circuit can refer to the table and select, when access parameters of the active mode match the updated content access parameters, a current content to be output from the electronic apparatus.
US10972795B2	Dynamic object update subscriptions based on user interactions with an interface Subscriptions for object updates to be transmitted to a client device may be dynamically managed based on the occurrence of one or more trigger events at the client device, which causes the client device to transmit subscription modification requests to a computing platform configured to dynamically maintain object subscription lists for each of one or more client devices based at least in part on subscription modification requests received from each of the one or more client devices, to determine whether subscribed objects for a particular client device are current at the client device, and to transmit updates of subscribed objects in real-time upon determining that the particular client device does not comprise current object data.
US10972793B2	Systems and methods for scene change evaluation Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating whether to execute a scene change request. In response to receiving a scene change request prior to an output of an upcoming scene in a media asset, a media player client compares a first scene sequence preceding the upcoming scene with a second scene sequence in a previously accessed media asset (the second scene sequence preceding a scene at which the user previously made a scene change request). In response to determining that the respective scene sequences correspond to each other, the media player client determines whether the culminating scenes correspond and executes the scene change request accordingly.
US10972790B2	HDMI hardware isolation In embodiments, an HDMI connector may be isolated from a system-on-chip (SoC) by placing an isolation block in between the HDMI connector and the SoC. The isolation block may prevent the flow of current at mains frequencies while allowing signaling within the HDMI interface to pass. The isolation block may include one or more components that block the flow of current at mains frequencies along one or more signal paths between the HDMI connector and the SoC.
US10972787B2	Transmission method, reception method, transmitting device, and receiving device A transmission method in the present disclosure includes; obtaining an image and image signal characteristics information indicating one of an opto-electrical transfer function (OETF) or an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) as image signal characteristics of the image; and transmitting a signal including the image and the image signal characteristics information. According to the transmission method in the present disclosure, a receiving device that received a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a standard dynamic range (SDR) image transmitted through broadcasting or the like can display these images appropriately.
US10972777B2	Method and apparatus for authenticating media based on tokens Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a content item, receiving a first token that comprises an identification of a date and a time when a first portion of the content item is obtained, a location where the first portion of the content item is obtained, or a combination thereof, and transmitting the content item and the first token to a database. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10972775B2	Time synchronization of client devices using two-way time transfer in a live content distribution system There is provided a method in a communication network system of e.g. IP type for live distribution of media content capable of node-to-node time-transfer for synchronizing a respective local clock of an originating server and at least one client device or other server by means of two-way time transfer. The media content is sent as a data stream using unicast or multicast via respective communication links over a network. The method comprises employing a mode in which two-way time transfer is selectively provided, selectively meaning that two-way time transfer is employed such that the amount of per client specific time information being exchanged by the server and client devices is controlled, e.g. by time limiting the two-way time transfer, or during that mode reducing the occurrence of full two-way time transfer based synchronization of the client devices.
US10972764B2	Method and system for remotely controlling consumer electronic devices A media system replaces content in a first sequence of media content. The media system presents the first sequence of media content to an end-user and generates a fingerprint of the sequence of media content. The fingerprint is for comparison with a plurality of reference fingerprints so as to identify the first sequence of media content and determine a reference position within the first sequence of media content. The media system sends a request for a replacement sequence of content to a content replacement system, and receives replacement media content selected based on the identified first sequence of media content. The media system presents the replacement media content to the end-user instead of the first sequence of media content. Presenting the replacement media content begins at a position in the first sequence of media content that is determined based on the reference position.
US10972757B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images Disclosed are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images. The image-decoding method comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream including information regarding an NAL unit type; and checking whether or not the NAL unit in the bit stream is a reference picture based on said information regarding an NAL unit type and decoding the NAL unit. The information regarding an NAL unit type indicates whether the NAL unit is a reference reading picture or not a reference reading picture.
US10972753B1	Versatile tile coding for multi-view video streaming Techniques are disclosed for coding and delivering multi-view video in which the video is represented as a manifest file identifying a plurality of segments of the video available for download. The multi-view video may be partitioned spatially into a plurality of tiles that, in aggregate, encompass the entire spatial area of the video. The tiles are coded as segments contains coded video representing content contained within its respective tile. Tiles may be given different sizes based on saliency of the content within their respective regions. In this manner, tiles with high levels of interest may have relatively large spatial areas, which can lead to efficient coding in the presence of content motion.
US10972748B2	Method and apparatus for encoding motion information and method and apparatus for decoding same Provided are methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information. The method of encoding motion information includes: obtaining a motion information candidate by using motion information of prediction units that are temporally or spatially related to a current prediction unit; adding, when the number of motion information included in the motion information candidate is smaller than a predetermined number n, alternative motion information to the motion information candidate so that the number of motion information included in the motion information candidate reaches the predetermined number n; determining motion information with respect to the current prediction unit from among the n motion information candidates; and encoding index information indicating the determined motion information as motion information of the current prediction unit.
US10972741B2	Image encryption through dynamic compression code words Embodiments of a system and method for secure processing of image data are described. Image data included in image files may be encrypted and compressed in a single step using dynamically identified compression/encryption information such as code word tables.
US10972739B2	Low-complexity two-dimensional (2D) separable transform design with transpose buffer management Methods are provided for reducing the size of a transpose buffer used for computation of a two-dimensional (2D) separable transform. Scaling factors and clip bit widths determined for a particular transpose buffer size and the expected transform sizes are used to reduce the size of the intermediate results of applying the 2D separable transform. The reduced bit widths of the intermediate results may vary across the intermediate results. In some embodiments, the scaling factors and associated clip bit widths may be adapted during encoding.
US10972732B2	Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, image decoding method, and image coding method An image decoding apparatus includes: an MPM candidate list deriving unit that derives an MPM candidate list by adding a plurality of different intra prediction modes to the MPM candidate list based on a shape of a target block, and an MPM parameter decoding unit decoding parameters for deriving the intra-prediction modes from the MPM candidate list.
US10972731B2	Systems and methods for coding in super-block based video coding framework Systems and methods are provided for video coding (e.g., encoding and/or decoding). A coding device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a video frame and partition the video frame into a super coding units (SCUs). The processor may be configured to partition each of the SCUs into coding tree units (CTUs) based on a coding mode.
US10972726B2	Techniques to dynamically select a video encoder for streaming video encoding Techniques to dynamically select a video encoder for streaming video encoding are described. For example, in one embodiment, an apparatus may include an encoding configuration component operative to receive network performance information for a video stream at a sending device, the video stream at a first video bitrate with a first video encoding codec, and assign a second video bitrate with a second video encoding codec to a media component based on the network performance information, wherein the second video encoding codec is used based on generating the video stream at the second video bitrate, the media component operative to generate the video stream at the sending device at the second video bitrate with the second video encoding code, and the network component operative to send the video stream from the sending device to the receiving device using the second video encoding codec. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10972720B2	Video load balancing and error detection based on measured channel bandwidth An interconnect apparatus performs real time scoring and data throughput measurement of parallel data channels. The scoring and measurement information is communicated as feedback across the interconnect. Processing circuitry in the interconnect apparatus routes data to channels that have the best performance and reduces the data rate on channels that have lower performance based on the feedback information. This provides a method of dynamic load balancing to achieve optimal video data rates in a dynamic impedance environment. The interconnect apparatus also adjusts phase and data sampling times for improved fidelity of data transported across the interface.
US10972717B2	Automated feature analysis of a structure An automated structural feature and analysis system is disclosed. A 3D device emits a volume scanning 3D beam that scans a structure to generate 3D data that is associated with a distance between the 3D device and each end point of the 3D beam positioned on the structure. An imaging device captures an image of the structure to generate image data with the structure as depicted by the image of the structure. A controller fuses the 3D data of the structure generated by the 3D device with the image data of the structure generated by the imaging device to determine the distance between the 3D device and each end point of the 3D beam positioned on the structure and to determine a distance between each point on the image. The controller generates a sketch image of the structure that is displayed to the user.
US10972715B1	Selective processing or readout of data from one or more imaging sensors included in a depth camera assembly A depth camera assembly (DCA) determines depth information within a local area. The DCA may selectively process a subset of data captured by an imaging sensor and obtained from the imaging sensor, such as pixels corresponding to a region of interest, for depth information. Alternatively, the DCA may limit retrieval of data from the imaging sensor to pixels corresponding to the region of interest from the imaging sensor for processing for depth information. The depth processing may include a semi-global match (SGM) algorithm, and the DCA adjusts a number of neighboring pixels used for determining depth information for a specific pixel based on one or more criteria. In some embodiments, the DCA performs the depth processing by analyzing images from different image sensors using left to right and right to left correspondence checks that are performed in parallel.
US10972705B2	Medical display apparatus, endoscopic surgery system, and method of displaying medical image A medical display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display an endoscope image; at least one video signal input circuit to which video signals related to the endoscope image can be inputted from an external medical instrument; a video processing circuit configured to generate a video reflecting a display setting specified for each of the video signals; and first and second processors, the first processor determines an endoscope type based on a mask pattern of the endoscope image related to each of the inputted video signals, and the second processor designates a display set value for each of video signals related to different endoscope images to the video processing circuit according to a determination result.
US10972701B1	One-way video conferencing Systems and methods for blocking, adding, and/or modifying video content in a video conference session are disclosed. A video conferencing session is established between a first device and a second device. Video conferencing session data that is received from the first device comprises only audio information. Video conferencing session data that is received from the second device comprises both audio and video information. Video content is added to the video conferencing session data from the first device before sending the video conferencing session data to the second device. The added video content is not captured from the first device.
US10972698B2	Method and device for selecting a process to be applied on video data from a set of candidate processes driven by a common set of information data Inducing a particular behavior/process among a set of pre-determined behaviors/processes by implicitly signaling the selection of the particular behavior/process though a particular combination of specific values of said set of information data driven the process. Typically, enables re-using parameters already carried with a signal to signal how those parameters are used by a specific process.
US10972685B2	Video camera assembly having an IR reflector The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for illuminating and capturing scenes. In one aspect, a video camera assembly includes: (1) one or more processors configured to operate the video camera assembly in a day mode and in a night mode; (2) an image sensor having a field of view of a scene and configured to capture video of a first portion of the scene while in the day mode of operation and in the night mode of operation, the first portion corresponding to the field of view of the image sensor; (3) one or more infrared (IR) illuminators configured to provide illumination during the night mode of operation while the image sensor captures video; and (4) an IR reflector component configured to: (i) substantially restrict the illumination onto the first portion of the scene, and (ii) illuminate the first portion in a substantially uniform manner across the field of view of the image sensor.
US10972684B1	Sparse lock-in pixels for high ambient controller tracking An image sensor includes a two-dimensional array of active pixels, where each active pixel in the two-dimensional array of active pixels includes a respective photodiode. The image sensor also includes a plurality of lock-in pixels at two or more regions of the two-dimensional array. Each of the plurality of lock-in pixels includes two pixel elements that share a common photodiode. Each pixel element of the two pixel elements in a lock-in pixel includes a charge storage node and a switch configured to receive a respective control signal to selectively connect the respective charge storage node to the common photodiode.
US10972669B2	Operation apparatus, optical apparatus, and imaging apparatus An operation apparatus for operating an optical element movable for changing an optical characteristic of an optical apparatus includes an operation member, a detector configured to detect an operation amount of the operation member, a controller configured to generate an operation command for the optical element based on the operation amount, and a memory configured to store an operation target for the optical element. The controller is configured to cause a display to display the operation command and the operation target in a first region of the display corresponding to a range which the operation command can take, and the operation command and the operation target in a second region of the display corresponding to a partial region in the first region and larger than the partial region.
US10972663B2	Methods for automatically switching video capturing and playing back frame rate A method includes receiving an indication that a video mode is invoked, where the receiving causes the following operations to be automatically performed: obtaining a first frame and a second frame at a first frame rate; defining a first ROI in the first frame based on a user's selection; defining a second ROI in the second frame based on the first ROI; determining a first camera motion flow; determining a first ROI motion flow between the first ROI and a corresponding portion of the second ROI; determining a second frame rate based on a first comparative value determined using the first ROI motion flow and the first camera motion flow; and capturing a third frame at the second frame rate by an image sensor unit, or playing back a fourth frame at the second frame rate on a touch screen unit.
US10972659B2	Image capturing device, a method and a computer program product for forming an encoded image A method, device, and computer program product related to the field of image encoding. In particular, the method, device, and computer program product uses multiple image sensors and multiple encoders for outputting a single encoded image, where image data captured by a first image sensor is added to the encoded image as a first tile or slice, and where image data captured by a second image sensor is added to the encoded image as a second tile or slice.
US10972656B2	Cognitively coaching a subject of a photograph A method, computer system, and computer program product for cognitively coaching a user to take favorable photographs are provided. The embodiment may include determining characteristics of favorable photographs from a favorable photo database using image analysis techniques. The embodiment may also include identifying subjects in a current camera frame. The embodiment may further include identifying characteristics of a photograph from a current camera frame. The embodiment may also include determining similarities or differences between the favorable photographs and the current camera frame. The embodiment may further include generating directions that map a current state of similar characteristics to the favorable photographs.
US10972654B2	Controlling image capturing setting of camera based on direction objected is dragged along touch screen The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of capturing an image using the same. The mobile terminal controls a camera conveniently and efficiently to capture an image and performs focusing in various manners to capture an image. Accordingly, a user can obtain a desired image easily and conveniently.
US10972651B2	Method and system for iris recognition The present application discloses an iris identification system and an iris identification method thereof. The iris identification system includes: a camera module including at least two cameras, the cameras having different depths of field and being configured to capture iris images; a distance detection apparatus configured to detect a distance between a user and the camera module; a processing chip configured to find, according to the detected distance, a depth of field corresponding the distance and control a camera having the depth of field to be turned on, and further configured to control multiple cameras in the camera module to be turned on simultaneously until one camera has captured an ideal image. At least two cameras having different depths of field are disposed in the iris identification system provided in the present application; a camera having a suitable depth of field is turned on correspondingly according to a detected distance between a user and a camera module to capture an image, or multiple cameras are turned on simultaneously until one camera has captured a clear iris image. The present application achieves good man-machine friendliness and a short capturing time and improves the efficiency of iris identification.
US10972647B2	System to control camera function remotely The present disclosure provides a system that includes a camera, a shadow device that mimics, copies, or duplicates the properties of the camera, and a controller. The controller can be located in the same vicinity as the shadow device, where the camera is in a remote location. An operator can receive feedback that mimics what they would be experiencing if they were operating the camera directly. The controller then manipulates the remote camera based on the input from the operator. The system of the present disclosure allows for a camera operator to be in a remote location, and it still provides accurate, real-time feedback to the operator. Unlike current systems, the present system provides instantaneous or near-instantaneous feedback for cameras in remote locations.
US10972642B2	Imager and imaging device An imager includes: a fixing member as defined herein; a sealing member as defined herein; a circuit board as defined herein; and a conductive member as defined herein, in a state of being viewed from a direction perpendicular to a light receiving surface of the imaging sensor chip, an outer edge of a region where the conductive member is disposed overlaps the wall portion of the fixing member, and a distance between a position overlapping the outer edge in the wall portion and an end of the wall portion on a side of the concave portion is 20% or more of a width of the wall portion in a direction parallel to the light receiving surface.
US10972636B2	Precision timing for broadcast network The present aspects relate to techniques of timing synchronization of audio and video (AV) data in a network. In particular, the techniques for a AV master to distribute AV data encoded with one or more time markers to a plurality of processing nodes. The one or more time markers may be indexed to a precision time protocol (PTP) time stamp used as a time reference. In one technique, the nodes extract the time markers to determine an offset value that is applied to a PLL to synchronize AV data packets at a distribution node or a processing node. In another technique the distribution node or the processing node determines the worst case path, which corresponds to a system offset value. The distribution node then reports the system offset value to the AV master, which in turn adjusts the phase based on the report.
US10972635B2	Synchronizing wireless sensor data and video Techniques are provided to implement the display of synchronized sensor data and captured video signal. A mobile computing device receives a set of data points from a multi-sensor device. The set of data points may be assigned a timestamp value, obtained from an internal clock within the mobile computing device. Sets of data points and their assigned timestamp values are aggregated into an aggregated sensor dataset that represents the sets of data points over a particular period of time. Concurrently to receiving the sensor data, video frames are received. The video frames with an assigned timestamp value are stored in a video frame dataset that represents video frames over a particular period of time. The aggregated sensor dataset and the video frame dataset are synchronized and combined into a single combined video dataset based upon the assigned timestamp values of the sets of data points and the video frames.
US10972634B2	Color calibration algorithm A method for calibrating a dyeing machine, comprising: for each of multiple colors: performing a maximizing stage to determine an effective maximum ink dispensing rate corresponding to an effective maximum colorimetric value for the dyeing machine; performing a linearizing stage, comprising: determining multiple ink dispensing rates for performing the linearizing stage by dividing the effective maximum ink dispensing rate into multiple intervals, calculating from the effective maximum colorimetric value, a linear correspondence between the multiple ink dispensing rates and multiple calculated colorimetric values, dyeing a set of substrates according to the multiple ink dispensing rates, acquiring color values of the dyed set of substrates, interpolating a non-linear correspondence between the multiple ink dispensing rates and the acquired color values, and mapping the linear correspondence to the non-linear correspondence.
US10972630B2	Method for flattening laser-based image of curved book page Provided is a method for flattening a laser-based image of a curved book page, which is applicable to a scanning platform and an image acquisition device and a laser generation device fixed above the scanning platform. The flattening method includes the following steps of: opening a book on a horizontally arranged scanning platform, and emitting a laser beam to a curved book page to be scanned, the laser beam forming a plurality of laser lines parallel on the curved book page; acquiring a horizontal image of the curved book page having the parallel laser lines, and acquiring a 2D planar coordinate (x, y) of each pixel on the laser line in the horizontal image; calculating, according a y-coordinate in the 2D planar coordinate, a y-coordinate of an intersection line of the laser beam and the scanning platform, and an intersection angle of the laser beam and the scanning platform, and by means of a tangent function, a height of each pixel on the laser line, i.e., an actual spatial height; calculating actual spatial heights of all pixels on each laser line, i.e., z-coordinates, to acquire a 3D spatial curve of the laser line; constructing, using the curve, an actual 3D curved surface of the photographed book page; and flattening the 3D curved surface after pixel value transfer to complete flattening of the curved book page.
US10972629B2	Image processing apparatus configured to combine image information such that the combined first image information and second image information have the first resolution An image processing apparatus is an image processing apparatus that performs image processing on first image information of a target first image. The image processing apparatus has a controller and a first storage device which stores second image information of a second image. The controller reads the second image information stored in the first storage device, changes a resolution of the read second image information to a first resolution which is the same as a resolution of the first image information, and combines the first image information and the second image information based on the first image information and the second image information of which resolution is changed to the first resolution.
US10972627B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for correcting character recognition result An information processing apparatus comprising a memory; a non-volatile memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to: store a rectification history for a result of character recognition processing in association with items and item values; compare, for the respective items, a newly input result of the character recognition processing with the item values stored in the non-volatile memory; select a set of the item values stored in the non-volatile memory based on a result of the comparison; and correct the newly input result of the character recognition processing by using the selected set of the item values.
US10972622B2	Print control device and program There is provided a non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer, which is incorporated in a print control device that controls a print job, to perform: a) determining whether or not a reference source part included in a print target document related to the print job and a reference destination part included in the print target document and corresponding to the reference source part are arranged on different pages in a printout obtained by printing out the print target document; b) estimating a binding position in the printout; and c) changing at least one of arrangement target areas of the reference source part and the reference destination part based on the binding position and the arrangement position of the reference source part or the reference destination part, when it is determined that the reference source part and the reference destination part are arranged on different pages.
US10972616B2	Image processing system A reference device includes an operation section, a function collecting section, a function selection screen generating section, and a remote connection section. The function collecting section receives a function list from another device connected to a network. The function selection screen generating section generates a function selection screen including a function of the reference device and a function present only in the other device by comparing the function list received from the other device to a function list of the reference device and displays the function selection screen on the operation section. When the function present only in the other device is selected in the function selection screen, the remote connection section remotely connects the other device in which the selected function is present to the operation section of the reference device.
US10972611B2	Systems and methods for communication routing Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure route electronic communications to an appropriate resource that can efficiently and effectively provide responses to inquires included in or that are associated with a particular electronic communication. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may be optimized for various different types of communication mediums with different sets of capabilities, requirements, or constraints by evaluating data that may be associated with historical information or with a stream of information.
US10972607B1	System and method for providing audible support to a service representative during a call A system and method for supporting a service representative during a call with a user is disclosed. The system and method include using an intelligent voice assistant to monitor the call between the user and representative. The intelligent voice assistant may provide suggested actions when detecting a request from the user or service representative. The intelligent voice assistant can provide transcripts, call logs and/or call summary information to the service representative or user. The intelligent voice assistant can monitor a user's environment and speech to determine a stress level and/or user sentiment.
US10972600B2	Displaying relevant user interface objects Techniques for displaying relevant user interface objects when a device is placed into viewing position are disclosed. The device can update its display in response to user input. Display updates can be based on a logical arrangement of user interface information along a z-axis.
US10972587B1	Systems and methods for altering the character of network traffic Systems and methods for altering the character of data originating from a Virtual Private Network (VPN) are provided. First data is received from the VPN by a first network interface. The first data comprises a first plurality of packets. A message is generated by combining the first plurality of packets. Second data is generated by segmenting the message into a second plurality of packets. A third plurality of packets in the second plurality of packets is equal to the network maximum transfer unit allowed by the Internet and the last packet in the second plurality of packets is less than the network maximum transfer unit allowed by the Internet. The second data is forwarded to the second network interface. The second network interface sends the data to a web server.
US10972578B2	Recommending media content to a user based on information associated with a referral source Systems and methods for recommending media content to a user based on information associated with a referral source that referred the user to a media item provided by a source of the media content are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes a presentation component that presents, via user a interface, a first media item associated with a media presentation source referred to a user through a referral source. The system further includes an analytics component that identifies a second media item based on media items associated with the media presentation source that are referred to other users through the referral source, and a recommendation component that recommends the second media item to the user through the user interface.
US10972573B1	Browser optimization through user history analysis The present invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods of using real user history data to improve prefetching for a web page transaction. In one potential embodiment a method includes a proxy server observing a first web page transaction that has a first root HTTP request, a first root HTTP response, at least one child HTTP request, and at least one child HTTP response. The server may then extract a parameter from the web page transaction and correlating the parameter with the child HTTP request. In a later web page transaction, the parameter may be used to predict the child HTTP being requested even when the web page transactions are different.
US10972570B2	Restful method and apparatus to import content by geo-aware content caching service Representational state transfer (REST) based geo-aware content transfer includes a REST server configured for receiving an application programming interface (API) request from a client device. The REST server obtains a upload universal resource locator (URL) targeting a caching server that is geographically closest to the client device, constructs an upload link containing the upload URL and a completion callback, and sends the upload link to the client device. The client device uses the upload URL to upload content to the caching server. The caching server interprets the completion callback to obtain a completion URL and, upon completion of content uploading, makes a REST API call using the completion URL. Responsive to the REST API call, the REST server executes an inbound operation to complete the uploading to a content management system and returns the content URL to the caching server which sends the content URL to the client device.
US10972568B2	High performance distributed system of record A high-performance distributed ledger and transaction computing network fabric over which large numbers of transactions (involving the transformation, conversion or transfer of information or value) are processed concurrently in a scalable, reliable, secure and efficient manner. In one embodiment, the computing network fabric or “core” is configured to support a distributed blockchain network that organizes data in a manner that allows communication, processing and storage of blocks of the chain to be performed concurrently, with little synchronization, at very high performance and low latency, even when the transactions themselves originate from distant sources. This data organization relies on segmenting a transaction space within autonomous but cooperating computing nodes that are configured as a processing mesh. Each computing node typically is functionally-equivalent to all other nodes in the core. The nodes operate on blocks independently from one another while still maintaining a consistent and logically-complete view of the blockchain as a whole.
US10972567B2	Multi-dimensional tagging namespace for cloud resource management Approaches presented herein enable generation of a multi-dimensional tag metric in a cloud resource management environment. More specifically, a tagging namespace is provided for managing a resource in the cloud resource management environment. This namespace comprises at least two dimensions and a plurality of positions. A set of tags associated with the resource are received into the tagging namespace. A match of each tag of the set of tags to a position within the namespace into which that tag was received is verified and an alert is triggered in the case verification fails. Alternatively, in the case verification is successful, the tag-containing namespace is validated as a multi-dimensional tag metric.
US10972565B2	Push notification delivery system with feedback analysis A push notification delivery system includes a server system including a processor, a network interface, and memory storing program instructions having code segments for receiving a received push notification, code segments for determining at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format based upon a database of received push information developed from a plurality of prior sent push notifications, and code segments for pushing the message to the destination in accordance with the at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format. A method for delivering push notifications includes receiving a received push notification including a message and a destination, sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification to the destination in accordance with at least one favorable condition, receiving received push information related to the sent push notification, and storing the received push information in a database.
US10972559B2	Systems and methods for providing recommendations and explanations Provided herein is a system or method for a users-to-follow recommendation engine for, based at least in part on social network information and information about users in one or more social networks, determining features relating to users, including topical features and social features, determining, using a model constructed utilizing the determined features, for a set or users, a subset of the set of users for which the user has a high linkage, relative to other linkages in the set, and determining, using the model, and displaying to the user, a recommendation to follow and an associated explanation, of at least one particular user of the subset of the users wherein the associated explanation includes a topical-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be topical and a social-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be social.
US10972556B1	Location-based functionality for voice-capturing devices Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for location-based functionality for voice-capturing devices are disclosed. An association is determined between a location value for a location parameter and one or more functionalities. The association is stored by a device management component of a service provider environment. An assignment of the location value to a device account is stored by the device management component. The device account corresponds to a voice-capturing device coupled to the service provider environment over one or more networks. Based at least in part on the assignment of the location value to the device account, the one or more functionalities are enabled for use by the voice-capturing device.
US10972542B2	Data storage method and apparatus A method and apparatus for data storage and retrieval is disclosed. In the method, a data storage device receives a data write request that is sent by a first tenant, and determines, from a plurality of resource zones (RZs) and based on the data write request and storage permission of the first tenant for each of the plurality of resource zones RZs. The data storage device further determines distribution of N duplicates in the at least one RZ based on the data write request and a first data distribution policy, and stores the N duplicates into at least one node corresponding to the at least one RZ based on distribution of the N duplicates in the at least one RZ and a second data distribution policy.
US10972541B1	Priority encoded data slice retention A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations and functions. The computing device detects a total number of errors that is associated with a set of memory devices of one or more sets of storage units (SUs) within a DSN that distributedly store a set of encoded data slices (EDSs). When the total number of errors compares unfavorably to a priority error threshold level, the computing device indicates that a minimum number of error-free EDSs are available of the set of EDSs. The computing device also selects a mechanism for data retention process from a plurality of mechanisms for data retention process and executes it.
US10972525B2	Targeted buffer priority management In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing the transmission of content items in a network. In particular, a device may be preconfigured with buffer priority assignments and performance metrics for various media types or data types. The device may detect a media type or data type for a packet corresponding to a content item, assign the packet to a buffer queue based on the media type or data type, and transmit the packet. The device may also determine whether performance metrics for the media type or data type are being met. If the device fails to meet performance metrics, the device may negotiate with other devices on the network to compensate for the failure to meet performance metrics and/or adjust buffer priorities as necessary.
US10972524B1	Chat based highlight algorithm Techniques are disclosed for identifying highlight segments of a media stream provided by a streaming platform. As disclosed, a highlight generation tool obtains a media stream and chat activity associated with the media stream. The highlight generation tool may identify segments in the media stream that exceed a baseline threshold of expected chat activity. The highlight generation tool creates one or more highlights from the identified segments.
US10972520B1	Monitor mixing system that distributes real-time multichannel audio over a wireless digital network In an embodiment, a wireless mix monitor system is provided in which the musicians have one or more wearable electronic devices that may receive digital audio over a wireless connection to a computer. The channels monitored by a given user may be mixed on the computer, on the devices, or on a combination of the computer and the devices. The musicians may be freed from a fixed mix monitor, allowing easy movement about the stage or performance space. Audio buffering and upsampling/downsampling may be used to manage temporal discontinuities in the audio stream.
US10972518B2	Technologies for audiovisual communication using interestingness algorithms Technologies for audiovisual communication include an audiovisual server and a number of audiovisual client devices, including a presenter device and a number of audience devices. Each audience device captures an audiovisual stream and transmits the audiovisual stream to the audiovisual server. Each audience device also captures sensor input data such as eye tracking data or facial expression data and transmits abstracted sensor input data to the audiovisual server. The abstracted sensor input data may be based on the captured audiovisual stream. The audiovisual server determines an interestingness rating associated with each audience device based on the sensor input data, and selects one or more audiovisual streams based on the interestingness ratings. The audiovisual server transmits the selected audiovisual streams to the presenter device. The audiovisual server may update the interestingness rating algorithm based on feedback from the presenter device or the audience devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10972509B2	Data processing and scanning systems for generating and populating a data inventory In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). The system may be configured to identify particular data assets and/or personal data in data repositories using any suitable intelligent identity scanning technique.
US10972505B2	Distributed behavioral monitoring There are provided measures for improvement of distributed behavioral monitoring. Such measures exemplarily include receiving activity data indicative of a behavior of an entity to be monitored from at least one sensor sensing activity of the entity, wherein the at least one sensor is provided to an endpoint associated with said entity, assessing an activity represented by said activity data as malicious, validating a result of said assessing based on a categorization assigned to said entity in relation to said at least one sensor, and deciding, based on a result of said validating, on a response to said assessing.
US10972499B2	Fraud prevention via distinctive URL display In some embodiments, techniques for displaying a URL comprise receiving a URL; normalizing the URL, wherein normalizing the URL includes standardizing an encoding of a character contained in the URL; determining a first element of the URL, wherein the first element of the URL includes a domain; determining a second element of the URL; displaying the URL, wherein displaying the URL includes emphasizing the first element of the URL, and wherein emphasizing the first element of the URL includes displaying the first element of the URL using a first font attribute; and wherein displaying the URL includes displaying a first portion of the second element of the URL using a second font attribute and eliding a second portion of the second element of the URL; and responsive to an interaction with a user interface element, providing a view of the URL in its entirety.
US10972487B2	Content delivery network protection from malware and data leakage A Content Delivery Network (CDN) includes one or more cache servers communicatively coupled to end users for providing content thereto; and one or more origin servers communicatively coupled to the one or more cache servers through a plurality of nodes, the one or more cache servers are configured to receive traffic related to the content from the one or more origin servers through the one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes, based on one or more of a push technique and a pull technique, and the plurality of nodes are configured to monitor the traffic between the one or more origin servers and the one or more cache servers in an inline manner, process the traffic for malware and data leakage based on policy, and block the traffic responsive to detection of one or more of the malware and the data leakage, prior to traffic entering the CDN.
US10972481B2	Web application session security Various examples are directed to systems and methods for secure communication sessions between a web application and a server. A session identifier routine executing at a computing device may receive a first request message comprising a session identifier field, the session identifier field comprising a client session identifier describing a communication session between the web application executing at the computing device and the server computing device. The session identifier routine may transform the client session identifier to a server session identifier using session identifier transformation data accessed from session vault persistence at the computing device. The session identifier routine may write the server session identifier to the session identifier field of the first request message and initiate sending the request message including the server session identifier to the server computing device.
US10972478B2	Data processing method and apparatus, terminal, and access point computer The present disclosure relates to a data processing method and apparatus, a terminal and an access point computer, which can achieve an effect that the terminal accesses multiple access points at the same time. The method includes: receiving an application access request; determining a target access point corresponding to the application access request according to a mapping relationship between the access point and an application server obtained from a blockchain network; sending a software defined perimeter SDP authentication request to the target access point; and after the SDP authentication succeeds, performing interaction of application data through a data channel established with the target access point, wherein the data channel has a period of validity of a preset time length.
US10972470B2	Network device isolation for access control and information security A system that includes a switch, a network authentication server (NAS), and a threat management server. The NAS sends a device identifier for an endpoint device to the threat management server in response to the device connecting to a port on the switch. The threat management server determines the endpoint device is present in a device log file. The threat management server determines the number of times the endpoint device has failed authentication exceeds a first threshold value within a first time period and the number of times the endpoint device has passed authentication is less than a second threshold value within a second time period. The threat management server determines the endpoint device does not have a lease for the port on the switch and sends a reroute command to the switch to transform the destination of traffic associated with the endpoint device to a safe zone.
US10972469B2	Protecting critical data and application execution from brute force attacks A method, an electronic device, a computer readable medium is disclosed. The method includes modifying a header of an object to include a list of applications or files. The method also includes responsive to an application attempting to access the object, interrupting access to the object. The method further includes determining whether the application that is attempting to access the object is approved based on identifying at least one application or file included in the list of the modified header that corresponds to the application. The method also includes preventing the application from accessing the object when it is determined that the application is not included in the list of the modified header.
US10972468B2	Adaptive device enrollment Examples described herein include systems and methods for dynamically determining enrollment requirements and enrolling a user device into a management system. The systems and methods can differ based on the type and version of operating system executing on the user device. With some operating systems, enrollment can be completed through a single application that performs other functionality, such providing single-sign-on access to enterprise resources. With other operating systems, enrollment can be completed by pausing the first application and requiring installation of an agent application to complete enrollment. The determination of how and when to enroll a user device can be done automatically and can be based on an organizational group to which the user belongs.
US10972467B2	Certificate based profile confirmation Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling access to resources in a network environment. Methods may include installing a profile on the device and installing a certificate included in or otherwise associated with the profile on the device. A request to execute an application, and/or access a resource using a particular application, is received and determination is made as to whether the certificate is installed on the device based on an identification of the certificate by the application. If the certificate is installed on the device, then execution of the application and/or access to the resource is allowed. If the certificate is not installed on the device, then the request for execution and/or access is refused.
US10972457B2	Linking a physical item to a virtual item Disclosed are systems and methods for mapping a virtual shopper to a physical shopper. The systems and methods may include receiving, at a backend system, unidentified customer data including information about an unidentified customer. Customer identity data including identifying information about the customer may be received from the customer. An authentication token may be generated that links the unidentified customer data to the customer identity data.
US10972451B2	Band steering of client devices to dual-band legacy access points A band steering method for a wireless network comprising access points, for example legacy access points, is disclosed. The network comprises a first and second radio bands, the wireless access point, and one or more client devices. The method comprises receiving an open authentication request at the wireless access point from the client device on one or more of its radio bands. If the open authentication request is received on the second radio band, the method comprises generating an open authentication response, whereas if the open authentication request is received only on the first radio band, the method comprises generating a delayed open authentication response.
US10972449B1	Communication with components of secure environment Disclosed herein are techniques for enabling device communication in a secure environment. In one example, a system comprises a storage in a server, a first component in the server, the first component being isolated in a secure environment in the server, and an entry point device authorized to access the first component via the secure environment. The entry point device may receive a request to access the first component. The entry point device may store a notification in a region of the storage accessible by the first component, wherein the notification is to be read by the first component from the storage to set the first component to an operation mode. The entry point device may store operation data in the storage, wherein the operation data is to be acquired by the first component from the storage to control an operation of the first component in the operation mode.
US10972443B2	System and method for encrypted document co-editing A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for encrypted document co-editing. In an implementation, a method may include receiving, at a first computing device, a first encrypted change set for a co-editable data object from a client, the first encrypted change set being encrypted by a first key. The method may include requesting a second key for re-encrypting the first encrypted change set. The method may include re-encrypting the first encrypted change set to generate a second encrypted change set using the second key.
US10972418B2	Systems and methods for dynamically associating thread labels with messages in a mobile environment Systems and methods are provided for associating thread labels with select messages in a mobile messaging conversation environment, either before or after the messages have been sent, and providing intelligent dynamic presentations of such select messages based on the thread label(s) associated therewith.
US10972415B2	Temporary suspension of electronic communications Disclosed are various embodiments for a transmission service to suspend temporarily transmission of electronic communications to a recipient. In one embodiment, the transmission service receives a request to suspend receiving electronic communications temporarily for a suspension period. In response, the transmission service suspends transmitting electronic communications to the recipient during the duration of the suspension period. Then, the transmission service resumes transmitting electronic communications to the recipient upon the expiration of the suspension period.
US10972410B2	Managing context information between chatbot and user device A chatbot server that manages context information between a chatbot and a user device includes a receiving unit that receives, from a messenger server, a question message input for a service selected from multiple services by the user device and service account information corresponding to the selected service; a derivation unit that derives an answer to the question message by using the chatbot corresponding to the service account information; and a context information management unit that manages context information of a chat between the user device and the chatbot based on the question message and/or the answer.
US10972406B2	Indicating whether a user device can access a computing resource based on whether a current time falls within one or more time slots associated with the computing resource Disclosed are methods, systems and computer-readable media involving data that associates a computing resource with at least one time slot. Based at least in part on the data and a current time being within the at least one time slot, a device may be caused to display an indication that the computing resource can be accessed using the device. Based at least in part on the data and a current time being outside the at least one time slot, the device may be caused to cease displaying the indication.
US10972404B2	Generate deploy and provision a customized cloud device application using a software service and device store A system and method to generate and deploy a customized cloud device application has been described. A platform broker analyzes a deployment information of a software service included in the customized cloud device application. Based on the analysis, the platform broker determines whether the software service is to be deployed at a cloud resource or devices. Based on the determination and a composition pattern, the platform broker sends a software service deployment request to a cloud broker and a device broker. Based on the software service deployment request, an instance of the software service is generated and the generated instance of the software service is deployed to one of the cloud resource or one or more devices. Finally, the generated instance of the customized cloud device application bound to the deployed instance of the software service is deployed to one of the one or more cloud resources and the device.
US10972398B2	Method and apparatus for processing low-latency service flow A method and an apparatus for processing a low-latency service flow, where the method includes that a first forwarding device obtains a low latency identifier corresponding to a first service flow, and obtains a second data packet based on the first data packet and the low latency identifier after determining that a received first data packet belongs to the first service flow, where the second data packet includes the first data packet and the low latency identifier, the low latency identifier instructing a forwarding device that receives the first service flow to forward the first service flow in a low-latency forwarding mode, and the low-latency forwarding mode is a mode in which fast forwarding of the first service flow is implemented under dynamic control, and the first forwarding device sends the second data packet to a second forwarding device in the low-latency forwarding mode.
US10972396B2	Mapping network frame flows to classes of service to minimize network frame flow disruption A network edge routing device determines a mapping between network frame flows and classes of service that minimizes network frame flow disruption during class-based network frame flow control initiated outside a network of the network edge routing device. The network edge routing device transmits the mapping to a network interior device within the network that generates the network frame flows. The network edge routing device receives the network frame flows from the network interior device from inside the network, and routes the network frame flows to outside the network.
US10972395B2	Method and device for granting and acquiring qualification A method for granting a qualification includes receiving a qualification sharing request sent by a granting account for granting a granted account a prioritized application qualification for a target service, detecting whether the granting account has previously used the target service, and, if the granting account has previously used the target service, granting the granted account the prioritized application qualification.
US10972390B2	TCP segmentation offload in a server on a chip A system and method are provided for performing transmission control protocol segmentation on a server on a chip using coprocessors on the server chip. A system processor manages the TCP/IP stack and prepares a large (64 KB) single chunk of data to be sent out via a network interface on the server on a chip. The system software processes this and calls the interface device driver to send the packet out. The device driver, instead of sending the packet out directly on the interface, calls a coprocessor interface and delivers some metadata about the chunk of data to the interface. The coprocessor segments the chunk of data into a maximum transmission unit size associated with the network interface and increments a sequential number field in the header information of each packet before sending the segments to the network interface.
US10972382B2	Dynamic shared protection using redundant network paths A node in a mesh network includes insertion circuitry to selectively delay first packets prior to insertion in a mesh network by a first time interval corresponding to a maximum failure detection time interval for the mesh network based on whether a failure has been detected in the mesh network. The node includes reception circuitry configured to selectively delay second packets received from the mesh network by a second time interval depending on whether the failure has been detected. The second time interval equals a maximum latency for the mesh network minus a sum of the maximum failure detection time interval and a propagation time along a working path. If a failure is detected, the second packets are delayed by a third time interval determined based on the maximum latency, the maximum failure detection time interval, and a propagation time along a backup path for the working path.
US10972377B2	Coordinated offloaded recording of in-situ operations, administration, and maintenance (IOAM) data to packets traversing network nodes In one embodiment, network nodes coordinate recording of In-Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM) data in packets traversing the network nodes, including a node adding IOAM data of another node to packets on behalf of the another node. After receiving a particular packet, a network node adds first IOAM data and second IOAM data to the particular packet, with the first IOAM data related to the first network node and the second IOAM data related to a second network node. The packet is then sent from the first network node. The coordinated offloading of the adding of IOAM data to packets allows a node to free up resources currently used for IOAM operations to be used for other packet processing operations, while still having IOAM data related to the node recorded in packets. The coordinated offloading may include control plane communication (e.g., via a routing or other protocol).
US10972374B1	Managed time service for compute resources Techniques for providing a managed time service are described. A control plane of the managed time service can receive data indicating one or more network time protocol (NTP) hosts are active. The control plane can update a zonal domain name system (DNS) to include the one or more NTP hosts. The at least one compute resource accesses the one or more NTP hosts using the zonal DNS, and the one or more NTP hosts provide time data to the at least one compute resource. The control plane can receive performance data from the one or more NTP hosts and automatically scale the one or more NTP hosts based on the performance data.
US10972368B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing reduced signaling internet of things (IoT) device monitoring A method for providing reduced signaling Internet of things (IoT) device monitoring includes steps performed in a combined and service capability exposure function (SCEF) and Diameter signaling router (DSR) including at least one processor. The method includes receiving Diameter signaling containing IoT device information. The method further includes using the IoT device information to automatically provision an IoT device information database. The method further includes receiving a monitoring subscription request. The method further includes extracting the IoT device information from the IoT device information database. The method further includes using the IoT device information to respond to the monitoring subscription request.
US10972364B2	Using tiered storage and ISTIO to satisfy SLA in model serving and updates Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for storing machine learned models in a tiered storage. The model serving network evaluates where the models should be stored based on the model corresponding service level agreement. The model is generally stored at the lowest tiered storage device that is still capable of satisfying the model's service level agreement. In this way, the model serving network aims to store data that achieves the cheapest cost.
US10972363B2	Systems and methods for real-time service assurance A system and methods for providing service assurance using real-time monitoring, management and maintenance capabilities to provide customers and vendors with information related to the state of the service. The service assurance domain implements end-to-end functionality with a level of granularity sufficient to diagnose issues to the device and call/session level.
US10972358B2	Inferring congestion and signal quality Described embodiments provide systems and methods for inferring a network type and network conditions. The system includes a packet capturing engine configured to capture a plurality of network packets from a plurality of TCP network connections. The system includes a packet analyzer configured to analyze the plurality of network packets to generate a plurality of metrics. The system includes a network classifier configured to infer network types of the plurality of TCP connections based on the plurality of metrics and at least one classification model. The system also includes a conditions ranking engine configured to estimate a level of network congestion for each TCP connection based on the plurality of metrics and the network types.
US10972346B2	Customizable event processing for third party infrastructure events A processing device receives a request to include a custom action in a processing definition. The custom action is to be performed in response to an occurrence of an infrastructure event in a third party infrastructure platform. The processing device selects the processing definition that specifies a default action to be performed in response to the occurrence of the infrastructure event. The default action being defined by an infrastructure management platform managing the third party infrastructure platform. The processing device receives, from the third party infrastructure platform, user input defining the custom action relative to the default action in the processing definition and changes the processing definition to include the custom action relative to the default action.
US10972344B2	Automated adjustment of subscriber policies Provided are methods and systems for adjusting subscriber policies. A method for adjusting of subscriber policies may include applying traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with a subscriber. The method can further include determining network conditions associated with the data traffic. The method can include modifying, based on the determination of the network conditions, attributes according to attribute adjustment rules to obtain modified attributes. The method can further include modifying the traffic enforcement rules based on the modified attributes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules.
US10972338B2	Pre-populating media access control (MAC) address tables in networks where flooding of MAC addresses is blocked Systems and methods include, in a node having a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) addresses with a source MAC address for an application and with the node connected to Network Termination Equipment (NTE) having flooding disabled, configuring the node to periodically send a packet to the NTE with the source MAC address for the application to pre-populate a forwarding database in the NTE; and transmitting the packet to the NTE periodically such that the NTE receives the packet and installs the source MAC address in its forwarding database for reachability thereto despite the disabled flooding. The plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) addresses can include a chassis MAC address and the source MAC address for the application. The packet can be a no-operation packet which requires no processing by the NTE except installation of the source MAC address for the application.
US10972336B2	Technique for resolving a link failure A technique for resolving a link failure occurring on a link between a first virtualized network function, VNF, and a second VNF provided in a cloud computing environment is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by the first VNF and comprises receiving a link failure notification comprising link recovery status information indicating a current recovery status of the link, and triggering an action depending on the link recovery status information to resolve the link failure.
US10972334B2	Automated electronic computing and communication system event analysis and management Systems, apparatuses, and methods for automatic automated electronic computing and communication system event analysis and management are disclosed. Automatic automated electronic computing and communication system event analysis and management may include identifying an event, generating a computer readable representation of the electronic computing and communication system using automated topology enumeration, identifying an element of the electronic computing and communication system based on the representation, identifying a metric for the element, automatically investigating to determine a value for the metric, generating a remediation priority for the element based on a metric weight associated with the metric and a network layer value associated with a network layer associated with a network layer role associated with the element, and generating a graphical representation of the electronic computing and communication system indicating the remediation priority.
US10972324B2	Dual receiver for millimeter wave communications Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication. Particularly, aspects relate to techniques for wireless communications by an apparatus including a receive processing chain configured to process frames of a first type obtained via an omnidirectional antenna and frames of a second type obtained via an antenna array, a detector configured to detect a preamble portion of a frame of the first type, and a processing system configured to switch an input path of the receive processing chain from the antenna array to the omnidirectional antenna after the detection. Other aspects relate to wireless communications by an apparatus including a processing system that generates a frame of a first type having an indication that the apparatus can switch between outputting omnidirectional frames and outputting beamforming frames for transmission independent of channel reservation signaling, and a first interface configured to output the frame of the first type for transmission.
US10972322B2	Spiral polynomial division multiplexing Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable medium for transmitting data using polynomial-based signals. Data may be represented as a message polynomial and convolved with a reference polynomial to generate a transmission polynomial. The transmission polynomial may be converted in a set of sinusoidals with continuously-varying amplitude in a plurality of frequencies prior to transmission of a signal to a receiver. Following transmission, the signal is received and the amplitude values are mapped into bit sequences to recover the data.
US10972308B2	Communication device and automobile including the same A communication device includes a master station, a ring-type transmission line whose start point and end point are connected to the master station, and a plurality of slave stations connected to the ring-type transmission line in parallel. The master station transmits a signal and feeds electric power from both of the start point and the end point of the ring-type transmission line. Each of the slave stations includes an impedance variable element connected to the ring-type transmission line in parallel, and values are set to the impedance variable elements in accordance with the connection positions of the slave stations.
US10972307B2	Communication system A communication system capable of shortening a setting time of an ID and reducing an incorrect setting is provided. A writing device sequentially transmits an ID of a plurality of slave devices after transmitting of the ID of a master device. The master device includes a plurality of semiconductor relays provided for each of the plurality of master slave devices for supplying power to the corresponding slave devices. The master device receives the ID of the master device from the writing device, and sets it as its own ID. The master device, every time the ID of the plurality of slave devices is received from the writing device after setting the ID of its own, turns on the semiconductor relays in order. The plurality of slave devices sets the ID received after power supply as its own ID.
US10972304B2	Home-automation system and method for constituting the topology of a home-automation system The invention relates to a home-automation system and a method for constituting the topology of a home-automation system comprising a plurality of central control units, the method being executed by a user terminal (T) connected to the at least one home-automation system and comprising the following steps: receiving (ECTT3, ECTT4) from at least one central control unit (U1, U2) among the plurality of central control units (U1, U2) at least one message (MDL1, MDL2) comprising a list (DL1, DL2) comprising at least one home-automation device with which said central control unit is capable of communicating; selecting (ECTT6) at least one combination of at least one device in connection with one central control unit among the plurality of control units (U1, U2) for which the communicated device list (DL) comprises the selected device, with a view to connecting at least one device to said central control unit; and sending (ECTT7) a connection message (MR) to the at least one central control unit (U) selected in step ii so as to trigger a connection of the at least one device (D) to said central control unit (U).
US10972303B2	Method and program for controlling portable information terminal Address information of a mail to be transmitted by a mail communication function is extracted from the mail to be transmitted; a transmission time of the mail to be transmitted is extracted from a portable information terminal; and judgment is made as to whether the address information matches predetermined address information and whether the transmission time belongs to a predetermined time zone. When the address information matches the predetermined address information, and the address information belongs to the predetermined time zone, an activation time at which a household appliance is to be activated is determined on the basis of the transmission time, and a control command for activating the household appliance at the activation time is transmitted to a network.
US10972302B2	Scalable computing systems for generating notifications, and methods of operating thereof A scalable computing system for generating notifications for each account of a plurality of accounts, and method of operating thereof, are provided. The system involves: a database for storing: an action definition defining operations executable to determine at least one parameter of one or more actions, and a processor operable to: instantiate an independent management process for the action definition, wherein each management process is configured to: monitor a state of each operation defined in the action definition; identify a worker process associated with the management process to perform each operation based on the state of the operation; and assign the identified worker process to perform the respective operation; and upon detecting a predefined condition in each independent management process, transmit, via a network to a remote node, the one or more notifications for the respective independent management process.
US10972292B2	I/O circuit design for SRAM-based PUF generators Disclosed is an input/output circuit for a physical unclonable function generator circuit. In one embodiment, a physical unclonable function (PUF) generator includes: a PUF cell array comprising a plurality of bit cells configured in a plurality of columns and at least one row, and at least one input/output (I/O) circuit each coupled to at least two neighboring columns of the PUF cell array, wherein the at least one I/O circuit each comprises a sense amplifier (SA) with no cross-coupled pair of transistors, wherein the SA comprises two cross-coupled inverters with no access transistor and a SA enable transistor, and wherein the at least one I/O circuit each is configured to access and determine logical states of at least two bit cells in the at least two neighboring columns; and based on the determined logical states of the plurality of bit cells, to generate a PUF signature.
US10972291B2	Securing communications A method for securing the communications between a publisher and a subscriber in an Internet of things networks. An example method includes receiving a challenge vector from a subscriber and determining a response vector using a physically unclonable function (PUF) for each challenge value in the challenge vector to generate a response value. The response vector it is sent to the subscriber.
US10972280B2	Blockchain for distributed authentication of hardware operating profile Profile_ID files, containing proprietary hardware operating details of an originating user who originates a process recipe, are encrypted before dissemination of the process recipe to an end user. Blockchain technology is used to enable the end user to validate the encrypted process recipe and control uniform validated process across multiple chambers and locations.
US10972277B2	Confidential verification of FPGA code The present disclosure provides confidential verification for FPGA code. Confidential verification for FPGA code can include receiving the policy from a cloud service provider (CSP) computing device, wherein the policy comprises a plurality of policy requirements used to determine whether to configure the FPGA using the code, receiving the code and the code encryption key from the user computing device, determining whether the code fulfills the plurality of policy requirements, and when the code fulfills the plurality of policy requirements encrypting and integrity protect the code using the code encryption key and providing the encrypted and integrity protected code to an accelerator loader to configure the FPGA using the code.
US10972276B2	Virtual machine structure Aspects define a union mixed secure virtual machine image to include an encrypted code virtualization machine for code machine instructions of a first retrieved package; and an unsecure virtualization hypervisor that includes a non-encrypted code virtualization machine for code machine instructions of a second retrieved package and a non-encrypted data storage device.
US10972274B2	Trusted identity solution using blockchain An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by an identity server, to a blockchain configured to store an identity trait of a user, retrieving, by an identity server, the identity trait from the a blockchain, establishing, by the identity server, a trust group homomorphism digital signature algorithm (DSA) for the user associated with the identity trait based on a public key PK1, creating, by the identity server, a zero-knowledge proof function with a public key PK2 based on a DSA member of the trust group homomorphism for witness data, providing, by the identity server, the witness data to a challenger for the zero-knowledge proof function, and receiving, by the identity server, a validation of the user as a proved user based on execution of the zero-knowledge proof function based on the witness data.
US10972268B2	Cryptographic diversity A Cryptographic Unit (CU) of a microcontroller, the CU including a first accelerator configured to generate first encrypted output data based on input data; and a second accelerator which is configured to be diversely implemented with respect to the first accelerator, and is configured to generate second encrypted output data based on the input data; and a comparator configured to compare a first comparator data obtained from the generation of the first encrypted output data with a second comparator data obtained from the generation of the second encrypted output data, and if the comparison indicates that the first and second comparator data differ, output an event signal pertaining to an event in a safety domain or a security domain.
US10972267B2	Deterministic verification of digital identity documents A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
US10972263B2	Single node multi-party encryption A computer node comprising multiple software modules may receive a cryptographic key from a hardware security module. The computer node may use the cryptographic key to produce two key portions, which are distributed to two software modules. These software modules and an optional additional software module may use the key portions in order to encrypt an initial message. The key portions and their locations in memory are periodically updated in order to provide improved cryptographic security.
US10972262B2	Persona and device based certificate management A user device implements a certificate authority for issuing digital certificates that extend to other computing devices a level of trust to a particular user paired with the user device. The user device may obtain user persona information, generate a user key, and combine the user key with a device key for the generation of a digital certificate. The computing device may further transmit the digital certificate to a certificate management system, which manages interactions between other computing devices and the user device or authorizes operation of other computing devices by the particular user based on the digital certificate.
US10972260B2	Pre-calculation device, method, computer-readable recording medium, vector multiplication device, and method Provided is a pre-calculation device capable of keeping a secret against malicious behaviors of participants while keeping a processing load small. A Beaver triple generation processor generates a secret-shared Beaver triple formed of two secret-shared random numbers and a secret-shared value of a product of the two random numbers. A Beaver triple random inspection processor randomly selects a secret-shared Beaver triple, restores the Beaver triple through communication to and from other pre-calculation devices, and confirms that a product of first two elements is equal to a third element. The Beaver triple position stirring processor randomly replaces Beaver triples that have not been restored, to generate replaced secret-shared Beaver triples.
US10972259B2	Lightweight and escrow-less authenticated key agreement for the internet of things A method for computing a shared key (K) for encrypting data between a first device and a second device. The method includes communicating a first private ephemeral key (XA), and a first parameter set (YA) to a second device. The first parameter set (YA) includes identity data (IDA) that identifies the first device, a random point (VA) on an elliptic curve, and a first public key (UA). The first device receives a second private ephemeral key (XB) and a second parameter set (YB). The second parameter set (YB) includes identity data (IDB) that identifies the second device, a random point (VB) on the elliptic curve, and a second public key (UB). Verifying operations are performed to verify the second public key (UB) and the second private ephemeral key (XB) as valid. A shared key (K) is then computed based at least on the first parameter set (YA), the second parameter set (YB), the first private ephemeral key (XA), and the second private ephemeral key (XB).
US10972258B2	Contextual key management for data encryption Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement contextual key management for data encryption are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein to perform contextual encryption key management, which are also referred to herein as contextual key managers, include an example context discoverer to discover context information associated with a request to access first encrypted data. Such disclosed example apparatus also include an example contextual key mapper to identify a combination of context rules associated with a key that is to provide access to the first encrypted data, validate the context information associated with the request based on the combination of context rules associated with the key to determine whether the request to access the first encrypted data is valid, and obtain the key from a key management service when the request to access the first encrypted data is valid.
US10972246B2	Sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission protocol for an uplink pilot time slot Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and method for wireless communication. For example, the method generally includes receiving signaling indicating a first subframe configuration, the first subframe configuration corresponding to a subframe with a first number of symbols in an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS), receiving signaling indicating a second configuration, the second configuration indicating a second number of symbols in the UpPTS, generating a frame comprising the UpPTS having the first number of symbols corresponding to the first subframe configuration, the UpPTS including one or more SRSs corresponding to the second configuration, and transmitting the frame comprising the UpPTS.
US10972244B2	Method and apparatus for low-overhead and low latency multi-beam operation Systems, devices, and methods for low-overhead and low latency multi-beam operation in an advanced wireless communication system. A method of a user equipment (UE) for a multi-beam operation in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration; receiving, from the BS, a triggering message instructing the UE to transmit an SRS; receiving, from the BS, a configuration for a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state that includes an identification (ID) indicating the SRS resource configuration; identifying a set of resources to transmit the SRS; and transmitting, to the BS over an uplink channel, the SRS based on the SRS resource configuration with a spatial domain transmission filter. The UE receives a downlink transmission from the BS with a spatial domain receive filter that is determined according to the ID included in the TCI state that is indicated for the downlink transmission.
US10972231B2	Wireless communication terminal, base station device, resource allocation method A radio communication terminal that increases the ACK/NACK resource utilization efficiency while preventing ACK/NACK collision, and that causes no unnecessary reduction of the PUSCH band in a system that transmits E-PDCCH control information. The radio communication terminal adopts a configuration including a receiving section that receives a control signal including an ACK/NACK index via an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) transmitted using one configuration from among one or a plurality of configuration candidates, a control section that selects a resource to be used for an ACK/NACK signal of downlink data from among specified resources specified beforehand based on E-PDCCH configuration information used for transmission or reception of the E-PDCCH and the ACK/NACK index, and a transmitting section that transmits the ACK/NACK signal using the selected specified resource.
US10972224B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method thereof To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of efficiently performing retransmission control for small size data in grant-free multiple access where the base station apparatus accommodates a large number of terminal apparatuses. The base station apparatus for communicating with multiple terminal apparatuses, the base station apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an identification signal identifying a terminal apparatus having transmitted uplink data and the uplink data, and a transmitter configured to transmit a delivery confirmation signal for the uplink data, wherein the delivery confirmation signal includes a bundled delivery confirmation signal for the uplink data received on an identical time resource and an identical frequency resource, and a delivery confirmation signal for each terminal apparatus, the bundled delivery confirmation signal is associated with a parameter shared by the terminal apparatuses having transmitted the uplink data received on the identical time resource and the identical frequency resource, and the delivery confirmation signal for each terminal apparatus is associated with a parameter specific to the terminal apparatus.
US10972221B2	Uplink feedback method, user equipment, and base station The present application provides a system and apparatus, a base station transmits downlink data, and a user equipment detects the downlink data in at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames, joint encodes feedback signals responding to the downlink data in the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames to obtain joint uplink feedback information, and transmits, in an uplink sub-frame used for transmitting feedback information for one of the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames, the joint uplink feedback information for the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames to the base station, where length of the uplink sub-frame used for transmitting the feedback information is N multiplied by length of one downlink sub-frame in the at least two consecutive downlink sub-frames, wherein N is an integer greater than 2, so as to resolve issue how uplink feedback is performed when downlink bandwidth is different from uplink bandwidth.
US10972219B2	LDPC interleaver design for improved error floor performance Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for low density parity check (LDPC) interleaving with improved error floor performance. A method for wireless communications that may be provided by a transmitting device is provided. The method generally includes encoding one or more information bits using a LDPC code to produce a coded bit sequence comprising systematic bits and parity bits. The transmitting device stores the coded bit sequence in a circular buffer. The transmitting device performs rate matching on the coded bit sequence. The rate matching includes interleaving the parity bits with a partial interleaver and interleaving the systematic bits and interleaved parity bits with a systematic bit priority mapping (SBPM) interleaver. The transmitting device maps the SBPM interleaved bit sequence to constellation points according to a modulation scheme and transmits the modulated bit sequence.
US10972206B1	Systems and methods for generating playlist for a vehicle Methods and systems are employed for selectively controlling the presentation of broadcast content item in which a unique set of broadcast content items are presented based on the selection of a content type and a selection of a geography for each content type to control the manner in which broadcast content types are recorded and/or presented for the vehicle. In some embodiments, methods and systems are employed for providing relevant information to a vehicle based on receiving multiple broadcast streams, and separating the broadcast content items into segments based on a variety of content types along a predicted path of the vehicle.
US10972201B2	Method and apparatus for providing enhanced reference signal received power estimation A method and an apparatus for providing reference signal received power (RSRP) are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, a signal is received in a modem. Signal elements at reference signal (RS) locations are extracted from the received signal. The signal elements are descrambled to remove a RS sequence. A linear average of the descrambled signal elements is performed to form virtual reference signal (VRS) elements. The RSRP is estimated from the VRS elements.
US10972193B2	Method and apparatus for antenna array calibration with interference reduction A method and apparatus for calibrating an antenna array are described. Input signals and feedback signals are received, where the feedback signal is a combination of the input signals as captured after having traversed transmit paths and prior to being transmitted at a plurality of sub-arrays. A first interference reduced feedback signals is determined. A current estimation of the impairment function is determined. A second interference reduced feedback signals based on the current estimation of the impairment function, the input signals and the feedback signal. Responsive to determining that the power of the second interference reduced feedback signal satisfies a selection criteria, the current estimation of the impairment function is caused to be used for each one of the plurality of transmit paths for calibration of the antenna array and removing distortion.
US10972192B2	Handler change kit for a test system An example system includes a receptacle to house a device under test (DUT); an antenna for exchanging signals with the DUT, where at least some of the signals are for use in performing radiated testing of the DUT; and a cap configured to mate to the receptacle to form a housing to enclose the DUT. The housing is for isolating the DUT at least one of physically or electromagnetically.
US10972189B2	Long-haul high rate quantum key distribution Multiple bit values can be encoded on a single photon in a quantum key distribution (QKD) system using a plurality of sidebands of an optical carrier frequency. Computational and conjugate bases can be defined, and photons decoded based on a selected state from either basis. If n sidebands are available, as many as log2n bits can be encoded on a single photon. Errors in detected bit values due to selection of an incorrect basis state or other errors can be at least partially corrected by bit distillation to identity bit strings for which a transmitter and a receiver record the same values, without insecure transmission of these values.
US10972180B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a disturbance in a medium An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, the beat signal may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.
US10972171B2	Data transmission method and apparatus A data transmission method and apparatus are provided. A terminal device obtains an antenna port allocation result indicating a first antenna port set and a second antenna port set. An antenna port in the first antenna port set is quasi co-located (QCL) with another antenna port in the first antenna port set, an antenna port in the second antenna port is QCL with another antenna port in the second antenna port set, and an antenna port in the first antenna port set is not QCL with an antenna port in the second antenna port set. The terminal device receives first data transmitted on an antenna port in the first antenna port set, and receives second data transmitted on an antenna port in the second antenna port set.
US10972163B2	Transmission method, transmission device, reception method and reception device A transmission method includes generating a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal by performing a precoding process on a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal, outputting a third signal by inserting a pilot signal into the first precoded signal, outputting a fourth signal by applying a first phase change to the second precoded signal, outputting a fifth signal by inserting a pilot signal into the fourth signal, and outputting a sixth signal by applying a second phase change to the fifth signal.
US10972161B2	Method and apparatus for explicit CSI reporting in advanced wireless communication systems A method for a channel state information (CSI) feedback comprises receiving CSI feedback configuration information for the CSI feedback including a spatial channel information indicator based on a linear combination (LC) codebook, wherein the spatial channel information comprises at least one of a downlink channel matrix, a covariance matrix of the downlink channel matrix, or at least one eigenvector of the covariance matrix of the downlink channel matrix; deriving the spatial channel information indicator using the LC codebook that indicates a weighted linear combination of a plurality of basis vectors or a plurality of basis matrices as a representation of at least one of a downlink channel matrix, a covariance matrix of the downlink channel matrix, or at least one eigenvector of the covariance matrix of the downlink channel matrix; and transmitting over an uplink channel, the CSI feedback including the spatial channel information indicator.
US10972158B2	Distributed FD-MIMO: cellular evolution for 5G and beyond A method for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), information via a dynamic signaling comprising at least one of a medium access control channel element (MAC CE) or downlink control information (DCI) that includes information for a set of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); identifying CSI-RS resources each of which comprises a set of antenna ports based on the information; and measuring CSI using an aggregation of the CSI-RS resources, wherein an energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio between a CSI-RS and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is configured in the information to each of the CSI-RS resources comprising the aggregated CSI-RS resources.
US10972150B2	Low-cost software-defined RFID interrogator with active transmit leakage cancellation An RFID interrogator transceiver with various improvements is proposed. A digital interface element implemented in a field-programmable gate array permits the use of a low-cost, low pin count microcontroller unit to control various integrated circuits within the transceiver both with the complexity afforded by the microcontroller unit and with the speed afforded by the field-programmable gate array. A transmit waveform generation architecture which can store opcodes in a segmented random access memory permits both leisurely loading of information over a digital interface from a low-cost microcontroller unit and fast playback over a wireless interface during low-latency RFID exchanges. Finally, a dual digital second-order resonator infinite-impulse-response filter permits a more hardware efficient channel bandpass filter solution than a finite-impulse-response filter and can be easily adjusted to accommodate RFID backscatter link frequencies and frequency tolerances.
US10972148B2	Signal boosters with compensation for cable loss Apparatus and methods for signal booster systems with compensation for cable loss are provided herein. In certain configurations, a signal booster system includes two or more antennas for wirelessly communicating RF signals and a signal booster including booster circuitry for providing amplification to at least a portion of the RF signals. At least one of the antennas is connected to the signal booster via a cable. Additionally, the signal booster includes a cable loss compensation circuit that adjusts a gain of the booster circuitry to compensate for a loss of the cable.
US10972147B2	Method for selecting frequency channels A method selects frequency channels in a communication system using a frequency hopping method, in which data are transmitted between a transmitter and a receiver. The data are transmitted as data packets having a plurality of bits in a frequency/time block. A respective data packet is coded before transmission by the transmitter and is decoded after reception by the receiver. The transmission quality of the frequency channels is evaluated and, a decision is made for a selection of the frequency channel which is used for the transmission of the data. A likelihood ratio for the likelihood of a successful transmission is determined before the decoding by the receiver, the likelihood ratio is used as a metric for determining the interference state of the respective data packet, and the transmission quality of the respective frequency channel is evaluated on the basis of the interference state of the data packet.
US10972134B2	Low-density parity-check (LPDC) coded modulation (LCM) with alignment of LDPC codewords and discrete multi-tone (DMT) symbol boundaries A system for a digital subscriber line (DSL) network with a DSL interface can operate with processing circuitry that can generate symbols in multicarrier communications with codewords for modulation of a parity check. The codewords can be aligned with symbol boundaries of the symbols in a continuous transmission of the multi-carrier communications. The processing circuitry reduces a number of parity bits by puncturing and a number of data bits for shortening of the codewords so that a codeword boundary is aligned with a symbol boundary for one or more symbols, or a transmission frame of symbols.
US10972131B2	Low density parity check encoder having length of 16200 and code rate of 2/15, and low density parity check encoding method using the same A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 2/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
US10972125B2	Storage access interface to an encoded storage system A combination of a block-oriented encoder and decoder with a modified dataset identifier that is associated with an encoded block size are used to perform block-based encoding and decoding operations. The encoding process may generate optional metadata that includes an array of encoded block sizes to support random access into the stream or group of encoded blocks during the decoding process. The modified dataset identifier associates the original dataset identifier with the block size used by the encoder.
US10972123B1	Signal processing structure A signal processing structure and method are presented. A first digital filter operates on received sigma-delta modulated (SDM) input signals. A second pre-processing digital filter receives a SDM input signal, directly low pass filter the SDM input signal and provides an output SDM signal. The output sigma-delta modulated signal is provided as an input for said first digital filter. In standard digital systems operating with digital microphones, filtering of the microphones' output signal requires to first convert the signal into pulse code modulation (PCM), then filter and finally convert back to pulse density modulation (PDM). This approach increases the latency of the system because decimation and interpolation must be performed in order to pass from PDM to PCM. By using filters that operate directly on the oversampled PDM output of the digital microphones it is possible to reduce the latency of the system and minimize the hardware area.
US10972117B2	Differential clamp circuits with current recirculation Differential clamp circuits configured to recirculate the current in one clamp, either low-side clamp or high-side clamp, from one output of a differential signal to the other output of the differential signal are disclosed. Differential clamp circuits described herein may be particularly suitable for providing programmable clamps at differential outputs of an ADC driver and may be particularly beneficial to implement clamps that are symmetrical around an ADC's input common-mode voltage. Some differential clamp circuit described herein may advantageously present a smaller capacitive load at each output, thus reducing bandwidth degradation of the output stage. Furthermore, differential clamp circuits described herein may operate with only one control voltage, making it easier to limit the output excursions symmetrically around the default common-mode voltage.
US10972115B1	Methods and apparatus for calibrating a regulated charge sharing analog-to-digital converter (ADC) A method of operation in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes performing a calibration operation. The calibration operation includes sampling an input analog reference voltage. A sequence of charge sharing transfers is then performed with a charge sharing regulator to transfer an actual amount of charge between a charge source and a charge load based on the input analog reference voltage. The transferred actual amount of charge is compared to a reference charge value corresponding to the reference voltage. A control input to the charge sharing regulator is adjusted to correspondingly adjust charge sharing of a subsequent amount of charge based on the comparing.
US10972109B2	Sub sampling phase locked loop (SSPLL) with wide frequency acquisition A sub-sampler phase locked loop (SSPLL) system having a frequency locking loop (FLL) and a phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed. The FLL is configured to detect frequency variations between a phase locked loop (PLL) output signal and a reference frequency and automatically generate a pulsed correction signal upon the detected frequency variations and apply the pulsed correction signal to a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) control voltage. The PLL is configured to generate the PLL output signal based on the VCO control voltage.
US10972107B2	Serial data receiver with sampling clock skew compensation An apparatus includes a receiver buffer, a phase compensation circuit, a data sampler circuit, and an error sampler circuit. The receiver buffer may generate an equalized signal on a signal node using an input signal received via a channel. The phase compensation circuit may, in response to an initiation of a training mode, replace the equalized signal on the signal node with a reference signal. The data sampler circuit may sample, using a data clock signal, the reference signal to generate a plurality of data samples. The error sampler circuit may sample, using an error clock signal, the reference signal to generate a plurality of errors samples. The phase compensation circuit may also adjust a phase difference between the data clock signal and the error clock signal using at least some of the plurality of data samples and at least some of the plurality of error samples.
US10972090B1	Output stage circuit for transmitting data via bus An output stage circuit for transmitting data via a bus includes a high side switch, a high side diode structure, a high side clamp circuit, a low side switch, and a low side diode structure. An impedance circuit of the bus is coupled between the high side switch and the low side switch, for generating a differential output signal according to high and low side output signals. A high side N-type region of the high side diode structure encompasses a high side P-type region thereof, and a low side N-type region of the low side diode structure encompasses a low side P-type region thereof. The high side clamp circuit is connected to the high side N-type region in series, for clamping a voltage of the high side N-type region to be not lower than a predetermined voltage, to prevent a parasitic PNP bipolar junction transistor from being turned ON.
US10972085B2	Phase interpolator, apparatus for phase interpolation, digital-to-time converter, and methods for phase interpolation A phase interpolator is provided. The phase interpolator includes a plurality of first interpolation cells each configured to supply a first current to a common node of the phase interpolator. Further, the phase interpolator includes a plurality of second interpolation cells each configured to supply a second current to the common node. The second current is lower than the first current, wherein a sum of the plurality of second currents supplied to the common node by the plurality of second interpolation cells is substantially equal to the first current.
US10972083B2	Supply voltage decoupling circuits for voltage droop mitigation Circuits and methods are provided for utilizing decoupling capacitors to mitigate voltage droop on power supply lines of a power distribution network. A power supply line is capacitively decoupled using a first decoupling capacitor connected to the power supply line and charged to a first voltage level of the power supply line. A second decoupling capacitor is pre-charged to a second voltage level greater than the first voltage level and held in standby. A control circuit determines or predicts an occurrence of a droop event in which the first voltage decreases to a level which is at or below a droop threshold voltage level, and selectively connects the pre-charged second decoupling capacitor to the power supply line to source additional boosting current through discharging of the second decoupling capacitor and thereby capacitively decouple the power supply line using the higher second voltage and additional boosting current.
US10972066B2	Laminated electronic component and method of manufacturing the same A laminated electronic component includes a multilayer body including multiple insulator layers that are laminated and including a bottom surface, a top surface, and multiple side surfaces. The laminated electronic component includes a shield film provided on at least one side surface of the multilayer body. In the laminated electronic component, at least one step difference is provided along a ridge at which the bottom surface and a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the multilayer body are connected to each other, and the shield film includes an edge portion disposed within the at least one step difference.
US10972057B2	Single-phase differential conversion circuit, signal processing method for use therewith, and reception apparatus This technology relates to a single-phase differential conversion circuit for improving the linearity of input/output characteristics, a signal processing method for use with the circuit, and a reception apparatus. The single-phase differential conversion circuit includes a first source-grounded amplifier and a second source-grounded amplifier. Each of the amplifiers includes a transconductance amplifier section including a transistor for converting an AC component of input potential to a current, a diode load section including a transistor in a diode connection configured as a first load, and a large-signal distortion compensation circuit configured as a second load connected in parallel with the first load. The transistors of the first source-grounded amplifier are each a P-type MOS transistor, and the transistors of the second source-grounded amplifier are each an N-type MOS transistor. This technology is applied advantageously to a reception apparatus for receiving TV signals, for example.
US10972056B2	Bias circuit and amplifying device with dual compensation A bias circuit includes a current generating circuit generating a first compensation current and a second compensation current, in which an ambient temperature change is reflected, based on a reference current, a first temperature compensation circuit generating a first base bias current, based on the first compensation current, to output the first base bias current to a base node of an amplifying circuit, and a second temperature compensation circuit generating a second base bias current, based on the second compensation current, to output the second base bias current to the base node of the amplifying circuit.
US10972049B2	Oscillation apparatus An oscillation apparatus includes a correction circuitry including a first amplifier and a second amplifier, and an oscillation circuitry. The first amplifier amplifies a difference between a first voltage having a first temperature characteristic and a second voltage having a second temperature characteristic different from the first temperature characteristic to generate a third voltage having a third temperature characteristic different from both the first temperature characteristic and the second temperature characteristic. The second amplifier amplifies a difference between a sum of the second voltage and the third voltage, and, a feedback voltage, to generate a fourth voltage which corrects an oscillation frequency of an oscillation voltage. The oscillation circuitry outputs the oscillation voltage controlled in frequency based on the fourth voltage.
US10972048B2	Photovoltaic module The present invention is notably directed to a photovoltaic module, or PV module, comprising an array of photovoltaic cells, or PV cells, and electrical interconnects. The array of PV cells comprises N portions, N≥2, where the portions comprise, each, disjoint sets of PV cells of the array. The electrical interconnects connect the PV cells and the N portions of the array so as for PV cells within each of said portions to be electrically connected in parallel and the N portions to be connected in series. The PV cells and the portions are connected, via said interconnects, so to output an electrical current, in operation. The electrical interconnects are otherwise configured to provide electrical signals from each of the N portions. The invention is further directed to related systems and methods of fabrication and operation.
US10972047B2	Photovoltaic module The present invention is notably directed to a photovoltaic module, or PV module, comprising an array of photovoltaic cells, or PV cells, and electrical interconnects. The array of PV cells comprises N portions, N≥2, where the portions comprise, each, disjoint sets of PV cells of the array. The electrical interconnects connect the PV cells and the N portions of the array so as for PV cells within each of said portions to be electrically connected in parallel and the N portions to be connected in series. The PV cells and the portions are connected, via said interconnects, so to output an electrical current, in operation. The electrical interconnects are otherwise configured to provide electrical signals from each of the N portions. The invention is further directed to related systems and methods of fabrication and operation.
US10972046B2	Circuits and methods for controlling current in a parallel-connected array A solar device system includes one or more solar devices shingled into an array of solar devices. Each solar device includes one or more current generation cells configured to generate electric current, a plurality of current buses, and a control circuit configured to distribute the generated electric current to the plurality of current buses, and route the generated electric current to an adjacent solar device. Additionally, the solar device system includes an array collector electrically connected to the one or more solar devices, the array collector being configured to collect the generated electrical current from the one or more solar devices and direct the generated electrical current to an inverter or a power grid.
US10972038B2	Stepless motor driving circuit and associated driving method A stepless motor driving circuit provides a sinusoidal shaped chopping signal for driving a motor. The driving circuit has: a switch circuit having an input which receives a rectified signal rectified from a sinusoidal AC signal and having a first output and a second output where the motor is coupled between; a synchronizing signal generating circuit which generates a synchronizing signal relating to the sinusoidal AC signal; and a switch driving circuit which selects and chops at least one switch in the switch circuit according to the synchronizing signal, and to form the sinusoidal shaped chopping signal which is corresponding to the sinusoidal AC signal.
US10972035B2	Motor drive apparatus for estimating stray capacitance A motor drive apparatus includes an inverter configured to convert an input DC voltage into an AC voltage for driving a motor, by ON/OFF driving of an internal power element, and outputs the AC voltage, a high-frequency current detection unit configured to detect a high-frequency current from a current flowing through a motor power line upon application of the AC voltage output from the inverter to the motor via the motor power line, and a stray capacitance estimation unit configured to estimate a stray capacitance occurring in the motor power line and the motor, based on the high-frequency current detected by the high-frequency current detection unit.
US10972032B2	Method and apparatus for detecting failure of current sensor of motor A method and apparatus for detecting a failure of a current sensor measuring the magnitude of a current, by which a motor is driven. A required current calculator calculates a phase and a magnitude of a current required for a motor, in accordance with a torque required for the motor. An estimated current calculator calculates an estimated current, in accordance with the phase and the magnitude of the required current. A failure detector detects a failure of a current sensor by comparing the estimated current with a current measured by the current sensor.
US10972031B2	Active stabilization of DC link in motor drive systems The present disclosure provides a system and method that provides active damping at the input of a motor drive system without the need for the hardware used in conventional and RC damping circuits. According to the disclosure a virtual damping network is realised at the input of the motor drive system based on modification of field-oriented control, FOC. More specifically, a control algorithm creates a virtual damping impedance at the motor drive input by applying a damping algorithm to both q and d components of the motor current.
US10972018B2	Low frequency kinetic energy harvester A kinetic energy harvester includes a P-type hydrogel composite electrode; an N-type hydrogel composite electrode; a separator disposed between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type hydrogel composite electrode; and a current collector between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type composite electrode.
US10972011B2	LLC resonant converter having multiple transformers and a parallel inductor The invention provides a series resonant LLC power converter unit to provide a plurality of power outputs. The power converter unit comprises a plurality of transformers arranged such that at least one primary winding of each transformer is connected in parallel and configured to provide a power output. An inductive element is positioned in parallel with a single primary winding selected from said plurality of transformers, wherein the inductive element and single primary winding restricts variation in inductance for said plurality of transformers and power outputs in operation.
US10972006B2	Power supply device and control method for power supply device A power supply device includes battery circuit modules each having a battery, a first switching element S1 connected in parallel to the battery, and a second switching element S2 connected in series to the battery between the battery and the first switching element S1, the second switching element S2 being turned off when the first switching element S1 is turned on, a battery circuit module group in which the battery circuit modules are connected in series, and a control circuit for outputting, at intervals of a certain time, a gate signal for turning on and off the first switching element S1 and the second switching element S2 to the battery circuit modules.
US10972002B1	Clamp circuit for voltage regulator A regulator clamp circuit includes a comparison circuit having a sample and hold circuit. The comparison circuit compares a regulated voltage with a sampled voltage of the regulated voltage from a previous time. In some embodiments, the sampled voltage can be determined during a sampling phase that occurs prior to a clamp regulation phase. During the clamp regulation phase, the comparison circuit compares the regulated voltage with the sampled voltage and outputs a signal to activate an actuator circuit to clamp the regulated voltage when the regulated voltage terminal has a higher amount of charge than desired.
US10971999B2	Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus including a controller for controlling a current limiter Provided is a power supply apparatus, which is capable of saving power at the time of low output power even in a configuration using an inrush current prevention resistor and a switch as an inrush current prevention circuit in order to increase power of a low power supply. An AC/DC power supply includes a rectifier configured to rectify an input AC voltage, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the rectified voltage, a resistor configured to limit an inrush current input to the smoothing capacitor, a relay configured to control whether to input a current to the resistor, and a current detection circuit. The AC/DC power supply further includes a converter connected at the subsequent stage of the smoothing capacitor and configured to adjust the voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor to a predetermined voltage.
US10971989B2	Wind turbine with a superconductive generator having an improved thermally insulating structure The invention relates to a wind turbine with a generator and a method of assembling a generator thereof, wherein the generator comprises a rotor rotatably arranged relative to a stator. The rotor comprises a plurality of superconducting pole units arranged on a back iron which is spaced apart from a rotor structure by a number of thermally insulating plates or beams. Said plates or beams are located between either ends of the rotor and orientated relative to the rotational direction of the rotor. Each plate has a first end firmly connected to another first beam extending in an axial direction and a second end firmly connected to another second beam also extending the axial direction. The first beams are further firmly connected to the back iron while the second beams are further firmly connected to the rotor structure. The thermally insulating plates or beams provide a flexible and cheap support interface that is able to adapt to the tolerances of the individual components.
US10971985B2	Actuator and method of producing actuator An actuator may include a supporting body; a movable body; a first magnetic drive circuit; a second magnetic drive circuit. The first magnetic drive circuit may include a first coil and a first magnet. The second magnetic drive circuit may include a second coil and a second magnet. The actuator may further include a first yoke on a side of the first coil remote from the second coil; a second yoke on a side of the second coil remote from the first coil; and a third yoke between the first coil and the second coil. The first magnet may be held on a face of the first yoke or a face of the third yoke. The second magnet may be held on a face of the second yoke or a face of the third yoke. The third yoke may be thicker than the first and second yoke.
US10971975B2	System and method for stator slot encapsulation using injected polymer A method for improving thermal conduction in a stator having electrically conductive windings wound in a plurality of gaps formed between adjacent pairs of a plurality of teeth of the stator. A plurality of interstitial spaces are formed within each of the gaps during winding of the electrically conductive windings around the teeth. A plug is arranged within each one of the gaps to close off slot openings. A thermally conductive filler compound is injected into each gap under sufficient pressure to at least substantially fill the interstitial spaces within each gap and to at least substantially encapsulate the electrically conductive windings. The thermally conductive filler compound is then allowed to set.
US10971973B2	Energy conversion apparatus Energy conversion apparatus comprising: an electrical machine including a rotor arranged to rotate about an axis, the rotor defining a first cavity therein; power electronic circuitry arranged at least partially around the axis and defining a second cavity therein, the power electronic circuitry being positioned adjacent to the electrical machine; a heat pipe positioned within the first cavity of the rotor and within the second cavity defined by the power electronic circuitry, the heat pipe being arranged to receive thermal energy from the rotor; and a cooling arrangement positioned at least partially within the second cavity and arranged to receive thermal energy from the power electronic circuitry and from the heat pipe.
US10971972B2	Self-powered pipeline hydrate prevention system A system for preventing hydrate formation in a pipeline includes a heater housing. The heater housing has an outer diameter sized to travel within the pipeline. A turbine assembly is located within the heater housing. The turbine assembly has a blade that is rotatable by a flow of fluid within the pipeline. An electric heater is located within the heater housing and is electrically connected to the turbine assembly. The electric heater is selectively contacted by the flow of fluid within the pipeline.
US10971965B2	Motor and blower apparatus A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a circuit board below the stator. The stator includes an insulator to cover at least a portion of each of an upper surface, a lower surface, and circumferential side surfaces of each of teeth of the stator, coils each of which is defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of the teeth with the insulator therebetween, and a drawn-out wire drawn out from the coils and electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the insulator includes a guide radially outward of the coils and including a wall extending downward from a lower surface of the insulator and a bend extending radially outward from a lower end of the wall. At least a portion of the drawn-out wire extends in a circumferential direction along a radially outer surface of the wall.
US10971963B2	Insulator of stator and stator An insulator is configured to couple to a top portion of a stator core and includes: a main body that has a ring shape; a plurality of insulating teeth that protrude toward a center portion of the main body and that are configured to couple to a plurality of teeth of the stator core, respectively; and a plurality of guide tabs that protrude from an outer circumferential surface of the main body at positions corresponding to the plurality of insulating teeth. The plurality of guide tabs are configured to guide (i) phase coils that are wound around the plurality of insulating teeth and (ii) neutral coils along the outer circumferential surface in a circumferential direction. Each of the plurality of guide tabs defines a plurality of guide grooves, each of the plurality of guide grooves being configured to seat at least one of the phase coils or the neutral coils.
US10971957B2	Method for supplying energy wirelessly through radio frequency identification, RFID, and RFID system In an embodiment a method for supplying energy wirelessly through RFID comprises the steps of sending by an RFID reader device a request message to at least one RFID tag device, receiving by the at least one RFID tag device the request message, sending by the at least one RFID tag device an answer message to the RFID reader device and changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into a high power mode, receiving by the RFID reader device the answer message, sending by the RFID reader device an energizing signal having an unmodulated constant wave at a predefined frequency during an adjustable amount of time, receiving by the at least one RFID tag device the energizing signal, converting said signal into energy and using the energy by the at least one RFID tag device, and changing by the at least one RFID tag device its state into an RFID operation mode at the end of the adjustable amount of time.
US10971953B2	Contactless power receiving device, contactless power transfer device, and contactless power transfer and receiving device A contactless power receiving device includes a power receiving coil receiving power from a contactless power transfer device, a rectifier circuit rectifying the power to form a rectified output on a high potential side and a rectified output on a low potential side, a smoothing circuit receiving the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side, and a switching power supply converting a DC voltage from the smoothing circuit to a first voltage. The smoothing circuit includes a first inductor transmitting the rectified output on the high potential side, a second inductor transmitting the rectified output on the low potential side, and a smoothing capacitance element to which the rectified output on the high potential side and the rectified output on the low potential side are supplied, and the rectified output on the low potential side is connected to a ground potential.
US10971950B2	Microprocessor controlled class E driver A charger including a class E power driver, a frequency-shift keying (“FSK”) module, and a processor. The processor can receive data relating to the operation of the class E power driver and can control the class E power driver based on the received data relating to the operation of the class E power driver. The processor can additionally control the FSK module to modulate the natural frequency of the class E power transformer to thereby allow the simultaneous recharging of an implantable device and the transmission of data to the implantable device. The processor can additionally compensate for propagation delays by adjusting switching times.
US10971943B2	Medical device temperature estimation Devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring the temperature of a device used to charge a rechargeable power source are disclosed. Implantable medical devices may include a rechargeable power source that can be transcutaneously charged. The temperature of an external charging device and/or an implantable medical device may be monitored to control the temperature exposure to patient tissue during a charging session used to recharge the rechargeable power source. In one example, a temperature sensor may sense a temperature of an internal portion of a device, wherein the housing of the device is not directly thermally coupled to the temperature sensor. A temperature for the housing of the device may then be estimated based on the sensed temperature provided by the non-thermally coupled temperature sensor. A processor may then control charging of the rechargeable power source based on the determined temperature for the housing.
US10971938B2	Electronic device including biosensor and operating method thereof An electronic device that can be worn on a user's body and an operating method thereof. An electrode for charging and measuring is included in a front side of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a battery, a charging circuit for charging the battery, a bio-sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether the battery is being charged through the charging circuit. If the battery is not being charged, the processor is configured to acquire biometric information by using a first method through the bio-sensor, and if the battery is being charged, the processor is configured to acquire the biometric information by using a second method through the bio-sensor.
US10971934B2	Distribution networks with flexible direct current interconnection system Systems, methods, techniques, and apparatuses of a medium voltage alternating current (MVAC) network are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a direct current (DC) interconnection system for an MVAC distribution network including an AC/AC power converter including a first AC terminal and a second AC terminal; a plurality of switching devices structured to selectively couple a first AC terminal to a plurality of feeder line points in the MVAC network; and a control system structured to receive a set of measurements, calculate a headroom value for each feeder line point using the set of measurements, select a first feeder line point using the calculated headroom values, operate the plurality of switching devices so as to couple the first AC terminal to the first feeder line point, and operate the AC/AC power converter so as to transmit MVAC power from the first AC terminal to the first feeder line point.
US10971927B2	Current controlling device There is described a device for controlling an amount of current within a power distribution network by manipulating the amount of magnetic flux in the device and thus the impedance experienced by the power distribution network across the device. This is achieved by winding a plurality of coils about a magnetically permeable core and by providing the device with a magnetically permeable bridge element that is movable between a fully-open position at which the net magnetic flux generated in the core by alternating currents in each coil is zero, and a fully-closed position at which a net magnetic flux is present in the core.
US10971925B2	Control method of susceptible inrush currents passing through a load switch, and corresponding electronic circuit An electronic circuit includes a switch coupled between an input terminal intended to receive a first voltage and an output terminal coupled to a decoupling capacitor and intended to also be coupled to a load. A comparison stage is configured to compare the first voltage and a second voltage that is present at the output terminal. A first adjustment stage is configured to limit a positive inrush current flowing between the input terminal and the output terminal and a second adjustment stage is configured to limit a negative inrush current flowing between the output terminal and the input terminal. A control circuit is configured to activate either the first adjustment stage or the second adjustment stage as a function of a result of the comparison.
US10971924B2	Low-voltage protective switching device A low-voltage protective switching device includes: at least one line conductor length extending from a line conductor supply connection of the low-voltage protective switching device to a line conductor load connection of the low-voltage protective switching device; a neutral conductor length extending from a neutral conductor connection of the low-voltage protective switching device to a neutral conductor load connection of the low-voltage protective switching device; a mechanical bypass switch and a first mechanical circuit breaker disposed in series in the line conductor length; a second mechanical circuit breaker disposed in the neutral conductor length; a first semiconductor switching arrangement disposed in parallel to the bypass switch; and an electronic control unit that presettably actuates the bypass switch, the first mechanical circuit breaker, the second mechanical circuit breaker, and the first semiconductor switching arrangement. The first semiconductor switching arrangement includes a snubber, which includes a first capacitor.
US10971921B2	DC-DC converters having bullet terminals Example DC-DC converters include a housing having at least two bullet terminals. The at least two bullet terminals are configured to mate with corresponding terminals in a DC bullet breaker panel. The converter also includes a DC-DC voltage converter circuit coupled between the at least two bullet terminals, and a controller coupled with the DC-DC voltage converter circuit. The controller is configured to control the DC-DC converter circuit to convert a DC input voltage at a first one of the at least two bullet terminals to a different DC output voltage at another one of the at least two bullet terminals. Methods of converting DC voltages using DC-DC converters having bullet terminals are also disclosed.
US10971918B2	Automated ground fault interruptor In accordance with example embodiments, an automated ground fault interrupter includes means for resetting itself following detection of a ground fault. In accordance with example embodiments, when a ground fault is detected, a relay switch opens and breaks the conducting path between an AC input and a plug for connecting devices for a set amount of time after which the relay switch is closed again, restoring the conducting path between the plug and the AC input. Following restoration of the conducting path, the relay switch is opened again if a ground fault is detected. In accordance with example embodiments, the automated ground fault interrupter automatically tests itself at predetermined intervals. In accordance with example embodiments, the ground fault interrupter is automatically reset following the automatic test.
US10971914B2	Circuit assembly The heat dissipation of a circuit assembly is improved. A circuit assembly includes: a relay that includes a terminal and generates heat when energized/as a result of energization/due to being energized; a base member to which the relay is attached and in which a through hole is formed; a heat dissipation member that is provided on a side of the base member opposite to a side on which the relay is attached; a first busbar that is connected to the terminal of the relay at a position spaced apart from the base member; and a heat transfer member that is inserted into the through hole so as to be movable in a direction along the axial direction of the through hole, and that comes into contact with the first busbar and the heat dissipation member.
US10971911B2	Wire leading tool A main body of a wire leading tool including a lid body that covers the main body in a detachable manner is configured to include a flat plate-shaped base portion, a base hole portion that is penetratingly provided in the base portion, a standing wall portion that stands from the base portion in a U shape and surrounds the base hole portion by a curved portion of the U shape, and a connector supporting portion that stands from the base portion at a position closer to the base hole portion relative to an open end of the U shape of the standing wall portion, is continuous to the standing wall portion on both sides, and has an insertion hole which is penetratingly provided for inserting a pipe connecter.
US10971907B2	Transferring component routing systems and methods within an interior cabin of an aircraft A raceway system and method within an internal cabin of an aircraft include a plurality of routing modules that are coupled together. Each of the plurality of routing modules includes a main housing that routes one or more transferring components to one or more monuments within the internal cabin. A raceway system and method for an aircraft includes a transferring component attachment system that includes a plurality of transferring component support struts, and one or more transferring components coupled to the plurality of transferring component support struts.
US10971894B2	Driver for high speed laser diode Various embodiments of a laser driver are described herein. In an embodiment, a laser driver system includes: an external set of inductors including a first external inductor and a second external inductor; an internal set of inductors including a first internal inductor and a second internal inductor; and a DC-to-DC convertor configured to bias a first output path defined by the first external inductor and the first internal inductor and a second output path defined by the second external inductor and the second internal inductor.
US10971890B2	Micro laser diode transfer method and manufacturing method A micro laser diode transfer method and a manufacturing method comprise: forming a bonding layer (515) on a receiving substrate (513), wherein first type electrodes (514) are connected to the bonding layer (515); bringing a first side of the micro laser diodes (500r) on a carrier substrate (520) into contact with the bonding layer (515), wherein the carrier substrate (520) is laser-transparent; and irradiating selected micro laser diodes (500r) with laser from the side of the carrier substrate (520) to lift-off the selected micro laser diodes (500r) from the carrier substrate (520). This method may improve yield.
US10971887B2	Laser device and laser device control method A laser device may include a light source configured to emit a laser beam in burst operation, an optical sensor configured to acquire a cross sectional image of the laser beam during a certain period for every certain cycle, an image processor configured to receive an input of an image signal of the cross sectional image outputted from the optical sensor and output beam relating information about the laser beam, a beam traveling direction adjuster configured to adjust a traveling direction of the laser beam, and a controller configured to control the beam traveling direction adjuster based on the beam relating information when at least a part of a period in which the optical sensor acquires the cross sectional image is overlapped with a period in which the light source emits a laser beam.
US10971883B2	Gas laser apparatus A gas purification system may include: a circulation gas pipe in which a second end is connected at a first position to a second pipe through which gas is supplied from a gas supply source; a booster pump; a gas purification unit; a first tank in the circulation gas pipe; a first valve positioned between the gas supply source and the first position, the first valve having an open position and a closed position; and a second valve positioned between the first tank and the second end, the second valve having an open position and a closed position, the second valve configured to be in the closed position when the first valve is in the open position.
US10971880B2	Connection for printed circuit board assemblies A printed circuit board assembly is provided. The assembly has a substantially rigid member, the substantially rigid member having a first protrusion, a support member with a first slot that accepts the protrusion in such a way to produce flex in at least one of the rigid member and the support member. The flex exerts compression on the protrusion that prevents it from disengaging the slot.
US10971878B2	Method for manufacturing terminal-equipped electrical wire, terminal-equipped electrical wire, and ultrasonic welding device A method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electric wire is a method in which an exposed core wire of the electric wire is ultrasonically welded to a core wire connection portion of a terminal having a core wire connection portion and a coating crimping portion. The manufacturing method for the terminal-equipped electric wire including: supporting the core wire connection portion on an anvil; bringing the coating crimping portion into contact with a vibration suppressing contact portion; arranging the exposed core wire on the core wire connection portion and arranging the coating of the electric wire in the coating crimping portion; and ultrasonically welding the exposed core wire to the core wire connection portion in a state where the core wire connection portion is supported on the anvil and the coating crimping portion is in contact with the vibration suppressing contact portion.
US10971874B2	Lock mechanism and bus bar module A lock mechanism includes: a lock portion that protrudes from a ceiling wall (wall portion) of a cover and has a locking claw provided on a tip side; a lock receiving portion provided in a case and formed with a locking hole; and a flexible deformation portion which is a portion of a predetermined range in the vicinity of the lock portion on the ceiling wall (wall portion) of the cover and has flexibility higher than a portion outside the predetermined range, and is bent such that the lock portion is tilted so that the locking claw gets over an edge of the locking hole when the locking claw is locked to the locking hole, and after the locking, biases the lock portion in a pulling direction that pulls the locking claw together with the locking hole by a restoring force of bending.
US10971873B2	Electrical unit with cooling member An electrical unit includes a contactor having a housing member, a first terminal, a second terminal, and/or a contact member disposed in the housing member and configured to selectively electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal. The electrical unit may include a cooling member connected to the housing member, a first bus bar connected to the cooling member and the first terminal, and/or a second bus bar connected to the cooling member and the second terminal. The cooling member may be configured to dissipate heat that is generated via electrical current flowing through the contact member.
US10971856B1	Lever-type electrical connector A lever-type electrical connector (102), a corresponding mating electrical connector (104) for accepting the lever-type electrical connector (102), and a lever-type electrical connector assembly (100) thereof are described herein. The lever-type electrical connector (102) has a first portion (300) with a first slot (302) configured to accept a rib protrusion (114) of the corresponding mating electrical connector (104) and a lever (304) pivotally mounted to the first portion (300) with cam grooves (408) on opposing interior surfaces configured to accept cam-follower protrusions (210) on opposite sides of the rib protrusion (114).
US10971854B2	Shielded connector A shielded connector includes a shielding shell, a connector housing, and an annular sealing member. The shielding shell has a tube portion and a flange portion formed at an end of the tube portion. The flange portion is fastened to a wall portion having a hole of a target object to which the shielded connector is fastened. The connector housing is covered with the tube portion and has an end portion projecting in an axial direction beyond the flange portion and inserted in the hole. The sealing member is sandwiched between the flange portion and the wall portion. The sealing member closely contacts with the wall portion by being compressed toward the wall portion and closely contacts with an outer surface of the connector housing by being compressed toward the outer surface.
US10971853B2	Bus bar holding structure, electrical connection box and wire harness A bus bar holding structure includes a resin block main body, a first bus bar having a protruding portion, and a second bus bar. The resin block main body includes a bus bar assembling portion having a groove portion. The first bus bar and the second bus bar are accommodated in the bus bar assembling portion such that first side portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar are located on a bottom side of the groove portion and second side portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar are located on an opening side of the groove portion. The second bus bar is sandwiched between the second bus bar and a bottom of the groove portion when the first bus bar and the second bus bar are accommodated in the bus bar assembling portion.
US10971841B2	Board connector A board connector (A) is provided with a housing (10) placed on a circuit board (P) and including a terminal holding wall (11) substantially at a right angle to the circuit board (P) and supporting walls (15) extending rearward from sides of the terminal holding wall (11). Terminal fittings (25, 26) penetrate through the terminal holding wall (11) and are connectable to the circuit board (P) behind the terminal holding portion (11). Fixing brackets are mounted on the supporting walls (15) and are fixable to the circuit board (P) by soldering. A reinforcing portion (20: 21 or 23) links the supporting walls (15) and a rear surface of the terminal holding wall (11).
US10971839B1	Floating connector A floating connector and a conductive terminal thereof are provided. The conductive terminal is integrally formed as a one piece structure, and includes a contacting segment, a fixing segment, and a buffering segment having two ends respectively connected to the contacting segment and the fixing segment. A longitudinal direction of the buffering segment and a longitudinal direction of the fixing segment have a first angle there-between less than ninety degrees. The buffering segment includes a first portion connected to the contacting segment, a second portion connected to the fixing segment, and two impedance matching portions defining a buffering hole. Two opposite ends of each of the two impedance matching portions are respectively connected to the first portion and the second portion. The buffering segment is configured to provide for an electrical current to travel there-through so as to generate a capacitance effect at the two impedance matching portions.
US10971830B2	Low profile connector with spring contacts A rearview device includes a connector assembly that has a body that includes a plurality of electrical leads that extend therefrom and are removably coupled therewith. A plurality of contact-receiving apertures extend through the body and receive a plurality of spring contacts on a circuit board. The plurality of spring contacts abut and are compressed between the circuit board and the body. The plurality of spring contacts directly engage the plurality of electrical leads when inserted into the plurality of contact-receiving apertures. A plurality of peripheral walls are adjacent the circuit board.
US10971821B2	Chip antenna module A chip antenna module includes: a chip antenna including a body portion, a radiating portion, and a grounding portion, wherein the body portion is formed of a dielectric substance, and wherein the radiating portion and the grounding portion are disposed on different surfaces of the body portion from each other; and a substrate having a plurality of layers and including feeding pads bonded to the radiating portion, grounding pads bonded to the grounding portion, and dummy wiring layers disposed on at least one layer among the plurality of layers, below the feeding pads, wherein a resonance frequency of the chip antenna is determined by a number of the dummy wiring layers.
US10971820B2	Arrangement comprising antenna elements An arrangement (10) comprising a first conductive antenna element (20), comprising at least one first slot (30; 31, 32, 33, 34; 35, 36) arranged in the first conductive antenna element (20), and a second conductive antenna element (80), comprising at least one second slot (90; 91, 92, 93, 94; 31; 32, 33, 34) arranged in the second conductive antenna element (80), is disclosed. At least one second slot (90; 91, 92) arranged in the second conductive antenna element (80) is coupled with at least one first slot (30; 35, 36) arranged in the first conductive antenna element (20) by means of at least one conductor (111, 112; 113, 114, 115, 116).
US10971817B2	Antenna-to-beamformer assignment and mapping in phased array antenna systems In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a phased array antenna system includes a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration, a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion carrying at least a portion of a mapping including a first plurality of mapping traces on a first surface providing at least a portion of the electrical connection between the plurality of antenna elements and the plurality of beamformer elements, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.
US10971811B1	5G membrane radio shroud The present invention is a pole-mountable shroud assembly enclosing one or more wireless telecommunications transceivers and antennas. The shroud assembly is attached to the pole by a pole bracket, which is an elongated rectangular prism frame. The outer face of the pole bracket is open, so as to expose at least one intake fan supported by the pole bracket. The top and bottom ends of the pole bracket support top and bottom panels, respectively, with the bottom panel having multiple holes and/or vents, through which the intake fan(s) draw ambient air to cool the transceivers. A jacking means, such as a screw jack, connects the bottom panel to the pole bracket bottom end so that the panel separation distance is adjustable. A very thin (not more than one-tenth the minimum transmission wavelength) fabric membrane wraps around the top and bottom panels to the longitudinal sides of the pole bracket, so as to form a generally rectangular prism shaped shroud enclosure which surrounds the transceivers/antennas. The jacking means is operative to tension the fabric membrane around the shroud enclosure.
US10971807B2	Mobile device A mobile device includes a metal mechanism element, a dielectric substrate, and a feeding radiation element. The metal mechanism element has an open slot. The open slot substantially has an L-shape. The dielectric substrate is adjacent to the metal mechanism element. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The feeding radiation element is disposed on the dielectric substrate. The feeding radiation element at least partially extends along the open slot. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element and the open slot of the metal mechanism element. The antenna structure covers a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band.
US10971806B2	Broadband conformal antenna A broadband conformal antenna (“BCA”) is disclosed. The BCA includes a narrow approximately rectangular outer conductive (“NARO”) housing, a plurality of dielectric layers within the NARO housing forming a laminated dielectric structure, and an inner conductor formed within the laminated dielectric structure. The NARO housing includes a top broad wall and the BCA further includes an antenna slot within the top broad wall. The BCA is configured to support a transverse electromagnetic signal within the NARO housing.
US10971800B2	Surface-mount antenna apparatus and communication system having the same Antenna apparatus includes a dielectric carrier having a first side and a second side. The antenna apparatus also includes a multi-band antenna having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The multi-band antenna includes a first section and a second section that are bent with respect to one another. The interior surface along the first and second sections defines a receiving space. The dielectric carrier is disposed within the receiving space such that the first section is positioned along the first side of the dielectric carrier and the second section is positioned along the second side of the dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier includes at least one projection that covers a portion of the exterior surface of the multi-band antenna.
US10971796B2	Wireless communication device A wireless communication device having a feeding circuit that includes an RFIC chip; and antenna elements connected to the feeding circuit. The feeding circuit FC further includes a first resonant loop including the RFIC chip and multiple inductance elements; and a second resonant loop including a capacitance element and multiple inductance elements. Moreover the inductance elements of each of the first and second resonant loops, the shared inductance elements are included. The second resonant loop includes an antenna port for connection to the antenna elements.
US10971795B2	Antenna device An antenna device incorporated in an electronic apparatus and communicating with an external device via an electromagnetic field signal, including: an antenna coil inductively coupled to the external device and provided by winding around a conducting wire so conducting wires opposing in width direction via an opening will be close together; and a sheet-like conductor at a surface of the antenna coil opposite a surface of the antenna coil opposing the external device, wherein the coil is divided into two parts, i.e. one side part wherein the conducting wire is wound around in one direction and other side part wound in other direction, via a center line longitudinally traversing the opening, and the conductor is configured with a conductor side opening overlapped only with the other side part of the antenna coil, and a slit formed between the conductor side opening and any outer edge of the sheet-like conductor.
US10971792B2	First and second dielectric waveguides disposed in respective multi-layer substrates which are connected by a connection structure having choke structures therein Provided is a structure configured to electrically connect multi-layer dielectric waveguides, each including a dielectric waveguide formed of conductor patterns and vias in a laminating direction of the multi-layer dielectric substrate, in which the vias for forming part of a waveguide wall of each of the dielectric waveguides are arranged in a staggered pattern in the multi-layer dielectric substrate side having choke structures formed so as to electrically connect the waveguides to each other.
US10971791B1	Transmission line for high power tuners Impedance tuners used in high power measurements suffer fast heating and consequently mostly linear thermal expansion of the central conductor, which has a very small mass and is thermally isolated from the slabline walls and the tuner housing. This leads to false measurements or catastrophic tuner failure (short) of either the DUT or the tuner. Gold plated INVAR and SUPER-INVAR center conductor material is preferred to traditional stainless-steel rod. The body of the airline is made of high conductivity low cost Aluminum. INVAR type alloys quasi eliminate the thermal expansion, reducing it by a factor between 10 and 40 compared to Steel. Practical tests have shown significant improvement in thermal behavior.
US10971784B2	Battery module The present disclosure provides a battery module, which comprises: a harness isolation board provided with a mounting groove; an output pole connection sheet; and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly comprises: a connecting member placed in the mounting groove to be fixed on the harness isolation board; and a fastening member securely connected to the connecting member and fixing the output pole connection sheet. The connecting member and the fastening member are separately formed and securely connected together, the fastening member is fixed on the harness isolation board via the connecting member, thus the fixing manner between the connecting member and the harness isolation board is not related to the fastening member, and in turn it only needs to improve the structure of the connecting member and the harness isolation board to enhance the connecting strength and the anti-torque effect between the fixing assembly and the harness isolation board.
US10971775B2	Air electrode, metal-air battery, and method for producing air electrode A method for producing an air electrode includes a kneading step of kneading an oxygen reduction catalyst, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a water-repellent resin (binder) in a water solvent; and a rolling step of rolling with a roller the kneaded product produced in the kneading step. The rolling step includes rolling the kneaded product with the roller several times in many directions (at least two or more different rolling directions). In the formed air electrode, the water-repellent resin is fiberized in the air electrode, and the fibers thereof are oriented in many directions to form a netlike shape.
US10971770B2	Battery pack having crash beam structure A battery pack including a plurality of battery modules; a tray including an interior space where the plurality of battery modules are positioned; a plurality of I-type beam frames traversing an upper surface of the tray to partition spaces where the plurality of battery modules are positioned; and a plurality of heatsinks disposed between the battery modules and the I-type beam frames and mounted to recessed portions formed at both side of a column that forms a height of the I-type beam frames to absorb heat from the battery modules.
US10971768B2	Prefailure monitoring system A system includes an energy storage system having a plurality of batteries and a monitoring system operably coupled to the energy storage system. The monitoring system is configured to receive a first measurement corresponding to a characteristic from at least one of the plurality of batteries, determine a baseline from the first measurement, receive a second measurement from the at least one of the plurality of batteries, and compare the second measurement with the baseline to identify an issue with the at least one of the plurality of batteries. The monitoring system is also configured to perform a remediation action in response to the identified issue.
US10971765B2	Current control systems and methods A system that includes an energy device having an active region configured to generate or consume electrical energy provided by an electrical current is discussed. A current limiter is disposed between the energy device and a current collector layer. The current limiter controls the current flow between the energy device and the current collector layer. A plurality of electrochemical transistors (ECTs) are arranged in an array such that each ECT in the array provides localized current control for the energy device. Each ECT includes a gate electrode, a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a channel disposed between the drain and the source electrodes. An electrolyte electrically couples the gate electrode to the channel such that an electrical signal at the gate electrode controls electrical conductivity of the channel. The current collector layer is a shared drain or source electrode for the ECTs.
US10971764B2	Charging method, charging device, and charging system The present invention relates to a charging apparatus, which comprises: a first charging interface and a second charging interface, which respectively and detachably connected to a first energy storage apparatus and a second energy storage apparatus; a power supply conversion circuit, converting external power supply into charging energy; a charging circuit, outputting charging energy output by the power supply conversion circuit to the first charging interface and the second charging interface, wherein the charging circuit comprises a first charging mode and a second charging mode. In the first charging mode, the charging circuit outputs charging energy to both the first charging interface and the second charging interface, and in the second charging mode, the charging circuit selectively outputs charging energy to the first charging interface or the second charging interface. The charging apparatus provided by the present invention possesses pluralities of choices of charging modes, and thus satisfies different charging requirements.
US10971754B2	Method for manufacturing negative active material, and negative active material and lithium secondary battery using same A method for preparing a negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery, and in particular, to a method for preparing a negative electrode active material including the steps of (a) preparing a coating composition including a precursor of metal-phosphorus-oxynitride; (b) forming a precursor layer on a negative electrode active material with the coating composition of (a) using a solution process; and (c) forming a metal-phosphorus-oxynitride protective layer on the negative electrode active material by heat treating the negative electrode active material having the precursor layer formed thereon. The method for preparing a negative electrode active material uses a solution process, which is advantageous in terms of simplifying the whole process and reducing costs, and high capacity, high stabilization and long lifetime are obtained as well by the formed protective layer having excellent properties.
US10971748B2	Implementation of feedforward and feedback control in state mediator A system for controlling airflow through a fuel cell circuit includes a fuel cell stack. The system also includes a valve having a valve position that affects a pressure of the gas and a valve area corresponding to a cross-sectional area of the valve through which the gas may flow. The system also includes a memory designed to store a map or function that correlates the valve area to the valve position. The system also includes an ECU to determine or receive a desired mass flow rate of the gas through the valve, and calculate a desired valve area to achieve the desired mass flow rate. The ECU is also designed to compare the desired valve area to the map or function to determine a desired valve position that provides the desired valve area, and to control the valve to have the desired valve position.
US10971743B2	System and method for controlling performance of fuel cell stack A system and method of controlling a performance of a fuel cell stack is provided. In particular, the output performance of the fuel cell stack is determined by comparing the difference between an initial voltage and a voltage after a predetermined time lapses with the difference between the initial voltage and a preset minimum voltage.
US10971740B2	Humidifier, plate, device, and motor vehicle A humidifier, a device including a fuel cell, and a motor vehicle. The humidifier of the includes at least one humidifying duct and is designed in such a way that a first gas to be humidified can be conducted in the humidifying duct in a direction of flow and, separated by a water-permeable material, past a humidifying second gas so that water is transferred from the second gas to the first gas. The humidifier includes a cross-sectional area of the humidifying duct available to the first gas tapers in the direction of flow. The fact that the cross-sectional area tapers results in a drop in pressure along the humidifying duct, and the drop in pressure reduces, compensates or overcompensates an increase in pressure resulting from the increasing humidification, so the partial difference in pressure between the first gas and the second gas remains large over the distance of the humidifying duct in spite of the transfer of humidity.
US10971726B2	Lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing lithium ion secondary battery The positive electrode includes a positive electrode composite layer. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode composite material layer. A whole of the positive electrode composite layer and a portion of the negative electrode composite material layer face each other with the separator being interposed therebetween. The negative electrode composite material layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region is a region that does not face the positive electrode composite layer and that extends from a position facing one end portion of the positive electrode composite layer to a point separated from the position by more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 10 mm. The second region is a region other than the first region. The first region includes silicon oxide doped with lithium. The second region includes silicon oxide.
US10971718B2	Electrochemical energy storage devices An energy storage device includes a cathodic material in an activated state; and an anodic material in an activated state; wherein: the cathodic material is covalently attached to, or confined within, a first polymer matrix, the first polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the cathodic material in the activated state; and the anodic material is a phenazine, a phenothiazine, a triphenodithiazine, a carbazole, a indolocarbazole, a biscarbazole, or a ferrocene covalently attached to, or confined within, a second polymer matrix, the second polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the anodic material in the activated state.

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