US10499133B1
An earphone provided with a charging and/or data wire, having an earphone portion and a wire portion; one end of the earphone portion is fixedly provided with a wire socket; the wire portion has a wire for charging and/or data transmission; one end of the wire is fixedly provided with an earphone plug that matches with the wire socket and is connectable thereto; another end of the wire is fixedly provided with a wire plug.
US10498549B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program product for creating an externally shared communication channel in a group-based communication platform are described herein. The group-based communication platform may have a plurality of database shards. A computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a first client device associated with an initiator group identification, a shared communication channel generation query associated with the initiator group identification and a target group identification; generating, in the group-based communication platform, a shared communication channel shard; transmitting, to a second client device associated with the target group identification, a shared communication channel acceptance request; receiving a shared communication channel acceptance notification; updating, in a main database, a shard referential table based on the initiator group identification, the target group identification, and the shared communication channel identification; and transmitting a shared communication channel interface of the shared communication channel based on the shared communication channel shard.
US10494358B2
A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each X independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or non-crosslinking, R1 represents a single bond or a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, the group may have an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a double bond, a hetero atom, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each R2 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyl group, in which at least one R2 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each m is independently an integer of 1 to 6, each p is independently 0 or 1, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.
US10499350B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.
US10499304B1
This document describes mobility management of edge computing resources in fifth generation new radio (5G NR) wireless networks. The techniques described enable authorizing user devices to access edge compute servers that execute applications for the user device. The techniques described also enable the migration of applications of user devices between edge compute servers based on mobility changes of user devices in a wireless network, such as handovers of a user device between base stations in the wireless network.
US10499081B1
Training a video decoder system comprising, generating at least two sets of video encoding parameters wherein the at least two sets of video encoding parameters are valid, masking a set of the at least two sets of encoding parameters with invalid values to generate an invalid set of video encoding parameters, providing a set of the at least two sets of video encoding parameters to a neural network, training the neural network to predict valid video encoding parameter values for the invalid set using an iterative training algorithm, determining which encoding parameters need to be encoded based on analysis of a prediction error of the trained recurrent neural network, dropping the encoding parameters from the encoded data which are determined to be accurately predicted by the trained recurrent neural network, encoding a new video stream without the dropped encoding parameters. A coder and decoder system with neural network is also disclosed.
US10497657B1
A semiconductor package device is provided that includes a first circuit layer having a first conductive layer and a first stud bump and a second circuit layer having a second conductive layer and a second stud bump. The first stud bump has a first portion and a second portion, and the second portion of the first stud bump is electrically connected to the second conductive layer. The second stud bump has a first portion and a second portion, and the second portion of the second stud bump is electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The first stud bump partially overlaps the second stud bump in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first circuit layer.
US10497432B1
A memory array includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell, each including a data storage element, a first access transistor coupled to the data storage element, and a second access transistor coupled to the data storage element. The memory array further includes two word lines configured to selectively enable access to the data storage element of the first memory cell through the two access transistors of the first memory cell respectively, two bit lines coupled to the two access transistors of the first memory cell respectively, two another word lines configured to selectively enable access to the data storage element of the second memory cell through the two access transistors of the second memory cell respectively, a third bit line coupled to the first access transistor of the second memory cell, and a first sense amplifier coupled to the first bit line and the third bit line.
US10496740B1
Examples discussed herein relate to creating and handling lambdas in spreadsheet application, e.g., Microsoft Excel®. As discussed herein, lambdas are user defined functions (UDFs) that are natively creatable and maintainable through the use of a lambda registry in the spreadsheet application. In an implementation, a method of handling lambdas in a spreadsheet application is disclosed. The method includes detecting that a cell of a spreadsheet is populated with an expression that defines a lambda function and registering the lambda function with a lambda registry corresponding to the spreadsheet. The registration includes recording a home cell that identifies a location of the cell of the spreadsheet where the lambda function is defined. The method further includes replacing the expression that defines the lambda function with a reference to the registered lambda function.
US10496600B2
Systems, components, devices, and methods for generating suggestions for content files are provided. A non-limiting example is a method for generating suggestions for arranging content. The method includes the step of receiving a content file from a client, the content file including a content region and a content element. The method also includes the step of analyzing the content file to select a blueprint for the content region. The method further includes the step of generating a suggestion for arranging the content region based on the selected blueprint. Additionally, the method includes the step of transmitting the suggestion to the client.
US10496074B2
An information processing device displays an NC machining program and a physical state of a machine tool that is operated based on the NC machining program. The information processing device acquires, during execution of a block in a machining block, data indicative of the physical state of the machine tool, associates the block that was being executed with the acquired data and stores the block and the data that have been associated. In addition, the information processing device refers to the database and draw the block using a color according to an intensity of the data, and displays the NC machining program.
US10495561B2
Particles such as blood cells can be categorized and counted by a digital image processor. A digital microscope camera can be directed into a flowcell defining a symmetrically narrowing flowpath in which the sample stream flows in a ribbon flattened by flow and viscosity parameters between layers of sheath fluid. A contrast pattern for autofocusing is provided on the flowcell, for example at an edge of a rear illumination opening. The image processor assesses focus accuracy from pixel data contrast. A positioning motor moves the microscope and/or flowcell along the optical axis for autofocusing on the contrast pattern target. The processor then displaces microscope and flowcell by a known distance between the contrast pattern and the sample stream, thus focusing on the sample stream. Blood cell images are collected from that position until autofocus is reinitiated, periodically, by input signal, or when detecting temperature changes or focus inaccuracy in the image data.
US10494487B2
Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing: a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A) containing a specific polycarbonate block (A-1) and a specific polyorganosiloxane block (A-2); and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the copolymer (A), the polycarbonate-based resin composition having a structure in which a domain (d-1) containing the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) is present in a matrix containing the resin (B) as a main component, and a domain (d-2) containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) and the polycarbonate block (A-1) is present inside the domain (d-1).
US10494377B1
A compound having the formula (I): is disclosed. A method of preparing the compound of formula (I) is also disclosed.
US10493475B1
Provided is a pump-type airtight liquid container, and more particularly, to a pump-type airtight liquid container having an improved, simplified structure that provides higher airtightness and effectively allows total discharge of liquid content therefrom.
US10499447B2
A method of configuring downlink timings and transmitting a random access response message is provided for a random access procedure in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting carrier aggregation. The method for adjusting timing of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation of at least one carrier includes transmitting a Random Access Preamble to a base station, and receiving a Random Access Response with a Timing Advance Command (TAC) for commanding uplink timing adjustment from the base station, wherein the Random Access Response comprises information indicating a Timing Advance Group (TAG) to which the TAC is applied.
US10499174B1
A method provides binaural sound to a person through electronic earphones. The binaural sound localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is away from but proximate to the person. When an event occurs, the binaural sound switches or changes to stereo sound, to mono sound, or to altered binaural sound.
US10499170B2
An audio processing device has an information extractor that extracts identification information from a first audio signal in a first frequency band that includes an audio component of a sound for reproduction and an audio component including the identification information of the sound for reproduction and a signal processor that generates a second audio signal that includes the identification information extracted by the information extractor and that is in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, with a sound represented by the second audio signal being emitted from a sound emission device.
US10498412B2
A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US10497587B1
A method for manipulating ions contained in an encapsulation material for a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes processing the encapsulation material and applying an electric field to the encapsulation material before the encapsulation material is finally cured. The ions contained in the encapsulation material have a mobility that decreases as the encapsulation material cures. By applying the electric field to the encapsulation material before the encapsulation material is finally cured, the amount of ions contained in the encapsulation material is reduced and/or the ions contained are concentrated in one or more regions of the encapsulation material. Corresponding apparatuses and semiconductor packages manufactured by the method are also described.
US10496807B2
An authentication device includes: a wearing position determination unit that determines a wearing position, the wearing position being a position at which a wearable article comprising a sensor is being worn on a body; and an authentication unit that performs authentication by using biometric information of the body, the biometric information being detected by the sensor at the wearing position.
US10496009B2
A toner container includes a container body, an opening, a cover, a toner discharge port, a shutter, a cylindrical structure, protrusions, and an identifier. The shutter is attached to the cover and includes a main shutter covering the toner discharge port. The main shutter moves between a closed position to close the toner discharge port and an open position to open the toner discharge port. The protrusions are on both sides of the cover and protrude in a direction orthogonal to a toner container mounting direction. The identifier is on the cover to indicate a toner color. The cylindrical structure's leading end is downstream of leading ends of the protrusions in the mounting direction. The main shutter's leading end is downstream of the protrusions' leading ends in the mounting direction when the main shutter is in the closed position. The protrusions are downstream of the identifier in the mounting direction.
US10494663B1
Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) are disclosed. A processing region includes one or more surfaces (e.g., particle surfaces) modified with ligands that retain polynucleotides under a first set of conditions (e.g., temperature and pH) and release the polynucleotides under a second set of conditions (e.g., higher temperature and/or more basic pH). The processing region can be used to, for example, concentrate polynucleotides of a sample and/or separate inhibitors of amplification reactions from the polynucleotides. Microfluidic devices with a processing region are disclosed.
US10494478B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing a polycarbonate by removing a solvent from a polycarbonate polymerization solution without impairing the physical properties of the polycarbonate.
US10493566B2
Quality judgment on a laser beam intensity distribution is performed by taking an observation condition of the laser beam into consideration. A machine learning device includes: a state observing means that acquires data indicating an intensity distribution of a laser beam and data indicating a condition for observing the laser beam, performed to generate the data indicating the intensity distribution as input data; a label acquisition means that acquires an evaluation value related to judgment of the quality of the laser beam as a label; and a learning means that performs supervised learning using a pair of the input data acquired by the state observing means and the label acquired by the label acquisition means as training data to construct a learning model for judging the quality of the laser beam.
US10492773B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices which lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstruction of dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue retraction device which moves from a constrained to relaxed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.
US10492625B1
A beverage container serving apparatus for beverage containers may include a floor and at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the floor and including a curved base segment and a pair of parallel arms extending from the curved base segment. The beverage container serving apparatus may further include an inner wall extending upwardly from the floor between the pair of parallel arms defining a container channel having a container inlet into which beverage containers are input and a container outlet from which the beverage containers are served. A movable gate may be adjacent one of the container inlet and container outlet and configured to maintain a given beverage container within the container channel.
US10492542B1
The present invention describes articles, such as smoking articles, that can provide an inhalable substance in a form suitable for inhalation by a consumer. The article comprises a cartridge with an inhalable substance medium therein, control housing that includes an electrical energy source and an electrical power source, and a heating member that may be located in either the cartridge or the control housing. The control housing further may include puff-actuated current actuation components and current regulation components.
US10498494B2
According to the present disclosure, CSI and/or a plurality of ACKs related to a group of DL data transmissions may be buffered at the UE as a GACK until a DCI trigger is received from the eNB. Once the trigger is received, the UE may transmit the CSI and/or GACK to the eNB. In this way HARQ feedback and/or CSI may be reliably communicated while reducing payload. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus send, to a UE, data transmissions associated with a first plurality of downlink subframes. In an aspect, the apparatus increments a counter for each data transmission sent to the UE. In a further aspect, the apparatus transmits, to the UE, a first trigger for a first GACK when a counter is greater than or equal to a threshold.
US10498445B1
A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.
US10498394B2
A system and methods for managing a transformer area in an electrical distribution grid having at least one substation transformer and one service transformer are presented. At least one Remote Hub governed by a policy may be provided, which collects data about the transformer area. The Remote Hub may also execute a discovery procedure to inventory Remotes in the transformer area. The Remote Hub may use the collected data to detect events, such as exceptional conditions, configuration changes, or derived results, within the transformer area. Based on the collected data, the Remote Hub is able to transmit data about the transformer area via a Substation-to-Edge channel. A method and system for forming and establishing boundaries of Transformer Area Networks is also presented. Discovery procedures may be used to form Transformer Area Networks out of Remote Hubs and Remotes powered by the same phase of the service transformer.
US10497566B1
A circuit structure comprises a plurality of first conducting lines extending in a first direction, the first conducting lines having a first pitch in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of linking lines extending in the second direction, the linking lines having a second pitch in the first direction, the second pitch being greater than the first pitch; and a plurality of connection structures connecting respective first conducting lines for current flow to respective linking lines, the connection structures each including a plurality of segments extending in the first direction, segments in the plurality of segments having a transition pitch in the second direction relative to adjacent segments in the plurality of segments greater than or equal to the first pitch, and less than the second pitch.
US10496455B1
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for enabling synchronous editable signals in process modeling. One example method includes receiving, at a receiver component, a message from a sending component as part of execution of an integration scenario with an external system. The receiver component is an originator that is configured to send event data to at least one registered listener task that has been bound to the receiver. Each registered listener is provided with the event data upon execution and is enabled to enhance the received event data. The receiver component waits to receive a completion notification from each registered listener and generates an acknowledgement to be sent to the sending component, using the event data enhanced by the at least one registered listener. The generated acknowledgment is sent to the sending component.
US10496391B2
In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment comprises a plurality of host machines, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines, wherein the VFS is configured to detect a failure of one of the FSVMs on a first one of the host machines, wherein the first host machine is located within a first block of host machines. The VFS may then identify a failover path to a second FSVM. For each storage resource associated with the first FSVM, the VFS may migrate the storage resource to the second FSVM.
US10496390B2
Particular embodiments provide a plurality of host machines, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, and a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks. A distributed health monitoring service (HMS) may be running on each of the host machines running a FSVM. The HMS may monitor the FSVMs to determine whether any of the FSVMs has failed or is having problems. The HMS may detect that a plurality of the FSVMs have failed, wherein the failed FSVMs form a portion of the FSVMs comprising the VFS. For each of the failed FSVMs, the HMS may reassign an IP address corresponding to the failed FSVM to a live one of the FSVMs.
US10496077B2
A numerical controller generates a machine configuration table in which function modules to be enabled are set based on an option or a parameter, a memory management table for managing a memory usage, and a performance management table for managing a CPU use rate. The numerical controller determines selected numbers of the function modules, based on the machine configuration table, memory management table, and performance management table, generates a module selection table, and attaches and detaches the function modules according to the selected numbers of the function modules. In this way, resources are assigned to a plurality of function modules.
US10495739B1
A computer-implemented method of determining relative velocity between a vehicle and an object. The method includes receiving sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle. The one or more sensors are configured to sense an environment through which the vehicle is moving by following a scan pattern comprising component scan lines. The method also includes obtaining, based on the sensor data and by one or more processors, two or more point cloud frames representative of the environment and tracking, by the one or more processors, a point cloud object across the two or more point cloud frames. Additionally, the method includes determining, based on the tracking and by the one or more processors, a relative velocity of the point cloud object and correcting, by the one or more processors, the point cloud object based on the relative velocity of the point cloud object.
US10493968B2
A hydraulic pressure generating device includes a base body having a master cylinder configured to generate a brake hydraulic pressure and a slave cylinder configured to generate a brake hydraulic pressure. The base body is provided with a motor configured as a driving source for the slave cylinder and a control device configured to control the motor. A motor shaft of the motor, a cylinder axis of the master cylinder, and a cylinder axis of the slave cylinder are disposed in parallel with each other. Then a virtual plane including the cylinder axis of the master cylinder is set as a reference plane, a housing of the control device is disposed on one side of the reference plane and the motor is disposed on the other side of the reference plane.
US10493664B2
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer. In various embodiments, the method includes: (1) reducing recycled polymer material into polymer flakes; (2) cleansing the polymer flakes; (3) melting the flakes into a polymer melt; (4) removing water and contaminants from the polymer melt by dividing the polymer melt into a plurality of polymer streams and exposing those streams to pressures below 5 millibars; (5) recombining the streams; and (6) using the resulting purified polymer to produce bulked continuous carpet filament.
US10492879B2
Surgical robot system for stereotactic surgery and method for controlling stereotactic surgery robot
A surgical robot system for stereotactic surgery, according to the present disclosure, may include: a stereotactic surgery unit to move and rotate a surgical instrument; a controller to receive the first imaging data that represents a three-dimensional image of a surgical portion that includes a surgical target; one or more markers to be attached to, or disposed near, the surgical portion; an imaging unit to create the second imaging data that represents a three-dimensional external image of the surgical portion; and a tracking unit to track the positions and postures of the imaging unit and the markers. The controller may create the coordinate conversion relationships for converting a coordinate from the first coordinate system of the first imaging data into the fourth coordinate system of the stereotactic surgery unit and control the stereotactic surgery unit by using the coordinate conversion relationships above.
US10499303B2
An apparatus and method for providing handover support information in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for an Base Station (BS) to provide information necessary for measurement report trigger performance to a Mobile Station (MS) after the MS determines neighboring BSs in a mobile communication system includes, in a case where the MS is an active mode MS, providing a Time To Trigger (TTT) independently by a specific neighboring BS to the active mode MS and, in a case where the MS is an idle mode MS, providing a reselection time period (Treselection) independently by the specific neighboring BS to the idle mode MS.
US10496909B1
Systems and methods for utilizing one or more cameras at a mobile device to assist in the implementing anti-counterfeit measures for digital barcodes are disclosed. For example, the systems and methods use a mobile device's front camera to capture photographs (or images) at a certain frequency (e.g., capture a photograph every 0.20 seconds). The systems and methods then scan the captured photograph and retrieve relevant image data (for example, scan image vertically and utilize image data of every fourth pixel). The systems and methods compare certain properties of the retrieved image data with properties of one or more comparison light sources. When the systems and methods detect a match (for example, a match within certain threshold parameters), they identify a barcode among a set of barcodes and display the identified barcode at a display screen of the mobile device.
US10496813B2
In one example, an enclave pool is formed. The enclave pool may include a plurality of enclaves. Each enclave may have a private enclave key and a public enclave key. A shared enclave pool key may be generated from or otherwise based on the public enclave key of each enclave of the enclave pool. A first enclave may be allocated from the enclave pool to a first cryptlet. A payload of the first enclave is received. The payload of the first enclave may be signed with a first digital signature by the private enclave key of the first enclave. A payload of the second enclave may be received. The payload of the second enclave may be signed with a second digital signature by the private enclave key of the second enclave. The first digital signature and the second signature may be validated via the shared enclave pool key.
US10496536B2
In embodiments, an apparatus may include a CC, and a LLC coupled to the CC, the CC to reserve a defined portion of the LLC where data objects whose home location is in a NVM are given placement priority. In embodiments, the apparatus may be further coupled to at least one lower level cache and a second LLC, wherein the CC may further identify modified data objects in the at least one lower level cache whose home location is in a second NVM, and in response to the identification, cause the modified data objects to be written from the lower level cache to the second LLC, the second LLC located in a same socket as the second NVM.
US10495966B2
Provided is a mask blank in which uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of a phase-shift film in the in-plane direction and direction of film thickness is high, uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of the phase-shift film between a plurality of substrates is also high, and defectivity is low even if a silicon-based material is applied to the material that forms the phase-shift film.A mask blank is provided in which a phase-shift film is provided on a transparent substrate, the phase-shift film having a function to transmit ArF exposure light therethrough at a predetermined transmittance and generate a predetermined amount of phase shift in the ArF exposure light that is transmitted therethrough, wherein the phase-shift film comprises a structure in which a low transmission layer and a high transmission layer are laminated, the low transmission layer and the high transmission layer are formed from a material consisting of silicon and nitrogen or a material consisting of silicon, nitrogen and one or more elements selected from semi-metallic elements, non-metallic elements and noble gases, and the low transmission layer has a relatively low nitrogen content in comparison with the high transmission layer.
US10495573B1
An apparatus for measuring the optical absorption of airborne matter or other light absorbing species in a sample airflow. The apparatus comprises a flow path through a fibrous filter to collect light absorbing species in the sampled air. The filtered airflow may subsequently pass through a second filter, used for reference measurements. At least one light source impinges in the filter generating one or two optical signals to determine the light absorption of particulate matter or other species in the sampled airflow. The apparatus includes at least one auxiliary sensor in the sample flow path to monitor an environmental factor, such as temperature. During a training period, a mathematical model of the apparatus' environmental sensitivity is derived. Using the mathematical model and measurements from the auxiliary sensor, optical signals are compensated in real time to increase the precision and accuracy of light absorption measurements recorded under fluctuating environmental conditions.
US10493992B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to stopping a vehicle. For instance, a vehicle is controlled in an autonomous driving mode by generating first commands for acceleration control and sending the first commands to an acceleration and/or steering actuator of an acceleration system of the vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to accelerate. Acceleration and/or orientation of the vehicle is monitored while the vehicle is being operated in an autonomous driving mode. The monitored acceleration and/or orientation is compared with the first commands. An error with the acceleration and/or steering system is determined based on the comparison. When the error is determined, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode by generating second commands which do not require any acceleration and/or steering.
US10493955B1
An Internet of Vehicles system performing connection authentication through a public network and a connection method using the same are disclosed. A mobile device transmits an authentication code to a remote cloud server to complete an online identity authentication, searches a local vehicular computer through a Bluetooth connection after completion of the online identity authentication, exchanges information with the vehicular computer, authenticates the exchanged information, and establishes connection with the vehicular computer after completion of the authentication. For control over the vehicular computer of a vehicle through the mobile device, the online identity authentication must be completed before data exchange and established secure connection, thereby effectively enhancing effectiveness of connection security and lowering the risk of vehicle theft.
US10493663B2
A method for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, the method comprising: (1) reducing a chamber pressure within a chamber to below about 5 millibars; (2) after reducing the chamber pressure to below about 5 millibars, providing a polymer melt to the chamber; (3) separating the polymer melt into at least eight streams; (4) while the at least eight streams of the polymer melt are within the chamber, exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars; (5) after exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars, recombining the at least eight streams into a single polymer stream; and (6) forming polymer from the single polymer stream into bulked continuous carpet filament.
US10493662B2
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 5 millibars. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream and formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.
US10492931B1
There is disclosed a system and method for dispersing sterile water from a circulating high-purity water system to a processing field containing allograft tissue. One embodiment includes a fluid inlet that is fluidly coupled with and configured to receive sterile water from the water system. The dispersion system also includes at least first and second fluid outlets that are selectively operable to deliver respective first and second fluid streams into different areas of the processing field. At least one of the first and second fluid outlets may be associated with a regulator valve configured to provide an adjustable flowrate to conserve water pulled from the circulating water system to meet the needs of the application taking place within the processing field. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10492930B1
There is disclosed a system and method for dispersing sterile water from a circulating high-purity water system to a processing field containing allograft tissue. One embodiment includes a fluid inlet that is fluidly coupled with and configured to receive sterile water from the water system. The dispersion system also includes at least first and second fluid outlets that are selectively operable to deliver respective first and second fluid streams into different areas of the processing field. At least one of the first and second fluid outlets may be associated with a regulator valve configured to provide an adjustable flowrate to conserve water pulled from the circulating water system to meet the needs of the application taking place within the processing field. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10492903B1
The present invention relates to a prosthetic capsular bag and method for inserting the same. The prosthetic capsular bag helps to maintain the volume of the natural capsular bag, thereby stabilizing the effective lens position of an IOL so that refractive outcomes may be improved with cataract surgery. The prosthetic capsular bag further provides an integrated refractive surface, providing a means for experimentally determining an effective lens position prior to inserting an IOL.
US10492556B1
A head mounted device for a helmet includes a connection module, a flexible bracket, a power supply seat and a function module. While the flexible bracket is moved relative to the connection module, a position of the power supply seat relative to the helmet is adjusted. While the function module is moved relative to the power supply seat, an orientation of the function unit is adjusted.
US10492492B2
The present invention provides an agrochemical granule comprising: an oil-non-absorbing carrier; and a layer that coats the oil-non-absorbing carrier, wherein the layer comprises a synthetic pyrethroid compound, an organic solvent whose vapor pressure at 25° C. is equal to or lower than 1.0 Pa, an oil-absorbing carrier, a binding agent, a nonionic surfactant and a dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and having an excellent control efficacy against pest.
