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US10974883B1	Latching holder for storing a plurality of fasteners A latching holder for storing a plurality of fasteners includes a support member having a first panel, a second panel, a longitudinal slit and a longitudinal portion therebetween for enabling the first and second panels to fold toward one another. One of the first and second panels of the support member has a plurality of holes having a central aperture and wavy slots extending radially outwardly therefrom. The other of the first and second panels contacts the fasteners in a folded position for retaining the fasteners within the latching holder. Each of the first and second panels has an integrally formed latch for securing the first and second panels together to provide additional retainment of the plurality of fasteners within the latching holder. The integration of the latches and the panels with the holder provides a one piece holder without adding additional components for securely storing the plurality of fasteners.
US10974881B1	Dual-purpose container closure A dual-access closure for a beverage container has a body having an attachment interface to engage to a top of a beverage container, a sealed, elongated enclosure attached to an underside of the body, a first access element adapted to open and close a first opening passing through the body into the sealed, elongated enclosure, a vapor-producing apparatus within the sealed, elongated enclosure and coupled to the first opening, and a second access element adapted to open and close a second opening passing through the body, outside the sealed, elongated enclosure. With the body engaged to the top of the beverage container, a user is enabled to manipulate the first access interface to draw vapor from the vapor-producing apparatus, and to manipulate the second access element to ingest a beverage from the beverage container.
US10974869B2	Method of production of fabric bags or containers using heat fused seams A method of producing flexible polypropylene fabric bags with heat fused seams comprising providing fabric pieces, wherein each fabric piece has a coated side and an uncoated side; positioning fabric pieces so that a coated side of one fabric piece faces a coated side of another fabric piece; selecting an area of fabric to be joined for forming a seam or joint; applying heat to the area to be joined that is less than the melting point of the fabrics, for forming one or more seams or joints and wherein the heat fused seams or joints of a resulting polypropylene bag retains at least 85% of the fabric strength without using sewing machines.
US10974866B2	Pallet having panels and tube segments The invention relates to a pallet (1), comprising a basic body (10) with a first panel (11), a second panel (12) and a layer (13) having a plurality of tube segments (14) which is arranged between the panels (11, 12), wherein the layer (13) has at least one cutout (131) which is continuous in the direction of a pallet height (HP), and wherein the first panel (11) has at least one first opening (111) which at least partially overlaps with the at least one cutout (131). The invention further relates to a foot (16) and a runner (17) for a pallet (1), to a sandwich block (2) for producing a layer (13) of a pallet (1), and to a method for producing a pallet (1).
US10974859B2	Lightweight polymeric container finish A polymeric container including a base, a body, a finish, finish threads, and a tamper lip. The body extends from the base. The finish defines an opening through which a product can pass into, and out of, an internal volume of the container defined at least in part by the body. The finish threads are at an outer surface of the finish, and are configured to cooperate with closure threads of a closure to secure the closure to the finish. The tamper lip extends from the outer surface of the finish, and is configured to replace the support flange during handling, and to cooperate with a tamper band of the closure. A recess is below the tamper lip. The recess retains the tamper band therein when the closure is removed from cooperation with the finish.
US10974857B2	Method for creating at least one opening in sheath made of stretch film that retains goods stack arranged on pallet, and shaping apparatus for carrying out the method A method for creating an opening in a sheath, made of stretch film, that retains a goods stack arranged on a pallet. The pallet comprising an upper-side deck surface as support for the goods stack and lower-side support feet. The sheath engages under the support feet arranged in the region of the four outer edges of the pallet. At least one opening is in the sheath between two support feet . At least one opening is generated such that the sheath is first heated, the heated sheath is retracted from the pallet and then, still in the heated state, displaced upward. The upwardly displaced sheath is secured in its upwardly displaced position by cooling. The invention also relates to a shaping apparatus, and additionally to at least one heating device for carrying out the method.
US10974854B2	Packaging machine An improved packaging machine, comprising: a rest surface (2) for supporting one or more blanks (B) intended to form a quadrangular packaging (C); containing means (3), structured for containing a plurality of blanks (B) destined to form the packaging; handier means (4), structured so as to pick up the blanks (B) from the containing means (3) and to arrange them on the rest surface (2), folder means (5), structured so as to fold the blanks (B) in such a way as to form the packaging; a store (31,32,33,34) for each side of the packaging (C); a handier (41,42,43,44) for each side of the packaging (C).
US10974849B2	Drone landing apparatus A drone landing apparatus may include: a trunk door configured to open or close a trunk of a vehicle; a drone housing contained in the trunk, and configured to provide a space in which a drone is housed; a rotator mounted on the trunk door, and configured to rotate the drone housing according to an opening angle of the trunk door; and a moving platform appearing from the drone housing or disappearing into the drone housing, and having the drone seated thereon.
US10974840B2	Heat shield for signature suppression system Devices, systems, and methods of a casing for a heat suppression system of a gas turbine engine exhaust include a heat shield and an insulation layer for arrangement between the heat shield and an outer skin.
US10974839B2	Precision operator for an aircraft autothrottle or autopilot system with engine performance adjust An autothrottle system for an aircraft includes a motor, an actuator assembly, and a position sensor connected to a moving portion of the actuator assembly. An electronic controller is provided for receiving an aircraft engine operating parameter and to control the motor to rotate the shaft to adjust the engine operating parameter based on the engine operating parameter and a position signal received from the position sensor. The actuator assembly has a bearing assembly having a plurality of bearings configured to contact a surface of the shaft to effect movement of the throttle lever attachment end.
US10974821B2	Aircraft undercarriage fitted with a shimmy-attenuator device An aircraft undercarriage having a sliding rod slidably mounted in a strut-leg, and a scissors linkage (4) having one branch (4a) hinged to the strut-leg or to a turning element of a control for steering the sliding rod mounted to turn in the strut-leg, and one branch (4b) hinged to the sliding rod, the branches being hinged to each other by a pivot pin (12), the undercarriage being fitted with a shimmy-attenuator device (10a, 10b) placed on the pivot pin of the shimmy-attenuator, the attenuator device including threshold resilient return means generating a force returning the branches towards a rest position, and at least damping means generating a damping force when the branches move axially along the pivot pin. The attenuator device comprises two modules (10a, 10b) placed on either side of the scissors linkage in order to co-operate with the pivot pin, each of the modules performing at least one of the damping function and the threshold resilient return function.
US10974818B2	Vortex generator arrangement for an airfoil A particular arrangement of vortex generators for an airfoil is described. The vortex generators are provided in pairs, preferably on a wind turbine blade, wherein by arranging the vortex generators according to specified characteristics, a surprising improvement in blade performance is provided over the prior art systems.
US10974813B2	Engine nacelle for an aircraft An engine nacelle is provided for an aircraft. The engine nacelle comprises: an inlet for receiving an air flow to generate a thrust force for the aircraft; a lip portion positioned at the inlet and surrounding the inlet; and at least one strake provided on a surface of the engine nacelle.
US10974811B2	Upper attachment for trimmable horizontal stabiliser actuator An upper attachment system for a trimmable horizontal stabiliser actuator (THSA) comprises: a housing, holding a yoke and a ballscrew; a nut coupled to the housing and cooperating with the ballscrew such that rotation of the ballscrew relative to the nut results in linear motion of the ballscrew; a recess formed between the yoke and the ballscrew and arranged to receive, in use, an upper part of a tie bar of the secondary load path of the actuator; and a biasing mechanism arranged such that, in use, when no axial load is applied to the tie bar, the yoke and the ballscrew are held by balanced forces from the biasing mechanism in a position within the recess.
US10974802B2	Vessel energy management system A vessel energy management system for controlling power supply to and from a propulsion system of a vessel. The energy management system has a motor-generator unit adapted to receive power from a prime mover of the vessel, a frequency converter, an energy storage unit, and a controller. According to different embodiments, the energy storage unit includes one or more capacitors, super capacitors or ultra capacitors. The controller determines an instantaneous power requirement of the propulsion system and an average power generated by the prime mover. A comparator compares the instantaneous required power and average power. If the instantaneous required power exceeds the average power, the motor-generator unit receives energy from the energy storage unit. If the instantaneous required power is less than the average power, the motor-generator unit supplies power from the prime mover to the energy storage unit.
US10974800B1	Self inflating float assembly A self inflating float assembly includes a tube that is comprised of a resiliently expandable material. The tube has an air port extending into an interior of the tube thereby facilitating the tube to self inflate. Additionally, the tube is comprised of a fluid impermeable thereby facilitating the tube to float when the tube is inflated for performing as a personal floatation device. A valve is rotatably coupled to the air port. The valve is positionable in an open condition thereby facilitating air to pass through the air port for inflating or deflating the tube. The valve is positionable in a closed condition thereby inhibiting air from passing through the air port for retaining the tube at a selected degree of inflation.
US10974796B2	Method of securing and transferring a load between a vessel and an offshore installation and an apparatus therefor The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.
US10974795B2	Lifeboat launch control system A lifeboat launch control system. The lifeboat launch control system has a wheel trunk that runs along the side of a ship. An axle box is vertically movable in the wheel trunk. The axle box has a pair of wheels on opposing sides of a bar. A shaft is removably inserted into the bar. The shaft is removable from the bar by a handle. When the shaft is removed from the bar, the lifeboat is released from the ship.
US10974794B2	Caseless float for waterway barrier incorporating same A float for a barrier for a waterway, a waterway barrier including the float, and a method for forming the waterway barrier are provided. The float includes a caseless float body which is formed of a single, homogeneous material. The material may be a high density urethane or a functional equivalent.
US10974787B2	Brake lever and bicycle using the same A brake lever, including a protective casing, a fixing assembly cooperatively fixing the protective casing, a connecting member for connecting a hand brake cable, and a hand brake assembly; the hand brake assembly includes a main arm with one end rotatably connected to the protective casing, and the other end rotatably connected to a handle; the main arm is driven to rotate by applying a force to the handle, the connecting member is driven by a transmission member to move in the direction of tightening the hand brake cable when the main arm rotates; the handle is provided with an auxiliary supporting arm, and two ends of the auxiliary supporting arm are rotatably connected to the protective casing and the handle.
US10974783B2	Exhaust shield assembly An exhaust assembly for a vehicle. The exhaust assembly includes a header assembly including one or more head pipes, and a bridge with a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end. The first and second ends are secured to the header assembly. The exhaust assembly further includes a shield assembly including a shield shaped to cover a portion of the header assembly and a retainer secured to the shield and supported by the bridge by a planar clamp joint therebetween.
US10974773B2	Air resistance-reducing device for a vehicle An air resistance-reducing device (1) for a vehicle (12) includes a first air guide element A (3) and a second air guide element B (4) which can be adjusted between a rest position and a travel position for contour extension and aerodynamic air guidance by an actuator (6). The air resistance-reducing device (1) includes connecting element (7) with a coupling element 8, which connects the actuator (6) to the at least one connecting element (7), a first leg (9), which connects the coupling element (8) to the first air guide element A (3), a second leg (10), which connects the coupling element (8) to the second air guide element B (4), and a third leg (11), which connects the first leg (9) to the second leg (10).
US10974771B1	System for reducing aerodynamic drag forces on a trailer A vehicle includes a rear end and a flexible membrane that includes a perimeter. The perimeter is coupled to the rear end, wherein a seal is formed between the perimeter and the rear end. The vehicle also includes a pressurization source coupled to the vehicle, and at least one port defined in and extending through the rear end. The at least one port is enclosed by the perimeter and in fluidic communication with the pressurization source.
US10974767B2	Vehicle side portion structure Joining members 56 are provided that permit a rocker lower 22 moving toward a vehicle outer side at least along a direction of input of side collision load F when, at a time of a side collision of a vehicle 10, side collision load F′ that is greater than or equal to a set load that is set in advance is inputted to a rocker 16. Namely, in a case in which the side collision load F′ that is greater than or equal to the set load is transmitted from a battery pack 20 to the rocker 16, the rocker lower 22 moves toward the vehicle outer side. Therefore, reaction force that the battery pack 20 receives from the rocker 16 is reduced, and collision load that is inputted to the battery pack 20 side is decreased.
US10974766B2	Side sill structure and method for manufacturing side sill structure A side sill outer panel and a side sill inner panel form a closed cross-sectional structure. A front end of a side sill is located at a rear of and spaced apart from a front tire-wheel unit on a front side of a vehicle. The side sill extends rearward. A front end portion of an outer reinforcement is located rearward from front end portions of both the side sill outer panel and the side sill inner panel.
US10974765B2	Vehicle capable of displaying information on road and control method therefor Disclosed are a vehicle capable of projecting visual information used to guide driving or parking on a road and a control method therefor. The method of displaying information on a road for a vehicle includes recognizing a traveling state, determining at least one of a location or a curvature of a laser assistance line that is to be projected on a road from a front laser projector or a rear laser projector based on the recognized traveling state and a steering angle of the vehicle, and projecting the laser assistance line based on a result obtained from the determining.
US10974759B2	Electric power steering apparatus [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a high-performance electric power steering apparatus that can smoothly switch a steering control mode with a simple structure and does not make a driver uncomfortable when the driver steers a handle in an automatic steering control. [Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention is the electric power steering apparatus that has a function, which switches between a manual steering control which drives a motor by the first motor current command value calculated based on at least a steering torque and an automatic steering control which drives the motor by the second motor current command value calculated at a steering angle control section so that an actual steering angle follows-up a target steering angle, comprising: a target steering angle correcting section that performs a calculation process for the steering torque depending on a steering state and vehicle speed and outputs a target steering angle correction value, and a correction outputting section that corrects the target steering angle by using the target steering angle correction value and inputs a corrected correction target steering angle into the steering angle control section.
US10974758B2	Method and apparatus that direct lateral control during backward motion A method and apparatus that control lateral movement of the vehicle during backward motion are provided. The method includes loading a desired backward path of vehicle, the backward path comprising waypoints to be traveled along during a rearward motion of the vehicle, reflecting the waypoints along a reflection axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis that runs from front to back of the vehicle such that the reflected waypoints define virtual forward path; and controlling lateral movement of the vehicle to follow the waypoints along the forward path while the vehicle is traveling in a backward direction.
US10974751B2	Folding cart A pulling cart with four wheels can be folded into a folded configuration. The wheels are mounted on wheel assemblies which can be in an open or a folded position. The cart has a front panel hinged to a rear panel. The front panel has a front carrier for mounting two wheel assemblies and a pair of slide rails extendable to the second panel. A rear carrier having two wheel assemblies is fixedly mounted to the end portion of the slide rails to move between the front and rear panels. When the cart is used for pulling, all wheel assemblies are in the open position. Each carrier has two arm-receiving holes. Each wheel assembly has a pair of arcuate arms which can rest on the carrier to support the wheel in the open position or move through the arm-receiving hole into the folded position for folding the cart.
US10974737B2	Support systems and methods for a transportation system A transportation system includes a first support tower, a second support tower, a suspension cable extending between the first and second support towers, and a tube defining an interior channel extending between the first and second support towers. A vehicle is configured to travel through the interior channel. A tension support member has a first end coupled to the suspension cable and a second end coupled to the first tube through an actuator. The tension support member exerts tension force to upwardly pull the first tube towards the suspension cable. The actuator adjusts the tension force when the vehicle travels through the interior channel under the tension support member to reduce deflection of the tube.
US10974735B2	Parking assistance device Parking a vehicle at a location where parking is possible even when an obstacle is falsely detected. In a parking assistance device 1, an external environment recognition unit 11 recognizes road surface environment around an own vehicle on the basis of information detected by an external environment sensor 4 installed in the own vehicle. The display control unit 17 performs screen display using the HMI device 2 to present, to an occupant of the own vehicle, road surface information indicating the presence of an obstacle on the road surface around the own vehicle on the basis of the road surface environment recognized by the external environment recognition unit 11. The road surface information correction unit 16 corrects the road surface information and invalidates the obstacle. The parking route calculation unit 14 calculates a parking route for parking the own vehicle on the basis of the road surface information corrected by the road surface information correction unit 16.
US10974731B2	Vehicle fault detection system A system includes a first sensor configured to detect a rotational position of a first wheel. The system includes a second sensor configured to detect a rotational position of a second wheel. The system includes a third sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of a driveline operatively coupled to the first wheel and the second wheel. The system includes a computer in communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor. The computer is programmed to detect a fault associated with the first wheel or the second wheel based on a correlation between an oscillation in the rotational speeds of the driveline and the rotational positions of the first wheel or the rotational positions of the second wheel.
US10974729B2	Application and portability of vehicle functionality profiles Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to facilitate application and portability of vehicle functionality profiles are disclosed. An example method may include receiving data indicative of an identity of a user. The method may include determining, based on the identity, that the user has vehicle profile setting privileges for the vehicle. The method may include receiving a vehicle profile associated with the user to apply to the vehicle to adjust at least one operating parameter of the vehicle. The vehicle profile is one of a plurality of predetermined vehicle profiles selectable by the user. The method may include determining whether the first vehicle profile can be applied to the vehicle; and, in response to determining the first vehicle profile can be applied to the vehicle, applying the first vehicle profile to the vehicle that causes an operation of the vehicle.
US10974727B2	Transportation infrastructure communication and control Data is received from a vehicle in a stationary support structure. One or more physical attributes of an infrastructure element is determined based on the vehicle data.
US10974726B2	Method for operating a self-propelling road paver and road paver therefor A method for operating a road paver that is self-propelled and may be controlled via a machine controller. An internal combustion engine provides engine power for a hydraulic system and for a generator so as to generate a generator power for supplying at least one electrical screed plate heating system with electrical energy. The engine and generator power are changed via an engine controller and also a generator controller. Prior to and/or during the paving procedure, current measurements are performed on the current that is flowing between an electrical screed plate heating system, which is dimensioned in a frequency-independent manner, and the generator, in order to determine and ascertain a prevailing generator power that is drawn off at least by the electrical screed plate heating system.
US10974720B2	Vehicle sliding bumper and system for object contact detection and responsive control A sliding bumper apparatus and system for use with a motor vehicle to prevent the vehicle from making contact with objects that can result in damage and/or injury. A frame of the apparatus attaches to the vehicle to extend outward from the vehicle. A pair of elongated indicator rods are slidably supported by the frame. Transversely positioned detector rods are pivotally connected to the distal end of the apparatus to contact objects in the path ahead of the moving vehicle. A switch at the proximal end of the apparatus is engaged by sliding movement of the indicator rods. A spring biases the switch to a closed position to allow movement of the vehicle. If the apparatus contacts an object that should not be hit by the vehicle, the impact force will overcome the spring and open the switch to stop the vehicle before it hits the object.
US10974713B2	Multi-mode electromechanical variable transmission A vehicle includes a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission, and a controller coupled to the multi-mode transmission. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and selectively coupled to a connecting shaft, a brake positioned to selectively limit a rotational movement of a ring gear of the second gear set when engaged, a first clutch selectively rotationally coupling the first gear set and the second gear set to the drive axle when engaged, and a second clutch selectively rotationally coupling the second motor/generator to the connecting shaft when engaged. The controller is configured to engage the brake and the clutches to selectively reconfigure the multi-mode transmission to an intermediate shift mode of operation.
US10974692B2	Locking retractor mechanism for a seatbelt system and a method for actuating the same A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes electronic switches and sensors that have to be actuated along with engaging the locking tongue in the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
US10974691B2	Self-locking belt retractor for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle A self-locking belt retractor for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle with a belt shaft body and a profile head, and a blocking device with a blocking catch mounted on the profile head. When activated, the blocking device engages in a blocked position with a vehicle-affixed interlock for the purpose of blocking the belt shaft in the belt extension direction. A force-limiting device is disposed in the force transmission path from the belt shaft body to the blocking catch. The profile head is made as two parts, with a carrier component and an insert component which are affixed together. The insert component exhibits a higher resistance to deformation than the carrier component and, when the belt shaft is blocked, forms part of the force transmission path between the blocking catch and the force-limiting device.
US10974682B2	Curtain airbag device and structure for mounting to vehicle An airbag device has an airbag that is wound in a rolled state, mounted in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a vehicle and deployable in a curtain-like manner in a vehicle compartment by a gas generated by an inflator in case of emergency. A cover cloth is provided so as to be wound to cover at least part of an outer circumference of the airbag extending in a longitudinal direction. The cover cloth has a first folded-back part that is formed by folding back one end of the cover cloth in a circumferential direction of the outer circumference of a cross section, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the folded airbag. An edge of the outer circumference of the airbag is held between the first folded-back part and the other end of the cover cloth.
US10974675B2	Advanced pedestrian sensing system for vehicles with active hood A method for operating an automobile vehicle pedestrian sensing system includes: embedding multiple piezoelectric sensors in a vehicle bumper fascia, each generating a voltage in response to an impact of an object with the fascia; retrieving multiple threshold values from a memory, each assigned to one of the sensors; reading the voltage from each of the sensors; grouping individual sensors into multiple different logic circuits, each including at least two of the sensors; determining for each sensor in each of the logic circuits if the voltage is greater than the assigned threshold value; creating a positive signal following any one of the logic circuits when the voltage is determined to be greater than the assigned threshold value for the sensors grouped into the one of the logic circuits; and generating a hood deployment system deployment signal when the positive signal is output from all of the logic circuits.
US10974672B2	Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle A vehicle is equipped with an electric storage device, a drive motor, an auxiliary that can be driven by a regenerative electric power, and a control unit. The control unit performs a non-chargeable control for causing the auxiliary to consume the regenerative electric power when the electric storage device is in a non-chargeable state, and performs a specific maneuver control for causing the auxiliary to consume the regenerative electric power even when the electric storage device is in a chargeable state in the case where an operational maneuver for making a change to an operation mode in which a larger amount of the regenerative electric power is generated is performed with the regenerative electric power generated.
US10974667B2	Apparatus, device and method enabling repeated coupling and decoupling of physical objects A license plate holder includes a unitary body that forms one or more channels that permit a license plate to frequently and quickly be attached to, detached from and/or reattached to the unitary body. The unitary body is attached to an equipment or vehicle. One or two posts are coupled with the license plate and are shaped for partial insertion into, or traversal through, a channel of the unitary body. A moveable retaining pin allows a post to be temporarily captured while the post is inserted into a channel of the unitary body. The retaining pin may be spring-biased to press against the inserted post, and the retaining pin may be shaped and sized to fit into a notch or depressed feature of the inserted post. The unitary body may be or comprise an extruded component, a machined component, a milled component and/or a molded component.
US10974663B2	Trim part The disclosure provides a part of a vehicle, which includes a translucent cover layer having a front surface and a back surface; a heating layer comprising a translucent and opaque heating element extending in a plane of the heating layer, the heating layer located on the back surface side of the cover layer; and a lighting module associated with the heating layer and adapted for lighting the heating layer so that at least part of the heating layer is visible at the front surface side of the cover layer.
US10974659B2	Adjustable removable device caddy An adjustable removable device caddy is disclosed for securing devices including, but not limited to a smartphone or other phone, a tablet, an e-reader, a power bank, a speaker, a multimedia player, a two-way radio, a flashlight or other light, a television or other display, a GPS, a laser range finder, a beverage or other device. One embodiment of the invention utilizes a combination of one or more seat, wing, and face plate, to create an adjustable cavity that can accommodate a number of devices with varying width and thickness. The adjustable removable device caddy can be mounted to various mounting surfaces including, but not limited to a golf cart, automobile, all-terrain vehicle, maintenance vehicle, boat, push cart, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, tent, canopy, flat surface and the like.
US10974658B2	Image display control device An image display control device displays, on a monitor, images of the periphery of a vehicle that are captured by a left camera and a right camera installed in the vehicle. The device includes: a vehicle detection unit which detects another vehicle from the images captured by the left camera and the right camera; an enlargement unit which, when the other vehicle is detected by the vehicle detection unit, subjects the images captured by the left camera and the right camera to enlargement processing on the basis of a delay time the images take to be displayed on the monitor; and an output unit which outputs the images subjected to the enlargement processing by the enlargement unit to the monitor.
US10974651B2	Vehicle A vehicle is provided including an activation section, a shielding section, and a display section. An occupant uses the activation section to activate a make-up mode to assist the occupant in doing their make-up. The shielding section makes opaque at least one of a windshield glass, a side window glass, or a rear glass in a state in which the make-up mode has been activated. The display section is configured to display a mirror image of an entire face of the occupant in front of the occupant in a state in which the make-up mode has been activated, the mirror image being in an upright state relative to the occupant.
US10974643B1	Warning light device for a backview mirror A warning light device for a backview mirror has a backview mirror and a warning unit. The backview mirror has a casing and a mirror corresponding to each other. the mirror comprising a translucent region allowing the warning unit disposed in the casing to be aligned with the translucent region on the mirror. The warning unit has a lighting device, an illumination cover and a circuit board. The lighting device has a containment space and an opening connected to the containment space, the circuit board disposed in the containment space through the opening. The circuit board further comprising a plurality of illuminating members behind the opening; the illumination cover having a translucent plate configured to cover the opening; a plurality of illumination rods disposed in the containment space and in front of the translucent plate facing the illuminating members.
US10974627B2	Method for adjusting a position of a vehicle seat A method for adjusting a position of a vehicle seat from a reclined position to a pre-determinable safety position. The method includes detecting an imminent or ongoing frontal or semi-frontal collision, pretensioning a seat belt associated with the vehicle seat, the seat belt being directly or indirectly attached to a backrest of the vehicle seat, and adjusting the position of the vehicle seat from the reclined position to the pre-determinable safety position by means of a seat adjustment means associated with the vehicle seat, the seat adjustment means being actuated by a collision force generated by the imminent or ongoing frontal or semi-frontal collision and applied via a seat occupant and/or the seat belt to the vehicle seat. The present invention also relates to an occupant safety arrangement for a vehicle seat.
US10974623B2	Means of transportation A transport vehicle that includes at least one seat to receive passengers thereon, the at least one seat being moveable between a non-stowed position permitting a passenger to sit thereon, and a space-saving stowed position to permit a transport of goods. A cover is provided and moveable between a non-operating position and an operating position to at least partially cover at least one side wall of the motor vehicle and also the at least one seat in the space-saving stowed position.
US10974620B2	Occupant detection system and occupant detection device An occupant detection system includes a transmitter provided adjacent to a first side face of a vehicle before a predetermined seat and successively transmitting a radio wave over a range covering a seat door located on a second side face of the vehicle and in a same row as the predetermined seat, a receiver provided adjacent to the second side face behind the predetermined seat and receiving the radio wave transmitted from the transmitter, and an occupant detection device including a reception intensity acquirer, an occupant detector, an opening and closing detector. The reception intensity acquirer successively acquires a reception intensity of a radio wave successively received by the receiver. The occupant detector detects an occupant in the vehicle according to the reception intensity of the radio wave received by the receiver while the opening and closing detector detects that the seat door is open.
US10974611B2	Motor-driven vehicle A motor-driven vehicle includes a system main relay that is attached to a running electric power line connecting a power storage device to a drive circuit, a capacitor that is attached to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit, and a charging relay that is attached to a charging electric power line connecting a vehicle-side connector to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit. When a stand-side connector is disconnected from the vehicle-side connector while the power storage device is being charged with electric power from a direct-current charging stand, the charging relay and the system main relay are turned off, a two-pole welding abnormality of the charging relay is diagnosed using a voltage of the capacitor, and then the capacitor is discharged.
US10974607B2	Power system and associated system A power system is disclosed. The power system includes a first power generating unit. The first power generating unit includes a first power converting subunit and a first control unit coupled to the first power converting subunit, where the first control unit is configured to regulate a voltage of the first power generating unit. The power system further includes a second power generating unit coupled to the first power generating unit and a load, where the second power generating unit includes a second power converting subunit and a second control unit coupled to the second power converting subunit, wherein the second control unit is configured to control a current of the second power generating unit to share a quantity of electrical output current flowing through the load among the first and second power generating units.
US10974602B2	Brake apparatus for vehicles A brake apparatus for vehicles may include: a regenerative brake unit configured to perform a regenerative braking operation of a rear-wheel-drive vehicle; a master cylinder configured to form master braking hydraulic pressure using an operation of an actuator to apply, to front wheels and rear wheels of the rear-wheel-drive vehicle, frictional braking force determined by subtracting regenerative braking force generated by the regenerative brake unit from braking force demanded by a driver; and a valve unit configured to adjust the master braking hydraulic pressure formed by the master cylinder so that the frictional braking force is differentially applied to the front wheels and the rear wheels, and to restrict braking force for the rear wheels from being increased by regenerative braking force applied to the rear wheels.
US10974579B2	Vehicle roof, comprising a roller blind assembly having bearing units for a roller blind web A vehicle roof having at least one transparent section, a roof-attached support section and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading the transparent roof section at least partially. The blind assembly including at least one roller blind unit having a web to be wound up to form a reel and one lateral bearing unit on either side of a vertical longitudinal roof center plane. The reel disposed between two lateral bearing units and the roller blind assembly having a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is fastened via the lateral bearing units which is fixed to the at least one support section from below. Each bearing units has a bearing pedestal fixed to the bearing shell and a roller blind guide element displaceable as against the bearing pedestal in a pre-installation position and fixed to the roof-attached support section in an installation position.
US10974578B2	Door impact beam A door impact beam is provided. The beam includes a beam body that has a W-shaped cross section and a reinforcement portion. The reinforcement portion is disposed in middle of the beam body and has a width greater than that of the beam body. Additionally, the reinforcement portion has first and second edges that are symmetrically convex with respect to a central axis of the beam body and the first and second edges have a curved streamlined shape.
US10974574B2	Screen assembly for a work vehicle cab A screen assembly for a work vehicle cab includes a screen configured to cover at least a portion of an opening in the work vehicle cab. The screen assembly also includes a frame having at least one window channel and a screen channel. The at least one window channel is configured to support at least one window, the screen channel is configured to receive the screen, and the frame extends about a portion of a periphery of the opening.
US10974572B2	Communication between a vehicle and a road user in the surroundings of a vehicle A method and a corresponding device permit an at least partially computer-controlled and/or autonomous vehicle to communicate with its surroundings, in particular with a road user such as a person in its surroundings. A control unit for a vehicle is configured to receive surroundings data from one or more surroundings sensors of the vehicle and to detect at least one road user in the surroundings of the vehicle on the basis of the surroundings data. The control unit is configured to determine on the basis of the surroundings data whether there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle. The control unit is configured, if it has been determined that there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle, to actuate an adaptation system of the vehicle and/or one or more visual communication system in order to communicate with the road user.
US10974570B2	Limit for compressor speed based on inverter temperature for air conditioner in vehicle Methods, systems, and apparatus for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system that limits the speed of the compressor to allow for the adoption or use of an internal heat exchanger. The HVAC system includes a compressor configured to drive refrigerant flow and an inverter configured to control a speed of the compressor. The HVAC system includes a first sensor configured to measure a temperature of the inverter and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain, from the first sensor, the temperature of the inverter. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a range of speeds for the compressor based on the obtained temperature of the inverter. The electronic control unit is configured to operate the compressor within the determined range of speeds.
US10974564B2	Vehicle damping control A system for damping control for a vehicle includes a parameter component and a damping adjustment component. The parameter component is configured to determine one or more driving parameters of a vehicle. The one or more driving parameters include a velocity of the vehicle. The damping adjustment component is configured to adjust damping of suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the one or more driving parameters. The damping adjustment component is also configured to adjust damping of suspension at a zero velocity for a threshold time period in response to transitioning from a non-zero velocity to the zero velocity.
US10974558B2	Check rail with a pivot bearing The disclosure relates to a check rail for a wheel suspension of a wheel in a vehicle, wherein the wheel suspension may include a wheel carrier configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel carrier may include an elastic check rail body that may include a fiber-reinforced composite material with a first check rail end and a second check rail end, wherein the first check rail end is configured to be fastened to a structural body component of the vehicle, wherein the first check rail end is constructed without a bearing; and a pivot bearing on the second check rail end and configured to be rotatably fastened on the wheel carrier.
US10974552B2	Pneumatic tire for a motorcycle The pneumatic tire 1 for a motorcycle comprises a tread portion 2 comprising a belt layer 7, an inner liner layer 9 made of air impermeable rubber and arranged radially inside the belt layer 7, and a sealant layer 10 attached to a radially inner surface (9a) of the inner liner layer 9. The sealant layer 10 comprises a crown portion 10A arranged at a center thereof in a tire axial direction and a pair of shoulder portions 10B arranged on both sides of the crown portion 10A in the tire axial direction. Viscosity μ2 of the shoulder portions 10B is larger than viscosity μ1 of the crown portion 10A.
US10974550B2	Tire with an insert configured to measure wear of a tread A tire comprising a tread block made of tread material, a tread, of which a part is formed by the tread block, and an insert comprising a primary capacitive component and a primary inductive component. The insert extends in a longitudinal direction from a bottom of the insert to a top of the insert. The insert has a first cross section at a first longitudinal position and a second cross section at a second longitudinal position, wherein the first longitudinal position is located closer to the tread of the tire than the second longitudinal position, and the second cross section is greater than the first cross section. At least a part of the top of the insert does not form an interface with the tread material. A method for applying an insert into a tire. An insert is inserted into a blind hole of the tire such that the bottom of the insert is inserted deeper in the blind hole than the top of the insert.
US10974549B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 provided with main grooves 3 extending zigzag continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and lateral grooves 4 extending in the tire axial direction. The main grooves 3 include a pair of shoulder main grooves 6. The lateral grooves 4 include shoulder lateral grooves 17 extending from the shoulder main grooves 6 to tread edges Te. The maximum groove width W8 of the shoulder lateral grooves 17 is 0.2 to 0.6 times the maximum groove width W1 of the shoulder main grooves 6.
US10974546B2	Automated removal and replacement of vehicle wheels and tires Systems, methods and apparatus for automated vehicle wheel removal and replacement are provided. One system includes a computer system with applications for scheduling the replacement of tires for the vehicle. An electronically controlled lift device and robotic apparatus is configured for interaction with the computer system. The lift device mechanically adjusts arms for placement on lift points of vehicles. The robotic apparatus detects positioning of lug nut configuration for a wheel, removes lug nuts, and then removes the wheel from the wheel hub with gripping arms. The wheel and tire are then handed off to a separate tire changing machine. When a new tire is replaced the robotic apparatus then mounts the wheel to the original wheel hub, and then secures the lug nuts to the lug nut bolts.
US10974545B2	Wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a wheel support and a wheel hub which is rotatably mounted on the wheel support by a wheel bearing in order to secure a wheel and to which a shaft is rotationally fixed, wherein a wheel bearing seal sealingly lies, on the one hand, against an inner ring of the wheel bearing, said inner ring sitting on the wheel hub, and, on the other hand, against an outer ring of the wheel bearing, said outer ring being secured to the wheel support. It is provided here that a wheel bearing pre-seal is rotationally fixed to the shaft adjacently to the wheel bearing and engages by a seal protrusion in a pre-seal receiving area formed in at least some sections between the outer ring and the wheel support.
US10974541B2	Dry eraser and associated systems and methods An example dry eraser and associated systems and methods are described. The example dry eraser includes a body with a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second side walls. The body includes a hollow interior configured and dimensioned to receive therein a plurality of individual wipes. The top wall of the body includes an opening configured and dimensioned to dispense therefrom the plurality of individual wipes. The dry eraser includes an erasure material disposed on at least a portion of the bottom wall of the body.
US10974528B2	Replication alignment of components for use in inkjet printing applications Techniques for more accurately and efficiently replicating the alignment of one or more printer components with respect to another printer component are described herein. Replication may be achieved by using a fixture and a connection media to create a near exact replica of features of the fixture, or to temporarily hold multiple printer components in position while a joining layer of the connection media hardens. More specifically, a connection media, such as epoxy, can be used to fill an intentionally-established gap between connecting bodies or components that are held in a predetermined position by the replication fixture. The replication fixture represents a mechanical mounting interface that influences the position of a print head (or an array of print heads) within a printer housing or printing mechanism. Joining printer components in such a manner enables a stable mechanical coupling to be formed that does not require post operations.
US10974522B2	Liquid discharge apparatus, dyeing apparatus, and head drive method A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a row of a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid. The liquid discharge apparatus further includes circuitry configured to generate a discharge timing in accordance with movement of a linear object to which the head applies the liquid, apply a drive waveform to the head based on the discharge timing, and apply a micro vibrating pulse to the head after application of a discharge pulse for discharging the liquid and before a subsequent discharge timing. The micro vibrating pulse is for vibrating a meniscus of the nozzle.
US10974517B2	High stability ink delivery systems, and associated print systems and methods Disclosed are high stability ink delivery system systems and methods for their use, in which a secondary reservoir is placed upstream of a printhead. The secondary reservoir can be opened to the atmosphere through a valve, such as based on the reading of a pressure sensor placed at a point before the printhead. The purpose of this valve is to open the secondary reservoir to the atmosphere when the pressure sensor indicates that the secondary reservoir can be open while avoiding air aspiration, and closing it when this condition is not satisfied.
US10974513B2	Ink supply An example of an ink supply includes an ink chamber containing a liquid ink, a salt chamber containing a salt solution, a separator positioned between the liquid ink and the salt solution, and a release mechanism. The separator completely separates the liquid ink from the salt solution prior to the release mechanism being triggered. The release mechanism has a triggered position and a retracted position. The triggered position causes the separator to at least partially open, and enables the liquid ink and the salt solution to be combined to form a mixture.
US10974506B2	Charge electrode There is provided a charge electrode for charging ink droplets for continuous ink jet printing. The charge electrode has a generally cylindrical main body defining a generally cylindrical passage for the ink droplets, said passage extending along a travel axis that represents, in use, the position of an ink jet in ingress to the electrode and a direction of travel of the ink droplets once these have detached from the ink jet. The charge electrode comprises two distinct axially disposed regions: a first region for charging the droplets as required; and, a second region for screening the charged droplets from any electric fields which could undesirably affect the trajectory of the ink jet and/or the droplets. The second region may fully surround at least a portion of the travel axis. The invention therefore provides improved screening for the ink jet and/or the droplets. This may in turn enable better control of the charge applied to the charged droplets, and/or of their travel trajectory.
US10974502B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and circuit substrate In a liquid discharge apparatus, a circuit substrate includes a first terminal group provided on a first surface and a second terminal group provided on a second surface. The first terminal group includes a first terminal to which a first signal is input, a second terminal to which a second signal is input, and a third terminal to which a reference voltage signal is input. The second terminal group includes a fourth terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal, a fifth terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal, and a sixth terminal electrically coupled to the third terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal are arranged side by side. The third terminal is not located between the first terminal and the second terminal. The fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are arranged. The sixth terminal is located between the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal.
US10974501B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and circuit substrate A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a driving signal output circuit that outputs a driving signal, and a circuit substrate that is electrically coupled to the driving signal output circuit and the liquid discharge head. The circuit substrate includes a first surface, a second surface different from the first surface, a first terminal group, and a second terminal group. The first terminal group includes a plurality of first terminals and is provided on the first surface. The second terminal group includes a plurality of second terminals and is provided on the second surface. The number of first terminals which are electrically coupled to the driving signal output circuit and to which the driving signal is input is smaller than the number of second terminals which are electrically coupled to the liquid discharge head and from which the driving signal is output.
US10974478B2	Interleaved layer construction and a plank for stiffening a panel An interleaved layer construction of a composite panel and a composite plank constructed of three sub-planks that are adhered together and secured to the panel stiffen and strengthen the panel.
US10974475B2	Prism, forming mold, and method of producing prism A forming mold for forming a prism by press molding includes a first mold, a second mold, and a third mold. The second mold includes a surface configured to form a base surface of a non-optical surface and is configured to define, together with the first mold, a space in which a material is disposed. The third mold is slidable with respect to the second mold so as to project toward the space with respect to the second mold and is configured to form a recess portion recessed with respect to the base surface.
US10974473B2	Method and apparatus for dispensing temperature-adjusted automotive body sealant A method for dispensing temperature-automotive body sealant includes providing a dispensing system having a pump operable to pump the sealant and a manifold receiving the sealant and operable to temperature-adjust the sealant has an elongated central body and elongated passages extending from the first end to the second end. First and second end caps are detachably connected to ends of the central body. A thermal unit is in thermal communication with the elongated central body and operable to heat or cool the elongated central body. A dispenser is in fluid communication with the manifold and operable to dispense the temperature-adjusted sealant. Sealant is pumped through the manifold and heated or cooled so as to provide a temperature-adjusted sealant. The temperature-adjusted sealant is dispensed from the dispenser.
US10974467B2	Enhanced systems that facilitate vacuum bag curing of composite parts Systems and methods are provided for enhancement of vacuum bagging processes for a composite part. One system includes dispensers configured to dispense materials onto a forming tool for a composite part, and a controller. The controller is able to identify a selected location for placing the composite part on the tool, to direct the dispensers to apply a mold release agent onto the tool based on the selected location, to apply a sealant onto the tool proximate to the selected location, to lay up a ply of constituent material for the composite part atop the mold release agent at the selected location, to apply a pressure pad material atop the constituent material, to apply a breather material atop the pressure pad, and to apply vacuum bag material atop the ply proximate to the selected location to cover the ply as well as the sealant.
US10974460B2	Reconstruction of surfaces for additive manufacturing Tracking of measured depth with intervening depositing of one or more layers provides a way of improving the accuracy of surface reconstruction. For example, knowledge of the desired or expected thickness of each layer, in combination with the scan data is combined to yield higher accuracy than is available from scan data of a single scan alone. One application of such an accurate surface reconstruction is in a feedback arrangement in which the desired thickness of one or more subsequent layers to be deposited after scanning is determined from the estimate of the surface depth and a model of the object that is being fabricated, and by increasing accuracy of the surface depth estimate, the precision of the fabrication of the object may be increased.
US10974456B2	Additive manufacturing power map to mitigate defects A laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system for producing a part by creating a power map that is an intelligent feed forward model to control the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for producing the part and using the power map to control the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for producing the part. This includes an apparatus for producing a part including a powder bed, a laser that produces a laser beam, a proportional integral derivative controller that creates a power map that describes laser power requirements as the laser moves along a path, wherein the laser power requirements prevent defects in the part.
US10974453B2	Three-dimensional, additive manufacturing system, and a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object A three-dimensional, additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The first and second printer modules form sequences of first patterned single-layer objects and second patterned single-layer objects on the first and second carrier substrates, respectively. The patterned single-layer objects are assembled into a three-dimensional object on the assembly plate of the assembly station. A controller controls the sequences and patterns of the patterned single-layer objects formed at the printer modules, and a sequence of assembly of the first patterned single-layer objects and the second patterned single-layer objects into the three-dimensional object on the assembly plate. The first transfer module transfers the first patterned single-layer objects from the first carrier substrate to the assembly apparatus in a first transfer zone and the second transfer module transfers the second patterned single-layer objects from the second carrier substrate to the assembly apparatus in a second transfer zone. The first and second printer modules are configured to deposit first and second materials under first and second deposition conditions, respectively. The first and second materials are different and/or the first and second deposition conditions are different.
US10974450B2	3D printer with tuned fusing radiation emission According to an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printer may include a first delivery device to selectively deposit first liquid droplets onto a layer of build materials, in which the first liquid has a fusing radiation absorption property. The 3D printer may also include a fusing radiation generator to selectively emit fusing radiation at multiple ranges of wavelengths and at selected locations to selectively fuse the build materials and a controller to tune a range of wavelengths at which the fusing radiation generator is to emit fusing radiation based upon the fusing radiation absorbing property of the deposited first liquid, to determine the selected locations at which the fusing radiation at the tuned range of wavelengths is to be emitted, and to control the fusing radiation generator to selectively emit fusing radiation at the tuned range of wavelengths and onto the selected locations.
US10974446B2	B-rep of the result of a two-axis 3D printing process Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for determining a boundary representation of the result of a two-axis 3D printing process. The method comprises obtaining a stack of planes, each couple of consecutive planes corresponding to a respective slice of the result of the 3D printing process. The method also comprises, for each couple of consecutive planes: obtaining one or more respective tool trajectories, determining a respective 2D contour corresponding to the one or more tool trajectories. The method also comprises determining a respective extrusion of the respective 2D contour bounded by a second plane of the couple and a first plane of the couple, and forming the boundary representation with the extrusions and portions of the planes. The method improves 3D printing.
US10974431B2	Continuous gluing process of an adhesive composition with a gluing nozzle having an extrusion die with a relaxation volume The invention relates to a gluing process of an adhesive composition with the use of a gluing nozzle having an extrusion die for continuous extrusion of an adhesive composition over a predetermined width, the extrusion die (20) comprising a lower lip (22) and an upper lip (24), the upper and lower lips (24, 22) extending parallel to one another so as to form a transverse channel (28) for the longitudinal flow of the adhesive composition, the transverse channel extending longitudinally between: a supply opening (30) for supplying the adhesive composition; and an extrusion outlet (34) for extrusion of the adhesive composition (34); the channel (28) comprising a concave volume (32) for relaxation of the adhesive composition between the supply opening (30) and the gluing outlet (34).
US10974426B2	Apparatus for injection molding of plastic materials An apparatus for injection molding of plastic materials includes a mold having at least one plate, a hot runner distributor of the fluid plastic material, at least one injector and an actuator for controlling the opening and the closing of the injector, supported by the distributor and whose cooling is carried out by thermal exchange contact with the plate. Provided for the cooling of the jack actuator is at least one body made of thermally conductive material at least partly surrounding the actuator in an axially slidable manner and it is maintained in thermal exchange contact with the plate by a magnetic force and/or a fluid thrust and/or an electrical drive force.
US10974423B2	Wood handle with overmold and method of manufacture The disclosed and claimed concept provides for an overmold that is applied to substantially all of the exposed portions of a wood handle for a tool.
US10974414B2	Coated product manufacturing method and manufacturing device A method for manufacturing a coated product for suppressing the occurrence of sagging or cracking at an outer corner curved surface part of a coated product, includes: transporting a laminate in which a decorative material is bonded to a surface of the substrate; heating a bending margin of the decorative material projecting outward from a side surface of the substrate during transport of the laminate; and bending the bending margin heated in the heating step during transport of the laminate in a non-heated state to bond the bending margin to the side surface of the substrate. During heating, the bending margin being heated is bent in a half-folded state toward the side surface of the substrate. During bonding, the bending margin bent in the half-folded state in the heating step is further bent to be bonded to the side surface of the substrate.
US10974412B2	Machine for cutting pouches with shaped perimeter edge, method and pouch Apparatus and method for separating product containing pouches from a travelling web of adhered films carried on a film support surface includes a rotary blade drum assembly having blade configurations with blade portions arranged to form the entire perimeter edge of the flange of the pouch which rotate in synchronous registration with grooves in the film support surface. In one form, at least one blade portion and associated groove portion are non-linear and other than longitudinal or transverse to the film support surface of the forming drum or travelling web of films. The blade portions may be heated and the rotary blade drum assembly may include insulating guides for the pouches.
US10974410B2	Stripper clip A stripper clip (100) for a die board (300) of a stripping machine, the stripper clip (100) comprising: a hub (110) to be fitted into a corresponding socket (320) of the die board (300); a bridge extending from the hub (110) to a distal end (122); and a cantilevered arm (130) extending from the distal end (122) of the bridge. The clip (100) is dimensioned to fit into a socket (320) of the die board (300) with the cantilevered arm (130) extending from an underside of the die board (300) into an aperture (310) of the die board (300) for receiving waste pieces from blanks. The clip (100) is formed of a resilient material so that the cantilevered arm (130) is deflected towards the hub (110) as a waste piece (410) passes through the die board (300) and so that the arm (130) reflexes as the waste piece (410) passes the cantilevered arm (130) to assist in disposing of the waste piece (410).
US10974405B2	Flexible razor assembly A flexible razor assembly for shaving contours on a user's body includes a handle that has a blade channel integrated therein. A lever is pivotally coupled to the handle and a blade case is coupled to the lever. The blade case is positionable in an open position and a closed position and the blade case is bendable to conform to curvature of a user's body. A blade is provided and the blade is comprised of a bendable material. The blade is positionable in the blade case having a cutting edge of the blade being exposed for shaving the user's body.
US10974393B2	Automation apparatus An automation apparatus includes a mechanism having a machine coordinate system and configured to work on a work which moves in the machine coordinate system, a sensor configured to successively detect positions of the work as the work moves, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a plurality of machine coordinate positions of the work in the machine coordinate system successively based on the positions successively detected by the sensor, and is configured to determine, based on the plurality of machine coordinate positions of the work, a working position at which the mechanism is configured to work on the work.
US10974391B2	Carpet drift estimation using differential sensors or visual measurements Apparatus and methods for carpet drift estimation are disclosed. In certain implementations, a robotic device includes an actuator system to move the body across a surface. A first set of sensors can sense an actuation characteristic of the actuator system. For example, the first set of sensors can include odometry sensors for sensing wheel rotations of the actuator system. A second set of sensors can sense a motion characteristic of the body. The first set of sensors may be a different type of sensor than the second set of sensors. A controller can estimate carpet drift based at least on the actuation characteristic sensed by the first set of sensors and the motion characteristic sensed by the second set of sensors.
US10974390B2	Autonomous localization and navigation equipment, localization and navigation method, and autonomous localization and navigation system The objective of the present invention is to provide an autonomous localization and navigation equipment which has the following advantages. The autonomous localization and navigation equipment is highly modularized, which greatly reduces the coupling degree with the host equipment, so the equipment is convenient to be integrated to the existing host equipment and it is flexibly expandable. Thus, the host equipment such as a robot etc. has a more concise and clear system constitution, thereby greatly reducing the development difficulty and developing time of the host equipment having the autonomous localization and navigation equipment 1. Moreover, as a result of the high degree of modularization of the autonomous localization and navigation equipment, it is possible to miniaturize the host equipment.
US10974387B2	Alignment tool for fastener feed mechanism Systems and methods are provided for aligning a fastener feed mechanism. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an alignment tool that aligns a fastener feed mechanism with a chamber of a fastening device that receives fasteners. The alignment tool includes a tip section having a diameter less than a diameter of the chamber, a chamber fit section that extends from an end of the tip section in a lengthwise direction and has a diameter corresponding with the diameter of the chamber, a lip that protrudes radially from the chamber beyond the diameter of the chamber, and a fitting member that extends from the lip in the lengthwise direction.
US10974364B2	Cutting blade mounting mechanism A cutting blade mounting mechanism for mounting a cutting blade to a tip portion of a spindle includes: a blade mount mounted to the tip portion of the spindle; and an air supply unit supplying air to the blade mount. The blade mount includes: a columnar boss section inserted into a through-hole provided in an annular base of the cutting blade; a flange section projecting in a radial direction from a side of a base end of the boss section and having a support surface supporting the cutting blade; and an ejector type blade suction section having a first air passage connecting a supply port supplied with air from the air supply unit and a discharge port discharging air, and a second air passage connecting a suction port opening to a side of the support surface of the flange section and the first air passage.
US10974359B2	Automated workpiece conveying vehicle An automated workpiece conveying vehicle included in a conveyance system that conveys a workpiece to each of a plurality of processing apparatuses is provided. The automated workpiece conveying vehicle includes: a workpiece support part that supports the workpiece; a traveling mechanism provided on the workpiece support part; a vibration detection unit that detects vibration of the workpiece support part and records the vibration as vibration data; and a receiver that receives a control signal transmitted from a control unit included in the conveyance system, the control signal instructing conveyance of the workpiece to the processing apparatus.
US10974356B2	Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus includes a blade changing unit demounting an old cutting blade from a blade mount and mounting a new cutting blade to the blade mount. The blade changing unit includes a blade holder for holding a support base of each cutting blade and a moving portion for moving the blade holder in the axial direction of a boss portion of the blade mount in the condition where each cutting blade is held by the blade holder, thereby mounting the new cutting blade to the boss portion or demounting the old cutting blade from the boss portion. The cutting apparatus further includes a control unit controlling the blade changing unit. The control unit measures a signal indicating a force applied to the moving portion in mounting or demounting, and determines the condition of the blade changing unit and blade mount according to the signal measured by the measuring portion.
US10974354B2	Blank assembly for housing, housing, manufacturing method for housing and terminal A blank assembly for a housing, a housing, a manufacturing method for a housing and a terminal are provided. The blank assembly includes: a first blank, a second blank and a filler. The first blank defines a slit along a thickness direction of the first blank, the second blank partially extends into the slit, an outer surface of the second blank located in the slit is spaced apart from an inner wall of the slit, and the filler is filled in the slit. In the blank assembly according to the present disclosure, the second blank partially extends into the slit and a filler is used to fill the slit to connect the second blank located in the slit with the first blank, the second blank may be partially arranged in the slit in an embedding manner.
US10974350B2	Strip cladding heads having strip pressure limits and strip cladding systems with strip cladding heads having strip pressure limits Strip cladding heads having strip pressure limits and strip cladding systems with strip cladding heads having strip pressure limits are disclosed are disclosed. A disclosed example cladding head for a strip cladding system includes a first contact jaw comprising first and second contacts to deliver welding power to a cladding strip that is driven between the first and second contacts, a first contact pressure adjuster to set a first pressure applied by the first and second contacts to the cladding strip, and a first strip lock preventer to limit the first pressure applied by the first and second contacts to the cladding strip to less than a threshold pressure.
US10974335B2	Composite soldering, de-soldering station load detection A soldering and de-soldering station and systems including enhanced features for the soldering heating tools and load detection functionality.
US10974329B2	Lathe tool comprising a tapered coolant channel and offset coolant outlet lines and corresponding production method A rotary tool for machining workpieces, said tool comprising a base body having a clamping section and a tool head comprising a cutting region having at least one cutting edge. The tool head comprises at least one coolant channel for supplying a cooling and/or lubricating fluid into the cutting region. At least some sections of the coolant channel have a cross-section that tapers in the direction of the tool head. In this region, at least two coolant outlet lines branch off from contact points of the coolant channel in the direction of the tool head upper surface, and are offset in the axial longitudinal direction of the coolant channel. Also, a production method for a rotary tool, in which the blank of the tool is produced by a sintering method in which the coolant channel of the tool is formed integrally in the sintering method at the same time.
US10974327B1	Drills and drill bits with buttressed chip breakers Drilling tools and/or drill bits having notches with buttressed regions and/or notches therewithin to improve notch strength. In some embodiments, the drill/drill bit may comprise a shank comprising a cutting face, the cutting face terminating in a cutting edge. A notch may be formed along the cutting edge, which may be configured to separate chips formed by the drilling tool during operation. A buttressed region may be formed within the notch and may terminate along the cutting edge. The buttressed region may expand a size of the notch in one or more dimensions.
US10974325B1	Method and apparatus for retaining a tool in a tool holder Tool holder has a first section adapted to be connected to a machining center and a tool holding section comprising a bore with a surface defining an inner diameter of the bore. Dispersed around the surface of the bore and at least partially embedded in the surface of the bore is a joining compound having a Young's modulus greater than a Young's modulus of the surface of the bore.
US10974319B2	Casting device In a casting device, positions of discharge ends discharging cooling gas, of respective gas supply nozzles are adjusted in response to movement of a mold. This makes it possible to stably achieve high cooling performance for the mold by blowing of the cooling gas. To adjust the positions of the respective discharge ends, the gas supply nozzles are advanced or retreated, or are expanded or contracted. Further, a cooling chamber may include a radiation cooling portion that cools the mold by radiation, and the radiation cooling portion is disposed below the gas supply nozzles that are provided directly below a heat shielding body partitioning a heating chamber and the cooling chamber.
US10974303B2	Sliding frictional force generation mechanism by fitting and die cushion for press machine A sliding frictional force generation mechanism includes a metal hole member having a hole, a metal shaft member fitted in the hole of the hole member in an axially slidable manner, and a lubrication mechanism configured to supply lubricating oil serving as a cooling medium between the holed ember and the shaft member. The shaft member is fitted in the hole in an interference fit state.
US10974298B2	Tapered structure construction Feeding stock used to form a tapered structure into a curving device such that each point on the stock undergoes rotational motion about a peak location of the tapered structure; and the stock meets a predecessor portion of stock along one or more adjacent edges.
US10974289B2	Methods of mitigating bituminous material adhesion using nano-particles Embodiments relate to solid nano-particles applied to the surface of well equipment to treat bituminous material adhesion. An embodiment provides a method of treating the surface of well equipment. The method may comprise applying a solid nanoparticle film to the surface of the well equipment with a treatment fluid comprising solid nanoparticles. The method may further comprise allowing the solid nanoparticles to interact with the surface of the well equipment and/or bituminous materials adhered to the surface of the well equipment to remove at least a portion of the bituminous materials from the surface of the well equipment.
US10974279B2	Infrasound generator for enhancing the combustion of solid fuels The invention refers to an infrasound generator for enhancing the combustion of solid fuels burning in a combustion chamber. The infrasound is generated by one or more set(-s) of each two vibrating plates, vibrating in the same direction with the same displacement amplitude but in antiphase. The infrasound generator does not cause vibrations and is not sensitive to ash and heat from the combustion.
US10974278B2	Vibration element with decoupled component The present invention concerns a vibration element like for example a sonotrode with a component fixed thereto. To provide a vibration element having a component fixed thereto, which is simple to manufacture, has a long service life and in addition prevents detachment of the component from the sonotrode, it is proposed according to the invention that the vibration element has a bore and the component has a fixing portion fitted in the bore, wherein arranged between the fixing portion and the bore is an elastic element which is either elastically deformed, and more specifically preferably parallel to the bore axis, or is arranged at least partially within a recess provided in the inside surface of the bore in such a way that the component can be removed from the bore only by elastic deformation of the elastic element.
US10974277B2	Rotor blade coating The present invention relates to a rotor blade which has a coating, to a corresponding method for producing the coating, and to a method for heating and/or deicing the outer surface of the rotor blade and/or an outermost layer applied onto the outer surface of the rotor blade. The task underlying the invention is to develop a functional multi-layered coating that constitutes a comprehensive protection against the various environmental influences. The task is accomplished by a rotor blade which has an outer surface and by an at least two-layered coating applied onto the outer surface, having a first adhesion-facilitating metal layer and/or a first adhesion-facilitating layer which has electric heating elements and a second metal layer, wherein the first adhesion-facilitating metal layer and/or the first adhesion-facilitating layer which has electric heating elements is arranged between the outer surface of the rotor blade and the second metal layer.
US10974273B2	Method and apparatus for jetting of viscous medium using impacting device An ejector for jetting a viscous medium onto a substrate is disclosed. The ejector comprises a jetting chamber adapted to accommodate the viscous medium, a nozzle communicatively connected to the chamber, and an impacting device adapted to impact a volume of the viscous medium in the chamber such that viscous medium is jetted through the nozzle towards the substrate. The ejector may further comprise a rotating mechanism adapted to rotate the impacting device around a length axis of the impacting device such that shearing is induced in the viscous medium to be jetted. A corresponding system and method is also disclosed.
US10974267B2	Frangible dip tube A dip tube for a fluid pump which dip tube includes at least one frangible portion which, when intact, provides different characteristics to the dip tube than when broken, including, for example, providing for shortening of the length of the dip tube and/or providing for an inlet opening at a closed a lower end of the dip tube. The dip tube is to be inserted into a fluid containing bottle such that on insertion a distal end of the dip tube comes into engagement with a bottom wall of the reservoir with forces arising in such engagement resulting in a breaking of the frangible portion causing a change of characteristics of the dip tube.
US10974265B1	Spray device with interchangeable cartridges and methods of use A spray device for delivering a mixture of fluids is disclosed comprising a removable fluid concentrate reservoir configured to hold a fluid concentrate, a single pump in fluid communication with the removable fluid concentrate reservoir and a fluid dilute reservoir and a top section comprising a manifold configured to mix a portion of the contents of the removable fluid concentrate reservoir with a portion of the fluid dilute reservoir. In some embodiments, the removable fluid concentrate reservoir is a removable concentrate cartridge and the fluid dilute reservoir is a removable dilute cartridge. In some embodiments, the fluid concentrate comprises a perfume. In some embodiments, the fluid concentrate comprises an essential oil.
US10974262B2	Intuitive width control sprinkler An irrigation device includes a body defining a fluid passage; a slider movably coupled to the body, wherein the slider includes a body defining a plurality of apertures and a plurality of projections extending away from the body; a plurality of flexible jets coupled longitudinally to the body, wherein the plurality of flexible jets receive fluid from the fluid passage, and wherein each jet is received by an aperture in the plurality of apertures of the slider; and a toggle rotatably coupled to the body and to the slider, wherein the toggle is rotatably coupled to the body in substantial alignment with the plurality of jets, and wherein rotation of the toggle in a first direction moves the slider to cause at least one projection of the slider to engage with at least one jet to adjust a position of the at least one jet.
US10974253B2	Hydroseeders having integrated bale grinders and methods In one embodiment, a hydroseeder has an integrated bale grinder. The hydroseeder includes a tank, an agitator, a plurality of grinding flights, and a basket. The tank includes an opening and is configured to hold a material slurry. The agitator is positioned below the opening and is configured to agitate the material slurry. The plurality of grinding flights extends from the agitator and is configured to grind a material bale as it is introduced into the tank. The basket extends from the opening of the tank and is configured to direct the material bale toward the plurality of grinding flights.
US10974251B2	Pulverizing device, throat for pulverizing device, and pulverized-coal fired boiler A pulverizing device includes: a housing; a pulverization table configured to rotate inside the housing; and a throat, disposed inside the housing on a radially outer side of the pulverization table, for forming an upward air flow. The throat includes: an inner ring extending along an outer periphery of the pulverization table; an outer ring, disposed on a radially outer side of the inner ring so as to form an annular flow passage between the inner ring and the outer ring; and a plurality of throat vanes disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The following expressions are satisfied: 2.0≤L/d≤4.0; and 0.5≤H/d≤1.5, where H is a gap between the inner ring and the outer ring with respect to a radial direction, L is a length of the throat vanes, and ‘d’ is a distance between adjacent two of the throat vanes.
US10974238B2	Process for combustion coke from coked catalyst A counter-current catalyst regenerator with at least two stages of counter-current contact is proposed. Each stage may comprise a permeable barrier that allows upward passage of oxygen-containing gas and downward passage of coked catalyst into each stage, but inhibits upward movement of catalyst to mitigate back mixing and approximate true counter-current contact and efficient combustion of coke from catalyst.
US10974237B2	Pincer-type ligand having acridane structure and metal complex using the same Disclosed are a pincer-type ligand having a structurally rigid acridane structure and a metal complex consisting of the pincer-type ligand and a metal bound to each other, and exhibiting high reactivity and stability during a variety of bonding activation reactions. T-shaped complexes can be prepared from acriPNP(4,5-bis(diisopropylphosphino)-2,7,9,9-tetramethyl-9H-acrid in-10-ide), which is a pincer-type PNP ligand having an acridane structure, and metal complexes, which can be structurally rigid and thus exhibit excellent reactivity and stability based on minimized structural change thereof, can be prepared by introducing an acridane structure into the backbone thereof. The PNP ligand is structurally stable and has novel chemical properties, as compared to conventional similar ligands, and thus can be utilized in a wide range of catalytic reactions and material chemistry.
US10974229B2	Procedure to prepare a supported trimetallic catalyst for production of ultra low sulfur diesel and its application According to this invention, a Ni—Mo—W trimetallic catalyst supported on porous alumina is obtained that shows very high activity for hydrotreating (HDT) of gasoils, particularly deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodesnitrogenation (HDN) of straight run gasoil in conditions of moderate pressure. When the catalyst is applied to HDT of diesel, the NiMoW catalyst exhibits high catalytic activity. The content of sulfur and nitrogen in the resulting diesel can be reduced from 13,200 to 10 ppm and nitrogen from 360 ppm to less than 1 ppm, under moderate pressure, temperature and space-velocity (LHSV) similar to those of an industrial unit. The catalytic composition, of trimetallic type, is prepared from an alumina support of high surface area to which a solution containing a metal precursor of an element of group VIB is added, followed by other solution that contains one of the precursors of the active metallic phase, a solution containing another of the precursors of the active metallic phase from group VIB, a metal promoter of group VIII and an additive promoter of acidity from group VB, and finally another solution containing a metal of group VIB, a metal of Group VIII and an organic compound, the used route promotes the preferential formation of well dispersed structures of the used metals on the support of porous alumina, less refractory to sulfidation, with high stacking and short lengths of metal sulfides formed in the resulting hydrodesulfurization catalyst. In the formulation, at least a percentage, but not all the Mo is replaced by W, in a Mo/W molar ratio of 0.6 to 2.0.
US10974227B2	Catalyst and process using the catalyst A new chromium-containing fluorination catalyst is described. The catalyst comprises an amount of zinc that promotes activity. The zinc is contained in aggregates which have a size across their largest dimension of up to 1 micron. The aggregates are distributed throughout at least the surface region of the catalyst and greater than 40 weight % of the aggregates contain a concentration of zinc that is within ±1 weight % of the modal concentration of zinc in those aggregates.
US10974224B2	Activated carbon, metal-carrying activated carbon using same and hydrogenation reaction catalyst The present invention relates to an activated carbon having an electric conductivity of 3.5 S/cm or more obtained by powder resistance measurement under a load of 12 kN and an oxygen content of 3.0% by mass or more, and a metal-carrying activated carbon using the same, and the like.
US10974212B1	Vortexing chamber and system A vortexing chamber, including: a chamber housing having a hollow channel, a first end and a second end; and one or more structural impediment objects having a substantially spherical, cubic, rectangular, cylindrical, polyhedron, tetrahedron, or irregular shape; where the objects are housed within the hollow channel, configured to mix a liquid and gas (for example, oxygen or nitrogen) when a liquid and gas pass through the vortexing chamber. The structural impediment objects can provide turbulence and dispersion when a liquid and gas are passed through the vortexing chamber at a high velocity, resulting in micro-bubbles or nano-bubbles suspended in a liquid and gas mixture.
US10974210B2	Self-carbonating beverage container A self-carbonating beverage container includes a beverage can housing adapted to hold a fixed portion of liquid. A carbonating gas bottle containing carbonating gas stored under pressure has a breakable seal through which the carbonating gas is released. The carbonating gas bottle is attached to the can. A spout is attached to the can such that one end of the spout is introduced into the beverage can housing and the other end of the spout has a puncturing mechanism facing the breakable seal of the carbonating gas bottle. Actuating the puncturing mechanism enables the carbonating gas to flow into the beverage can housing.
US10974209B2	Ion-exchange membrane A polymerizable composition for forming an ion-exchange resin precursor, the polymerizable composition containing a monomer component and polyethylene particles in an amount of 50 to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the monomer component, wherein the monomer component contains an aromatic monomer for introducing ion-exchange groups and a nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer, the nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer being present in an amount of 10 to 35% by mass in said monomer component. An ion-exchange membrane is produced by applying the polymerizable composition onto a polyolefin type filament base material and polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form an ion-exchange resin precursor and, thereafter, introducing ion-exchange groups into the precursor.
US10974208B2	Graphene oxide membranes and related methods Membranes comprising graphene oxide sheets and associated filter media and methods are provided. In some embodiments, a membrane may comprise graphene oxide sheets that have undergone one or more chemical treatments. The chemical treatment(s) may impart beneficial properties to the membrane, such as a relatively small d-spacing, compatibility with a broad range of environments, physical stability, and charge neutrality. For example, the graphene oxide sheets may undergo one or more chemical treatments that form chemical linkages between at least a portion of the graphene oxide sheets in the membrane. Such chemical linkages may impart a small d-spacing, broad compatibility, and/or allow relatively thick membranes to be formed. In certain embodiments, the graphene oxide sheets may undergo one or more chemical treatment that imparts relative charge neutrality to the membrane by altering the ionizability of certain functional groups. Graphene oxide membranes, described herein, can be used for a wide range applications.
US10974203B2	Ceramic membrane filter and method for producing the same A ceramic membrane filter includes a porous substrate including cells through which a fluid flows, an intermediate membrane formed on the porous substrate, and a separation membrane formed on the intermediate membrane. In this ceramic membrane filter, the percentage of the number of cells having cracks with a size of 4 μm or less relative to the total number of cells is 9% or less.
US10974184B2	Filter assembly A filter assembly for an additive manufacturing apparatus has a housing defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A filter element is located within the housing between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. The assembly includes valves that can be actuated to seal the gas inlet and the gas outlet. Additionally the assembly has a fluid inlet for allowing ingress of a fluid into the housing. The assembly allows a filter element, which may contain volatile particles, to be changed safely. By sealing the gas inlet and outlet and flooding the housing with a suitable fluid, volatile particles captured by the filter can be neutralised.
US10974176B2	Automatic control of biochemical oxygen demand content (BOD) of sludge and other products of a waste water treatment system A method of controlling an enhanced primary treatment (EPT) system that includes an EPT settling tank. A sludge drain discharges a sludge including BOD from the EPT settling tank and a clarified effluent discharge recovers decanted fluid from the EPT settling tank. A controller has at least one computer processor. A sludge sensor is communicatively coupled to the controller. The sludge sensor provides a sludge BOD concentration measurement, or a measurement from which the sludge BOD concentration is calculated. A process algorithm controls the sludge valve to control the discharge of the sludge by gravity or by pumping in response to data from the sludge sensor of the sludge BOD concentration.
US10974174B2	Separation device for separating a solid material from a conveying stream and method for maintaining such a separation device A separation device, such as a centrifugal dryer, for separating a mixture of a solid material and a fluid is described. The device has a housing having at least one housing inlet for supplying the mixture and at least one housing outlet for discharging the solid material or the fluid separated from the mixture. The device also has a rotor that is arranged within the housing and is mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The rotor causes movement of the solid material in the direction of the longitudinal axis by rotating. The rotor has multiple rotor segments, which can be separated from each other.
US10974170B2	Affinity chromatography devices The present invention is directed to affinity chromatography devices that separate a targeted protein or antibody from an aqueous mixture containing the targeted protein or antibody. The chromatography device may contain a stacked membrane assembly or a wound membrane assembly. The membrane assemblies include at least one polymer membrane that contains therein inorganic particles. The polymer membrane and/or the inorganic particles have an affinity ligand bonded thereto. The affinity ligand may be a protein, an antibody, or a polysaccharide that reversibly binds to the targeted protein or antibody. The chromatography device may be repeatedly used and may be cleaned with a caustic solution between uses. The chromatography devices may have a dynamic binding capacity (DBC) of at least 30 mg/ml (or 0.07 micromol/ml) at 10% breakthrough at a residence time of 20 seconds or less.
US10974167B2	High purity chromatographic materials comprising an ionizable modifier The present invention provides novel chromatographic materials, e.g., for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic material; separations devices, chromatographic columns and kits comprising the same; and methods for the preparation thereof. The chromatographic materials of the invention are high purity chromatographic materials comprising a chromatographic surface wherein the chromatographic surface comprises a hydrophobic surface group and one or more ionizable modifier.
US10974165B2	Methods for creating concentrated plant material solutions Methods for creating concentrated plant material solution are disclosed. Some examples include combining at least a concentrated plant material, at least one terpenoid compound, and a solvent to define a mixture; heating the mixture, wherein a temperature of the mixture is heated above a boiling point of the solvent and wherein the temperature of the heated mixture does not exceed a lower one of a boiling point of the concentrated plant material and a boiling point of the at least one terpenoid compound; and maintaining the temperature of the mixture above the boiling point of the solvent and below the lower one of the boiling point of the concentrated plant material and the boiling point of the at least one terpenoid compound until the amount of solvent remaining in the mixture reaches a predetermined concentration level.
US10974135B2	Interactive game theater with secret message imaging system A gaming platform including an interactive gaming system comprising multiple game access points physically distributed throughout a destination for conducting a physical-virtual game. Gamers carry electronically detectable identification means for identification at each game access point. Various mobile gaming devices are specified for accepting gamer input and for outputting game directives and content providing unique experiences including secret messages, all in accordance with the on-going game state. Participation earns sales benefits including the ability to purchase special themed toys or to receive discounts. A sales point is a variation of a game access point where the gamer makes a purchase effected by sales benefits and is identified and tracked within the sales point such that displays and actuatable devices in the store respond to the gamer. Gamers use or wear purchased products as gear to increase their in-game opportunities. The system summons gamers to destination game parts including themed characters.
US10974129B2	Football board game A football-style chess game and method for opposed players includes an eight-by-eight checkerboard-style game board having an End Zone at each player end of the board, two sets of game pieces, each set including conventional chess pieces, e.g. a Quarterback (QB), a Fullback (FB), a Running Back (RB), a Wide Receiver/Defensive Back (WR/DB), a Linebacker (LB), and eight Front Line (FL) pieces. A method is also disclosed wherein the chess game is played for a fixed duration of time, and points (dollar values) are awarded to the players. The player having the highest cumulative point total at the end of the game is then declared the winner. A method is also disclosed for adapting the chess game for play electronically, such as through a global network of computers.
US10974124B2	Systems and methods of fastening splitboard skis A splitboard fastening system is disclosed herein. The splitboard fastening system comprises a crossbar comprising a shear bushing interface and a hook, an eccentric post coupled to a lever and configured to engage an inside edge of the hook in response to rotation of the lever, and a shear bushing configured to engage the shear bushing interface, wherein the crossbar is configured to be coupled to a first splitboard ski, and wherein the eccentric post and the shear bushing are configured to be independently coupled to a second splitboard ski.
US10974122B1	System and method for developing athletes A system (100) and method (900) for developing an athlete (82) through the exchange of data (400) between a user (80) and the system (100). The system (100) can iteratively prompt users (80) to provide the inputs (410) that the system (100) uses to create the outputs (460) used to develop an athlete (82). The system (100) can utilize a wide range of data (400) relating to different skill areas (550) within different development categories (500).
US10974119B1	Punching bag sling with cover The punching bag sling with cover is configured for use with a punching bag. The punching bag sling with cover is a mechanical structure. The punching bag sling with cover suspends the punching bag above a supporting surface. The punching bag sling with cover forms a sheath that encloses the punching bag. The punching bag sling with cover comprises a sling, a bag sheath, a plurality of anchor structures, a plurality of chains and a suspension ring. The plurality of chains attach the suspension ring to the plurality of anchor structures. The plurality of anchor structures attach the plurality of chains to the sling. The bag sheath forms the cover that encloses the punching bag. The suspension ring forms an anchor point that suspends the punching bag sling with cover and the punching bag above the supporting surface.
US10974118B2	Movable support for exercise equipment An exercise arrangement includes a movable support that is movable in a fore-aft direction and simultaneously movable laterally, e.g. about a tilt axis. The support may be a platform movably mounted to a base. A roller and track arrangement may be provided between the platform and the base, to provide movement of the platform in the axial direction relative to the base as well as an axially neutral position of the platform relative to the base. The roller and track arrangement may be in the form of one or more curved roller and track engagement surfaces that extend in the axial direction and that provide a gravity bias of the platform toward the neutral position. The roller and track arrangement may provide tilting movement of the movable platform about the tilt axis. A tilt biasing arrangement biases the platform toward a neutral tilt position relative to the base.
US10974114B2	Toss game A toss game target assembly includes a first target platform having a frame, multiple legs supporting the frame, and a first target surface supported by the frame. The first target surface has a first target hole for receipt of a projectile. A column supports a second target structure for receipt of a projectile above the first target surface. The first target surface may be a taut flexible mat. The second target structure may include a net. A multiplayer game system includes two of the target assemblies, and multiple projectiles each having a flexible tassel assembly attached to a deformable ball.
US10974112B1	Custom grip An adjustable custom grip and method of forming the same are provided. The method of forming a customized putter grip includes orienting a first grip member having a first contact surface, and a second grip member having a second contact surface of the customized putter grip in a predetermined orientation selected from a set of angles between the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The method may also include fixing the first grip member and the second grip member in the predetermined orientation. The method may further include coupling the customized putter grip with the fixed first grip member and the second grip member to a shaft of a putter. The custom grip provides for an anatomically, ergonomically custom putter grip to accommodate variations in human hands and other anatomical parts that affect the holding of a golf club grip.
US10974109B2	Golf club with adjustable weighting system A golf club head having an adjustable weight system. The golf club head having a single, relatively compact slot for receiving a weight assembly. The weight assembly comprising a relatively high mass. Wherein small lateral movements of the heavy weight assembly are sufficient to shape a golfer's shot. Wherein the small movements also prevents the reduction of the total golf club head moment of inertia, thus preserving the forgiveness of the golf club when the ball is miss-hit.
US10974105B2	Golf club head A golf club head has a striking face with a plurality of scorelines including a first scoreline and a second scoreline adjacent thereto. The striking face also has a plurality of auxiliary grooves each spaced from the scorelines. In a first imaginary vertical plane, a first path is formed by a first intersection between the first imaginary vertical plane and the striking face, and the auxiliary grooves have a first concentration no less than 0.17 measured between the first and second scorelines. A second imaginary vertical plane is horizontally spaced from the first imaginary plane. A second path is formed in the second imaginary vertical plane by a second intersection between the second imaginary vertical plane and the striking face. The auxiliary grooves in the second imaginary vertical plane have a second concentration that is different from the first concentration measured between the first and second scorelines.
US10974093B2	Automatic weight adjustable dumbbell A dumbbell with a weight adjusting mechanism, which utilizes an electric motor, a rack and pinion gear linkage driven by the motor, and photoelectric position detection assemblies, to control the movement of two racks inside the handle bar of the dumbbell. The two racks move simultaneously in opposite directions by the same distance in a precisely controlled manner based on position signals provided by the position detection assemblies. The racks extend and retract within a center channel formed by center openings of a plurality of aligned and axially engaged weight plates, so that a desired number of the weight plates will be lifted by the dumbbell handle. A control system controls the motor and communicates with a user via a user interface panel on the handle bar or an external handheld device wireless connected to the control system.
US10974083B2	Inflatable harness assembly for aircraft oxygen crew mask The inflatable harness assembly for an aircraft oxygen crew mask includes one or more inflatable tubes having an outer layer of fabric material with an airtight coating for inflating the inflatable harness assembly. The inflatable tubes include an inner core of resilient, elastic material fixedly connected between first and second ends of the inflatable tubes that biases the inflatable tubes to shorten when the tubes are deflated. Inflation of the tubes them to expand the outer layer of material radially outwardly and lengthen axially, to allow the harness assembly to be placed over the user's head. Deflation of the tubes causes the aircraft inflatable harness assembly to grip the user's head with a desired head tension.
US10974082B2	Portable rescue tool A portable rescue tool that is powered by an electric motor. The electric motor has a drive output shaft that transfers rotational power to an angle rotary gearbox. The angle rotary gearbox has an output shaft that is oriented about 90 degrees from the rotational axis of the motor output shaft and is geared so as to increase the torque and reduce the speed of the rotational power. The angle rotary gearbox provides a reduced speed, high torque output at an output shaft that is delivered by a single chain drive to a main rotary actuator where two actuator arms are controlled to move away from each other and toward each other in the operation of the rescue tool. The portable rescue tool is designed to be of a low weight and enhanced cooling properties as present rescue tools.
US10974061B2	Optical treatment apparatus and fixing tool An optical treatment apparatus includes: a power source unit; a light irradiation module, that irradiates an affected part with light; a spacer that is positioned between the light irradiation module and the affected part; a fixing material that applies pressure to the light irradiation module and fixes the light irradiation module at an installation position; and a shielding material that covers the light irradiation module, in which, in a case where the pressure applied by the fixing material becomes lower than predetermined pressure, supply of current is stopped.
US10974057B2	Method and apparatus for supplying energy to a medical device An apparatus configured to control transmission of wireless energy supplied to an electrically operable medical device adapted to be implanted in a mammal patient, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an external energy source, an internal energy receiver located inside the patient and being adapted to receive the wireless energy, a stabilizing unit adapted to stabilize the wirelessly received energy in the electrically operable medical device, and a control unit comprising at least one of an internal control unit and an external control unit.
US10974056B2	Autonomous cardiac implant of the leadless capsule type, including a piezoelectric beam energy harvester The device includes an energy harvesting module with a pendular unit formed of an elastically deformable piezoelectric beam associated with an inertial mass. A multifunction part includes an axial through-recess with inner bearing surfaces opposite respective outer faces of the beam. These bearing surfaces having an increasing transverse spacing, such as, during an oscillation cycle, the beam comes into contact with one of the bearing surfaces, hence reducing the free length of the beam as the bending of the latter goes along. The multifunction part also allows rationalizing the manufacturing and the assembly of the capsule, with high-level integration of the inner components of the implant.
US10974050B2	Implantable neurostimulator-implemented method utilizing multi-modal stimulation parameters Multi-modal stimulation therapy may be utilized in which two or more stimulation therapies having different stimulation parameters may be delivered to a single patient. This can preferentially stimulate different nerve fiber types and drive different functional responses in the target organs. The stimulation parameters that may vary between the different stimulation therapies include, for example, pulse frequency, pulse width, pulse amplitude, and duty cycle.
US10974047B2	Adjustable TMJ headband A device for treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder is disclosed. The device combines the benefits of LED therapy with the stimulation and pain relieving qualities of a transcutaneous electrical nerve simulation (TENS) unit for the TMJ treatment. The device comprises an adjustable headband strap, to be worn by a user. The adjustable strap could consist of a shoulder extension, and face and head extensions, which offers a combined TENS and red LED contact points. The TENS connectors connect a remote TENS controller to the headband strap and the headband strap to the user's skin for the optimum stimulation. Further, the device comprises acupuncture points for skin rejuvenation. A temple strap formed integral to the headband strap consists of a TENS electrode and LED unit and for the adjustment of the headband.
US10974046B2	System and method for eyelid stimulation A system and method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject includes providing a stimulation system in the subject with the hyperactivity of the eyelid closing muscle, sensing an activity of the eyelid closing muscle, and selectively stimulating eyelid opening muscle(s) or innervating nerves, eyelid opening reflexes, or eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle. The system and method evokes eyelid movement in the subject.
US10974043B2	Intrafascicular electrode implant An implantable device for intrafascicular stimulation and/or sensing of a peripheral nerve, including a blocking element adapted for wrapping a nerve, comprising an access point and an exit point, and an electrode adapted to traverse the blocking element via the access point and the exit point having a distal end, a proximal end and an elongated body in between, the electrode being electrically isolated from the surrounding environment except that for an active site. In another aspect, the invention features a system comprising the implantable device of the invention operably coupled with an external device such an electrostimulator and/or a sensing device for sensing and recording electrical nerve signals.
US10974041B2	Neuromodulation device The invention provides devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for treating and ameliorating inflammation of the gut. In particular, the invention provides devices, apparatuses and methods in which a neuromodulatory signal is delivered a splenic nerve and/or superior mesenteric plexus (SMP). The signal is able to treat inflammatory disorders, e.g., colitis, for example in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
US10974039B2	Method for the manufacturing of a carrying device, carrying device, system for detection of a physical parameter and method for detection of a physical parameter The invention relates to a method for the manufacturing of a carrying device, a carrying device, a system for detection and a method for detection of at least one physical parameter and/or chemical composition. A method for the manufacturing of a carrying device for reception of at least one sensor is presented, in which a receiving body with a surface to be coated is provided. In the receiving body, a space is provided which is open on the side of this surface. A second body with a sealing surface is provided. This sealing surface is positioned in such a manner that the surface to be coated of the receiving body is sealed by the second body at least in the circumference of the space in the receiving body. A formable or moldable filling material is provided in the space in such a manner that the filling material forms a surface shaped complementary to the sealing surface of the second body, closing the space. At least the volume of the filling material contacting the sealing surface of the second body is solidified. The sealing surface of the second body is removed from the surface to be coated as well as from the surface provided by the filling material. The surface to be coated is coated such that a membrane is provided, sealing the space.
US10974038B2	Medical functional device with a valve seat for a remanent check valve A medical functional device with a valve seat for a check valve wherein the check valve is embodied such that it takes, in addition to a first position which is suitable for gas sterilization, a second, functional position, by means of applying force onto a section of the check valve or by means of moving or shifting the section, in which the check valve adopts a check or non-return function, wherein the check valve is embodied such that it remains in the second position after release or shortfall of the force or the moving effect following an accomplished transfer into the second position.
US10974018B2	Therapeutic blanket A therapeutic blanket including first and second outer layers that are attached together, and an internal matrix of generally equal sized cells. Each cell containing a measured weighted mass, the mass being held within the respective cell. The matrix being secured to the first and second outer layers along an outer perimeter of the blanket.
US10974014B2	Hyperthermic humidification system Apparatus and methods for delivering humidified breathing gas to a patient are provided. The apparatus includes a humidification system configured to deliver humidified breathing gas to a patient. The humidification system includes a vapor transfer unit and a base unit. The vapor transfer unit includes a liquid passage, a breathing gas passage, and a vapor transfer device positioned to transfer vapor to the breathing gas passage from the liquid passage. The base unit includes a base unit that releasably engages the vapor transfer unit to enable reuse of the base unit and selective disposal of the vapor transfer unit. The liquid passage is not coupled to the base unit for liquid flow therebetween when the vapor transfer unit is received by the base unit.
US10974005B1	Tip adjustable stylet Present invention is a tip adjustable stylet to be inserted into a tubular structure and to be pushed out its distal aperture to form curvatures. The device comprises a bendable member, a retracting string, an intersegment and a control handle. The bendable member has a control ring at its proximal end and a tip at its distal end. An operator can push the bendable member distally from the proximal end along the lumen of the tubular structure. Predetermined extensibility and length of the retracing string limit distance of the bendable member being pushed and hold the distal portion of the bendable member backward when the bendable member is been pushed forward outside of the tubular structure's distal aperture, thereby to bend the distal portion of the bendable member into the curves therefore to move its tip to a target location, such as patient's vocal cords opening.
US10974002B2	Wireless ventilator reporting Systems and methods regarding ventilation of a patient, such as a victim at the scene of an emergency are described herein.
US10974000B2	Methods and apparatus for ventilatory treatment of respiratory disorders Methods and apparatus treat a respiratory disorder. For example, a pressure generator supplies a flow of air at positive pressure to a patient's airway through a patient interface. A sensor generates a signal representing respiratory flow rate of the patient. A controller controls the pressure generator to provide to the patient interface a ventilation therapy having a base pressure. The controller computes a measure of ventilation of the patient from the signal. The controller computes a measure of flow limitation from an inspiratory portion of the signal. The controller computes a ratio of the measure of ventilation and an expected normal ventilation. The controller adjusts a set point for the base pressure of the ventilation therapy based on the measure of flow limitation. The adjustment may further depend on a comparison between the ratio and a relative ventilation threshold that increases as the measure of flow limitation increases.
US10973998B2	Method and apparatus for controlling insufflation of a vessel during a surgical or investigative procedure and a system and method for insufflating a vessel A system for insufflating a vessel in a human or animal body, such as the rectum comprises a first pressure sensor located adjacent a leading end of an endoscope for monitoring pressure in the rectum. A second pressure sensor located on a carrier element which is urgeable through the endoscope into the colon monitors pressure therein. Insufflating air which may leak into the abdominal cavity is exhausted therefrom by a needle. A third pressure sensor monitors pressure in the abdominal cavity. A microcontroller controls the supply of insufflating air to the rectum for maintaining pressure in the rectum at a first predefined pressure, for preventing pressure in the colon exceeding a second predefined pressure, and for controlling a vacuum pump for drawing insufflating air from the abdominal cavity to prevent pressure therein exceeding a third predefined pressure.
US10973995B2	Container holder with a temperature control device for an injector A container holder for an injector for injecting a fluid into the human or animal body includes at least one container clamping member for clamping onto a container that is filled with the fluid and a temperature control device for bringing the temperature of the container to a predefined temperature. To be able to clamp containers of different shapes and sizes onto the container holder and to bring the temperature of the containers to a desired temperature without any thermal loss, by means of the temperature control device, and to ensure easy and unimpeded clamping and removal of the container, the temperature control device is connected to a transporting device, by means of which the temperature control device can be brought into and out of thermal contact with the container that is clamped onto the container clamping member.
US10973991B2	Injection devices The invention relates to an injection device comprising an elongate housing and a cap removably mounted over a forward end of the housing. The cap comprising at least one slot extending forwardly from its rear edge; the at least one slot being configured to engage with an outwardly projecting protrusion on an outer surface of the housing when the cap is mounted on the housing. A rearward portion of the cap includes rearwardly extending engagement features provided on each side of the at least one slot, the engagement features being configured to locate within a cavity in the housing when the cap is mounted on the housing. The cavity is provided with corresponding surfaces which align with the cap engagement features so as to hold the outwardly projecting protrusion within the cut-out.
US10973990B2	Processes for utilizing safety syringe assemblies The processes for inserting fluid under the skin of a patient using a safety syringe assembly include initially locating an up-alignment marker. The marker is aligned with a bevel in the needle of the safety syringe assembly so the orientation of the needle bevel is always known by the medical professional, even when the needle bevel cannot be seen. The needle is inserted bevel up prior to insertion. Once inserted, the medical professional inverts the safety syringe assembly so that the bevel is down. This is done by merely flicking the wrist of the hand holding the safety syringe assembly. This prevents splash back of any body fluids from the patient to the medical professional. The same safety syringe assembly and the same process are used for withdrawing fluids from the body of the patient.
US10973982B2	Method and system for operating a plunger An apparatus can aid usage of a plunger, for example helping a medical practitioner use a hypodermic syringe to inject dermal filler. The apparatus can fasten a thumb rest of a plunger of the syringe to a thumb of the practitioner and can support one-handed operation of the syringe. With the plunger so fastened, reverse thumb motion can retract the plunger for aspiration, and forward thumb motion can advance the plunger for injection. The apparatus can comprise a member extending at least partially around the practitioner's thumb. The member can comprise an aperture configured to retain the thumb rest between the thumb and the member, with a shaft of the plunger passing through the aperture.
US10973981B2	Medical device with impact resistant housing The present invention relates to a housing of a medical device and to a respective medical device, wherein the housing comprises a body to receive at least one device component and wherein the body is flexibly deformable in response to mechanical impact above a predefined threshold.
US10973980B2	Dose indicating mechanism for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device A dose indicating mechanism for a drug delivery device is configured for delivery of a medicament contained in a single medicament cartridge, the medicament comprising at least a first drug and a second drug, wherein the dose indicating mechanism comprises a body, a dose dial component configured to move relative to the body during dose setting and a first dose indicator configured to display a set dose of the medicament, the first drug, or the medicament and the first drug depending on displacement of the dose dial component during the dose setting. In order to provide a user with further information, a second dose indicator is provided that is configured to display a set dose of the second drug during the dose setting. The disclosure is also directed to a respective drug delivery device.
US10973973B2	Device and method for monitoring an extracorporeal blood treatment A device and method for monitoring an access to a patient, an extracorporeal blood circuit and/or a dialyzing fluid system includes a centrifugal pump for conveying blood or dialyzing fluid instead of an occluding pump. Centrifugal pumps bring about a large change in flow rate by even a small change in pressure difference across the pump. The device includes a measuring unit for measuring the flow rate of blood or dialyzing fluid conveyed by the centrifugal pump, and a control and computing unit configured to determine an incorrect vascular access or malfunction if a change in measured flow rate Q is more than a predetermined amount. For example, a small drop in pressure in the venous blood line leads to a marked increase in the flow rate of the centrifugal pump, which is used as a basis for the detection of an incorrect vascular access.
US10973964B2	Medical aspirator having constant suction pressure Provided is a medical aspirator including a hollow cylinder housing having a space therein, a piston slidable inside the cylinder housing in a longitudinal direction, and an elastic member having one end connected to the piston and the other end fixed to the cylinder housing, and allowing the piston to move in the longitudinal direction with a constant force, in which after the medical aspirator is installed in a surgical site, a constant suction pressure is maintained, so that side effects and accidents such as organ adhesion and tissue damage in a surgical site, resulting from an excessive pressure, are reduced, and body fluid in the surgical site is effectively discharged, so that the medical aspirator may contribute to shortening of a recovery period of a patient. Further, the present disclosure relates to a medical aspirator including an upper housing constituting an upper body, a lower housing constituting a lower body, a sealing film coupled along outer surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing and having a space formed in the sealing film, and a screw thread connector connecting the upper housing and the lower housing and having a screw thread, in which after the medical aspirator is installed in a surgical site, a constant suction pressure is maintained, so that side effects and accidents such as organ adhesion and tissue damage in a surgical site, resulting from an excessive pressure, are reduced, and body fluid in the surgical site is effectively discharged, so that the medical aspirator may contribute to shortening of a recovery period of a patient.
US10973963B2	Negative-pressure therapy apparatus with push-to-release actuator Example embodiments may include an apparatus for providing negative-pressure therapy with a push-to-release actuator. The actuator may be a key insertable through a keyway in the apparatus to engage a movable barrier, such as a piston. The actuator may also be used to lock the barrier in a primed position. Pressing on the actuator can release the barrier and activate the apparatus for negative-pressure therapy. In some examples, the actuator may comprise a shaft, a latch, and a spring biasing the latch toward the shaft. The latch may comprise an opening toward a proximal end of the shaft. The apparatus may comprise a receptacle for receiving the actuator, and a keeper may disposed within the receptacle for coupling to the latch. In some embodiments, the keeper may comprise a base protruding from the wall, and a ledge extending from the base toward the second aperture.
US10973961B2	Chest drainage system and method The invention relates to a chest drainage system (100) for creating and maintaining a sub-atmospheric pressure within the pleural cavity and/or the mediastinum of a patient (P). The system has a chest drainage unit (CDU, 10) with an internal cavity (C) having a first chamber part (C1, 11) and a second chamber part (C2, 12) with an air outlet from the CDU, and a liquid seal chamber (LSC, 13). The second chamber part (C2, 12) of the chest drainage unit is connected to a carbon dioxide sensor (CO2S, 15) for detecting carbon dioxide in any air passing through the liquid seal chamber (LSC, 13), the carbon dioxide sensor being capable of detecting carbon dioxide by a visible color change from a chemical reaction occurring in the carbon dioxide sensor between carbon dioxide and a detector reactant (DC) positioned in the carbon dioxide sensor. Preliminary test performed by the inventor have demonstrated that the present invention is very effective in determine whether, or not, carbon dioxide is present in the air passing through the chest drainage unit, this information being highly important in the subsequent decision of continuing the treatment with the chest drainage system.
US10973957B2	Patterned electrospun fibers for tissue engineering A composition of matter for tissue engineering is disclosed. The composition comprises a plurality of electrospun albumin fibers, wherein an outer surface of the composition comprises a pattern of ridges or indentations, wherein the ridges or indentations are wider than the diameter of a single electrospun albumin fiber of the plurality of electrospun albumin fibers.
US10973945B2	Freezer for biosanitary and cytotoxic waste Freezer for biosanitary and cytotoxic waste, which comprises an inner space that houses a waste container, a front door through which the waste container in the inner space is inserted/removed, an upper door through which waste is poured into the inner container, cooling means and inner space temperature control means, wherein, the freezer further comprises an air purifier that treats an air stream coming from the inner space, when opening one of its doors, thus avoiding the emission of both chemical and biological particulate contaminants to the outside environment.
US10973943B2	Scented night light A scented plug-in night light provides a pedestal for variable, interchangeable thematic character statuettes, which are illuminated by the scented plug-in night light. The scented plug-in night light is optionally provided with a digital clock incorporated into the housing for the scented night light to turn on the night at specified times to illuminate a child's favorite thematic character, which can serve as an inducement for a child who is reluctant to observe bedtime. Thereafter the illuminated thematic character of the night light stays on to act as a safety night light during the selected duration of time, and an alarm for waking the child.
US10973934B2	Gadolinium bearing PCTA-based contrast agents The present invention relates to the RRR/SSS pair of enantiomers of the of Gd(PCTA-tris-glutaric acid), the single enantiomers of the pair, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their amide derivatives, and compositions comprising at least 50% of these compounds.
US10973928B2	Adeno-associated virus (AAV) clades, sequences, vectors containing same, and uses therefor Sequences of novel adeno-associated virus capsids and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. AAV-mediated delivery of therapeutic and immunogenic genes using the vectors of the invention is also provided.
US10973921B2	Conjugates of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors to functionalized polymers This document relates to conjugates of TNF inhibitors or derivatives thereof and functionalized (e.g., mono- or bi-functional) polymers (e.g., polyethylene glycol and related polymers) as well as methods and materials for making and using such conjugates.
US10973920B2	Saccharide derivative of a toxic payload and antibody conjugates thereof A molecule comprising a saccharide bound via an O-glycosidic bond to a hydroxyl group of a toxic payload molecule is disclosed. An antibody-drug conjugate comprising an antibody covalently bound to a toxic payload molecule, optionally via a linker group, and a saccharide bound via an O-glycosidic bond to a hydroxyl group of the toxic payload molecule is further disclosed.
US10973912B2	Treatment for myopathy Provided herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of myopathies.
US10973910B1	Neoglycoconjugates as vaccines and therapeutic tools Neoglycoconjugates as immunogens and therapeutic/diagnostic tools are described herein. The neoglycoconjugates are produced by conjugating a carbohydrate antigen intermediate to a free amine group of a carrier material (e.g., carrier protein). The intermediate comprises a linker having a first end and a second end, the first end being conjugated to a carbohydrate antigen via a thio ether bond and the second end comprising a functional group reactable with a free amine group. Following coupling, the carbohydrate antigen becomes covalently bound to the carrier material via an amide, a carbamate, a sulfonamide, a urea, or a thiourea bond, thereby producing the neoglycoconjugate. Applications of the neoglycoconjugates as antigens, immunogens, vaccines, and in diagnostics are also described. Specifically, the use of (neo)glycoconjugates as vaccine candidates and other therapeutic tools against cancers, viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, and other diseases characterized by expression of aberrant glycosylation are also described.
US10973907B2	Recombinant adenoviruses encoding mosaic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Env, Gag, and Pol antigens Compositions and vaccine combinations containing synthetic HIV envelope proteins, and methods for inducing an immune response against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are described. Viral expression vectors encoding the synthetic HIV envelope proteins can be used in the vaccine combinations to induce immune responses against HIV and provide improved protective immunity against HIV.
US10973895B2	Use of antibodies for enrichment of engineered T cells with exogenous immune receptors and antibodies for use in depletion of engineered T cells The current application provides for exogenous immune receptors that do not require any additional selection marker genes and/or any additional silicide genes. The disclosure allows for the production of engineered T cells that can be enriched for in an untouched manner, i.e., the engineered T cells do not require any interaction with any outside agent and can be selected for by eliminating T cells that express the endogenous alpha beta T cell receptor. Engineered T cells with an exogenous immune receptor are provided that can be differentiated from endogenous T cell receptor and now can be eliminated, i.e., depleted, with a selective antibody that specifically targets the exogenous immune receptor.
US10973886B2	Use of a pharmaceutical composition containing at least one digestive enzyme in artificial feeding The invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition in combination with a tube food provided for artificial feeding in the treatment of digestive disorders in case of artificial feeding, where the pharmaceutical composition contains or consists of at least one digestive enzyme, preferably a lipase, particularly preferably a bacterial lipase, most preferably burlulipase (INN) in liquid dosage form, wherein the pharmaceutical composition and the tube food are formulated for being administered simultaneously but separately from each other. The pharmaceutical composition can therefore be administered simultaneously and continuously during the administration of the tube food, but separately from it. As a result, the digestive performance of a patient being artificially fed can be enhanced significantly.
US10973885B2	Oral care compositions An oral care composition, including a catalyzing enzyme and an anhydrous matrix configured to at least partially stabilize the catalyzing enzyme, wherein the anhydrous matrix includes a source of hydrogen peroxide, an acyl donor, a non-aqueous anhydrous liquid, and a surfactant mixture including sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), Betaine, and a poloxamer.
US10973872B2	Pirin polypeptide and immune modulation The present invention relates to polypeptide HP, or a polynucleotide sequence encoding polypeptide HP, or a host cell comprising said polynucleotide sequence, or a host cell comprising an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide sequence, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder in a subject; wherein said disorder is an inflammatory disorder and/or an autoimmune disorder; wherein said polypeptide has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 4 or SEQ ID NO 6 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof; and wherein said polynucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide which has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 4 or SEQ ID NO 6 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof and/or wherein said polynucleotide sequence has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 3 or SEQ ID NO 5 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof.
US10973871B2	Ophthalmic compositions The embodiments disclosed herein relate to ophthalmic compositions comprising calcineurin inhibitors or mTOR inhibitors, and more particularly to methods for treating an ocular disease and/or condition using the disclosed compositions. According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition that includes a calcineurin inhibitor or an mTOR inhibitor; a first surfactant with an HLB index greater than about 10; and a second surfactant with an HLB index of greater than about 13, wherein an absolute difference between the HLB index of the first surfactant and the HLB index of the second surfactant is greater than about 3, and wherein the composition forms mixed micelles.
US10973867B2	Compositions and methods for treating retinopathy Methods for treating retinopathy are provided and include administering an effective amount of a polypeptide antagovist of a Na/K ATPase/Src receptor complex to a subject. The retinopathy can include diabetic retinopathy. Methods of decreasing angiogenesis in a retinal vasculature are also provided and include the step of administering, such as by intravitreous injection, a polypeptide antagonist of a Na/K ATPase/Src receptor complex to a subject in need thereof.
US10973864B2	Enzyme-assisted lipid-based extraction and stabilization of phyto-cannabinoids and terpens and products obtained thereof The present application provides a safe, efficient, environmental friendly and convenient method for an enzyme assisted lipid-based extraction and stabilization of phyto-cannabinoids and terpenes/terpenoids from plant materials. The lipid-based extract presents high cannabinoid content and enhanced phyto-cannabinoids and terpenes/terpenoids stability, and it can be valorized toward multiple applications in the health, cosmetic, food and agricultural sectors.
US10973862B2	Bifidobacterium longum for treating obesity and associated metabolic disorders Bifidobacterium longum AH1362 (NCIMB 41715) produces a polysaccharide and increases energy excretion. The strain is used in the prevention or treatment of obesity and obesity-related metabolic syndrome.
US10973861B2	Compositions and methods Provided are defined bacterial compositions for the maintenance or restoration of a healthy microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammalian subject, and methods for populating the gastrointestinal tract of a subject. Provided also are bacterial formulations for oral or gastric administration to a mammalian subject in an effective amount for prevention or treatment of a gastrointestinal disease, disorder or condition.
US10973856B2	ECM implant compositions and methods Described our medical compositions and methods including a particulate extracellular matrix tissue in admixture with sugar. Such medical compositions, in dried forms, can demonstrate enhanced rehydration properties. Medical compositions and products as described herein find particular use in treating diseased and/or damaged tissue, such as wound repair. Related methods of manufacture and use are also described.
US10973852B2	NK cells with altered CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling NK cell based cancer immunotherapy, and particularly genetically modified NK92 cell-based immunotherapy is enhanced by expression CXCL12 and/or by suppression or deletion of CXCR4 in the natural killer cells to so reduce aggregation, rejection, and/or fratricide of the natural killer cells. Provided herein are genetically engineered NK (natural killer) cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid encoding at least a portion of chemokine C—X—C motif ligand 12 (CXCL12), and a transcript for downregulation of chemokine C—X—C motif receptor 4 (CXCR4).
US10973851B2	Herbo-mineral formulation for prevention, treatment and management of renal disorders and method of preparation thereof Herbo-mineral formulation for prevention and treatment of Renal disorders are disclosed herein. The formulation includes combination of herb and mineral elements for treating Renal disorders. Renal disorders include any condition associated with Kidney function such as Chronic renal failure.
US10973850B2	Composition comprising tricalcium phosphate and gelatin for use in a method for the treatment of dyspepsia and related disorders A pharmaceutical composition comprising tricalcium phosphate and gelatin for use in a method for the treatment of dyspepsia, acidic mouth and and/or canker sores is disclosed.
US10973849B2	Rhenium complexes and methods of use for treating cancer A composition comprising the following structure: (formula I) wherein Re represents a rhenium ion having a +1 charge; (formula II) represents an uncharged bidentate bicyclic ligand bonded to the rhenium (Re) by two ring nitrogen (N) atoms; and L is a neutral ligand independently selected from CO and neutral phosphine molecules, wherein at least one of the L groups is a CO molecule; and X− represents a non-coordinating monovalent anion; wherein (formula II) is unsubstituted or substituted on any of its two rings, and said neutral phosphine molecule may or may not contain a phosphorus atom as a ring phosphorus atom; provided that, if (formula II) is unsubstituted, then one or two of said L groups are selected from said neutral phosphine molecules, with the provision that at least one of the neutral phosphine molecules has a phosphorus atom as a ring phosphorus atom. Methods for treating cancer by administering the above complex are also disclosed.
US10973840B2	Methods of sensitizing tumor cells to weak base chemotherapeutic drugs The invention provides a method of sensitizing a tumor cells of a subject to a weak base chemotherapeutic drug comprising administering an effective amount of a NHE6-RACK1 blocker to the subject. It also provides a method of preventing or treating cancer or a symptom thereof in a subject, comprising (a) administering an effective amount of a NHE6-RACK1 blocker to the subject; and (2) administering an effective amount of a weak base chemotherapeutic drug to the subject. Also provided are compositions and kits comprising a NHE6-RACK1 blocker.
US10973838B2	IP and IP analogs dosage regimens for the treatment of ectopic calcifications The present disclosure related to compositions, methods, dosages, dosage regimens, articles of manufacture and kits for the treatment and/or prevention ectopic calcifications, and in particular cutaneous calcifications such as calciphylaxis calcifications comprising inositol phosphate, inositol phosphate analogs, inositol phosphate derivatives, or combinations thereof. In a particular aspect the disclosure provides a dosage regimen to treat calciphylaxis comprising the administration of 6 mg/kg to 9 mg/kg daily doses of myo-inositol hexaphosphate, three times a week, for at least 1 to 8 months.
US10973835B2	Boron-containing small molecules for inhibiting activity of a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase A method is disclosed for altering the redox equilibrium of a transmembrane receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTP), particularly a type IIa RPTP, by chemically modulating the activity through contact of such an enzyme with a diaryl boron compound that preferentially reacts with an RPTP in an oxidized state (CyS-OH). This redox modulation is most readily observed and put to use by assaying the inhibition of the phosphatase activity of the RPTP. Such an assay can be carried out on an enzyme in vitro or by contacting the enzyme in a living organism (in vivo). A useful diaryl boron compound corresponds in structure to Formula I in which Ar-1, Ar-2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined within. A pharmaceutical composition containing a useful diaryl boron compound is also disclosed, as are particularly preferred diaryl boron compounds.
US10973834B2	EP4 inhibitors and use thereof The present invention provides use of an agent that inhibits EP4 activity and an immuno-oncology agent, or a composition thereof, for treatment of a cancer.
US10973826B2	Antibody conjugates comprising toll-like receptor agonist Provided herein are antibody conjugates comprising toll-like receptor agonists and the use of such conjugates for the treatment of cancer. In some embodiments, the conjugates comprise anti-HER2 antibodies.
US10973819B2	Small molecules inhibitors of RAD51 Embodiments concern methods and small molecule compositions for selectively inhibiting RAD51-mediated D-loop formation while preserving RAD51's ability to form nucleoprotein filaments. The selective RAD51 D-loop formation activity inhibitors DNA repair while minimizing replication-associated toxicity in normal tissue.
US10973817B2	Pharmaceutical compounds This invention relates to compounds that inhibit or modulate the activity of Chk-1 kinase. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds.
US10973815B2	Delta opioid agonist mu opioid antagonist compositions and methods for treating Parkinsons disease The present invention provides for compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease comprising a compound of formula (i): or a pharmaceutically effective salt or ester thereof alone or in combination with L-DOPA to provide a synergistic effect, thereby providing methods of (1) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease for whom L-DOPA is no longer effective, (2) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease who developed dyskinesia due to L-DOPA, (3) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease who have are receiving deep brain stimulation and (4) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease whose symptoms interfere with activities of daily living.
US10973810B2	Methods for the treatment of neurological disorders The present disclosure provides compounds and methods useful in the treatment of neurological disorders. The compounds of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing neurological disorders.
US10973803B2	Sodium salt of N-((1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydro-s-indacen-4-yl)carbamoyl)-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazole-3-sulfonamide The present invention relates to a sodium salt of N-((1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydro-s-indacen-4-yl)carbamoyl)-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazole-3-sulfonamide and to hydrates, solvates and polymorphic forms thereof. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound and the use of this compound in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by NLRP3 inhibition.
US10973801B2	Capsid assembly modulator dosing regimen The present disclosure is directed to methods of using a capsid assembly inhibitor for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection.
US10973794B2	Dental composition and use Use of a composition for the prevention, amelioration and/or treatment of conditions, disorders and/or diseases associated with senescence and/or inflammation of the teeth and/or associated structures and tissues in the mouth, the composition comprising a conjugate of quinic acid with at least one molecule of caffeic acid, or a derivative, isomer or salt thereof.
US10973785B2	Method of and improved composition for treating triterpene-responsive conditions, diseases or disorders A method of treating a triterpene-responsive condition, disease or disorder in a subject by administration of an improved triterpene-based composition is provided. An improved triterpene-based composition comprising at least two or at least three triterpenes present at a molar ratio as described herein is also provided.
US10973774B2	Compositions and methods for treating viral infections in shrimps Nanoparticles comprising partially deacetylated chitosan and ss or dsRNA partially complementary to, binding to or at least 90% identical to mRNA targets of viruses pathogenic in farmed crustaceans, compositions and farmed aquatic crustaceans comprising the same, and methods for their use in treating or preventing viral infection in aquaculture are provided.
US10973772B2	Targeted delivery of hydrophilic drugs A method of designing a pharmaceutical composition for providing the liver of a person or animal, as a therapeutic target, with a predetermined concentration of a sulfate or sulfonate of a pharmacologically active agent, during a predetermined period, includes determining the correlation between the solubility of a sulfate and/or sulfonate of a pharmacologically active agent of the formula Dn+(R1SO3)−n or Dn+(R2OSO3)−n for various carbon chain lengths X, Y in an aqueous solvent and the expected concentration of the pharmaceutically active agent D in the therapeutic target upon administration of the pharmacologically active agent D to the person or animal, defining a target solubility of the sulfate or sulfonate based on a desired concentration of said pharmaceutically active substance D in the therapeutic target, and determining the carbon chain length(s) X, Y corresponding to the target solubility.
US10973769B2	Muco-adhesive, controlled release formulations of levodopa and/or esters of levodopa and uses thereof The invention provides a controlled release oral solid formulation comprising (a) a controlled release component comprising core comprising levodopa and/or an ester of levodopa or salts thereof, wherein the core is coated with a layer of a muco-adhesive polymer and externally coated with a layer of an enteric coated polymer; and a method of using the controlled release oral solid formulation to treat Parkinson's disease or primary parkinsonism.
US10973767B2	Oral drug dosage form comprising drug in the form of nanoparticles The present disclosure provides a stable solid pharmaceutical dosage form for oral administration. The dosage form includes a substrate that forms at least one compartment and a drug content loaded into the compartment. The dosage form is so designed that the active pharmaceutical ingredient of the drug content is released in a controlled manner.
US10973766B2	Oral pharmaceutical dosage form for the delivery of a peptide and/or protein The invention relates to an oral polymeric pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises a thermoresponsive eutectic composition which is solid at or about room temperature and fluid at or about body temperature, the eutectic composition mixed together with a crosslinking agent and an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to form an API loaded region; and a porous polymeric composition at least partially surrounding the API loaded region to protect the API when the dosage form is in a stomach of the human or animal body, the porous polymeric composition allowing the ingress of water to contact the crosslinking agent thereby facilitating the crosslinking agent to cause crosslinking of the porous polymeric composition, which crosslinked porous polymeric composition allows controlled egress of API via egress of fluid thermoresponsive eutectic composition at the intestine. In a preferred embodiment, the dosage form further comprises a coating there around.
US10973755B2	Method for treating skin aging and photodamage by using Camellia sinensis callus extract A method for protecting skin is provided. The method comprises administering to a subject in need a composition, wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of a Camellia sinensis callus extract, and the extract is a polar solvent extract of calluses of Camellia sinensis leaves. The method is especially for nursing skin, repairing skin, improving skin condition, delaying skin aging, assisting in maintaining content of collagen in skin, against photodamage, preventing skin lesions, and/or promoting wound healing.
US10973753B2	Dispersion of polymer particles in a non-aqueous medium and cosmetic use thereof The invention relates to a dispersion of polymer particles stabilized with a stabilizer in a nonaqueous medium containing at least one hydrocarbon-based oil, the polymer of the particles being a C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer; the stabilizer being a C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer and optionally of a silicone macromonomer (I): the stabilizer being a polymer comprising from 50% to 100% by weight, relative to the total weight of the stabilizer, of C8-C22 alkyl acrylate, from 0 to 50% by weight of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate and optionally silicone macromonomer (I). The invention also relates to the composition comprising said dispersion of polymer particles. Cosmetic use for caring for and making up keratin materials.
US10973749B2	Cosmetic composition comprising vitamin C and ceramides The present disclosure relates to stable cosmetic compositions for delivering high amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and ceramides to the skin, products containing such cosmetic compositions, and methods for treating skin using the cosmetic compositions. The cosmetic compositions include ascorbic acid, one or more ceramides, panthenol, one or more monoalcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, one or more polyols, one or more fatty compounds, one or more emulsifiers, one or more cationic surfactants, and water. The cosmetic compositions are particularly useful for treating the effects of skin aging, for example, reducing the appearance of wrinkles and improving skin tone.
US10973741B2	Adhesive for dental prostheses Adhesive for dental prostheses consists of pharmaceutical glycerin 99.5% in the amount of 29-31 wt %, monopropylene glycol in the amount of 27-29 wt %, purified water in the amount of 22-24 wt %, polyvinylpyrrolidone with a mean molar mass of 360,000 in the amount of 14-16 wt %, carboxymethylcellulose in the amount of 1-3 wt %, dried grapefruit pomace extract in a water-glycerin solvent, containing not less than 1200 mg of naringin per 100 mL of extract in the amount of 0.5-2 wt %, menthol in the amount of 0.05-0.15 wt % and benzalkonium chloride in the amount of 0.01-0.03 wt %.
US10973737B2	Emergency wash system Apparatus and method for providing tempered water to an emergency wash system. Various embodiments include simple, reliable, low-cost flow regulators to reliably provide adequate emergency wash flows. Yet other embodiments include one or more features that consider the special needs of a person temporarily blinded, and include those persons having disabilities.
US10973729B2	Mobile walking aid A mobile walking aid includes an undercarriage, a frame and a support for a person's leg. The undercarriage comprises a two-wheeled front axle and a rear axle. The rear axle can be converted between a single-wheeled version with a first wheel, and a two-wheeled version. In order to convert from the single-wheeled version to the two-wheeled version, a conversion kit can be provided which comprises an axle extension that can be mounted on the axle of the first wheel, and a second wheel. The axle extension can be mounted, optionally, on both sides of the axle of the first wheel which is arranged laterally and centrally between the front wheels.
US10973720B2	Image based monitoring of the state of a device A method of determining information about a device includes the steps of 1) acquiring an image of at least a portion of the device, 2) comparing the information content of the image to the information content of at least one record of a library, and, 3) if the comparison is positive, reporting that the device is in the possible state represented by the library record. A method which depends on calculations based on the acquired image rather than on comparison of the information content of the image to the information content of one or more library records is also disclosed. A system for determining the state of the device is also disclosed.
US10973716B2	Adjustable support legs for a mattress foundation Mattress assemblies including static and adjustable mattress foundations generally include a foundation frame including side frame members and transverse frame members attached at respective ends by a corner bracket at each of the respective ends to define a generally rectangular shape. An adjustable support leg coupled to each one of the corner brackets for automatically elevating the foundation frame relative to ground. The adjustable support leg can include an outer tubular member fastened to an interior facing portion of the corner bracket including an end cap, wherein the end cap includes an aperture. A motorized linear actuator can be coupled to the outer tubular member, which can include a motor and an extendible portion coupled to the motor. The extendible portion is configured to selectively retract from and extend through the end cap to change the elevation of the foundation frame relative to ground.
US10973715B2	Powered pedestrian apparatus A powered pedestrian apparatus is provided having two vertical panels, two rotatably connected articulating arms capable of rotating about a center point, a vertical lifting device located within said panels attached to said arms, and a foot platform wherein one or more of an electric motor, front tires and caster wheels enable movement of the powered pedestrian apparatus.
US10973714B2	Electrically assisted wheelchair and control method for electrically assisted wheelchair An electrically assisted wheelchair includes a controller that obtains an inclination assist value by correcting the assist value when a road surface is inclined in a left-right direction of the seat, and performs a downhill turning preventing operation of causing the wheelchair body to travel straight by applying right auxiliary power and left auxiliary power corresponding to the inclination assist value. The controller adjusts the right auxiliary power and the left auxiliary power by correcting the inclination assist value based on a hand rim operation of the user to operate at least one of the right hand rim and the left hand rim in the downhill turning preventing operation.
US10973710B2	Absorbent article and fastening laminate Absorbent article including a chassis and fastening tab. The fastening tab includes a carrier, a first fastener having first male fastening elements, and a second fastener. The second fastener includes a backing with first and second opposing surfaces, with second male fastening elements on the first surface. A first portion of the second surface of the backing is connected to the carrier, and a second portion of the second surface of the backing is attached to the topsheet side of the chassis. The carrier is attached to the backsheet side of the chassis. Some fastening laminates, before attachment to the article, have the second portion of the second fastener folded over to face the first portion of the second fastener. Other laminates have the second fastener positioned with its first surface toward the carrier and attached to the carrier with a film.
US10973709B2	Hip-to-waist silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.9.
US10973705B2	Apertured webs and methods for making the same A patterned apertured web includes a plurality of first arrays forming a first zone in the patterned apertured web. At least some of the first arrays include a first plurality of land areas and a first plurality of apertures. At least some of the first plurality of land areas surround at least some of the first plurality of apertures. The first plurality of apertures of the first zone have a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test. The Interaperture Distances of the first zone have a first distribution having a first mean and a first median. The first mean is greater than the first median by at least 4%.
US10973687B2	Method for minimally invasive, cell-selective laser therapy on the eye A method for a minimally invasive, cell-selective laser therapy on the eye. The method, based on a short-pulse laser system, allows for different selective types of therapy on the eye. The method is based on a frequency-doubled, continuously working solid-state laser including a pump source and a control unit. The control unit regulates the pump source such that the solid-state laser emits individual pulses with pulse lengths ranging from 50 ns to continuous, wherein pulse lengths ranging from 50 ns to 50 μs are provided for selective therapies and pulse lengths ranging from 50 μs to continuous are provided for coagulative or stimulating therapies, in particular in the range from 1 ms to 500 ms. The proposed method enables a selective treatment of melanin-containing cells in the different areas of the eye via the targeted control of the pump source.
US10973681B2	Devices and methods for adjusting the insertion depth of a needle for medicament delivery An apparatus includes a housing, an adjustment member, and a microneedle. The housing can be coupled to a medicament container, and includes a hub surface that can contact a target surface. The adjustment member is within the housing and separates an inner volume of the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is fluidically coupled with the medicament container. The adjustment member, which is coupled to the microneedle, can transition between a first configuration and a second configuration. A proximal end portion of the microneedle is fluidically coupled to the first chamber such that a substance can be conveyed from the medicament container through the microneedle. A distal tip of the microneedle extends from the hub surface by a first distance when the adjustment member is in the first configuration, and by a second distance when the adjustment member is in the second configuration.
US10973678B2	Apparatus and methods for receiving discharged urine A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing, a fluid permeable membrane, and a fluid permeable support. A reservoir is defined by the fluid permeable support. The fluid permeable membrane can define a cavity. The casing can define an opening such that the cavity is accessible via the opening. The assembly can also include an outlet in fluidic communication with the reservoir. The assembly can be arranged such that a user's penis can be disposed through the opening with the urethral opening disposed within the cavity and such that a fluid can flow into the body from the urethral opening of the user's penis, collect in the reservoir, and flow out of the outlet.
US10973668B2	Valve device A valve device includes a valve, a scaffold connected coaxially to an external surface of the valve, a luminal prosthesis that is adapted to be implanted into a lumen of a patient, with the scaffold and the valve removably attachable inside of the luminal prosthesis.
US10973664B2	Scaffold loading and delivery systems This disclosure pertains, inter alia, to scaffold loading and delivery devices, assemblies, systems and methods of using the same.
US10973661B2	Alignment angle sensor systems for limb prostheses Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining alignment angles between a first prosthetic component and a second prosthetic component that are joinable together in a fixed orientation relative to each other, wherein the fixed orientation includes a first angle and optionally also a second angle that are perpendicular to each other, and wherein the first and/or second angles are selectable from a range of angles to provide a desired fixed orientation between the two prosthetic components. The system includes a magnet fixedly coupled to the first prosthetic component and one or more magnetic intensity sensors configured to be coupled to the second prosthetic component in a fixed orientation relative to the second prosthetic component such that the sensors are operable to sense a magnetic field of the magnet and produce an output signal in response to the strength of the sensed magnetic field. The system can include a processor operable to receive the output signals from the sensors and determine the first and/or second angles.
US10973660B2	Powered prosthetic thumb Features for a powered prosthetic thumb are described. The thumb provides for rotation of a digit that mimics the natural movement possible with a sound thumb. The thumb may attach to a full or partial prosthetic hand or socket on a residual limb. The thumb may include an upper assembly, including a prosthetic thumb digit, rotatably attached to a mount about a pinch axis and a lateral axis. The digit may rotate about only the pinch axis, only the lateral axis, or both the pinch and lateral axes simultaneously. A first actuator may actuate to cause rotation of the digit about the pinch axis. A second actuator may actuate to cause rotation of the digit about the lateral axis. The first and second actuators may be actuated together at appropriate speeds to cause rotation about both the pinch and lateral axes simultaneously. A swaying chassis may be rotatably connected with the upper assembly and a lower assembly about various offset axes to provide for rotation about the lateral axis.
US10973654B2	Intervertebral spacers Medical devices suitable for implantation in spaces between bones are described. An example medical device suitable for use as an intervertebral spacer includes a main body having an exterior proximal wall, an exterior distal wall, a first exterior lateral wall, a second exterior lateral wall, an upper surface, a lower surface, an interior proximal wall, an interior distal wall, a first interior lateral wall, a second interior lateral wall, and a longitudinal axis. The interior proximal wall, the interior distal wall, the first interior lateral wall, and the second interior lateral wall cooperatively define an interior cavity. The first and second exterior lateral walls are outwardly directed at an angle from the lower surface to the upper surface relative to the longitudinal axis.
US10973652B2	Highly lordosed fusion cage A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
US10973647B2	Artificial joint An artificial joint includes a first joint assembly and a second joint assembly. The first joint assembly is adapted to be connected to a first bone and has a first contacting surface, wherein the first contacting surface includes a first convex arc surface, a second convex arc surface, and a third convex arc surface. The second joint assembly is adapted to be connected to a second bone and has a second contacting surface, wherein the second contacting surface is in contact with the first contacting surface and includes a first concave arc surface, a second concave arc surface, and a third concave arc surface, and the first concave arc surface, the second concave arc surface, and the third concave arc surface respectively correspond to the first convex arc surface, the second convex arc surface, and the third convex arc surface.
US10973646B2	Stabilized drill guide A drill guide includes a working portion and a shaft, with a joint formed between the working portion and the shaft so that the shaft is movable relative to the working portion about the joint. The working portion includes at least one drill guide hole which receives a drill for making a hole in a bone. The joint isolates the working portion from unintentional movements of the shaft so that the working portion remains stable against a bone surface. The joint also enables the shaft to be used as a retractor or pry bar against surrounding anatomical structures if desired. The drill guide may be included in a system with an implant component and/or other surgical instruments.
US10973639B2	Native valve repair devices and procedures A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a base assembly, a pair of paddles, and a pair of gripping members. The base assembly includes a shaft and a coupler attached to the shaft such that the coupler can be moved along the shaft. The paddles are movable between an open position, a closed position and a bailout position. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient. Movement of the coupler along the shaft causes the paddles to move between the open position, the closed position, and the bailout position. When the paddles are in the bailout position, a bailout angle between each paddle of the pair of paddles and the shaft is greater than or equal to 120 degrees.
US10973631B2	Crimping accessory device for a prosthetic valve Embodiments are provided of an assembly having a prosthetic valve, the prosthetic valve having a radially expandable and compressible annular frame, and a crimping accessory device, and methods for using the assembly in compressing the prosthetic valve. The frame includes an outer surface and an inner surface. A leaflet assembly is supported inside the annular frame. The leaflet assembly includes a plurality of leaflets, each having an inner surface and an outer surface. The crimping accessory device has a plurality of axially-extending fingers. At least a first finger of the plurality of fingers is disposed between the outer surface of a first leaflet of the plurality of leaflets, and at least a second finger of the plurality of fingers is disposed radially-inwardly of the inner surface of the first leaflet.
US10973629B2	Sealing member for prosthetic heart valve A prosthetic heart valve can include a frame, a valve component, and a sealing member. The frame can have an inflow end portion, an outflow end portion, an intermediate portion disposed between the inflow and outflow end portions, and a plurality of struts. The frame can be radially compressible and expandable between a radially-compressed configuration and a radially-expanded configuration. The valve component can be disposed within and coupled to the frame and have a plurality of leaflets. The sealing member can have a plurality of ribs and a plurality of drapes. The ribs can be coupled to and extend radially outwardly from the frame when the frame is in the radially-expanded configuration. The drapes can be coupled to and extend radially between the frame and the ribs. The sealing member can be configured to reduce or prevent perivalvular leakage around the prosthetic heart valve.
US10973625B2	Ocular systems, devices, and methods Various embodiments are described herein for an ocular device implantable in a user's eye and which has an adjustable optical element for varying one or more optical properties for the eye such as, but not limited to, providing a dynamically adjustable aperture stop to control the amount of incoming light, filtering incoming light, polarizing incoming light, and/or varying a depth of field for the eye.
US10973617B2	Artificial vagina set Artificial vaginas are disclosed that include an elongate housing, a liner within the elongate housing that is attached to the elongate housing, and a pressurized air tank arranged to bring the artificial vagina to an appropriate pressure. Such artificial vaginas may be brought to an operation temperature for the collection of semen by an air infuser that may contain a blower, a heating element and a shaft having a plurality of apertures through which heated air may flow.
US10973610B2	Electrical impedance sensing dental drill system configured to detect cancellous-cortical bone and bone-soft tissue boundaries A dental drill system with electrical-impedance sensing indicates when a bit of the drill system approaches cortical-cancellous bone, or bone-soft tissue interfaces. The drill system has a dental drill handset having a cannula bearing electrically coupled to a drilling bit, the drilling bit having an electrically insulated portion and an exposed portion. The cannula bearing is coupled to an electrical impedance spectroscopy sensing device configured to measure impedance between the cannula bearing of the dental drill handset and a ground plate, and a processing system uses EIS measurements to distinguish when the bit of the drill system approaches cortical- or cancellous bone, or bone-soft tissue interfaces.
US10973605B2	Compliance-based cleaning method A method of compliance-based cleaning includes receiving a piece of equipment to be cleaned in a compliance-based cleaning device, performing a cleaning process on the piece of equipment upon receiving the piece of equipment in the compliance-based cleaning device, monitoring the cleaning process performed on the piece of equipment, and transmitting compliance data from the compliance-based cleaning device to a compliance database in response to performing the cleaning process on the piece of equipment. The compliance data includes identifying information obtained during the cleaning process. Cleaning records stored in the compliance database indicate which one of a plurality of medical practitioners cleaned which one of a plurality of pieces of equipment.
US10973600B2	Power axle wrist for robotic surgical tool A surgical tool includes a drive housing and an elongate shaft extending from the drive housing. A wrist couples an end effector to the elongate shaft and includes a distal clevis having a first axle that rotatably mounts the end effector to the distal clevis, and a proximal clevis coupled to the elongate shaft and having a second axle that rotatably mounts the distal clevis to the proximal clevis. A plurality of drive cables extend between the drive housing and the end effector, and movement of the drive cables causes the end effector to articulate about a first pivot axis extending through the first axle. A power axle cable extending from the drive housing and mounted to the distal clevis such that movement of the power axle cable correspondingly pivots the end effector about a second pivot axis at the second axle.
US10973593B2	Centralized control apparatus A centralized control apparatus is a centralized control apparatus configured to operate in a centralized manner, one or more operated devices used in a medical action, and includes a specification section configured to specify at least one of an operator and a procedure, an end operation section configured to receive an end operation to end the centralized operation of the operated device when the medical action ends, a recording section configured to record information on an operated device for which an end operation is necessary in association with at least one of the operator and the procedure, and a control section configured to, when the end operation section receives the end operation, acquire and execute setting items of an end process on the operated device linked by the recording section based on the specification result of the specification section.
US10973592B2	Control console for surgical device with mechanical arms A control console for control of a medical surgical device comprising at least one surgical mechanical arm, which control console comprising: a control console base; at least one user support coupled to said control console base; a processor configured to receive data regarding a selected surgical configuration of said at least one surgical mechanical arm and at least one camera; an input arm support coupled to said control console base; at least one input arm comprising a plurality of sections sequentially coupled by joints, coupled to and extending from said input arm support where a direction of extension of said input arm, with respect to said at least one user support is adjustable to match an input arm configuration to said selected surgical configuration, a camera view of said at least one surgical mechanical arm thereby corresponding to a user view of said input arm.
US10973589B2	Systems and methods for guiding tissue resection A method for guiding resection of local tissue from a patient includes generating at least one image of the patient, automatically determining a plurality of surgical guidance cues indicating three-dimensional spatial properties associated with the local tissue, and generating a visualization of the surgical guidance cues relative to the surface. A system for generating surgical guidance cues for resection of a local tissue from a patient includes a location module for processing at least one image of the patient to determine three-dimensional spatial properties of the local tissue, and a surgical cue generator for generating the surgical guidance cues based upon the three-dimensional spatial properties. A patient-specific locator form for guiding resection of local tissue from a patient includes a locator form surface matching surface of the patient, and a plurality of features indicating a plurality of surgical guidance cues, respectively.
US10973584B2	Device and method for vascular access A system for facilitating vascular access is disclosed. The system includes an imaging device including a transducer configured for ultrasound image data acquisition, an ECG signal acquisition device configured to acquire ECG signal data via one or more leads, wherein a first lead is directly connected to skin of a patient, and a mobile application configured to render a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display screen of a mobile device, wherein the graphical user interface illustrates a representation of at least one of the ultrasound image data or the ECG signal data that is wireless transmitted to the mobile device.
US10973578B2	Method and apparatus for selective treatment of biological tissue An exemplary treatment system can be provided which can include a laser system configured to emit at least one laser beam, and an optical system configured to focus the laser beam(s) to a focal region at a selected distance from a surface of a tissue. The focal region can be configured to illuminate at least a portion of a target. The optical system can cause an irradiation energy transferred to the focal region of the laser beam(s) to (i) generate a plasma in a first region of the tissue adjacent to the target, and (ii) avoid a generation of a plasma in a second region of the tissue. The optical system has a numerical aperture that is in the range of about 0.5 to about 0.9. An exemplary method can also be provided to control such treatment system.
US10973572B2	Catheter for treatment of atrial flutter having single action dual deflection mechanism A catheter and method for the treatment of a patient having atrial flutter or other arrhythmia comprises an elongated catheter body having an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. Further it has a distal tip section comprising a flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The proximal end of the tip section is fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section further comprises a nitinol tube having slots formed therein which causes the distal tip section to deflect using the same puller-wire action used to cause the deflectable catheter to deflect at a point proximal to the distal tip section.
US10973563B2	Surgical instrument with charging devices A surgical instrument includes a first power source and a second power source. The first power source is configured to deliver power to a surgical instrument at a first rate of discharge. The second power source is configured to deliver power to the first power source at a second rate of discharge. The first power source and the second power source are positioned within the surgical instrument. The first power source and the second power source are further configured to communicate with a control module. The control module may rely on power from the first power source to drive an end effector of the surgical instrument. The end effector may comprise a harmonic/ultrasonic blade, RF electrosurgical electrodes, powered cutting/stapling features, and/or various other types of components.
US10973562B2	Plasma surgery apparatus and method for operating such an apparatus A plasma surgery apparatus includes an HF generator for generating an HF activation signal, a gas source for providing a plasma gas, and a plasma applicator having a channel which opens out at a distal end of the applicator and through which the plasma gas can flow. The apparatus also includes an HF electrode that is electrically connected to the HF generator. When the HF electrode is supplied with the HF activation signal, a plasma is provided originating from the distal end of the applicator. The apparatus also includes a control unit and a flow regulator for regulating a flow rate the plasma gas in the channel. The control unit receives or requests an operating variable of the HF generator and, according to a saved functional relationship, controls the flow regulator so that the flow rate of the plasma gas is correlated with a detected value of the operating variable.
US10973558B2	Screw insertion instrument and methods of use A screw insertion instrument includes a handle, a driving assembly, and a stylet. The driving assembly extends distally from the handle and includes a knob, a tubular body extending distally from the knob, and a driver including an elongated body extending through the knob and the tubular body. The elongated body has a proximal region operably coupled to the handle and a distal region extending distally beyond the tubular body and engageable with a pedicle screw. The stylet includes an elongated body positionable through first and second longitudinal bores defined through the handle and the driver, respectively. A proximal portion of the stylet is positionable adjacent the handle and a distal portion of the stylet extends distally beyond the driver and is positionable through a third longitudinal bore defined through the pedicle screw such that the distal portion of the stylet extends distally beyond the pedicle screw.
US10973556B2	Adjustable implant assembly An implant assembly includes a screw body, including anchor portion and proximal head portion, and a cradle movably mounted in the screw body to allow for controlled angulation between a spinal connection element disposed in the cradle and the screw body. The cradle is pivotable in one or more selected directions about one or more axes relative to the screw body. The cradle may be generally, substantially spherical in shape and allow for unrestricted movement in one or more directions around one or more axis.
US10973552B2	Surgical system for bone screw insertion and rod reduction A screw insertion instrument includes a housing, a knob, a drive shaft, and a screw alignment post. The housing includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, and the proximal portion includes a proximal body portion defining a channel extending longitudinally therethrough along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The knob is coupled to the proximal portion of the housing and defines an aperture therethrough that is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the housing. The drive shaft extends through the aperture of the knob and the proximal portion of the housing. The screw alignment post is coupled to the distal portion of the housing and is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the housing.
US10973542B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument with blade replacement features An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The first coupling member and the second coupling member are configured to flex toward each other from a first position to a second position. The first coupling member and the second coupling member define a pivot axis in the first position. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The clamp arm is configured to couple or decouple with the shaft assembly when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are in the second position. The clamp arm is configured to pivot toward and away the ultrasonic blade about the pivot axis when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are in the first position.
US10973540B2	Endoscopic surgical device Provided is an endoscopic surgical device includes: a sheath having a pipe for delivering a liquid and inserted into a channel of an endoscope; a pair of forceps components disposed so as to protrude from a distal end cover of the sheath; an operable member that is connected to the forceps components and opens and closes the forceps components; and a flow-path formation member positioned at proximal end side rather than the forceps components and is disposed in a rotatable manner about a central axis of the sheath together with the forceps components. The flow-path formation member includes a recess disposed in a direction orthogonal to an opening-closing direction of the forceps components and recessed radially inward. The recess forms a gap between the flow-path formation member and an inner peripheral surface of the distal end cover so as to constitute a liquid delivery hole.
US10973535B2	System of preoperative planning and provision of patient-specific surgical aids A method of preoperative planning comprises creating a virtual model of a native patient tissue; placing a virtual device into a desired device orientation relative to the virtual model of the native patient tissue; specifying at least one structural change to the native patient tissue to facilitate placement of the virtual device in the desired device orientation; creating a virtual model of an altered patient tissue responsive to the specifying at least one structural change to the native patient tissue; and fabricating a tangible representation of a bone using the virtual model of the altered patient tissue.
US10973534B2	Tissue trap for chondral autograft transfer system A cartilage repair technique employs a cutter-tissue trap combination device to harvest cartilage tissue from a low-weight-bearing site of a subject. Cut tissue is aspirated though a lumen (1101) of a tissue cutter (1100). The lumen includes an outer shaft (1106) having a first distal window and an inner shaft having a second distal window. Edges of the first distal window and the second distal window cooperate to provide a cutting action there-between upon rotation of the inner shaft within the outer shaft. A tissue trap (1400) coupled to the tissue cutter is configured to collect tissue shavings of a desired size to efficiently deliver the collected shavings to a repair site during surgery. The tissue trap includes a filter (1502) in a housing configured between a removable inflow chamber (1404) and a removable outflow chamber (1406).
US10973527B2	Low profile, self-expanding, blood flow resisting device Low profile, self-expandable, blood flow restrictors include a hollow channel open at axial ends to allow blood flow through the restrictor installed in a blood vessel. The channel may include a mesh and have a narrowing, or sandglass, profile to reduce blood flow. The sandglass shape is in a central portion of the channel and may be surrounded by a blocking coating impermeable to blood flow or a suture that dissolves over time. The mesh may be formed of a memory alloy. Restrictors include a retrieval connector at an end that is permeable to blood flow and permits attachment for restrictor positioning with a catheter.
US10973515B2	Permanent attachment means for curved tip of component of surgical stapling instrument A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector that is operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The end effector includes a pair of jaws. One of the jaws has a deflectable placement tip attached thereto. The placement tip may be attached using a mechanical connection in some versions. Still in other versions the placement tip may be attached via an overmolding process. Where an overmolding process is used, a portion of the jaw can be configured with various connection features that improve the overmolding attachment success.
US10973511B2	Suturing apparatus and method A suturing apparatus comprises a pair of jaws. A bendable needle housed in one of the jaws is adapted to carry a suture. A suture receiver is disposed adjacent to, or integral with, the opposite jaw to help disengage the suture carried by the bendable needle. A transition block curves the needle and directs it in a direction generally unparallel to an axis of the carrying jaw. The jaw housing the needle may include a lateral opening through which the suture may be inserted. The needle may also include a lateral notch which may be aligned with lateral opening to receive the suture. An actuator coupled to the needle enables the user to move the needle proximally to align the notch with the lateral slot.
US10973507B2	Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone A method and apparatus for surgically repairing a tear in soft tissue is disclosed. A plurality of collapsible tubes are positioned about the suture. The collapsible tubes are pushed through soft tissue and orthopedic mesh on opposite sides of a tear in soft tissue. When tension is applied to the suture, the tubes are compressed to fix the suture to the soft tissue and draw the soft tissue portions together.
US10973501B2	Endoscopic treatment tool and handle An endoscopic treatment tool includes a sheath; a treatment portion capable of protruding and retracting from a distal end of the sheath; a manipulation main body; a slider which advances and retracts in a longitudinal axis direction to cause the treatment portion to protrude and retract from the sheath; a first locking mechanism which locks the slider at a position at which the distal end of the treatment portion is accommodated in the sheath in accordance with a retracting manipulation of the slider; a second locking mechanism provided at further distal side than the first locking mechanism and restricts advance of the slider by being locked to the manipulation main body; a fixing mechanism provided in the second locking mechanism and fixed to the manipulation main body by sliding; and a restricting portion which restricts fixing of the fixing mechanism to the manipulation main body.
US10973499B2	Articulating needles and related methods of use A medical device may include a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, and a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit being coupled to the distal tip, wherein longitudinal movement of the conduit is configured to transition the needle between the first configuration and the second configuration.
US10973491B2	Interconnects for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) devices Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) devices with robust, four-wire electrical interconnects. In some embodiments, an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device is provided. The IVUS device comprises: a catheter body; an ultrasound assembly coupled to a distal portion of the catheter body; and four conductors extending along a length of the catheter body, wherein a distal section of each of the four conductors has a flattened profile and wherein the flattened distal section of each of the four conductors is electrically coupled to a respective electrical contact of the ultrasound assembly. The ultrasound assembly can be a phased-array ultrasound assembly or a rotational ultrasound assembly.
US10973487B2	Tilted slices in DBT An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for generating a tilted tomographic X-ray map. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a 3D image data set; determining, based on the 3D image data set, synthetic mammograms corresponding to different angles within the defined projection angle range; determining a point of interest in one of the synthetic mammograms; calculating coordinates of the point of interest in the one synthetic mammogram or the 3D image data set; determining a tilted image plane through the examination object, the tilted image plane including the point of interest and the rotation axis; generating the tilted tomographic X-ray image in the tilted image plane based on the provided 3D image data set; and displaying the tilted tomographic X-ray image.
US10973483B2	Phase-contrast and dark-field CT reconstruction algorithm A system and related method for signal processing. Interferometric projection data reconstructed into one or more images for a spatial distribution of a physical property of an imaged object. The interferometric projection data is derived from signals acquired by an X-ray detector (D), said signals caused by X-ray radiation after interaction of said X-ray radiation with an interferometer and with the object (OB) to be imaged, said interferometer (IF) having an inter-grating distance. The reconstructor (RECON) configured to perform, based on the projection data and a forward signal model, a reconstruction operation for one or more images in an image domain of a spatial distribution of at least one physical property of said object (OB) including a refractive index, wherein the reconstructor is configured to perform in the reconstruction operation a scaling operation based on the inter-grating distance of the interferometer and/or on a distance of a location in said image domain from said interferometer (IF).
US10973481B2	Radiographic system A controller generates, based on a position of a marker in an X-ray image, an intermediate image in which a device inserted into a subject's body is displayed. After the generation of the intermediate image, the controller matches the marker of the X-ray image with a marker of the intermediate image based on the position of the marker in the X-ray image and a position of a marker in the intermediate image to align the X-ray image and the intermediate image with each other every time the X-ray image is newly generated. The controller then controls the display to display an overlaid image generated by overlaying the X-ray image and the intermediate image aligned with each other.
US10973476B2	Radiation detection device A radiation detection device includes: a radiation detection panel; a housing in which the radiation detection panel is housed; a support member that is disposed between a surface of the radiation detection panel on a side opposite to a radiation incidence side and an inner surface of the housing; a plurality of columnar first protruding portions that are formed on a surface of the support member on an opposite side to a surface of the support member on a side of the radiation detection panel; and a second protruding portion that is formed at other region of the surface of the support member on the opposite side than regions of the surface of the support member on the opposite side at which the first protruding portions are formed as defined herein.
US10973472B2	Artificial intelligence-based material decomposition in medical imaging For material decomposition in medical imaging, a machine-learned model is trained to decompose. For example, spectral CT data for a plurality of locations is input, and the machine-learned model outputs the material composition. Using information from surrounding locations for the decomposition by the machine-learned model for a given location may allow for more accurate material decomposition and/or three or more material decomposition.
US10973470B2	System and method for screening and prediction of severity of infection A photoplethysmography (PPG) circuit obtains PPG signals at a plurality of wavelengths of light reflected from tissue of a user. A processing device generates parameters using the PPG signals to screen the user for an infection, such as sepsis, influenza and/or COVID-19. The processing device may also determine a severity level of the infection and a confidence level in the determination. The parameters may include a measurement of nitric oxide (NO) level, respiration rate, heart rate and/or oxygen saturation.
US10973466B2	System for determining airway patency This invention relates to a method or system for providing an indication or establishment of airway patency of a patient comprising monitoring of at least one targeted gas (e.g. CO2, N2 or may be other gases capable of being detected, monitored, and measured) that is being expired or being expelled from an airway of a patient (e.g. an apnoeic or non-spontaneously breathing patient), and based on measurements of the at least one targeted gas for a period of time, providing an indicator as to an output of the measurements of the at least one targeted gas for the period of time, or a determination as to airway patency, or a determination as to a location of a blockage or obstruction in the airway, or combinations of these.
US10973463B2	Information processing device An information processing device includes a first member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and a predetermined detection unit, a second member that includes a substantially plate-shaped casing and that holds a battery inside the second member, and a connection unit that includes an elastic body and connects a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the first member to a part of an outer circumferential end surface of the second member such that a surface direction of one surface of the first member substantially matches a surface direction of one surface of the second member. The information processing device is worn on a predetermined body part such that the one surface of the first member and the one surface of the second member are located on a side of the body part.
US10973459B2	Head-mounted apparatus Disclosed herein is a head-mounted apparatus, including: an optical sensor having a contact face for contacting with the head of a user; a supporting unit disposed around the optical sensor and configured to contact with the head of the user; and a sensor supporting mechanism configured to support the optical sensor so as to permit a movement of the optical sensor in a contact direction that is a direction perpendicular to the contact face.
US10973455B2	Heart rate variability analysis method, device and use thereof A method and an apparatus for analyzing heart rate Variability (HRV), and use thereof are provided. A low-cost, portable and wearable signal acquisition device is utilized to acquire electrocardiography (ECG) signals of epilepsy patients for 24 hours before treatment, and a time domain index, a frequency domain index and a nonlinear index of the ECG during a long term and during a short term are calculated with a programmed HRV analysis method, and the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) treatment for patients with medically intractable epilepsy is accurately and efficiently predicted based on characteristic parameters for characterizing an effect level of the vagus nerve regulating the heart rate, i.e., vagus nerve activity, thereby avoiding unnecessary costs and avoiding the delay of the optimal treatment timing. In addition, the characteristic parameters obtained by the HRV analysis on the ECG may be utilized to clearly select VNS treatment indication patients.
US10973448B2	System, methods and apparatuses for in situ electrochemical imaging Systems, methods and apparatuses described herein generally provide a millimetre size package-free complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) chip (referred to as a “die”) for the in situ (on-site) measurement or imaging of electrochemically detectable analytes.
US10973447B2	Noninvasive oximetry optical sensor including disposable and reusable elements A pulse oximetry sensor includes reusable and disposable elements. To assemble the sensor, members of the reusable element are mated with assembly mechanisms of the disposable element. The assembled sensor provides independent movement between the reusable and disposable elements.
US10973422B2	Photoplethysmography-based pulse wave analysis using a wearable device Disclosed are devices and methods for non-invasively measuring arterial stiffness using pulse wave analysis of photoplethysmogram data. In some implementations, wearable biometric monitoring devices provided herein for measuring arterial stiffness have the ability to automatically and intelligently obtain PPG data under suitable conditions while the user is engaged in activities or exercises. In some implementations, wearable biometric monitoring devices are provided herein with the ability to remove PPG data variance caused by factors unrelated to arterial stiffness. In some implementations, wearable biometric monitoring devices have the ability to perform PWA while accounting for the user's activities, conditions, or status.
US10973416B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring biological conditions Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for monitoring an individual and activities performed thereby, detecting a possible adverse biological condition caused by the activities, and submitting instructions to equipment utilized by the individual to cause the individual to adjust the same or related activities to mitigate the possible adverse biological condition. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10973410B2	Portable physiology monitor Wearable devices capable of measuring a core body temperature and other vital signs of a user in a range of situations are described herein. The wearable device is arranged to be retained within the ear canal of the ear, in order to prevent the wearable device from inadvertently removing itself from the ear. Providing an infrared thermopile at the innermost end of the ear insert ensures that the infrared thermopile is provided as close as possible to the tympanic membrane which will be used to provide an indication of the core body temperature.
US10973407B2	Method for determining an ophthalmic lens having unwanted astigmatism A method for determining an ophthalmic lens having unwanted astigmatism, the ophthalmic lens being adapted to a wearer, the method including: a wearer prescription data providing during which wearer prescription data indicative of an ophthalmic prescription of the wearer are provided; a wearer focal data providing during which wearer focal data indicative of the wearer preferred image focal plan are provided; an ophthalmic lens determining during which the ophthalmic lens is determined based on the prescription of the wearer and the wearer focal data to reduce impact of unwanted astigmatism of the ophthalmic lens for the wearer.
US10973404B2	In vivo pre-surgical characterization of cataractous lenses Systems and methods are provided for in vivo pre-surgical characterization of lenses, such as cataractous lenses. A method comprises obtaining an electromagnetically-measured value related to the axial thickness of the lens, obtaining an ultrasound-measured value related to the axial thickness of the lens, calculating a relationship value based upon the electromagnetically-measured value and the ultrasound-measured value, and determining a mechanical property value based upon the calculated relationship value. The mechanical property may relate to lens hardness, rigidity, or density, or the amount of energy for a phacoemulsification procedure. A system may comprise an optical interferometer for measuring data to obtain the electromagnetically-measured value and an ultrasound biometer for measuring data to obtain the ultrasound-measured value.
US10973398B2	Image capture unit in a surgical instrument In a minimally invasive surgical system, an image capture unit includes a prism assembly and sensor assembly. The prism assembly includes a beam splitter, while the sensor assembly includes coplanar image capture sensors. Each of the coplanar image capture sensors has a common front end optical structure, e.g., the optical structure distal to the image capture unit is the same for each of the sensors. A controller enhances images acquired by the coplanar image capture sensors. The enhanced images may include (a) visible images with enhanced feature definition, in which a particular feature in the scene is emphasized to the operator of minimally invasive surgical system; (b) images having increased image apparent resolution; (c) images having increased dynamic range; (d) images displayed in a way based on a pixel color component vector having three or more color components; and (e) images having extended depth of field.
US10973392B2	Adhesive for endoscope, cured product, endoscope, and method for producing endoscope Provided are an adhesive for an endoscope, a cured product, an endoscope, and a method for producing an endoscope. The adhesive for an endoscope is a two-component adhesive for an endoscope. The two-component adhesive has a base and a curing agent. The base includes at least one epoxy resin (A) selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A epoxy resins, bisphenol F epoxy resins, and phenol novolac epoxy resins. The curing agent includes a tertiary amine compound (B). The tertiary amine compound (B) accounts for 60 mass % or more of a curing component included in the curing agent.
US10973384B2	Dispersible nonwoven wipe material A dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material is provided that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use. More particularly, multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers are provided to form the dispersible nonwoven wipe material. The layers contain combinations of cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers, and optionally a binder or additive.
US10973381B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner according to an aspect includes a case defining a dust collecting space in which dust is stored and having a boss, a dust container cover rotatably connected to the case and configured to open/close the dust collecting space, and an opening/closing part configured to open the dust container cover, wherein the dust container cover has a cover locker having a rib caught by the boss, the opening/closing part includes a pair of push parts installed in the case and elastically deformed by a user, and the rib is spaced apart from the boss as the cover locker is deformed while the pair of push parts are moved in a direction in which the push parts become closer to each other.
US10973380B2	Cleaner holder and cleaner unit A cleaner holder comprises a base, a stand coupled to the base and extending upward from the base, a support body coupled to an upper portion of the stand and configured to support a cleaner, and a cleaning module support coupled to the stand and configured to support a cleaning module of the cleaner. The cleaning module may be detachably coupled to an extension tube of the cleaner.
US10973363B2	Coffee brewing press with displaceable agitator A beverage brewing press has an open topped container for receiving a liquid and particulate matter to be brewed into a beverage, a hollow plunger shaft, a sealing filter piston disposed on the plunger shaft, the sealing filter piston having a peripheral seal slidably sealing to an interior of the container and for separating the interior of the container into a first compartment and a second compartment, the piston having a filter thereon for allowing brewed beverage to be filtered from the first compartment into the second compartment upon displacement of the piston, an agitator disposed below the piston, the agitator being fastened to an agitator shaft disposed concentrically rotatably and slidably in the hollow plunger shaft, a displaceable distance being provided between the agitator and the piston, the agitator shaft being slidable in the plunger shaft to take-up the displaceable distance between the agitator and the piston when the piston moves toward the agitator due to an axial force exerted on the plunger shaft moving the piston in the direction of the agitator. A spring is provided to absorb the displaceable distance and may also transmit rotational force to the agitator.
US10973362B2	Cooking apparatus, control method thereof and control device A pressure cooking apparatus, a method and device for controlling the same are provided. During a heating process of the apparatus, the device detects a pressure value inside the inner liner, a first temperature value when the detected pressure value rises to a first preset pressure threshold, and a second temperature value when the detected pressure value drops from the preset first pressure threshold to a second preset pressure threshold. Next the device acquires a temperature reference value according to a preset setting strategy using the first temperature value and the second temperature value and then compares a current temperature value detected by the temperature sensor with the temperature reference value. Finally, the device starts or stops the heating process based on the comparison result, thus reducing the on/off frequency of the apparatus and controlling the pressure inside the cooking apparatus more precisely and smoothly.
US10973361B1	Cooking system for food steaming or cooking The examples herein relate to a cooking tool, and a cooking system and techniques that can be utilized with the cooking tool to steam or cook food. The cooking system includes a placement surface, a heat source to channel heat energy, and a cooking tool coupled to the placement surface. For example, the placement surface is a portion of cookware (e.g., pan or plate) and the heat source is a stove or a microwave. The cooking tool comprises an interior volume and a body that includes a lower body portion positioned on the placement surface and an upper body portion. The lower body portion includes a suction cup base that is coupled to the placement surface to form a sealing chamber to seal a liquid or food inside the interior volume. The upper body portion includes at least one conduit.
US10973360B2	Steam generator A steam generator for generating steam by boiling water, or other hot water heating device, in either case such as for use in a steam cooker or warewasher, includes a tank structure providing a heating chamber for holding water, and at least one heating element associated with the tank structure for heating water. The tank structure includes a main body wall having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile formed by opposed first and second side wall portions of the heating chamber and a curved bottom wall portion of the heating chamber, wherein the curved bottom wall portion is monolithic with the first and second side wall portions, wherein the main body wall is sheet metal material that has been curved.
US10973359B2	Steam generation system for use in cooking appliance A steam generator system for a cooking appliance includes an in-line heating element coupled to a heating tube, wherein water from a water reservoir is gravitationally fed into the heating tube for heating by the in-line heating element to produce a hot water and steam mixture. A first supply line is coupled to the heating tube to carry the mixture to a separator without the need for moving or complex pump parts. The separator separates steam and hot water from the mixture of the two. A second supply line is coupled to the separator at a first end and opens into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance at a second end. The second supply line is configured to supply steam separated at the separator to the cooking cavity via a steam outlet disposed in the cooking cavity.
US10973357B2	Split electric rice cooker with weighing device and press cover A split electric rice cooker includes: a base (100) provided with a weighing-device mounting groove (120) at a bottom thereof; a cooker body configured to rest on the base (100) and separable with respect to the base (100); a weighing device (500) provided in the weighing-device mounting groove (120), the weighing device (500) comprising a weighing sensor (510) and a support leg (520); a press cover (600) provided to the bottom of the base (100) and shielding the weighing-device mounting groove (120), the press cover (600) being provided with a press-cover clearance hole (601) for the support leg (520) to pass downwards, and the support leg (520) being connected to the weighing sensor (510); or the support leg (520) being integrally provided to the press cover (600) and able to push the weighing sensor (520) along with deformation of the press cover.
US10973351B2	Adjustable length tablecloth retaining device The present invention comprises a closed loop elastic strap having at least a primary thickness, a width and an adjustable length. The length is adjustable by feeding the elastic strap through a buckle with one end of the elastic strap attached to a loop with another portion of the elastic strap fed through the same loop and the other end of the elastic strap attached to a portion of the same buckle. The closed loop elastic strap can be stretched around (but not limited to) the end of a picnic table to hold a tablecloth in place or around the top of (but not limited to) a beach chair or lounge chair to hold a towel in place during windy or adverse conditions.
US10973332B2	Chairs with adjustable back supports An adjustable chair can support an occupant that sits on a front portion of a seat cushion. When the user leans back, the chair can provide back support without requiring that the user slide rearwardly along the seat cushion, thereby providing back support to minimize, limit, or substantially eliminate lower back fatigue, discomfort, or the like. A back support of the chair can be located at a desired forward/rearward position based on the user's position on the seat. In some settings, the chair can be used by a card dealer who tends to sit on a forward portion of the seat when dealing cards. The back support can be positioned to comfortably support the dealer's back when, for example, the dealer sits generally upright. The chair can also be used by other individuals that frequently sit on the front of the seat cushion.
US10973329B2	Furniture and method for assembling furniture An article of furniture includes a seat frame, first and second spaced apart seat connectors, a plurality of elongated seat panels, first and second spaced apart back post connectors, and a plurality of elongated back panels. The seat connectors and the back connectors include an upper bulbous member, a lower bulbous member, and a web disposed therebetween. The panels include first and second spaced apart channels therein with cutouts extending from the channels and opening onto a surface of the seat panels. The channels of the seat panels are receivable on the upper bulbous members of the spaced apart seat connectors to form a seat, and the channels of the back panels are receivable on the front bulbous members of the spaced apart back connectors to form a back.
US10973328B1	Furniture construction and packing method A furniture item comprises various components for assembly thereof. The furniture items include a substantially flat seat portion, a substantially flat back portion, connectors for securing the flat seat portion to the flat back portion, and a plurality of legs for attachment to the seat portion. Cushions are provided and may be configured to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and the back portion when packed in a container. Additionally, compressed and sealed cushions may also be provided to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and back portion when packed in a container.
US10973310B2	Kits, assemblies and components for use in positioning a device, methods of positioning a device, and positioned devices Kits, assemblies and components for positioning a device, methods of positioning a device, positioned devices. In some aspects, a device is an electronic device, a smart phone or a camera. A representative method comprises adhering at least a first attachment element (suction element and/or releasable adhesive material) of an attachment assembly (comprising the first attachment element and a first interface element (at least one magnetic element and/or at least one magnet-adhering element)) to a first surface, and magnetically adhering a device assembly (comprising a first magnet-adhering element and a device) to the attachment assembly, the first interface element attached to the first attachment element, the device attached to the first magnet-adhering element. A representative positioned device comprises a device attached to a first magnet-adhering element which is magnetically adhered to a magnetic element (which is attached to an attachment element that is adhered to a first surface.
US10973308B2	Storage container with adjustable, convertible strap A reconfigurable waterproof bag is defined by a plurality of material surfaces extending in three dimensions, a strap for carrying the bag, and one or plurality of strap guide(s) into which the strap is disposed and through which the strap may be moved, the strap guide extending within or without the bag from any one of the plurality of surfaces to any other one of the plurality of material surfaces in three dimensional space without limitation to define a geometry of a strap path and coupling of the strap to the bag so that the bag is reconfigurable in a plurality of different carrying modes.
US10973302B2	Compact container having tension part integrally formed therein The present invention relates to a compact container having a tension part integrally formed therein, which is a compact container comprising an outer container which is equipped with a button, and an outer container lid which is hinge-coupled to one side of the outer container and opens and closes, wherein a middle body is coupled to the inner side of the outer container, a tension part is integrally formed on one side of the middle body, a lower inclined part of the tension part has an angle of 30-55° and a thickness of 0.5-2.5 mm, and when the outer container lid is closed the lower inclined part is pushed by the outer container lid so as to go 0.2-1.0 mm to the inside.
US10973301B2	Packaging device for a cosmetic product The invention concerns a packaging device (10) for a cosmetic product (P), especially for a solid or pasty cosmetic product, having a base (20), an intermediate part (30) intended to carry the product (P) and a lid (40), the intermediate part (30) being secured to the base (20) and the lid (40) being mounted hinged on the intermediate part (30) so that said lid (40) occupies two positions, a first position, called the closed position of the device where the base (20) and the lid (40) together define a substantially closed space, and a second position, called the opened position of the device where the lid (40) is retracted inside the base (20), wherein the lid (40) is configured to be blocked in an opened position—reciprocally in a closed position—by blocking means having at least one protrusion (39) of matter protruding from the intermediate part (30).
US10973300B2	Airtight cosmetic-pencil container An airtight cosmetic-pencil container that is configured to extrude and retract pencil-type cosmetic content. To this end, a tube of a holder provided with a cosmetic pencil therein is hermetically and tightly assembled inside a container body, a sealing rubber of an upper cap coupled to an upper portion of a container body is hermetically and tightly assembled to the upper portion of the container body, and an expanded portion of the tube is tightly assembled to an inner surface of a coupling hole of the container body, thereby achieving excellent airtightness. Thus, when the cosmetic-pencil container is stored and carried, moisture, fragrances, and original ingredients of the cosmetic pencil are prevented from being evaporated, and outside air is prevented from being flowing into the container body, thereby preventing hardening, contamination, and deterioration of the cosmetic pencil, and preserving quality of the cosmetic pencil.
US10973297B2	Assembly comprising a refill and an appliance for treating the hair The invention relates to an assembly having a refill and an appliance designed for using the refill, the appliance having an insertion guide along which the refill travels, the refill having an element that serves as a use memory and the accommodating structure having a relief that acts on said element when the refill is fitted on the appliance for the first time, so as to cause it to pass from an inactive configuration to an active configuration, the accommodating structure having a locking member disposed to as to intercept said element when the latter is in the active configuration, while the refill is being fitted in and removed from the accommodating structure, the locking member can be passed over by said element in the direction of removal of the refill and such that the locking member prevents said element from passing in the direction of insertion of the refill.
US10973296B2	Carrying bag capable of prolonging power supply A carrying bag includes a housing having a base wall and an upper wall, and the housing includes a cover panel foldable relative to the upper wall, a base plate is engaged in the housing, a placement rack is foldably attached to the base plate with a hinge device, and the placement rack is foldable relative to the base plate and the housing, and a display is attached to the placement rack and movable relative to the upper wall between an upwardly working position and a downwardly folded storing position. A power supply is engaged in the housing, and a charger is engaged in the housing and electrically connected to the power supply. The housing includes a chamber for receiving a mobile device.
US10973282B2	Material for developing/maintaining or compensating for motor skills Described herein is a flexible but resilient material comprising a soft outside shell and an internal flexible but resilient support core, as well as a method for constructing such a flexible but resilient material that can have multiple applications, including being used to manufacture an improved wearable apparatus to help young children, individuals who are physically challenged, and/or who have a limiting physical disability.
US10973279B2	Rapid-entry footwear having a compressible lattice structure Disclosed is a shoe having a compressible lattice structure in a heel portion to facilitate rapid, easy donning and doffing of shoes. In example embodiments, the lattice structure includes a plurality of interconnected, overlapping, intersecting and/or woven ribs defining a plurality of apertures. The lattice structure has an open position in which the shoe opening is expanded to facilitate reception of a foot of an individual wearing the rapid-entry shoe, and a closed position in which the shoe opening is smaller to retain the foot within the rapid-entry shoe.
US10973277B2	Three toed footwear An article of footwear having an upper secured to an outsole in combination having three toe pockets, the first toe pocket having a configuration to separately receive within a big toe of a wearer, and the second toe pocket having a configuration to separately receive within a second toe of the wearer, and the third toe pocket having a configuration to receive within the remaining third toe, fourth toe and fifth toe of the wearer.
US10973271B2	Bra gauging device A bra gauging device is an apparatus which enables the wearer to measure the correct bra size corresponding to the actual bust size of the wearer, preferably up to a fraction of an inch. The apparatus includes a measurement band, a left cup-measuring mechanism, and a right cup-measuring mechanism. The measurement band facilitates the individual bust measurement of each breast as well as other breast-related measurements around the upper torso. The measurement band further supports the left cup-measuring mechanism and the right cup-measuring mechanism positioned against the breasts of the wearer. The left cup-measuring mechanism is used to measure the bust size of the left breast retained by the left cup. Likewise, the right cup-measuring mechanism is used to measure the bust size of the right breast retained by the right cup. The apparatus also includes a left wing body and a right wing body for lateral customization and support.
US10973261B2	Vaporization device and process It is the object of the present invention to eliminate the disadvantages of the traditional dabbing method by providing a device and associated method that will reliably allow users to divide and collect a desired small quantity of Extract from a larger or bulk quantity of Extract and to conduct the small quantity of extract toward a Vaporizer heating element with minimal loss or wastage of Extract during the process, while significantly reducing required precision and effort associated Extract handling. The present invention of device and associated method result in a simpler, cleaner, and more efficient dabbing process.
US10973257B2	Smoking accessory container A container for storage of smoking material, such as, for example, tobacco or the like, and related smoking accessories and a system and a method for using the same. Including a main body portion which has a first cavity for storing smoking material that extends downwardly from the upper face toward the bottom and has a cover at the top. The housing may have additional cavities in the body of the container for convenient storage of a pipe(s) and a cleaning tool. A second cover for these cavities operates independently of the material storage cavity cover. The assembly also includes an access hole in the body of the container with an additional cover that can be shifted to reveal access for a pipe to be inserted and guided directly into the the storage cavity in order to fill and pack the pipe with a portion of the smoking material.
US10973246B2	Chlamydomonas mutants produced using RGEN RNP and method for preparing pigment using the same A new alga having an improved ability to produce a pigment is disclosed. When the new alga is used, a carotenoid-based pigment, specifically, a xanthophyll can be produced by consuming less energy, so that it is possible to efficiently produce the pigment at the industrial level. The pigment can be applied as a raw material for a food, a health functional food and a medicine, which include the pigment. Since a DNA fragment is not likely to be inserted into a target base sequence or a base sequence other than the target, it is expected that the procedure of constructing the mutant is not regulated as a GMO, so that it is expected that the procedure of constructing the mutant can create a big economic effect in terms of an industry which produces lutein and zeaxanthin by using microalgae.
US10973242B2	Protein-containing compositions The present disclosure provides a composition comprising (i) at least about 20% protein by dry weight, wherein said protein is not animal-derived protein, (ii) at least 20% by dry weight intact yeast cells, (iii) 20% to 70% plant-derived flour, (iv) at least 15% plant-derived starch selected from amylose, amylopectin and a combination thereof, (v) a vegetable oil, and (vi) a nutritional supplement comprising a plurality of vitamins and a plurality of minerals, wherein said composition has a water content that is less than or equal to about 30% water by weight, and wherein the product is produced by heat expanded extrusion.
US10973237B2	Needle cleaning system including a needle cleaning machine and a plurality of needles for injecting fluids into meat products A needle cleaning system that backflushes an inner passage of needles (40) successively with a cleaning solution, such as caustic soda, pressurized air and a washing liquid. The needle cleaning machine has an airtight container (17) closed at the top by a support base (15) with holes (16) where a group of needles (40) are inserted in a position in which an upper portion of the needles, where an inlet opening is located, is outside the airtight container and a lower portion of the needles, where outlet ports are located, is inside the airtight container (17). The container (17) is connected to ducts (19, 21, 23, 25, 27) provided with valves (20, 24, 26, 28) by which the cleaning solution driven by a pump (29), the pressurized air (23) and the washing liquid (25) are supplied to the containers (17).
US10973230B2	Combined used of lipo-chitooligosaccharides and chitinous compounds for enhanced plant growth and yield Compositions and methods for enhancing plant growth and crop yield in legumes and non-legumes are described. The compositions include lipo-chitooligosaccharides in combination with chitins/chitosans or in combination with compounds or in combination with a herbicide. The method includes applying the compositions to seeds and/or plants either concomitantly or sequentially.
US10973229B2	Stacked herbicide tolerance event 8264.44.06.1, related transgenic soybean lines, and detection thereof This invention relates in part to soybean event pDAB8264.44.06.1 and includes a novel expression cassettes and transgenic inserts comprising multiple traits conferring resistance to glyphosate, aryloxyalkanoate, and glufosinate herbicides. This invention also relates in part to methods of controlling resistant weeds, plant breeding and herbicide tolerant plants. In some embodiments, the event sequence can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. This invention further relates in part to endpoint TaqMan PCR assays for the detection of Event pDAB8264.44.06.1 in soybeans and related plant material. Some embodiments can perform high throughput zygosity analysis of plant material and other embodiments can be used to uniquely identify the zygosity of and breed soybean lines comprising the event of the subject invention. Kits and conditions useful in conducting these assays are also provided.
US10973224B2	Portable treestand and climbing stick system A climbing system includes a treestand and a plurality of climbing sticks. The treestand includes a monolithic platform formed from strengthened material. Each of the climbing sticks includes a frame having a plurality of weight-reduction apertures formed therethrough. Methods of manufacturing a treestand and climbing sticks are also disclosed. The method of manufacturing a treestand includes providing a solid, strengthened piece of material and removing portions of the material to form openings between structural supports. The method of manufacturing a climbing stick includes providing a frame and forming a plurality of weight-reduction apertures therethrough.
US10973223B2	Pest control system and method of operating same A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presence of a pest when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit.
US10973220B2	Sprayer system A sprayer for spraying liquid onto a target area or band, the sprayer comprising a shield (10) and a nozzle arrangement for spraying liquid in a spray pattern. The shield (10) comprises a hood (12) at an upper portion of the shield (10) and a flexible skirt (14) at a lower portion of shield (10). The shield (10) surrounds the nozzle arrangement and the spray pattern allowing liquid to be sprayed onto the target area or band through an opening at the bottom of the shield (10). The skirt (14) comprises an inner membrane (40) and an outer membrane (42) which encircle the opening.
US10973219B2	Dual nozzle sprayer A fluid spray apparatus includes an inlet and first and second outlets. A first actuator may communicate the inlet with at least one of the outlets. A second actuator also may communicate the inlet with at least one of the outlets. A passage network of the fluid spray apparatus communicates the first and second actuators with the first and second outlets. A diverter structure is disposed in the passage network. The diverter structure includes a first diverter structure arrangement. In the first diverter structure arrangement, the first actuator communicates the inlet with the first outlet and the second actuator communicates the inlet with the second outlet. The diverter structure also includes a second diverter structure arrangement. In the second diverter structure arrangement, the first actuator communicates the inlet with the second outlet and the second actuator communicates the inlet with the first outlet.
US10973216B2	Fishing reel cap A fishing reel cap for mounting on a reel body of a fishing reel includes a bottomed cylindrical cap body and an annular reinforcing member. The bottomed cylindrical cap body has a cylindrical portion with threads capable of being screwed onto threads on the reel body and projections extending radially outward on an outside surface of the cylindrical portion. The annular reinforcing member has recesses, a portion of each projection of the projections being configured to fit into a respective recess of the recesses, and the annular reinforcing member being configured to fit on the outside surface of the cap body, exposing at least a portion of each of the projections in a radially outward direction.
US10973205B2	Retainer apparatus The present invention provides methods and systems for a retainer apparatus that includes a scoop having an exterior surface and an interior surface with a central opening and a predetermined length. A retention device has a base with a length greater than the length of the central opening of the scoop and a flange portion extends upwardly from the base portion and contains at least one opening.
US10973203B1	Ammonia abatement for animal litter A method for preparing an ammonia abatement additive for poultry litter that is formulated to assure activation in an interior environment having various relative humidity conditions. The method includes obtaining a blended litter amendment composition that, based on weight, is about 40% deliquescent salt and about 60% aluminum sulfate, relative to a total weight of the two components. The composition can be made by the user or received, already blended, from a third party. To this blended composition that has been obtained, additional deliquescent salt is added in an amount such that the total amount of deliquescent salt is effective to activate the alum-containing ammonia abatement additive at the targeted low relative humidity condition in the interior of a poultry house. The composition is a sub-component of the ammonia abatement additive which may or may not contain additional compounds. The specified relative proportions (i.e., 40% deliquescent salt and 60% alum) only consider the proportion of deliquescent salt and the proportion of alum relative to the sum of the two components, based on weight. If there are other, extraneous compounds included in the ammonia abatement additive, those extraneous compounds are not counted in the defined and claimed proportions.
US10973190B2	Vriesea ‘happyyellow’ A new and distinct Vriesea plant named ‘HAPPYYELLOW’ characterized as a funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 25 cm in height (above the pot when flowering) and 35 cm in diameter; bipinnate spike inflorescence, measuring about 40 cm in height and about 25 cm in diameter, and yellow (closest to RHS 7A) in color; and linear-lanceolate foliage, measuring about 25 cm in length and about 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm in width, and green (RHS 137A) in color.
US10973182B1	Wireless sprinkler valve system In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a wireless component of a wireless valve switch system via a wireless network, wireless instructions and causing, by the wireless component based on the wireless instructions, actuation of a sprinkler valve. In some embodiments, a wireless valve switch system includes a wireless component configured to be electrically coupled to a sprinkler valve. The wireless component includes a controller to receive, via a wireless network, wireless instructions and cause, based on the wireless instructions, actuation of the sprinkler valve. In some embodiments, a wireless valve switch system includes a turbine component that includes a casing forming a chamber configured to be fluidly coupled to a sprinkler valve. The turbine component further includes a turbine disposed in the chamber and configured to rotate responsive to fluid flow through the chamber to power an electrical component configured to be electrically coupled to the sprinkler valve.
US10973176B2	Systems and methods for rainwater collection and controlled outflow A rainwater distribution system for storing and distributing rainwater includes a first container configured to store rainwater and having a bottom wall and a side wall; a planting container being elevated off of the bottom wall and within the first container, and having a planting container bottom wall and a side wall; a planting container support configured to elevate the planting container off of the bottom wall and within the first container; a cascade aperture having a cascade filter, the cascade aperture positioned on the side wall of the planting container, and allows the rainwater that enters the planting container to exit the planting container into the first container; and an outlet aperture positioned on the side wall of the first container and configured to allow the rainwater to exit the first container at a controlled rate.
US10973170B2	Cutter assembly with knife guard and knife guard holder A cutter assembly includes a knife guard holder to be removably connected to a cutter bar, a knife guard and an interface between the knife guard holder and the knife guard. The knife guard may have a knife channel to slidably guide a cutter knife. The interface extends between the knife guard holder and the knife guard to locate and releasably retain the knife guard with respect to the knife guard holder.
US10973169B2	Cutting assembly for a plant cutting machine A cutting assembly comprising a drive arm assembly and knife head assembly for a header of a plant-cutting machine is disclosed. The drive arm assembly generally includes a drive unit connected to a pivotable drive member and a bearing element with a rounded head. The knife head assembly generally includes a mounting bar and a clamping portion that collectively form a cavity for receiving the bearing element and forming a pivot joint. The knife head assembly is attached to a cutter bar such that the operation of the drive unit causes the cutter bar to have substantially linear motion by way of the pivot joint.
US10973164B2	Seed meter A seed meter for dispensing seed. The seed meter comprises a housing at least partially enclosing an interior space. The housing includes a top surface defining a seed inlet, and further includes a seed outlet. The seed meter additionally includes a metering wheel positioned within the interior space of the housing. The metering wheel is configured to carry seed through the housing when rotating in a first direction or in a second direction. The seed meter further includes a pair of retractable seed guards positioned within the interior space of the housing. The seed guards are each configured to be selectively configured in an operating configuration and in a retracted configuration. In the operating configuration the seed guards are configured to prevent excess seed from passing through the seed meter, and in the retracted configuration the seed guards are configured to permit large obstacles to pass through the seed meter.
US10980151B2	Flexible heat transfer mechanism configurations A flexible heat transfer mechanism is provided for transferring heat from a heat generating component to a heatsink. The heat transfer mechanism may include a pedestal coupled to the heatsink via a heat transfer element. The heat transfer element may be a compliant member that is capable of flexing in a vertical direction such that the pedestal may be vertically displaced relative to the heatsink.
US10980147B2	Quick release cooling fan structure without wires A quick release cooling fan structure without wires includes a housing, a quick release member, a carrying member, and a conductive member. A motor is fixed and electrically connected to the carrying member, and the carrying member is quickly assembled to the quick release member in a rotate-in manner. An abutting block of the quick release member is engaged with the locking portion of the housing. The connecting piece of the quick release member cooperates with the groove of the housing for quick assembly, the conductive member is disposed in the first through hole, and the conductive end is inserted through the first and second through holes to come into electric contact with the conductive portion, and thus the internal electric connection inside the cooling fan can be achieved without the use of wires, and the assembly and disassembly of the cooling fan can also be achieved.
US10980140B2	Device enclosure An element for an electronic device can include a metal exterior portion including a first material, an interior portion including a second, independently selected material, and an engagement feature formed on a surface defined by the exterior and interior portions. The engagement feature can mechanically engage a material molded to the surface. A method for forming an element for an electronic device can include joining a boss to a member, forming a feature in the member while orienting the member via the boss, and at least partially removing the boss to form the element. An electronic device can include a frame defining an interior volume of the device, a display component, a transparent cover positioned adjacent to the display component, and an encapsulating material at least partially surrounding the display component and joining the display component to the frame.
US10980137B2	Display apparatus and portable terminal A display apparatus includes a window member, a display panel and a support member. The window member includes a window flat portion, and a window bent portion which extends bent from the window flat portion. The display panel includes an upper flat portion overlapping with the window flat portion, an upper bent portion extending bent from the upper flat portion to extend along the window bent portion, and a lower bent portion extending from the upper bent portion and bent toward a center of the upper flat portion. The support member disposes the display panel between the window member and the support member and extends along the lower bent portion of the display panel. Each of the upper flat portion and the upper bent portion is a display area of the display panel, and the lower bent portion is a non-display area of the display panel.
US10980132B2	Addressing misalignment of LEDs on a printed circuit board LEDs for an illumination system may be mounted on a PCB. The PCB may be provided with alignment features such as oversized holes for connection to a support surface. Using optical sensing of the position of the mounted LEDs, the space made available by the alignment features may be reduced and aligned to create modified alignment features. The modified alignment features may be created by adding a modifying component and aligned based on the sensed positions of the mounted LEDs. The positioning of the modifying component may offset misalignment of the LEDs with the PCB. An opening in the modified alignment feature may receive a bolt or alignment pin for connection to the support surface. The support surface may be aligned with the secondary optics, resulting in the LEDs being aligned with the secondary optics irrespective of misalignment of the LEDs with respect to the PCB.
US10980115B1	Flexible harness assembly for surface mounted devices Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a harness assembly including a substrate having a plurality of vias, and a trace formed atop the substrate, the trace extending between each of the plurality of vias. The harness assembly may further include a surface mounted device disposed within a via of the plurality of vias.
US10980113B2	Circuit board structure incorporated with resin-based conductive adhesive layer A circuit board structure that includes a resin-based conductive adhesive layer is disclosed, in which a conductive layer is arranged between a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The conductive layer includes a first conductive paste layer and the resin-based conductive adhesive layer is formed on the first conductive paste layer. The resin-based conductive adhesive layer contains a sticky resin material and a plurality of conductive particles distributed in the sticky resin material. The plurality of conductive particles establish an electrical connection between the first conductive paste layer and the resin-based conductive adhesive layer.
US10980106B2	Apparatus related to conformal coating implemented with surface mount devices Apparatus related to conformal coating implemented with surface mount devices. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency (RF) module includes a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components. The RF also includes a surface mount device (SMD) mounted on the packaging substrate, the SMD including a metal layer that faces upward when mounted. The RF module further includes an overmold formed over the packaging substrate, the overmold dimensioned to cover the SMD. The RF module further includes an opening defined by the overmold at a region over the SMD, the opening having a depth sufficient to expose at least a portion of the metal layer. The RF module further includes a conformal conductive layer formed over the overmold, the conformal conductive layer configured to fill at least a portion of the opening to provide an electrical path between the conformal conductive layer and the metal layer of the SMD.
US10980103B2	Cooling of power electronics circuits A method for cooling power electronics circuits, in which a printed circuit board is produced according to a prescribed circuit board process and is populated with at least one power electronics components. Contact connecting at least one location on at least one metallic conductor track running on a surface of the printed circuit board that includes at least one metal element, which is both electrically conductive and heat-conductive and the physical height of which is designed to be at least as large as that of the at least one power electronics component. A cooling plate is placed in a planar manner onto the at least one power electronics component and/or the at least one metal element.
US10980096B2	Learning a lighting preference based on a reaction type During operation, a computer provides, based at least in part on an initial lighting preference of an individual, instructions specifying initial lighting states of one or more lights in a lighting configuration in an environment, where an initial lighting state of a given light includes an intensity and a color of the given light. Then, the computer receives sensor data specifying a non-verbal physical response of the individual to initial lighting states. Moreover, the computer determines, based at least in part on the non-verbal physical response, a type of reaction of the individual to the initial lighting state. Next, the computer selectively modifies, based at least in part on a lighting behavior history of the individual and the determined type of reaction, the initial lighting preference of the individual to obtain an updated lighting preference.
US10980090B1	Light emitting device driving apparatus and dimming control circuit and dimming control method thereof AN LED driving apparatus includes a power stage circuit and a dimming control circuit. The power stage circuit drives an LED circuit. The dimming control circuit includes a duty ratio conversion circuit, a digital-to analog conversion (DAC) circuit, an error amplifier (EA) circuit and a modulation control circuit. The duty ratio conversion circuit converts a PWM dimming signal to a digital duty ratio signal. The DAC circuit converts the digital duty ratio signal to an analog reference signal. The EA circuit generates an error amplified signal according to a difference between the analog reference signal and an output current related signal. The modulation control circuit generates a PWM control signal according to the error amplified signal, to control the power switch, such that the output current relates to a dimming duty ratio, whereby the dimming control circuit dims the LED circuit according to the PWM dimming signal.
US10980084B2	Supporting multiple QOS flows for unstructured PDU sessions in wireless system using non-standardized application information A method in a session management function (SMF) of a network. The method comprises: receiving a session request message from a user equipment (UE), the session request message comprising: an identifier of the UE; a UE-specific application identifier that uniquely identifies a particular application among a set of one or more applications implemented on the UE; and an application-specific packet filter set identifier that uniquely identifies a particular packet filter set among a group of one or more packet filter sets supported by the particular application. A protocol data unit (PDU) session is established based at least in part on the identifier of the UE, the UE-specific application identifier, and the application-specific packet filter set identifier.
US10980074B2	Apparatuses and methods for supporting dual talk of multiple subscriber identities A mobile communication device including a first RF device, a second RF device, and a controller is provided. The first RF device performs wireless transmission and reception utilizing a first RAT. The second RF device performs wireless transmission and reception utilizing a second RAT. The controller uses a first subscriber identity to make a first call or conduct a first data session via the first RF device, determines whether a dual connectivity on the first RAT and the second RAT is supported in response to a request for using a second subscriber identity to start a second call or a second data session via the second RF device, and allows the second call or the second data session to start during the first call or the first data session in response to the dual connectivity on the first RAT and the second RAT being supported.
US10980072B2	Method and device for performing communication configuration A method and device for performing communication configuration for solving the problem in the prior art that the power consumption is very large, due to the fact that a D2D receiving UE needs to continuously monitor a system broadcast or continuously monitor a pre-configured D2D receiving resource. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a first terminal determines a target communication period according to configuration information for determining the target communication period; a first network side device determines the configuration information for determining the target communication period, wherein the target communication period is a period during which direct communication interface transmitting and/or receiving can be performed through a direct communication interface; and the configuration information is transmitted to a second terminal, so that a terminal performing direct communication determines the target communication period according to the configuration information.
US10980068B2	Establishment of random access channel communications Embodiments are generally directed to establishment of random access channel communications. An embodiment of an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) to perform a random access (RACH) procedure, the apparatus including one or more baseband processors to generate a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) RACH procedure message to transmit to an Evolved Node B (eNB) or Next Generation Node B (gNB), the first RRC RACH procedure message including a UE identification (ID) and a request message with scheduled transmission content data, the UE ID being a common UE ID for RACH procedures between the UE and the eNB or gNB, and process a second RRC RACH procedure message received from the eNB or gNB, the second RRC RACH procedure message including contention resolution data for a random access preamble and the request message; and a memory to store data for the RACH procedure.
US10980064B2	Radio communications using random access in wireless networks An efficient random access procedure is provided for reduced control overhead of connections in random access systems. A base station transmits one or more synchronization signal (SS) blocks. A UE detects and determines a preferred SS block. The UE transmits multiple random access signals (e.g., PRACH signals) in a RACH occasion. Each PRACH signal is transmitted on a different beam and includes a RACH preamble. The base station receives one or more of the PRACH signals. The RACH occasion and optionally the RACH preamble identify the preferred SS block. The base station determines a preferred PRACH signal. The base station sends a RAR to the UE using the transmit beam of the preferred SS block. The RAR indicates the preferred PRACH signal and an uplink resource allocation. The UE receives the RAR and transmits a message using the transmit beam of the preferred PRACH signal and the uplink resource allocation.
US10980056B2	Methods and apparatuses for skipping transport block transmission depending on uplink control information transmission Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for skipping TB transmission depending on UCI transmission are provided. One method includes receiving, by a UE, a configuration message from a network node. The configuration message may indicate to the UE a configuration of skipping uplink (UL) transmission when there is no uplink data. The method may then include determining whether the UE is requested for uplink control information (UCI) transmission for a subframe with UL grant. If it is determined that the UE is requested for UCI transmission, then the method may include generating and transmitting a transport block containing padding buffer status report (BSR).
US10980055B2	Method for transmitting signal in wireless communication system supporting unlicensed band, and device supporting same The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and a device supporting the method. The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprises: performing a channel access procedure for multiple frequency bandwidth units included in an activated bandwidth part; and transmitting a data signal through an unlicensed band based on the channel access procedure.
US10980021B2	Method and device for receiving downlink signal in wireless communication system A method for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed by a terminal, and may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a dynamic change configuration into a predetermined transmission scheme related to a short transmission time interval (sTTI)-based downlink operation; when the dynamic change configuration is received, detecting a downlink control information format including a field related to the dynamic change; and when a value of the field indicates the predetermined transmission scheme, receiving a signal on a downlink data channel according to the predetermined transmission scheme.
US10980017B2	Decoding downlink control channels for 5G wireless communication systems Improved downlink control information decoding is disclosed herein. Downlink control information, can be in different formats depending on the rank of transmission from the network to the user equipment device. For instance, if the transmission rank is between 1 and 4, the transmission will be a single codeword transmission, while a rank of 5-8 can have two codewords. The downlink control information can have a different format, or structure depending on the number of codewords. The user equipment device can predict whether a single codeword transmission or a multicode codeword transmission is more likely, and attempt to decode the downlink control information using the corresponding format. If the first pass is unsuccessful, the user equipment device can make a second pass decoding based on the alternate format of downlink control information.
US10980009B2	User terminal and radio communication method To suppress decreases in spectral usage efficiency, even in the case of not using a reference signal in demodulation of uplink control information, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized by having a control section that determines whether or not to use a predetermined resource in transmission based on uplink control information to notify, and a transmitting section that transmits a signal in the predetermined resource when it is determined that the predetermined resource is used in transmission, where the predetermined resource is one of a first resource that is not allocated to another user terminal and a second resource that is allocated also to another user terminal.
US10980008B2	Determining resources for uplink control information on physical uplink shared channel and physical uplink control channel with frequency hopping Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to allocate a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types corresponding with a first set of frequency resources. The first circuitry may also be operable to allocate a second set of REs for the set of UCI types corresponding with a second set of frequency resources. The second circuitry may be operable to prepare one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs and the second set of REs. A number of REs in the first set of REs may be different than a number of REs in the second set of REs.
US10980004B2	Method and apparatus for controlling adaptive reporting in TDD environment A method for enabling a base station to control adaptive reporting in a TDD environment according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting, from a base station to a terminal, an information element including reporting-setting information comprising reporting cycle and reporting offset of channel state information; transmitting information of a UL-DL setting change to the terminal; and receiving the channel state information by using the reporting cycle and the reporting offset of the reporting-setting information corresponding to the changed UL-DL setting.
US10980003B2	Streaming media cellular broadcast Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for allocating a source specific multicast internet protocol address to a streaming media content are disclosed. For example, a processor of a device may receive a streaming media content, allocate a source specific multicast internet protocol address to the streaming media content for a base station of a cellular network, allocate a first broadcast channel of the base station to the streaming media content, and associate the first broadcast channel with the source specific multicast internet protocol address. The processor may further generate a manifest file, the manifest file including an identification of the streaming media content and the source specific multicast internet protocol address, transmit the manifest file via a second broadcast channel of the base station, and transmit the streaming media content via the first broadcast channel of the base station.
US10979999B2	Information transmission method, equipment and computer-readable storage medium An information transmission method, equipment and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes that: the base station sends indication information on a first channel for performing a first service, wherein the indication information comprises at least one of information associated with a second channel or a timing instance at which a terminal monitors the second channel, the second channel being used for performing a second service, and sends configuration information for the terminal on the second channel. The method can avoid the high power consumption caused by the continuous monitoring of the terminal and reduce the impacts on performance of the other terminals.
US10979993B2	Aircraft time synchronization system Systems and methods for providing time reference synchronization for an aircraft are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, by one or more computing devices associated with a data acquisition system of an aircraft, a signal comprising time synchronization information, wherein the signal comprises a first signal portion and a second signal portion. The method can include filtering, by the one or more computing devices, the signal comprising the time synchronization information to distinguish the first signal portion and the second signal portion from noise associated with the signal. The method can include determining, by the one or more computing devices, the time synchronization information based at least in part on the first signal portion and the second signal portion. The method can include synchronizing, by the one or more computing devices, a set of data acquired by the data acquisition system with the time synchronization information.
US10979983B2	Power supply device, monitoring method, computer program product, and communication system According to one embodiment, a power supply device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors control wireless power supply by an electromagnetic wave to a power receiving device. The one or more processors monitor a radio wave state of a wireless signal received by an antenna. The one or more processors output output information based on a monitoring result.
US10979978B2	Wake up receiver frame This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake up receiver (WUR) frequency division multiple access (FDMA) transmission. A device may cause to send a wake up receiver (WUR) beacon frame on a WUR beacon operating channel to one or more station devices. The device may determine a first wake-up frame to be sent on a first WUR operating channel, wherein the first WUR operating channel is associated with one or more frequency division multiple access (FDMA) channels used for transmitting one or more wake-up frames to the one or more station devices. The device may determine to apply padding to the first wake-up frame based on a field included in a header of the first wake-up frame. The device may cause to send the first wake-up frame to a first station device of the one or more station devices.
US10979976B1	Control channel monitoring for uplink cancellation indication A wireless device may receive uplink cancellation indication configuration parameters comprising a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The wireless device monitors a common search space, for a control channel associated with the first RNTI, in a time duration that is based on a timing of a scheduled uplink transmission and regardless of being in a discontinuous reception (DRX) Active Time or not. The wireless device receives a cancellation indication downlink control information, associated with the first RNTI, indicating cancellation of uplink transmissions on first radio resources of the scheduled uplink transmission. The wireless device cancels the scheduled uplink transmission.
US10979955B2	System and methods for network slice reselection There is provided method for managing network resources by switching the slice used to support a user equipment (UE), in a process referred to as slice handover or slice switching. There are several reasons why a slice handover may be implemented, include movement of the UE and network load balancing. Further the UE can be switched to a new slice operated by the same service provider (intra-operator handover) or a different service provider (inter-operator handover).
US10979951B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus applies, in a case that a handover command is received, and the handover command includes skip information (rach-Skip) for indicating that a random access procedure for a target primary cell is skipped, a value of NTA indicated by target TA information (targetTA) included in the skip information (rach-Skip) to a target primary Timing Advance Group (TAG) after synchronization with a downlink of the target primary cell is initiated, and starts a Time Alignment (TA) timer associated with the target primary TAG.
US10979947B2	Determination of carriers to be monitored in communication Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and device for determining carriers to be monitored. In example embodiments, a first number of carriers of a first radio access technology (RAT) to be monitored by a terminal device when operating using a second RAT is determined. The second RAT is different from the first RAT. A first total number of carriers to be monitored by the terminal device when operating using the second RAT is determined at least in part based on the first number. A second number of carriers of the second RAT to be monitored by the terminal device when operating using the first RAT is determined. A second total number of carriers to be monitored by the terminal device when operating using the first RAT is determined at least in part based on the second number. Further, when the terminal device operates using both the first and second RATs, carriers to be monitored by the terminal device are determined based on a difference between a first sum of the first and second total numbers and a second sum of the first and second numbers. In this way, terminal inter-RAT mobility may be enhanced. Meanwhile, due to the subtraction of the duplicated numbers, terminal operations may be simplified, and terminal performance may be improved.
US10979945B2	Device to reduce consumption of radio resources of a macrocell There is provided a device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result reported by a terminal device using an uplink component carrier (CC) and a downlink CC of a macrocell as an uplink primary component carrier (PCC) and a downlink PCC for the terminal device, and a control unit configured to decide handover in which at least one of the uplink PCC and the downlink PCC is changed based on the measurement result.
US10979943B2	Method and device for acquiring terminal context A user equipment context obtaining method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining, by a first network node from a second network node, a user equipment context of a user equipment within the second network node. The method further includes sending, by the first network node, a user equipment context of the user equipment within the first network node and the user equipment context of the user equipment within the second network node to a third network node. In some cases, the first network node and the second network node are a master node and a secondary node in a first dual connectivity network respectively, and the third network node is a master node in a second dual connectivity network.
US10979929B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving system information, base station, and terminal The disclosed techniques provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving system information, base station, and terminal. The method of transmitting system information comprises: configuring, by a base station, a radio frame for transmitting system information in a system information window with a system information repetition pattern; and, starting, by the base station, to transmit the system information in an available radio subframe of the radio frame indicated by the system information repetition pattern, wherein if there are not enough available radio subframes for transmitting the SI one or more times in the radio frame indicated by the system information repetition pattern, the system information is repeatedly transmitted one or more times in an available radio subframe in a specified radio frame. With this technical solution, the problem in related techniques that the system information cannot be transmitted using the prior art as the number of radio subframes that system information needs to occupy increases is solved, such that regardless of a size of the system information, a suitable number of radio subframes can be selected and thereby network resources are reasonably used.
US10979926B2	Method for performing measurement for cells and a mobile communication device performing the method There is provided a method for performing measurement. The method performed by a wireless communication device and comprises: performing first measurement for a SS(Synchronization Signal)/PBCH(Physical Broadcast Channel) Block (SSB) transmitted from a serving cell by using a first number of receiving beams; performing second measurement for a SSB transmitted from a neighboring cell by using a second number of receiving beams; and transmitting first information related to the first measurement and second information related to the second measurement to the serving cell, wherein the second number is different from the first number.
US10979920B2	Integrated access system with baseband unit and base station network management An integrated access system, comprising a first baseband unit (BBU), a remote common public radio interface (CPRI) data exchange unit connected to the first BBU by a first CPRI channel, a first radio frequency card (RFC) board on a socket of the first BBU, a repeater network management object function module, and a base station network management subsystem including the repeater network management object function module and connected to the first BBU by using an operation management (OM) channel. The first RFC board includes a digital up- and down-frequency conversion module, a digital combination and division module connected to the digital up- and down-frequency conversion module, and a CPRI compression and decompression module, and the digital combination and division module is connected to the CPRI compression and decompression module. The first BBU includes a CPRI mapping and demapping module connected to the CPRI compression and decompression module.
US10979915B2	Method and system for managing telecommunication network apparatuses A method of managing a network apparatus of a telecommunication network, where the network apparatus does not expose management interfaces sufficient to allow managing at least one operational parameter thereof of interest for the managing, includes collecting data about the network apparatus to be managed by making requests to the network apparatus to be managed and to at least one other network apparatus in operating relationships with the network apparatus to be managed. Based on the collected data, generating a behavioral model of the network apparatus to be managed. The behavioral model is an inferred logical and mathematical model of the behavior of the network apparatus to be managed with respect to the operational parameter thereof of interest for the managing. The method also includes and managing the network apparatus to be managed exploiting the generated behavioral model thereof.
US10979910B2	Systems and methods for optimizing wireless network coverage, capacity, and throughput A network device receives one or more first key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with a cell site providing wireless service within a geographic area and determines at least one first capacity usage parameter associated with the cell site providing the wireless service. The network device determines placement of an additional antenna array within the geographic area to provide a certain coverage and capacity for the geographic area based on the one or more first KPIs and the determined at least one first capacity usage parameter.
US10979903B2	Key generation and distribution method based on identity-based cryptography A key generation and distribution method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first request from a first requestor, the first requestor comprising an identity of the first requestor; generating a new identity (ID) based on the identity of the first requestor; generating a secret key for the new ID with a predetermined pair of global keys, namely a Global Secret Key (GSK) and a Global Public Key (GPK); transmitting the new ID, secret key and the GPK to the first requestor; receiving a request from a second requestor, the request comprising a plurality of identities; generating an new ID for each of the plurality of identities; generating a secret key based on the IBC key generation algorithm for each of the plurality of new IDs; and transmitting the plurality of new IDs, secret keys corresponding to each of the plurality of IDs and the GPK to the second requestor.
US10979897B2	Ranking identity and security posture for automotive devices A computerized method of evaluating authenticity of automotive devices, comprising a local authorization entity (AE) adapted to manage identity authentication for a group of automotive devices located in an associated geographical area. The local AE provides, to a first automotive device of the group, an AE identity certificate comprising an encryption key of the local AE and signed with a higher level AE's encryption key. The first automotive device uses the higher level AE's encryption key to decrypt the AE identity certificate and retrieve the local AE's encryption key. The first automotive device uses the local AE's encryption key to verify an identity certificate created by the local AE for a second automotive device of the group. The first automotive device establishes a session with the second automotive device according to an identity posture score extracted from the identity certificate of the second automotive device.
US10979895B2	Network system with request redirect capability for MSISDN header enrichment A cellular device is used to make a first HTTP request to a host. The host returns a token to the cellular device. The cellular device sends a second HTTP request to a cellular data network in response to receiving the token. The cellular data network header-enriches the second HTTP request with the MSISDN of the cellular device and forwards the second request to the host.
US10979893B2	Identifying and controlling remote user equipment on network side A method for identifying and controlling remote user equipment on a network side includes: receiving, by a session management device, an identifier of a remote user equipment, and generating, based on the identifier, a policy related to the remote user equipment, where the policy includes the identifier of the remote user equipment; sending the policy to a user plane function device; and identifying, by the user plane function device, a packet of the remote user equipment based on the policy, and implementing policy control on the remote user equipment based on the policy. According to the method, the network side can be compatible with service access of the remote user equipment and can perform service management and policy control on the remote user equipment.
US10979891B2	Integrated access backhaul under a non-standalone network architecture for 5G or other next generation network In a 5G network, new radios (NR) can be deployed as a standalone radio access technology or as a non-standalone radio access technology assisted by another radio access technology. Long-term evolution (LTE), which is widely deployed can provide seamless coverage and uninterrupted connectivity, however NRs can provide significantly increased data rates or new services. However, the deployment of NR can be limited to hotspots under the footprint of LTE. Therefore, dual connectivity between LTE and NR can be utilized for non-standalone NR because control plane functions can be sent over LTE while the data plane can be managed on NR, allowing for simplified NR deployments where device support for both LTE and NR is available.
US10979890B2	Policy control framework A method and corresponding apparatus performing roaming traffic detection and enforcement according to a roaming policy. At least one example embodiment includes a user network device roaming in a visited communications network, and being subscribed to a home communications network. The example embodiment further includes an interconnect network communicatively coupling the visited communications network and the home communications network, the interconnect network comprises a roaming policy database configured to store an identifier associated with the user network device, and a roaming policy for the user network device, and a traffic detection and enforcement module. According to some embodiments, the traffic detection and enforcement module may be configured to identify a data request being sent from the user network device in the visited mobile network by reading the identifier in the data request, and deny or allow the data request based on the roaming policy.
US10979883B2	Radio communication system with mobile station functioning as mobile base station under emergency condition In the event of an emergency, a base station in a radio communication system sends an SIB10 signal and an SIB11 signal to a plurality of mobile stations, and further sends the SIB10 signal and the SIB11 signal containing mobile-station high priority assignment information to predetermined one among the mobile stations. Upon receiving those signals, the predetermined mobile station executes sending and receiving of radio signals to and from the base station, and concurrently functions as a mobile base station that executes sending and receiving of radio signals between the predetermined mobile station and the other mobile stations located in the surroundings of the predetermined mobile station.
US10979881B2	NFC enabled wireless process communication gateway A method for connecting a field device to a wireless process communication network is provided. The method comprises bringing the wireless field device within a proximity of a wireless gateway. The method also comprises establishing a connection between an NFC transceiver associated with the wireless gateway and an NFC tag associated with the wireless field device. The method also comprises generating a near field communication between the wireless gateway and the field device to exchange wireless field device access information. The method also comprises using the wireless field device access information to allow the wireless field device to communicate over the wireless process communication network. A method is also provided for configuring a wireless process communication adapter at a wireless gateway using NFC communication and then subsequently coupling the configured wireless process communication adapter to a field device.
US10979878B2	Operation method of communication node supporting network management functions in vehicle network An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may comprise performing a transition of an operation mode of the communication node from a sleep mode to a normal mode when a predetermined event is detected; transmitting a wake-up signal when the operation mode transitions from the sleep mode to the normal mode; generating a network management (NM) message including information indicating a wake-up reason corresponding to the wake-up signal; and transmitting the NM message.
US10979877B2	Vehicle application triggered network selection of telematics device system A vehicle network selection system may include a vehicle modem configured via rules to connect with a first network but not a second network; and a telematics controller programmed to receive data via the first network at a current throughput, receive an application request from a vehicle application requiring a minimum throughput to perform the request, instruct the modem, in response to the current throughput below the minimum throughput, to enter into an override mode to connect to the second network capable of meeting the minimum throughput.
US10979862B2	Tracking device system In a tracking device system, a networked smart device is enabled to cause execution of an executable function if a trigger condition of a conditional rule is satisfied. The conditional rules are customizable on a user interface of the smart device. The trigger condition may be any sensor information from a tracking device, or a location, a time, a date, a button press, a proximity, and more generally a trigger condition can be any condition that has a truth value by which an IF/THEN conditional rule can be evaluated and either is satisfied or is not. Executable functions for use in conditional rules may be selected from functions of the smart device, but also may include functions of a remote apparatus or functions such as an alarm state activation of a tracking device. Tracking devices have portable Bluetooth radiosets. According to one embodiment, a smart device is a smartphone, smartwatch or other personal computing device.
US10979859B2	Allocation of resources in a networked computing environment based on physical location mapping An approach for allocating information technology (IT) resources in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) based on physical location mapping is provided. Specifically, an IT allocation system assigns resources to a specific cloud pool based on the physical location of the resources. By mapping a given physical location (e.g., a defined region of a grid defining a datacenter) to a specific pool, and by enabling the tracking of a resource to a location within the datacenter, the approach can automatically assign a resource to a cloud pool based upon its physical location. Thus, the IT allocation system provides additional pool elasticity while easing the management burden.
US10979847B1	Method and apparatus for automated tuning of vehicle sound system An Auto Setup Program (“ASP”) may be implemented in the sound system of a vehicle to accomplish the goal of a dramatically improved audio quality achievable in any vehicle, regardless of the speaker components and head-unit utilized. The ASP performs automated time alignment measurements and equalizer processes using an external microphone. The ASP eliminates the need for expensive and time consuming professional tuning operations. The on-board ASP can be run multiple times as desired. For example, the ASP can be executed after changes to the system, such as upgrading speakers.
US10979845B1	Audio augmentation using environmental data The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing directional beamforming according to an anticipated position may include accessing environment data indicating a sound source within an environment. The device may include various audio hardware components configured to generate steerable audio beams. The method may also include identifying the location of the sound source within the environment based on the accessed environment data, and then steering the audio beams of the device to the identified location of the sound source within the environment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10979838B2	Power reduction via smart microphone selection using environmental intelligence A system reduces power consumption by optimizing a selection of acoustic sensors of a sensor array based on environmental parameters of a local area. The system includes the sensor array including the acoustic sensors configured to detect sound in a local area, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: determine an environmental parameter of the local area; determine a performance metric for the sensor array; determine a selection of a subset of acoustic sensors from the acoustic sensors of the sensor array that satisfies the performance metric based on the environmental parameter of the local area; and process audio data from the subset of the acoustic sensors of the sensor array.
US10979833B2	Acoustical performance evaluation method An acoustical performance evaluation method includes a reference sound pressure decision step and a deviation calculation step. In the reference sound pressure decision step, frequency response of sound pressure level, obtained by considering only an influence of a first factor of a plurality of factors causing a deterioration in frequency response of sound pressure level of a loudspeaker to be evaluated, are decided as a reference sound pressure. The reference sound pressure is frequency response of sound pressure level of the loudspeaker in the anechoic chamber calculated through a simulation or measured through a measurement experiment. In the deviation calculation step, a deviation between the reference sound pressure and a target sound pressure is calculated as an evaluation index of acoustical performance. The target sound pressure is frequency response of sound pressure level of the loudspeaker in the anechoic chamber calculated through a simulation or measured through a measurement experiment.
US10979826B2	Optical microphone for eyewear devices An audio system includes a transducer assembly, an optical sensing pathway, a laser, a detector assembly, and a controller. The transducer assembly is coupled to a user's ear and produces an acoustic pressure wave based on an audio instruction. The optical sensing pathway moves, at least in part, with a detected acoustic pressure wave. The laser emits light that is separated into a reference beam and a sensing beam that is coupled into the optical sensing pathway. The detected acoustic pressure wave interacts with the sensing beam to alter its optical path length. The detector assembly detects the reference and sensing beams from the optical sensing pathway, and measures the detected acoustic pressure wave based on changes in optical path length between the reference beam and the sensing beam. The controller adjusts the audio instruction based on the measurement of the detected acoustic pressure wave.
US10979821B2	Sound generator An embodiment of the present invention provides a sound generator having a frame; a magnetic circuit system fixed to the frame, and a vibration system. The magnetic circuit system includes a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet surrounding the main magnetic. The vibration system includes a vibrating diaphragm having a first vibrating diaphragm, a second vibrating diaphragm, and a dome for connecting the first vibrating diaphragm to the second vibrating diaphragm. A gap is formed between the auxiliary magnet and the frame. The dome has a body part, two first extension parts, and two second extension parts. The first extension part is located within the gap. Accordingly, the sound generator can solve the swing problem, and improve the low frequency performance.
US10979816B2	Speaker Provided is a speaker, including a holder, a vibration unit, and a magnetic circuit unit. The vibration unit includes a first diaphragm and a voice coil, and the voice coil includes a voice coil lead wire. A centering support is sandwiched between the first diaphragm and the voice coil, and includes a first pad portion. The magnetic circuit unit has a recessed portion formed at a position corresponding to the first pad portion. In the speaker provided by the present disclosure, the magnetic circuit unit is provided with the recessed portion to increase the distance between the magnetic circuit unit and the first pads, so that the vibration amplitude of the voice coil can be increased, thereby improving the acoustic performance of the speaker, and providing operating space for the subsequent welding process.
US10979815B2	Speaker The present invention relates to a speaker having a frame, a magnetic circuit system and a vibrating system. The magnetic circuit system has a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet. The vibrating system has a vibrating diaphragm, a voice coil and a suspension with a first avoiding space. The auxiliary magnet is surrounding the main magnet and passed through the first avoiding space. The first avoiding space is positioned in the suspension so that the auxiliary magnet can be arranged around the main magnet, thereby enhancing the strength of the magnetic field of the magnetic circuit system, and ensuring uniform force on the vibrating diaphragm for improving BLX symmetry of the vibrating diaphragm.
US10979811B2	Center protection dynamic range control Circuitry can separate a multi-channel input signal into a center signal and a residual signal, apply time-varying center and residual gains to the center and residual signals, and combine the gain-adjusted center and residual signals to form a multi-channel audio signal. The center and residual gains are automatically determined in response to the center and residual signals so as to prevent each channel of the multi-channel audio signal from exceeding a target volume. During first times, the center and residual gains can vary synchronously so as to ensure that amplitude and phase relationships among channels in the multi-channel input signal are retained into the multi-channel audio signal. During second times, the center and residual gains can vary independently so as to reduce the energy of the residual signal compared to the center signal in the multi-channel audio signal.
US10979793B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, and a sound generation device including a vibration generation module configured to vibrate the display panel. The vibration generation module includes a vibration element on a rear surface of the display panel, and a vibration reflecting member on the rear surface of the display panel and spaced apart from the vibration element.
US10979791B2	Audio device mount assembly Example embodiments provide a device that includes a support plate having a flat base portion and an elongated portion which extends perpendicular to the flat base portion, and a housing embodying one or more of a microphone and a speaker, and a housing backside having a set of screw holes configured to receive a set of screws to secure the support plate flat base portion to be flush mounted against the housing.
US10979790B2	Sound device The present disclosure provides a sound device, comprising a frame and a front cover disposed on the frame by covering the frame, wherein the frame extends towards the front cover to form an ironing spot column, the front cover comprises a body portion disposed on the frame by covering the frame and a positioning hole penetrated through the body portion and fitted with the positioning hole, the ironing spot column is inserted in the positioning hole, wherein the ironing spot column comprises a column main body and a glue receiving groove formed by recessing from an outer surface of the column main body towards inside of the column main body; the column main body passes through the positioning hole so that the glue receiving groove is in communication with the positioning hole, and the glue receiving groove is filled with glue.
US10979783B2	Methods, devices, and computer programs for improving rendering display during streaming of timed media data The invention relates to improving rendering display during streaming of timed media data comprising images, between a server apparatus and a client apparatus. After having obtained a quality information related to a quality disparity between portions of an image of the timed media data, at least a first and a second item of data belonging to at least a first and a second portion of an image to be at least partially displayed, respectively, the quality disparity between the portions of image corresponding to the first and second items of data being compliant with the obtained quality information, are transmitted.
US10979782B2	System and method for decreasing an initial buffering period of an adaptive streaming system System and methods for selecting one of the alternative streams of encoded media from a group of alternative streams of encoded media for use during start-up of playback of the encoded media in accordance with embodiments of this invention are disclosed. The systems and methods begin by determining an estimated stability period for a current bandwidth of a communicative connection between the playback device and a remote system providing the alternative streams of encoded. A test process is then performed on the streams of encoded media to select one of streams of encoded media that provides portions of said encoded media such that an underflow condition does not occur during the estimated stability period. The streaming of encoded media is then commenced by requesting the portions of encoded media be transmitted from the remote server using the selected stream.
US10979767B2	Audio-visual content monitoring and quarantine system and method A system and method are presented for content control and monitoring in a multi-party video stream using a specialized user interface (UI). Particular participants are identified as luminaries and allowed to specify off-limit topics. Other participants are presented UIs that require agreement to avoid off-limit topics. All participants are immediately able to report problem behavior during the stream through the provided UI. Reports made through this interface immediately result in quarantining compensation and streaming content including reports relating to the off-limit topics. Administrative UIs allow for quicker understanding of the reporting issues, quicker review of the potentially offending stream, and quicker resolution of the report.
US10979766B2	Content access device geolocation verification In various embodiments, a method of content access device geolocation verification includes determining local geolocation information, identifying proximate content access devices that are associated with a content delivery network provider, and transmitting the information to a content delivery network provider device that takes an action if a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location. In some embodiments, a content delivery network provider device receives local geolocation information and data regarding identified proximate content access devices from an electronic device, analyzes the information to determine whether a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location, and, if the location of the content access device mismatches the recorded location, takes an action.
US10979758B2	Dynamic control of fingerprinting rate to facilitate time-accurate revision of media content A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to an clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.
US10979757B2	Synchronization with synthesized audio clock The invention provides a method for providing a synchronization in a computer network for synchronized playback of audio an/or video by a plurality of separate devices. Each separate device generates a virtual clock in response to a timing of the audio codec of a received audio stream. Especially, segmented time is used as reference time. Either the virtual clock is generated directly in response to the tick counter of the audio codec, or by a periodic measurement of the timing of the audio codec extrapolated by a monotonic clock. A sample rate converter may be used to slightly adjust the frequency of the virtual clock.
US10979750B2	Methods and devices for checking the validity of a delegation of distribution of encrypted content Checking a certificate of delegation, from a first server to a second server, for delivery of content referenced on the first server, and addressed to a client terminal. The terminal: emits a first message requesting the content, addressed to the first server, via a first encrypted connection; receives a redirection message from the first server, including an identifier of a third-party server; obtains an address from the second server, based on the identifier received in the redirection message; emits a request to establish a second encrypted connection between the terminal and the second server, including an identifier of the first server; receiving a certificate of delegation signed by the first server from the second server, via the second encrypted connection; verifies the certificate by an encryption key of the first server; and if valid, emits a second message requesting content, addressed to the second server, via the second encrypted connection.
US10979748B2	Transmission device to transmit a transmission stream in which a transmission packet is contiguously arranged Provided is that detection of a start byte of an access unit of media data can be performed fast and easily from a layer of a transmission packet. A transmission stream is transmitted in which a transmission packet is contiguously arranged having a multiplexed transport packet including the media data in an upper layer. Identification information is inserted for identifying whether or not a start byte of an access unit of the media data exists in the transmission packet, into the header of the transmission packet.
US10979745B1	System and method for secure content streaming, content governance and streaming fraud prevention A system configured for a format to control streaming of content, comprising: a content player module configured to enable a first user to request contents on a first computing device through search keywords on the content player module; request continuous play of the contents from pre-established station on the content player module, the content streaming service module configured to send symmetric encryption keys to content player module on the first computing device through a secure communication between first user and second user, content streaming service module configured to deliver the requested contents to content player module through a payload data, when the content player module starts playing the contents, content player module configured to connect to the content streaming service module to identify which content is being used, by whom, on what device and in which location for accurate accounting of used contents and use in fraud prevention heuristics.
US10979743B2	Method, an apparatus, a computer program for video coding There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding. In some embodiments a method comprises including two or more entities into a container file, wherein each entity is a media item or a media track; and indicating in one of the following: the container file or a description of the container file; that the two or more entities are playable in the order they appear in the container file to achieve progressive refinement. In addition, a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for parsing information is provided.
US10979734B2	Image encoding/decoding method using prediction block and apparatus for same According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.
US10979728B2	Intelligent video frame grouping based on predicted performance Systems, apparatuses and methods may include technology to bundle on demand video frames together in clusters having similar encode times based on predicted performance determined by weighted heuristics.
US10979727B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding A method comprising: decoding, from a bitstream, a first encoded region of first picture into a first preliminary reconstructed region; forming a first reconstructed region from the first preliminary reconstructed region, wherein the forming comprises resampling and/or rearranging the first preliminary reconstructed region, wherein the rearranging comprises relocating, rotating and/or mirroring; and decoding at least a second region, wherein the first reconstructed region is used as a reference for prediction in decoding the at least second region and the second region either belongs to a second picture and is spatially collocated with the first reconstructed region or belongs to the first picture.
US10979726B2	Method and apparatus for palette initialization and management A method and apparatus perform palette coding of a block of video data by initializing the palette or triplet palette or using a selected palette or triplet palette from a preceding image area for the beginning block of the current image area. The method receives input data associated with a current image area consisting of multiple blocks. For the beginning block, coding palette predictor is determined based on an initial palette or triplet palette or based on a selected palette or triplet palette associated with a selected block located at a location before the end of a preceding image area. For blocks of the current image area, palette coding is applied to the blocks, where at least one block uses the palette predictor for the beginning block as the palette predictor.
US10979718B2	Machine learning video processing systems and methods System and method for improving video encoding and/or video decoding. In embodiments, a video encoding pipeline includes a main encoding pipeline that compresses source image data corresponding with an image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on encoding parameters to generate encoded image data. Additionally the video encoding pipeline includes a machine learning block communicatively coupled to the main encoding pipeline, in which the machine learning block analyzes content of the image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on machine learning parameters implemented in the machine learning block when the machine learning block is enabled by the encoding parameters; and the video encoding pipeline adaptively adjusts the encoding parameters based at least in part on the content expected to be present in the image frame to facilitate improving encoding efficiency.
US10979714B2	Image coding/decoding method and apparatus therefor Disclosed are an image coding/decoding method and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus may include: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; configuring reference samples with samples neighboring to an upper end and samples neighboring to a left side of the current block; generating a prediction block of the current block by using the reference sample; and filtering a sample adjacent to a top boundary and/or a left boundary of the current block among the prediction samples, in which when the current block is a non-square block, whether to filter the sample adjacent to the top boundary of the current block may be determined by considering only a width of the current block and whether to filter the sample adjacent to the left boundary of the current block may be determined by considering only a height of the current block.
US10979713B2	Encoding sequence encoding method and device thereof, and decoding method and device thereof Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining encoding order information indicating whether an encoding order of a first block and a second block that are adjacent to each other is changed; determining the encoding order of the first block and the second block, based on the encoding order information; and decoding the first block and the second block, according to the determined encoding order.
US10979709B2	Image encoding method/device, image decoding method/device and recording medium having bitstream stored therein The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a transformation performing region; segmenting the determined transformation performing region into at least one sub-transform block by using at least one of quadtree segmentation and binary tree segmentation; and performing inverse transformation on the at least one sub-transform block.
US10979704B2	Methods and apparatus for optical blur modeling for improved video encoding Methods and apparatus of generating a refined reference frame for inter-frame encoding by applying blur parameters to allow encoding of image frames having blurred regions are presented herein. The methods and apparatus may identify a blurred region of an image frame by comparing the image frame with a reference frame, generate a refined reference frame by applying the blur parameter indicative of the blurred region to the reference frame, determine whether to use one of the reference frame and refined reference frame to encode the image frame, and encode the image frame using the refined reference frame when determined to use the refined reference frame.
US10979698B2	Viewpoint-optimized light field display A method of displaying a light field to at least one viewer of a light field display device, the light field based on a 3D model, the light field display device comprising a plurality of spatially distributed display elements, the method including the steps of: (a) determining the viewpoints of the eyes of the at least one viewer relative to the display device; (b) for each eye viewpoint and each of a plurality of the display elements, rendering a partial view image representing a view of the 3D model from the eye viewpoint through the display element; and (c) displaying, via each display element, the set of partial view images rendered for that display element.
US10979694B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium To perform a high-accuracy three-dimensional measurement by performing an appropriate calibration in accordance with various temperature changes, an information processing apparatus that decides a temperature-dependent parameter of a projection apparatus configured to project a pattern onto a measurement target object to perform a three-dimensional measurement includes a holding unit configured to hold a relationship in which the temperature-dependent parameter of the projection apparatus is set as a temperature function, a temperature input unit configured to input a temperature of the projection apparatus, and a temperature-dependent parameter decision unit configured to decide the temperature-dependent parameter of the projection apparatus based on the temperature of the projection apparatus which is input by the temperature input unit and the relationship.
US10979692B2	System and method for streaming visible portions of volumetric video Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: predicting a viewpoint within a volumetric video based on movement input by a viewer, resulting in a predicted viewpoint, wherein a point cloud of the volumetric video is segmented into cells, and wherein at least some of the cells are visible to the viewer at a future time of playback based on the predicted viewpoint; retrieving a cell occupancy bitmap for the point cloud for the future time of playback; determining visible cells based on the cell occupancy bitmap and the predicted viewpoint; receiving the visible cells for the future time of playback; and rendering and displaying the point cloud within the visible cells during playback at the future time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10979689B2	Adaptive stereo scaling format switch for 3D video encoding A method and apparatus for encoding three-dimensional (“3D”) video includes receiving a left-eye interlaced frame and a corresponding right-eye interlaced frame of a 3D video. An amount of interlacing exhibited by at least one of the left-eye interlaced frame and the corresponding right-eye interlaced frame is determined. A frame packing format to be used for packing the left-eye interlaced frame and the corresponding right-eye interlaced frame into a 3D frame is selected based on the amount of interlacing that is determined. The left-eye interlaced frame and the corresponding right-eye interlaced frame are formatted into a 3D frame using the selected frame packing format. Illustrative frame packing formats that may be employed include a side-by-side format and a top-and-bottom format.
US10979684B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for associating an element in a background shape model with an image capturing apparatus An information processing apparatus comprises: a capturing information obtaining unit for obtaining capturing information on plural capturing apparatuses for capturing images in plural directions; a model information obtaining unit for obtaining model information on a background shape model indicating a three-dimensional shape of a background of a virtual viewpoint image generated by an image generating unit using the images captured by the capturing apparatuses; and an information generating unit for generating related information associating at least one of the capturing apparatuses with a partial region of the background shape model, based on the obtained capturing information and the obtained model information, wherein the related information is used to determine which one of the capturing apparatuses is to capture the image used by the image generating unit to decide a pixel value corresponding to the partial region in the virtual viewpoint image.
US10979672B1	Web-based videoconference virtual environment with navigable avatars, and applications thereof Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.
US10979663B2	Methods and apparatuses for image processing to optimize image resolution and for optimizing video streaming bandwidth for VR videos The disclosure relates to optimizing and improving VR video resolution and bandwidth usage for VR videos. The processes and systems include receiving a video input and reassigning pixels within a viewport to maximize resolution around the center of the viewport. The process can include video frame stamping to provide a mechanism for a client-side player to determine characteristics of an optimized video frame display.
US10979662B2	Method and system to inhibit shutdown of mobile recorder while download is active A method and system for inhibiting shutdown of a mobile data recorder of a mobile digital audio/video recording (MDVR) system in a vehicle while a download is active. The method including identifying if a data download is currently in process and the vehicle is in an OFF powered state and ascertaining if at least one of whether the data download is complete, and a data network connection for conducting the download is not available, and executing a shutdown of the MDVR system. Otherwise, inhibiting shut down of the MDVR system, determining if a selected condition for maintaining the inhibiting is false and executing a shutdown of the MDVR system, and repeating the ascertaining, inhibiting, and determining.
US10979658B2	Imaging device An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter that converts light into an electric charge; a transfer transistor; a charge accumulation node coupled to the photoelectric converter via the transfer transistor; a first signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the charge accumulation node; a first reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the charge accumulation node; and a second reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the photoelectric converter, wherein one of a source and a drain of the first signal detection transistor is coupled to the other of the source and the drain of the first reset transistor and the other of the source and drain of the second reset transistor.
US10979654B2	Image signal processing method and system The present application discloses a method and system for processing image signals, the method and system sensing visible light bands of optical signals in an area to be imaged, via a first imaging unit, to generate a first image signal, wherein the first image signal includes color information; sensing at least infrared bands of optical signals in the area to be imaged, via a second imaging unit, to generate a second image signal, wherein the second image signal includes illumination information; and synthesizing the first image signal and the second image signal to generate a synthesized image with color information and illumination information. The present application can generate a synthesized image with a variety of advantages, and can meet the two monitoring requirements in low illumination and haze environment which are focused in the field of security.
US10979650B2	Imaging control device, imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and imaging control program An imaging control device includes: an imaging controller that obtains captured image data by controlling an imager imaging a subject through an optical element having variable transmittance of light; a flicker detector that detects a flicker occurring in the captured image data based on the captured image data; and a transmittance controller that controls, based on the flicker, the transmittance of the optical element to a state where a quantity of light incident on the imager is changed in a cycle shorter than a cycle of the flicker, and the imaging controller controls an exposure time of the imager to a natural multiple of a changing cycle of the quantity of light incident on the imager in a condition where the transmittance of the optical element is controlled to the state.
US10979644B2	3D surface estimation and prediction to boost fidelity of realtime LiDAR model generation Systems and methods for capturing images of a target area that include controlling an image sensor mounted to a gimbal to capture images of the target area over time and controlling the gimbal using an elevator algorithm to adjust the orientation of the image sensor.
US10979643B1	Real-time image motion correction or stabilization system and methods for projectiles or munitions in flight The present invention relates to projectiles and munitions, and more specifically to such in flight. More particularly the present invention relates to projectiles and munitions in flight equipped with one or more image sensors adapted for acquiring image data of the environment surrounding the projection or munition in flight. The present invention further relates to systems and methods for correcting or stabilizing motion effects and artifacts present in the image data related to the movement or motion of the projectile or munition in flight, including spin or rotation of the projectile or munition.
US10979627B2	Mobile terminal Proposed is a mobile terminal including triple cameras having first, second and third FOVs (field of views) respectively, wherein the first FOV is larger than the second FOV which is larger than the third FOV, wherein the mobile terminal includes: a display for outputting visual information; and a controller configured for controlling the triple cameras and the display, wherein the controller is configured for: detecting a signal to indicate capturing an object by the triple cameras at a time; in response to the detected signal, activating cameras of the first FOV and second FOV to capture the object individually; deactivating one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV, wherein one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV has captured the object earlier than the other thereof; and activating a camera of the third FOV to capture the object using an imaging setting values obtained from at least one of the cameras of the first FOV and second FOV.
US10979621B2	Auto-focus image sensor and digital image processing device including the same The inventive concepts provide an auto-focus image sensor and a digital image processing device including the same. The auto-focus image sensor includes a substrate including at least one first pixel used for detecting a phase difference and at least one second pixel used for detecting an image, a deep device isolation portion disposed in the substrate to isolate the first pixel from the second pixel, and a light shielding pattern disposed on the substrate of at least the first pixel. The amount of light incident on the first pixel is smaller than the amount of light incident on the second pixel by the light shielding pattern.
US10979620B2	Image processing apparatus for providing information for focus adjustment, control method of the same, and storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises at least one processor which function as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image; a scaling unit configured to generate a scaled image obtained by scaling at least a portion of the obtained image; and a display control unit configured to display the obtained image or the scaled image and defocus information including a shift amount and a shift direction of a focal point in a superimposed manner on a display, wherein in a case where displaying the obtained image, the display control unit superimposes defocus information of a first defocus range that includes a range to be focused, and in a case where displaying the scaled image, the display control unit superimposes defocus information of a second defocus range that includes at least a portion of a defocus range of the scaled image.
US10979619B2	Image capturing apparatus capable of highly-accurate autofocus calibration and control method thereof, and storage medium An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a display, a processor; and a memory holding a program which makes the processor function as a focus detection unit for detecting a focus position of the imaging lens, an imaging control unit configured to carry out the focus bracketing, and a display control unit configured to cause the display device to display a guide indicating a first area and a second area before the focus bracketing is carried out, the first area being an area in which an object suitable for focus detection of the imaging lens by the focus detection unit is arranged, and the second area being an area in which an object suitable for a user to determine an image that is in focus is arranged.
US10979607B2	Camera apparatus and methods A camera apparatus, e.g., a stereoscopic camera apparatus, includes a dual element mounting plate, a pair of individual lens mounts, and a pair of sensor holders, each sensor holder holding an image sensor. The lens mounts and sensor holders are secured to the dual element mounting plate. Multiple dual element mounting plates corresponding to camera pairs may be secured to a base plate. Various features facilitate achieving and maintaining alignment between a lens and a corresponding image sensor, as well as between camera pairs and between sets of camera pairs.
US10979605B2	Portable desktop video magnifier camera Disclosed is a portable magnifier camera with both storage and deployed configurations. In the storage configuration, the entire assembly can be carried via an associated handle. The camera is designed to rest on a desktop, or other planar surface, in the deployed configuration. When deployed, a housing and camera arm are positioned in a cantilevered arrangement over top of an object to be viewed. A camera housing, with an associated camera, is pivotally connected to the camera arm and is positioned over the object upon the camera being placed into a deployed configuration.
US10979603B2	Underwater photography devices, and underwater photography methods The inventive plastic card permits a scuba diver to photograph underwater such as at 100 feet, without using external lighting, and to achieve quality photographic images as if external lighting actually had been used during the underwater photography.
US10979601B2	High precision gamut mapping Methods and systems for gamut mapping are disclosed. Pixels of an image or points of a look-up-table can be gamut mapped in a multi-step iterative process, by generating a coarse gamut hull and calculating a value of a distance metric for out-of-gamut pixels or LUT points, and subsequently generating a fine gamut hull in the neighborhood of the coarse gamut hull points closest to the out-of-gamut pixel or LUT points under consideration. The out-of-gamut pixel or LUT point is gamut mapped based on the smallest distance metric value calculated.
US10979597B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus is provided with a converter to convert a first color image into lightness information and color information other than the lightness information, a lightness compressor to generate compressed lightness information obtained by decimating a pixel value from the lightness information, a reconverter to combine the compressed lightness information and the color information to generate a second color image, an edge extractor to extract an edge included in the first color image, and a pixel value changer to change a pixel value at a position of the edge in the second color image while maintaining similar colors, to generate a third color image.
US10979596B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform area division by color of an original image included in input image data, and to generate masking sheet image data of each color including a cutout guide image corresponding to a color unit area obtained by the area division by color of the original image, on the basis of color density and a shape of the color unit area; and a printing unit configured to execute a print job based on the masking sheet image data so as to print the cutout guide image on a material sheet.
US10979592B2	Electronic device communicating wirelessly with external device selectively using one of a plurality of wireless communication interfaces, and method of controlling same An electronic device that is capable of using a plurality of wireless communication units and communicates wirelessly with an external device using one of the plurality of wireless communication units, is disclosed. The device comprises a storage device that stores one or more sets of settings used in past wireless communication with one or more external device, the settings being stored separately as settings pertaining to a network used in the wireless communication and settings pertaining to communication with an external device over the network. The device also extracts a set of settings that can be used from the one or more sets of settings stored in the storage device, in accordance with a combination of a type of an external device with which wireless communication to be performed and a wireless communication unit to be used for the wireless communication.
US10979590B2	Image reading apparatus Provided is an image reading apparatus including: an image reading unit configured to output image data representing an image read from an original; and an image control board configured to acquire the image data by controlling an operation of the image reading unit. When a shading error occurs, the image control board determines a part that has caused the shading error by determining whether or not a power supply voltage is being normally supplied to the image reading unit, determining whether or not a light source is normally emitting light, determining whether or not a memory is normally operating, and determining whether or not data output from the image reading unit is normally stored in the memory.
US10979584B2	Image forming device, information processing device, display control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for controlling display of post-processing setup information An image forming device which permits easy adjustment of post-processing setup information. The image forming device includes: an image forming section which forms an image on recording paper; a storage which stores post-processing setup information as setup information for post-processing including trimming to be performed by a post-processing device on the recording paper on which the image has been formed by the image forming section; and a display controller which performs control for an adjustment screen of a display section to show some of the setup items included in the post-processing setup information when test printing according to a printing job to which the post-processing setup information is applied is conducted.
US10979580B2	Image processing apparatus capable of extending function, and image forming apparatus provided with the same An image processing apparatus includes a storage device, an image reading device, a complementary image storage device, and a control device. The complementary image storage device stores a complementary image for complementing an incomplete two-dimensional code. The control device includes a processor and functions, through the processor executing a control program, as a detector, a synthesizer, and an analyzer. The detector detects, from the image obtained through the reading of the image reading device, the incomplete two-dimensional code. The synthesizer synthesizes the incomplete two-dimensional code detected by the detector and the complementary image stored in the complementary image storage device to generate a complete two-dimensional code. The analyzer analyzes the complete two-dimensional code generated by the synthesizer and activates an extension function.
US10979567B1	Alarm method and system An electronic device unit for detection of emergency calls initiated (emanating) from cell phone or other personal wireless communication handheld units, wherein the electronic device unit for detection of emergency calls is installed and integrated as a component detector of a fire alarm system, intrusion alarm system, surveillance system, access control system, SCADA system or other building and facility monitoring systems. A cell phone and other personal wireless devices that transmit special signals that are received by an electronic device unit for detection of emergency calls. A cell phone and other personal wireless devices that performs two way data communications with an electronic device unit for detection of emergency calls.
US10979562B2	Call recording system, call recording method, and call recording program When a call session is set over an IP network between a calling IP phone and a called IP phone at the start of a call, information on the quality of communication between a host IP phone and a recording server is exchanged to compare the quality of communication of the two IP phones in each of the calling IP phone and the called IP phone. For example, the called IP phone, or a host IP phone, with a higher quality of communication than the calling IP phone of a conversing party transmits call audio data to the recording server as recording data. Meanwhile, the calling IP phone, or a host IP phone, with a lower quality of communication than the called IP phone of a conversing party refrains from transmitting the call audio data to the recording server.
US10979556B2	Detecting and reporting user triggered call drops A method for detecting user triggered call drops includes identifying one or more user terminated calls from a plurality of monitored calls. Signaling information associated with the identified user terminated calls is correlated with media channel information associated with the identified user terminated calls. A determination is made if termination of the one or more of the identified user terminated calls is related to quality of media across corresponding media channels. A predefined cause code is assigned to the one or more of the identified user terminated calls, in response to determining that the termination of the one or more of the identified user terminated calls is related to the quality of media across the corresponding media channels.
US10979553B2	Near field communications activated door access panel Disclosed herein is an access control apparatus for a barrier movement system that moves a barrier. The access control apparatus includes a near field communications (NFC) module, a radiofrequency (RF) module, and a controller coupled to the NFC module and RF module. The controller is configured to read an NFC signal from an authenticated external device, via the NFC module. In response to reading the NFC signal, the controller transmits a command signal, via the RF module, that commands the barrier movement system to move the barrier.
US10979546B2	Terminal, display panel, image acquisition module and display control method A terminal includes: an image acquisition module, a display panel, a light-emitting element, and a light converging member. An image acquisition module includes a lens. A light transmitting hole corresponding to the lens is formed in the display panel. The light-emitting element and the light converging member are arranged at the light transmitting hole. The light converging member is arranged on a side of the light-emitting element from which light is emitted, and is used for converging the light emitted by the light-emitting element over the lens.
US10979538B1	Application state server-side cache for a state-based client-server application Response delay associated with a state-based client-server application can be reduced with utilization of an application state server-side cache. A server caches data for a set of one or more possible states of a client-server application that may follow a current state of the application. The server rapidly responds to a client request with data that corresponds to an appropriate new state of the application in accordance with the application state server-side cache. The server determines that the application will transition to the appropriate new state from the current state of the application with the application state server-side cache based, at least in part, on an operation indicated by the client request.
US10979535B1	Decoupled selection of content for semi-connected electronic devices Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for decoupled selection of content for semi-connected electronic devices. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining a set of candidate content for presentation at a semi-connected device, the set of candidate content comprising first content and second content of at least one content campaign, determining that an impression of the first content was served while the semi-connected device was disconnected from a network, determining that the first content and the second content were eligible for presentation at a first timestamp of a first impression interaction for the impression of the first content, determining a first bid amount for the first content and a second bid amount for the second content at a second timestamp of delivery of the first content to the semi-connected device, and determining a winning bid amount for the first impression interaction using the first bid amount and the second bid amount.
US10979534B1	Latency-based placement of cloud compute instances within communications service provider networks Techniques for launching compute instances on cloud provider network substrate extensions deployed within communications service provider networks are described. A service of a cloud provider network receives a request to launch a compute instance from a customer, the request including a latency requirement. A provider substrate extension is selected to host the compute instance from a plurality of provider substrate extensions of the cloud provider network based at least in part on the latency requirement. The plurality of plurality of provider substrate extensions are connected to a communications service provider network and controlled at least in part by the service of the cloud provider network via a connection through the communications service provider network. A message is sent to cause the selected provider substrate extension to launch the compute instance for the customer.
US10979528B2	System for trend discovery and curation from content metadata and context Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10979520B2	Data transmission method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention relate to the database field, and in particular, to a data transmission method and apparatus, so as to reduce overheads for data transmission between nodes in a distributed database and lighten network load. In the embodiments of the present invention, a DN determines a column that has a distribution rule of parameters in the column; the DN determines, according to a data type of the parameters of the column and the distribution rule of the parameters in the column, a compression algorithm corresponding to the column; the DN compresses the column using the compression algorithm; and the DN sends a compressed column to a target node. In this way, the overheads for the data transmission between the nodes are reduced, and the network load is lightened.
US10979512B2	Method and system of data packet transmission A data packet transmission method is provided, including: receiving, by a proxy program, a request data packet via a listening port of the proxy program, and after marking the request data packet, sending out, by the proxy program, the marked request data packet; receiving, by a local system, a plurality of request data packets sent by an application program or the proxy program, and matching, by the local system, a mark in the request data packet. When the matching is successful, the request data packet is forwarded out directly, and when the matching is unsuccessful, the request data packet is re-directed to the listening port. Further, a data packet transmission system is provided.
US10979504B2	Distributed storage resource management in a hyper converged infrastructure A distributed storage resource management in a hyper converged infrastructure is created. The system accesses a virtualized infrastructure comprising a plurality of host machines, each of said plurality of host machines having resources, the resources comprising: a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and a storage, each of the plurality of host machines communicatively coupled with one or more virtual machines. The resources in each of the host machines are disaggregated. The resources are aggregated based on a nature of the resource into a common pool of shared resources. A request is received for a workload application having a resource requirement. The resource requirement of the workload application is matched with resources in the common pool of shared resources. The matched resources in the common pool of shared resources are assigned to the workload application.
US10979502B2	Method, device and computer program product for parallel migration of data Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device and computer program product for migrating data. The method comprises initiating a first migration job for a first client and a second migration job for a second client. The method also comprises setting a first cache file for the first client and a second cache file for the second client, and a cache file records a hash value of a migrated file of a client. Moreover, the method further comprises executing the first migration job and the second migration job in parallel, wherein the first migration job is executed using the first cache file and the second migration job is executed using the second cache file.
US10979482B2	Methods and systems for anchoring hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) level services in an information centric network (ICN) Methods and systems anchor hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) level communication in an information-centric networking (ICN) network. Both content requests and responses to servers within the ICN network and to servers located outside the ICN network, in an IP network for example, are disclosed. Communication may be between two IP capable only devices at the HTTP level, one connected to an ICN network while the other one is connected either to an ICN or IP network. The disclosed namespace 200 enables IP based HTTP communication within the ICN network. An information-centric networking (ICN) network attachment point (NAP) or border gateway (BGW) may receive an HTTP request packet and encapsulate the received HTTP request packet. The ICN NAP/BGW may then forward the HTTP request packet towards the local ICN network servers. The HTTP request packet may be published to a named content identifier (CID) that may be determined through a hash function of a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The ICN NAP may receive a HTTP response packet for a subscribed information item, which may be included in a named rCID. The named rCID may be determined through a hash function of a uniform resource locator (URL). Instead of using the hash of a URL and an FQDN directly, a separate scope identifier, which may be a root identifier, may be chosen for HTTP-over-ICN communication for the overall ICN namespace. The scope identifier may include a particular structure for the ICN namespace being built up. Using a root identifier may allow for separating HTTP-over-ICN communication from other ICN communication, for example, for operational or migration reasons. Under the root scope identifier, there may be two sub-scope identifiers, a first sub-scope identifier (I) for communication within the ICN network and a second sub-scope identifier (O) for communication to IP addresses outside the ICN network. The ICN may be based on the PURSUIT publish-subscribe architecture or on the Named Data Networking (NDN) project and the like.
US10979478B2	Method and apparatuses for monitoring or setting quality of service for a data transmission via a data connection in a radio network A method and an apparatus are provided for monitoring or setting a quality of service for a data transmission via a data connection formed between at least one application and a transmission/reception device connected to the mobile communication device by way of at least one radio channel. The quality of service is established via setting a connection capacity and/or a data transmission mode such that an appropriate user satisfaction value corresponds at least to a minimum threshold. The quality of service can also be set in accordance with the utilization level of the corresponding radio network.
US10979464B1	Call protect geolocator display for 5G or other next generation network Call spoofing can be mitigated by providing geolocation information to the called device. For example, when a call rings, a geolocator can be invoked and the incoming call display screen can show a carrier logo and/or a geolocator globe illustrating the location of the call originator. The geolocation session initiation protocol data can be confirmed by a network device and compared against carrier specific data of the calling device to authenticate voice calls for called devices. In one embodiment location data of the calling device can purposely be shared in order to facilitate the mitigation of call spoofing.
US10979462B2	Identifying voice over LTE users According to at least one example embodiment, a method of identifying a type of communications service of a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving from an originating user device a user identifier for a terminating user, wherein the originating user is associated with a first operator and the terminating user is associated with a second operator that is different than the first. Then a service identifier which corresponds to a type of communications service for which the terminating user is provisioned. In response, the service identifier is received. Communication is provided between the originating user device and the terminating user device based on the service identifier.
US10979449B2	Key throttling to mitigate unauthorized file access A file system extension for an endpoint controls access to files by selectively decrypting files under certain conditions. Where a pattern of access to the files suggests malicious and/or automated file access activity, the file system extension may limit the rate of file access by regulating the rate at which decryption is provided to requesting processes.
US10979446B1	Automated vulnerability chaining Disclosed are various embodiments for automated vulnerability chaining. A vulnerability chaining engine receives data indicating that a plurality of vulnerabilities are present in at least one host. The vulnerabilities are individually assigned a respective default risk score. The vulnerability chaining engine determines that an exploitation of a combination of the vulnerabilities would result in a greater risk score for the host(s) than indicated by the respective default risk scores based at least in part on respective vulnerability types associated with the individual vulnerabilities. A chained risk score that is higher than the respective default risk scores is assigned to the individual vulnerabilities.
US10979444B2	Automated detection of malware using trained neural network-based file classifiers and machine learning Automated malware detection for application file packages using machine learning (e.g., trained neural network-based classifiers) is described. A particular method includes generating, at a first device, a first feature vector based on occurrences of character n-grams corresponding to a first subset of files of multiple files of an application file package. The method includes generating, at the first device, a second feature vector based on occurrences of attributes in a second subset of files of the multiple files. The method includes sending the first feature vector and the second feature vector from the first device to a second device as inputs to a file classifier. The method includes receiving, at the first device from the second device, classification data associated with the application file package based on the first feature vector and the second feature vector. The classification data indicates whether the application file package includes malware.
US10979441B2	Method and system for network access control based on traffic monitoring and vulnerability detection using process related information Disclosed are various embodiments of method and system for network access control. The method may involve traffic monitoring and vulnerability detection using process information. The system may analyze the vulnerability as a process malfunctioning where preventive action focuses on process blocking as opposed to host blocking, which can lead to improved performance and productivity of a network. Techniques may use process related information, connection information, and network packet information for network control. The information may be matched against a plurality of signatures to identify and detect a known vulnerability in network activities. On the basis of a match, a verification report may be established. Techniques may further check whether a verification report is applicable to a process associated with a network packet and allow or block the process running on the host based in the report.
US10979418B2	Template-based distributed certificate issuance in a multi-tenant environment One example method may include generating a template transaction certificate by one or more entities which verify proof of ownership of attributes incorporated into the template transaction certificate, and generating one or more operational transaction certificates by the one or more entities which verified proof of ownership of the template transaction certificate.
US10979411B2	Authentication control system, server apparatus, client apparatus, authentication control method, authentication method, and program A client apparatus converts second input authentication information having a data content compliant with a second authentication method different from a first authentication method into authentication target information in a data format compliant with the first authentication method and transmits information corresponding to the authentication target information to a communication server apparatus. A server apparatus is capable of carrying out both a first process of providing a first authentication server apparatus that carries out an authentication process compliant with the first authentication method with first information corresponding to the authentication target information and a second process of providing a second authentication server apparatus that carries out an authentication process compliant with the second authentication method with second information corresponding to the authentication target information. The server apparatus transmits authentication result information based on at least one of a result of the authentication performed by the first authentication server apparatus based on the first information and a result of the authentication performed by the second authentication server apparatus based on the second information to the communication server apparatus.
US10979409B2	Bluetooth device and working method thereof The present disclosure provides a Bluetooth device and a working method thereof, which relates to application in information security field. The Bluetooth device includes a Bluetooth connecting module, a pairing module and a data communicating module. The working method includes a Bluetooth connecting process, a pairing process and a data communicating process, where the pairing process includes that the device computes an encryption key according to a preset authentication code, a first random number obtained from an initiator, a second random number generated by the device, encrypt the link encryption data containing a link encryption key by using the encryption key to obtain a link encryption request and sends the link encryption request to the imitator, and the initiator obtains the link encryption key from the link encryption request. The disclosure is compatible to the present Bluetooth protocol and enhances security in the Bluetooth device pairing process as well.
US10979407B2	Data communications A communications system comprises a client device and a server device; the server device comprising server communication circuitry configured to establish a server-authenticated first encrypted data path between the client device and the server device; and the client device comprising client communication circuitry configured to provide client-specific information to the server device using the first encrypted data path; the server communication circuitry being configured to use the client-specific information provided by the client device to establish a second encrypted data path between the server device and the client device, the second encrypted data path being authenticated by at least the client device.
US10979404B2	Systems and methods for inspecting communication within an encrypted session Methods and systems for providing fast random access and/or inspection of records within an encrypted communication session are presented. The encrypted communication session may include encrypted records that were encrypted using rotating encryption keys. A key index is generated for the encrypted communication session. The key index includes the encryption keys used during the encrypted communication session and timestamps associated with the encryption keys. To access a particular record within the encrypted communication session, a particular encryption key is selected from the encryption keys stored in the key index. The particular record is decrypted using the selected encryption key.
US10979402B1	Systems and methods for data in transit encryption Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising a computing device, which provides Efficient Data-In-Transit Protection Techniques for Handheld Devices (EDITH) to protect data-in-transit. An end user device (EUD) may generate a multicast data packet. The EDITH module of the EUD encapsulates the data packet in a GRE packet and directs the GRE packet to a unicast destination address of an EDITH Multicast Router included in an infrastructure. The EDITH module on the EUD double compresses and double encrypts the GRE packet. The EDITH module on the infrastructure decrypts and decompresses the double compressed and double encrypted GRE packet to recreate the GRE packet. The EDITH module on the infrastructure decapsulates the GRE packet to derive the original multicast data packet, and distributes the original multicast data packet to the multiple group member based on the multicast destination address included in the original multicast data packet.
US10979396B2	Augmented design for a triple blinded identity system A method comprising: when a user attempts to access: redirecting the user to a Triple Blind Identity Exchange Service (TBIES) Discovery Service (TBIES DS); redirecting, by the TBIES DS, the user back while providing a blinded name of a selected Identity Provider (IdP), redirecting the user to a TBIES-Service Provider (SP) proxy with a federation request; and blinding, by the TBIES-SP proxy, the identity of the SP and any user identifiable data and redirecting the user to a TBIES-IdP proxy, which performs any required data manipulation and redirects the user to the IdP. The IdP authenticates the user, and redirects the user to the TBIES-IdP proxy, which blinds the identity of the IdP, blinds all user information, and redirects to the SP-Proxy, which unblinds the transaction and redirects the user to the SP, where the SP consumes the assertion and decides whether to permit the user access.
US10979394B2	Network system, control apparatus, method for constructing a virtual network, and program A network system is connected to a first physical network comprising: a first data transmission node that transmits data used for a first service and a second data transmission node that transmits data used for a second service and to a second physical network including at least one apparatus for receiving data from the first and the second data transmission nodes, and constructs a virtual network for each service between the first and the second physical networks.
US10979393B2	Identity-based messaging security A system comprising email processing circuitry, web server circuitry, third-party interface circuitry, and a database, wherein the database stores information about a plurality of users. The system receives, via a network, a first email message and generates a modified first email message by insertion of a link to remotely-hosted content in the received email message. The system transmits, via a network interface, the modified first email message. The system receives, via a network, a request for the remotely-hosted content, and updates the database based on information contained in the request for the remotely-hosted content. The system receives, via a network, information about activity on a third-party system, and updates the database based on the information about activity on the third-party system. The system receives a second email message, determines an action to take on the second email message based on information in the database, and takes the action.
US10979383B1	Systems, methods and devices for integrating end-host and network resources in distributed memory Systems, methods and devices for distributed memory management comprising a network component configured for network communication with one or more memory resources that store data and one or more consumer devices that use data, the network component comprising a switching device in operative communication with a mapping resource, wherein the mapping resource is configured to associate mappings between data addresses associated with memory requests from a consumer device relating to a data object and information relating to a storage location in the one or more memory resources associated with the data from the data object, wherein each data address has contained therein identification information for identifying the data from the data object associated with that data address; and the switching device is configured to route memory requests based on the mappings.
US10979382B2	Posting content to social medium A computer-implemented method of posting content to a social medium comprises receiving content posted by a user along with an associated posting time which indicates when the user selected an option to post the content to the social medium; determining that publication of the content posted by the user is dependent on a trigger; and in response to determining that publication of the content is dependent on the trigger, storing the content with the associated posting time and suspending publication of the content until the trigger is satisfied such that the posting time published with the content indicates a time prior to transmission of the content from an electronic device to a server for publishing.
US10979379B2	Destination addressing communications environment A method includes receiving a user input associated with a recipient of an electronic message. The user input is identification facilitating data that may facilitate identifying a recipient of the electronic message, and may include objects such as media files, qualifiers for how such objects relate to a recipient or may facilitate identifying a recipient, qualifiers regarding specific aspects of the objects and how such aspects may relate to a recipient or facilitate identifying a recipient. The user input is different from an address associated with the recipient of the electronic message and is further different from a name of the recipient. The method further includes resolving the user input against data stored at one or more servers to identify the address of the recipient of the electronic message. The method further includes populating the address of the recipient in a corresponding addressing field of the electronic message.
US10979368B2	Architecture for converged industrial control and real time applications Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods for an architecture for converged industrial control and real time applications, the architecture comprising a physical network port, a switching module, an embedded ARM core, a network interface controller, and a multi-core computing module. According to further exemplary embodiments, the physical network port is an ethernet port capable of supporting a real-time field bus. The switching module may be configured to support a multiport ethernet switch. The switching module may also be configured to enable a backplane mesh to interconnect multiple foglets. Additionally, the embedded ARM core may be within the switching module, and the embedded ARM core may be configured to support virtualization.
US10979364B1	User defined quality-control resource usage Techniques for user-defined quality control of resource usage are provided. In one technique, resource split data is received that indicates a split of a total resource amount that is associated with a content delivery campaign. In response, based on the split, a first resource amount and a second resource amount is determined, each a subset of the total resource amount. The first resource amount is associated with a first utilization strategy and a first mapping function and the second resource amount is associated with a second utilization strategy and a second mapping function. In response to receiving a request from a client device, an entity of the client device is determined and associated with the first mapping function. A quality score of the entity is determined and, based on the first mapping function and the quality score, an adjustment factor is determined. A content item selection event is conducted based on the adjustment factor.
US10979362B2	Elastic resource pooling for dynamic throughput rebalancing A method for utilizing elastic resource pooling techniques to dynamically rebalance throughput includes determining, for each of multiple tenants leasing computing resources of a shared resource pool, a desired claim to resources in the shared resource pool. The desired claim is based on a number of resource access requests received in association with each of the multiple tenants. The method further includes determining, for each of the multiple tenants, a guaranteed claim and a maximum potential claim on the shared resource pool; and allocating a surplus resource pool among the multiple tenants based on the determined maximum potential claim and the desired claim for each one of the multiple tenants, the surplus resource pool representing a remainder of the shared resource pool after the guaranteed claim for each of the tenants is satisfied via an initial resource allocation from the shared resource pool.
US10979358B2	Low-latency data packet distributor A data packet distributor (DPD) includes a memory and a data packet transmission device (DPTD) connected to the memory. The DPTD receives a first data packet and identifies a destination queue for attempting transmission of the first data packet. The attempt for transmission is unsuccessful when a second data packet associated with the identified destination queue is present in the memory or the identified destination queue is unavailable for receiving the first data packet. The DPTD stores the first data packet in the memory when the attempt is unsuccessful. The DPTD re-attempts the transmission of the first data packet to the identified destination queue at end of a time interval. The re-attempt is successful when the second data packet is absent in the memory and the identified destination queue is available for receiving the first data packet.
US10979354B2	Signal transmission method and apparatus A signal transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmitter, a to-be-sent data block; inserting one or more pilot blocks among a plurality of pieces of data of the to-be-sent data block based on an agreed position; and sending, by the transmitter, the to-be-sent data block into which the one or more pilot blocks are inserted. Inserting the one or more pilot blocks among the plurality of pieces of data of the to-be-sent data block can improve a phase noise compensation effect for a receiver without increasing pilot overheads.
US10979345B2	Remote medium access control (MAC) based networks Described herein include systems, methods, and apparatuses for the remote medium access control (MAC) in communication networks, for example, in cable networks. In particular, the disclosure describes a network architecture including a switch configured to communicate with remote MAC layer devices over first connections (e.g., digital fiber connections); the remote MAC layer devices configured to communicate with remote physical (PHY) layer devices over second connections (e.g., second digital fiber connections); and the remote PHY layer device configured to communicate with customer premise equipment devices over a third connection (e.g., analog coaxial connections).
US10979340B2	Link state addition and deletion based on reception of a single message in link state vector routing Techniques for updating a routing table based on a single message are described. One technique includes receiving at a first network device a node message from a second network device. The node message includes a sequence number and a list of link state(s) originated by the second network device. The first network device determines whether to withdraw one or more link states originated by the second network device and maintained in a routing table of the first network device based on the sequence number and the list of the link state(s) within the node message. The routing table is updated based on the determinations.
US10979339B2	Node representations of packet forwarding path elements In one example, a method comprises receiving, by a forwarding manager for an internal forwarding path executed by at least one packet processor of a forwarding unit of a network device, one or more packet processing operations from a control unit of the network device; generating, by the forwarding manager based on the one or more packet processing operations, a plurality of nodes each comprising a unique token, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes includes a token reference set to a value for the token of a second node of the plurality of nodes; configuring, by the forwarding manager based on the nodes, the forwarding path to include respective forwarding path elements for the plurality of nodes; and processing, by the packet processor, a packet received by the forwarding unit by executing the forwarding path elements.
US10979338B2	Optimization of packet transmission paths A method is disclosed for optimizing packet transmission paths in a mobile communication network (400) in which packets are transmitted and received between mobile stations (10-14) or between a mobile station and a fixed network (120) by way of a plurality of packet transmission device (60-64, 70-72, 80, and 81) and radio base stations (50-57). When a mobile station uses a service that is provided by a fixed network (300), imposed are applied on the packet transmission path such that packets pass by way of specific packet transmission devices (80 and 81) depending on the fixed network (external network) 300. When the mobile station uses a service that is provided by the mobile communication network (400), on the other hand, no restrictions are imposed on the packet transmission path, and the packet transmission path is thus set such that the link costs are a minimum.
US10979336B2	Method and apparatus for communication of data between NDT/NDI instrument and an external network A non-destructive testing and inspection (NDT/NDI) system having a communication gateway removably secured to an existing NDT/NDI instrument by a clip-on clasp. The gateway comprises a processor, a network interface, a housing configured to be removably secured onto the NDT/NDI instrument, an interconnect configured to be communicatively coupled with and to carry data to or from the NDT/NDI instrument, and memory storing computer readable code which, when executed on the processor, causes the processor to communicate data with an external network over the network interface. The data includes inspection data which can be any one of the following: ultrasonic scans of A, B, C or S, eddy current strip charts.
US10979330B2	Communication of electric power system samples without external time reference Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) from signals from merging units where the merging unit does not require a common or external time source. Communications from merging units may arrive at different times due to differences in communication latency or other factor. The IED may associate digital samples from merging units with a local time domain of the IED based on the data acquisition, data processing, and data communication latency in communicating with the merging units.
US10979323B2	Network map display method and network map display program The present invention is a method for drawing connections for one or more Layer-2 switches as a tree-type network map. The method includes a first step of generating a MvP table consisting of a mapping table M1 and a mapping table M2 based on management information collected from the Layer-2 switches by network monitoring manager H; a third step of identifying parent-child relationship of Layer-2 switches based on the Connection-information between Layer-2 switches in the second step, and generating a Layered-structure of Layer-2 switches based on the parent-child relationship; and a fourth step of drawing connections for Layer-2 switches as a tree-type network map based on the Layered-structure of Layer-2 switches in the third step.
US10979308B2	System administration A technique for improving system administration involves implementing system administration agent programs on a plurality of devices in an administered network. A deployment agent deploys the system administration agent program or a portion thereof to suitable devices when they are detected. System monitoring agents monitor the administered network to generate data. A reporting engine sends agent reports including the generated data to a system administration server. The system administration server facilitates administration of the administered network in real time.
US10979305B1	Web interface usage tracker Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help monitor activity of customers using web portals to access services. Examples of such activity include log-ins to a web portal, views of account statements through the web portal, transactions made on the account, and the like. Embodiments of the present disclosure can generate a model relating customer characteristics to expected account activity. The system can apply the model to individual customers and compares actual account activity to expected account activity. If a mismatch is detected, the system may generate an alert message directed to a administrator or other type of user who can contact the customer to troubleshoot the identified issues.
US10979301B2	Systems and methods for searching files across distributed WLAN-connected devices A network router maintains a list of devices that are connected to a network established by the network router, where the list includes a first device and at least one other device and where the at least one other device includes a wired or a wireless device. The network router receives, from the first device, a search request that includes search terms for performing a file search, and broadcasts, to the at least one other device, the search request that includes the search terms. The network router receives search responses from the at least one other device, where each of the search responses comprises a device identifier associated with a responding one of the at least one other device and a file name and file location information of at least one file that matches the search terms. The network device forwards the search responses to the first device.
US10979300B2	Computing device and methods for synchronizing networking information with a topology server Computing device and methods for performing synchronization and resynchronization of networking information with a server. During standard operations, local networking data discovered by the computing device are transmitted to the server, and server networking data (discovered by the server) are received from the server. Upon occurrence of a pre-defined event at the computing device preventing exchange of information between the computing device and the server, a resynchronization of the local networking data and server networking data is performed. The synchronization and resynchronization mechanisms are based on unique version numbers respectively generated by the computing device and the server.
US10979299B1	Internet of things (IoT) device registration Technology is described for registering Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A hub device may receive a request for hub registration from an IoT device. The request for hub registration may include IoT device information. The hub device may validate the request for hub registration at the hub device based on the IoT device information. The hub device may retrieve registration information from an IoT service. The registration information may include a dedicated security certificate for the IoT device. The hub device may forward the registration information to the IoT device to enable the IoT device to communicate IoT device data to the IoT service.
US10979296B2	Systems and method for service mapping A system includes a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors. The one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations including generating a service mapping illustrating a plurality of tiles, wherein each of the plurality of tiles corresponds to one or more services in an enterprise network and one or more lines extending between the plurality of tiles, wherein the one or more lines correspond to connections between the plurality of services, wherein a first tile of the plurality of tiles corresponds to a first service comprising a plurality of sub-services not depicted in the service mapping, and displaying an alert on the first tile corresponding to the first service when one or more of the plurality of sub-services encounters an error.
US10979288B2	Distributed rules engine for processing events associated with internet of things devices Disclosed are various examples for deploying a rules engine in a distributed fashion. A rule definition that defines a rule can be transformed in a network topology. The network topology can be deployed onto a cluster of computing devices or instances. In this way, the rules engine can be horizontally scalable such that is it not necessary to deploy the rules engine in a single computing instance.
US10979287B2	Method and apparatus for receiving a solution when configuration function verification fails in a terminal A method and apparatus for terminal configuration management, wherein the method includes: receiving, by a first near field communication (NFC) terminal, configuration management data from a second NFC terminal; and performing, by the first NFC terminal, configuration update on the first NFC terminal according to the configuration management data. After receiving, by the first NFC terminal, the configuration management data from the second NFC terminal, the method further comprises: performing, by the first NFC terminal, configuration function verification on the configuration management data; transmitting, by the first NFC terminal, in a case where the configuration function verification performed on the configuration management data has failed, error information corresponding to the configuration management data on which the verification has failed to the second NFC terminal; and receiving, by the first NFC terminal, a solution corresponding to the error information from the second NFC terminal.
US10979281B2	Adaptive alert monitoring Various embodiments provide for alert generation based on alert dependency. For some embodiments, the alert dependency checking facilitates alert noise reduction. Various embodiments described herein dynamically find or discover alert dependencies based on one or more alerts currently active, one or more active alerts generated in the past, or some combination of both. Various embodiments described herein provide alert monitoring that adapts based on an alert state of a machine. Various embodiments described herein generate a health score for a machine based on an alert state of the machine. Various embodiments described herein provide a tool for managing definitions of one or more alerts that can be identified as an active alert for a machine.
US10979278B2	Method, device for compensating imbalance between I path and Q path of receiver, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium The present disclosure provides a method for compensating an imbalance between an I path and a Q path of a receiver. The method includes: sending a cosine signal and a sine signal through a signal generator, transmitting the cosine signal and the sine signal in the I path and Q path respectively; calculating autocorrelation values of the I path and the Q path in the signal receiving direction; determining a comparison result of amplitudes of the cosine signal received by the I path and the sine signal received by the Q path according to the autocorrelation values; calculating an adjustment compensation value of an analog domain gain amplifier, and an amplitude value and a phase value in a digital domain according to the comparison result of amplitudes; and compensating and adjusting the signal according to the adjustment compensation value, the amplitude value and the phase value.
US10979274B2	Efficient utilization of SSBs in new radio systems Methods and an apparatus for performing synchronization in New Radio (NR) systems are disclosed. A frequency band may be determined and may correspond to a WTRU. On a condition that the operational frequency band is a lower frequency, a synchronization signal block (SSB) index may be implicitly. On a condition that the operational frequency band is a higher frequency, an SSB index may be determined based on a hybrid method which includes determining the SSB index using both an implicit and an explicit method. A configuration of actually transmitted SSBs may be determined using a multi-level two stage compressed indication where SSB groups are determined based on a coarse indicator and actually transmitted SSBs with the SSB groups are determined based on a fine indicator.
US10979270B2	Scalable synthesis of signals of high symbol rate using lower symbol rate DSPS Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for transmitting signals with a high data rate. In some implementations, an apparatus includes a first digital signal processor outputting first data at a first data rate. A second digital signal processor outputting second data at a second data rate. A filter circuitry receiving and up-sampling the first and second data. Additionally, the apparatus includes a combiner circuit that receives the first up-sampled data and the second up-sampled data, the combiner circuit combining the first and second up-sampled data to provide a multiplexed output, the multiplexed output having a third data rate that is greater than the first data rate or the second data rate.
US10979248B1	Onboarding a VNF which includes a VNFC composed of manageable software elements The instant solution includes at least one element or action described or depicted herein.
US10979243B2	Electronic device and method for providing notification service therefor An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a communication unit for performing communication with at least one external electronic device; and a processor for receiving, from the external electronic device, interest information of a user in the external electronic device and system information in the external electronic device, comparing the received interest information and system information with notification service information of the electronic device, and determining whether the user registers a notification service.
US10979241B2	Electronic furniture systems with integrated artificial intelligence 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; and (ii) artificial intelligence mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. A speaker system can also be provided within the furniture assembly. The artificial intelligence (AI) can respond to and/or obey voice or other commands from a user. The AI can provide numerous functions, e.g., control of the speaker system within the furniture assembly, control of a recliner assembly that is part of the furniture system, or the like. The furniture assembly can include a selectively dockable speaker as part of a speaker system.
US10979237B2	Managing notifications related to collaboratively edited electronic documents based on user roles A computer system tracks and analyzes activity data, notifications, and user interactions with activity data and notifications. By analyzing this information, the computer system can identify, for individual users and across a set of users, which activity data and notifications are most relevant. Such activity data and notifications are most relevant when they result in the end user having further user interaction through the electronic document. The information about the relevance of the activity data and notifications can be used for managing sending of notifications and presenting activity data in end user applications.

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