US10780863B2
The invention relates to a cap (17) which is configured to be assembled with a terminal segment (9) of a windscreen wiper arm (5) which is configured to be connected to a windscreen wiper (3), said terminal segment (19having a longitudinal end (11) bearing a transverse pin (13) which is configured to define a pivot axis of the windscreen wiper (3), the cap (17) comprising: an upper part (171) which is configured to cover the terminal segment (9) of the windscreen wiper arm (5) in the assembled state of the cap (17) on said terminal segment (9), a lower part (173), and at least one fixing means (23) which is configured to cooperate with the transverse pin (13). According to the invention, the lower part (173) of the cap (17) comprises at least one support means (19) which is produced integrally with the cap (17) and which is configured to cooperate with the terminal segment (9) of the windscreen wiper arm (5) for the assembly of the cap (17) with the terminal segment (9).
US10780861B2
A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a path of a liquid droplet on a surface, and then, actuate one or more vehicle components based on the path.
US10780859B2
A passenger seat airbag includes a passenger side wall for catching a passenger, and a circumferential wall that extends forward from the passenger side wall in a converging fashion. The circumferential wall includes an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall and a right wall, and can be mounted on a housing by the front end. An inlet port for introducing inflation gas is disposed at a front end region of the lower side wall, at a position displaced to the right from the center in a left and right direction of the passenger side wall. In the front end region of the circumferential wall, with respect to a substantial circumferential length which permits free expansion, a left circumferential wall region disposed on the left of the inlet port and a right circumferential wall region disposed on the right of the inlet port have equal substantial circumferential lengths.
US10780858B2
An airbag device includes an airbag, an inflator and a retainer. The retainer includes a generally tubular holding section for holding the inflator therein and mounting means which protrudes out of the holding section in a direction generally perpendicular to an axis of the inflator to be mounted on a vehicle body member in order to mount the airbag and the inflator on the vehicle body member. The holding section includes an elastically deformable support region which has been elastically deformed and brought into abutment against an outer circumference of the inflator when the inflator was inserted into the holding section, and supports the inflator in the elastically deformed state at an inner side of the holding section, and a supporting projection which has higher rigidity than the elastically deformable support region and abuts against the outer circumference of the inflator at the inner side of the holding section.
US10780850B2
Supplemental power systems for aircraft are described. One example is a power conversion system for an electrical power system in a twin engine aircraft having a first generator and a second generator is described. The power conversion system includes a first branch, a second branch, and a selector. The first branch has a first input, a first power converter, and a first output configured for coupling to an aircraft electrical distribution system. The second branch includes a second input, a second power converter, and a second output configured for coupling to the aircraft electrical distribution system. The selector is coupled between the first branch and the second branch. The selector is configured to selectively connect the first generator to the first branch or to the first and second branches. The selector is also configured to selectively connect the second generator to the second branch or the first and second branches.
US10780837B2
A rack for carrying cargo on top of a vehicle is disclosed, comprising a pair of longitudinal support assemblies. Each support assembly is configured for mounting on a crossbar secured across the roof of a vehicle, and includes a stationary base and an extendable rail. Each rail is moveable between a first position in which the rail is substantially coextensive with the base, a second position in which the rail extends significantly beyond the end of the base, and a third position in which the rail pivots downward adjacent a side of the vehicle. Each rail also has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, with a loading arm pivotably connected to the distal end portion. The loading arm is moveable between a collapsed position parallel the rail and an extended loading position.
US10780836B1
A substantially panel system for a truck includes a middle portion, a clamping portion, a displacement portion, and a clamp. The middle portion has mounting features configured to rigidly receive accessories or accessory mounts. The clamping portion is disposed above the middle portion. The displacement portion is disposed between the middle portion and the clamping portion and defines a lateral offset of the middle portion from the clamping portion. The clamp pulls the clamping portion toward a lip of a bed rail of a sidewall of a truck bed, thereby coupling the panel system to the sidewall of the truck bed, without the middle or displacement portions laterally extending farther toward the lip of the bed rail than the clamping portion.
US10780835B2
An integral hook arrangement for hanging accessories in a vehicle interior, has at least one hook element and an integral hook base. The integral hook base is designed as a single piece with the or each hook element and is connected pivotably via at least one live hinge such that the or each hook element can pivot from a folded-in stowed position into a folded-out operating position with an opening angle. The integral hook arrangement here has a stop element, wherein a removable abutment and/or engagement is or can be formed between the integral hook base and the or each hook element in order to limit the opening angle in the folded-out operating position.
US10780832B2
A shelving system for a motor vehicle has at least one shelf, which includes a base unit with a base element supported in a base position allocated to the base element on a support element and is mounted on a pivoting axis. The base element can be shifted around the axis out of the base position allocated to it into an access position allocated to the base element, in which the base element is raised by the at least one support element. A further base element is supported in a base position allocated to the further base element on the support element and is mounted on a further pivoting axis arranged on the side of the support element opposite the first pivoting axis. The further base element can be shifted into an access position, in which the further base element is raised by the support element.
US10780831B2
Mounted retractable catwalk for trucks, utility, construction, and industrial vehicles and equipment
A catwalk includes a mounting frame or other connection to a side of a vehicle/equipment, a floor, and at least one railing/railing-portion; an actuator system to move the catwalk enclosure between retracted and deployed positions; and a guide arm for guiding/controlling pivoting of the at least one railing/railing-portion relative to the floor. The actuator system and guide arm are preferably substantially or entirely outside of the catwalk walkway space, for easy movement along the walkway, easy access to the walkway at one or both ends, and obstacle/barrier-free passage from one catwalk to another on the same vehicle/equipment. The actuator system prevents the catwalk from collapsing/retracting when a person is on the catwalk, for example, by the lift capacity of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder being controlled/tuned so that the cylinder does not have the capacity/capability to lift and retract the catwalk when the catwalk is occupied.
US10780827B2
A method for stitching images captured by multiple vehicular cameras includes disposing a plurality of cameras at the vehicle so as to have respective fields of view exterior the vehicle. Image data captured by first and second cameras of the plurality of cameras is processed to detect an object present in an overlapping portion of the fields of view of the first and second cameras. Image data captured by the first and second cameras is stitched, via processing provided captured image data, to form stitched images. Stitching of captured image data is adjusted responsive to determination of a difference between a characteristic of a feature of a detected object as captured by the first camera and the characteristic of the feature of the detected object as captured by the second camera in order to mitigate misalignment of stitched images.
US10780814B2
Described and shown is a method for delivery and/or collection of at least one mailing. In order to reduce the associated cost and effort a vehicle (1) is drives to at least one receptacle (3) through public traffic at least in part and the at least one mailing to be delivered is taken from the vehicle (1) and placed into the receptacle (3) by a transfer device attached to the vehicle (1) and/or the at least one mailing to be collected is brought from the receptacle (3) to the vehicle (1) by the transfer device attached to the vehicle (1).
US10780811B1
An absorbing device is configured to fit into standard vehicle cup holders. These configurations may include an absorbing body with a breakable connection disposed in the absorbing body. The breakable connection may circumscribe a removeable area of the absorbing body that is small than the absorbing body in its entirety. In one implementation, the breakable connection permits the area to remove from the absorbing body while leaving the absorbing body intact.
US10780804B1
A vehicle seat that can include a seat cushion and a concealing lid. The seat cushion can include a lower foam portion, an upper foam portion, and a buckle hole that extends through each of the lower foam portion and the upper foam portion. The concealing lid can be movably connected to the seat cushion to selectively close and open at least a portion of the buckle hole. The concealing lid can span at least a portion of the buckle hole when the concealing lid is in the closed position. The concealing lid can include an end portion that extends into a gap between the upper foam portion and the lower foam portion when the concealing lid is in the closed position. The end portion of the concealing lid can be spaced away from lower foam portion when the concealing lid is in the opened position.
US10780802B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle seating assembly including a seat back and a seat base. A bracket couples the seat base to the seat back, wherein the bracket defines an opening. A fastener retains the bracket to the seat base via the opening. A deformable spacer is positioned about the fastener and within the opening. The deformable spacer is configured to deform in response to a pre-determined force.
US10780800B2
A seat base, for a child safety seat, adapted to be secured with a safety belt of a vehicle, includes a base member configured to be placed on a seat of the vehicle, and a positioning element rigidly attached to the base member. The positioning element extends vertically from the base member. The positioning element an engaging member adapted to engage with the safety belt. The engaging member is coupled to the positioning element above the upper surface of the base member at a distance, and the engaging member is kept by the positioning element at the distance from the base member. A child safety seat including such a seat base is also provided.
US10780782B2
A vehicle information display system includes: a master-side instrument including a first power transmission coil, a first signal transmission coil, and a first case; and a meter instrument including a display unit, a second power transmission coil, a second signal transmission coil, and a second case. The master-side instrument and the meter instrument have a positional relation such that in a state in which a fitting recessed part of the first case and the second case are fitted to each other, the first power transmission coil is opposed to the second power transmission coil, and the first signal transmission coil is opposed to the second signal transmission coil.
US10780780B2
In an aspect, a self-balancing two-wheeled vehicle is provided, having a body, and first and second wheels rotatably coupled to the body. The second wheel has at least one lateral roller rotatable about an axis that is one of oblique and orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second wheel. At least one motor is coupled to the second wheel to control rotation of the second wheel and the at least one lateral roller. At least one sensor is coupled to the body to generate orientation data therefor. A control module is coupled to the at least one motor to control operation thereof at least partially based on the orientation data generated by the at least one sensor.
US10780779B2
A behavior control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle comprising a driving unit, front and rear wheel driving torque transmission paths that transmit driving torques of the driving unit to front and rear wheels, respectively, and control unit. The rear wheel driving torque transmission path includes a speed increasing device for increasing speed of the rear wheels relative to the front wheels and two clutches for the left rear w heel and right rear wheel disposed between the speed, increasing device and the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel, respectively. The control unit engages the clutch on the turning inside when the vehicle is in oversteer state during turning under braking in a situation where the two clutches are disengaged.
US10780778B1
Systems and methods for balancing levels of liquid fuel among multiple vehicle-mounted fuel tanks utilize at least one control valve that is configured to admit pressurized gas into a first fuel tank while a second fuel tank is ventilated, responsive to detection of a difference of liquid fuel levels within the first and second fuel tanks. Admission of pressurized gas into one fuel tank and ventilation of another fuel tank creates a pressure imbalance that causes liquid fuel to flow through a balancing line connecting the fuel tanks. Balancing may be performed in a bidirectional manner.
US10780773B2
A driveline comprising an electrical machine, a chain drive, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a range selector, a differential, and an axle assembly, wherein the electrical machine is constructed and arranged to selectively transmit power to the differential through the chain drive, the first planetary gear set, the range selector, and the second planetary gear set or to selectively receive power through the chain drive, the first planetary gear set, the range selector, the second planetary gear set, and the differential, and wherein the range selector is configured to selectively shift the driveline into a high range, a low range, and a neutral mode.
US10780772B2
A locomotive propulsion system includes an engine assisting apparatus and an engine control unit that monitors an output parameter of a locomotive engine. The control unit determines whether the engine output decreases sufficiently low to at least partially de-fuel the engine and to activate an assisting apparatus. This assisting apparatus rotates a shaft of the engine with or without the engine also rotating the shaft. Rotation of the shaft by the assisting apparatus can be used to power traction motors or other loads of the locomotive while reducing fuel consumption and/or emission generation by the engine.
US10780770B2
A hybrid vehicle may be a series hybrid or a parallel hybrid vehicle. One embodiment of a parallel hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine, a front drive coupled to the transmission through a prop shaft, a rear drive coupled to the transmission, a traction motor drivingly coupled to the prop shaft, and a battery to operate the traction motor.
US10780764B2
An on-board fluid machine includes a housing configured to allow fluid to flow into the housing, an electric motor accommodated in the housing, and a driver that is supplied with DC power and drives the electric motor. The driver includes a low-pass filter circuit and an inverter circuit. The low-pass filter circuit includes a common mode choke coil and a capacitor. The driver further includes a damping unit located at a position where magnetic field lines produced by the common mode choke coil generate eddy current.
US10780762B2
An electrical heating device (1) includes a housing (2, 102) having a fluid inlet (3) for the intake of a fluid to be heated into the housing (2, 102) and having a fluid outlet (4) for the discharge of the fluid from the housing (2, 102). A flow channel (5) for the fluid is formed between the fluid inlet (3) and fluid outlet (4), and at least one heating instrument (6, 105, 205) extends into the flow channel (5) in the housing (2, 102). This heating instrument has a sleeve (7, 207) that surrounds an interior of the heating instrument (6, 105, 205) in a fluid-tight way. At least one heating element (8, 208) is arranged in the sleeve (7, 207), and at least one sensor element (9, 109, 209) is arranged in the sleeve (7, 207) for monitoring the temperature of the at least one heating element (8, 208).
US10780761B2
An inside-outside air switching unit includes a switching member in an inside-outside air case and a drive unit that is configured to operate the switching member. The switching member is configured to open and close an outside-air inlet and an inside-air inlet. The switching member includes a first switching door and the second switching door. The first switching door is configured to be positioned by the drive unit to open the outside-air inlet in the inside-outside air intake mode. The second switching door is configured to be positioned by the drive unit to open the inside-air inlet in the inside-outside air intake mode. The drive unit is configured to move the first switching door to close an inside-outside communication passage, which is defined in the inside-outside case between the outside-air inlet and the inside-air inlet, in the inside-outside air intake mode.
US10780760B2
A cabin pressure relief system for a motor vehicle includes a pressure relief valve and a control module. The control module is configured to open the pressure relief valve when an access door of the motor vehicle is opened and close the pressure relief valve in response to a specific event.
US10780758B2
A device for damping vibrations may comprise a hollow damper tube, a piston rod with a piston fastened thereto, at least one spring plate, and at least one securing element. The piston may be disposed within the damper tube, and the spring plate may be disposed outside the damper tube. To achieve a reliable connection between the spring plate and the damper tube in a cost-effective manner, the spring plate may be connected to the damper tube in both a force-fitting manner and a form-fitting manner. The present disclosure further concerns motor vehicles that employ such devices, as well as methods for fastening spring plates to damper tubes.
US10780753B2
In order for a trailer hitch, comprising a pivot bearing unit mountable on a rear end portion of a vehicle body, in fixed relation to the vehicle, and a pivot element supported on the pivot bearing unit for pivotal movement about at least one pivot axis, said pivot element having fixedly connected thereto a ball neck carrying a hitch ball, said ball neck being pivotable, by pivoting the pivot element about the at least one pivot axis relative to the pivot bearing unit, between two final positions, one of which is an operating position and another one of which is a rest position, to be improved such that the location of the pivot element can be detected as simply and unambiguously as possible, it is proposed that a sensor system be provided for detecting at least one location of the pivot element relative to the pivot bearing unit with respect to the at least one pivot axis, which sensor system detects the locations of the pivot element relative to the pivot bearing unit mounted in fixed relation to the vehicle and generates position information representative of the respective location of the pivot element.
US10780752B1
A vehicle control system includes an imager mounted with and directed to a rear of the vehicle and outputting image data, a vehicle speed sensor mounted with the vehicle and outputting vehicle speed data, and an image processor receiving the image data and the vehicle speed data. The image processor is programmed to monitor a signal from the vehicle speed sensor and, when the signal from the vehicle speed sensor indicates a vehicle speed above a predetermined minimum speed, execute a feature extraction function to locate a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle in the image data.
US10780751B2
A hitch system is described for coupling an object to a vehicle hitch. The hitch system can have a connector adapted to connect to a vehicle hitch having a connector channel that passes through the connector and has an internal threaded section; a lock rod having, a first section wherein at least a portion of the first section is threaded wherein the internal threaded section of the connector are adapted to receive the threads of the first section of the lock rod and a second section; and a locking member having a first locking member channel having an inside diameter and an outside diameter wherein the inside diameter of the locking member channel is smaller than the diameter of the second section and a lock to move between a locked position and an opened position wherein the second section of the lock rod is secured to the locking member when the second section is disposed within the locking member channel and the lock is in the locked position and is removable when the lock is in the opened position.
US10780750B2
Method of determining the footprint of a tire on the ground, using devices already installed in standard production tires. Since the frequency of the transmitter clock present in a wheel unit is perturbed by mechanical vibrations when the tire contacts the ground, the frequency variations of the reference clock are representative of the value of the footprint. The method therefore includes determining the footprint on the ground of a tire of a wheel by measuring continuously, as a function of time, a signal representative of the variations in frequency of the reference clock supplied at the output of the time control device; determining a time interval during which the frequency variations of the reference clock occur; and, on the basis of the rotation speed of the tire, deducing therefrom an angular range of contact (Θ) corresponding to the footprint between the ends representing the ground contact length of the tire.
US10780747B2
Provided is a tire structure capable of being combined with a rim, and the tire structure includes an air tube, a core provided on the air tube, and a tire outer layer provided on the core, and the core includes a body part positioned above a transverse diameter of the air tube and a wing part positioned under the transverse diameter of the air tube, and a lower end of the wing part is placed under an upper surface of the rim.
US10780746B2
A pneumatic tire is provided that can achieve performance that is equivalent to or higher than that of known tires while allowing weight reduction of bead cores by using, for the bead cores, a composite cord. A pneumatic tire includes annular bead cores (5) embedded in bead portions (3), and a carcass layer (4) locked on the bead cores (5). Each of the bead cores (5) includes a cable bead structure in which a composite cord (10) is spirally wound around an annular core body (20), the composite cord including a core wire (11) formed of carbon fibers and a plurality of siding wires (12) formed of glass fibers disposed around the core wire (11).
US10780735B2
A hub unit that is to be installed on a vehicle is provided with: an outer ring having, on the inner circumferential surface, a first outer raceway surface and a second outer raceway surface that is disposed to the outside of the first outer raceway surface in the vehicle width direction when the hub unit is installed on the vehicle; an inner shaft that is disposed on the inside of the outer ring concentrically with the outer ring and on which a wheel is installed on the outer end in the vehicle width direction; and an inner ring that is press-fitted to the inner shaft on the inner end in the vehicle width direction.
US10780732B1
An interlocked sectioned art subsurface may include a plurality of removably interlocking panels making up the subsurface; a channel extending into an outer perimeter of the subsurface; and a security band, such as a tension spring, positioned within the channel and encircling the perimeter of the subsurface, the security band sized and positioned to secure the panels together. The plurality of panels may include a pair of exterior panels and, optionally, at least one interior panel, wherein the panels removably engage with one another via a tongue and groove system.
US10780729B2
An individual certificate medium includes an optical security patch in which a relief layer and a metal layer include a first area and a second area. The first area includes an altered region and a portion of the relief layer overlapping with the altered region as viewed in the thickness direction of a recording layer. The second area includes a non-altered region and another portion of the relief layer overlapping with the non-altered region as viewed in the thickness direction. As viewed in the thickness direction, the first area transmits light incident thereon, while the second area absorbs light incident thereon to hide a recording region. In a direction intersecting the thickness direction, the first and second areas cause light incident on the optical security patch to emerge as diffracted light.
US10780726B2
A micro-optic device, including: a transparent substrate; first lens elements on a first side of the substrate that reveal first image elements on a second side of the substrate; and second lens elements on the second side of the substrate that reveal second image elements on the first side of the substrate.
US10780725B2
An end paper arrangement and method for forming the front and back end paper of a book wherein the end paper arrangement comprises an inner sheet and outer sheet which are fastened on one side against each other over at least one area so that an unfastened area remains between the fastened areas. The unfastened area forms a tunnel for the spine of the book. On that side of the inner sheet which is opposite to the fastened side there is an adhesive surface on both edge parts, and there is an adhesive-free area between the adhesive surfaces. On the side of the outer sheet which is opposite to the fastened side, there is an adhesive surface on both edge parts, and there is an adhesive-free area between the adhesive surfaces. The method performs the assembly set forth in the arrangement.
US10780716B1
An aqueous ink printer includes a moisture applicator that applies moisture to a side of a substrate that is opposite a side that bears or will bear an ink image. The moisture applicator includes a switching network that is configured to independently and selectively bias the tile segments electrically. The tile segments contiguously cover a surface of the roller. As the switching network is operated to electrically bias the tile segments using data corresponding to the ink image, they transition from being hydrophobic to hydrophilic so the electrically-biased hydrophilic tile segments attract moisture from water in a trough or from water vapor produced by an ultrasonic transducer in the trough. The moisture is carried by the electrically-biased tile segments to the substrate at areas where the amount of ink in a portion of the substrate on the other side of the substrate exceeds a predetermined ink coverage threshold.
US10780712B2
A drawing apparatus includes a drawing head drawing a pattern on the surface of a target nail of a hand or foot; and a processor. The processor controls the drawing head to scan a plurality of times across an area on the surface of the nail and to draw the pattern on the area during each of the plurality of scanning operations of the drawing head based on a curvature of the nail.
US10780709B2
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first heating unit, a second heating unit, and a print controller. The first heating unit includes a first heat source that generates heat with alternating current power. The second heating unit includes a second heat source that generates heat with direct current power. The print controller is configured to control printing using either the first heating unit or the second heating unit.
US10780702B2
A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle forming portion in which a nozzle that ejects a liquid to a medium is formed, a shutter that has an opening portion exposing the nozzle and that is movable between a cover position in which a recessed portion including the nozzle is covered and an exposure position in which the nozzle is exposed, and a first communication portion that communicates with an inside of the recessed portion and that is capable of supplying a fluid into the recessed portion.
US10780695B2
Printheads and printers are described herein. In one example, a printhead includes a number of drop generators disposed in a first array and a second array. The drop generators in both the first array and the second array are spaced one dot pitch apart perpendicular to the motion of a print medium, and alternate between a high drop weight (HDW) drop generator and a low drop weight (LDW) drop generator. Each drop generator in the first array is in a line of the motion of the print medium with a corresponding drop generator in the second array, wherein each HDW drop generator in the first array is in line with an LDW drop generator in the second array, and each LDW drop generator in the first array is in line with an HDW drop generator in the second array.
US10780692B2
A droplet discharging apparatus includes: a droplet discharger including a pressure chamber, an actuator and a nozzle provided corresponding to the pressure chamber, and a discharge flow path coupled to the pressure chamber, the droplet discharger performing a recording process by discharging liquid in the pressure chamber from the nozzle in the form of droplets; and a return flow path coupled to the discharge flow path and forming a circulation path. The droplet discharging apparatus performs as a maintenance operation for the droplet discharger, a first discharge operation of causing the liquid in the pressure chamber to be discharged toward the return flow path via the discharge flow path when no droplets are discharged from the nozzle during the recording process.
US10780688B2
Described are fabrication methods of highly wrinkled metal thin films for applications in electronics such as wearable devices, strain sensors, and capacitive sensors.
US10780686B2
An impregnator for impregnating a fabric layer comprising: a chamber, the chamber being structured and arranged so as to retain a binding composition in a fluid state; a first opening being structured and arranged so as to allow the fabric layer entering the chamber in a dry state from a top portion of the chamber to be dived into the binding composition; and a second opening extending along the longitudinal axis of a bottom portion of the chamber, the second opening being structured and arranged to allow the fabric layer to exit from the bottom portion of the chamber in an impregnated state, the second opening comprising a first lip structured and arranged to be in contact with a first surface of the fabric layer and a second lip structured and arranged to be in contact with a second surface of the fabric layer.
US10780685B2
A hard coat laminated film according to at least one embodiment has, from the surface layer side, a first hard coat and a transparent resin film layer. The first hard coat is formed from a coating material including: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; and (B) 1-100 parts by mass of an N-substituted (meth)acrylamide compound. The transparent resin film has a first hard coat forming surface which is a poly(meth)acrylic imide resin. A hard coat laminated film according to another embodiment has, from the surface layer side, a second hard coat, the first hard coat and the transparent resin film layer. The second hard coat is formed from a coating material which includes: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; (E) 0.01-7 parts by mass of a water repelling agent; and (F) 0.01-10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent; without inorganic particles.
US10780670B2
The present invention pertains to a carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic laminated body that is low cost and superior in moldability, mechanical characteristic balance, and impact resistance. The laminated body has three or more layers, and has the following (B) layer between two layers of a fiber reinforced resin sheet, (B) layer: A resin sheet in which the displacement, in an S-S curve waveform obtained by the following high-speed punching test, from a peak value of the test force (kN) to an 85%—attenuation value is not less than 22 mm. High-speed punching test: Impact absorption energy is calculated by using an impact testing machine in compliance with ISO6603-2 standard. A 100 mm×100 mm test piece is cut out from a sheet having a thickness of 2 mm. The diameter of a striker is 12 mm. the diameter of an opening section of a holding tool is 76 mm, and the impact speed is set to 5 m/sec.
US10780667B2
The present invention describes a method and a machine for the formation of a capsule (100) for producing beverages in which the capsule (100) comprises a pleated capsule body (101) and a reinforcing element (102). The method comprises the following steps: a step of forming the pleated capsule body (101) of the capsule (100) in a first station (110); a step of supplying the reinforcing element (102) in a second station (111) different from the first station (110); a step of transporting the pleated capsule body (101) from the first station (110) to the second station (111); a step of insertion in the second station of the pleated capsule body (101) in the reinforcing element (102); a step of coupling between the pleated capsule body (101) and the reinforcing element (102) in the second station (111).
US10780666B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a versatile storage bag and methods of making same. The versatile storage bag may have first and second sidewalls, a double-locking closure mechanism with a first closure element extending along the first sidewall and a second closure element extending along the second sidewall, each closure element having a channel and an elongated member configured for interlocking with one another. A double-seal along three sides of the first sidewall and the second sidewall form a gusset between two seals, leaving an opening through the double-locking closure mechanism. Corner seals may be formed at the corners of the first and second sidewalls, further reinforcing the double-locking closure mechanism for an airtight and hence waterproof seal. The versatile storage bag may be made of a food-grade polyethylene vinyl acetate blend, approximately 90% or less ethylene vinyl acetate and approximately 10% or less polyethylene.
US10780657B2
Methods of using and repairing seal caps as well as constructions comprising seal caps, including in some embodiments seal caps which may be useful in sealing fasteners that protrude into fuel storage cells in aircraft. In some embodiments, methods include the use of optically translucent seal cap and application of a second quantity of sealant to fill voids observed within the interior of the seal cap after cure of a first quantity of sealant.
US10780646B2
A friction pad (12) for inhibiting movement of a device (10), e.g., a portable electronic device, relative to an engagement surface (16) includes a pad body (18) having a first body surface (20) and an opposed second body surface (22). The first body surface (20) is configured to be coupled to an outer surface (14) of the portable electronic device (10), and the second body surface (22) is configured to engage the engagement surface (16). The pad body (18) is formed at least in part from a body material (18A) including high-density polyethylene. Additionally, the second body surface (22) of the pad body (18) has a static coefficient of friction of at least approximately 0.60.
US10780644B2
A method for joining two objects by anchoring an insert portion provided on a first object in an opening provided on a second object. The anchorage is achieved by liquefaction of a thermoplastic material and interpenetration of the liquefied material and a penetrable material, the two materials being arranged on opposite surfaces of the insert portion and the wall of the opening. During the step of inserting the insert portion in the opening and/or during anchorage a clamping force is applied to opposing surfaces of the second object to prevent the second object from cracking or bulging.
US10780632B2
A stacked tube heat exchanger consisting of tubes that are affixed to a header or headers that are additively manufactured.
US10780631B2
A composition for additive manufacturing of an article may include a base material, a functional particulate having at least one of an acicular morphology and a platy morphology, and binder. The functional particulate may increase a strength property of the article manufactured with the composition as compared to the strength property of the article manufactured with the composition being devoid of the functional particulate. A method of manufacturing an article via additive manufacturing may include providing a first layer of a powder composition. The powder composition may include a base material, a functional particulate, and binder. The method may also include binding the first layer of powder composition in a predetermined pattern to form a hardened two-dimensional shape including the powder composition, and successively providing additional layers of the powder composition and binding the respective layers to form the article.
US10780628B2
An apparatus for making three-dimensional objects comprises a movable dispensing head to dispense in a fluid state a supply of flexible strand of thermoplastic resin material. Two motors are provided for moving said dispensing head relative to a base member in an x, y plane in a predetermined sequence and pattern. A heater heats flexible strand to a predetermined temperature above the solidification temperature of said material.
US10780624B2
A method of manufacturing a container by liquid blow molding includes: a liquid blow molding step of supplying a pressurized liquid to inside of a preform placed in a mold, and molding the preform into a container body containing the liquid; a placement step of placing the container body in a cup for containing a bottom part of the container body, at a mold opening position of the mold; and a conveyance step of conveying the cup holding the container body from the mold opening position to a capping position.
US10780618B2
An injection molding machine according to the present invention is a machine tool that includes a measurement unit that measures a predetermined measured value; a calculation unit that calculates attitude accuracy information about the injection molding machine based on the measured value measured by the measurement unit; and a display that displays the attitude accuracy information calculated by the calculation unit together with an overhead view of the injection molding machine.
US10780617B2
The present invention concerns an adaptor plate for connecting a cover plate to a plurality of piston housings of an injection molding machine, wherein the adaptor plate has a first fluid passage and a second fluid passage for feeding a first and a second control fluid into the piston housings, wherein the first fluid passage has at least one first fluid passage inlet for receiving the first control fluid and a plurality of first fluid passage outlets for discharge of the first control fluid to the piston housings and the second fluid passage has at least one second fluid passage inlet for receiving the second control fluid and a plurality of second fluid passage outlets for discharge of the second control fluid to the piston housings.
US10780610B2
Provided is a structure in which an inserted article is easily inserted and a product is easily released from a die after molding. The structure includes a positioning mechanism which is vertically arranged on one split die, includes a positioning pin having a tapered distal end, and positions the inserted article by engaging the inserted article with the positioning pin, a stop mechanism that has a spring means assembled with the one split die and a stopper portion held by the spring means, and temporarily stops movement of the other split die when the other split die comes into contact with the stopper portion at the time of mold clamping, and a pressing mechanism that has a spring assembled with the other split die, a pusher pin, a spring assembled with the one split die, and a pusher pin, and elastically presses the inserted article by the pusher pin.
US10780609B2
Methods of making prepregs are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include polymer particles mixed in a liquid medium, and the polymer particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles.
US10780605B2
The present invention relates to a particle board, a process for manufacturing the particle board as well as the use of at least one particulate calcium carbonate-containing material as wood particle replacement in a particle board.
US10780603B2
A sheet interleaver is provided for a slicing machine that includes a slicing plane for slicing an elongated food product and a sheet of web material beneath the elongated product. The interleaver includes a supply of web material, a drawing station, and a feed station. A tensioning station is disposed between the supply of web material and the drawing station to maintain the tension of the web material at a pre-determined tension. A web accumulation station is between the drawing station and the feed station to provide a slackened length of web material within an acceptable range of slack between the drawing station and the feed station. The supply of web material is disposed on a spool which rotates about a cylindrical shaft. The cylindrical shaft has a braking mechanism which protrudes from the shaft to generate a frictional force against the spool.
US10780593B2
A cutting apparatus for trimming an article, the apparatus has a manually grasped power element with a reciprocating arm having a removably engagable rotatable couple including a selectable rotational index position lock. Also included is a cutting head assembly that is removable and rotationally indexable relative to the power element, the cutting head having a pair of reciprocating cutting blades for trimming the article. Wherein operationally, the reciprocating arm drives the cutting blades that have reciprocating movement with the cutting head selectably rotatable to the power element, user wrist fatigue is reduced, also with the cutting head being removable from the power element, the cutting head assembly is easier to clean.
US10780581B1
Implementations are provided for improved robot reachability maps. Multiple reachability maps for a robot may be indexed on a distance of an end effector from a plane and a tilt of the end effector. Each reachability map may include multiple cells, each representing a base pose of the robot. A target pose of the end effector may be used to determine a target distance/tilt, which is used to select a given reachability map. A given cell of the given reachability map may be used to determine a first candidate set of joint parameters for the robot. In some implementations, one or more additional, neighboring cells of the plurality of cells may be used to determine additional candidate set(s) of joint parameters. A given set of joint parameters to be implemented to achieve the target pose of the end effector may be selected and used to operate the robot.
US10780578B2
A method of operating a robot includes driving a robot to approach a reach point, extending a manipulator arm forward of the reach point, and maintaining a drive wheel and a center of mass of the robot rearward of the reach point by moving a counter-balance body relative to an inverted pendulum body while extending the manipulator arm forward of the reach point. The robot includes the inverted pendulum body, the counter-balance body deposed on the inverted pendulum body, the manipulator arm connected to the inverted pendulum body, at least one leg having a first end prismatically coupled to the inverted pendulum body, and the drive wheel rotatably coupled to a second end of the at least one leg.
US10780574B2
A distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms. Each link mechanism has a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and an intermediate link member. The proximal side end link member has a bent portion and rotation shaft mounting portions. A rotation shaft is mounted to the rotation shaft mounting portion. A bevel gear, forming a part of a gear mechanism for transmitting rotary motion of a posture control actuator to the proximal side end link member, is mounted on the rotation shaft mounting portion and disposed in a space between two virtual planes obtained by extending a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge of one end of the bent portion in a longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft mounting portion.
US10780570B2
Surface-treatment appliance having a base arrangement, which in a functional position can be displaced on a surface which is to be treated, and having a guide part articulated on the base arrangement and intended for controlling the base arrangement manually. An arcuate guide is provided on the base arrangement, on which can be displaced in a linear manner a carriage body. The carriage body is connected to the guide part and is supported on the arcuate guide, at least in the radial direction, by at least two supporting points, which are spaced apart from one another along the arcuate guide.
US10780569B2
A knife handle assembly adapted for attachment to a knife blade, including an elongated handle having a cavity formed therein and a pliable section positioned adjacent the cavity; an elongated rod extending along a longitudinal axis and into the cavity; a user engageable member attached to the rod on the exterior of said handle and adapted to permit selective rotation of the rod about its longitudinal axis; and a first cam positioned within the cavity and in abutting relation to the pliable section and engaged with the rod, wherein rotation of the rod about its longitudinal axis translates to movement of the first cam into said pliable section an amount corresponding to the degree of rotation.
US10780557B2
The present invention relates to a slugging wrench for exerting slugging force on a fastening member such as a nut during tightening or loosening thereof, the slugging wrench comprising: an arm, an impact absorbing element arranged on the arm for absorbing the slugging force, a receiving member for receiving the fastening member, wherein the receiving member is provided with an inner surface fitting in force-transmitting manner on an outer surface of the fastening member and preferably having in a view, such as in the in-feed direction, a shape such as a polygon, such as a hexagon, such as a dodecagon, wherein the inner surface is provided with two grooves suitable for receiving a clamping member for the purpose of providing a clamping action in respect of the fastening member.
US10780554B2
To provide a component-temporarily holding member and a component mounting jig that do not require removal of a component installation jig after a foamed resin molding is demolded. In a component-temporarily holding member 3 having a temporary holding part 2 for temporarily holding a component 5 having a locking part 6 lockable to another member when mounting the component 5 by locking the locking part 6 in a component mounting position 8 of a forming die 4 for a foamed resin molding, the holding force of the temporary holding part 2 is less than the force with which the locking part 6 is locked in the component mounting position 8.
US10780553B2
A vacuum adsorbing workbench and a vacuum adsorbing device are provided. The vacuum adsorbing workbench includes a workbench body, a first suction tube and an occluder. The workbench body is provided with multiple suction holes. Each suction hole is in communication with the first suction tube. The occluder is able to be connected with the first suction tube cooperatively to cut off communication between each suction hole and the first suction tube.
US10780551B2
An abrasive jet cutting system may include a differential pressure measurement apparatus configured to measure a differential pressure between points in an abrasive supply system. The differential pressure may be used to determine one or more conditions of the jet and the abrasive delivery. The measured differential pressure may be used in a feedback control system, feed forward control system, and/or an alarm or safety system.
US10780549B2
A polishing device configured to polish a glass substrate is disclosed, including a polishing wheel fixedly arranged, a cooling pipe, and a movable platform. The polishing wheel has an outer peripheral polishing surface, the glass substrate is placed on the platform and is driven by the platform to move so as to make the outer peripheral polishing surface polish the predetermined polishing surface of the glass substrate; the polishing wheel further has a chamber, and the cooling pipe containing a coolant is disposed in the chamber to decrease a temperature of the chamber and then to make temperatures of the outer peripheral polishing surface and the predetermined polishing surface during polishing is lower than a preset temperature. The disclosure solves the problem of high polishing temperature of the polishing wheel and the glass substrate, thereby enhancing the service life of the polishing wheel and the yield of the glass substrate.
US10780545B2
Disclosed is a device for removing tool joint edge burrs from a cap opening of a wheel. The cap opening of the wheel is an opening configured to mount a decorative cap of the wheel. The tool joint edge burrs are formed inside the cap opening of the wheel during machining the wheel and are a circular edge inside the cap opening. The device includes a cutter system which is configured to remove the tool joint edge burrs from the cap opening of the wheel by a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge of the cutter system.
US10780538B2
An automatic tool exchange system which allows a tool management mode to be arbitrarily selectable between a fixed address scheme and a memory random scheme in operation of the same machining center. The control unit for controlling the respective drive units of the tool exchanger and the magazine includes a storage unit for storing tool information containing a registered correspondence relationship between the tools and corresponding addresses of the stowage parts of the magazine, a modifying unit for modifying the tool information, and a tool exchange instruction unit for sequentially designating the tool to be used in each of the machining steps in accordance with the machining program, and driving the magazine to move the stowage part at the address corresponding to the designated tool to a predetermined position based on the tool information so that the tool is located at the exchange position at a predetermined timing. The control unit is configured to manage the tool in a mode selectively switchable between a first tool management mode in a fixed address scheme for returning the tool after use to a corresponding address, and a second tool management mode in a memory random scheme so as to stow the tool after use at an unoccupied address where the tool for next use has been previously stowed, and allow the modifying unit to modify the correspondence relationship between the tool after use and the address, which has been contained in the tool information.
US10780537B2
An adaptable assembly line work-piece processor for use at a work station includes, but is not limited to, a work-piece supporter. The adaptable assembly line work-piece processor further includes, but is not limited to, a reconfigurable interface assembly attached to the work-piece supporter. The adaptable assembly line work-piece processor still further includes, but is not limited to, a work-piece manipulator attached to the reconfigurable interface assembly. The work-piece supporter, the reconfigurable interface assembly, and the work-piece manipulator are configured to cooperate to sequentially support and manipulate a plurality of differently configured work-pieces.
US10780531B2
A solder ball includes 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of In and a remainder of Sn. The ball has a yellowness (b*) in an L*a*b* color system of 2.8 or more and 15.0 or less and a lightness (L*) of 60 or more and 100 or less. The ball further includes at least one element selected from a group of 0% by mass or more and 4% by mass or less of Ag, 0% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less of Cu, 0% to 3% by mass in total of Bi and/or Sb, and 0% to 0.1% by mass in total of an element selected from a group of Ni, Co, Fe, Ge, and P, excluding a solder ball including 3% by mass of Ag, 0.5% by mass of Cu, 0.2% by mass of In and a remainder of Sn.
US10780519B2
The invention relates to a method for joining at least one sandwich sheet to at least one functional element made of metal, wherein the at least one sandwich sheet has two metallic outer layers and a thermoplastic layer arranged between the metallic outer layers, wherein at least the region to be joined of the at least one sandwich sheet is heated in such a manner that the thermoplastic layer softens, the plastic layer is pushed out of the joining region by the outer layers being pressed together, and the outer layers of the at least one sandwich sheet are joined, in particular welded, to the functional element by an electric current flow between a first and a second electrode.
US10780513B2
A wire electrical discharge machining system includes a securing device that is placed at a cut position where a workpiece on a holding unit has been cut by wire electrical discharge machining when the wire electrical discharge machining has been performed on the workpiece held on the holding unit to reach a predetermined position before the completion of machining and that individually attracts a cut-out portion from the workpiece and a remaining portion on the workpiece at the cut position where the workpiece has been cut, thereby securing the cut-out portion to the remaining portion, and a robot is configured to individually attract both the cut-out portion and the remaining portion with the securing device.
US10780509B2
Devices, kits, and methods for making a carved crayon are provided. In one aspect, a crayon carving device includes a base, a pantograph armature coupled to the base, a crayon positioner, and at least one guide template parallel to the crayon positioner. The kit may further include a wrapper removal mechanism configured to remove a wrapper from a crayon, such that the crayon carving device may be used on an exposed crayon surface.
US10780486B1
Present invention teaches a notcher having primary structures of a base plate with a mounting plate set in a vertical orientation. A square plate carries a pivotable trapezoidal plate that carries the notcher assembly. The square plate is slidably connected to said mounting plate wedges on the square plate where those wedges match to v-grooves on the side of the mounting plate. A T-post clamp serves to provide the holding structure to hold work pieces in place for the notcher assembly to do the needed work of cutting/notching out a hole.
US10780480B1
A hole straightening apparatus for removing surface deformities in a desired surface shape. A frame is pivotally attached to a handle. The handle is pivotally attached to a moving jaw that is slidingly engaged with the frame. When the handle is motivated towards the frame, a moving jaw is caused to slide along a surface of the frame towards a stationary anvil. Sheet metal to be straightened is captured between an anvil surface of the moving jaw and an anvil surface of the stationary anvil, causing a compressive force between the two anvil surfaces. Sequential operation of the handle causes sequential compressive forces to be applied to the deformed sheet metal structure as the stationary anvil is rotated around the edge of the hole. As a result, the deformed edges of the hole in the sheet-metal structure are substantially straightened.
US10780476B2
A method for making Mg brass EDM wire has the steps of melting a charge of Mg brass to form a melt of Mg brass; transferring the melt to a holding furnace; casting a rod from the melt; and drawing the rod down to a size suitable for EDM machining. Mg deposits may form in the holding furnace. These can be removed by flushing the holding furnace with molten brass.
US10780468B2
The present disclosure discloses a cleaning device and a clean method, the cleaning device includes a sweeping module and a washing module, the sweeping module includes a brush component and a steam generating component, the steam generating component and the brush component are arranged in sequence in the cleaning direction of the cleaning device; the washing module is configured to wash the parts to be cleaned, the washing module and the sweeping module are arranged in sequence in the cleaning direction of the cleaning device.
US10780460B2
A heat exchanger is disclosed having a first cylindrical tube and a lead screw which extends coaxially inside the first cylindrical tube; the inner surface of the first cylindrical tube has guiding grooves, and a cleaning element is secured to the lead screw in such a way that a rotating movement of the lead screw moves the cleaning element in the axial direction along the guiding grooves.
US10780455B1
A caulking gun, comprising: a cylindrical housing; a nut fixed to a rear wall of said housing; a screw threaded into said nut, said screw having a bit at one end thereof, and a bearing connected to the other end thereof; a caulking tube situated inside said housing between a front wall thereof and said bearing, and a stopper, for preventing said bearing from reaching to said rear wall of said housing and as a result being separated from each other; wherein said bit having a depression, for allowing connecting thereto a snap connector, and wherein said housing comprises flexible straps, for providing compact storage of said caulking gun, and wherein said nut is further welded to a second wall of said housing, for holding said screw steady such that its longitudinal axis coincides with the longitudinal axis of said housing.
US10780451B2
A method of removing a tip from a body of an applicator, fixed to an end- effector, wherein the applicator comprises a coupler, releasably engageable with the tip to interlock the tip with the body of the applicator, is disclosed. The method comprises, with the coupler of the applicator releasably engaged with the tip, locating the end-effector so that a pawl is engaged with a third tooth on the tip to prevent movement of the tip in a fifth direction away from the pawl, and a wedge disengages the coupler of the applicator from the tip. The method also comprises, with the pawl engaged with the third tooth on the tip and the coupler of the applicator disengaged from the tip by the wedge, using the end-effector to move the body of the applicator in the fifth direction to disengage the tip from the body of the applicator.
US10780443B2
A system, apparatus and method for separating hard contaminates of a compound from softer elements using a milling process wherein particle size reduction if effectuated on the softer elements. The milled material is then subjected to particle separation devices to remove the larger particles thereby reducing the percentage of hard particles in the remaining compound. Additional milling and separation steps are used to hard material concentration to less than a predetermined threshold.
US10780440B2
A method and apparatus for counteracting spin of the crusher head on cone or gyratory crushers is provided. An annular rubber muscle element is secured relative to said bowl frame and positioned between the bowl frame and a surface of the head, and which can be selectively placed into contact under pressure with the surface of the head to prevent spin during start up but which is then released during normal crushing operation.
US10780434B2
A columnar honeycomb structure includes an outer peripheral side wall having an outer peripheral side surface; a plurality of partition walls that partition and form a plurality of cells penetrating from one bottom surface to another bottom surface to form flow paths, the plurality of partition walls being disposed inside the outer peripheral side wall; and a pair of terminal connection portions arranged so as to be opposed to each other on the outer peripheral side surface of the outer peripheral side wall, wherein the honeycomb structure satisfies a relational expression of 1.3≤L2/L1 in which: in a cross section perpendicular to a direction of the flow paths of the cells.
US10780429B2
Disclosed are method for synthesizing zeolites by using structure directing agent having benzyl groups and zeolites synthesized therefrom. A zeolite having various effects can be produced by using a material including a structure directing agent containing various benzyl groups, and raw material with various SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios as alumina and silica source.
US10780426B2
Use of a ternary vanadate of formula (I): Fex MeIy MeIIz VO4 wherein MeI and MeII are different from each other and each stand for an element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Er, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Tm, Yb, Lu, Al, Bi and Sb and wherein x=0.05-0.9; y=0.05-0.9; z=0.05-0.9; x+y+z=1, as a catalyst for the oxidation of carbonaceous compounds in combustion engines.
US10780425B2
The invention provides a method for the production of a supported nickel catalyst, in which an aqueous mixture comprising an alkali metal salt plus other metal salts is sintered to form a support material. A supported nickel catalyst comprising potassium β-alumina is also provided.
US10780419B2
Disclosed are non-noble element compositions of matter, structures, and methods for producing the catalysts that can catalyze oxygen reduction reactions (ORR). The disclosed composition of matter can be comprised of graphitic carbon doped with nitrogen and associated with one or two kinds of transition metals. The disclosed structure is a three dimensional, porous structure comprised of a plurality of the disclosed compositions of matter. The disclosed structure can be fashioned into an electrode of an electrochemical cell to serve as a diffusion layer and also to catalyze an ORR. Two methods are disclosed for producing the disclosed composition of matter and structure. The first method is comprised of two steps, and the second method is comprised of a single step.
US10780414B2
A method of preparing an adsorbent for removing siloxane, in which the method includes mixing a silica particle and an OH compound to bond OH functional groups to the silica particle; measuring percentage by weight of OH bonded to the silica particle; calculating a bonding number and spacing of the OH functional groups by the percentage by weight of OH bonded to the silica particle; performing an evaluation of an adsorption rate and desorption rate of the silica particle to which the OH functional groups, of which the bonding number and spacing are calculated, are bonded; and adjusting the bonding number of the OH functional groups in the silica particle according to the evaluation.
US10780408B2
A mixing apparatus for mixing substances includes a single-use apparatus and a reusable apparatus. The single-use apparatus includes a flexible mixing tank configured to receive the at least two substances to be mixed, is plastic, and has a rotor arranged in the mixing tank. The rotor includes an impeller configured to mix the at least two substances, the impeller being magnetically contactlessly drivable and free of coils and permanent magnets. The reusable apparatus includes a support tank configured to receive the mixing tank and a stator configured to magnetically contactlessly drive the rotor about an axis of rotation in an operating state. The stator includes at least one permanent magnet configured to generate a permanent magnet flux and at least one winding configured to generate an electromagnetic flux, the permanent magnet flux and the electromagnetic flux together being capable of driving the rotor.
US10780403B2
A composite separation membrane is disclosed prepared by forming a separation layer on a surface of a porous support membrane, characterized in that the porous support membrane contains 50% by mass or more of polyphenylene ether; that the separation layer is constituted from a first separation layer and a second separation layer; that the first separation layer is formed with a thickness of from 50 nm to 1 μm on the surface of the porous support membrane and is a sulfonated polyarylene ether copolymer which comprises a repeated structure of a specific hydrophobic segment and a specific hydrophilic segment; and that the second separation layer is formed with a thickness of from 1 nm to less than 50 nm on a surface of the first separation layer and is an alternately-layered product constituted from one or more kinds of ionomers.
US10780402B2
A method of manufacturing a membrane can include forming the membrane from a dissolved polymer in the presence of a functionalizing agent; and exposing the functionalizing agent to a nanoparticle to form a modified membrane.
US10780399B2
Membrane cell stack arrangement and method of manufacturing such a membrane cell stack arrangement. The arrangement has a housing (2) having a central axis, and a stack of membrane cells (4), each membrane cell (6) being arranged inside the housing (2) with a major surface (6a) of the membrane cell (6) oriented substantially perpendicular to the central axis. Each membrane cell (6) has a corner recess (12) between each two adjacent sides of at least four sides (10a-d). Sealing compartments (14) are provided by corner recesses (12) of adjacent membrane cells of the stack of membrane cells (4) in co-operation with a part of an inner surface (2a) of the housing (2).
US10780398B2
The present invention relates to the field of extraction of sulphur-containing compounds such as mercaptans, COS, H2S or CS2 from a hydrocarbon cut. This selective extraction is carried out by bringing the hydrocarbon cut in the liquid phase into contact with an alkaline solution, for example caustic soda. The process in accordance with the invention is an improved process for the regeneration of alkaline solution which can be used to reduce the quantity of alkaline solution necessary in the regeneration section.
US10780395B2
A process for removing hydrocarbons from a feed stream containing hydrocarbons includes introducing ozone to the feed stream to produce an ozone doped stream containing ozone and hydrocarbons, and contacting the ozone doped stream with a supported metal catalyst at a temperature of from 100° C. to 300° C. to produce a treated stream, wherein the supported metal catalyst comprises iron supported on a support selected from aluminosilicates, silica-aluminas, silicates and aluminas. A process for removing NOx from a feed stream containing NOx, and an apparatus for removing hydrocarbons and/or NOx from a feed stream containing hydrocarbons and/or NOx are also provided.
US10780386B2
A liquid film dust arrester is installed to face a gas flow containing dust and flowing out from a gas discharge pipe. The arrester includes a gas flow blocking unit arranged vis-à-vis the gas flow, a liquid dispersion unit having a dispersion section arranged at a position near the center of the gas flow blocking unit and upstream relative to the gas flow blocking unit as viewed in the flowing direction of the gas flow so as to face the gas flow blocking unit, a liquid ejection unit having an ejection port disposed vis-à-vis the dispersion section and configured to eject liquid from the ejection port, and a liquid film forming unit. The dispersion section comprises a smooth surface that causes the ejected liquid to flow and disperse on the smooth surface, and the liquid film is formed to face the gas flow flowing through the flow path.
US10780373B2
A hollow fiber degassing module includes: a cylinder; a first lid having a liquid supply port; a second lid; a liquid inflow portion that includes a cylindrical main body being in communication with the liquid supply port inside the cylinder; a hollow fiber membrane bundle that is provided inside the cylinder and that includes multiple hollow fiber membranes; a liquid outlet; a first air outlet that is provided to any one of the first lid and the second lid and connected to the inside of the hollow fiber membranes; and a bubble outlet that is provided to the cylinder.
US10780371B2
Emulsion breaking and phase separation is achieved by droplet adhesion. An emulsion breaking device includes a channel having distinct adjacent zones with distinctly different surface wettability characteristics, namely, solvophilic and solvophobic surfaces. The device is positioned such that the upstream portion of the device is configured to be wetted by the continuous phase of the emulsion, and the downstream portion of the device is configured to be wetted by the dispersed phase of the emulsion. As the emulsion flows from the upstream zone to the downstream zone, the change in surface wettability characteristics promotes adhesion of the dispersed phase as the dispersed phase wets the surface of the downstream portion of the channel, which results in breaking of the emulsion. Subsequent collection of the broken emulsion in a collection vessel results in separation of the disparate phases to facilitate their recapture and recycling.
US10780364B2
A children's toy includes a base having an upper portion and a lower portion and a driving mechanism operably connected to the lower portion of the base. The driving mechanism is configured to move the base along a plurality of paths. One or more lights operably connected to the base are configured to display a patterned light display as the base moves along one of a plurality of paths. A removable member is also included for placement on the base with a sensor on the base triggered by the removable member which affects the path of the base.
US10780354B2
Various systems and methods for sharing electronic media are disclosed herein. According to particular embodiments, the system enables a user to select media (e.g., an image, a video, a gif, etc.) and compose a phrase to be associated with the media. In some embodiments, the system creates a post from the media and the phrase and enables the user to transmit the post to one or more other users to play (e.g., guess the phrase).
US10780344B2
A system and method are described for storing program code and data within an application hosting center. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method comprises: subdividing program code and/or data used to execute an online application into a first type and a second type; storing program code and data of the first type in a first type of memory, the first type of memory providing relatively low latency memory access; storing program code and data of the second type in a second type of memory, the second type of memory providing relatively higher latency memory access compared to the first type of memory; retrieving program code and data from the first memory and the second memory in response to a client request to execute an online application; and transmitting a streaming interactive video stream representing images generated by the application to the client.
US10780343B2
The present invention is a game controller, the game controller comprises a body, at least one socket, at least one fastening receptor, at least one actuating module, at least one fixed and at least one fastening member. The socket is formed in the body. The fastening receptor is formed in the body. The actuating module is removably mounted in the socket. The fixed frame is configured to receive the actuating module. The fixed frame comprises at least one first positioning hole. The actuating module is fixed in the socket by a combination of the fixed frame and the fastening member, wherein the fastening member passes the first positioning hole and fastens in the fastening receptor.
US10780334B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a zipper attached safety layer applied between a flexible mat and an edge pad of a trampoline. The safety layer moves with the flexible mat and prevents a user from accidently inserting an appendage into the suspension system (e.g., coiled springs) of the trampoline. Embodiments of the invention further relate to a trampoline comprising such a zippered safety layer and to a method of arranging the safety layer in a trampoline.
US10780329B2
An iron-type golf club head assembly kit including a club head main body, a first sole component, and a second sole component interchangeably associable with the main body. When the first sole component is associated with the main body, the main body and the first sole component form a first club head comprising a sole surface having a first parting line, formed between the first sole component and the main body, and a first sole contour. When the second sole component is associated with the main body, the main body and the second sole component form a second club head comprising a second sole surface having a second parting line, formed between the second sole component and the main body, and a second sole contour that differs from the first sole contour.
US10780326B2
Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a face portion. The golf club head further comprises at least one stiffener, at least partially within the interior cavity and directly coupled to the face portion at a location with an x-axis coordinate, of a club head origin coordinate system of the golf club head, greater than 20 mm and less than 50 mm or greater than −50 mm and less than −20 mm.
US10780315B2
A body-building device including a base body, a swing mechanism and a supporter is provided. The base body is used to support the whole body-building device. The swing mechanism is installed on the base body to enable 360-degree rotation in the circumferential direction or swing to any angle off the central axis of the base body. The supporter is installed at an upper end of the swing mechanism and makes direct contact with human body. With force applied by human body, it drives the swing mechanism to rotate or swing, while the swing mechanism generates a corresponding reset force during swing, thus enabling body building. Fitness methods are also provided.
US10780312B2
An exercise apparatus that may be used in a bed, primarily for stretching and resistance exercises. The exercise apparatus may be configured with a lower frame and an upper frame. The lower frame is disposed between and connected to a bed frame and a headboard. The upper frame is connected to the lower frame and has exercise equipment attachment couplers.
US10780305B2
Novel organosiloxane compounds are disclosed that are useful in firefighting foams. Methods of making and using the organosiloxane compounds and foams are also described.
US10780304B1
An oscillation system suitable to convert a manual water monitor into an automated oscillating water monitor, without adversely changing the ergonomic orientations of the water monitor, comprising a flange configured to couple the water monitor to a standpipe and provide a source of motive water, and a conversion device to convert motive water to monitor oscillations.
US10780299B2
A system and method may allow a person to rotate a skin care product based on the current climate to help skin transition to and react to changes in temperature and humidity the air. For example, each moisturizer may be formulated to support skin needs for a specific climate, such as tropical climate (i.e., humid and hot air), a desert climate (i.e., dry and hot air), a temperate climate (i.e., normal and mild air), and/or a polar climate (i.e., cold and dry air).
US10780291B2
Provided herein is a multichannel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (mTMS) coil device with two or more overlapping coil windings within a casing. The mTMS coil device is capable of adjusting parameters of the stimulation of magnetic and induced electric fields through the selective control of the multiple coil windings within the mTMS coil device. Additionally, provided are methods of operation including navigated TMS for adjusting parameters such as location, direction and/or orientation of magnetic and induced electric fields from mTMS coil devices.
US10780289B2
A control system for delivering energy waveform radiation to influence in vivo tissue is described. For the system, the energy waveform radiation is generated by a radiation unit and is directed along a pathway to the tissue and a registration unit is provided to identify a start place relative to the in vivo tissue. Also, a monitor is provided to compare the start place with a base reference to measure an error signal between the start place and base reference. With this measured error signal, a controller operates the radiation unit using input from the monitor to effectively attain and maintain a zero error signal. More specifically, the controller can provide operational parameter inputs to the radiation unit for configuring the waveform radiation including a radiation frequency, f, and a volume intensity level, v, for the radiation and an exposure time interval, ti.
US10780284B2
Medical devices provide metallic connector enclosures. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with relatively thin walls in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to aid in miniaturizing the medical device. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with interior surfaces that deviate less from an ideal inner surface shape in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to allow for better concentricity of electrical connectors. The metallic connector enclosures may include a panel that allows access to the cavity of the connector enclosure where set screw blocks, lead connectors, spacers, seals, and the like may be located. Furthermore, the lead connectors within the metallic connector enclosures may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by being positioned within non-conductive seals that reside within features included in cavity walls of the connector enclosure. Similarly, set screw blocks may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by non-conductive spacers present within the cavity.
US10780277B2
Methods are provided to treat a neurological disorder in a patient by adjusting connectivity between network nodes in a brain of patient using electrical stimulation. Electrical stimulation including a carrier wave component is employed to adjust connectivity using infraslow frequencies of less than 1 Hz.
US10780271B2
Technology for the transition of light and sound over long distances, e.g. TV and radio, has revolutionized society. On the contrary, the technology to perceive a smell remotely is in its infancy, and has severe limitations such as latency, residual and infidelity. A system and methods are disclosed to allow smells to be perceived remotely. It is based on the brain waves associated with the olfactory bulb.
US10780270B2
The exemplified systems and methods facilitate a nerve conduction block at a target nerve using electrical stimulation applied from one or more electrodes located on a percutaneous lead that are placed in parallel, or substantially in parallel, and without direct contact, to a long axis of the peripheral nerve over an overlapping nerve region of greater than about 3 millimeters. The exemplified system and method can be further configured to block nerve condition without eliciting onset activity and co-excitation of non-targeted structures. The exemplified method and system can be performed using conventional percutaneous leads, though an improved percutaneous lead design is disclosed herein. In an aspect, an introducer is disclosed that facilitates accurate and consistent insertion of the percutaneous lead to the specified or intended position relative to the target nerve. In another aspect, a treatment kit comprising the various system components to treat pain is disclosed.
US10780268B2
The present method and system provides for the clinical application of neurostimulation and/or neuromodulation to a patient. The method and system includes receipt and acquisition of patient data, processing of that data relative to one or more known data sets, and determination of a good-fit trigger specific treatment protocol. The method and system provides for application of the protocol to the patient, including delivery of neuromodulation and biofeedback. Based thereon, the method and system re-iterates the goodness of fit determination for further treatment to the patient.
US10780261B2
In an example, an implantable medical device (IMD) includes a hold capacitor configured to deliver an electrical therapy pulse, and charge pump circuitry configured to transfer energy from the battery to the hold capacitor. In this example, the charge pump circuitry comprises a plurality of capacitors, and switching circuitry configured to put the charge pump circuitry into a K-factor mode selected from a group of K-factor modes by opening and closing a combination of switches connected to the plurality of capacitors.
US10780257B2
A method of treating a patient using a power-injectable access port, including implanting the power-injectable access port in the patient, imaging the power-injectable access port following implanting, and power injecting a fluid into the patient through the power-injectable access port. The power-injectable access port includes a septum covering a reservoir, the septum including a radiopaque material forming at least one letter, the at least one letter indicating that the power-injectable access port is suitable for power injection. The power-injectable access port is designed to accommodate a pressure developed within the reservoir of at least 35 psi, and a fluid flow rate of at least 1 milliliter per second. Imaging the power-injectable access port produces an image, and the method includes identifying the at least one letter on the image to confirm that the power-injectable access port is suitable for power injecting a fluid.
US10780253B2
A method for producing a balloon from a suitable blank is provided. The blank is introduced into an outer mold heated an first expanded to expand it against the inner wall of the outer mold. Pressure is reduced to relax the blank away from the inner wall. The three-dimensional volume of the mold is changed. Second expanding of the blank expands again against the inner wall of the changed volume of the outer mold. Balloons of the invention consist of a middle cylindrical region and two end regions delimiting the middle cylindrical region. With a pressure application of 6 bar, a ratio of the cross section in the middle region to the cross section in the end region is at least 2, and preferably greater than 3.
US10780244B2
A urinary catheter set includes a urine collection bag formed into an outer packaging for the urinary catheter set, and a urinary catheter positioned inside of the urine collection bag.
US10780235B2
Syringe pump apparatus and methods for detecting proper or improper engagement of a syringe pump drive system with a syringe in the syringe pump are disclosed. The apparatus and methods can determine proper or improper engagement between a drive system and the plunger of a syringe in a syringe pump by detecting the force required to move a plunger clip in reverse while restricting flow into the syringe. The apparatus and methods may also be used to determine that a syringe in the syringe pump apparatus is properly connected to a delivery line.
US10780233B2
The invention relates to an activator unit for an autoinjector, comprising a substantially cylindrical housing (3) in which an axially movable pressure pin (4) is guided, said pressure pin being insertable counter to a spring unit and being lockable, when inserted, by means of detent projections (6) of a retaining element (5) that is connected to the pressure pin. The spring unit comprises a first coil spring (1) and at least one second coil spring (2) having a larger diameter than the first coil spring, the second coil spring being coaxial to the first coil spring.
US10780232B2
The present disclosure relates to a pen injecting device for delivering a liquid medicament comprising a pen body and a needle is received in a first end of the pen body. The pen injecting device further comprises an inner needle shield, removeably located over the needle to enclose the needle, and an outer needle shield, removeably located over the inner needle shield to enclose the inner needle shield. The pen injecting device also comprises a pen cap removeably attached to the first end of the pen body so as to enclose the outer needle shield. The pen cap comprises an arm depending from an inside surface of the cap and extending away from the first end of the pen body toward the inner and outer needle shields, the arm having a sharp end so that, as the cap is removed from the body, the sharp end of the arm grips the inner or outer needle shield to retain it in the cap and expose the needle.
US10780224B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for integrating medical device data are disclosed. In an example embodiment, an integration engine receives infusion therapy progress data from an infusion pump and renal failure therapy progress data from a renal failure therapy machine. The integration engine determines a plurality of different types of infusion parameters, determines a plurality of different types of renal failure therapy parameters, and causes a combination user interface to display the plurality of infusion parameters, the plurality of renal failure therapy parameters, and mathematical operations for selection by an operator. The integration engine enables the operator to create derivative data by receiving a selection of an infusion parameter, a renal failure therapy parameter, and a mathematical operation. The integration engine then causes the combination user interface to display the derivative data in conjunction with the infusion therapy progress data and the renal failure therapy progress data.
US10780223B2
A method includes receiving up-to-date blood glucose data for a PWD, determining basal insulin dosages for the PWD based on a baseline basal rate, delivering the basal insulin dosages to the PWD, modifying a target blood glucose level based on variability of blood glucose data for the PWD, receiving a temporary override indicating a user preference to reduce the likelihood that the PWD has a hypoglycemic event or a user preference to reduce the likelihood that the PWD has a hyperglycemic event, determining a temporary target blood glucose level based on the input—greater than the modified blood glucose level if the preference is to reduce the likelihood of a hypoglycemic event—lower than the modified target blood glucose level if the preference is to reduce the likelihood that of a hyperglycemic event. The method includes delivering basal insulin for the temporary period of time based on the temporary target.
US10780218B2
Apparatus and methods for introducing a solid or semi-solid intraocular drug-containing implant into the anterior chamber of an eye are described. The drug-containing implant can be a rod-shaped biodegradable implant that may provide for the extended release of the drug and may be effective for treating a medical condition of the eye. The apparatus is ergonomically designed in the shape or style of a pen with tactile surfaces for easy gripping, a needle-rotation knob to permit orientation of the needle bevel in relation to the eye, and a spring-actuated mechanism for consistent deployment of the implant.
US10780198B2
Methods are disclosed which combine electrospinning and a sacrificial template, such as with additive manufacturing (AM), to produce fibrous microvascular scaffolds which are biodegradable, porous, and easily handled. In one example, a process for fabricating a fibrous network construct is disclosed. The method includes electrospinning a first layer of fibrous material; printing a micropatterned sacrificial template; transferring the micropatterned sacrificial template onto the electrospun fibers; electrospinning a second layer of fibrous biomaterial onto the micropatterned sacrificial template thereby encapsulating the template and generating a construct with two layers; and removing the sacrificial template, producing a fibrous construct with channels or microstructures formed therein. Also disclosed are fibrous constructs and scaffolds produced by the provided methods.
US10780197B1
A bone graft composition comprising a viable, osteogenic cellular material combined with a viscous cryoprotectant that includes a penetrating cryoprotective agent and a non-penetrating cryoprotective agent. The viscosity of the cryoprotectant is such that the composition is malleable, cohesive and capable of being formed into desired shapes.
US10780193B2
A rotary aromatherapy lamp structure includes an aromatherapy lamp and rotating cover. Abase of the aromatherapy lamp is configured with a control circuit board in electric connection with a fan and heating element and first support, a part of the first support positioned relatively above the fan and heating element is in combination with a container, and the first support above the container is extended with a fulcrum; the rotating cover is covered on the fan, heating element and first support, and the fulcrum is used to prop against an axle center of the fan leaves, allowing a space to be formed between the rotating cover and base and thus allowing the rotating cover to have a rotation mechanism. Whereby, the heating element heats the container to speed the essential oil evaporation, and air flow generated from the fan blows the fan leaves to rotate the rotating cover.
US10780190B2
A process and apparatus for disinfection of spaces using a disinfecting liquid droplet spray atomization are described, in which an electric fan 107 is used to dispense the atomization from an atomization chamber 104 via venture outlets 106 into the space to be disinfected. The operation of the electric fan 107 is modulated in a cycle having a first phase in which the fan is operated at full speed and a second phase at which the fan is operated at a randomly selected speed to vary the rate of dispensing into the space in order to improve the dispersal of the atomized droplets in the space and hence the efficacy of disinfection.
US10780189B2
Certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide an apparatus and method for generating at least one radiation can be provided. The exemplary apparatus and/or method can selectively kill and/or affect at least one virus. For example, a radiation source first arrangement can be provided which is configured to generate at least one radiation having one or more wavelengths provided in a range of about 200 nanometers (nm) to about 230 nm, and at least one second arrangement can be provided which is configured to prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength that is outside of the range can be provided or which can be substantially harmful to cells of the body.
US10780184B2
The present invention discloses a solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) comprising: a) a solid lipid core comprising at least a glyceride and/or at least a fatty acid; b) a mixture of amphiphilic components forming a shell around said core a); c) an alkaline-earth complex with a compound of formula I and/or II: d) at least a fluorescent dye selected from: a cyanine fluorescent dye and/or a polyetherocyclic compound selected from: coumarin, pyrano, quinoline, pyranoquinoline, indole and pyranoindole derivates in acid form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These nanoparticles allow a prolonged blood circulation half-life, show enhanced photostability and improved fluorescence signal. The dye is preserved from degradation and improves the fluorescent quantum yield.
US10780181B2
Conjugates of an antibody that binds to CD19 with PBD dimers.
US10780176B2
In one aspect, the present application relates to an aminothiol-conjugate of formula (I), wherein Core Linker R1, R2, R3, m, n, and p are as described above. The present invention also relates to a method of treating a subject in need of aminothiol therapy using an aminothiol-conjugate of formula (I).
US10780175B2
The present invention provides a biodegradable “precision polymer system” (poly system) and methods for preparing pharmaceutically effective “precision polymer nanosystems” (polymer nanosystem) for delivery and/or targeting of drugs or drug like compounds.
US10780174B2
This invention provides lipid-linked prodrugs having structures as set out herein. Uses of such lipid-linked prodrug compounds for treatment of various indications, and methods for making and using lipid-linked prodrugs are also provided.
US10780169B2
Methods of reducing dermal penetration of at least one active ingredient in a topically applied product using compositions comprising siloxane polymers are disclosed. In some aspects, the active ingredient is an antimicrobial agent, especially benzalkonium chloride, 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, and combinations thereof.
US10780162B2
Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.
US10780158B2
Disclosed herein is a strategy for the engineering of recombinant vaccines against major human and animal pathogens of the paramyxovirus family. Also disclosed are recombinant virus able to replicate without being pathogenic. Also disclosed is a method of immunizing a subject against infection with a that involves administering to the subject a recombinant vaccine disclosed herein.
US10780154B2
The present invention discloses a Salmonella paratyphi A with an O-antigen having an extended carbohydrate chain and uses thereof. The method comprises the following steps: inactivating an cld gene encoding an enzyme controlling chain length of O-antigen of a Salmonella paratyphi A strain to obtain a Salmonella paratyphi A with deletion of cld gene; allowing overexpression of cldLT2 gene encoding an enzyme controlling chain length of O-antigen of Salmonella typhimurium in Salmonella paratyphi A deficient in the cld gene encoding an enzyme controlling chain length of O-antigen, so as to extend carbohydrate chain length of O-antigen. Both of the Salmonella paratyphi A O-polysaccharide-recombinant fusion protein conjugate vaccines rCTB45733-OPSSpty50973 and rEPA4573-OPSSpty50973 as prepared by using Salmonella paratyphi A with an O-antigen having an extended carbohydrate chain can induce mice to generate specific antibodies against Salmonella paratyphi A, and their antibody titers are significantly improved.
US10780151B2
The invention relates to a composition which induces, in a host, a cytotoxic cell response directed against cells expressing an antigen, in particular tumour cells, and which comprises red blood cells containing said antigen. These red blood cells may be in the form of an immune complex with an immunoglobulin, in particular IgG, which recognizes an epitope at the surface of the red blood cells, and/or be heat-treated or chemically treated so as to promote phagocytosis of said red blood cells by dendritic cells. As a variant, the red blood cells may be xenogenic red blood cells. The invention also relates to a therapeutic especially anti-tumour vaccine containing such a composition.
US10780149B2
A new therapeutic use of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (Bont/A) is described, in the therapeutic treatment of paralysis caused by spinal cord injury.
US10780138B2
The present invention provides an aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata leaves containing as main components andrographolide, neoandrographolide and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide. The Invention also provides a method of production of said extract, comprising the steps of drying the leaves of Andrographis paniculata, and extracting them with water at a temperature of at least 50° C. The aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata Leaves Is suitable for use as cognition enhancing agent having antineuroinflammatory and antioxidative effects.
US10780133B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a protective method for liver comprising the administration of an extract from inflamed tissues inoculated with vaccinia virus to a patient who needs the treatment and to provide a liver protective agent, etc. where such an extract is an active ingredient. In the present invention, it has been recognized that, in hepatocytes, activation of NF-B, expression of NF-B target genes, activation of JNK, apoptosis and fat accumulation can be inhibited or suppressed. The agent containing the extract as an active ingredient is a drug exhibiting less adverse action and high safety. Accordingly, the present invention provides very useful protective method for liver and liver protecting agent.
US10780130B2
The present invention relates to an epithelial stem/progenitor cell population isolated from the amniotic membrane of umbilical cord, the epithelial stem/progenitor cell population having the capacity to differentiate in multiple cell types. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such an epithelial stem/progenitor cell population or a cellular extract thereof.
US10780129B2
The present invention relates to a use of hypoxia-cultured mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for manufacture of a cell graft for treating a musculoskeletal disorder, particularly osteoarthritis.
US10780125B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10780122B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10780120B2
The present disclosure provides modified immune cells (e.g., modified T cells) comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having affinity for a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) (e.g., human PSMA). The present disclosure provides modified immune cells (e.g., modified T cells) comprising a CAR having affinity for PSMA and a dominant negative receptor and/or a switch receptor. The present disclosure provides modified immune cells (e.g., modified T cells) comprising a CAR having affinity for PSMA and a dominant negative receptor and/or a switch receptor, wherein the modified cell is capable of expressing and secreting a bispecific antibody.
US10780119B2
The present disclosure relates to genetically modified T cells comprising a transgene encoding an engineered antigen specific receptor, wherein expression of an endogenous gene selected from MNK1, MNK2, or both are inhibited in the genetically modified T cell in order to enhance central memory T cell subsets in cellular immunotherapy compositions.
US10780112B2
The invention provides a colon cleansing solution comprising: a) 300 to 2000 mmol per litre ascorbate anion provided by ascorbic acid, one or more salts of ascorbic acid, or a mixture thereof; and b) 10 to 200 g per litre polyethylene glycol. The invention also provides methods and kits associated with, or making use of the solutions. The invention also provides a method of cleansing the colon of a subject comprising: —administering to the subject an effect amount of a first cleansing solution; and then after a time interval —administering to the subject an effective amount of a second cleansing solution, wherein the two cleansing solutions are as described in the specification.
US10780099B2
The disclosure provides an injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulation comprising nanoparticles having a D50 of less than 2000 nm the nanoparticles comprising a neurosteroid of Formula I, where the variables R1-R9 and X are defined herein and at least one surface stabilizer. The surface stabilizer can be a polymeric surface stabilizer such as hydroxyethyl starch, dextran, or povidone. The injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulation can be an intravenous formulation. The disclosure also provides a lyophilized powder of the injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulation that can be reconstituted in an aqueous solution prior to administration. The disclosure provides injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulations and dry powders of such formulations that have been sterilized by ebeam irradiation. The disclosure provides a method of treating a patient having a seizure disorder, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, comprising administering an effective amount of the injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulation. The disclosure also provides combination methods in which the injectable neurosteroid nanoparticle formulation is a first active agent that is administered in combination with at least one additional active agent.
US10780098B2
Disclosed herein are emulsions comprising testosterone or related androgens, castor oil, cyclodextrin, Pemulen TR-2, Polyoxyl 40, and other ingredients. The compositions are useful for treating keratoconjunctivitis sicca and meibomian gland disease.
US10780088B2
A compound having the structure set forth in Formula (I) and Formula (II): wherein the substituents Y, Z, A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Provided herein are inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions that include at least one compound described herein and the use of a compound or pharmaceutical composition described herein to treat diseases, disorders and conditions that are ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP activity.
US10780076B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for inhibiting cancer cell motility and/or metastasis. In particular embodiments, KBU2046 (or an analog thereof) and one or more additional therapies (e.g., cancer therapies (e.g., hormone therapies and chemotherapies) are provided to inhibit cancer cell motility, inhibit metastasis, and/or treat cancer (e.g., prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, etc.).
US10780069B2
Methods are disclosed for the use of GC-1 (sobetirome), a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof to increase liver regeneration and healing in liver transplant donors and recipients.
US10780062B2
A tobacco product includes a dry powder composition comprising an amount of myo-inositol effective for treating and/or delaying onset of dysplastic lesions in the bronchial airway of an individual. A method for administering myo-inositol to an individual comprises the individual consuming the tobacco product.
US10780060B2
The invention provides devices and methods for adjusting particle size in nanoemulsions of fluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons (e.g., perfluoropentane and perfluorohexane) via sonication (e.g., ultrasonication).
US10780055B2
The invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions such as tablets that exhibit delayed release properties when administered as either whole or half tablets. The invention is also directed to delayed release tablets comprising deferiprone for oral administration, for which twice daily administration is bioequivalent to the same daily dose of an immediate release tablet administered thrice daily. The invention is also directed to methods of making and using the same.
US10780051B2
Methods and compositions for serum-stabilizing micelles for drug delivery or imaging agent delivery are provided, as well as methods and compositions to enhance micelle-mediated drug delivery. This invention provides a process for synthesizing a lipid micelle comprising one or more lipid-oligonucleotide conjugate molecules, the process comprising contacting an amount of lipid molecules with an amount of lipid-oligonucleotide conjugate molecules sufficient to create a lipid micelle comprising lipid-oligonucleotide conjugate molecules.
US10780049B2
Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
US10780038B2
A cosmetic agent for treating keratin fibers is provided herein. The cosmetic agent includes, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, in relation to the total weight of the cosmetic agent, from about 0.001 to about 10 wt. % of at least one protein which has a content of glutamic acid and/or aspartic acid of from about 10 to about 60%, in relation to the total content of all amino acids of the protein. The cosmetic agent further includes, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, in relation to the total weight of the cosmetic agent, from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % of at least one salt which includes at least one divalent cation, and/or of at least one salt which includes at least one trivalent cation.
US10780036B2
A method for reducing skin staining during the coloring of hair includes the following steps in the indicated sequence: A1) applying a coloring agent (F) to the hair; A2) allowing the coloring agent (F) to act for a time period from 30 seconds to 45 minutes; B1) applying an undiluted cleaning agent (R) to skin areas that can come into contact with the coloring agent (F) when the latter is washed out; C1) jointly washing out the coloring agent (F) and cleaning agent (R), wherein the coloring agent (F) includes at least one oxidation dye precursor and/or at least one direct dye and the cleaning agent (R) includes at least one anionic surfactant. A multicomponent packaging unit includes the coloring agent (F) and the cleaning agent (R).
US10780034B2
Described are compositions containing quinones that show activity in enhance DNA repair and/or prevent damage to DNA. The quinones are thymoquinone, lapachol, myrtucommulone C, or mixtures thereof, and can be formulated into cosmetic compositions for topical administration to a subject in need thereof. The cosmetic compositions can also include sunscreens, surfactants, sunless tanning agents, desquamation agents, antiperspirants, colorants, preservatives and mixtures; and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The compositions should find use in methods for treating the signs of ageing in mammals via topical application to the skin or hair of the mammals.
US10780015B2
An apparatus for use in visual training of a subject, the apparatus including an at least partially opaque elongate occluder for at least partially occluding a substantially laterally oriented area of a field of view of a first eye so as to define an occluded area and a non-occluded area, and, wherein in use the occluded area moves relative to the field of view, and the subject views: at least one target that extends into the occluded area using both eyes so that the subject perceives an image of the target, the image in the non-occluded area being at least partially based on signals from the first eye and the image in the occluded area being at least partially based on signals from a second eye; and, ensures the target is at least partially aligned in the occluded and non-occluded areas.
US10780004B2
Overhead lifts with control systems are disclosed. The overhead lifts may include a lift actuator communicatively coupled to a control system. The control system may include a control unit comprising a processor and a memory having computer readable and executable instructions and at least one port for communicatively coupling the control unit to at least one of a computer, a network, and a data storage device. The processor executes the computer readable and executable instructions to: determine at least one operating characteristic of the overhead lift and an operating time of the overhead lift as the overhead lift is actuated; determine an accumulated load-time parameter for the overhead lift based on the at least one operating characteristic and the operating time; and provide an indication that a component of the overhead lift requires service based on the comparison of the accumulated load-time parameter to a service constant.
US10780002B2
A pant-type absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, an inner surface facing the user during use, an outer surface facing away from the user during use. The article includes: a first body portion, a second body portion and an intermediate crotch portion provided with two leg openings. Outer longitudinal edge portions of the first body portion are adapted to be interconnected to outer longitudinal edge portions of the second body portion by first and second longitudinal refastenable side seam configurations. Each one of the refastenable side seam configurations includes a fastening component bonded to an outer longitudinal edge portion of the first body portion and a mating fastening component bonded to a corresponding outer longitudinal edge portion of the second body portion. Moreover, each one of the fastening components and the mating fastening components includes a first mechanical connector structure and a second mechanical connector structure.
US10780000B2
An absorbent article (1) comprising a top sheet (2), a back sheet (3), an absorbent body (4) disposed therebetween and a second sheet (10) disposed between the top sheet (2) and the absorbent body (4), wherein the second sheet (10) is composed of a laminate having a nonwoven fabric layer (11) and a plastic film layer (12) from the top sheet side and has a plurality of through-holes (13).
US10779997B1
A tampon insertion device for inserting a tampon includes a structure for indicating the insertion device is sufficiently inserted into a woman's vagina before deploying the tampon. The tampon insertion device includes a barrel having opposed insertion and proximal end portions and a side wall that defines an interior area therebetween. A tampon is initially positioned in the interior area. A depth indicator having indicia is situated on the side wall of the barrel that is indicative that the barrel is fully inserted, the indicia including one of a recess, a groove, or imprinted matter extending radially about the barrel. The insertion device includes a plunger slidable from a starter configuration extending away from the proximal end portion of the barrel to a deployed configuration positioned downstream inside the interior area. Pressure applied to the plunger causes the plunger to urge the tampon downstream within the interior area.
US10779993B2
A wound exudate management system includes a pump for generating negative pressure, a dressing for covering and protecting a wound of a user, a tube including an interior lumen, the tube disposed between the pump and the dressing such that the pump and the dressing are in fluid communication via the interior lumen. The dressing includes an adhesive layer for adhering the dressing adjacent the wound, a wound contact layer, a pressure dispersion layer, a plurality of layers of absorbent material disposed between the wound contact layer and the pressure dispersion layer, a backing layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the backing layer being adjacent, and in contact with, the pressure dispersion layer and the adhesive layer, and a flexible connector disposed on the second surface of the backing layer.
US10779986B2
The invention relates to a device for cleaning a stoma in a human or animal body. The object of the invention is to provide a device as described in the introduction which completely abuts the skin's surface, irrespective of the location of the stoma on the body and irrespective of the person's or animal's build. In order to achieve that object, the device is according to the invention characterised in that the circular contact edge of the container is provided with a circular flexible collar comprising at least a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge, which first circumferential edge and second circumferential edge enclose an air chamber when placed on the body.
US10779985B2
An adapter insert is for the purpose of reinforcing or stiffening a flexible adapter for said guard system to provide greater support and stabilization in the peristomal region in an effort to help reduce herniation, and to help aid adhesion of a faceplate when worn short term without a guard when output is expected to be minimal, for instance, between meals. The conjoined insert and adapter are positioned between a faceplate and a pouch, their inner apertures surrounding the faceplate flanges or heat weld of an ostomy appliance, and worn under form-fitted clothing negating the need for a security strap.
US10779982B2
A method for manufacturing a customized apparatus with a shape adapted to a specific user's morphology, or a mold for such an apparatus, includes obtaining a description of a generic apparatus, or of the mold for such an apparatus, the generic apparatus being adapted to a generic morphology. A description of the generic morphology and a description of the specific user's morphology is obtained. The descriptions of the generic morphology and of the specific user's morphology are processed to identify a geometric transformation mapping together the generic morphology and the specific user's morphology. The geometric transformation is applied to the description of the generic apparatus, or the description of the mold for such apparatus, in order to define the description of the customized apparatus or the mold therefor. The customized apparatus is then manufactured.
US10779974B2
An absorbable endoluminal stent and method for preparing the same are provided in the present invention. The absorbable endoluminal stent comprises a stent body, a plurality of through holes formed in the stent body, and bioabsorbable polymeric materials filled in the through holes. When the stent is implanted into the blood vessels, damages on stent caused during crimping and expansion processes are reduced. Radical supporting force duration of stent is improved and mechanical properties of stent after implantation are guaranteed by compositing the materials in the through holes and materials of the stent body.
US10779971B2
A plaque tack can be used for holding plaque against blood vessel walls such as in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease. The plaque tack can be formed as a thin, annular band for holding loose plaque under a spring or other expansion force against a blood vessel wall. Focal elevating elements and/or other features, such as anchors, can be used to exert a holding force on a plaque position while minimizing the amount of material surface area in contact with the plaque or blood vessel wall and reducing the potential of friction with the endoluminal surface. This approach offers clinicians the ability to perform a minimally invasive post-angioplasty treatment and produce a stent-like result without using a stent.
US10779964B2
Methods, compositions, and devices for treating a vascular aneurysm, including an abdominal aortic aneurysm, are disclosed. In particular, the various embodiments relate to a method of treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm by increasing the mechanical stiffness of an aortic segment adjacent to the abdominal aortic aneurysm in a subject. The mechanical stiffness of the adjacent aortic segment may be increased, for example, by applying a surgical adhesive or intravascular stent. Such treatment reduces stress on the aortic wall and limits further growth of the abdominal aortic aneurysm.
US10779955B2
A spinal implant comprises a first member, a second member and an actuator defining a transverse pivot axis. A first link is connected to the first member and the actuator adjacent the pivot axis. The first link includes an inner surface defining a cavity. A second link is connected to the second member and the actuator adjacent the pivot axis. The actuator is rotatable for translating the pivot axis such that the second link is movable within the cavity to move the members between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10779954B1
A method of treating a patient who requires surgical implantation of an orthopedic implant is described. The method includes the steps of: determining the DEXA scan T-score of the patient's native bone at a site of surgical implantation where the implant will be in contact with the patient's native bone; retrieve from among three or more implants of the same type an implant that has a density that is closest to the density of the patient's native bone at the site of surgical implantation based on the DEXA scan T-score of the patient's native bone; and implanting the retrieved implant in the patient to the exclusion of the other two or more implants.
US10779943B2
A method for stabilizing a cardiac valve annulus is provided. The method includes intravascularly delivering a prosthesis to a region of a cardiac valve, expanding the prosthesis to secure the prosthesis to the region of the cardiac valve, and reducing the inner diameter of the prosthesis to form the region of the cardiac valve into a predefined shape.
US10779941B2
A delivery cylinder for a prosthetic implant can include a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion. The second tubular portion has a plurality of strut members coupled to the first tubular portion that define a volume for containing the prosthetic implant in a radially compressed state. The strut members can include respective flex regions configured such that application of force to the strut members causes deformation of the flex regions and corresponding radially inward or outward movement of the strut members relative to a longitudinal axis of the delivery cylinder between an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration.
US10779937B2
The invention relates to a transcatheter heart valve replacement (A61F2/2412), and in particular a device and method for percutaneous annular plication, as a replacement device for a heart valve, whereby the prosthesis has an atrial annular flange or cuff having one or more integral plication windows connected to a pressure actuated flow control member extending into the ventricle, wherein the is a reciprocating mechanical member that is compressed by pressurized working fluid within the heart during ventricular systole.
US10779928B2
The invention relates to a suction stent for introduction into a hollow organ of the human or animal body, preferably into the gastrointestinal tract, in particular the intestine, comprising a tubular hollow body which is open in the longitudinal direction and made of biocompatible material, the tubular hollow body having a fixed diameter at least in its central portion; and a porous shapeable material, preferably a sponge material, which is biocompatible and shapeable in the radial direction, the porous shapeable material radially sheathing the tubular hollow body at least in a section of the tubular hollow body. Further, the invention relates to a method for sealing a leakage, especially an anastomosis, of the hollow organ.
US10779924B2
In one embodiment, the invention can be an electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush may include a driving module configured to oscillate a brush unit; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an output signal; a signal extraction module configured to extract from the output signal (a) a first signal having a frequency at a first threshold or higher and (b) a second signal having a frequency at a second threshold or lower; a brushing site estimation module configured to estimate a brushing site of the brush unit based on the output signal of the acceleration sensor; and a correction module configured to correct the brushing site estimated by the brushing site estimation module based on an amplitude of the first signal and an amplitude of the second signal.
US10779917B2
The present invention relates to a computer implemented method for modifying a digital three-dimensional model (3) of a dentition comprising: displaying an image of the dentition by applying a virtual camera to the three-dimensional model to render the image for a display (1); acquiring a line drawn by a user on the image on the display (1); projecting the acquired line, using the virtual camera (4), to a three-dimensional projection surface (7) approximating the shape of the dental arches and extending the upper and lower dental arches to cover any opening therebetween; obtaining visible teeth arch contour curves, namely incisal curve and gingiva border curve, of the upper and lower teeth arches, and projecting the teeth arch contour curves to the projection surface; selecting one of the teeth arch contour curves as teeth arch contour curve to be modified and selecting the other teeth arch contour curve of the same teeth arch or a curve derived therefrom as a baseline curve; deforming all teeth belonging to the selected contour curve to be modified along the projected line in the three-dimensional model of the dentition in a length direction such that at least parts of the selected contour curve to be modified, after deformation and projection to the projection surface, coincide with the projected line and any remaining parts of the selected contour curve to be modified are located between the projected line and the baseline curve, whereas the baseline curve remains unaffected by the deformation.
US10779915B1
A system and method for post-processing of polymeric items having a liquid component and a predetermined heat deflection temperature is provided. The system includes a washing station to spray water at elevated temperature and pressure on the items while maintaining the temperature of the item below the heat deflection temperature. Then using a water distillation system to separate the water from the water mixed with the liquid polymer component by evaporating the water using heating coils with surface that is not conducive to adhesion of the liquid polymer component and then condense the water vapor into liquid water. The system may further include a spin station to separate the liquid polymer component by spinning the item. The system may further include one or more processing stations to rinse the item, dry the item, cure the item, remove the item from a tray to which the item may be attached and clean trays after removing the item. A conveyor system may be used to automate the post-processing of the items.
US10779914B2
An optical system comprises a detector to determine one or more intensities of light impinging on one or more locations of the detector and an optical element to direct light towards the detector along a detection axis. The detector and optical element are coupled together by three or more substantially flat flexures respectively defining three or more flexure planes parallel to the detection axis. The three or more substantially flat flexures maintain an alignment of the optical element to the detector with changes in temperature.
US10779907B2
A carrier for retaining a plurality of implants each comprising a structurally encoded pin, the structurally encoded pin having a shape or surface characteristics discernable by an imaging modality such as x-ray, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, visible light, UV light, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and neutron imaging, from outside the carrier, the shape or surface characteristics representing structurally encoded data. The invention further discloses a carrier for viewing a plurality of implants, and associated reading systems for reading a plurality of implants. Finally, the invention discloses methods for reading a plurality of implantable devices retained within a carrier.
US10779904B2
Catheter for visualizing ablated tissue comprises a catheter body; a distal tip positioned at a distal end of the catheter body, the distal tip defining a illumination cavity, the distal tip having one or more openings for exchange of light energy between the illumination cavity and tissue; a light directing member disposed within the illumination cavity, the light directing member being configured to split light energy received from a light source into multiple beams and to such beams to the tissue through the corresponding more openings in the distal tip.
US10779886B2
Devices and methods can be used to deliver thermal therapy to treat tissue. For example, this document provides devices and methods for treating varices, varicosity, other bleeding vessels, polyps, and cancer using microwave-delivered thermal therapy in a minimally invasive fashion. In some embodiment's provided herein, a multidirectional thermal therapy that does not injure surface tissues but causes endothelial injury and coagulation is described. In some implementations, varices are suctioned into a cup that is configured to deliver thermal therapy to the varices, resulting in coagulation.
US10779878B2
An effector includes a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end. The effector includes a plug or closure at the distal end of the tubular body; an active electrode at the distal end of the body; an insulator on the body; and one or more return electrodes on the insulator. The body dissipates heat generated by the one or more return electrodes from the distal end of the body to the proximal end of the body.
US10779870B2
A curved inflatable bone tamp includes an outer shaft defining a passageway. An inner shaft is positioned within the passageway. The inner shaft extends between opposite first and second end. The inner shaft defines a lumen. The inner shaft is curved between the first end and the second end. A first leg of a balloon is coupled to the outer shaft and a second leg of the balloon is coupled to the inner shaft such that a material can flow through the lumen and into the balloon to inflate the balloon. The balloon includes a wall having a variable thickness between the legs when the balloon is uninflated and a uniform thickness between the legs when the balloon is inflated. Kits, systems and methods are disclosed.
US10779851B2
A catheter mounted arterial surgical tool has a body with a fluid jet prong extending from a distal end of the body along a prong axis that is parallel to and laterally offset from a body axis. A fluid passage extends through the fluid jet prong to an outlet that points laterally relative to the prong axis. A deflector anvil extends from the distal end of the body along a deflector axis that is parallel to and offset from the body axis. The deflector anvil has a face that faces toward the fluid jet prong and is impinged by a fluid jet discharged from the outlet. A pair of guide wire holes extend from the proximal to the distal end of the body parallel to the body axis for receiving guide wires to enable the body to slide along the guide wires.
US10779849B2
A system including a battery assembly for use in a modular handheld surgical instrument, wherein the battery assembly includes a primary battery pack, a secondary battery pack, and a circuit configured to supply a first output voltage to a first load of the modular handheld surgical instrument via the primary battery pack, supply a second output voltage to a second load of the modular handheld surgical instrument via the secondary battery pack, and upon sensing a sagging voltage from the primary battery pack, supply a supplemental voltage to the first load, via the secondary battery pack, to prevent the battery assembly from supplying an output voltage below a predetermined threshold output voltage under the first load.
US10779846B2
A surgical clamping device includes a handgrip, an actuation assembly, an elongated body portion, an upper jaw assembly, and a lower jaw assembly. Each of the upper and lower jaw assemblies includes and an elongated jaw body and a distal clamping portion that is supported on a distal end of a respective elongated jaw body. Each of the elongated jaw bodies includes a proximal end that is pivotally connected to the actuation assembly by a pivot member located within the handgrip. The pivot member is spaced from the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies such that the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies remain substantially parallel as the upper and lower jaw assemblies are pivoted between open and clamped positions.
US10779844B2
Surgical tissue fusion instrument having two gripping structures which are movable relative to each other, are designed for gripping and bringing together biological tissue sections, and are assigned heat-generating means designed in such a way that tissue fusion takes place between the biological tissue sections by heat being supplied in the area of the gripping structures. At least one gripping structure is assigned a fluid-conducting system, which is designed to supply at least one liquid or flowable additive to the tissue sections during a tissue fusion process.
US10779840B2
A hemostatic device can inflate an inflatable portion without using a separate dedicated instrument, can reduce an unpleasant feeling of a wearer, and can prevent a site where bleeding is to be stopped from being unintentionally and unnecessarily compressed. The hemostatic device has a band for being wrapped around a limb, an inflatable portion that is inflated by injecting gas, an injection part that is configured to inject gas into the inflatable portion, and a flow route that permits communication between the inflatable portion and the injection part. The flow route includes a backflow preventer which prevents gas from flowing out to the injection part from the inflatable portion. The injection part is located on the band, and includes holes which penetrate the injection part in a direction intersecting a perpendicular line to a region of the band where the injection part is located.
US10779839B2
An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes a housing, and jaws that extend past a distal end of the housing and include opposed first and second jaw members each comprising an independent structure movable relative to the other. The first jaw member defines a first inner surface and the second jaw member defines a second inner surface opposite the first inner surface. An actuation mechanism is operatively coupled to the jaw members and operable to move the jaws between an open position and a closed position. The first and second inner surfaces remain substantially parallel to each other as the jaws move between the open and closed positions.
US10779837B2
The present disclosure relates to repair devices configured for use in fixing or approximating tissues, such as cardiac valve tissues and particularly the leaflets of a regurgitant mitral valve. The repair device includes a shaft, a pair of proximal elements pivotally coupled to the shaft and extending from the shaft, and a pair of distal elements pivotally coupled to the shaft and extending from the shaft. The proximal and distal elements are configured so that targeted tissue can be grasped therebetween. The distal elements and/or the proximal elements include adjustable arms that can be extended and retracted to adjust the length of the gripping elements to provide more effective grasping of targeted tissues.
US10779833B2
An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery is provided. The anvil assembly includes a housing configured to receive a guide suture that is severed during a stapling procedure. An anvil delivery assembly including the anvil assembly and a suture guide assembly secured to the anvil assembly is also provided.
US10779832B2
An apparatus is provided for stapling tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil and a trocar selectively coupled with the anvil. The anvil may have an inner opening and a plurality of staple pockets aligned around a surface of the anvil. The anvil may be inserted trans-orally through an esophagus prior to being coupled with the trocar. The trocar may include a shaft and a locking assembly. The locking assembly may secure the anvil in position relative to the trocar when the locking assembly is in the expanded position. The apparatus may also include an alignment assembly to align the staple pockets of the anvil relative to the apparatus. The apparatus may also include an introduction assembly to guide the anvil through the esophagus.
US10779831B2
The invention relates to deployable magnetic compression devices and systems and methods for the deployment of such magnetic compression devices. The magnetic compression devices are particularly useful for creating anastomoses, e.g., in the gastrointestinal tract. The devices are especially useful for minimally-invasive delivery, e.g., using endoscopic techniques. The systems, devices, and methods can be used to treat a variety of gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer.
US10779830B2
An easily detachable connection of a hollow cylindrical component, such as a graft, at a recess in tissue, such as a heart or a blood vessel, an annular element, a guide element and a spring element are provided, which are secured by way of a suture ring at the body part and at the hollow cylindrical component, and which permit an easily disengageable mutual locking by way of the spring element. To this end, the annular element comprises a groove extending around the periphery thereof, into which the spring element plunges for locking.
US10779827B2
A dissecting tip is provided for use with a surgical stapler or instrument. In one embodiment, the dissecting tip is secured to the end effector of a surgical stapler, e.g., to the anvil assembly or cartridge assembly. The dissecting tip extends distally from the end effector and is configured to dissect or separate target tissue from certain tissue, e.g., adherent, connective, joined or other tissue.
US10779820B2
A motorized surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a displacement member, a motor coupled to the displacement member, a display, and a control circuit coupled to the motor and the display. The control circuit is configured to measure distance traveled by the displacement member over a predetermined period of time, cause the display to present a selection menu indicia that is indicative of a velocity mode, receive a user input corresponding to the velocity mode, and set the motor velocity of the displacement member based on the measured distance traveled by the displacement member over the predetermined period of time and the user input.
US10779818B2
An end effector includes first and second jaw members moveable relative to one another. Each of the first and second jaw members including a tissue contacting surface opposing the tissue contacting surface of the other jaw member. The end effector includes a detection assembly that is disposed within the first or second jaw member that is configured to detect an attribute of tissue between the first and second jaw members. The detection assembly may include a light source configured to emit light towards tissue between the first and second jaw members or may include an ultrasound transducer configured to emit ultrasound energy towards tissue between the first and second jaw members.
US10779816B2
Disclosed in an orthopedic implant that comprises a spacer portion having a superior portion and an inferior portion, and a staple portion. The staple portion is integral with the spacer portion and comprises a crown portion and first and second leg portions, the first and second leg portions having distal end that converge front the crown portion and that are composed of a material that has superelastic properties at body temperatures, whereby the first and second leg portions are configured to impart a compressive biasing force when the implant is installed with the legs under tension.
US10779806B2
A flexible cable sheath includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, and a flexible cable passing through the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has a plurality of individual segments which are coupled to bend and have limited axial separation. By tensioning the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve, the resulting assembly has improved dimensional stability and torsional rigidity.
US10779771B2
A method and apparatus which combines multiple simultaneous signals thought to contain a common periodic component by performing principal component analysis on each of the multiple signals, finding the weight of the first principal component, and then adding the multiple signals together in a weighted sum according to the weight of the first principal component. The method and apparatus further includes a way of combining signals from successive overlapping time windows in real time by differentiating the signal and forming as each output signal sample the value of the preceding signal sample summed with the differential of the signal, weighted by weights based on the amplitude of the differential signal at that time point.
US10779767B2
An implantable cardiac monitoring device and method of manufacture are provided. The device comprises a device housing having electronic components therein. A feedthrough assembly is joined to the device housing. The device comprises an antenna. A header body is mounted to the device housing and encloses the antenna and feedthrough assembly. The antenna includes a pin mounting section and a plate shaped radiating section. The pin mounting and radiating sections are interconnected by a ribbon section having a predetermined length to at least partially tune the antenna to a communication frequency. The radiating section is positioned proximate to, and shaped to extend along, an outer surface of the header body.
US10779764B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for reducing a risk of unintentional falls in a subject that is at risk for falls. The device includes a sensor and a stimulator. The sensor is configured to be positioned adjacent a body portion of the user that changes orientation when the user sits and stands. The sensor is also configured to emit an activation signal when the user stands and to emit a deactivation signal when the user sits or lies down. The stimulator is in communication with the sensor and is configured to be positioned adjacent one of a calf and a lower back of the user. The stimulator is configured to vibrate at a frequency that stimulates proprioceptors of the user without inducing muscle contractions upon receipt of the activation signal from the sensor and to cease vibration upon receipt of the deactivation signal from the sensor.
US10779754B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, etc. for determination and application of a unidimensional metric for assessing a patient's glycemic health. In one particular implementation, a computed metric may be used to balance short-term and long-term risks associated with a particular therapy. In another implementation, a computed unidimensional metric may be used to balance risks of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
US10779751B2
Disclosed is a system for acquiring and using image data and generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of a subject. The three-dimensional reconstruction can be used to assist in determining various features, including axis and planes of a subject or members placed relative to the subject. The system can be implemented to plan and perform a procedure relative to the subject.
US10779750B2
Devices, systems, and methods for removing targeted lesions from vessels. In at least one embodiment of a device for removing a stenotic lesion from a vessel, the device comprises a sizing portion capable of measuring a luminal size parameter when at least part of the device is positioned within a lumen of a luminal organ, a typing portion, wherein at least part of the at least one typing portion is capable of physically touching a portion of the luminal organ or a structure therein, and a treatment portion capable of removing at least part of a stenotic lesion from the luminal organ.
US10779744B2
Disclosed is a method for computerizing delineation and/or multi-label classification of an ECG signal, including: applying a neural network to the ECG, labelling the ECG, and optionally displaying the labels according to time with the ECG signal.
US10779739B2
The present invention provides a contactless-type sport training monitor method, comprising: selecting at least an image database to recognize a plurality of expressions in the image database; making pre-processing for the plurality of expressions: using a convolutional neural network as a feature point extraction model; acquiring a human image; tracking a first target region and a second target region in the human image; making chrominance-based rPPG trace extraction; using the deep level model to compare the second target region image; and to calculate a post-exercise heart rate recovery achievement ratio, to judge the Rating of Perceived Exertion, and judging whether the human body is under overtraining status or not.
US10779727B2
A novel surgical lens system including a lens and a reflective element. The lens is placed on, or above, a cornea of an eye of a subject for enabling inspection of the eye. The reflective element is incorporated into the lens. The reflective element reflects a light beam toward the eye of the subject. The reflective element increases the divergence of the light beam, such that the divergence of the reflected light beam is larger than the divergence of the light beam. The light beam is emitted by a non-invasive light source positioned externally to the eye.
US10779719B2
Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.
US10779716B2
Light source system, light source control method, first light source apparatus, and endoscope system
A light source system includes a normal light source apparatus provided with a light source controller and a light source apparatus for specific light provided with a specific light controller. In a state where communication is enabled, the light source controller adjusts an emission intensity of the normal light, generates a light amount control signal that makes the normal light and the specific light have a predetermined light amount ratio, and sends the light amount control signal to the light source apparatus for specific light. The specific light controller adjusts an emission intensity of the specific light based on the received light amount control signal.
US10779712B2
A capsule medical device guidance system includes: a capsule medical device including a permanent magnet and configured to be introduced into a subject; a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field to be applied to the capsule medical device; an operation input device configured to input operation information; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: control the magnetic field generator, based on the operation information input from the operation input device, to change the magnetic field to change at least one of the position and the posture of the capsule medical device; obtain control information for the magnetic field generator in a state where forces acting on the capsule medical device are balanced before starting or when starting operation on the operation input device; and control the magnetic field generator by using the control information after the operation is finished.
US10779708B2
An overtube for use with an endoscope includes a tube body defining a longitudinal axis, a central channel defined in the tube body and extending along or parallel to the longitudinal axis between proximal and distal end portions of the tube body, and first and second side channels defined in the tube body and extending along or parallel to the longitudinal axis between the proximal and the distal end portions of the tube body. The central channel is sized and configured to receive an endoscope. The first and second side channels are circumferentially spaced part from each other and disposed between the central channel and an outer surface of the tube body. Each of the first and second side channels is sized and configured to receive a retraction device, and each has an elongated arcuate cross section or perimeter at the distal end portion of the tube body.
US10779705B2
A dishwasher (100) is disclosed. The dishwasher (100) includes a washing tub (130) for defining a washing space, a rack (200) provided in the washing tub (130) so as to be withdrawn from the washing tub (130) for receiving dishes, and a plurality of spraying units (132, 133, 134) for spraying wash water to the rack (200). The rack (200) includes an outer edge rib (210) for defining a space in which dishes are loaded, a variable space loading unit (240) upwardly and downwardly movably provided at the inside of the outer edge rib (210), and a lifting unit (250) provided at the outer edge rib (210) for upwardly and downwardly moving the variable space loading unit (240) to decrease and increase the loading space of the variable space loading unit (240).
US10779701B2
A method of cleaning a washing machine and components and systems for enabling a user to clean the washing machine are provided. The method includes gaining access to debris that is trapped in otherwise inaccessible and/or concealed areas and/or directing debris out of inaccessible and/or concealed areas. The components include a jet channel that selectively couples to a discharge manifold in use and is removable to provide access to an interior area of the discharge manifold for cleaning. The systems include a removable mount assembly for accessories and a purging system for pumps and other concealed areas. The purging system is configured to discharge purging fluid through a plurality of purging ports and into concealed areas so as to direct debris in the concealed areas out of the concealed areas.
US10779700B2
A wringer has a support surface and a first wringer surface depending from the support surface to a second wringer surface having perforations and curving to a free edge substantially below the support surface. The second wringer surface may be curved in an approximately 180 degree arc. The first wringer surface may be flat and also perforated. The support surface may be formed as an inverted channel structure with a closed upper surface and an angled surface extending away from the first wringer surface. The angled surface may extend at an angle approximately 45 degrees. The wringer may be used with one or more buckets, where the wringer is supported from the rim of one bucket or from the adjacent rims of two buckets. A flat first wringer surface may be used to ring a flat mop, and the curved second wringer surface may be used to bring a round mop.
US10779695B2
A mobile cleaning robot includes a removable filter unit configured to receive a supply airflow generated by a blower and to filter debris from the supply airflow, a filter seat, a filter access opening, a filter access door, and a filter presence system. The filter access door is pivotable between a closed position, wherein the filter access door covers the filter access opening, and an open position, wherein the filter access door is displaced from the filter access opening to permit access to the filter seat. The filter presence system is configured to: permit the filter access door to move from the open position into the closed position when the filter unit is disposed in the filter seat; and prevent the filter access door from being moved into the closed position when the filter unit is not disposed in the filter seat. The filter presence system includes a lift arm movable between an extended position and a retracted position. When the filter access door is open, the lift arm assumes the extended position to receive the filter unit in the filter seat. Moving the filter access door from the open position into the closed position when the filter unit is disposed in the filter seat causes the lift arm to move to the retracted position.
US10779693B2
According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a main part, a toilet seat, and a sensor. The toilet seat is supported to be rotatable. The sensor is provided in an interior of the main part and uses a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part. A position of the sensor does not change. In a state in which the toilet seat is closed, the user in front of the main part is detected by the sensor in a first region and a second region higher than the first region. In a state in which the toilet seat is open, the user in front of the main part is detected by the sensor in the first region without the user in front of the main part being detected by the sensor in the second region.
US10779692B2
A dispenser includes a dispenser body having an interior cavity, and an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity. The dispenser also includes a loading door and a lid. The lid engages a dispenser surface when in the closed position to thereby create a substantially gas impermeable seal. The dispenser further includes a mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture. The mounting surface includes a mounting interface that permits substantially gas impermeable mounting of a cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the aperture.
US10779689B2
A shower attachment to keep steam within a bathroom shower includes a plurality of telescopic rods, a first dome panel, a second dome panel, at least one inner fastener, and at least one outer fastener. The plurality of telescopic rods is mounted opposite of each other and functions as a framing structure. The first dome panel and the second dome panel are slidably positioned offset of each other to fit within opposing walls of a bathroom shower. The first dome panel and the second dome panel are terminally mounted to each other by the at least one inner fastener and the at least one outer fastener so that the first dome panel and the second dome panel can position atop the plurality of telescopic rods. Resultantly, the first dome panel and the second dome panel are able to trap the steam vapor within a bathroom shower.
US10779685B2
The egg peeler device accessories comprise replaceable top caps for an egg peeler such that each replaceable top cap reconfigures the egg peeler to perform a specific task. The replaceable top caps fit onto the top end of a body of the egg peeler in place of an original top cap. The first replaceable top cap reconfigures the egg peeler to separate egg yolks and egg whites. This cap comprises a plurality of slots around a concave portion of the cap such that egg whites flow through the plurality of slots while the egg yolk remains in the cap. The second replaceable top cap reconfigures the egg peeler to peel one or more cloves of garlic. The cloves are placed within the body and shaken where they strike spikes projecting from the inside surface of the second replaceable top cap, separating the coves and peeling them.
US10779684B2
An herb grinder intended to be driven by the thumb in one hand to shave an herb with a plurality of blades. The grinder is a rectangular body comprised of a thumb piece, upper cover, pressurized plate, sliding body, central chamber, and bottom chamber. The top thumb piece is serrated for improved grip. The upper cover allows for the insertion of the herbs, spices, or other foodstuffs. The pressurized plate performs a tamping operation of the food product into the sliding body forcing a downward bias against the blades. The sliding body travels along linear indentations of the central chamber during operation to allow the blades to shear the food, which is evacuated from the central chamber into the bottom chamber.
US10779680B2
A rotisserie grill cooker has a base, a support post, a cantilevered rail, a cage-drive assembly, and a firepit. Together these enable a user to suspend a rotating food rack over a heat source. Specifically, the base is a rigid structure to which one end of the support post is pivotably connected. The cantilevered rail extends away from the support post over the heat source. The cantilevered rail is positioned offset from the base along the support post, so the food rack can be suspended in between the cantilevered rail and the firepit that traverses through the base. The cage-drive assembly is a motorized support system, is slidably engaged along the cantilevered rail, and rotates the food rack. The support assembly has a carriage that is connected in between a drive system and the cantilevered rail. The heat source is within the firepit and heats the food rack.
US10779674B2
A circulation cooking device includes a housing and two casings. Within the housing and the casings, there are provided two sets of a wheel control device, a temperature limiting thermostat, a circuit board for switch control, a mechanical fan for drawing cold air in and expelling hot air out, a main circuit board configured to activate heating and agitation; a drive source for agitation and testing, a support for heating member, an electric heating member, a fan blade assembly, and an inlet device. The circulation cooking device can mounted on a large container by a seat for single container or two small containers by a seat for double container.
US10779670B1
Urinal mat having a flexible, gridded, porous top layer, a disposable, highly liquid-absorbent pad or pad-type middle layer, and an effectively waterproof bottom layer, heavy enough to stay in place without adhesives, and thin enough, with tapered sides, to avoid being a tripping hazard. The top layer fits within a recess in the bottom layer and interlockingly attaches to the bottom layer, with the pad in-between. The interlocking attachment is accomplished by the fitting of horizontal protrusions on the perimeter of the top layer fitting into corresponding peripheral recesses in the bottom layer, and provides a smooth level horizontal top surface of the mat.
US10779662B2
The present invention discloses a display rack for display and exhibition. The display device includes the display rack. Both sides of the display rack are provided with at least one insertion plate and insertion slot respectively, and the outer surface of the display rack is provided with at least one first item placement slot for exhibiting products. The upper side surface and the lower side surface of the inner surface of the display rack are provided with a connector and a groove respectively, the connector is provided with a first threaded hole, and the groove wall of the groove is provided with a second threaded hole. In the present invention, by modular design, a plurality of identical display racks are combined and superposed to form display devices of different width or height, less molds are used in production, so the production efficiency is increased, and production costs are reduced.
US10779661B2
Utensil dispensers and methods for making and using same. In some examples, the utensil dispensers can include a housing. A dispense chassis can be configured to fit within the housing. At least one post can be disposed on an outer surface of the dispense chassis, and at least one glide mechanism can be disposed within the housing. The glide mechanism is configured to engage the dispense chassis post. The glide mechanism can include a slot configured to guide the dispense chassis between a dispensing position in which the dispense chassis is configured to dispense utensils from the housing and a loading position in which the dispense chassis is configured to be loaded with utensils.
US10779657B1
The adjustable foot stool comprises a platform, a pad, a plurality of lighting elements, and a pair of adjustable legs. The platform may be adapted to elevate and tilt a foot of a user. An inclination angle of the platform may be changed using the pair of adjustable legs. The pad may cushion the foot 910. The plurality of lighting elements may be adapted to provide illumination of the foot. As a non-limiting example, illumination may be provided for grooming the foot. The plurality of lighting elements may be powered by one or more batteries housed within the platform and may be turned on or off using an on/off switch located on the platform.
US10779654B2
Chairs, stool assemblies, and systems for constructing furniture. Such a chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. Such a stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. Such a system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.
US10779647B2
An office furniture component provides an enclosure defining an interior work space, the enclosure having at least three walls and one or more open sides via which the interior work space may be accessed. A flat work surface may be provided within the interior space. Electronic systems may be installed within the furniture component, such as display screens, cameras, and lighting systems. A lighting controller may implement contextual lighting to vary work space illumination in response to occupant use of the work space.
US10779641B2
The foldaway shelving unit has movable end caps and at least a first shelf and a second shelf mounted for pivotal movement with respect to the shelf support. A first movable end cap is mounted adjacent the first end of the first shelf and a second movable end cap is mounted adjacent the second end of said second shelf. The shelves can be independently pivoted between a lowered position and a raised position. When the shelves are in the lowered position, the first and second movable end caps form a bridge between the shelves. When one of the shelves is in the raised position, and the other shelf is in the lowered position, the pivot bracket raises one of the movable end caps with respect to the lowered shelf and at least a portion of the vertical wall of the second movable end cap is above the support surface of the lowered shelf.
US10779639B2
A travel tray and container system includes a base having a cylinder for receiving a beverage container and a tray having a tray shape extending in a horizontal plane to bisect the cylinder to define an upper cylinder and a lower cylinder eccentrically disposed within the horizontal plane. The lower cylinder is dimensioned to closely fit within a cup-holder. The tray has a vertical wall extending around its perimeter, where the upper cylinder and the vertical wall define a tray retention volume having an eccentric cut-out region corresponding to the cylinder. A removable insert has a shape that fits within the tray retention volume, the insert having upper edges configured for attachment of a container-sealing lid.
US10779638B2
A table arrangement includes a height adjustment mechanisms for movement of one or more height adjustable tabletops. When more than one tabletop is present, each of the tabletops can be independently moveable. Embodiments of the table arrangement can be configured so that a user can manipulate an actuation mechanism to have the tabletop automatically moved to a pre-selected position without the user having to manually control the actuation mechanism to cause the tabletop to move to that pre-selected position.
US10779631B2
A cosmetic stamp includes one or more stamping elements, a stamp compartment or housing for carrying the one or more stamping elements and a stamping substance. For example, a cosmetic stamp is an eyebrow stamp that is used for the application of a cosmetic eyebrow using the one or more stamping elements and the stamping substance. A method of applying a cosmetic stamp includes removing a stamping element from a stamp compartment, opening a lid of the stamp compartment, and pressing the face of the stamp to a stamping substance.
US10779629B2
A holding portion formed in a three-dimensional shape and with a cosmetic material adhered thereto is stored in a bottomed tubular receptacle, a shaft body extending from the holding portion is made to enter a hole communicating with inside and outside in a receptacle bottom portion, and in a state in which a lower end surface is flush with an outer surface of the bottom portion or located inside the hole, the shaft body is mounted to the bottom portion. Thus, it is possible to allow the cosmetic material of the holding portion, which does not move in the receptacle, to easily adhere to the application body, without contaminating the hand since a user does not hold the holding portion.
US10779628B2
An electrically-powered nail cutting apparatus includes a housing having a front face and a rear face, two sides, a top and a bottom. The front face of the housing having an open slot at least 0.5 mm in height and between 0.7 cm and 4 cm in width, the slot having a front-facing opening and a rear-facing opening. Within the housing and proximal to the rear-facing opening is a vertically translating nail-cutting blade plate associated with an electric motor that is configured to translate the nail-cutting blade plate consecutively down and up. The blade plate is a solid material having an opening therein, wherein the top of the opening comprises a cutting blade with a cutting edge within the opening such that the cutting edge is adjacent the rear-facing element.
US10779626B2
A skin treatment apparatus, preferably an epilator, comprising at least one detector for detecting approximation and/or contact with the skin and a control unit to actuate the device depending on the signal received from the detector. The control unit has at least one regulator which increases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an increased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor and/or decreases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an decreased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor.
US10779621B2
A protective ring case that fully encases a ring inside a hollow interior portion of a generally toroidal protective ring case with an exterior hole in its middle which may be sized, including the thickness of the case, to fit a ring's inner diameter closely, thereby securing said ring inside said hollow portion; wherein the exterior hole of the hollow generally toroidal protective ring case is large enough to fit a carabiner. The case may also have a number of additional coupling mechanisms and security features.
US10779615B2
An article of footwear includes sensory elements. The sensory elements are embedded in an upper of an article of footwear, the upper having a first layer and a second layer. Sensory elements are proximally disposed toward a foot when contacted by an object. Sensory elements may partially protrude from the first layer and/or the second layer. Sensory elements may also be fully covered between the first layer and the second layer.
US10779613B2
An outsole includes a substantially flat reference surface formed on a lower side of the outsole, and studs projecting downward from the reference surface and each having a projection surface positioned below the reference surface. Midsole hollows are provided in a lower portion of a midsole. The midsole hollows are each defined between an upper portion of the outsole and an associated one of midsole recesses formed in a lower surface of a lower midsole at positions facing upper sides of the studs.
US10779604B2
Earphones which attach to an interior of a helmet are disclosed. Physical attachment of the earphones to the helmet result in an electrical connection in some embodiments. The headphones may be used without the helmet through the use of strap holder adapters in some embodiments.
US10779587B2
Described are heat insulation structures for a garment. The heat insulation structure includes at least one first insulation element having a first uncompressed shape, at least one second insulation element having a second uncompressed shape that is different than the first uncompressed shape, and a contact area formed when the first uncompressed shape contacts the second uncompressed shape. The second uncompressed shape is deformable through pressure applied by a wearer's body when the garment is worn, which increases a size of the contact area.
US10779575B2
An atomizer includes an upper cover assembly, an atomizing device and a regulating assembly. The atomizing device is arranged between the upper cover assembly and the regulating assembly. The regulating assembly includes a regulating base and a regulating ring rotatably sleeved about the regulating base. The regulating base is provided with at least one first circulating portion in fluid communication with the atomizing device. The regulating ring is provided with a second circulating portion arranged corresponding to the first circulating portion. An area of communication between the first circulating portion and the second circulating portion is changed by rotating the regulating ring. The atomizer has a good leak-proof function.
US10779574B2
Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.
US10779567B1
A lid and sleeve system that creates a zero maintenance humidity controlled, protective environment within a cigar tube is disclosed. This invention incorporates two-way humidity control technology while adding superior protection as well as optimal air circulation in an optionally transparent tube, designed for but not limited to the disposable retail packaging of a cigar.
US10779566B2
A smoking article includes a contoured filter element having a cylindrical rod end portion and a cylindrical mouth end portion and a contoured portion between the cylindrical rod end portion and the cylindrical mouth end portion. The contoured portion defines an exterior surface of the smoking article and having a first cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of either the cylindrical rod end portion or the cylindrical mouth end portion.
US10779561B2
A solubilisation product consists of resveratrol, polysorbate 80 and polysorbate 20, and at least one medium-chain triglyceride.
US10779555B2
The present invention discloses a method for efficiently and mildly reducing ovalbumin allergenicity. The present invention promotes the exposure of the ovalbumin allergenic site to the molecular surface by repeated freezing and thawing pretreatment, and combines transglycosylase and trypsinase for synergistic treatment to reduce the ovalbumin sugar chain and epitope to achieve the purpose of significantly reducing the allergenicity of ovalbumin and egg foods. Compared with other traditional methods such as high temperature and high pressure and other physical means to reduce egg allergenicity, the method significantly improves the specificity and effectiveness of egg desensitization, and minimizes the damage to the nutrition and quality of egg proteins, and is an efficient and mild egg desensitization method. The method has the prospects of being applied to the industrial development of low-allergenicity egg products.
US10779550B2
A nutritional composition comprising at least one human milk oligosaccharide selected from 6′ sialyllactose, lacto-N-neotetraose, lacto-N-tetraose, disialylated lacto-N-tetraose, 3′-fucosyllactose, and 3′-sialyllactose. The nutritional composition is used in a method of reducing stress in an individual in need thereof.
US10779548B1
A handheld teeth skinning tool is provided with a head assembly having at toothed roller with interchangeable teeth rings, with the rings having different tooth configurations. The teeth rings are securely mounted on the insert arbor using male and female connections. The teeth rings may include pointed teeth for aggressively gripping the skin for direction into the blade of the head assembly, while square teeth allow for easy manual maneuverability of the head assembly on the meat carcass or head. The roller provides increase life expectancy and improved handling for lower costs and higher productivity.
US10779547B2
The gloss of iced frozen baked goods once thawed, is enhanced by coating the baked goods with shellac prior to freezing.
US10779543B2
A nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV), a composition comprising the NPV, and a method comprising the use of the NPV is provided. The NPV was isolated from Cryptophlebia peltastica and has insecticidal activity against several species of moths within the tortricid tribe, Grapholitini. The NPV or composition may be suitable for use in controlling insect populations, particularly populations of insects that infest plants.
US10779541B2
An antimicrobial exfoliated vermiculite composite material is synthesized by impregnating the interlayers of exfoliated vermiculite through cation exchange and surface absorption with at least one of the following metal species: copper, silver, zinc, and manganese. Alternately, the antimicrobial material is synthesized by impregnating interlayers of unexfoliated vermiculite with said metal species and exfoliating the product thereafter. The metal species can be in ionic state, nanometer particles, and in the form of metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal phosphates, metal silicates, metal borides, metal sulfides, metal halides, metal hydrides, metal nitrates, metal carbonates, and metal sulfadiazines. Any mixture of these metal species in the exfoliated vermiculite can provide protection against a broad spectrum of pathogens. This antimicrobial material in any desired form, in whole or as an additive, can effectively self-decontaminate various materials or products as the antimicrobial metal ions slowly diffuse to the surface of the products.
US10779540B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula I, an N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined in the specification, and their use as herbicides.
US10779538B2
A multifunctional broad spectrum antimicrobial composition is described. The composition can be incorporated into a wood preservative, or used as an additive to provide antimicrobial properties to water-based wood coatings. The composition is a concentrated water-miscible emulsion containing 3-iodo-2-propynyl N-butylcarbamate (IPBC), carbendazim (BCM) and propiconazole (PPCZ), and has antimicrobial activity against a wide variety of fungal organisms, including surface molds, blue stain fungi and wood rotting fungi. The composition can act as an in-can preservative and is useful for antimicrobial protection of wood and wood-based substrates.
US10779526B1
Means and methods for preventing crawling insects from infesting a site where food, water, or garbage is located. In particular, this relates to creating a non-poisonous barrier in the path of the insects by coating a surface with a layer of high viscosity index petroleum based gel (HVIP-gel). One embodiment is an insect deterrent cup that is comprised of an inverted (upside down) cup whose inner surface is coated with a layer of PetrolGel. The insect deterrent cup is positioned between the food site and the crawling insects, blocking their path. This prevents crawling insects from accessing the food, water, or garbage.
US10779518B2
The present invention relates, inter alia, to methods for determining whether or not an animal and/or its offspring is more likely than not to have an increased tolerance to heat, an increased resistance to ticks, and/or a desirable coat texture. It also provides methods for selecting or rejecting animals, one or more cells or embryos, estimating the worth of an animal, generating animals having a desired genotype/phenotype, cloning and breeding animals and herd formation.
US10779511B1
A portable heated pet washing apparatus includes an electric inline water heater secured a rectangular housing. Fluid inlet and outlet hose connectors are located on opposite faces of the housing for attachment of a fluid source and a spray hose. The device rests upon a planar surface having a leg on the underside of each corner of the surface. The entire device is capable of being carried via a handle.
US10779506B1
A fully automated, sensor driven catch system for a livestock squeeze chute includes an elongated sensor support member mounted on the upper end of the squeeze chute which has first, second, third and fourth sensors mounted thereof. A fifth sensor is built into one of the head gate hydraulic cylinders. A sixth sensor is built into the hydraulic cylinder for controlling the side squeeze panels of the chute. A seventh sensor is built into one of the hydraulic cylinders for controlling the tail gate hydraulic cylinders. The sensors are connected to a control module which is connected to a hydraulic valve module. The sensors send signals to the control module which controls the hydraulic cylinder of the tail gate assembly, the side squeeze panels and the head gate assembly. The sensors sense the movement of the animal as it passes through the chute which in turn controls the hydraulic cylinders.
US10779503B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated R411K324. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety R411K324. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety R411K324 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety R411K324 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10779502B1
A novel maize variety designated X05N265 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05N265 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05N265 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05N265, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05N265 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05N265 and methods of using maize variety X05N265 are disclosed.
US10779497B1
A wheat variety designated W090100K1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W090100K1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W090100K1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W090100K1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W090100K1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W090100K1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10779496B1
A wheat variety designated W080400B2, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W080400B2, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W080400B2 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W080400B2 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W080400B2 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W080400B2 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10779493B2
The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid carrot variety NUN 85936 CAC as well as seeds and plants and roots thereof.
US10779481B2
A tree anchoring apparatus, a tree anchoring kit and a method of anchoring of a tree on a roof deck is provided consisting of three tree cabling systems attached to a tree. Each tree cabling system can exist in one of two states, depending on whether there is slack in the system or whether there is resistance due to movement of the tree from a vertical position to a horizontal position. In a wind event that causes the tree to move from a vertical position to a horizontal position, one or more of the tree cabling systems will experience resistance that keeps the tree in a horizontal position. When the wind event is over, the tree can be returned to a vertical position.
US10779477B2
Systems and methods for creating a grow cycle are described. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a plant type for providing grow lighting and receiving first data for creating a first grow cycle for a first predetermined period of plant growth, where the first grow cycle includes providing a first wavelength of photon-emitting lighting. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving second data for creating a second grow cycle for a second predetermined period of plant growth, where the second grow cycle includes providing a second wavelength of photon-emitting lighting, determining when the first predetermined period of plant growth begins, and in response to determining that the first predetermined period of plant growth has begun, implementing the first grow cycle. In some embodiments, the method includes determining when the second predetermined period of plant growth begins and, in response to determining that the second predetermined period of plant growth has begun, implementing the second grow cycle.
US10779474B2
A removable cover plate to be used in a threshing module of an agricultural machine, e.g., a grain harvester. The removable cover plate provides a uniform and homogeneous distribution of grains onto a cleaning and harvesting system of the machine. The removable cover plate is designed to be applied to at least one part of a concave of the cleaning and harvesting system of the machine. The cleaning and harvesting system includes at least one rotor and a least one concave mounted around the rotor, to which is attached and installed a removable structure that has a material retention surface, in which there are provided openings to limit grains and/or MOG passage.
US10779473B2
A harvester header support for supporting a header of an agricultural harvester, having a forward travel mode and a rearward travel mode. In the forward travel mode a first coupling element is in a forward travel position relative to a second coupling element, and in the rearward travel mode the first coupling element is in a rearward travel position relative to the second coupling element, wherein the first coupling element is moveable from the forward travel position to the rearward travel position and/or vice versa by pivoting the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element about the first pivot axis. An agricultural harvester having the harvester header support and a method for operating the agricultural harvester are disclosed as well.
US10779469B2
A grain tank includes a generally flat bottom that is oriented at a position that is less than the angle of repose of the grain. A conveyor mechanism conveys grain along the bottom to a cross auger for unloading. One or more sensors may be placed in the grain tank to determine a state of the grain to further determine if the conveyor mechanism should be operated to unload grain from the grain tank.
US10779465B2
A carrier assembly for an operating unit of an agricultural machine includes a carrier arm, a suspension system for suspending an operating unit from the carrier arm and a mounting structure for mounting the carrier arm on a carrier vehicle. A pivot mechanism enables pivoting movement of the carrier arm relative to the mounting structure, and a first actuator drives pivoting movement of the carrier arm between a working position and a transport position. The carrier assembly includes a releasable locking mechanism for locking the carrier arm in the transport position. The locking mechanism includes a first locking element carried by the mounting structure and a second locking element carried by the carrier arm, which is engageable with the first locking element when the carrier arm is in the transport position.
US10779458B2
Recommending corrective action during aerial application is provided. An unmanned aerial vehicle is navigated to a geolocation where an aerial application task is currently carried out. First sensor data is received from the unmanned aerial vehicle that characterize a quality of the aerial application task. Measures to be carried out to increase the quality of the aerial application task are determined based on the first sensor data. The measures are outputted while the aerial application task is ongoing so that the aerial application task can be adapted while the aerial application task occurs.
US10779454B2
A soil penetrating apparatus having an automatic tool (e.g., aerator tine) depth control system and method. The system includes an actuator that sets and controls tine depth, a sensor that monitors tine depth, and a controller that controls the actuator in response to the sensor. In some embodiments, the actuator is a hydraulic actuator, wherein once tine depth is set, flow to the actuator is bypassed. A relief may be provided to allow the tines to lift to a shallower depth temporarily when soil hardness exceeds a threshold. The system may then automatically return the tines to the pre-selected depth once soil conditions permit.
US10785899B2
A door assembly is described. The door assembly includes a door structure that is mounted over an opening of an enclosure. The door structure includes a body that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface may face an inside of the enclosure when the door structure is closed. The door structure includes a number of finger bracket structures mounted on the first surface. Each one of the finger bracket structures includes a bracket and one or more finger gaskets coupled to the bracket. The finger gaskets of the finger bracket structures may contact enclosure brackets mounted around an edge of the opening of the enclosure when the door structure is closed. A combination of the finger gaskets in contact with enclosure brackets may create an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield at the edge of the opening of the enclosure.
US10785895B2
A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.
US10785893B1
A heat dissipation module and an electronic device are provided. The heat dissipation module includes a first heat transfer member, a second heat transfer member, and a cooling element. The first heat transfer member has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The second heat transfer member has a third end and a fourth end opposite to the third end. The cooling element disposed between the second end and the third end is configured to allow or block the heat transferring between the second end and the third end.
US10785892B1
A heat dissipation system and a coolant distribution module for plural electronic components of an electronic computing device are provided. The heat dissipation system includes plural water-cooling heads, a heat dissipation device and the coolant distribution module. When a fluid medium flows through the heat dissipation device, the heat dissipation device exchanges heat with the fluid medium. The coolant distribution module is connected between the plural water-cooling heads and the heat dissipation device. The coolant distribution module includes a main body and a power module. The module main body includes a cooled fluid chamber. The cooled fluid chamber includes plural first outlets corresponding to the plural water-cooling heads. The power module is installed in the module main body. The power module drives the fluid medium to be outputted from the plural first outlets. Consequently, the fluid medium is transferred through a circulating loop.
US10785891B1
Superconducting computing system housed in a liquid hydrogen environment and related aspects are described. An example superconducting computing system includes a housing, arranged inside a liquid hydrogen environment, where a lower pressure is maintained inside the housing than a pressure outside the housing. The superconducting computing system further includes a substrate, arranged inside the housing, having a surface, where a plurality of components attached to the surface is configured to provide at least one of a computing or a storage functionality, and the substrate further comprises a plurality of circuit traces for interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of the components. The housing is configured such that each of the plurality of components is configured to operate at a first temperature, where the first temperature is below 4.2 Kelvin, despite the liquid hydrogen environment having a second temperature greater than 4.2 Kelvin.
US10785890B2
A handheld electronic device includes a case, an electronic unit and a cooling fan. The case includes at least one rib, an air inlet and a heat outlet. The at least one rib delimits a heat chamber. The air inlet and the heat outlet intercommunicate with an outside of the case. The electronic unit includes a heat source located in the heat chamber. The cooling fan is located in the heat chamber and includes an air entrance and an air exit. The air entrance intercommunicates with the air inlet of the case, and the air exit intercommunicates with the heat outlet of the case.
US10785888B1
An air guide cover fixed on a motherboard having slot connectors and main coolers. The air guide cover includes an air guide body and a clip assembly. The air guide body covers the slot connectors correspondingly. The clip assembly has a first U-clip and a second U-clip, both of which connected to the air guide body. The first U-clip and the second U-clip are individually snapped and fixed to the clips of the slot connectors and the fixtures of the main coolers, respectively. In this way, the air guide cover can be fixed on the motherboard without using fasteners, like screws, such that savings in time and effort are achieved.
US10785877B2
A method for the production of a silver sintering agent in the form of a layer-shaped silver sintering body having silver oxide surfaces and the use thereof are provided.
US10785871B1
Encapsulated electronic modules having complex contact structures may be formed by encapsulating panels containing a substrate comprising pluralities of electronic modules delineated by cut lines and having conductive interconnects buried within terminal holes and other holes drilled in the panel within the boundaries of the cut lines. Slots may be cut in the panel along the cut lines. The interior of the holes, as well as surfaces within the slots and on the surfaces of the panel may be metallized, e.g. by a series of processes including plating. Terminals may be inserted into the terminal holes and connected to conductive features or plating within the holes. A conductive element may be provided on the substrate to connect to a terminal. Alternatively solder may be dispensed into the holes for surface mounting.
US10785864B2
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) may include a heat sink configured to draw heat from a surface-mounted component through the PCB toward a side of the PCB opposite a side having the surface-mounted component. The heat sinks may be single piece components that extend at least partially through the PCB. In some embodiments, the PCB may include connectors that interface between the PCB and a heat sink, or possibly other components.
US10785862B2
Methods for producing high thermal performance microelectronic modules containing sinter-bonded heat dissipation structures. In one embodiment, the method includes embedding a sinter-bonded heat dissipation structure in a module substrate. The step of embedding may entail applying a sinter precursor material containing metal particles into a cavity provided in the module substrate, and subsequently sintering the sinter precursor material at a maximum processing temperature less than a melt point of the metal particles to produce a sintered metal body bonded to the module substrate. A microelectronic device and a heatsink are then attached to the module substrate before, after, or concurrent with sintering such that the heatsink is thermally coupled to the microelectronic device through the sinter-bonded heat dissipation structure. In certain embodiments, the microelectronic device may be bonded to the module substrate at a location overlying the thermally-conductive structure.
US10785859B2
A method for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation employs an EUV apparatus, which comprises one or more sets of nanoscale antennas, designed for electromagnetic field enhancement. The one or more sets comprise, each, at least one pair of opposite antennas separated by a feedgap volume. First cations of same molecular entities are allowed to reach the feedgap volumes and the antennas are energized so as to perform one or more EUV radiation emission cycles, during which the first cations are further ionized via electromagnetic field intensities achieved in the feedgap volumes by optically exciting corresponding pairs of opposite antennas. Second cations are thus obtained, which have a higher charge state than the first cations, and are forced to radiatively decay, by electrically stimulating antenna pairs, whereby EUV radiation is generated and third cations are obtained, which have a lower charge state than the second cations.
US10785856B2
A wireless wiring apparatus includes a ceiling-embedded casing and a power-receiving casing. The ceiling-embedded casing includes screws connected to a surface of the ceiling-embedded casing and configured to be connected to a ceiling, a bracket inside the ceiling-embedded casing and connected to the screws, a coil, and a power wire connected to an external alternating current electrical power source. The power-receiving casing includes neodymium magnets on another surface of the power-receiving case, L-shaped notches formed adjacent to the neodymium magnets, and a coil of wire formed inside the power-receiving casing.
US10785848B2
The invention provides a lighting system and a lighting control component for such a system. The components are battery-operated, and include a remote control signal receiver for receiving commands and configurations during commissioning. A disabling system is provided for enabling and disabling the remote control signal receiver, such that the remote control signal receiver is enabled when a commissioning process of the lighting system is expected and disabled when a commissioning process of the lighting system is not expected. This reduces the power consumption of the component after the commissioning is complete but provides ease of use during commissioning.
US10785847B2
An apparatus is disclosed comprising: a light guide having an opening formed thereon; an illumination source at least partially disposed in the opening, the illumination source including a plurality of LEDs disposed on a flexible circuit that is wrapped around a base, which may be thermally conductive, the base having a central opening, and the flexible circuit including a plurality of legs, each leg including electrical wiring for independently operating a different one of the LEDs, each leg being wrapped around a bottom edge of the base, and into the central opening, to come above the illumination source and connect to a control board that is situated above the illumination source; and a heat-dissipating element disposed over the illumination source, the heat-dissipating element being thermally coupled to the base to dissipate heat generated by the LEDs that is supplied to the heat dissipating element via the base.
US10785834B2
A radio frequency (RF) heating and defrosting apparatus may include an electrode which, when supplied with RF signal energy, may responsively radiate electromagnetic energy into a cavity of the RF heating and defrosting apparatus. This radiated electromagnetic energy may cause a thermal increase of a load in the cavity. A capacitor may be formed from a portion of the electrode and a conductive plate disposed adjacent to the electrode. The conductive plate may be coupled to a ground reference structure. Dielectric material(s) having a low dielectric constant may be disposed directly between the electrode and the conductive plate.
US10785825B2
This application provides a data transmission method. In the method, a first access network device and a second access network device establish a data radio bearer (DRB)-based tunnel and a session-based tunnel. The second access network device sends a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer data packet to the first access network device via the DRB-based tunnel; and the second access network device sends a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) layer data packet to the first access network device via the session-based tunnel.
US10785824B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an information processing method, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a master base station, a new radio packet data convergence protocol (NR PDCP) configuration and identification information of a data radio bearer (DRB) corresponding to the NR PDCP configuration from a secondary base station; and sending, by the master base station, the NR PDCP configuration and the identification information of the DRB to a terminal, where the master base station and the secondary base station are base stations of different radio access technologies (RATs).
US10785823B2
Measures, including methods, systems and computer-readable storage mediums, for use in processing notifications relating to telecommunication sessions. A cluster of servers is operable to receive incoming notifications where each server can process any given notification and update a store holding records based on previous notifications. The cluster may include a timer function to allow records to be closed when no relevant notifications are received after a timeout interval.
US10785815B2
An electronic apparatus for establishing communication between a first device and a second device is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with the first device; a user interface unit; and a controller configured to display identification information included in an advertising signal broadcasted from at least one device, and in response to a user command to select identification information of the second device from among at least one of the displayed identification information, control the communicator to transmit information for establishing communication between the first device and the second device to the first device.
US10785811B2
According to one configuration, a system includes resources in which to configure a base-band manager, a first virtual radio, a second virtual radio, and a third virtual radio. The first virtual radio is coupled to a first set of antenna elements of antenna hardware, which provide wireless connectivity to first communication devices in a first wireless coverage region. The second virtual radio is coupled to a second set of antenna elements of the antenna hardware, which provide wireless connectivity to second communication devices in a second wireless coverage region. The third radio communication hardware is coupled through a third set of antenna elements of the antenna hardware to a primary backhaul in communication with a remote network. The base-band manager couples the first virtual radio and the second communication resource to the third virtual radio, providing the first communication devices and the second communication devices access to a remote network.
US10785809B1
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives node information regarding a plurality of nodes that are to join the network. The device determines network formation parameters based on the received node information. The network formation parameters are indicative of a network join schedule and join location for a particular node from the plurality of nodes. The device generates, according to the network join schedule, a join invitation for the particular node based on the network formation parameters. The join invitation allows the particular node to attempt joining the network at the join location via a specified access point. The device causes the sending of one or more beacons via the network that include the join invitation to the particular node. The particular node attempts to join the network via the specified access point based on the one or more beacons.
US10785808B2
The present invention relates to the field of radio frequency communications, and in particular, to a random access method and equipment. The invention resolves an issue of being unable to apply a random access process to a situation having strict latency requirement, owing to a longer latency during the random access process. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) and according to a resource in a resource pool dedicated to a contention-based random access procedure, UE identification information to a neighborhood; and if receiving a contention resolution message from the neighborhood, determining, by the UE and according to the contention resolution message, whether the contention-based random access procedure is successful. The random access procedure disclosed by present invention further comprises: determining, by the UE and according to second resource information, a resource dedicated to uplink transmission in a target neighborhood; and accessing, according to the resource dedicated to uplink transmission, into the target neighborhood. The embodiments of the invention decreases timing latency of the random access procedure by reducing interaction steps during the random access procedure, and as a consequence, the embodiments can be applied to the situation having the strict latency requirement.
US10785805B2
Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving identification information of N beams of a target cell and random access channel configurations of M beams in the N beams, where N and M are positive integers; and determining a beam for accessing based on signal quality or signal strength of L beams in the N beams, the identification information of the N beams, and the random access channel configurations of the M beams, where L is a nonnegative integer.
US10785800B2
Systems and methods for dynamically selecting energy detection thresholds (EDTs) in radio nodes deploying listen before talk within a coordinated network to improve throughput on shared spectrum are disclosed. The radio nodes are configured to coordinate to deploy mechanisms to avoid or reduce interference issues, including collisions, with use of shared spectrum (e.g., unlicensed spectrum). One such mechanism is Listen Before Talk (LBT), and a radio node deploying LBT sets an EDT at which the radio node hears traffic from neighboring radio nodes on the shared spectrum. In an exemplary aspect, the EDT of radio nodes in the coordinated network of radio nodes can be dynamically selected and/or adjusted to improve throughput of the individual radio nodes and/or of the network of radio nodes as a whole.
US10785797B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) design for millimeter wave (mmWave) system in shared spectrum. The techniques can include a method for wireless communication that includes transmitting at least one of a request-to-send (RTS) or a clear-to-send (CTS) within a frame using frequency resources in a shared spectrum, and including a beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) in the at least one of the RTS or CTS.
US10785792B2
The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for user device-initiated low-latency data transmissions to reduce a latency in transmitting low-latency data. These techniques may include a user device that autonomously determines to transmit low-latency data, then transmits the low-latency data over one or more resources of a wireless network for which transmission of the low-latency data is not scheduled.
US10785790B2
Embodiments herein relate to a communication terminal (10) for handling communication, which communication terminal (10) is being served by a radio access node (12, 13) in a first cell (11) on a carrier of a licensed frequency spectrum and cross-carrier scheduled in a second cell (14) on a carrier of an unlicensed frequency spectrum by the radio access node (12, 13) via the first cell (11). The communication terminal receives an indication that data may be scheduled for the communication terminal (10) on a data channel in the second cell (14). The communication terminal attempts to detect presence of the data channel intended for the communication terminal (10). Then, in case the communication terminal (10) detects presence of the data channel intended for the communication terminal (10), the communication terminal (10) decodes the data channel. In case the communication terminal (10) does not detect presence of the data channel intended for the communication terminal (10), the communication terminal (10) indicates a non-detection of the data channel to the radio access node (12, 13).
US10785788B2
The present invention discloses a method for transmitting or receiving ACK information between a UE and a BS in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. According to one embodiment applicable to the present invention, the UE may transmit a first type channel configured with 1 or 2 symbols and a second type channel configured with 4 or more symbols by configuring a transient period between first type channel transmission and second type channel transmission within a time period corresponding to the second type channel if the first type channel and the second type channel are continuous in a time domain.
US10785787B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for communicating uplink control information (“UCI”) with cyclic redundancy check (“CRC”) in an autonomous uplink (“AUL”) transmission. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that receives a control signal to enable AUL transmission. The processor determines to transmit data in an AUL transmission and generates UCI for the AUL transmission, wherein the UCI comprises a CRC, wherein the UCI further indicates an identifier of the apparatus. The processor transmits, via the transceiver, the UCI with the AUL transmission, wherein the AUL transmission comprises the UCI.
US10785781B2
A data transmission method, a terminal, a base station and a data transmission system are disclosed, the method applied to a terminal includes: receiving a scheduling instruction issued by a base station, the scheduling instruction carrying a location identifier, and the scheduling instruction being used for scheduling one or more transmission subframes; obtaining the location identifier; determining a transmission subframe according to the location identifier, a subframe where the scheduling instruction is located, and a scheduling location identification rule, the scheduling location identification rule including correspondence relations between the location identifier, the subframe where the scheduling instruction is located and the transmission subframe; transmitting data through the transmission subframe. The terminal obtains the location identifier and finds a transmission subframe to perform a data transmission and then realize data transmission across the subframes.
US10785777B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to generate a frame comprising a preamble, a first header, and a second header, wherein the preamble and the first header are configured to be decoded by a first device operating according to a first protocol, the second header not being configured to be decoded by the first device, and wherein the preamble, the first header, and the second header are configured to be decoded by a second device operating according to a second protocol; and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.
US10785762B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting control information. The method includes: determining enhanced resource element group numbers in resource blocks, and determining, according to the resource element group numbers, positions of resource elements corresponding to enhanced resource element groups; interleaving the enhanced resource element group numbers, and determining an enhanced control channel element; determining, according to the enhanced control channel element and the positions of the resource elements corresponding to the enhanced resource element groups, positions of resource elements corresponding to the enhanced control channel element; and transmitting corresponding control information on the positions of the resource elements corresponding to the control channel element. The present invention alleviates a problem that channel frequency diversity is poor, and lowers the probability of loss of information of a terminal device.
US10785750B2
Methods for triggering a user equipment (UE) to monitor a paging message, user equipments, base stations, and storage medium are provided. A method for triggering a user equipment (UE) to monitor a paging message, carried out in the UE, the method comprising: acquiring a correspondence between the UE and a time-frequency resource, where a trigger message for the UE locates, of a broadcast channel; receiving the trigger message from a base station via a time-frequency resource of a broadcast channel according to the correspondence; and triggering monitoring of the paging message for the UE.
US10785747B2
A method for a terminal receiving a paging message can comprise the steps of: receiving first downlink control information (DCI); and determining whether or not a paging indicator field is comprised in the first DCI.
US10785746B2
There is provided a method for coverage enhancement service mode selection. The method is performed by a wireless device. The method comprises obtaining an indication to switch between a first coverage enhancement service mode and a second coverage enhancement service mode. The method comprises selectively switching between the first coverage enhancement service mode and the second coverage enhancement service mode according to the indication. There is also provided a wireless device configured to perform such a method. There is also performed a method for coverage enhancement service mode selection as performed by a network node and a network configured to perform such a method.
US10785737B2
Technique to align a radio interface frame timing reference in a pool of radio equipment controllers
Systems and methods of aligning a radio interface frame timing reference in a pool of Radio Equipment Controllers (RECs) are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operation of an REC includes computing a radio interface frame timing offset for a target REC relative to a reference time and 5 sending the radio interface frame timing offset to the target REC via an asynchronous communication network. According to some embodiments, this provides a substantially aligned radio interface frame timing reference in a pool of RECs. In some embodiments, the method also includes, prior to computing the radio interface frame timing offset, determining that the REC is a master REC. In some embodiments, determining that the REC is the master REC includes exchanging information indicative of at least one capability of each of the RECs and determining that the REC is the master REC based on the at least one capability.
US10785726B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes a first control unit operating with power supplied from a secondary battery and operable in a case where a detected voltage of the secondary battery is greater than or equal to a second threshold voltage, a second control unit operating independent from the first control unit and with power supplied from the secondary battery, and a wireless communication unit controlled by the second control unit operating with power supplied from the secondary battery to communicate with a different wireless communication apparatus, wherein, in a case where a detected voltage of the secondary battery is lower than a first threshold voltage that is lower than the second threshold value, the second control unit ends transmission of a packet and communication connection.
US10785723B2
Techniques described herein may be used to conserver battery power of an Internet of Things (IoT) tracker by increasing the overall amount of time that the IoT tracker is in a battery conservation mode (a sleep mode, a Power Save Mode (PSM), etc.). A IoT tracker may implement a battery conservation policy that may include instructions that cause the IoT tracker to monitor certain conditions, determine when the conditions satisfy a particular trigger, and implement a battery conservation mode in response to those conditions. Examples of such conditions may include (1) the IoT tracker being close to a user device designated to track the location of the IoT tracker, (2) identifying that a current time and day are associated with a pre-selected schedule for disabling tracking services, (3) the IoT tracker being located within a particular geographic area, and more.
US10785713B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure can be used for intelligent services (services related to a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety and the like) on the basis of the technique. An operating method of a tethering device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the step of: selecting a first network and/or a second network according to the characteristic of a data request message received from a client device; and transmitting, to the client device, a response message received from a server through the at least one selected network.
US10785712B2
The wireless apparatus and network node disclosed herein facilitate the selection and use of one of multiple RATs for communications between the wireless apparatus and the network node. The selected RAT provides a lower energy consumption at the wireless apparatus for the communications with the network node. To that end, the wireless apparatus selects between at least two RATs, e.g., first and second RATs, where the first and second RATs are both coordinated by a network node in communication with the wireless apparatus, and where a system bandwidth of the second RAT and a system bandwidth of the first RAT are both comprised within a third system bandwidth of a third RAT coordinated by the network node.
US10785708B2
Systems and methods for tracking mobile devices are provided. One system comprises at least one processor and memory storing code which when executed by the at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform a method of tracking a mobile device. The method comprises receiving broadcasting an IMSI message, receiving an IMSI attach request message from a mobile device, and identifying the mobile device within a location area.
US10785707B2
In some examples, a first wireless access network entity receives, from a second wireless access network entity, a system information configuration of the second wireless access network entity, and identifies, based on the received system information configuration, common system information between the first and second wireless access network entities. The first wireless access network entity sends, to a user equipment (UE), an indicator extending an area scope of the common system information.
US10785695B1
Systems, methods, and processing nodes are configured to manage data throughput of wireless devices in a wireless network, such as a network that employs MIMO techniques, by receiving a request from a wireless device to operate in the wireless network using a first communication protocol, the wireless network deploying communications with wireless devices using at least two communication protocols simultaneously determining that a value associated with data rate used by a set of wireless devices in the wireless network using at least one of the at least two communication protocols exceeds a threshold value, and adjusting an operating parameter of a multi-element antenna for communicating signals between an access node and the plurality of wireless devices in the wireless network using the first communication protocol when it is determined that the value exceed the threshold value.
US10785686B2
Devices, systems, and methods for channel access in dynamic spectrum sharing. In one embodiment, a server includes a communication interface, a memory, and an electronic processor configured to receive an allotment of bidding credits, determine an amount of available spectrum, generate a power spectrum matrix, generate a bid based on a need for spectrum access and a portion of the allotment of bidding credits, control the communication interface to transmit the power spectrum matrix and the bid to the one or more servers, receive an external power spectrum matrix and an associated bid from each of the one or more servers, compare the bid to the associated bid to determine a winning bid, and control all of the one or more radio nodes to use the spectrum that is associated with the power spectrum matrix in response to determining that the bid is the winning bid.
US10785682B2
A data unit processing method performed by a first communication device, comprising: configuring a data unit by the first communication device, the data unit comprising: a specific format preamble following a first packet format; and a symbol part, comprising at least one symbol and following a Wi-Fi long range packet format. The specific format preamble can be decoded according to a first communication standard and the symbol can be decoded according to a Wi-Fi long range mode. The symbol part can be identified according to the specific format preamble. A method can decode the above-mentioned data unit and a communication device can perform the methods are also disclosed.
US10785679B2
A first user equipment can communicate with a second user equipment in a direct mode or in an infrastructure mode via a base station of a network. To communicate with the second user equipment, the first user equipment generates packets and forwards the packets to a lower protocol layer of a protocol stack. The first user equipment also acts as a buffer protocol entity by storing the packets until acknowledgement of receipt is received from the second user equipment. If the first user equipment switches from the direct mode to the infrastructure mode, or vice versa, the first user equipment forwards each of the stored packets to the lower protocol layer for transmission to the second user equipment using the current mode.
US10785675B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling traffic of an electronic device in a wireless communication system, and the method can comprise the steps of: detecting a plurality of parts of traffic flows corresponding to at least one application; and preferentially processing the plurality of parts of traffic flows on the basis of application related information on each of the detected plurality of parts of traffic flows.
US10785665B2
The present disclosure provides a communication method, communication device and a terminal, the communication method comprising: determining a PCell group or a PSCell group working on the unlicensed carrier by a terminal; and performing a RLM on the PCell group or the PSCell group; the PCell group or the PSCell group being established by selected from at least one serving cell working on the unlicensed carrier, each serving cell working on one unlicensed carrier. The technical solution can deploy a PCell group or a PSCell group in the unlicensed frequency band, to perform RLM on the PCell group or the PSCell group, a number of times of RLF is reduced, and it can avoided a problem of huge signaling overhead and throughput loss, caused by RRC Reestablishment or reconfiguration of the PSCell as RLF has been frequently detected in the unlicensed frequency band.
US10785661B2
Provided is a technology capable of securing satisfactory communication quality. A communication system includes a user equipment, and a base station configured to be connected to the user equipment to perform radio communication with the user equipment. The user equipment performs radio communication with a beam. When the user equipment detects a beam disappearance state being a state incapable of maintaining communication quality with the base station, the user equipment transmits a notification of the beam disappearance state with a beam having a wider half width than a half width before detection of the beam disappearance state.
US10785660B2
The invention relates to wireless repeater systems and methods. In embodiments, such systems and methods involve receiving a wireless transmission signal; and processing the wireless transmission signal using a digital signal processing facility (DSP); wherein the DSP is adapted to filter at least one sub-band of the wireless transmission signal using a digital bandpass filter.
US10785658B2
A method, device, and system for receiving a downlink signal is provided. The method includes: detecting a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a time unit #n on an unlicensed band cell; verifying whether the CSI-RS is used for Discovery RS (DRS) using an initialization value of a CSI-RS sequence of the CSI-RS; and performing a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement when the CSI-RS is used for the DRS. The CSI-RS is used for the DRS when an index of the time unit #n is not used for the initialization value of the CSI-RS sequence.
US10785657B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, segmenting an assigned spectrum into a lower portion, a middle portion, and an upper portion, establishing one or more full power wireless connections in the middle portion of the assigned spectrum, and establishing one or more reduced power wireless connections in the upper and lower portions of the assigned spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10785656B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may transmit and a user equipment (UE) may receive cloned bandwidth part configuration information. In some aspects, the UE may determine a linkage between a primary bandwidth part and the cloned bandwidth part. In some aspects, the BS may transmit and the UE may receive a downlink control information message identifying the primary bandwidth part to signal a bandwidth part switch for the primary bandwidth part and a first bandwidth part or identifying the cloned bandwidth part to signal the bandwidth part switch for the primary bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part. In some aspects, the UE may perform the bandwidth part switch based at least in part on the downlink control information message. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10785651B2
A method includes receiving, at a native application, access credential data and providing the access credential data from the native application to a headless browser. The method also includes initiating a secured connection from the headless browser to a remote server that hosts a website. The remote server supports access to secured data without relying on an application programming interface. The method also includes sending, by the headless browser via the secured connection, the access credential data to the remote server. The method also includes receiving first web page data of the website from the remote server via the secured connection and parsing the first web page data to identify user-specific data. The method further includes receiving, by the headless browser via the secured connection, at least a portion of the secured data.
US10785642B2
This document discusses, among other things, a wireless personal-area network (PAN) underlying a cellular wide-area network (WAN). The PAN includes a wearable user equipment (UE-W) and a user equipment aggregation node (UE-AN). The UE-W includes processing circuitry to process data for communication with a network of the WAN through the UE-AN, and radio interface circuitry to communicate with the UE-AN through a first air interface. The UE-AN includes processing to process data for communication between the network of the WAN and the UE-W, and radio interface circuitry to communicate with the network of the WAN through the first air interface and with the UE-W through a second air interface. The UE-W and the UE-AN can share a network credential, appearing as a single device to the WAN.
US10785624B2
A system to electronically connect an electronic device to a network includes a sensing electrode that provides a signal. The signal has a particular frequency and power, and the electrode is configured to transmit the signal through a person occupying a proscribed location. The electronic device is configured to detect the signal when the electronic device is coupled to a person occupying the proscribed location. The electronic device is configured to electronically couple to the network upon detecting the signal.
US10785612B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a base station wirelessly connected to a first handset and a second handset, the base station including a first communication port configured to create a wireless connection to a first mobile telephone and a second mobile telephone via Bluetooth, where the first mobile telephone uses a first mobile telephone network and the second mobile telephone uses a second mobile telephone network.
US10785605B1
Provided is a method including a location-sharing acquaintance registration process, a location-sharing acquaintance location information receiving process in which the acquaintance location sharing application receives location information of location-sharing acquaintances present within a preset proximity radius from a current location of the user from the location information providing server, a location-sharing acquaintance distance display process in which the acquaintance location sharing application displays only the number and separation distances of location-sharing acquaintances present within the proximity radius of the user without identification information of the location-sharing acquaintances as long as the location-sharing acquaintances are present within the proximity radius, and a paid location-sharing acquaintance identification information providing process in which the acquaintance location sharing application provides the identification information of the location-sharing acquaintances present within the proximity radius of the user in return for a payment.
US10785600B2
Devices, systems, and methods of navigation in tracks and trails. A system includes a smartphone or other portable electronic device. The system generates and provides navigation data and mapping data to travelers, particularly in walking trails; and generates a video clip or other multimedia presentation that incorporates trip data, images, audio, and a reconstructed map of the route. An administrator or operator of a nature center or an attraction or other venue, operates the system to obtain real-time information about travelers within the venue, and to selectively provide data and messages to some or all of such travelers.
US10785599B2
Provided are exemplary embodiments including a method for creating and using a personal encounter history using a communication device. The method involves the communication device receiving the transmission of a pseudo identifier from a proximal communication device where the pseudo identifier is associated with the user of the proximal communication device. Once received, the method continues with the wireless communication device requesting and receiving the actual identification of the user of the proximal communication device that is correlated with the pseudo identifier. The communication device includes a transceiver capable of communicating wirelessly with a mobile telecommunications network, a memory device and a processor. To ensure privacy, the processor is capable of receiving a pseudo identifier from a proximate communication device and then requesting an actual identification correlated with the pseudo identifier of the proximate communication device.
US10785598B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining data of breaches of a geofence by client computer devices to determine respective positions of the breaches; establishing an updated location for the geofence using the determined respective positions of the breaches; updating a location of the geofence so that the location of the geofence is the updated location; obtaining data of a client computer breach of the geofence at the updated location; and providing one or more output in response to the obtaining data of a client computer breach of the geofence at the updated location.
US10785597B2
An engagement tracking system monitors user interactions with media items to calculate an engagement score of the media item. The engagement tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to detect an exposure of a client device to a media item maintained by the engagement tracking system. In response to detecting the exposure of the client device to the media item, the engagement tracking system tracks a location of the client device based on access requests to location based media items. The engagement tracking system may thereby monitor client devices exposed to the media item in order to calculate an engagement score of the media item.
US10785595B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for updating a sequence of services. The systems may perform the methods to establish a network communication with the user terminal; obtain, from the user terminal, an identification associated with a user account registered with the system; obtain a current sequence of the plurality of services associated with the identification; determine whether a condition for updating the current sequence is satisfied, when the condition for updating the current sequence is not satisfied, send the current sequence of the plurality of services to the user terminal; and when the condition for updating the current sequence is satisfied, determine an updated sequence of the plurality of services displayed on the display of the user terminal.
US10785589B2
Apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to: receive at least two microphone audio signals (101) for audio signal processing wherein the audio signal processing comprises at least a spatial audio signal processing (303) and beamforming processing (305); determine spatial information (304) based on the audio signal processing associated with the at least two microphone audio signals; determine focus information (308) for the beamforming processing associated with the at least two microphone audio signals; and apply a spatial filter (307) in order to synthesize at least one spatially processed audio signal (312) based on the at least one beamformed audio signal from the at least two microphone audio signals (101), the spatial information (304) and the focus information (308) in such a way that the spatial filter (307), the at least one beamformed audio signal (306), the spatial information (304) and the focus information (308) are configured to be used to spatially synthesize (307) the at least one spatially processed audio signal (312).
US10785586B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of electroacoustic products, and discloses sound-absorbing material, sound-absorbing particle, speaker module manufacturing processes, a particle and a module. The process comprises the following steps: placing a raw powder of a porous sound-absorbing material into a heating furnace to perform calcination, and introducing a processing gas during the calcination, wherein the calcination temperature is 120° C. to 800° C., and the calcination time is 6 h to 72 h.
US10785581B2
A method of signal processing to generate hearing implant stimulation signals for a hearing implant system includes transforming an input sound signal into band pass signals each representing an associated frequency band of audio frequencies. The band pass signals are processed in a sequence of sampling time frames and iterative steps to produce a noise power estimate. This includes using a noise prediction model to determine if a currently observed signal sample includes a target signal, and if so, then updating a current noise power estimate without using the currently observed signal sample, and otherwise updating the current noise power estimate using the currently observed signal sample. The noise prediction model also is adapted based on the updated noise power estimate. The hearing implant stimulation signals are then developed from the band pass signals and the noise power estimate.
US10785573B2
A speaker device for a vehicle having a structure in which a seating direction and a magnetic path forming direction of a magnet coincide with each other, may include a frame, a magnet mounted in the frame to generate a magnetic flux, a yoke having a magnetic gap to form a magnetic path generated by the magnet, a voice coil mounted in the magnetic gap to move when a current is applied, a diaphragm engaged to the voice coil and configured to vibrate according to movement of the voice coil and generate a negative pressure, and a plate configured to support the magnet, wherein the magnet is accommodated in a horizontal direction such a seating direction and a magnetic path forming direction of the magnet coincide with each other.
US10785567B1
A method of fabricating a piezoelectric transducer may include interleaving a plurality of layers of piezoelectric material with a plurality of conductive layers including a first conductive layer, one or more second conductive layers, and one or more third conductive layers, coupling the first conductive layer to a first electrode, wherein an electrical impedance of the first conductive layer varies as a function of a temperature internal to the piezoelectric transducer, and such that a measurement signal indicative of the electrical impedance is generated at the first electrode, coupling the one or more second conductive layers to a second electrode, and coupling the one or more third conductive layers to a third electrode, such that an electrical driving signal driven to the second electrode and the third electrode causes mechanical vibration of the piezoelectric transducer as a function of the electrical driving signal.
US10785563B1
Systems and methods for an equipment capable of simultaneous measurements of surround sound reproduction and noise source localization in closed or open space. The systems and methods are particularly used when surround sound reproduction and noise source localization are required in a moving object of a closed space. A moving object in a closed space is not limited to a specific product, as for example, an automobile, a train, an elevator, or the like can be considered.
US10785558B2
Protected microphone systems may include one or more dampeners, one or more cavities, or a combination thereof to minimize the vibration sensitivity of a microphone of the protected microphone systems. The dampeners, when present, may be constructed of a foam material or a thin metal material.
US10785543B2
RF signal amplifiers are provided that include an RF input port and a power divider network having a plurality of active output ports. An active communications path connects the RF input port to the power divider network. The active communications path includes at least one power amplifier. The RF signal amplifier also includes a passive output port and a passive communications path connecting the RF input port to the passive output port. An electrical connection with at least one circuit unit connects the active communications path and the passive communications path so that MoCA signals may flow between the active communications path and the passive communications path, but the at least one circuit unit preventing upstream and downstream frequency bands of a service provider from passing along the electrical connection. In various embodiments, the at least one circuit unit may be selected from one or more diplexers and one or more filters.
US10785533B2
Aggregating viewership data is disclosed. Initially, household viewership data assigned to a tuning event in multiple households is accessed. Then, the household viewership data for the tuning event in the multiple households representing the same episode is aggregated to generate episode viewership data. Next, episode viewership data representing multiple episodes of the same program is aggregated to generate program viewership data. Next, the program viewership data for multiple programs of the same network is aggregated to generate network viewership data. Finally, the network viewership data for multiple commonly-owned networks is aggregated to generate entity viewership data.
US10785530B2
A client device accesses a video input stream from an intermediate device for display. The client device analyzes the video input stream to determine that the video input stream matches a template corresponding to a screen portion. Based on the video input stream matching the template, a video output stream is generated and caused to be presented on a display. In some example embodiments, the analysis is performed while the client device is replacing video content received from a content source via the intermediate device. For example, commercials transmitted from a national content provider to a smart TV via a set-top box may be replaced with targeted commercials. During the replacement, menus generated by the set-top box may be detected and the replacement video altered by the smart TV to include the menus.
US10785527B2
In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is configured to operate in accordance with different wireless personal area network (WPAN) radio access technologies (RATs). The UE prioritizes a plurality of WPAN RATs supported by the UE, and dynamically allocates a plurality of shared WPAN radios to the plurality of WPAN RATs based on the prioritization.
US10785526B1
A user may employ a user device (e.g., a television (TV) and a set-top box (STB)) to access a television system via a network. The television system may include one or more content servers (CSs) (e.g., a VOD server, an HTTP server, or other media server) for providing, among other things, a VOD service to the user and a broadcast transmission system for transmitting a multitude of linear television channels. Television system and/or user device is/are operable to enable the user to interact with an enhanced TV service (ETS) that allows the user to easily navigate among various different programmed linear channels (a.k.a., “streaming channels”) and VOD services. The ETS may be hosted in the television system, in user device, or in a combination of the two.
US10785514B1
A method of providing a video manifest to a client. A router manages, for each of a plurality of ad placement units, a measure of advertisement avails provided by the router to the ad placement unit for filling with advertisements, receives a client request for a video content, and chooses an ad placement unit from the plurality of ad placement units, to select advertisements to be placed in avails of the requested video content, at least partially responsive to the managed measures of advertisement avails. The received client request is directed to the chosen ad placement unit.
US10785510B2
Architecture that enables the identification of entities such as people and content in live broadcasts (e.g., streaming content (e.g., video) of live events) and non-live presentations (e.g., movies), in realtime, using recognition processes. This can be accomplished by extracting live data related to a live event. With respect to people entities, filtering can be performed to identify the named (people) entities from the extracted live data, and trending topics discovered as relate to the named entities, as associated with the live event. Multiple images of the named entities that capture the named entities under different conditions are captured for the named entities. The images are then processed to extract and learn facial features (train one or more models), and facial recognition is then performed on faces in the video using the trained model(s).
US10785502B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a method for predicting at least one block of pixels of a view (170) belonging to a matrix of views (17) obtained from light-field data belong with a scene. According to present disclosure, the method is implemented by a processor and comprises for at least one pixel to predict of said block of pixels: —from said matrix of views (17), obtaining (51) at least one epipolar plane image (EPI) belong with said pixel to predict, —among a set of unidirectional prediction modes, determining (52) at least one optimal unidirectional prediction mode from a set of previous reconstructed pixels neighboring said pixel to predict in said at least one epipolar plane image, —extrapolating (53) a prediction value of said pixel to predict by using said at least one optimal unidirectional prediction mode.
US10785501B2
Methods for performing motion estimation in multiple reference frames scenario are disclosed. The method includes considering a motion vector of a plurality of neighbouring macro blocks present in a current frame and a co-located frame to find a best prediction point motion vector set, scaling at least one motion vector in a plurality of prediction frames and a plurality of bidirectional frames to find a predictive motion vector set by calculating a temporal distance between a nth reference frame and a reference frame referred by an input motion vector and finding at least one best prediction point motion vector of the nth reference frame from a set of motion vectors by utilizing a cost based motion search. The cost based motion search comprising finding a prediction motion vector, finding a cost factor, performing a cost based motion search of at least one partition level to find the best motion vector from the set of motion vectors.
US10785495B1
Timecode is encoded in video using colored regions of pixels. Pixels in adjacent regions in frames of a video are color-coded to encode timecode. For example, two adjacent regions might both be colored red to encode the numeral ‘0.’ As another example, two adjacent regions might be colored red and purple, respectively, to encode the numeral ‘1.’ The regions can be the same size as a macroblock (e.g. 16×16 pixels) used by a video encoder and aligned to macroblock boundaries for efficient encoding. The colors of the adjacent regions can be decoded to obtain the timecode. The timecode might then be burned into frames of the video, displayed non-destructively over the video, or used in another manner.
US10785492B2
A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). In order to provide better alignment between layers, it is proposed that reference layer offset adjustment parameters be signaled.
US10785481B2
A system, method and computer program product for improving video codec performance, including a pre-processing stage configured for downscaling by a variable amount an uncompressed video signal before sending such downscaled, uncompressed video signal to an input of a video codec; and a complimentary post-processing stage configured for upscaling the decompressed video signal received from an output of the video codec back to its original resolution before transmitting the decompressed video signal. The system, method and computer program product provides improved rate-distortion performance compared to direct use of the video codec alone.
US10785479B2
In one embodiment, a method determines if a first flag for using a most probable mode (MPM) set for intra prediction is set. When the first flag indicates the MPM set is used, the method decodes a first index for the MPM, the first index indicating a first intra prediction mode in the MPM set. When the first flag does not indicate the MPM set is being used, the method determines if a second flag for using a near-MPM set is set. When the second flag indicates the near-MPM set is being used, the method decodes a second index for the near-MPM, the second index indicating a second intra prediction mode in the near-MPM set. When the second flag does not indicate the near-MPM is being used, the method decodes a third index for a non-MPM, the third index indicating a third intra prediction mode in the non-MPM set.
US10785476B2
Provided is a method of decoding a video according to an embodiment, the method including determining at least one processing block for splitting the video; determining an order of determining at least one largest coding unit in the at least one processing block; determining at least one largest coding unit on the basis of the determined order; and decoding the determined at least one largest coding unit, wherein the order is one of a plurality of orders for determining a largest coding unit.
US10785471B1
A system for content upsampling comprises a console and a head-mounted display (HMD). The console can select content for presentation and provide the content at a first frame rate. The HMD outputs fast calibration data comprising one or more intermediate estimated positions of a reference point on the HMD. The HMD estimates future positions of the HMD using the fast calibration data, and generates synthetic frames using frames from the content and the future positions of the HMD. The HMD then upsamples the content from the first frame rate to a second frame using the synthetic frames to generate augmented content, wherein the second frame rate is faster than the first frame rate. The HMD presents the augmented content at the second frame rate via an electronic display.
US10785462B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a first image to which tone conversion processing conforming to a first input/output characteristic having a first maximum output luminance value has been applied. A generation unit generates first correction information for correcting a luminance value of the first image based on a difference regarding an output luminance value between the first input/output characteristic and a second input/output characteristic having a second maximum output luminance value, and on second correction information for correcting a luminance value of a second image to which tone conversion processing conforming to the second input/output characteristic has been applied. A correction unit corrects a luminance value of the first image in conformity to the first correction information.
US10785457B2
An audio/video (A/V) recording and communication doorbell comprises a camera, a front button, and a motion sensor. The camera and the motion sensor are configured to work in tandem to detect motion in a field of view of the A/V recording and communication doorbell, such that a first one of the camera and the motion sensor detects motion and the other one of the camera and the motion sensor independently verifies the motion detection before an alert is sent to a user's client device. In this manner, user alerts from false alarm motion detections are reduced.
US10785446B2
A computer-implemented video visitation system of a correctional facility includes an administrator computer device in communication with a visitation services computer system and a database. The administrator computer device is configured, via an administrator interface displayed on the administrative computer device, to enable or disable privileges for selected inmates in the inmate population allowing inmates access to the visitation services computer system, and set visitation session preferences including maximum visitation session length and visitation session cost that applies to the visitation services. The visitation services computer system is configured to receive requests for electronic visitation sessions initiated by incarcerated inmates, confirm that each request involves an authorized registered incarcerated inmate or an authorized registered remote non-incarcerated visitor, transmit invitations to the respective recipients in response to each received request for an electronic visitation session, and automatically establish interconnections between visitor computer devices at the remote locations and inmate computer devices in the correctional facility without requiring endpoint control to schedule or initiate a visitation session by administrative personnel of the correctional facility.
US10785445B2
In one example method, a computing device scans an environment via an omnidirectional camera, detects objects in the environment, and captures depth information of the environment and the objects in the environment via 3D imaging of the omnidirectional camera. The computing device makes adjustments to audiovisual (AV) transmissions based on the detected objects and the depth information captured of the environment and the objects.
US10785442B2
A video transmission apparatus (10) includes: a specified-position information acquisition unit (110) that acquires specified-position information indicating a specified position in an area to be surveilled including each imaging region corresponding to each of a plurality of imaging apparatuses; and a video transmission control unit (120) that selects at least one imaging apparatus from among the plurality of imaging apparatuses using imaging position information indicating a position or an imaging range of each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses and the specified-position information and transmits a video captured by the selected imaging apparatus to a video sharing apparatus that is to share the video.
US10785437B2
Image sensor pixels may receive row control signals for row driver circuitry. The row driver circuitry may include a plurality of row driver circuits each of which is capable of outputting row control signals at more than two power supply voltage levels. A row driver circuit may include only two level shifting circuits. A first level shifting circuit may control a first pull-up path operable to drive the row driver output to a first power supply voltage level and may also control a second pull-up path operable to drive the row driver output to a second power supply voltage level. A second level shifting circuit may control a first pull-down path operable to drive the row driver output to a third power supply voltage level and may also control a second pull-down path operable to drive the row driver output to a fourth power supply voltage level.
US10785436B1
An image sensor for capturing an image, includes: an array of pixel circuits, wherein each of the pixel circuits is for sensing a portion of the image, and generate a sample signal and a hold signal according to the portion of the image and a predetermined reset voltage respectively; and a transfer circuit, which is coupled to the array, and is for converting the sample signals and hold signals to corresponding digital sensing signals and corresponding digital reset signals respectively, to generate pixel signals respectively corresponding to the pixel circuits according to the digital sensing signals and the digital reset signals; wherein the transfer circuit converts the sample signal generated by one of the pixel circuits to the corresponding digital sensing signal and converts the hold signal generated by another one of the pixel circuits to the corresponding digital reset signal at least partially within a same period.
US10785432B2
An image sensor includes a photoelectric converter to generate charges in response to incident light and to provide the generated charges to a first node, a transfer transistor to provide a voltage of the first node to a floating diffusion node based on a first control signal, a source follower transistor to provide a voltage of the floating diffusion node as a unit pixel output, a correlated double sampler (CDS) to receive the unit pixel output and to convert the unit pixel output into a digital code. The first control signal having first, second, and third voltages is maintained at the second voltage in a period between when the voltage of the first node is provided to the floating diffusion node and when the CDS is provided with the voltage of the first node as the unit pixel output.
US10785429B2
An image sensor includes a pixel including a reset circuit and a floating diffusion node, and outputting a pixel signal that is generated based on a voltage at the floating diffusion node, the pixel signal including a reset output that is generated based on the voltage at the floating diffusion node being reset by the reset circuit. The image sensor further includes a sampler sampling the output pixel signal to generate a sampling signal having a time interval corresponding to a magnitude of the output pixel signal, and a counter counting the generated sampling signal, based on a counter clock, to generate a counting value corresponding to the time interval of the sampling signal. The sampler samples the reset output of the output pixel signal n times to generate first to n-th reset sampling signals, where n is an integer of 2 or more.
US10785414B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) identifying, by a multimedia device that is connected to an external display, an action that is to be performed by the multimedia device, (ii) selecting, by the multimedia device, at least one visual pattern that corresponds to the action, and (iii) displaying, when the multimedia device performs the action, the visual pattern simultaneously on both the multimedia device and the external display to visually indicate that the action is being performed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10785413B2
A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of one or more cameras that is updated with changes in the field of view. In response to a request to add an annotation, the representation of the field of view of the camera(s) is replaced with a still image of the field of view of the camera(s). An annotation is received on a portion of the still image that corresponds to a portion of a physical environment captured in the still image. The still image is replaced with the representation of the field of view of the camera(s). An indication of a current spatial relationship of the camera(s) relative to the portion of the physical environment is displayed or not displayed based on a determination of whether the portion of the physical environment captured in the still image is currently within the field of view of the camera(s).
US10785411B2
An image processing apparatus comprises a processor capable of setting a first mode of outputting image data corresponding to a first region of an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, and a second mode of outputting image data corresponding to a second region that is smaller than the first region, and selecting one of a plurality of sizes at least including first, second and third sizes as an output size for image data. The second size is based on the first size, and if the first mode is set, the first, second and third sizes are included as choices of size from which the processor selects, and if the second mode is set, the first and third sizes, excluding the second size, are included as the choices of size.
US10785410B2
An image processing device includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit acquires a plurality of images, generates a synthesis image by synthesizing the images, generates a synthesis image file in which additional information indicative of a relationship between the images is recorded together with the synthesis image, and records the synthesis image file in a recording medium.
US10785409B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device that combines a plurality of images. The electronic device may include a first camera including a first view angle, a second camera including a second view angle that is smaller than the first view angle, a memory, and a processor, and the processor obtains a first image including a first brightness and corresponding to an external object, using the first camera, obtains a plurality of second images including a second brightness and corresponding to the external object, using the second camera, generates an image that is corrected to include a brightness corresponding to the first brightness, based at least on the plurality of second images including the second brightness, and generates a composite image corresponding to the external object, based at least on at least a part of the first image including the first brightness and at least a part of the corrected image. Also, other embodiments are possible.
US10785403B2
Systems and methods are presented for modifying image parameters of an image to be captured by an image capturing device based on input from a wearable computing device. In some embodiments, the system receives image data, determines an image parameter based on the image data, and receives data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject of the image. The system modifies the image parameter based on the data received from the wearable computing device and captures the image data using the modified image parameter.
US10785397B2
An information terminal apparatus includes: a reception section configured to receive images that are a plurality of images which are sequentially sent from an external device using a first communication system and to which information identifying each image is attached; and a transmission section configured to transmit specific information for specifying a specific image among the images which are sequentially sent, to the external device using a second communication system which is different from the first communication system. A movie composed of scenes and images acquired at timings that are desired by users who operate respective information terminal apparatuses is easily obtained.
US10785387B2
An electronic device may comprise a camera, a sensor circuit, a memory, and a processor configured to obtain a plurality of first images including a region of interest (ROI) based on a first frame rate using the camera, detect a movement of the electronic device using the sensor circuit, identify a threshold related to a movement of the ROI based on the movement of the electronic device, wherein the threshold related to a movement of the ROI is identified as a first threshold, and the threshold related to the movement of the ROI is identified as a second threshold larger than the first threshold, obtain a plurality of second images based on a second frame rate larger than the first frame rate in response to an object moving at the first threshold or the second threshold in the ROI, and provide a video related to the object.
US10785378B2
A display-and-operation device includes a housing, a display operation panel, a wireless communicator, a control board, and a holder. The display operation panel forms a display operation screen on an outer surface of the housing. The wireless communicator is included in the housing and includes an antenna to perform wireless communication with a communication object. The control board is included in the housing, to control the display operation panel. The holder is included in the housing. The holder holds the display operation panel. The housing includes an opening through which the wireless communicator is removable to an outside of the housing and a lid to open and close the opening. At least a part of the wireless communicator is arranged outside an outer peripheral edge of at least one of the control board and the holder when viewed from a side at which the display operation screen is disposed.
US10785377B2
Restriction processing for restricting communication with the network is executed, and a screen for starting establishment of a connection relationship in a state in which the restriction processing is executed is displayed on a display device. A connection relationship with a mobile terminal is established without intervention of the access point of the external apparatus using a wireless LAN interface capable of performing wireless communication, and predetermined information is acquired from the mobile terminal via the wireless LAN interface after establishment of the connection relationship.
US10785375B2
A method and apparatus for voice transmission and reception by a browser and a voice intercom system are provided. The method for voice transmission by a browser includes: collecting first voice data through a built-in audio collection interface of the browser (S101); obtaining a first voice sampling parameter that can be utilized by a target device (S102) to process voice data; sampling the first voice data based on the first voice sampling parameter to obtain target voice data (S103); and transmitting the target voice data to the target device (S104). The method enables a browser to have a function of voice intercom without using a plug-in.
US10785374B1
Optimizing a number pool for dynamic number insertion (DNI) used for call attribution is achieved by considering physical characteristics of the DNI number assigned to a specific channel versus characteristics of consumers within that channel—such as by determining a plurality of distinguishable consumer parameters having a business-positive correlation to a subset of numbers from among the pool of numbers—in order to make more optimized DNI number assignments.
US10785373B1
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform generating an incident report for an incident request received from a user device of a user; sending an application program interface (API) request to a management platform for customer care to identify the user; assigning the incident report to an associate user interface of an associate device of an associate; retrieving a customer record associated with the user from a database of the management platform for customer care; populating the associate user interface with the customer record; automatically recording in real-time a new record of a present interaction between the associate and the user for the incident report; and transmitting the new record for storage in the database of the management platform for customer care. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10785372B2
In the field of government engagement management, for users of an employee desktop web client, it is now possible, within the web client application, to search and read articles and/or knowledge content that has been authored to external locations. Due to this integration to external, third-party applications, content and/or articles can be displayed to an agent on the employee desktop web client graphical user interface. Agents can enter free text into a specific search field and review the results in summary form, and then select an article in HTML format to progress the current interaction with the client. An additional feature extending from this capability is to add an amount of coding to external knowledge content websites that are owned and/or operated by the owner of the system such that when the website is viewed through the third-party integration module, a button or icon appears within the website that when selected takes the agent to an appropriate form. This button or icon does not appear when the website is viewed outside of the system. This functionality adds value to the agent experience and enables the agent to provide an improved service to the end client. Results may be filtered by the search engine as well. Moreover, this system and method improves the operation of the computer in that the computer running such a system in the past was not able to integrate in such a fashion in a web client format. This system and method also enables an agent to handle calls with the web client more efficiently, and allows agents on the web client to automatically classify.
US10785368B2
The present invention, with respect to an electronic device, discloses an electronic device including: a communication unit that transmits a signal requesting a call to another electronic device and receives screen display information from the another electronic device; and a processor that controls so as to display a user interface based on the screen display information on a call connection screen. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, however, and other embodiments are possible.
US10785366B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and an electronic device for controlling a display screen backlight, and a storage medium. It is determined, with reference to an included angle between the electronic device and a preset direction and whether there is an object shielding an aperture in a call state, that the display screen backlight is adjusted to be on or off.
US10785365B2
A system senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and responds to fulfill user desires. In one particular arrangement, a discovery session is launched when the user speaks a cueing expression, which serves to switch the system from a lower activity state to a heightened alert state. The system may recognize that the speech expresses a user request that requires analysis of camera-captured imagery to fulfill. In response the system can apply an operation, such as a recognition operation (e.g., barcode decoding), to the imagery and take an action based on resulting information. Operation of the system can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US10785362B2
A method includes receiving, at a first device, an option to receive a video identified by a second device, the option received during a communication session between the first device and the second device. The method includes receiving, at the first device, input indicating acceptance of the offer. The method includes, in response to the input, automatically making a determination, at the first device, whether to have the video sent to a video output device that is distinct from the first device, to receive the video at the first device, or both. The determination is based on a location of the first device. The method also includes, in response to the determination indicating to have the video sent to the video output device, sending a notification to the application server. The notification identifies the video output device.
US10785351B2
The present invention provides a display screen, a mobile terminal having the display screen, and a modular terminal device composed of a plurality of the mobile terminals. The modular terminal device includes a plurality of the mobile terminals spliced together. The display screen includes a hard display screen connected to a main body and a flexible display screen connected to the hard display screen. The flexible display screen protrudes from the main body. The flexible display screen includes a first flexible display screen and a second flexible display screen. A first fold line is formed between the first flexible display screen and the second flexible display screen. The flexible display screen is foldable along the first fold line. The display screen of the present invention can be expanded according to the usage requirement when in use and can be folded up when not in use.
US10785347B1
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US10785343B2
A system for transmitting electronic content over a computer network is provided. In one technique, client devices that visit a website send, to a content delivery service, interaction data that indicates that the client devices interacted with the website. Later, a content provider of the website creates a content delivery campaign with the service or establishes (or renews) a retargeting segment for an existing campaign. The content delivery campaign indicates that certain content is to be delivered to entities who have interacted with the content provider, such as by visiting the website. The content delivery service uses the interaction data to identify candidate entities who satisfy targeting criteria of the retargeting segment. If a candidate entity does satisfy the targeting criteria, then the candidate entity is added to the retargeting segment, even though the candidate entity may not have interacted with the website after the retargeting segment was created or renewed.
US10785336B2
A method including displaying retrieving application code of two or more webpages of a website to render the two or more webpages on a user device. The method also can receive, via a main thread from a user device to an application server, a first request from the user device to view the first webpage on the user device. After transmitting the first and second portions of the application code to the user device, receiving, via the main thread to the application server, the second request to view the second webpage on the user device. In response to receiving the second request, facilitating, using the service worker and via a second thread from the user device to the content delivery server, a display of the second webpage on the user device using the second portion of the application code stored on the user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10785322B2
In an example embodiment, a system and method to store and retrieve application data from a database are provided. In an example embodiment, location data comprising a database identifier is received. A location of a database is derived based on the database identifier, the database being one of a plurality of databases, each database of the plurality of databases comprising application data, and application data is requested from the database based on the derived location.
US10785317B2
A network device may execute a software keep-alive process (SKAP) that enables the network device to continue to send keep-alive packets without interruption even during events such as a network operating system failover/switchover or an in-place system upgrade. The network device maintains a database of keep-alive network sessions storing information that is used to schedule and send keep-alive messages or packets for the keep-alive network sessions. The database may be shared between network operating subsystems and programs executed by the network device. The database may be updated by a network operating subsystem and the information may then be used by the SKAP to schedule and send out keep-alive messages or packets for the keep-alive network sessions. For example, a virtual machine may store information for a keep-alive network session in the database, which is used by SKAP to schedule transmission of keep-alive packets for that keep-alive network session.
US10785311B2
Systems and methods for secure content delivery are disclosed herein. The system can include a content driver communicatingly connected with a user device via a layered protocol model or via a User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The content driver can direct the launch of first and second virtual machines on the user device and can provide encrypted pixel data to the second virtual machine. The second virtual machine can generate and display an image based on the received encrypted pixel data.
US10785305B2
Described embodiments enable the automatic uploading and sharing of objects via a content management system (CMS). A user of a client device may request to share an object via a user interface. Prior to the request, the object may be stored in a storage location of the client device that is not synchronized with the CMS. In one embodiment, client software detects a “click-and-drag” operation of an object and provide a sharing element into which an object may be dropped for sharing. The CMS receives the sharing request and may automatically initiate a sharing process comprising receiving the object from the client device, storing the object in the CMS, generating a link to the object, and sending the link to indicated or pre-determined recipient(s). In various embodiments, the objects are synchronized with the CMS and/or organized according to various object parameters within a directory of the CMS.
US10785302B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for unified data management in a communication network. According to embodiments, the unified data management methods and systems can provide management of some control plane data, for example data that may be shared by multiple network functions (NF). According to embodiments, virtualization of the data storage if further provided.
US10785301B2
A network storage appliance comprises solid state disks, a network interface adapter communicatively coupled to the solid state disks and a host client, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device communicatively coupled to the solid state disks and the network interface adapter, and a CPU communicatively coupled to the non-volatile semiconductor memory device and the network interface adapter. The non-volatile semiconductor memory device can receive data from the host client via the network interface adapter, store the data temporarily, and transfer the data to one of the solid state disks. The CPU can receive a write request from the host client via the network interface adapter, determine whether or not the non-volatile semiconductor memory device is available to store the data, initiate the network interface adapter to perform the transfer of the data from the host client to the non-volatile semiconductor memory device if the non-volatile semiconductor memory device is available to store the data, and initiate the network interface adapter to broadcast a query to one or more external storages if the non-volatile semiconductor memory device is not available to store the data.
US10785295B2
Fabric encapsulated resilient storage is hardware-assisted resilient storage in which the reliability capabilities of a storage server are abstracted and managed transparently by a host fabric interface (HFI) to a switch. The switch abstracts the reliability capabilities of a storage server into a level of resilience in a hierarchy of levels of resilience. The resilience levels are accessible by clients as a quantifiable characteristic of the storage server. The resilience levels are used by the switch fabric to filter which storage servers store objects responsive to client requests to store objects at a specified level of resilience.
US10785293B2
A plurality of WiFi-enabled devices that are physically proximate to one another form an ad hoc mesh network, which is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network. A typical WiFi device is a WiFi router that comprises addressable data storage, together with control software operative to configure the device seamlessly into the WiFi mesh network formed by the device and one or more physically-proximate devices. The addressable data storage across multiple such devices comprises a distributed or “mesh-assisted” cache that is managed by the overly network. The WiFi mesh network thus provides bandwidth that is leveraged by the overlay network to provide distribution of content, e.g., content that has been off-loaded for delivery (by content providers) to the CDN. Other devices that may be leveraged include set-top boxes and IPTV devices.
US10785291B2
The present invention provides for indirect access to public cloud-based computing environments for the purpose of running ad-hoc commands, on-demand, on any public cloud-based computing resource. Messages including the ad-hoc commands are communicated to a cloud-based command queue, which acts as the intermediary between the user (i.e., command requester) and the public cloud-based computing resources. A command executor agent installed on the cloud-based computing resources, polls the command queue for commands designated for the application(s) currently being executed on the cloud-based computing resources. Results of the command are communicated from the cloud-based computing resource to the command queue, which is periodically polled by a monitoring queue in order for the user/command requester to obtain the results of the execution of the command.
US10785287B2
Techniques for securely binding a software application to a communication device may include sending a set of device identifiers associated with the computing device to a server, receiving a server-generated dynamic device identifier that is generated based on the set of device identifiers; and storing the server-generated dynamic device identifier during initialization of the application. During runtime execution of the application, the application may receive a request to execute an application specific task. In response to receiving the request, the application may generate a runtime dynamic device identifier, determine whether the runtime dynamic device identifier matches the server-generated dynamic device identifier, execute the application specific task when the runtime dynamic device identifier matches the server-generated dynamic device identifier; and prevent the application specific task from being executed when the runtime dynamic device identifier does not match the server-generated dynamic device identifier.
US10785277B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for encoding binary data are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a multimedia file from a storage device, extracting multiple bytes of binary data from the multimedia file, converting the binary data into 7-bit encoded data using an encoding algorithm, and sending one or more signals comprising the 7-bit encoded data to a remote computing device. The converting includes identifying multiple bits of data, each corresponding to a predetermined bit position of one of the bytes of binary data, generating one or more bytes of combined-bit data by combining the identified bits of data, generating one or more bytes of remaining-bit data, and generating the 7-bit encoded data by concatenating the one or more bytes of combined-bit data and the one or more bytes of remaining-bit data.
US10785276B2
When encoding and transmitting video data comprising regions of interest, different usages of the regions of interest implicate different kinds of combination of region of interest at decoding. By studying the different impacts of the encoding mechanisms depending on other set of tiles data on the different kind of combination, it is possible to define a plurality of tile set coding dependency levels. Each tile set coding dependency level is linked to a set of constraints on encoding. These set of constraints have different impacts on the possibilities allowed when combining the different regions of interest. It is therefore possible, based on a desired usage, to select an encoding with minimal restrictions, as defined by a given tile coding dependency level, compatible with the desired usage. Accordingly, the encoding efficiency is improved, for a given usage, compared to a solution where a complete tile independency solution is used.
US10785271B1
A conferencing computing device, including memory storing one or more dispatch data structures. The conferencing computing device may further include a processor configured to receive a plurality of input packets at a port from a plurality of sender computing devices. Based on input packet data and the one or more dispatch data structures, for each input packet, the processor may to add that input packet to a queue of a transport provider bound to the port. The processor may transmit the plurality of input packets to a plurality of application program instances and instantiate a respective plurality of concurrent multipoint conferencing sessions. The processor may transmit a plurality of output packets from the plurality of application program instances to a plurality of recipient computing devices. The plurality of output packets may be multiplexed through the port and each have a multiplexed local socket address of the port.
US10785266B2
Methods and systems for protecting a secured network are presented. For example, one or more packet security gateways may be associated with a security policy management server. At each packet security gateway, a dynamic security policy may be received from the security policy management server, packets associated with a network protected by the packet security gateway may be received, and at least one of multiple packet transformation functions specified by the dynamic security policy may be performed on the packets. Performing the at least one of multiple packet transformation functions specified by the dynamic security policy on the packets may include performing at least one packet transformation function other than forwarding or dropping the packets.
US10785264B2
A security inspection system verifying a security system of electronic equipment may include an inspector having: a communicator connecting wireless diagnostic communication with the electronic equipment entering a process line; a KMS inspection portion inspecting a management state of generation and destruction of encryption key of a key management system device included in the electronic equipment; an application firewall inspection portion inspecting security policy of an application firewall disposed in a gateway of the electronic equipment; a version inspection portion updating at least one of a patch program and a firmware of the security system included in the electronic equipment; a database storing a program and data for a security inspection of the electronic equipment; and a controller performing diagnostic test of a firewall installation state, an encryption key management state, a transmission/reception state of an encrypted message, or blocking of abnormal data of the security system.
US10785261B2
A client establishes a network session with a server. The network session is used to establish an encrypted communications session. The client establishes another network session with another server, such as after terminating the first network session. The client resumes the encrypted communications session over the network session with the other server. The other server is configured to receive encrypted communications from the client and forward them to the appropriate server.
US10785255B1
A scalable, malware detection system features at least one sensor and a cluster including at least one computing node. The computing node includes an analysis coordination system and an object analysis system. The analysis coordination system, when activated as a broker computing node, (i) receives metadata from a sensor, (ii) analyzes the metadata, and (iii) places at least a portion of the metadata into a data store for subsequent use in retrieval of the suspicious object by the object analysis system from the sensor. The object analysis system is configured to (i) retrieve the portion of the metadata, which includes at least a sensor identifier, from the data store, (ii) retrieve the suspicious object from the sensor using at least part of the portion of the metadata retrieved from the data store, and (iii) analyze the suspicious object for malware.
US10785253B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for use in a distributed client-side user monitoring and attack system are disclosed herein. An example method includes providing a first set of instructions from a security application server to a target application server, the first set of instructions to, when executed, cause a client device to transmit a request for an image to the security application server. In response to the request for the image, a connection is opened between the client device and the security application server. Via the connection opened in response to the request for the image, a second set of instructions is provided to cause the client device to perform a vulnerability test on the target application server and communicate a result of the vulnerability test via the connection.
US10785252B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enhancing network security, which includes an information collection unit for collecting information about states of hosts that form a network and information about connectivity in the network; an attack surface analysis unit for analyzing attack surfaces by creating an attack graph using the information about the states and the information about connectivity; a security-enhancing strategy establishment unit for establishing a security-enhancing strategy based on the attack graph; and a security-enhancing strategy implementation unit for delivering a measure based on the security-enhancing strategy to a corresponding host, thereby taking a security-enhancing measure.
US10785251B2
Device users today are increasingly using multiple smart connected devices simultaneously in order to manage their online lives and increase their productivity. This makes it difficult for users to accurately gauge or feel confident about their overall online security and privacy levels, and it also increases potential attack avenues for malicious actors. Interconnections and relationships between such smart connected devices may also further increase and complicate the security implications of the user's multi-device connected world. The systems and methods disclosed herein provide a single reference point to users that allows them to evaluate the security and privacy aspects of their various online activities and multi-device ecosystem via a single Security and Privacy Score (SPS) value. Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques may also be applied to a user's SPS values over time to alert users of potentially anomalous security conditions, and suggest potential remedial actions to increase the user's SPS value.
US10785250B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided to determine an individual's risk of being targeted by a cyberattack based on quantifying their online presence. In some embodiments, online information pertaining to an individual, accessible through the clear web (e.g., Internet) or the dark web, is identified and used to calculate a digital vulnerability (DV) score. The DV score is used to determine the susceptibility of an individual of being targeted for a cyberattack or cybercrime based upon their online presence, and may be computed based upon personally identifying information (PII) features present on clear web and deep/dark web resources.
US10785244B2
An anomaly detection method includes: extracting, for each of a plurality of learning packets obtained, all possible combinations of N-grams in the payload included in the learning packet; counting a first number which is the number of occurrences of each combination in the payloads of the learning packets; calculating, as anomaly detection models, first probabilities by performing smoothing processing based on a plurality of the first numbers; and when the score calculated for each of a plurality of packets exceeds a predetermined threshold that is based on the anomaly detection models stored in a memory, outputting information indicating that the packet having the score has an anomaly.
US10785243B1
Log text is encoded into a low dimensional feature vector. A temporal predictive model is constructed based on the low dimensional feature vector. The temporal predictive model is used to calculate probabilities of the occurrence of security incidents based on signature names from the log text encoded in the low dimensional feature vector. A preventative security action is automatically taken in response to the calculated probability of the occurrence of a specific security incident exceeding a given threshold.
US10785236B2
The technology disclosed herein enables the generation of malware traffic signatures by performing natural language processing on known malware traffic using a neural network. In a particular embodiment, a method provides generating sentences comprising first information obtained from a plurality of fields in each of a plurality of known malware data packets in a first malware family. The method further provides inputting the sentences into a first neural network for natural language processing of the sentences and generating one or more signatures for the first malware family from results of the natural language processing of the sentences.
US10785235B2
A drone unit operatively connected to a server may identify an attack, launched by a botnet, on a resource. A drone unit may continuously and iteratively, while the attack is in progress, determine and report to a server a first set of values of a respective set of operational parameters related to the resource. A drone unit may determine, and report to the server, a second set of values of the set of operational parameters after the attack is terminated. A server may determine an impact of an attack by relating the first set values to the second set of values.
US10785228B2
On-demand activation of a security policy may be provided. Upon receiving a selection of a link, a profile identified by a security policy associated with the link may be activated and the link may be opened according to the security policy. In some embodiments, opening the link according to the security policy may comprise redirecting the opening of the link from a first application to a second application.
US10785218B2
The present disclosure provides an authorization authentication method, apparatus and system. The method includes: after a biological limb enters a preset range of a first device, establishing by the first device a communication connection with a second device via the biological limb; receiving by the first device information to be authorized transmitted by the second device through the communication connection, in which the information to be authorized includes digital authentication information; collecting by the first device biological characteristic information of the biological limb within a duration in which the biological limb enters the preset range of the first device; and acquiring by the first device an authentication result of authentication of the digital authentication information and the biological characteristic information, and performing an authorization operation by the first device when the authentication result of the authentication of the digital authentication information and the biological characteristic information is passing the authentication.
US10785213B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to authenticating a client computer system to a server computer system. In some embodiments, a client computer system sends, to a server computer system, authentication information for an initial access request for one or more resources. This information may include authentication credentials and attributes that collectively identify the client computer system. In some embodiments, the client computer system receives, from the server computer system, an authentication response that indicates an initial authentication of the client computer system. In some embodiments, the authentication response includes a cryptographic key. While the initial authentication is valid, in some embodiments, the client computer system repeatedly re-authenticates for subsequent access requests. Each of the subsequent access request may include a single-use password generated using a cryptographic key and the attributes of the client computer system.
US10785206B2
Technologies related to automatic account login are disclosed. In an implementation, a request from a user for logging in to an account of a second website associated with an account of the first website is received. The account of the first website is determined logged in to by the user. An automatic login token is generated based on one or more token generation rules agreed to by the second website for performing automatic login, and an automatic login link is generated and sent to the user, where the automatic login link includes the automatic login token, the automatic login link allowing the user to send an automatic login request that includes the automatic login token, and wherein the automatic login token is verified based on the one or more token verification rules to allow the user to automatically log in to the account of the second website.
US10785204B2
An authorization code response is transmitted to a client, and the client uses a parameter included in the authorization code response and a parameter included in the authorization code response transmitted by a transmitting unit to verify that the authorization code response corresponds to an authorization code request.
US10785190B2
A network system is provided between at least a first client site and a second client site, the first and the second client site are at a distance from one another. A client site network component is implemented at least at the first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded/aggregated connection that has increased throughput. At least one network server component may be configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded/aggregated connection. A cloud network controller may be configured to manage the data traffic and a virtual edge providing transparent lower-link encryption for the bonded/aggregated connection between the client site network component and the network server component.
US10785183B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing content on a social messaging platform. One of the methods includes providing a plurality of messages of a social messaging platform to a user device, the plurality of messages being part of a conversation; receiving a request associated with one of the plurality of messages, the request including an indication to repost a collection of messages; providing a selection user interface, the selection user interface including the plurality of messages and a respective selection indicator for each message; receiving a user selection of two or more messages; responsive to the user selection, generating a message composition interface, the message composition interface including a representation of the selected messages; and in response to user input, posting the representation of the selected messages as part of a new message of the user on the platform.
US10785176B2
Systems and methods for processing a message are provided. A message may be processed to generate a message summary by removing or replacing certain words, phrases, sentences, punctuation, and the like. Message signatures based upon the message summary may be generated and stored in a signature database, which may be used to identify and/or classify spam messages. Subsequently received messages may be classified by signature and processed based on classification.
US10785175B2
A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and a polling extension app. The polling extension app is configured to create data for a polling context that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app to allow voting by users selected for the poll and to update the polling context with the votes from the users. The messaging app launches the polling extension app, and the polling context is communicated between the polling extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.
US10785173B2
A method in accordance with the present disclosure may include receiving a message at a mobile computing device and performing natural language processing (NLP) based interpretation of the message. Embodiments may further include suggesting at least one of an action and an application configured to perform the action, the suggestion based upon, at least in part, the NLP-based interpretation of the message.
US10785172B2
An approach is provided for delivering messages to a user based on their activity status. An activity detection platform receives a request to deliver a message from a sending device to a receiving device. The activity detection platform also detects an activity status of a receiving user associated with the receiving device based on the request. The activity detection platform also presents at least one delivery option for the message at the sending device to a sending user based on the detection. The message is then processed based on the at least one delivery option selected by the sending user prior to a presentation of the message to the receiving user.
US10785157B2
The techniques describe adaptive load-balancing based on traffic feedback from packet processors. In one example, a source virtual network node of the network device may determine whether a particular destination packet processor is or may become oversubscribed. For example, source packet processors of the source virtual network node may exchange feedback messages including traffic flow rate information. The source virtual network node may compute a total traffic flow rate and compare the total traffic flow rate with a bandwidth of the particular destination packet processor. In response to determining that the bandwidth of the destination packet processor is oversubscribed, the source virtual network node may update a forwarding plane data structure to reduce a likelihood of selecting the destination packet processor to which to forward packet flows.
US10785156B2
A computer-implemented system is disclosed for managing bandwidth usage rates in a packet switched network. The system includes one or more servers configured to execute computer program steps. The computer program steps comprises monitoring bandwidth usage rate at a first provider interface, determining if bandwidth usage rate at the provider interface exceeds a bandwidth usage rate limit; and rerouting Internet traffic from the provider interface having bandwidth that exceeds the bandwidth usage rate limit to a second provider interface having available bandwidth capacity.
US10785153B2
A dynamic SRMS (DSRMS) in a MPLS network generates unique segment identifiers for nodes of the network lacking segment identifiers (SIDs). The DSRMS receives network information from other nodes of the network that may include, for example, Internal Gateway Protocol (IGP) routing information, advertised prefix values for the nodes, and label values used in MPLS routing. The DSRMS analyzes the information and identifies nodes of the network that are not associated with a SID. For each identified node, the DSRMS generates a unique SID and then announces the SID to other nodes within the network. Generating the unique SID may include executing a hashing function using the IP address of the identified node as an input.
US10785148B2
A router operates in both a Segment Routing (SR) network portion and a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network portion of a network that utilizes Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). The router receives an OSPF advertisement message originated by a mapping server that includes a sub-Type-length-value (sub-TLV) element that identifies a preferred type of path across the MPLS network portion for an identifiable set of traffic that is to be received by the router from the SR network portion. The router identifies, based at least in part upon the sub-TLV element, one path of a plurality of available paths across the MPLS network portion for the identifiable set of traffic, and configures its forwarding plane to utilize the identified one path accordingly for the identifiable set of traffic. The OSPF advertisement message can be an OSPF LSA, and can carry an Extended Prefix Range TLV including the sub-TLV element.
US10785136B2
A method and apparatus for providing a tracer function for networked cable systems used for data or power transmission. A self contained and self powered indicator circuit is described that enables tracing the location of both ends of a networked cable.
US10785134B2
Techniques are disclosed that provide more accurate clustering of devices by forming clusters of devices and merging or changing clusters based on predetermined criteria. The technique starts with a large number of clusters (e.g., one for each account) and refines the clusters, for example, by merging clusters or determining which cluster a given device should be in when the device is associated with multiple clusters. One technique iteratively adjusts clusters of devices by merging clusters determined to be associated with a single user until a cluster contains all of the devices and accounts expected to be associated with a single user.
US10785124B2
A system and method for network planning with certain guarantees is disclosed. The system receives data characterizing various aspects of a backbone network, such as the nodes of the backbone network, how the nodes are connected by network links, the maximum available capacities of the network assets, network costs, and network asset reliability information. The system also receives data characterizing the requirements of different data communications, or flows, within the backbone network. For example, the backbone network may need to provide a flow a minimum amount of bandwidth or throughput, and the flow may have a minimum required uptime or availability. Based on the network data and flow data, the system generates a network plan that describes how capacity should be provided by different components of the network in a manner that guarantees satisfying flow requirements while balancing other considerations, such as network costs.
US10785111B2
A method for monitoring tunneled Internet Protocol (IP) traffic in a communication network includes monitoring tunnel signaling flows to determine relationships between tunnels and subscriber sessions for each established tunnel. A first tunnel signaling state is stored in a data repository for each established tunnel. The first tunnel signaling state is indicative of the determined relationship between the tunnel and corresponding subscriber sessions. A second tunnel signaling state is validated based on the stored first tunnel signaling state to identify incorrect association between a monitored tunnel and corresponding subscriber session, in response to detecting a monitoring gap.
US10785103B2
A method and system for managing connections with a distributed control plane is provided. The method includes generating, by a router, a controller identifier (ID) list comprising a plurality of controller group IDs of a plurality of controller groups, wherein one controller group ID uniquely identifies one controller group. The method also includes identifying a first controller group, by the router from the list, with which a connection is to be established. Further, the method includes establishing, by the router, the connection with a controller of the first controller group if at least one of following conditions is met I) the router has not exhausted maximum number of connections, 2) the router has previously had a connection with the controller of the first controller group, and 3) the router has an existing connection with a controller of a second controller group not present in the list.
US10785100B2
A method for connecting a plurality of networks. The method may include establishing a first network link between a first network element and a second network element. The first network link may implement an interconnection between a first network and a second network. The method may include establishing a second network link between the first network element and a third network element. The first network element, the second network element, and the third network element may be located on a virtual network. The method may include detecting, over the virtual network, a first network event regarding the first network link. The method may include, in response to detecting the first network event, adjusting the interconnection between the first network and the second network. The method may include disregarding a second network event regarding the second network link.
US10785095B2
A service fault locating method and apparatus for precisely locating a network fault problem in a multi-layer OAM architecture network. The method includes: receiving a service fault locating request message; determining, an IPS, and an IPD, that a service fault is between a first layer-3 device and a second layer-3 device; obtaining a first network topology between the first layer-3 device and the second layer-3 device; determining a first forwarding path of the service packet between the first layer-3 device and the second layer-3 device according to the first network topology; configuring a forwarding entry of a forwarding device in the first forwarding path, and triggering the first layer-3 device to generate an extended layer-2 OAM packet; and obtaining a first path parameter of the first forwarding path, and determining a specific location of the service fault according to the first path parameter.
US10785094B1
In one embodiment, a plurality of PODs is formed in a software defined networking (SDN) fabric, each POD comprising a plurality of leaf nodes and connected to a plurality of spine nodes in a spine layer of the SDN fabric. One of the plurality of PODs is designated as a super POD and link state information is provided for the entire fabric to the super POD by sending northbound advertisements in the fabric to the super POD. A disconnection is identified between a leaf node in the SDN fabric and a particular one of the spine nodes in the spine layer, based on the link state information provided to the super POD. The disconnection is repaired between the leaf node and the particular spine node in the spine layer.
US10785093B2
Generally described, systems and methods are provided for monitoring and detecting causes of failures of network paths. The system collects performance information from a plurality of nodes and links in a network, aggregates the collected performance information across paths in the network, processes the aggregated performance information for detecting failures on the paths, analyzes each of the detected failures to determine at least one root cause, and initiates a remedial workflow for the at least one root cause determined. In some aspects, processing the aggregated information may include performing a statistical regression analysis or otherwise solving a set of equations for the performance indications on each of a plurality of paths. In another aspect, the system may also include an interface which makes available for display one or more of the network topology, the collected and aggregated performance information, and indications of the detected failures in the topology.
US10785085B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for probabilistic amplitude shaping (PAS) are provided. One method may include selecting a distribution parameter for one constellation in a communications system depending on one or more flat fading channels, transforming a uniform distribution of the constellation into a shaped distribution using the selected distribution parameter to produce modulated data, and passing the modulated data through a fading channel.
US10785083B2
A method and an apparatus for measuring a displacement of an object according to steps of: dividing a signal into an I signal and a Q signal according to a phase of the signal, wherein the signal is reflected by the object after a transmission signal having a plurality of frequencies is emitted toward the object by the radar measurement system; estimating a direct current (DC) component from an N-tuple information acquired from the I signal and the Q signal; removing the estimated DC component to correct the I signal and the Q signal; and measuring the displacement of the object based on the corrected I signal and Q signal are provided.
US10785078B2
A method for signal modulation in a filter bank multi-carrier system is provided. A modulation method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating a plurality of different candidate transmission signals by modulating a complex symbol vector including a plurality of complex symbols in a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC)/offset quadrature amplitude modulation (OQAM) scheme and selecting a candidate transmission signal having a lowest peak power or peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) as a transmission signal, wherein the generating of the plurality of candidate transmission signals comprises applying a different phase offset to the complex symbol vector according to a candidate transmission signal to be generated.
US10785058B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable information about devices connected behind a gateway, such as a home gateway, to be made available to and used by other entities, such as servers and routers, on a communications network.
US10785054B2
A slave module receives a first wake-up signal from an adjacent previous module to perform a wake-up operation and to transmit a second wake-up signal to an adjacent subsequent module. The slave module includes: an analog front end (AFE) including a first terminal and a second terminal, the AFE may be woken up by receiving the first wake-up signal through the first terminal and may output a first voltage through the second terminal in a woken up state; a processor including a third terminal electrically connected to the first terminal, a fourth terminal electrically connected to the second terminal, and a fifth terminal electrically connected to a second slave terminal. The processor may boot up when the first voltage is applied to the fourth terminal, may output a second voltage to the third terminal after being booted up, and may output the second wake-up signal to the fifth terminal.
US10785053B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a virtualized module operating on virtualized computing infrastructure, in which the virtualized module is to provide a virtualized implementation of a plurality of functions associated with one or more remotely located Distribution Point Units (DPUs) and/or Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs), each of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs having a plurality of broadband lines coupled thereto; in which the virtualized module is to further control Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions and control coordination of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs and the plurality of broadband lines coupled with the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs by virtualizing one or more functions of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs to operate on the virtualized computing infrastructure; and a network interface to receive data and send control instructions for operation of the plurality of broadband lines to and from the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10785048B2
Methods and systems that reduce power usage in a CATV network. Power usage may be reduced by temporally adjusting the power output of amplifiers in the network. The power output of one or more amplifiers in the network are preferably adjusted based on patterns of temporal usage of the network.
US10785047B1
Information regarding a user's personal schedule is received at an electronic computing device. Information regarding current and future utility costs is received. The information regarding the user's personal schedule, the information regarding the user's location and the information regarding the current and future utility costs is used to determine at least one financial impact based on a temperature setting. The at least one financial impact includes estimated costs for time intervals and historical billing cycles. A temperature effecting device or an energy effecting device in the home of the user is controlled using the at least one financial impact.
US10785042B2
An assembly made up of a micro-electro-mechanical system as physical unclonable function, which in reaction to a challenge, outputs a response in accordance with a mapping rule, and a controllable control element which is equipped, in accordance with a control command, to adjust an ambient parameter influencing the mapping rule.
US10785037B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing secure content by CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider stores one or more resources on behalf of a content provider. A CDN service provider obtains client computing device requests for secure content. Based on processing first signature information, the CDN service provider determines whether the secure content is available to the client computing device. If the CDN service provider does not maintain the requested content, the CDN service provider transmits a request to the network storage provider. Based on second signature information and an identifier associated with the CDN service provider, the network storage provider processes the request based policy information associated with the identifier.
US10785028B2
A processor core that includes a token generator circuit is to execute a first instruction in response to initialization of a software program that requests access to protected data output by a cryptographic operation. To execute the first instruction, the processor core is to: retrieve a key that is to be used by the cryptographic operation; trigger the token generator circuit to generate an authorization token; cryptographically encode the key and the authorization token within a key handle; store the key handle in memory; and embed the authorization token within a cryptographic instruction that is to perform the cryptographic operation. The cryptographic instruction may be associated with a first logical compartment of the software program that is authorized access to the protected data.
US10785017B2
Techniques for mitigating timing attacks via dynamically scaled time dilation are provided. According to one set of embodiments, a computer system can enable time dilation with respect to a program, where the time dilation causes the program to observe a dilated view of time relative to real time. Then, while the time dilation is enabled, the computer system can track a count of application programming interface (API) calls or callbacks made by a program within each of a series of time buckets and, based on counts tracked for a range of recent time buckets, scale up or scale down a degree of the time dilation.
US10785016B2
A system and method for determining whether a cryptographic system is being observed for power consumption analysis in an attempt to decipher secret keys. The system comprises a first external connection to receive an input voltage, an internal voltage regulator with an external capacitor to produce the desired voltage for the cryptographic system. The internal voltage regulator typically includes a switch that passes current from the first external connection to the external capacitor. By monitoring the frequency at which the switch is activated, it is possible to detect that an external voltage is being applied to the external capacitor. This external voltage is typically used to perform SPA or DPA operations. Thus, the cryptographic system may cease performing any encryption or decryption operations if an external voltage is detected.
US10785014B2
Provided is a computation device including a communication interface; a first transmission control part for sending a first communication frame at every predetermined cycle via a transmission path; a second transmission control part for sending a second communication frame in response to an arbitrary event request; and a priority management part. Upon receiving an issuance request of a second event request from a second event issuance part, the priority management part waits for completion of sending processing for a second communication frame corresponding to a first event request currently processed by the second transmission control part, and permits issuance of the second event request to the second event issuance part. The second transmission control part suspends processing for a subsequent first event request following the first event request currently processed until completion of processing for the second event request is complete.
US10785011B2
A method and apparatus may include receiving a first signal. The first signal includes first configuration information, second configuration information, and third configuration information. The method may also include detecting a second signal based on the first configuration information. The method may also include transmitting a third signal based on the second configuration information. The method may also include transmitting a fourth signal based on the third configuration information and the detected second signal.
US10785008B2
Described herein is a system and method for determining one or more data modulation profiles for one or more devices. The system and method described herein may measure signal quality, such as a modulation error ratio (MER), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), receive power, transmit power, etc. Based on the signal quality, the system may determine one or more data modulation profile(s) (e.g., quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) profiles) for a subcarrier, a plurality of subcarriers, a device, and/or a grouping of devices.
US10785006B2
A method for receiving downlink control information by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: performing blind detection of a group-common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a common search space (CSS) having a plurality of PDCCH candidates; and acquiring downlink control information (DCI) indicating a slot format from the group-common PDCCH acquired through the blind detection, wherein, in the blind detection of the group-common PDCCH, the terminal attempts to selectively detect the group-common PDCCH for only a PDCCH candidate at a predetermined position in the CSS having the plurality of PDCCH candidates.
US10784995B2
A HARQ-ACK information feedback method is disclosed. In an embodiment, a feedback method includes performing data channel detection on a first downlink subframe, performing data channel detection on a second downlink subframe, wherein the second downlink subframe does not overlap with the first downlink subframe in time domain, sending first HARQ-ACK information to a network device by using a first uplink channel when determining that the first downlink subframe includes a first downlink data channel and that the second downlink subframe does not include a second downlink data channel, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information indicates a receiving status of the first downlink data channel and that a first length of a time domain resource corresponding to the first downlink data channel is different from a second length of a time domain resource corresponding to the second downlink data channel.
US10784992B2
Encoding devices and methods, arranged to execute encoding, wherein an input vector for polar encoding is computed, wherein the input vector comprises a set of information bits and a set of frozen bits, and an intermediate codeword is generated by executing a polar encoding of the input vector. Further, punctured and shortened bits are removed from the intermediate codeword, to obtain a reduced intermediate codeword, and an output codeword is generated by applying a permutation operation on the reduced intermediate codeword. A sequence of extension bits is selected from the intermediate codeword bits and information bits, and modulated symbols are generated by applying bitmapping on the output codeword and on the sequence of extension bits.
US10784989B2
A system includes a transmitter configured to transmit an original packet. The system also includes a receiver comprising a processing device. The processing device is configured to receive a corrupted Bluetooth® packet of the original packet and at least one retransmitted packet of the original packet. The processing device is also configured to generate an accumulated packet based on the corrupted packet and the at least one retransmitted packet, and generate a decision packet for the original packet based on the accumulated packet. The processing device is further configured to verify the decision packet to determine whether the decision packet is correct.
US10784984B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing waveform adaptation are provided. In an example, a method is provided for identifying a plurality of candidate waveforms, and selecting one of the candidate waveforms for data transmission. The candidate waveforms may be identified in accordance with one or more criteria, such as a transmission capability of the transmitting device, a reception capability of the receiving device, a desired Peak-to-Average-Power-Ratio (PAPR) characteristic, adjacent channel interference (ACI) rejection requirements, spectrum localization requirements, and other criteria. The waveform selected for data transmission may be selected in accordance with one or more waveform selection criteria, such as traffic characteristic, application types, etc.
US10784980B2
A processor of an apparatus is configured to apply one or more control algorithms using estimated data to adjust the one or more control parameters of a section of an optical fiber network. The estimated data are derived from measurements of optical signals in the section and from knowledge of the section. The estimated data is a function of optical nonlinearity and of amplified spontaneous emission.
US10784979B2
A wavelength selective switch (WSS), reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) and methods of determining a condition of a domain network section are provided. The WSS and ROADM include a light source for sending an optical signal having a characteristic. The method comprises instructing a light source to send an optical signal across an optical link, obtaining measurements of characteristic values of the optical signal received at and sent by components along the domain network section, comparing the characteristic values to pre-defined limits, and determining the condition of the domain network section based on the characteristic values.
US10784977B2
A spectrum management system includes circuitry that obtains interference information from another spectrum management system, where the interference information indicates interference with communication of a communication system managed by the other spectrum management system. The interference is caused by at least one secondary communication system managed by the spectrum management system. The circuitry also modifies a communication characteristic of the at least one secondary communication system based on the interference information.
US10784975B1
Computing devices are disclosed. For example, a computing device includes one or more processors and one or more databases. The computing device includes one or more non-transitory memory modules storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: receive a plurality of event flags, wherein each event flag of the plurality of event flags is associated with a respective broadcasted audio signal of a plurality of broadcasted audio signals; compare the plurality of event flags to a user profile stored within the one or more databases, wherein the user profile comprises preference characteristics associated with a user; determine whether one or more event flags matches a set of preference characteristics of the user profile; and transmit a notification signal to a vehicle in response to the one or more event flags matching the set of preference characteristics of the user profile.
US10784971B2
The present invention relates to a method of scheduling for an underwater wireless mobile network. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method of scheduling for an underwater wireless mobile network, whereby the method may consider a scheduling method that does not cause collision at a specific time domain, and improve network efficiency by receiving in a sink node a packet in a packet train form in consideration with a transfer velocity of a sound wave and a packet length rather than performing orthogonalization to avoid transmission time overlap at a specific time.
US10784969B2
A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple optical signals into spatial paths of an optical fiber, a first of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber and it is coupled into a first of the spatial paths; a second one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal and it is coupled into a second spatial path different from the first one, and a third optical signal is an optical signal for use by an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) that is coupled into one of the spatial paths of the optical fiber, whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.
US10784968B2
The present disclosure describes an optical device, a system including an optical receiver, and a system including an optical module. The optical device includes an Avalanche Photodiode (APD), a circuit board, a boost circuit disposed on the circuit board, a processor disposed on the circuit board and configured to control an output voltage of the boost circuit, and a probe point disposed on the circuit board. The boost circuit includes a control terminal electrically connecting to the processor. The boost circuit also includes an output terminal electrically connecting to the APD and the probe point respectively.
US10784966B1
Disclosed in some examples, are optical devices, systems, and machine-readable mediums that send and receive multiple streams of data across a same optical communication path (e.g., a same fiber optic fiber) with a same wavelength using different light sources transmitting at different power levels—thereby increasing the bandwidth of each optical communication path. Each light source corresponding to each stream transmits at a same frequency and on the same optical communication path using a different power level. The receiver differentiates the data for each stream by applying one or more detection models to the photon counts observed at the receiver to determine likely bit assignments for each stream.
US10784950B2
This specification provides a beam failure recovery method in a wireless communication system. In this specification, a beam failure recovery method performed by a UE includes: receiving, from a base station, control information related to a candidate beam configuration for the beam failure recovery; selecting an RS having a quality of the threshold or more among the RSs related to the candidate beam identification; and; transmitting, to the base station, a beam failure recovery request based on an uplink (UL) resource related to the selected RS.
US10784947B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE receive training signals from a plurality of transmit-receive points (TRPs) associated with the gNB. Each training signal may comprise a reference signal resource identifier (ID) to indicate a corresponding TRP and a corresponding transmit direction of a plurality of transmit directions. The UE may, for each transmit direction of the plurality of transmit directions, determine an average signal quality measurement based on individual signal quality measurements in multiple receive directions. The UE may select, for reporting to the gNB, a subset of the average signal quality measurements to ensure that the average signal quality measurements excluded from the subset are less than or equal to a minimum value of the average signal quality measurements in the subset.
US10784939B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a user equipment reporting channel state information to a base station in a wireless communication system. The method for reporting CSI comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) defined by at least two antenna ports; estimating the rank of a downlink channel based on the CSI-RS; configuring a plurality of precoders corresponding to the estimated rank with at least two precoder groups; calculating a channel quality indicator under the assumption that the at least two precoder groups are rotationally applied to at least one resource block unit, wherein precoders included in the precoder groups rotationally applied to the at least one resource block unit is rotationally applied to at least one resource element unit; and reporting the CSI including the calculated CQI to the base station.
US10784937B2
A wireless transmitting and receiving device includes antennas, weight adjusters connected to antennas, respectively, and configured to apply weights to an amplitude and a phase of a signal communicating through the antennas, signal transmitting and detecting units connected to the weight adjusters, respectively, a transmitter and a receiver connected to a first switch, a power distributor configured to connect the first switch to the respective signal transmitting and detecting units through internal wirings, and a compensator configured to the weights of the weight adjusters according to output signals of the signal transmitting and detecting units. Each of the signal transmitting and detecting units is configured to connect a corresponding weight adjuster and a corresponding wiring of the power distributor to each other in a first mode and to output a ratio of a signal, transmitted from the corresponding weight adjuster, and a signal, transmitted from the corresponding wiring of the power distributor, as one of the output signals in a second mode.
US10784936B2
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station by a terminal in an inter-vehicle communication system, wherein the method for transmitting a signal may comprise: a step for receiving a reference signal; a step for feeding-back channel information on the basis of the received reference signal; and a step for receiving data on the basis of the channel information, and wherein the terminal includes a plurality of distributed antenna units (DUs), and if selection of whether each of the plurality of DUs is activated is possible, the channel information may include DU index set information and channel state information (CSI).
US10784929B2
A wireless IC device includes a resin member including first and second surfaces, a substrate including first and second principal surfaces, a coil antenna provided in the resin member, and an RFIC element mounted on the substrate and connected to the coil antenna. The substrate is embedded in the resin member so that the second principal surface is at a second surface side. The coil antenna is defined by first linear conductor patterns on the second surface, first metal posts extending between the first and second surfaces, second metal posts extending between the first and second surfaces, and second linear conductor patterns on the first surface. The RFIC element is disposed in the coil antenna.
US10784925B2
A system includes a multi-use power interface configured to be electrically and communicatively coupled to a vehicle via Broadband over Power Line (BPL) data links. The system also includes sensors configured to collect power quality data and load management data for the BPL data links and the multi-use power interface. The multi-use power interface includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the multi-use power interface to perform operations. The operations include receiving power quality data and load management data from the sensors. The operations also include determining, based on the received data, functional health statuses of the multi-use power interface and the BPL data links. The operations further include transmitting the functional health statuses, the power quality data, and the load management data to a data store, and indicating, in the user interface, the functional health statuses.
US10784922B2
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver demodulates code shift keying (CSK) data utilizing a binary search. The GNSS receiver receives a signal including a pseudorandom noise (PRN) code modulated by code shift keying (CSK) to represent a symbol (i.e., CSK modulated symbol). The GNSS receiver maintains a plurality of receiver codes each representing a different shift in chips to the PRN code. The GNSS receiver performs a linear combination of portions of the receiver codes. In an embodiment, the GNSS receiver compares correlation power level value for respective portions of the receiver codes to demodulate the CSK data. In a further embodiment, the GNSS receiver compares the correlation power level values for portions of receiver codes with power detection threshold values to demodulate the CSK data. In a further embodiment, the GNSS receiver utilizes signs of the correlation power level values to demodulate the CSK data.
US10784919B2
Examples provide an adaptation circuit and apparatus, method and computer programs for adapting, fabricating and operating, a radio transceiver, a mobile transceiver, a base station transceiver and storage for computer programs or instructions. The adaptation circuit (10) is configured to adapt a local oscillator signal in a radio transceiver (30). The radio transceiver (30) comprises a transmission branch (14) and a reception branch (16), which are subject to cross-talk. The reception branch (16) comprises a local oscillator (18) configured to generate the local oscillator signal. The adaptation circuit (10) comprises a control module (12) configured to determine crosstalk level information between the transmission branch (14) and the reception branch (16), and to adapt the local oscillator signal based on the crosstalk level information.
US10784906B2
A transmitting device of the present disclosure include: a first driver that includes a first sub-driver unit which operates on a basis of a first control signal and a second sub-driver unit which operates on a basis of, of the first control signal and a second control signal, a signal selected through a first selecting operation, and is configured to be able to set a voltage at a first output terminal; and a controller that controls the first selecting operation.
US10784896B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates numerical operation-based erasure coding. During operation, the system determines the bit-width of processing capability of the computing system. The system then determines, based on the bit-width, a number of bits for representing a respective data element from a data stream and a number of data elements based on a number of a dimension of a generator matrix of erasure encoding. The system then obtains the number of data elements from the data stream and converts a respective obtained data element to a corresponding numerical representation. Here, a respective obtained data element is represented by the determined number of bits. The system then generates a code word, which comprises a plurality of coded fragments, of erasure encoding from the numerical representations based on the generator matrix of the erasure encoding.
US10784894B2
A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 4/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 256-symbol mapping.
US10784881B1
The present disclosure relates to blended analog-to-digital conversion for digital test and measurement devices. A first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts an analog signal into a first digital signal a first sampling rate. A digital filtering component generates a filtered digital signal by processing the first digital signal. An analog low pass filter filters the analog signal to generate a filtered analog signal. A second ADC converts the filtered analog signal into a second digital signal. A digital subtractor circuit subtracts the filtered digital signal from the first digital signal or the second digital signal. A digital adder circuit generates a blended digital signal by processing an output of the digital subtractor circuit and one of the first digital signal or the second digital signal.
US10784878B1
According to an aspect, a tri-level digital to analog converter (DAC) comprises a first set of switches turned on to cause a first analog value with a first error as an output for a first digital value, a second set of switches turned on to cause a second analog value with a second error as the output for a second digital value, wherein, both the first set of switches and the second set of switches are turned on to cause a third analog value, proportional to the first error and the second error, as the output for a digital value equal to zero, and both the first set of switches and the second set of switches are turned off to cause a fourth analog value equal to zero as the output for a fourth digital value representing a reset state.
US10784871B1
A circuit and corresponding method for dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) on a chip employ a delay-locked loop (DLL)-based clocking architecture. The circuit comprises a DLL including a fixed delay line path, with a first insertion delay, and variable delay line path, with a second insertion delay, and a clock generator. The clock generator is configured to source a DLL input clock to the fixed and variable delay line paths at a start-up frequency prior to a run-time frequency. The start-up frequency is lower relative to a target frequency for the chip. The run-time frequency is configured based on DVFS, following release of the chip from reset. The chip is configured to be released from reset with the DLL locked at the start-up frequency, enabling the second insertion delay to match the first insertion delay with the DLL locked at the start-up frequency.
US10784865B1
A minimum delay error apparatus such as a minimum delay error detection, prediction, correction, repair, prevention, and/or avoidance apparatus includes a minimum delay path replica circuit. The minimum delay path replica circuit can detect or predict, and subsequently can correct or avoid, minimum delay errors in data paths of digital circuits using pulsed latches.
