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| US10037745B2 |
Applying an application-specific ambient light setting configuration
A method, system and computer program product applying an application profile to a display configuration of a device, which overrides the default ambient light setting (ALS) data associated with a display. The method includes detecting initiation of an application. The method further includes searching at least one database for an application profile associated with the application. The application profile includes application-specific ALS data, which establishes an application-specific configuration of the display while the application is open on the display. In response to locating the application profile within the at least one database, the application profile is applied to the display, with the application-specific ALS data replacing/overriding the default ALS data. |
| US10037734B2 |
Display apparatus and control method
A display apparatus includes a light unit, a display panel configured to transmit light from the light unit, a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of modes different in a scanning order of the display panel from each other, and a control unit configured to control the light unit to light each of a plurality of areas of the display panel. According to the mode set by the setting unit, the control unit determines timing when the light unit lights the plurality of areas. |
| US10037733B2 |
Enable signal generation circuit, power conversion circuit and display device
The present disclosure discloses an enable signal generation circuit, comprising: an input module configured to input a direct current signal from the first input terminal to a first node; a transmission module configured to transmit the direct current signal at the first node to an output terminal; a first conducting module and a second conducting module configured to conduct signals in an alternating current signal from the second input terminal to the first node; a first filter module configured to filter the signal at the first node such that, at the first node, the alternating current signal from the second input terminal is conducted to a common terminal. The second input terminal is connected to the output terminal. The present disclosure simplifies the circuit structure and solves the problem caused by the difference between timing sequences of inputted signals. |
| US10037730B2 |
Pixel circuit, drive method, array substrate, display panel and display device
A pixel circuit is disclosed, which includes a charging module, a storage module, an adjusting module, a data-in module, a drive module, and a light-emitting device. A first end of the charging module is configured to receive a first voltage signal, a second end of the charging module is coupled to a first end of the light-emitting device, and a third end of the charging module is coupled to a first end of the memory module, a second end of the light-emitting device and a first end of the drive module. A second end of the storage module is coupled to a first end of the adjusting module. A second end of the adjusting module is coupled to a second end of the data-in module and a third end of the drive module. A first end of the data-in module is configured to receive a data signal. |
| US10037727B2 |
Method of RGBW compensation based on color aberrations of white subpixels and apparatus thereof
Disclosed is a method of RGBW compensation based on color aberrations of white subpixel and an apparatus thereof: when aberrations exist between a color coordinate point Ws of white subpixel and a standard white color coordinate point Wd under sRGB, analyzing color coordinates of every subpixel on the RGBW panel, and then dividing a triangle with vertices points Rs, Gs and Bs into three triangle regions based on Ws as the center point; based on ranges of the three triangle regions, a triangle region where Wd is located is confirmed; a first data is calibrated by performing compensating the white subpixel corresponding by the center point Ws via a predetermined normalized proportion through two subpixels corresponding to the other two points within the triangle region surrounding and locating Wd. Through the aforementioned manner, the present invention is capable of calibrating aberrations of white subpixels in order to normalize images of RGBW panels. |
| US10037722B2 |
Detecting breakage in a display element
The disclosed subject matter relates to diagnostic procedures and related device architectures that check the operating health of a display element of a host electronic device. In certain embodiments, a display apparatus for an electronic device includes a display element, a display controller, a conductive trace, and a detection circuit. The display element has an array of pixel elements formed overlying a substrate and arranged to define a viewable display area. The display controller is coupled to control activation of the array of pixel elements. The conductive trace is formed overlying the substrate and is arranged to bypass the display controller in a layout that does not interfere with visibility of the pixel elements. The detection circuit is coupled to the conductive trace, and it operates to check electrical continuity of the conductive trace to obtain an indication of health of the display element. |
| US10037719B2 |
Forgery-proof label and fabrication method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a forgery-proof label and a fabrication method thereof. The forgery-proof label includes a thin film battery and an OLED display unit operable to display a first preset pattern when being powered by the thin film battery. The forgery-proof label is easy to recognize and difficult to reuse. |
| US10037718B1 |
Sign post and sign system
A sign post and sign system comprising a base may be connected to a vertical post. A four-way connector may attach horizontal stems to the vertical post. Rotatable or non-rotatable fasteners may be positioned on the upper or lower side of the horizontal stems. Rotatable fasteners may be connected to the horizontal stems to support rotation of a connected sign in an axis parallel to the horizontal stems. A one piece or two-piece cap design may be connected to the four-way connector. Lights, wiring, batteries, and/or a solar panel may be integrated into the sign system. A sign may be attached between the vertical post and the horizontal post to support rotation of the connected sign in an axis parallel to the vertical post. Rotatable fasteners may be connected to the horizontal stems to support rotation of a connected sign in an axis parallel to the horizontal stems. |
| US10037715B2 |
Detecting insertion of needle into simulated vessel using a conductive fluid
A medical trainer simulator includes a plurality of simulated vessels filled with a conductive fluid representing, for example, veins or arteries. While performing a procedure using the medical trainer, a person inserts a medical instrument, e.g., a needle or scalpel, into a selected vessel, causing the medical instrument to contact the conductive fluid. A circuit board detects when a circuit is thus created by detecting an electrical current flowing through the medical instrument and the conductive fluid it has contacted. A software program executing on a computer excludes any phantom circuit occurring when the medical instrument contacts conductive fluid from a previous procedure that is not within one of the vessels. A phantom circuit is detected if the resistance of the resulting circuit exceeds a predetermined threshold. The computer visually and/or audibly indicates whether the correct vessel was pierced or excized by the medical instrument. |
| US10037713B2 |
System and method for providing additional content on a webpage
In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing additional content on a webpage are provided. In example embodiments, a server receives a trigger for a rule generation process. In response to the receiving of the trigger, the server initiates the rule generation process. The server receives a selection of an element on a webpage to which additional content is to be added without revising source code for the webpage. A user interface panel is displayed through which inputs to configure a content rule for the element and to configure the additional content to be added to the element are received. The server receives the inputs via the user interface panel, and generates, based on the inputs, a rule set that includes the content rule and the additional content. The rule set is stored to a rules database. |
| US10037709B2 |
Method, system and computer program for decision support
A decision support method for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a battlefield environment comprises generating a layered representation of the physical environment surrounding the operator from sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the operator into a geometrical representation suitable for display on a screen, the representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions. The representation further comprises visual elements representing adverse entities in the surrounding physical environment of the operator, each visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer. |
| US10037707B2 |
Interactive method for diagnosing test-taking errors
A method for assessing and diagnosing a learner's test taking pattern which leads the learner to choose the wrong answers on exam questions is disclosed, along with a system and materials for conducting the diagnostic method. A method of analyzing test-taking error patterns of multiple learners is also disclosed. |
| US10037704B1 |
Automatic real-time air traffic control system and method for maximizing landings / takeoffs capacity of the airport and minimizing aircrafts landing times
The invention discloses a computerized method, system and device for maximizing airport landing and takeoff capacity by generating an optimized landings and takeoffs schedule for a plurality of aircrafts located in a vicinity of a specific airport by determining an optimal four dimensional (4D) trajectory for efficient landing/takeoff sequence and time schedule.The aircrafts are separated by the number of parameters to ensure safety for the aircrafts according to the updated FAA/EASA standards. Accordingly, the model disclosed in the invention works under current FAA/EASA runway usage, precedence and time constrains.Special Takeoffs Traffic Lights System is additionally disclosed, wherein Traffic Lights will be installed on the runway to increase the landing/takeoff safety, such traffic lights will have changing green/red colors on vacancy/occupancy of the specific runway.The system could be used either as an automatic system or as a decision-support system for ATC personnel. |
| US10037700B2 |
Driving support apparatus for a vehicle
A driving support apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus causes an alarm unit to issue an alarm based on a lane marking of an own lane in which an own vehicle runs. The apparatus includes a leading vehicle detection section that determines a leading vehicle running in the own lane, a crossing over determination section that determines whether or not the leading vehicle has crossed over the lane marking present at an opposite side of the target, when a target is present at a left side or a right side of the leading vehicle in the own lane, and an alarm inhibition section that inhibits the alarm based on a result of the determination whether or not the leading vehicle has crossed over the lane marking present at the opposite side of the target. |
| US10037698B2 |
Operation of a vehicle while suppressing fluctuating warnings
Operating a host vehicle is described as including identifying remote vehicle information indicating a geospatial state and a kinematic state for a remote vehicle and identifying host vehicle information indicating a geospatial state and a kinematic state for the host vehicle. For a sequence of sampling points, a converging time to a converging location within a transportation network is determined based on the remote vehicle information and the host vehicle information. Operation of the host vehicle is modified to a modified operation responsive to the converging time, having been above a first threshold, falling below the first threshold, and the modified operation of the host vehicle is maintained until the converging time remains above a second threshold higher than the first threshold for a defined number of contiguous sampling points of the sequence. A method, vehicle, and apparatus are described. |
| US10037693B2 |
Detection area setting method for detecting passing vehicles, and traffic signal control method using same
The present invention relates to a detection area setting method for detecting passing vehicles, and a traffic signal control method using the same and, more particularly, to a detection area setting method for detecting passing vehicles, and a traffic signal control method using the same, the detection area setting method being capable of enabling smooth traffic operation at a crossroad, for example preventing a spillback phenomenon, minimizing green time (green light display time) during which there are no passing vehicles, and extending the green time, if needed, by setting one or a plurality of detection areas at a crossroad so as to detect the traffic volume in respective moving directions of vehicles at a signalized intersection, determining the traffic state in the moving directions of the vehicles according to vehicle information in respective detection areas, and automatically controlling the crossroad signals accordingly. |
| US10037689B2 |
Apparatus and system to manage monitored vehicular flow rate
The system apparatus manages and adjusts monitored traffic density and/or speed in relationship to spatial locational flow rates, through a plurality of mobile and/or stationary encrypted communication device sensors, system transmits calculated digital navigational directives throughout a network of domains within any infrastructure in direct secure communication with humans, drivers and/or owners and/or vehicle transports mechanism themselves, viewable and/or audibly seen on iNavX2 virtual interface, providing on demand dimensional spatial mapping locational services, driver and/or vehicles system generated requests for certified advertisements and tracking transmitted navigational maneuvers. |
| US10037688B2 |
Communication system for connecting field devices to a higher-order control device
To be able to achieve shorter communication cycles, the invention proposes a communication system which is able to connect field devices to a higher-order control device. For this purpose, a connection device is provided which is connectable to a higher-order control device via a transmission medium. The connection device has at least one first port and at least one second port, to each of which a field device may be connected. The connection device has at least one functional device which is switchable between at least one first port and at least one second port. The functional device is designed to generate output data intended for the second port in response to the input data arriving at the first port. |
| US10037686B1 |
Systems and methods for preventing false alarms during alarm sensitivity threshold changes in fire alarm systems
Systems and methods are provided for preventing false alarms during alarm sensitivity threshold changes in fire alarm systems. Some methods can include determining a current state of a connected system, determining a current alarm sensitivity threshold of the connected system, determining a future alarm sensitivity threshold of the connected system, and identifying a future false alarm when the current state would trigger an actual alarm under the future alarm sensitivity threshold but fails to trigger the actual alarm under the current alarm sensitivity threshold. Responsive to identifying the future false alarm, some methods can include executing a first action to prevent the future false alarm from occurring. |
| US10037685B2 |
Connected gateway for switching power sources
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are presented herein for providing lower level physical-layer gateway functionalities and upper-level application functionalities; a system designed with flexible configurations in order to support a wide range of connected applications. The system includes a processor that executes machine instructions to perform operations. The operations comprise: receiving sensor data from a sensor device located in a building; converting the sensor data from a raw state to a physical measurement; and activating an abatement device situated in the building as a function of the physical measurement. |
| US10037680B1 |
System and method for analyzing information pertaining to a plurality of users for managing the movement of the plurality of users present in a pre-defined geographical area
Disclosed is a system and method for analyzing information pertaining to a plurality of users for managing movement of the plurality of users such as crowd present in a pre-defined geographical area. The system includes a database, a wearable unit, and a processing unit. The database configured stores plurality of user IDs corresponding to plurality of users. The wearable unit includes one or more sensors, and a communication unit. The sensors acquire user information, wherein the wearable unit has a unique user ID and the user information includes at least one of: physiological information, quality of air around user, and location of the user. The communication unit to transmit the user information over the communication network. The processing unit communicatively configured with the database in order to perform analysis of the user information received from the wearable unit and further transmits one or more command data to the communication unit. |
| US10037674B2 |
Equipment, dressing, and garment wireless connectivity to a patient bed
A system comprises a patient bed having a reader to read wireless signals. In some embodiments a wound dressing has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In other embodiments, a garment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In still further embodiments, other medical equipment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. |
| US10037672B1 |
Smart garments that identify user changes
Sensor data generated by at least a portion of a plurality of sensors integrated into a smart garment is received. The sensor data can indicate a level at which fabric of the smart garment is stretched when worn by a user. Based on the sensor data, at least one size change parameter indicating a change in a size of the user can be determined. Based on the size change parameter, whether a size of the smart garment is not suitable for the smart garment to be worn by the user can be determined. Responsive to determining that size of the smart garment is not suitable for the smart garment to be worn by the user, a notification can be output. The notification can indicate that the size of the smart garment is not suitable for the smart garment to be worn by the user. |
| US10037668B1 |
Emergency alerting system and method
In example embodiments, a machine, including one or more processors and a memory, tracks, by communicating over a network with a plurality of devices associated with a user, activity of the user. The machine develops, using the one or more processors, an activity model for the user based on the tracked activity of the user. The machine determines, an anomaly in a current activity of the user relative to the developed activity model, the anomaly having a type and a duration. The machine calculates, based on the type and the duration of the anomaly, a confidence value corresponding to whether the user needs assistance and a severity value indicating severity of the user's need for assistance. The machine provides, to an emergency contact and via the network, an alert indicating that the user needs assistance based on the confidence value or the severity value. |
| US10037663B2 |
Alarm device
An alarm device includes a portable alarm emitter, the portable alarm emitter being configured to detect a change in an electrical property of a sensor element which is connected to the portable alarm emitter and to signal an alarm if a change is established. The portable alarm emitter and the sensor element are separate units configured to be interconnected with electrical contact. The portable alarm emitter is a reusable unit. The sensor element has an end which is formed as an eye through which an other end of the sensor element can be passed in order to form a closed loop which can only be made smaller because of a one-way locking function of the eye, the sensor element having at least one line element which can be contacted after the other end is introduced into the alarm emitter. |
| US10037662B2 |
Merchandise activity sensor system and methods of using same
Fitting room management and occupancy monitoring system for retail operations having fitting rooms wherein the system if capable of notifying staff of fitting room occupancy, the need for cleaning, and/or the need for customer help in real time as well as collecting and tracking data of fitting room activity according to preset business rules. The system further assists retail operations with reduction of theft incidents, improvement of conversion rates and employee compliance rates. |
| US10037661B2 |
Applications of systems and methods for eliciting cutaneous sensations by electromagnetic radiation
Disclosed herein are a variety of multimodal sensory stimulation systems and related methods for providing multimodal sensory experiences to users. In various embodiments, a multimodal sensory stimulation may be configured to provide a tactile sensation using an optical stimulation system. The output of the optical stimulation system may selectively directed onto a target area of skin of the user to induct a tactile representation of a simulated object. A multimodal sensory component may provide a component in communication with the controller and configured to selectively deliver a multimodal sensory representation of the simulated object. In various embodiments, the multimodal sensory component may be configured to display a visual representation of the simulated object or to generate an aural representation of the simulated object. The sensory modalities may be adapted in time and intensity to create a sensory experience associated with the simulated object. |
| US10037653B2 |
Peer-to-peer (P2P) code exchange facilitation in centrally managed online service
Technologies are generally provided for a hybrid architecture of an enhanced networked environment implementing a centralized management of peer-to-peer (P2P) code exchange for secure real-time content distribution. In some examples, central game servers in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) service may prepare both P2P admission and eviction planning and P2P element integration packages, instructing a game client whom to send data to while also removing exploitable data from the P2P channel. Thus, large amounts of data may be offloaded from a datacenter hosting an MMOG or similar service involving high numbers of users to P2P connections. |
| US10037651B2 |
Gaming machine including one or more grouped held value symbols
Disclosed is a gaming system including a gaming machine. In response to a triggering event, the gaming system initiates play of a feature game including a plurality of standard symbols and value symbols, the value symbols being associated with one or more values. Value symbols adjacent to one another are combined into a larger composite symbol and held in place on a display device, the standard symbols then replaced with replacement symbols randomly selected from the standard and value symbols. When the replacement symbols include another value symbol adjacent to the composite symbol, the new value symbol is also combined with the composite symbol, increasing its size. At the conclusion of the feature game, a reel associated with the composite symbol is displayed and spun to select an award from a set of possible awards based on the size of the composite symbol. |
| US10037649B2 |
Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller
A gaming system comprising: a display for displaying selected symbols in a plurality of columns of display positions corresponding to respective one of a plurality of reels; a random number generator; a memory storing reel strip data for each of the reels, the reel strip data specifying a sequence of reel strip positions and a symbol associated with each reel strip position, the reel strip data of a reel of the plurality of reels including expansion data associated with a reel strip position, the expansion data defining an expansion to apply to the reel strip and a probability that the expansion will be applied, the expansion defining a number of reel strip positions to be added to the reel strip, each added reel strip position having the same symbol as the symbol position with which the expansion data is associated; and a game controller. |
| US10037648B2 |
Gaming device with personality
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices that provide audio-visual animated characters in response to game play. The character has a personality that may be encouraging, taunting or another quality. A plurality of expressions of the personality is presented, between one extreme and another, dependant upon the history of game outcomes. |
| US10037647B1 |
Charger vending assembly
A charger vending assembly includes a housing that may be positioned on a support surface. A vending unit is movably positioned within the housing and the vending unit contains a plurality of chargers. The vending unit selectively dispenses a selected number of the chargers outwardly from the housing. In this way the selected number of chargers may be used to charge an electronic device. A control unit is coupled to the housing and the control unit is selectively manipulated. The control unit is electrically coupled to the vending unit such that the control unit controls operational parameters of the vending unit. The vending unit dispenses the selected chargers in accordance with commands from the control unit. |
| US10037645B2 |
Merchandiser
The present application provides a merchandiser for dispensing a number of products. The merchandiser may include an a temperature controlled compartment with a number of concentric storage wheels for storing the number of products therein, an input system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment, and a vending system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment. |
| US10037644B2 |
Automated banking machine cassette and cassette module
Described herein are automated banking machine cassette modules and cassettes. The cassette module may include but is not limited to a divert cassette positioned for easy access and a light pipe system for detecting when sheets are entering or leaving a cassette. The cassette may include but Is not limited to a cassette with an ink staining that does not reduce the capacity of the cassette, a torsion spring assembly coupled with a push plate in a cassette, a thumper and feed wheel assembly, and a method of assembling a thumper and feed wheel assembly that provides for proper timing of the feed wheels with the thumper wheels. |
| US10037640B2 |
Secure storage device
A closure lid attached to a secure storage device for storing material is provided. The closure lid attaches to a storage device that may include a container having a void for external access to the interior space. The closure lid, similarly dimensioned according to the void may be joined to the container and can be manipulated between an open or closed state by utilizing locking tabs. The closure lid may provide an airtight tight without utilizing a vacuum pump. Locking tabs may deploy and retract in the closure lid; the locking tabs may deploy and retract when a one-step operation of applying pressure to the closure lid and turning a control ring clockwise engages and disengages the locking tabs. An access control system is configured to present an input, validate user input, and permit a state change of the lock. |
| US10037637B1 |
Security system
To ensure that guest abnormal behavior can be easily found by visual inspection. A security system includes a staff electronic name tag device (SENTD), a guest electronic name tag device (GENTD), a monitoring device, a guest management device, and a gate device. The SENTD displays the face image of the staff who is assigned with the SENTD. The GENTD includes a display unit and a first wireless communication unit. The display unit displays the face image of the guest to which the GENTD is assigned. The photographing unit photographs the face image of the guest in the facility and outside the monitoring area. The second wireless communication unit wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication unit of the guest electronic tag unit. The holder registration unit transmits the photographed face image of the guest to the GENTD in the second wireless communication unit for display. |
| US10037633B2 |
System and method for real time wireless ECU monitoring and reprogramming
Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatus for managing firmware, settings, and parameters of an automotive controller using a local device, a client device, and a system server. The local device is connected to the automotive controller and is wirelessly connected to the client device. The client device is connected to the system server. The client device receives engine data from the local device that receives the engine data from the automotive controller and the client device sends the engine data to the server system. Firmware, settings, and parameter updates are selected with the client device, sent to the local device, and then sent to the automotive controller. |
| US10037632B2 |
Surrogate vehicle sensors
Upon detecting a failure in a sensor in a vehicle, a request for a surrogate sensor is sent. Communications are established with an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the surrogate sensor. A vehicle subsystem is actuated based at least in part on data from the surrogate sensor. |
| US10037630B2 |
Agricultural machine performance improvement system
An issue is detected in the operation of a mobile machine. A user interaction system is triggered, and identifies an issue-specific process based on the detected issue. Information is surfaced for an operator to perform actions to address the issue. The actions are grouped based on whether they can be performed inside or outside an operator compartment. |
| US10037625B2 |
Load-balanced tessellation distribution for parallel architectures
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an architecture to load balance tessellation distribution apparatus comprises a memory to store one or more patches representing an object in an image, and a processor, coupled to the memory, to perform one or more tessellation operations on the one or more patches. The one or more tessellation operations including splitting one or more of the patches into one or more subpatches, and load balancing the one or more patches and the one or more subpatches among two or more geometry and setup fixed-function pipelines (GSPs). |
| US10037623B2 |
Dynamic risk structure creation systems and/or methods of making the same
A governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) computer system is provided that includes at least one processor, a user input device, and a storage system that stores meta-model. The meta-model includes at least one process element, a plurality of dynamic risk elements, and a plurality of dynamic control elements. The risk meta-model is loaded from the storage system. Input is accepted from the user input device for creating a new dynamic risk model based on the loaded extended risk meta-model. At least one process element is added to the new dynamic risk model based on user provided input and the extended risk meta-model. A first dynamic risk element is added from the plurality of dynamic risk elements based on user provided input. A risk type of the first dynamic risk element is determined based on user provided input. |
| US10037621B2 |
Hierarchical quadrant based coverage testing for rasterization
In embodiments described herein, graphics hardware is described to reduce the number of wasted clock cycles expended during rasterization and performs coverage test iteration in a cache coherent manner. An exemplary embodiment comprises block selection logic to select an initial block of pixels associated with edges of a primitive and edge determination logic to analyze the initial block of pixels to determine a set of fully covered quadrants of the initial block of pixels and analyze a block of pixels adjacent to the initial block of pixels to determine whether the block of adjacent pixels is void. |
| US10037615B2 |
System and method facilitating palette-based color editing
This disclosure related to systems and methods of palette-based color editing. A set of principle colors may be identified from among individual colors of individual pixels of an image. Color distributions about the individual principle colors may be determined. An individual color distribution may include a homogenous range of colors that may vary with respect to an individual principle color. Pixels may be associated with one or more pixel groups based on correspondences between individual colors of the individual pixels and individual colors included in the individual color distributions corresponding to the individual pixel groups. Color editing may be effectuated by modifying colors of pixels in a given group independently from other colors of other pixels in other groups. |
| US10037610B1 |
Method for tracking and segmenting a target object in an image using Markov Chain, and device using the same
A method for tracking a target object in frames of video data using Absorbing Markov Chain (AMC), including steps of: (a) acquiring a bounding box containing the target object in a current frame and a segmentation result for the target object in a previous frame; (b) obtaining obtain a region of interest (ROI) in the current frame by enlarging the bounding box to contain a portion of background information surrounding the target object; (c) acquiring information on local regions within the ROI in the current frame; (d) constructing an AMC graph using at least part of the local regions within the region of interest (ROI) in the current frame and local regions within a region of interest (ROI) in the previous frame; and (e) acquiring a segmentation result for the target object within the current frame by thresholding individual nodes in the AMC graph using absorption times thereof. |
| US10037602B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing stereo vision
A method and apparatus for segmenting an image are provided. The method may include the steps of clustering pixels from one of a plurality of images into one or more segments, determining one or more unstable segments changing by more than a predetermined threshold from a prior of the plurality of images, determining one or more segments transitioning from an unstable to a stable segment, determining depth for one or more of the one or more segments that have changed by more than the predetermined threshold, determining depth for one or more of the one or more transitioning segments, and combining the determined depth for the one or more unstable segments and the one or more transitioning segments with a predetermined depth of all segments changing less than the predetermined threshold from the prior of the plurality of images. |
| US10037600B2 |
Bias-free regularization for spectral phase-unwrapping in differential phase contrast imaging
Methods and related apparatus (SP) to correct phase shift image data for phase wrapping artifacts. The data is detected at a detector (D) of an imaging system (IM) including interferometric equipment (G0, G1, G2). In a phase unwrapping method that involves optimizing an objective function with regularization, a two-sage approach is proposed. The measured data is processed in one stage with regularization and in the other stage without regularization. This allows improving the accuracy of the corrected (phase unwrapped) phase shift data because an undesirable bias caused by the regularization can be avoided. |
| US10037598B2 |
Multi-block memory reads for image de-warping
Techniques related to multi-block memory reads for image de-warping are discussed. Such techniques may include copying pixel data corresponding to overlapping regions of memory between adjacent image modification regions from a local buffer and retrieving pixel data corresponding to non-overlapping regions from external memory. |
| US10037595B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device according to an embodiment includes a display control unit, a pattern specification unit, and a pattern collating unit. The display control unit generates a composite image that is a surrounding image of a vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, based on images input from in-vehicle cameras, and displays thereof on a display unit. The pattern specification unit specifies an image pattern to be output as the input image among image patterns, for each in-vehicle camera. The pattern collating unit determines whether all image pattern responses from the in-vehicle cameras match with the image pattern. The display control unit displays a certain preparation image on the display unit when the display switching condition to the composite image is satisfied, and displays the composite image thereon instead of the preparation image, when the pattern collating unit determines that all the image pattern responses match with the image pattern. |
| US10037593B2 |
Dynamic image presentation
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for efficiently organizing images in a display. A size of an image is scaled by an image scale factor, while an aspect ratio for the image is maintained, where the image scale factor comprises a combination of a first scale distance and a second scale distance. The scaled image is filled into a first display line, if the size of the scaled image is not greater than an amount of display space remaining in the first display line; otherwise the scaled image is filled into a second display line. The image is expanded to mitigate white space in the display after the scaling, while maintaining the image's aspect ratio. This can be performed for a collection of images presented on a display to provide an enhanced user experience. |
| US10037592B2 |
Digital quaternion logarithm signal processing system and method for images and other data types
A system and method for improving the detail of an input digital signal, such as a signal comprising a two dimensional image, can be implemented by computing first and second order gradients of the input signal. These gradients can be represented as quaternions. The logarithm of the quaternions can be used to determine the magnitude and orientation of gradient vectors in the input signal. This gradient magnitude and gradient orientation information can be used to construct an output digital signal that has greater detail than the input digital signal. |
| US10037591B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
An information processing apparatus that processes a job, the apparatus comprises: a programmable circuit unit configured to configure a logic circuit; and a processing unit configured to process the job in accordance with a job processing request, wherein the processing unit selects, in accordance with a state of the programmable circuit unit, whether to process the job by using the programmable circuit unit being configuring a logic circuit corresponding to the job, or to process the job without using the programmable circuit unit. |
| US10037590B2 |
Low-power graphics processing using fixed-function unit in graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit and associated graphics processing method are provided. The graphics processing unit includes: an execution unit, for performing shader execution and texture loading; a fixed-function unit, for executing a graphics rendering pipeline; a memory-access unit; a texture unit, for reading texture data from a memory via the memory-access unit according to the data requirement of the execution unit or the fixed-function unit; and a command stream parser, for receiving a draw command from a display driver, and transmitting the draw command to the execution unit or the fixed-function unit to perform graphics processing according to the type of draw command. When the command stream parser determines that the draw command is a specific draw command, the command stream parser transmits the draw command only to the fixed-function unit to perform graphics processing, and turns off power to the execution unit. |
| US10037588B2 |
Method and system for embedding and detecting a pattern
A method of embedding a pattern as a watermark into a content segment. Prior to modifying the content segment, an impulse response of a filter to be used for detecting the pattern is determined; the time-reversed impulse response of the filter is inserted into the segment as the set of imperceptible features; wherein the filter is an infinite impulse response filter having a semi-white frequency spectrum and provides a pseudo-random time-domain response. |
| US10037587B2 |
Color image watermarking
One example embodiment is a method to embed a watermark image into a host image such that a watermarked image is generated. The method divides a host image into an Red (R) component, a Green (G) component, and a Blue (B) component, and partitions each component of the R, G, and B components into non-overlapping blocks from which embedding blocks are selected to embed watermark information such that a watermarked image is generated. |
| US10037581B1 |
Methods systems and computer program products for motion initiated document capture
A computing device acquires a video of a tax document utilizing a video camera such as a webcam. The video is analyzed to detect a first motion of the tax document, such as sufficient shaking or movement of the tax document, satisfying first pre-determined criteria that results in the computing device being prompted or requested by the user to take an image of the tax document. After the first pre-determined criteria has been satisfied, the user is instructed to hold the tax document steady. Subsequent video frames are analyzed to detect a second motion or the tax document being sufficiently still or steady, in response to which an image of the tax document is acquired and processed to extract data of the tax document from the acquired image and populate corresponding fields of the electronic tax return. |
| US10037579B2 |
Route risk mitigation
A method is disclosed for mitigating the risks associated with driving by assigning risk values to road segments and using those risk values to select less risky travel routes. Various approaches to helping users mitigate risk are presented. A computing device is configured to generate a database of risk values. That device may receive accident information, geographic information, vehicle information, and other information from one or more data sources and calculate a risk value for the associated road segment. Subsequently, the computing device may provide the associated risk value to other devices. Furthermore, a personal navigation device may receive travel route information and use that information to retrieve risk values for the road segments in the travel route. An insurance company may use this information to determine whether to adjust a quote or premium of an insurance policy. This and other aspects relating to using geographically encoded information to promote and reward risk mitigation are disclosed. |
| US10037577B2 |
System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed sized bars
A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and includes a plurality of fixed size bars that display traded volume at different price levels. In such an embodiment, the length of each bar may correspond to a predefined maximum value, and each bar may be progressively color-coded using a first graphical format to represent traded volume that is lower than the maximum value. If the traded volume exceeds the maximum value, the overflow value may be represented by progressively color-coding the bar using a second graphical format that may be used in relation to the first graphical format color-coding. |
| US10037575B2 |
System and method for displaying market data in an electronic trading environment
A trading interface is provided for displaying market data related to a tradeable object being traded at an electronic exchange. According to one example embodiment, market data related to a tradeable object is displayed in relation to a value axis, such as a price axis. As new market data is received, the displayed market data is updated and may be repositioned so that a trader can view current market conditions in a viewable portion of the interface. The interface also includes a number of market movement indicators that assist a trader in tracking market movement. These viewable references allow a trader to navigate and immediately understand the “real” direction of the market activity despite any underlying adjustment of the viewable area of the trading interface. |
| US10037570B2 |
System and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment are described herein. According to one example embodiment, by prioritizing the messages associated with a tradable object, the bandwidth and system resource usage may be optimally reduced, and any loss of priority content in the messages sent between the network device and the client device may be reduced. An example method includes associating different priority levels with messages comprising market data. Messages containing market information related to the inside market may be associated to a higher priority level. Whereas messages containing market information relating to the quantities at prices outside the inside market may be associated with a lower priority level. Based on the priority level associated with a message, a network device may send the message directly to the client device or store the message in a data structure until a pre-defined condition is satisfied. |
| US10037567B2 |
Trading tools for electronic trading
Tools for trading and monitoring a commodity on an electronic exchange using a graphical user interface and a user input device. The tools will aid the trader in determining the status, trends in the market, and the trader's position in the market. |
| US10037561B1 |
Systems and methods for managing lists using an information storage and communication system
A system includes a processor and an information wallet application stored on machine readable storage media coupled to the processor and including program logic that causes the processor to receive a shopping list from a first information wallet adapter stored on a user computing device, send the shopping list to a second information wallet adapter stored on a merchant computing device, receive merchant data from the second information wallet adapter, wherein the merchant data includes one of price data and quantity data for at least one item included in the shopping list, and send the merchant data to the first information wallet adapter. The system also includes a cloud storage computing system accessible by the information wallet storage application and configured to communicate with the first and second information wallet adapters in order to store and retrieve shopping list data associated with the shopping list. |
| US10037559B2 |
Recommending an item page
The present disclosure addresses systems and methods to facilitate recommending an item page. The system may receive a reference to the item from a first device that corresponds to a first person. The system may generate an item page that refers to the item. The generating of the item page may be based on the received reference to the item. The system may detect that a quantity of received comments directed to the item exceeds a threshold amount. The received comments may be received by the system from a plurality of devices that correspond to second persons other than a seller of the item. An address of the generated item page may be sent to a second device that corresponds to a seller of the item. The sending of the address may be in response to the system detecting that the quantity of the received comments exceeds the threshold amount. |
| US10037556B2 |
Determining authenticity of information embedded in a resource identifier
Systems and methods are provided for generating a uniform resource identifier (“URI”) based on information relating to a transaction between two or more parties, and verifying the authenticity of the information embedded in the URI before generating a user interface to be displayed to one of the parties to the transaction. For example, the URI may include information relating to the terms of the transaction to which the parties have agreed. A system associated with a facilitator of the transaction may verify the authenticity of the terms embedded in the URI before dynamically generating a user interface that enables the transaction to proceed. |
| US10037555B2 |
Systems and methods to supplement search results returned to a buyer of parts
Methods and systems to supplement search results returned to a buyer of parts are described. The system receives a first query from a buyer. The first query includes keywords. The system identifies at least one compatibility keyword included in the keywords. The system further infers that the other keywords in the query are item information that describes a part that is sought for on a network-based marketplace. The system further infers the part has a compatibility based on the compatibility keywords. Next, the system searches a data storage device based on the item information and the compatibility keywords to identify a first listing as matched. Finally, the system presents the first listing describing the matched part. The matched part is indicated as compatible by supplementing the presentation of the first listing with the compatibility keywords from the first query. |
| US10037554B2 |
Aggregated billing for application-based network access and content consumption
Providing for aggregate billing related to provisioning network access and network content to an application or device is described herein. By way of example, the application or device (e.g., a client, . . . ) can be provided network access at a discounted rate to access content of content provider. The network access can be general access, or can be limited access to one or more web-pages, domains, hosts, etc. in various embodiments. Charges for content consumed by the client can be an aggregated charge that includes charges for the content and charges for the network access. In various embodiments, network access can facilitate a relatively persistent connection to a network, with network access charges aggregated into charges for consumption of online content or utilization of online services, or vice versa. |
| US10037553B2 |
Selecting vehicle type for providing transport
A transport arrangement system operates to receive a transport request from a user, and to make a selection of a vehicle type for the user based at least in part on a set of criteria associated with the transport request or user information. For example, the determination of whether an autonomous vehicle is to be provided can be based at least in part on the destination specified with the transport request. |
| US10037551B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for sorting lists for presentation
Methods and apparatuses for sorting seller listings or advertisements of a seller network. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities, wherein revenue generated according to the price information of at least some of the list of entities is to be split among a plurality of parties; and, sorting the list of entities into a first list based at least partially on the indicator of potential revenue. |
| US10037549B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting home and employment change conversions
Systems and methods for providing conversion metrics for ads related to the housing industry or the employment industry are provided. A system can identify a plurality of ads provided for display to a plurality of identifiers. Each of the plurality of ads is related to one of a housing industry or an employment industry. The system can identify, for an advertiser providing a subset of the identified plurality of ads, one or more identifiers to which the subset of the identified plurality of ads are provided for display. The system can determine, from a location database that includes location information of the plurality of identifiers, a number of identifiers of the identifiers to which the subset of the identified plurality of ads are provided for display that changed locations. The system can then provide, to the advertiser, a conversion metric based on the number of identifiers that changed locations responsive to determining that the number of identifiers is greater than a predetermined threshold. |
| US10037547B2 |
Grouping channels based on user activity
The disclosure includes a system and method for recommending an advertising campaign based on which channels are popular. A recognition application receives captured images from user devices, the captured images including information about products, identify indexed images that match the captured images, identify metadata about the captured images including information associated with products in the captured images, determine popularity of each channel based on a number of interactions that users have had with channels during a time period based on the metadata, receive an advertisement and provide on the one or more channels the advertisement based on the popularity of each channel. |
| US10037545B1 |
Predicting advertisement impact for audience selection
An influence system for predicting advertisement impact for audience selection. An advertising probe campaign is operated by sending an advertisement to each entity in a treatment group of entities. A control group of entities which excludes the treatment group entities is selected and no campaign advertising content is sent to the treatment group entities. An influence model is created by comparing features of the treatment group converters to features of the control group converters. An individual frequency cap is selected for each entity that is a candidate for the advertising campaign based on a result of applying the influence model to the features of the candidate entity. The entity may be selected to receive an advertisement based on the individual frequency cap. Some embodiments are integrated with a real time bidding (RTB) exchange and a bid response may be configured based on the results of applying the influence model. |
| US10037532B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting transaction card fraud based on geographic patterns of purchases
A computer-implemented method for detecting potentially fraudulent cardholder transactions is implemented by a fraud detection computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes identifying a first home location for a first cardholder, identifying an expected range of travel relative to the first home location for the first cardholder when making a typical financial transaction in at least one merchant category, receiving transaction data associated with a first financial transaction, retrieving the first home location based on the cardholder data and a merchant location for the first merchant based on the merchant data, calculating a distance of travel between the first merchant location and the cardholder home location, comparing the calculated distance of travel to the expected range of travel, and flagging the first financial transaction as potentially fraudulent upon determining that the calculated distance of travel exceeds the expected range of travel. |
| US10037531B2 |
Identity verification and authentication
In one embodiment, receiving, at a first computing device associated with a social-networking system and from a second computing device, a first request to verify an identity of a user of the social-networking system; sending, by the first computing device and to a mobile device associated with the user, a second request for information about the user; receiving, at the first computing device and from the mobile device, the information about the user; determining, by the first computing device, a confidence score indicating a probability that the identity of the user is true based on the information about the user received from the mobile device and information available to the social-networking system; and sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, the confidence score. |
| US10037528B2 |
Biometric device utilizing finger sequence for authentication
A system and method for enhancing biometric security utilizing a fingerprint sequence authentication process. The method comprising, during an enrollment period for an electronic transaction system, obtaining a set of fingerprint templates associated with a registering user; storing the fingerprint templates on a memory of the electronic transaction system; determining an verification sequence unique to the registering user, wherein the verification sequence comprises a pattern of entering fingerprint images; and associating the verification sequence with the stored set of fingerprint templates to be used for a subsequent authentication of the registering user. |
| US10037525B2 |
Control system and method
A wireless connection may be established between a mobile device and a reader device and/or a sensor. The reader device and/or sensor may authenticate the mobile device. The reader device and/or sensor may receive a credential or token from the mobile device. An action may be performed based on certain criteria such as if the credential or token is valid. |
| US10037522B2 |
Near-field communication (NFC) system and method for private near-field communication
Embodiments of a near-field communication (NFC) system and method for private near-field communication are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a resonance-coupled channel is masked with a random channel-masking signal. The channel-masking signal may be scaled based on near-field channel conditions. Signals received through the channel may be unmasked with the scaled channel-masking signal to determine data that may have been conveyed by an NFC transmitting device by affecting the impedance of the resonance-coupled channel. In some embodiments, a reference signal may be scrambled with a mask to generate the channel-masking signal. The mask may include at least one of a random symbol mask, an amplitude mask and a phase mask. For additional privacy, the mask may include a random symbol mask and at least one of an amplitude mask and a phase mask. |
| US10037508B1 |
System for calculating whether time-crucial shipment is located according to expectation
A client-server system and method for calculating whether time-crucial shipment is located according to expectation comprising a device and a remote special purpose computer, the device comprising a non-lithium battery; a Wi-Fi receiver; a GSM module; an accelerometer; a Wi-Fi antenna; a GSM antenna; and a microcontroller programmed to store identification data of each Wi-Fi access point within range and time each Wi-Fi access point was accessed, to automatically turn off the GSM module when aircraft engine vibration is detected; and to automatically transmit via GSM protocol the Wi-Fi access point data when aircraft engine vibration is no longer detected.The remote special purpose computer uses a flight plans database and a Wi-Fi access point database to calculate location of the device based on the Wi-Fi access point data received via GSM and compare the calculated location to an expected location based on a flight plan. |
| US10037499B2 |
Industrial equipment management system, industrial equipment management server, industrial equipment management method, and information storage medium
A receiver of an industrial equipment management system receives setting information to be set for an industrial equipment. A generator generates identification information in a case where the setting information is received, and associates the identification information with the setting information. An equipment manager associates, in a case where setting of the industrial equipment is performed based on the setting information associated with the generated identification information, individual identification information on the industrial equipment with the identification information. |
| US10037498B2 |
Project management system and method
A project management system comprising a first, second, third, fourth and fifth processing sequences embodied in a computer readable medium. The first processing sequence is operable to provide a user interface to display a plurality of alert indicia corresponding to a plurality of alert status of a plurality of project requirements. The second processing sequence is operable to convert an incomplete requirement to a complete requirement upon completion of a task corresponding to the incomplete requirement. The third processing sequence is operable to determine the alert status of the requirements of the plurality of projects based on a time difference between a current date and a target date corresponding to each requirement. The fourth and fifth processing sequences are operable override the alert status based on user selections. |
| US10037494B2 |
Apparatus for representing sensory effect and method thereof
Provided is a sensory effect representation apparatus including a collection unit configured to collect user status information about a user status, a storage unit configured to store sensory effects; an analysis unit configured to analyze the user status information to generate a user status prediction pattern, a sensory effect recommendation unit configured to recommend a sensory effect corresponding to the user status prediction pattern, from among the stored sensory effects; and a sensory effect provision unit configured to read a sensory effect corresponding to the sensory effect prediction pattern, from the storage unit and provide the read sensory effect. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a sensory effect appropriate for a user characteristic by predicting a user status and reflecting a feedback on a recommended sensory effect. |
| US10037489B2 |
Methods and apparatus for automatic identification wristband
An apparatus for automatic radio-frequency identification (RFID). In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a flexible strap comprising a plurality of holes and a buckle configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes, such that, when the buckle is buckled to one of the plurality of holes, the strap forms a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises one or more tag enclosures. Each tag enclosure comprises one or more buckles and a RFID tag configured to communicate identifying data to a reader device. The one or more buckles of each tag enclosure are each configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes on the strap such that the tag enclosure may be attached to the strap at any one of a plurality of positions on the strap. |
| US10037486B2 |
RF module and RF system
An RF system is provided that includes an RFID card and a reader-writer device. The RFID card includes a substrate, an RFIC element, an antenna coil, and a deformation sensor. The reader-writer device and the RFID card transmit and receive predetermined information between an antenna coil of the RFID card and an antenna coil of the reader-writer device through a magnetic field. The RFIC element transmits the first signal via the antenna coil when the deformation sensor does not detect bending deformation of the substrate, and the RFIC element transmits the second signal via the antenna coil when the deformation sensor detects the bending deformation of the substrate. |
| US10037485B2 |
Flexible IC tag
Provided is an IC tag favorably applicable even to linen products. An IC tag 100 using a magnetic field type tag unit 110 in which an IC chip and a coil antenna to be electrically connected to the IC chip are embedded inside a hard resin material. The IC tag includes: a flexible film made of resin (a base film 121, a cover film 123, and a protective film 124); and an auxiliary antenna 122 formed on the film, wherein the magnetic field type tag unit 110 is fixed to the film by an adhesive 130 with elasticity at a position that enables communication by electromagnetic coupling between the coil antenna and the auxiliary antenna 122. |
| US10037482B2 |
Adaptive power states in a distributed raster image processing environment
Raster image processing computer devices buffer pages of print-ready bitmaps waiting to be printed by a printing engine. A computer device monitors the printing speed of the printing engine and estimates the processing time for the raster image processing computer devices to produce the print-ready bitmaps, based on the complexity of the pages of the print job. The computer device compares the printing speed to the processing time to predict whether the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered by the raster image processing computer devices will increase or decrease. The computer device places one or more of the raster image processing computer devices in a reduced-power sleep mode when the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered is between a buffer minimum and a buffer maximum, and is predicted to not decrease. |
| US10037479B2 |
Human-assisted learning in eye tracking applications
Systems and methods for eye tracking include a video capture component that provides a video of an environment and a set of gaze tracking coordinates for the video. A library stores a plurality of feature sets representing respective areas of interest with respective object labels. An image annotation component extracts a plurality of features from a region of interest and matches the extracted features to an area of interest in the library to produce a selected area of interest and a confidence value. A verification component accepts the selected area of interest if the confidence value meets a threshold value and sends the region of interest to a human expert to assign an object label if the confidence value does not. The library is dynamically updated in response to input from the human expert to add new areas of interest and new object labels to the library. |
| US10037477B2 |
Combined intensity and coherent change detection in images
Described embodiments detect changes in a scene over time using first and second images of the scene. A non-coherent intensity change detector detects large-scale changes between the first image and the second image and generates a large-scale change value for pairs of corresponding pixel locations in the first and second images. If the large-scale change value for a given pair of pixel locations reaches a threshold, a coherent change detector is used to detect small-scale changes between the first and second images. A small-scale change value is generated for the given pairs of pixel locations in the images. A composite change value is generated by combining the large-scale change value and the small-scale change value for each pixel pair. The change thresholds are used to determine whether a change in the scene has occurred over the time period. |
| US10037475B2 |
Hybrid multi-camera based positioning
A positioning server is connected to a collection of access points, base stations, NFC stations, and image or video cameras and the collected data is used for positioning objects. A plurality of electronic devices are paired with an object by tracking the position of the object based on imaging and the position of electronic devices based on RF signals in vicinity of the object. Once a device is paired with an object, the propagation channel profile measured through the electronic device is used to develop and tune a database of channel profiles versus location. This database is used based on signature/profile matching and correlation for positioning devices and objects that do not have pairing or have poor image-based positioning accuracy or reliability. When a device is detected that cannot be paired with any object, or a device that is unpaired from a previously associated object, a theft or loss alert is generated. |
| US10037471B2 |
System and method for image analysis
A method for image analysis, including recording an image sequence at a vehicle system mounted to a vehicle; automatically detecting an object within the image sequence with a detection module; automatically defining a bounding box about the detected object within each image of the image sequence; modifying the image sequence with the bounding boxes for the detected object to generate a modified image sequence; at a verification module associated with the detection module, labeling the modified image sequence as comprising one of a false positive, a false negative, a true positive, and a true negative detected object based on the bounding box within at least one image of the modified image sequence; training the detection module with the label for the modified image sequence; and automatically detecting objects within a second image sequence recorded with the vehicle system with the trained detection module. |
| US10037470B2 |
Pitch angle estimation apparatus
In a pitch angle estimation apparatus, an image acquirer sequentially acquires images in a forward or rearward direction of a vehicle. Each image is referred to as a frame. A movement amount calculator extracts a feature point from each of the images acquired by the image acquirer and calculates an amount of movement of the feature point in a vertical direction of the image. A pitch angle calculator calculates a pitch angle of the vehicle based on the amount of movement of the feature point. An output unit outputs the pitch angle calculated by the pitch angle calculator. A low frequency component calculator calculates a low frequency component of the pitch angle calculated by the pitch angle calculator. An output determiner determines whether to output the pitch angle based on the magnitude of the low frequency component calculated by the low frequency component calculator. |
| US10037459B2 |
Real-time font edge focus measurement for optical character recognition (OCR)
A system and process of generating an improved image for optical character recognition is disclosed comprising dynamically obtaining a video source image comprising one or more characters on a background using a video capture device; detecting edges of at least one of the one or more characters that comprise the video source image; determining a sharpness value for the edges of the at least one of the one or more characters, wherein the sharpness value is related to the ability of the video capture device to distinguish the edges of the characters from the background; and indicating at least when the sharpness value is at a predetermined value or within a predetermined range of values. |
| US10037458B1 |
Automated sign language recognition
A sign language recognizer is configured to detect interest points in an extracted sign language feature, wherein the interest points are localized in space and time in each image acquired from a plurality of frames of a sign language video; apply a filter to determine one or more extrema of a central region of the interest points; associate features with each interest point using a neighboring pixel function; cluster a group of extracted sign language features from the images based on a similarity between the extracted sign language features; represent each image by a histogram of visual words corresponding to the respective image to generate a code book; train a classifier to classify each extracted sign language feature using the code book; detect a posture in each frame of the sign language video using the trained classifier; and construct a sign gesture based on the detected postures. |
| US10037454B2 |
Method and device for forming a fingerprint representation
The present invention generally relates to a method for forming a candidate fingerprint representation of a fingerprint of a finger of a user of an electronic device comprising a capacitive fingerprint sensor for sensing a fingerprint pattern, the method comprising acquiring a sequence of candidate fingerprint images each acquired at different imaging acquisition settings. Further, a fingerprint feature set is extracted from each of the candidate fingerprint images, the fingerprint features of each fingerprint set being extracted according to a first selection criterion. A feature representation set is determined for each of the fingerprint feature sets. A candidate fingerprint representation is formed from a combination of the fingerprint feature representation sets. The invention further relates to a fingerprint sensing system and an electronic device. |
| US10037448B2 |
Conditional retrieval
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed. The method involves: a reader detecting an eye-mountable device within a wireless communication range of the reader, wherein the eye-mountable device includes a transparent material having a concave mounting surface configured to be removably mounted on a corneal surface; wirelessly retrieving from the detected eye-mountable device a first set of data; using the retrieved first set of data to determine that a condition has been satisfied; and responsive to using the retrieved first set of data to determine that the condition has been satisfied, retrieving from the detected eye-mountable device a second set of data. |
| US10037445B2 |
Systems and methods for managing coverage area of wireless communication devices
Embodiments of the present invention include a wireless access point that acquires and processes radio frequency identification (RFID) information. The wireless access point may be coupled to a network of RFID readers over a wireless network. The RFID readers may read a plurality of RFID tags and transmit information to one or more readers. The readers may, in turn, transmit the RFID information to a wireless access point. The wireless access point may include a middleware layer for performing a variety of RFID data processing functions. In one embodiment, the wireless RFID reader network may be used to improve positioning of readers and tags, and may include a GPS system or position assisted GPS system at the reader and/or tag level. |
| US10037435B2 |
Providing secure indexes for searching encrypted data
Providing an encrypted search index for performing searches on encrypted documents, the method comprising: (i) providing a set of documents, the documents comprising a plurality of unencrypted phrases; (ii) providing a master key; (iii) providing, based on the master key, for each phrase a set of encryption keys comprising one or more encryption keys; (iv) selecting, for each phrase, one encryption key of the set of encryption keys; (v) encrypting each phrase with the selected encryption key; and (vi) building an index based on the encrypted phrases, the index comprising information regarding which encrypted phrase is comprised within a certain document. |
| US10037431B2 |
Software-as-a-service reference process extension verification framework
The disclosure describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for providing extension points for core process models. Extension points are provided for a core process model associated with a core process. The extension points are pre-defined and annotated with constraints that specify restricted behavior of extensions plugged into the core process model at the extension points. The extension points are formulated in a process extension constraint definition language and allow a restriction of runtime behavior. The process extension constraint definition language is based on temporal logic and enhances existing property specification patterns with specific support to formulate constraints at an extension task type level for activities included in a process extension. Instructions are received from a user to plug selected extensions into an instance of the core process model. Each selected extension includes user-customized behavior for the extension. The instance of the core process model is validated. |
| US10037422B2 |
Systems and methods for integrating with a native component using a network interface
Embodiments as disclosed herein may provide systems and methods for component integration and security. In particular, in one embodiment, a native component that presents a network based interface may be on a device, where that native component may expose a network based interface for access by other components. This native component can then be accessed through the network based interface. To address security concerns and other issues, the native component may be configured to determine if a received request is associated with the same user space and only respond to requests originating from the same user space. |
| US10037420B1 |
Cardless transactions
A system for conducting transactions without a debit card or credit card may receive a request to complete a transaction including authentication data associated with a transaction account and a captured biometric template. The transaction request may lack information contained on a typical debit card or credit card. The system may identify the transaction account using the authentication data associated with the transaction account. The transaction account may be associated with a stored biometric template stored in a biometric data store. The system may also compare the stored biometric template with the captured biometric template. In response to the stored biometric template conflicting with the captured biometric template, the system may decline the transaction. |
| US10037419B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for personal identification
A method and system determines a probability that a mobile device is in use by a first user. Sensors of a mobile device are used to detect and quantify human activity and habitual or behavior traits. A collection of such habitual human trait values identifying a first user of the device are memorized during a training and learning period. During subsequent periodic predictive periods, a new collection of like habitual trait values of the current user of the device, when captured and compared with memorized values of the first user of the device relative to time, uniquely identify the person in possession of the mobile device as being or not being the first user of the device. By associating this knowledge with a unique device known to be assigned to the first user of the device, it becomes possible to confirm identity without risk of impersonation. |
| US10037417B1 |
Transformation of network activity data for user identification
Techniques of identifying users involve automatically determining whether new user activity data received by a server is associated with a user known to the server. Along these lines, a server collects data representing network activity of a group of users. The data collected takes the form of a table, or matrix, with each entry corresponding to a respective user and having values of a respective set of fields. The server may then use this data as training data in developing a model for predicting whether new activity data corresponds to one of the group of users or a new user not in the group of users. |
| US10037412B2 |
Patient health state compound score distribution and/or representative compound score based thereon
A method includes generating at least first and second histograms respectively for at least first and second sets of vital sign measurements using at least first and second predetermined bins. The first and second sets of the vital sign measurements each include at least two measurements acquired at different times, and the first and second vital sign are different vital signs. The method further includes generating a first score distribution for the first vital sign by mapping each bin of the first predetermined bins to a corresponding predetermined score. The method further includes generating a second score distribution for the second vital sign by mapping each bin of the second predetermined bins to a corresponding predetermined score. The method further includes generating a compound score distribution for the first and second vital signs based on the first and second score distributions, the compound score distribution indicates a patient's health state. |
| US10037411B2 |
Intelligent alert suppression
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for intelligent suppression of alerts. Alerts may be evaluated prior to presentation to determine whether to present the alert or suppress the alert to reduce alert fatigue. The evaluation includes analysis of the alert including specific alert parameters. Alert parameters include, but are not limited to, an age of the patient, one or more diagnoses of the patient, one or more problems of the patient, etc. Additional parameters that may be evaluated include an alert severity score, a threshold value, and an override rate. Alerts that qualify may be suppressed and the suppressed alerts may be provided as non-interruptive alerts (i.e., alerts that may be presented but do not require action in order to continue with a workflow). |
| US10037410B2 |
Cloud-based clinical information systems and methods of use
An example method includes receiving patient information in a cloud-based clinical information system from a first healthcare entity registered with the cloud-based clinical information system as a first entity type of a plurality of hierarchically organized entity types. The example method also includes storing a contractual agreement between the first healthcare entity and a second healthcare entity in the cloud-based clinical information system. The second healthcare entity is registered with the cloud-based clinical information as a second entity type of the plurality of entity types. The example method further includes enabling the second healthcare entity to access the patient information from the cloud-based clinical information system based on first access rules for the second healthcare entity. The first access rules are based on the contractual agreement, the second healthcare entity being the second entity type, and a selection input by the first healthcare entity via the cloud-based clinical information system. |
| US10037403B2 |
Method and system for managing aircraft parts
A system and method for managing a desired part. A manufacturing system comprises a product lifecycle management tool configured to retrieve from a database based on a number of search parameters. The product lifecycle management tool is further configured to define, for each of retrieved part models, a prism having a volume that contains a volume of a part corresponding to the each of the retrieved part models. The product lifecycle management tool is further configured to display on a display system an assembly model including a three-dimensional view of candidate parts using the retrieved part models arranged in positions relative to each other. The candidate parts in the three-dimensional view are displayed in a side-by-side configuration in an order based on a number of characteristics of each prism such that a part model that most closely matches the desired part may be identified and selected for reuse. |
| US10037402B1 |
Parameter collapsing and corner reduction in an integrated circuit
Reducing the runtime overhead needed for testing of an integrated circuit design. A determination may be made of parameters that clock routing and data routing in an integrated circuit are dependent upon. A determination is made of whether the parameters are suitable for compaction, such as by determining whether the parameters are utilized in only one of clock routing or data routing. The parameters suitable for compaction are defined or redefined into at least one proxy compacted parameter. A timing analysis for the integrated circuit is performed using the proxy compacted parameter instead of performing the timing analysis using the parameters suitable for compaction. |
| US10037400B2 |
Integrated circuit manufacturing process for aligning threshold voltages of transistors
In some implementations, a method of fabricating an integrated circuit includes obtaining first data for a first chip containing a first version of the integrated circuit, determining that a transistor should be coupled with another transistor, selecting one or more masks for coupling the transistor with the other transistor to adjust the threshold voltage of the transistor, obtaining second data for a second chip containing a second version of the integrated circuit, determining that the second version of the integrated circuit meets one or more requirements, and preparing a final integrated circuit design for production based on the second version of the integrated circuit. |
| US10037399B2 |
Cell library and data for designs
A cell library readable by a computer device includes cell data of a power supply reinforcement cell, specifying a conductive path that connects high-potential power supply routings located on both sides of one low-potential power supply routing with the routing interposed therebetween or low-potential power supply routings located on both sides of one high-potential power supply routing with the routing interposed therebetween, in data of plural cells which is used in designs of a semiconductor device including plural high-potential power supply routings, connected to a high-potential power supply trunk, which are separated from each other and are placed in parallel with each other, plural low-potential power supply routings, connected to a low-potential power supply trunk, which are placed alternately and in parallel with the high-potential power supply routings, and functional circuits which are formed in regions located between the high-potential power supply routings and the low-potential power supply routings. |
| US10037398B2 |
Pattern decomposition method for wiring patterns with chemoepitaxy based directed self assembly
A chemical pattern layer including an orientation control material and a prepattern material is formed over a substrate. The chemical pattern layer includes alignment-conferring features and additional masking features. A self-assembling material is applied and self-aligned over the chemical pattern layer. The polymeric block components align to the alignment-conferring features, while the alignment is not altered by the additional masking features. A first polymeric block component is removed selective to a second polymeric block component by an etch to form second polymeric block component portions having a pattern. A composite pattern of the pattern of an etch-resistant material within the chemical pattern layer and the pattern of the second polymeric block component portions can be transferred into underlying material layers employing at least another etch. |
| US10037397B2 |
Memory cell including vertical transistors and horizontal nanowire bit lines
An integrated circuit design tool includes a cell library. An entry in the cell library comprises a specification of the cell including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor can include a first set of nanowires or 2D material strips arranged in parallel to form a channel structure, and a gate conductor disposed across the first set of nanowires or 2D material strips. The second transistor can include a second set of nanowires or 2D material strips arranged in parallel to form a channel structure, and a gate conductor disposed across the first set of nanowires or 2D material strips. The number of nanowires or 2D material strips in the first set can be different from the number of nanowires or 2D material strips in the second set, so that the drive power of the individual transistors can be set with finer granularity. |
| US10037391B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided with a plurality of semiconductor chips, each of which simulates interactions between nodes of an interaction model, and an inter-chip wire, wherein the plurality of semiconductor chips are used to simulate interactions between nodes of a single interaction model; each semiconductor chip includes a connection unit that sends and receives some of the values indicating the state of the nodes, which are retained by a necessary element unit, via inter-chip wire to and from another semiconductor chip or sends and receives the values indicating state of the nodes, which are retained by the necessary element unit to and from the other semiconductor chip while sharing the inter-chip wire by means of time sharing. |
| US10037388B2 |
Fast querying of social network data
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a graph of a social network, wherein the graph includes a set of nodes representing users in the social network and a set of edges representing relationships between pairs of the users. Next, the system stores, on a single computer system, a static representation of the graph, wherein the static representation includes a first set of fixed-size blocks representing the nodes and the edges and a first index that maps a set of identifiers for the nodes and the edges to offsets of the first set of fixed-size blocks. The system then uses the static representation of the graph to process, by the single computer system, one or more queries of the graph. |
| US10037384B2 |
Method and apparatus for notifying a user of updated content for a webpage
An electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives a user input corresponding to a request to monitor a webpage. The electronic device obtains, in accordance with a predetermined monitoring frequency, current summary information corresponding to the webpage. The electronic device determines whether the webpage includes updated content based on the summary information corresponding to the webpage. In accordance with a determination that the webpage includes updated content, the electronic device presents an indication of the updated content. |
| US10037383B2 |
Simple web search
A system of one or more computing devices is utilized for, among other purposes, creating a template-driven search interface and conducting searches thereon. In an embodiment, the system comprises: a template repository; search templates in the template repository, the search templates comprising at least: field specification data that specify search interface fields for obtaining search input data, and query specification data that specify how to generate structured queries based on the search input data obtained for the one or more of the search interface fields; a search field generator that generates search fields indicated by the field specification data; a template loading module, coupled to the template repository, that identifies available search templates in the template repository; and a search interface generator, coupled to the search field generator and template loading module, that generates different search interfaces depending on which template is selected. |
| US10037380B2 |
Browsing videos via a segment list
A system and method are disclosed for quickly and easily browsing to points of interest within a recorded video. In examples, the present system works in tandem with a segment list which includes a list of different video sequences of a stored video of an event. One typical example of a segment list is a play-by-play (PBP) which is prepared contemporaneously with a sporting event. Segments from a segment list may be associated with, or indexed to, corresponding sequences from the stored video. Thereafter, a user interface allows a user to interactively watch or browse the event by jumping to a desired point in the video for playback by selecting its associated segment from the user interface. |
| US10037379B2 |
Voice input and output database search method and device
A voice input and output database search method that includes: extracting at least one candidate keyword represented by a word or phrase from text information included in a search result; memorizing the extracted candidate keyword and a search state including the search result from which the candidate keyword is extracted in correspondence; and after a new search condition that is different from the search condition and is provided by a voice message has been recognized and a search has been conducted in accordance with this recognized search condition, when a backtracking keyword represented by a word or phrase is recognized together with a backtracking directive that is represented by a word or phrase and backtracks to a search state, controlling on the basis of memory contents so as to backtrack to a search state memorized in correspondence with a candidate keyword that corresponds to the recognized backtracking keyword. |
| US10037376B2 |
Throughput-based fan-out control in scalable distributed data stores
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system determines a current incoming queries per second (QPS) to one or more components for processing queries of a graph database, wherein the graph database is replicated across multiple clusters and distributed among a set of storage nodes in each of the clusters. Next, the system uses the current incoming QPS to estimate, for the one or more components, an expected QPS associated with fanning out of the queries to the clusters. The system then selects a number of clusters in the multiple clusters for fanning out of a query based on the expected QPS and one or more throughput limits for the one or more components. Finally, the system transmits the query to one or more of the storage nodes in the selected number of clusters. |
| US10037374B2 |
Measuring semantic and syntactic similarity between grammars according to distance metrics for clustered data
The disclosure relates to various distance metrics that may quantify semantic and syntactic relationships between devices. More particularly, a first grammar associated with a first device and a second grammar associated with a second device may each comprise a symbol sequence that re-expresses one or more sequenced data items and one or more rules that represent a repeated pattern in the symbol sequence. Accordingly, one or more distance metrics that quantify a similarity between the first grammar and the second grammar may be calculated according to a comparison between the rules in the first grammar and the rules in the second grammar such that a relationship between the first device and the second device can be determined according to the one or more distance metrics. |
| US10037371B1 |
Cumulative backups
In one example, a method for method for backing up data begins when a backup notice is received from a node. In response to the notice, a slot is reserved in an accounting system for storage of a cumulative backup. One or more partial backups are then received and merged with any data present in the slot so as to create or modify a cumulative backup in the slot, where the cumulative backup includes the one or more partial backups and any other data in the slot. Upon receipt of an indication that the cumulative backup is final, the cumulative backup is recorded, and access to the cumulative backup enabled. |
| US10037370B2 |
Method, a server, a system and a computer program product for copying data from a source server to a target server
The invention relates to a method for replicating metadata structure of a target server according to metadata structure of a source server. The method comprises importing the metadata structure of the source server to the target server, wherein the metadata structure defines by means of structure elements semantics for a metadata, which metadata is associated with electronic objects being stored in said source server; mapping the structure elements to corresponding structure elements in the target server according to mapping rules, wherein similarity mapping is performed for referenced structure elements and identity mapping is performed for fully represented structure elements; and copying content elements—if available—containing at least electronic objects with associated metadata from the source server to the target server by applying the imported metadata structure. |
| US10037369B1 |
Storage tiering in replication target based on logical extents
A technique for replicating a file from a source data storage system (source) to a destination data storage system (destination) includes receiving, by the destination from the source, (i) file data for multiple logical extents of the file and (ii) respective tiering metadata for those logical extents. The destination selects, based on the tiering metadata, one or more storage tiers available on the destination. The destination updates a local replica of the file by placing the logical extents on the selected tier or tiers. |
| US10037366B2 |
End to end validation of data transformation accuracy
Data is validated as it travels through the different nodes of a data pipeline. Instead of having to wait to validate the data when the data reaches an end of the data pipeline, each node in the pipeline may validate the data. Different methods may be used to validate the data. For example, each node may determine metadata about the received data and/or the transformed data. This metadata may be used to determine if the node is receiving the same amount of data as it usually receives, whether the data is in a same format, and the like. A timing of the data through one or more of the nodes may also be used in determining when the data is valid. When a problem is detected at any of the nodes in the pipeline, a report may be sent to one or more users. |
| US10037355B2 |
Mechanisms for merging index structures in MOLAP while preserving query consistency
Novel methods are described herein to provide an OLAP database system that performs lock-less bulk insertion while maintaining high query performance and minimizing additional storage requirements. Aspects of the claimed subject matter include novel methods for merging two index structures while maintaining query consistency without the use of a versioning scheme by using copies of vertical segments of an index tree page; a method to prepare and merge two index structures that operates within storage constraints; and a method to execute queries concurrently while index maintenance is in progress while still producing consistent results. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a flexible index merge mechanism is provided that merges data from incremental indices to a primary data index in three phases: a load phase, a copy phase, and a replace phase. |
| US10037349B2 |
Optimization of an in memory data grid (IMDG) schema based upon a No-SQL document model
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for IMDG No-SQL schema optimization. In an embodiment of the invention, an IMDG No-SQL schema optimization method is provided. The method includes parsing documents of a No-SQL database, such as a document-oriented database, to select an object model mapping the documents of the No-SQL database to different portions of the IMDG, and selecting a partitioning schema for the IMDG according to the documents. Thereafter, a change in the documents of the No-SQL database can be detected, for example a change in data density of the documents of the No-SQL database, and in response to detecting the change, the documents of the No-SQL database are parsed to select a new object model of the No-SQL database mapping the documents to different portions of the IMDG, and to select a new partitioning schema for the IMDG according to the documents. |
| US10037347B2 |
Methods for reconciling transactions and devices thereof
A method for reconciling transactions iteratively by segregating data into homogeneous data sets. The method includes acquiring transactions from two or more systems and comparing with a set of configurable predefined matching rules. Applying, based on the result of the comparison, one or more rules on the acquired transactions. The transactions of the two or more systems are scanned and a user defined function is applied on the transactions of the two systems. A value of the user defined function is calculated. If the value of the user defined function is residual value, a configurable criteria is applied on the value of the user defined function. A residual transaction is created in one of the systems and the value of the user defined function is recalculated. If the value of the user defined function is null value, indicates the transactions are reconciled. |
| US10037345B2 |
Clustering method and device
A clustering method for applying to a plurality of classes each including one or more images as objects, includes: performing an iterative merge on the classes according to inter-class Rank-Order distances; obtaining an intra-class convergence degree of each class obtained by the iterative merge, based on inter-object distances in the class; and grouping, for each class obtained by the iterative merge, objects in the class that have a distance smaller than the intra-class convergence degree of the class into a new class, thereby to perform an update on the classes. |
| US10037343B1 |
Sector-based retrieval of information associated with geographic locations
Systems and methods for the accessing of information that may be associated with static or dynamic geo-located objects, which objects may or may not have corresponding real world counterparts, utilize attributes including of one or more angles of directional access associated with the geo-located objects. Information available to a user of a mobile device can be varied depending upon an angle of directional access derived from the mobile device's real world position and pointing direction in relation to the real world position and orientation of the geo-located objects. |
| US10037341B1 |
Nesting tree quotas within a filesystem
Techniques are described for building, managing, and enforcing nested quota trees in a filesystem of a data storage system using internal filesystem structures. Such integrated, server-based, nested quota trees avoid the management overhead, communication delays, and slowed processing of proxy-based solutions and are thus more efficient and optimal. |
| US10037340B2 |
Tiered distributed storage policies
A processing device identifies a file (or data block) and selects a storage location for the file based on a plurality of data distribution policies. To select the storage location, the processing device applies, at a top distribution layer, a first data distribution policy to select a first storage pool from a plurality of storage pools based on a first storage criterion. The processing device then applies, at a bottom distribution layer, a second data distribution policy associated with the first storage pool to select a first storage node from a plurality of storage nodes in the first storage pool based on a second storage criterion. The processing device stores at least a portion of the file in the first storage node of the first storage pool. |
| US10037339B1 |
Synchronized organization directory with team member folders
The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency. |
| US10037338B1 |
Method and system for client-server communication in a cached communication environment
Client-server communication in a cached communication environment is described. A server computer executes a server application. The server application requests a server communication application to generate a server object. The server object is independent from a client object that is modified to communicate client data. The server application receives a copy of a client object from the server communication application, and applies a disposition rule to data referenced in the copy of the client object. |
| US10037336B1 |
Performing block deduplication using block sequence classifications
A computer-implemented technique performs block deduplication. The technique involves generating a list of candidate blocks and adding classifications to the list of candidate blocks. The classifications classify the candidate blocks on the list into different categories based on a set of block sequence matching criteria. The technique further involves performing, based on the classifications added to the list of candidate blocks, further block deduplication processing on first candidate blocks having a first classification while not performing further block deduplication processing on second candidate blocks having a second classification. Examples of the categories include an “exact long match” category, a “disrupted long match” category, a “loosely long match” category, and a “short match” category. |
| US10037332B1 |
Electronic mail attachments garden
A cloud storage system receives information associating a user's cloud storage account with a network service account associated with a service provider. The cloud storage system identifies files associated with the network service account, retrieves metadata associated with the files, and provides a list of the files and their associated metadata to the user. The metadata stored by the cloud storage system may indicate the context of the identified files within the network service account. In response to a user command, the cloud storage system may store one of the identified files in the cloud storage account, and may continue to provide the content of the stored file within the network service account even if the stored file is deleted from the network service account. |
| US10037331B2 |
Source type management
A data intake and query system provides interfaces that enable users to configure source type definitions used by the system. A data intake and query system generally refers to a system for collecting and analyzing data including machine-generated data. Such a system may be configured to consume many different types of machine data generated by any number of different data sources including various servers, network devices, applications, etc. At a high level, a source type definition comprises one or more properties that define how various components of a data intake and query system collect, index, store, search and otherwise interact with particular types of data consumed by the system. The interfaces provided by the system generally comprise one or more interface components for configuring various attributes of a source type definition. |
| US10037330B1 |
Security via dynamic data movement in a cloud-based environment
Methods, apparatuses, and embodiments related to improving security of data that is stored at a data store distributed over a computer network or remote cloud-based environment. For example, source data to be protected is partitioned into multiple data files. Additionally, each file may be obfuscated, such as by being encrypted, to created multiple obfuscated data files. Information as to how each obfuscated data file was obfuscated is stored in an associated trace file. The multiple obfuscated data files are moved around a computer network or remote cloud-based environment via a data movement process. |
| US10037327B2 |
Method and apparatus for accurate localization of points of interest
Geo-referenced and oriented media items may be used to determine a location of one or more points of interest depicted by the media items. A difference between an actual capture location and orientation and a reported location and orientation may be modeled according to one or more distributions, which distribution(s) may be used to assign one or more weights to each location in the world where such weight(s) may be considered to be a likelihood that a point of interest might have been seen by a capturing device. A density map may be acquired by superimposing the derived likelihoods, and a maximum, e.g., local maximum, may be determined to represent a location of a point of interest. |
| US10037326B2 |
Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on dynamically identifying microgenres associated with the content
A method of selecting and presenting content based on learned user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a content system including a set of content items organized by genre characterizing the content items, and wherein the set of content items contains microgenre metadata further characterizing the content items. The method also includes receiving search input from the user for identifying desired content items and, in response, presenting a subset of content items to the user. The method further includes receiving content item selection actions from the user and analyzing the microgenre metadata within the selected content items to learn the preferred microgenres of the user. The method includes, in response to receiving subsequent user search input, selecting and presenting content items in an order that portrays as relatively more relevant those content items containing microgenre metadata that more closely match the learned microgenre preferences of the user. |
| US10037325B2 |
Display system, display method in the system and display program for increasing a conversion rate in a social networking environment
When retrieving information relating to another user of a different SNS, the CVR of an SNS can be effectively increased by displaying a social graph. According to the invention, by means of a social graph display program (API), user identifying information corresponding to user-to-user relationship information meeting predetermined conditions can be extracted by searching a database of information related to the other users of application programs A-C, in accordance with identifying information of a user A who has made a friend request. Thus the application program A displays, as candidates for the friend request, users corresponding to user identifying information returned from the social graph display program (API). |
| US10037324B1 |
Stochastic chunk-based map generation
An approach to facilitating stochastic chunk-based map generation is provided. Tile chunks may be obtained for inclusion in a map of a virtual space. The obtained tile chunks may include first and second tile chunks having map tiles of different tile types. The first tile chunk may have a first tile of a first tile type and a second tile of a second tile type different from the first tile type. The second tile chunk may have a third tile of a third tile type and a fourth tile of a fourth tile type different from the third tile type. Stochastic distribution of the obtained tile chunks over a map area in the map may be effectuated. Distribution of individual map tiles between the distributed tile chunks on the map area may be effectuated. |
| US10037323B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for indexing scenes in digital media
Methods, systems, and products index digital scenes in digital media. A uniform resource locator is assigned to each different digital scene within the digital media. The uniform resource locator uniquely identifies a resource from which each different digital scene may be retrieved. Individual scenes may thus be retrieved, thus conserving bandwidth and memory. |
| US10037321B1 |
Calculating a maturity level of a text string
Techniques for determining a maturity level of a text string may be provided. For example, the text string may be associated with an electronic book or story, script or closed captioning of a movie or television show, or other text associated with media. The system may analyze the text string to identify actions in the text (e.g., concepts of death, degree of violence, etc.), story complexity (e.g., number of characters, linear/non-linear story flow, etc.), vocabulary (e.g., unique words, complexity of terms, etc.), and other metrics to determine the objective maturity level associated with the text string. The maturity level and/or references to electronic books associated with the particular maturity level may be provided to users and/or used in additional processing and analysis. |
| US10037319B2 |
User input prediction
A system for inputting text into an electronic device. The system comprises a candidate generator (2) configured to generate one or more candidates from an input sequence (20). The input sequence (20) comprises a contiguous sequence of characters. Each candidate comprises two or more terms separated by one or more term boundaries. The candidate generator (2) is configured to assign a first probability estimate to each candidate by: searching for one or more terms of that candidate in a context language model, wherein the context language model comprises sequences of terms, each sequence of terms having a corresponding probability of occurring; and assigning the probability corresponding to the one or more terms of that candidate from the context language model to the candidate. The candidate generator (2) is configured to discard one or more candidates on the basis of the corresponding first probability estimates. There is provided a corresponding method of inferring term boundaries in a user input sequence. |
| US10037313B2 |
Automatic smoothed captioning of non-speech sounds from audio
A content server accessing an audio stream, and inputs portions of the audio stream into one or more non-speech classifiers for classification, the non-speech classifiers generating, for portions of the audio stream, a set of raw scores representing likelihoods that the respective portion of the audio stream includes an occurrence of a particular class of non-speech sounds associated with each of the non-speech classifiers. The content server generates binary scores for the sets of raw scores, the binary scores generated based on a smoothing of a respective set of raw scores. The content server applies a set of non-speech captions to portions of the audio stream in time, each of the sets of non-speech captions based on a different one of the set binary scores of the corresponding portion of the audio stream. |
| US10037307B2 |
Device for average calculating of non-linear data
A device for calculating an average of nonlinear data includes: an input module for receiving a nonlinear function F and nonlinear data y1and y2; a comparison module for deriving nonlinear data c1 and c2 sorted in a descending order, by comparing the nonlinear data y1 and y2; an index module for deriving an index value d1 according to a preset computation, from the sorted nonlinear data c1 and c2; a lookup table (LUT) memory for pre-storing an LUT of the index value d1 and a variable B by using a preset computation formula, and deriving the variable B corresponding to the index value d1 if the index value d1 is received; and a computation module for receiving c1 of the sorted nonlinear data and the variable B and deriving a final nonlinear output value A through the preset computation. |
| US10037303B2 |
Collecting and delivering data to a big data machine in a process control system
A device supporting big data in a process plant includes an interface to a communications network, a cache configured to store data observed by the device, and a multi-processing element processor to cause the data to be cached and transmitted (e.g., streamed) for historization at a unitary, logical centralized data storage area. The data storage area stores multiple types of process control or plant data using a common format. The device time-stamps the cached data, and, in some cases, all data that is generated or created by or received at the device may be cached and/or streamed. The device may be a field device, a controller, an input/output device, a network management device, a user interface device, or a historian device, and the device may be a node of a network supporting big data in the process plant. Multiple devices in the network may support layered or leveled caching of data. |
| US10037302B2 |
Cache management in RDMA distributed key/value stores based on atomic operations
A cache management system performs cache management in a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) key value data store. The cache management system receives a request from at least one client configured to access a data item stored in a data location of a remote server, and determines a popularity of the data item based on a frequency at which the data location is accessed by the at least one client. The system is further configured to determine a lease period of the data item based on the frequency and assigning the lease period to the data location. |
| US10037301B2 |
Circuits and methods for inter-processor communication
Various example implementations are directed to circuits and methods for communicating between disparate processor circuits. According to an example implementation, a circuit arrangement includes a plurality of processor circuits and an inter-processor communication circuit. The inter-processor communication circuit is configured to provide, for each pair of the processor circuits, a respective communication channel between the pair of processor circuits. The inter-processor communication circuit includes a plurality of buffers including a respective first buffer and a respective second buffer for each communication channel. An access control circuit included in the inter-processor communication circuit is configured to restrict write access to the respective first buffer to the first processor circuit and restrict write access to the respective second buffer to the second processor circuit. |
| US10037298B2 |
Network-accessible data volume modification
A user can set or modify operational parameters of a data volume stored on a network-accessible storage device in a data center. For example, the user may be provided access to a data volume and may request a modification to the operational parameters of the data volume. Instead of modifying the existing data volume, the data center can provision a new data volume and migrate data stored on the existing data volume to the new data volume. While the data migration takes place, the existing data volume may block input/output (I/O) requests and the new data volume may handle such requests instead. If a request is received for data not yet migrated to the new data volume, then the new data volume prioritizes a migration of the requested data. |
| US10037296B2 |
Power handling in a scalable storage system
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage assembly is provided. The data storage assembly includes a plurality of storage drives each comprising a PCIe host interface and solid state storage media, with each of the storage drives configured to store and retrieve data responsive to storage operations received over an associated PCIe host interface. The data storage assembly includes a PCIe switch circuit coupled to the PCIe host interfaces of the storage drives and configured to receive the storage operations issued by a plurality of host systems over a shared PCIe interface and transfer the storage operations for delivery to the storage drives over selected ones of the PCIe host interfaces. The data storage assembly includes holdup circuitry configured to provide power to at least the storage drives after input power is lost to the data storage assembly. |
| US10037286B2 |
Private partition with hardware unlocking
Systems and methods for controlling access to a private partition on a storage device are disclosed for. An example system includes a token reader that detects a hardware token storing a private key and obtains the private key stored on the hardware token. The system also includes a partition controller that determines whether the private key unlocks a private partition on a storage device. In response to determining that the private key unlocks the private partition, the partition controller unlocks the private partition on the storage device. The private partition is invisible to an operating system executing in the computer system when the private partition is locked. |
| US10037285B2 |
Multi-tiered storage systems and methods for adaptive content streaming
The disclosed technology includes techniques for efficiently streaming media content from a multi-tiered storage system. An example implementation may be used for adaptive HTTP streaming of video segments and other content. In some implementations, flash memory SSDs (SLC or MLC) may form an intermediate cache layer between a first layer of DRAM cache and third layer of HDDs. Significant architectural elements of various implementations include optimal write granularity to overcome the write amplification effect of flash memory SSDs and a QoS-sensitive caching strategy that monitors the activity of the flash memory SSDs to ensure that video streaming performance is not hampered by the caching activity. |
| US10037282B2 |
System and method for partitioning of memory units into non-conflicting sets
A system and method of operation exploit the limited associativity of a single cache set to force observable cache evictions and discover conflicts. Loads are issued to input memory addresses, one at a time, until a cache eviction is detected. After observing a cache eviction on a load from an address, that address is added to a data structure representing the current conflict set. The cache is then flushed, and loads are issued to all addresses in the current conflict set, so that all known conflicting addresses are accessed first, ensuring that the next cache miss will occur on a different conflicting address. The process is repeated, issuing loads from all input memory addresses, incrementally finding conflicting addresses, one by one. Memory addresses that conflict in the cache belong to the same partition, whereas memory addresses belonging to different partitions do not conflict. |
| US10037281B2 |
Method for disk defrag handling in solid state drive caching environment
An invention is provided for handling target disk access requests during disk defragmentation in a solid state drive caching environment. The invention includes detecting a request to access a target storage device. In response, data associated with the request is written to the target storage device without writing the data to the caching device, with the proviso that the request is a write request. In addition, the invention includes reading data associated with the request and marking the data associated with the request stored in the caching device for discard, with the proviso that the request is a read request and the data associated with the request is stored on the caching device. Data marked for discard is discarded from the caching device when time permits, for example, upon completion of disk defragmentation. |
| US10037274B2 |
Optimizing memory usage across multiple applications in the presence of garbage collection
A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector. |
| US10037270B2 |
Reducing memory commit charge when compressing memory
A set of memory pages from a working set of a program process, such as at least some of the memory pages that have been modified, are compressed into a compressed store prior to being written to a page file, after which the memory pages can be repurposed by a memory manager. The memory commit charge for the memory pages compressed into the compressed store is borrowed from the program process by a compressed storage manager, reducing the memory commit charge of the compressed storage manager. Subsequent requests from the memory manager for memory pages that have been compressed into a compressed store are satisfied by accessing the compressed store memory pages (including retrieving the compressed store memory pages from the page file if written to the page file), decompressing the requested memory pages, and returning the requested memory pages to the memory manager. |
| US10037267B2 |
Instruction set architecture and software support for register state migration
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for migrating execution contexts are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of processing units and memory devices. The system is configured to execute any number of software applications. The system is configured to detect, within a first software application, a primitive for migrating at least a portion of the execution context of a source processing unit to a target processing unit, wherein the primitive includes one or more instructions. The execution context includes a plurality of registers. A first processing unit is configured to execute the one or more instructions of the primitive to cause a portion of an execution context of the first processing unit to be migrated to a second processing unit. In one embodiment, executing the primitive instruction(s) causes an instruction pointer value, with an optional offset value, to be sent to the second processing unit. |
| US10037266B2 |
Game stream fuzz testing and automation
A system and method of fuzz testing an on-line gaming system includes a host test bench system capable of generating a protocol template that can be used for identifying primitives in the data communications between a client device and the online gaming servers. The protocol template can then be used to identify primitives in initial communications between the client device and the online gaming servers and perform generation fuzz testing of those initial communications. The system also includes a game stream interceptor that can intercept streaming online gaming data in both directions between the client device and the online gaming system. The intercepted streaming online gaming data can be mutated to test the client device and the servers in the online gaming system. |
| US10037261B2 |
Risk based profiles for development operations
A method, computer program product, and system for risk monitoring of continuous software delivery include a first plurality of test data. The first plurality of test data is associated with one or more software components. In response to receiving a changelog, a change in the received plurality of test data is determined. A risk profile for the one or more software components is generated, in response to receiving the first plurality of test data and the received changelog. A component code graph is generated, based on the risk profile associated with the one or more software components and a risk value associated with the generated risk profile is calculated, based on the component code graph. |
| US10037260B2 |
System for expression evaluation at debug time
A system for expression evaluation at debug time includes a debugger which receives an executable program with debugging information from a compiler, where the executable program with the debugging information is generated by compiling a source code program and generating debugging information corresponding to the executable program. The compiler embeds at least a first abstract syntax tree of a first expression of the source code program in the debugging information. The debugger receives a first debugging command from a debugger client to evaluate a selected portion of the first expression. The debugger determines one or more nodes of the abstract syntax tree that correspond to the selected portion of the first expression. The debugger then steps through and evaluates the one or more nodes of the abstract syntax tree and returns one or more values generated by the evaluation. |
| US10037258B2 |
System and method for intelligent thermal management using dynamic performance floors in a portable computing device
Various embodiments of methods and systems for intelligent thermal power management implemented in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. To mitigate or alleviate hysteresis associated with drastic changes in processing speeds for thermally aggressive processing components, embodiments of the solution dynamically adjust performance level floors in view of a temperature reading. Advantageously, embodiments work to manage thermal energy generation based on temperature sensor feedback that is relatively slow to detect temperature changes. |
| US10037256B2 |
Electronic device having self diagnosis function and self diagnosis method using the same
An electronic device which has a self diagnosis function and a self diagnosis method using the same are provided. The electronic device includes: an interface which receives a user's selection signal for a hardware of an object to be diagnosed; and a controller which provides a plurality of lines connected to the hardware of the object to be diagnosed with a signal for diagnosis according to the selection signal which is received through the interface and calculates a diagnosis result for the hardware of diagnosis object according to a comparison result of the signal for diagnosis with a return signal which is returned from the hardware of the object to be diagnosed by a loop-back. |
| US10037254B2 |
Device, method and program for performing system testing
In an approach for testing the operations of a host system during a host system migration, a terminal agent exchanges messages already exchanged between the current host system and a terminal with the new host system. A manual operation replay unit replays messages generated by manual operations among the messages sent to the current host system by the terminal. An automatic response unit automatically generates a response message for messages received from the new host system. The automatic response unit also generates screen data for a screen displayed on the terminal on the basis of messages received from the new host system. A comparison unit compares and evaluates screen data generated by the automatic response unit and screen data from a screen generated by the terminal on the basis of messages received from the current host system. |
| US10037251B1 |
File system rollback to previous point in time
A technique for performing continuous data protection and point-in-time recovery for file systems includes performing continuous replication to maintain a replica of a file system by writing changes in the file system to a journal and then writing the changes from the journal to the replica. In response to receiving a request to roll back the replica to a previous point in time, the technique accesses the journal to identify changes made to the replica since the previous point in time and performs undo operations to undo the identified changes and restore the replica to its state at the previous point in time. |
| US10037250B2 |
Managing remote data replication
Various systems, processes, and products may be used to manage remote data replication. In particular implementations, a system and process for managing remote data replication may include the ability to store versions of a disk at a first site, a second site, and a third site. The version of the disk at the first site may store input/output for a host system, the version at the second site may be a synchronous replication of the version at the first site, and the version at the third site may be an asynchronous replication of the version at the first site. The system and process may also include the ability to synchronize the version at the first site with the version at the third site if the second site is unavailable and synchronize the version at the second site with the version at the third site if the first site is unavailable. |
| US10037244B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices, memory systems including the same and methods of operating memory systems
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction circuit, an error log register and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory bank arrays and each of the memory bank arrays includes a plurality of pages. The control logic circuit is configured to control the error correction circuit to perform an ECC decoding sequentially on some of the pages designated at least one access address for detecting at least one bit error, in response to a first command received from a memory controller. The control logic circuit performs an error logging operation to write page error information into the error log register and the page error information includes a number of error occurrence on each of the some pages determined from the detecting. |
| US10037243B2 |
Feedback signaling error detection and checking in MIMO wireless communication systems
A method of feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit includes providing a precoding matrix index (PMI), error checking the (PMI) to produce an error check (EC) bit, coding the PMI and the EC bit and transmitting the coded PMI and EC bit. |
| US10037232B1 |
Alarms with stack trace spanning logical and physical architecture
Provided is a process including: receiving, with an infrastructure monitoring application, metrics and events from a plurality of infrastructure agents executing on a plurality of computing devices; receiving an event record from a given computing device among a plurality of computing devices executing the distributed application; accessing a plurality of parameters of a computing device associated with the device identifier; determining one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers based on the plurality of parameters; and storing in memory a correlation between the event record and the one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers. |
| US10037221B2 |
Management of virtual desktop instance pools
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for management of virtual desktop instance pools are disclosed. A plurality of virtual desktop instances are provisioned in a pool for a client organization. The number of virtual desktop instances does not exceed a number of virtual desktop slots for the client organization. To a first client device associated with a first user, access is provided to a particular virtual desktop instance based (at least in part) on a determination that a current number of connected virtual desktop instances is less than the number. To a second client device associated with a second user, access is denied to the plurality of virtual desktop instances based (at least in part) on a determination that a current number of connected virtual desktop instances meets the number. |
| US10037220B2 |
Facilitating software-defined networking communications in a container-based networked computing environment
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for facilitating a software-defined networking (SDN) communication in a container-based networked computing environment. In an embodiment, a SDN policy agent is created in the container-based networked computing environment. This SDN policy agent is created as a container virtual machine (VM) in the container-based networked computing environment. When a request is made by a VM to establish a SDN connection with the SDN controller for the server, the SDN controller forwards the request to the SDN policy agent. The SDN policy agent is responsible for determining whether the VM is eligible to establish the connection. If the SDN policy agent determines that the VM is eligible, the VM is allowed to become part of the SDN network. |
| US10037218B1 |
Scalable deep testing system for websites
A web-based service may be enabled for simulating test conditions for sub-operations performed by back-end components. The service may operate in production while being tested. A cookie indicating a sub-operation and an intended test condition for the sub-operation may be included in a request to perform an operation. The cookie may be forwarded from a front-end computing node to a computing node that issues a request to perform the indicated sub-operation. The request to perform the sub-operation may be intercepted. The indicated test condition for the sub-operation may be simulated. |
| US10037213B2 |
System and method for adjusting boot interface frequency
A system-on-chip includes a processing core and a memory controller connected between the core and an external memory. A clock divider receives an internal clock signal and outputs a divided clock signal. The memory controller uses the divided clock signal to establish an interface communication frequency with the memory. A boot control logic circuit, connected to the clock divider, compares a check data pattern to a predefined data pattern read from the memory by the memory controller at the interface frequency. When the predefined and check data patterns do not match, the boot control logic circuit instructs the clock divider to adjust the divided clock signal to change the interface frequency, after which the predefined data pattern reading and comparison are repeated, and when the predefined and check data patterns match, the memory controller reads a boot program, executed by the core, from the memory at the interface frequency. |
| US10037209B2 |
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing delta decoding on packed data elements
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing delta decoding on packed data elements of a source and storing the results in packed data elements of a destination using a single packed delta decode instruction are described. A processor may include a decoder to decode an instruction, and execution unit to execute the decoded instruction to calculate for each packed data element position of a source operand, other than a first packed data element position, a value that comprises a packed data element of that packed data element position and all packed data elements of packed data element positions that are of lesser significance, store a first packed data element from the first packed data element position of the source operand into a corresponding first packed data element position of a destination operand, and for each calculated value, store the value into a corresponding packed data element position of the destination operand. |
| US10037207B2 |
Power management of branch predictors in a computer processor
A computer processor includes a branch prediction unit that includes a local branch predictor and a global branch predictor. Managing power consumption in such a computer processor includes, for each of a plurality of branch instructions: performing, by the local branch predictor, a local branch prediction; performing, by each of the global branch predictors, a global branch prediction; determining to utilize the local branch prediction over the global branch predictions as a branch prediction for the branch instruction; incrementing a value of a counter; determining whether the value of the counter exceeds a predetermined threshold; and if the value of the counter exceeds the predetermined threshold, powering down at least one of the global branch predictors and configuring the branch prediction unit to bypass the powered down global branch predictor for branch predictions of subsequent branch instructions. |
| US10037201B2 |
Secure live media boot system
A secure live media boot system includes a BIOS that is coupled to a storage subsystem and a non-volatile memory system. The BIOS receives an operating system image. Prior to installing an operating system on a computing device using with the operating system image, the BIOS performs a first measurement action on the operating system image to produce a first operating system measurement that it stores in the non-volatile memory system. The BIOS also stores a read-only version of the operating system image on the storage subsystem. The BIOS subsequently receives a request to install the operating system on the computing device and, in response, performs a second measurement action on the operating system image in order to produce a second operating system measurement. If the BIOS determines that the second operating system measurement matches the first operating system measurement, the BIOS installs the operating system on the computing device. |
| US10037199B2 |
Secure inter-process communication and virtual workspaces on a mobile device
In an example, a method of creating a secured workspace in a mobile device includes installing an application management agent on the mobile device, wherein the application management agent is configured to communicate with a remote server to obtain a security policy. The method further includes installing a wrapped enterprise application to the mobile device. The wrapped enterprise application includes code injected therein that, when executed by the mobile device, causes the mobile device to intercept at least a portion of instructions being executed by the wrapped enterprise application and to interpose alternative instructions that comply with the security policy. The method further includes communicating among the wrapped enterprise application, the application management agent, and other wrapped enterprise applications through pasteboard and uniform resource locator (URL) handlers provided by an operating system of the mobile device. |
| US10037198B2 |
Data processing graph compilation
A received graph-based program specification includes: a plurality of components, each corresponding to at least one operation; and a plurality of directed links each connecting an upstream component to a downstream component. Processed code is generated representing one or more groups of operations by: identifying a possible level of concurrency in a first group of operations based at least in part on a topology of the graph, such that multiple operations in the first group are not prevented by the topology of the graph from executing concurrently; analyzing at least some of the operations in the first group to determine runtime characteristics associated with the analyzed operations; and generating processed code for executing the operations, where the processed code enforces a reduced level of concurrency in the first group, lower than the identified possible level of concurrency, based at least in part on the determined runtime characteristics. |
| US10037189B2 |
Distributed double-precision floating-point multiplication
The present embodiments relate to circuitry that efficiently performs double-precision floating-point multiplication operations, single-precision floating-point multiplication operations, and fixed-point multiplication operations. Such circuitry may be implemented in specialized processing blocks. If desired, each specialized processing block efficiently may perform a single-precision floating-point multiplication operation, and multiple specialized processing blocks may be coupled together to perform a double-precision floating-point multiplication operation. Inter-block signaling circuits may generate rounding information and propagate the rounding information together with partial product results from a current specialized processing block to another specialized processing block. |
| US10037184B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for manipulation of images on tiled displays
In accordance with some embodiments of the inventions, a display system is disclosed for manipulation of images on tiled displays. The display system can include at least one discrete display device and a control module configured to allow a user to move a graphical representation of an image to a plurality of positions on the at least one discrete display device to thereby define a requested position. The control module can be configured to determine a difference between the requested position and a plurality of predetermined positions on the at least one discrete display device. The control module can also be configured to move and/or stretch the image toward one of the predetermined positions based on the determination of the determined difference. |
| US10037182B2 |
Server apparatus that distributes print data, management method of print data, and storage media
According to an embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit correlates print data to a user ID of which a user registers the print data, and stores the correlated print data. The control unit performs controlling such that when the control unit receives a preparation instruction of a sharing access code from a display operating unit, the control unit correlates the sharing access code to a print data designated among the print data registered by the user, and causes the correlated result to be stored in the storage unit. When the control unit receives designation of the sharing access code from the display operating unit, the control unit reads out information relating to the print data correlated to the sharing access code from the storage unit, and causes the read-out information to be displayed on the display operating unit. |
| US10037178B2 |
Wireless output devices or wireless controllers that support wireless device discovery for establishing wireless connectivity
Output devices supporting wireless device discovery are herein disclosed and enabled. To setup an output device for wireless connection, wireless device discovery is performed by a client of the output device to discover the output device. Upon being discovered, the output device may provide identification or information related to the output device to the client for establishing a wireless connection. Subsequently, the output device may receive, via the established wireless connection, digital content from the client for output. Wireless device discovery operations may be based on one or more of a close proximity wireless communication, a Bluetooth wireless communication, or a wireless communication compatible with a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards. Security information, such as a password, biometrics, or a PIN, may be required for establishing the wireless connection. The output device may automatically obtain the security information from the client or may be based, in part, on user input. |
| US10037173B2 |
Hybrid memory management
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request to access, from a main memory, a first cache line of a page of data; determining that the first cache line is not stored in the main memory and is stored in a secondary memory, and in response: transferring the first cache line of the page of data from the secondary memory to the main memory without transferring the entire page of data, wherein a remaining portion of the page of data remains stored in the secondary memory; updating a page table entry associated with the page of data to point to a location of the page of data in the main memory; and transferring the remaining portion of the page of data from the secondary memory to the main memory. |
| US10037172B2 |
Memory system and controlling method
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a controller. The controller controls throttling to make a performance value of the memory system fall between a first performance value and a second performance value. The throttling limits the number of times of accesses per unit time to a nonvolatile memory. The first performance value is calculated based on a third performance value of the memory system and is greater than the third performance value. The third performance value is a value which is expected to be reached at a time when a first period has elapsed since the memory system started being used if throttling is not performed. The second performance value is provided between the first performance value and the third performance value. |
| US10037170B2 |
Motherboard and a method for boot-up
A motherboard is to be disposed in a local server, and includes a platform controller hub (PCH) that transmits a command associated with read access to image file data, and a baseboard management controller that includes a memory unit and a processor unit which is electrically connected between the memory unit and the PCH. The memory unit stores an image file data associated with boot-up data of the local server. The processor unit receives the command from the PCH, and interprets the command so as to retrieve the image file data stored in the memory unit. The processor unit performs format conversion upon the image file data so as to generate a packet which conforms to protocols of the PCH, and transmits the packet to the PCH. |
| US10037168B2 |
Memory module and information processing system
A memory module includes: a first memory device that is volatile or non-volatile; a second memory device that is non-volatile; a third memory device that is non-volatile; and a controller that controls the first to third memory devices, wherein a capacity of the second memory device is larger than a capacity of the first memory device, and a capacity of the third memory device is larger than the capacity of the second memory device, a second upper limit value of the number of rewritings of the second memory device is larger than a third upper limit value of the number of rewritings of the third memory device, and a first upper limit value of the number of rewritings of the first memory device is larger than the second upper limit value of the number of rewritings of the second memory device, and the controller accesses the second memory device with reference to a first address translation table related to the second memory device stored in the first memory device, and accesses the third memory device with reference to a second address translation table related to the third memory device stored in the second memory device. |
| US10037161B2 |
Tiered storage system, storage controller, and method for deduplication and storage tiering
According to one embodiment, a deduplication controller in a tiered storage system excludes data duplication physical chunk by physical chunk. Based on the input/output statistics of logical chunks, a tiering controller in the system acquires the input/output statistics of physical chunks, each of which is allocated to one or more of the logical chunks. Based on the input/output statistics of the physical chunks, the tiering controller further executes at least an operation of relocating the data of a physical chunk in a first storage device to a physical chunk in a second storage device that is lower in access speed, or an operation of relocating the data of a physical chunk in the second storage device to a physical chunk in the first storage device. |
| US10037159B2 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of page buffers which respectively correspond to the blocks, wherein each of the blocks includes a plurality of pages in which data is stored, and a controller suitable for backing up data, which is stored in a memory included in the controller, in the page buffers when an operation mode is about to change to a power save mode. |
| US10037158B2 |
Vertically integrated storage
Various systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for accessing a storage device are described. Techniques are described for vertically integrating the various software functions and hardware functions for accessing storage hardware. In some embodiments, the system is implemented using non-volatile memory. |
| US10037154B2 |
Incremental copy performance between data stores
Systems and methods are disclosed for copying a data object to a target storage pool using a hybrid of storage pools, in which at least one of the storage pools of the hybrid is particularly efficient at identifying data that should be used for copying the data object to the target storage pool, and at least one of the storage pools of the hybrid is particularly efficient at retrieving the data that should be sent to the target storage pool. The system comprises a performance storage pool for storing data and having relatively high performance for retrieving stored data; a deduplicating storage pool for storing deduplicated data and storing metadata about data objects in the system and which has relatively high performance for identifying and specifying differences in a data object over time; and a controller for causing the performance storage pool to retrieve differences and provide the data to the target storage pool. |
| US10037152B2 |
Method and system of high-throughput high-capacity storage appliance with flash translation layer escalation and global optimization on raw NAND flash
A programmable circuit coupled to a plurality of NAND Flashes performs one or more logic functions associated with storage operations performed on the plurality of NAND Flashes. A set of one or more processors perform one or more translations between one or more logical addresses and one or more physical addresses in response to a request to access the plurality of NAND Flashes. A communication interface coupled to the programmable circuit transfers data destined to or originating from the plurality of NAND Flashes. |
| US10037150B2 |
Memory controller with virtual controller mode
In one form, a memory controller has a memory channel controller including a command queue and an arbiter. The command queue stores memory access requests including a sub-channel number in a virtual controller mode. The arbiter is coupled to the command queue to select memory access commands from the command queue according to predetermined criteria. In the virtual controller mode, the arbiter selects from among the memory access requests in each sub-channel independently using the predetermined criteria, and sends selected memory access requests to a corresponding one of a plurality of sub-channels. In another form, a data processing system includes a plurality of memory channels and such a memory controller coupled to the plurality of sub-channels. |
| US10037149B2 |
Read cache management
Implementations disclosed herein provide for a storage system including an on-disk read cache and a variety of read cache management techniques. According to one implementation, a storage device controller time-sequentially reads a series of non-contiguous data blocks storing a data sequence in a read cache of a magnetic disk, the data sequence identified by a requested sequence of logical block addresses (LBAs). The controller determines that read requests for the data sequence satisfy at least one predetermined access frequency criterion and, responsive to the determination, the controller re-writes data of the data sequence to a series of contiguous data blocks in the read cache. |
| US10037143B2 |
Memory compression method of electronic device and apparatus thereof
Disclosed are a memory compression method of an electronic device and an apparatus thereof. The method for compressing memory in an electronic device may include: detecting a request for executing the first application; determining whether or not the memory compression is required for the execution of the first application; when the memory compression is required, compressing the memory corresponding to an application in progress in the background of the electronic device; and executing the first application. |
| US10037140B2 |
Migration of encoded data slices in a dispersed storage network
A method includes a processing module of a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) monitoring input/output (IO) rates of a plurality of disk drives, where access requests for encoded data slices occur at varying rates. The method continues with the processing module determining that the IO rate of a disk drive is exceeding a desired maximum IO rate and identifying a pending access request for an encoded data slice stored in the disk drive. The method continues with the processing module evaluating disk drive processing rates of other storage units that are storing other encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices that includes the encoded data slice to determine whether the encoded data slice is needed to satisfy the pending access request. When the encoded data slice is needed, the method continues with the processing module migrating the encoded data slice to another disk drive. |
| US10037138B2 |
Device, method, and graphical user interface for switching between user interfaces
An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface and a display. The device displays, on the display, a first user interface. The device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. The gesture includes movement of a contact in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a first portion of the touch-sensitive surface, the device performs an operation in the first user interface that corresponds to the gesture; and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a second portion of the touch-sensitive surface, the device replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface. |
| US10037136B2 |
Display controller that controls designation of position on a display screen, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
A display controller enables more easy and accurate operation for designating a position on a displayed position designation target regardless of the size of the position designation target. A grid as the position designation target and a marker that designates a position on the grid are displayed. If a display size of the grid is equal to or larger than a predetermined size, when a touch operation is received, the marker is moved based on the touch position while fixing the display position of the grid, whereas in a case where the display size of the grid is smaller than the predetermined size, when a touch operation is received, the grid is moved based on the touch position while fixing the display position of the marker. A value corresponding to the position of the moved marker is set as a setting value. |
| US10037129B2 |
Modifying a segment of a media item on a mobile device
Systems and methods for permitting selection and modification of a set of video segments on a mobile device is described. A user interface is provided on a screen of the mobile device to allow a user to select any of a plurality of original video segments of an original video. A selection of at least one of the original video segments is received via the user interface. A request for a modification to the selected at least one original video segment can also be received via the user interface. The systems and methods can cause a modification of the selected at least one original video segment to be performed to provide at least one modified video segment. The at least one modified video segment can be presented via the user interface. |
| US10037127B2 |
Active path menu navigation system
Disclosed is a method of navigating an information structure comprising: providing a graphical menu interface displaying the items of a given level of the information structure and enabling selection thereof; dynamically constructing an active path as a sequence of active links after an item of the information structure has been selected; said active links allowing the display of one or more items on a given level of the information structure; and said active links allowing a user to access an item in the information structure by selecting from the one or more items displayed by one of the active links on the active path. |
| US10037122B2 |
Canvas layout algorithm
Embodiments are directed to automatic layout organization where various visualizations within a canvas layout can be dynamically rearranged or modified in dimension upon a user specified modification to maximize usability. Some embodiments display a graphical user interface (GUI) including multiple components in a display area, where each component has one or more initial dimensions. In response to an event, embodiments can determine an edge corresponding to the event. Some embodiments determine a box based on the edge, the box enclosing a portion of the display area that is less than the entire display area. Certain embodiments determine a set of components corresponding to the box, the set of components being fewer than all of the components. Embodiments may redraw the GUI such that the set of components is redrawn, where a dimension of each component of the set of components is different from an initial dimension of the component. |
| US10037118B2 |
Wide dynamic range capacitive sensing
A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events. |
| US10037116B2 |
Display device with touch sensor
A common electrode for a display, which is originally provided in a liquid crystal display element, is also used as one (drive electrode) of a pair of electrodes for a touch sensor, and the other (detection-electrode-for-the-sensor) of the pair of electrodes is newly formed. An existing common drive signal as a drive signal for display is used in common for a drive signal for the touch sensor. A capacitance is formed between the common electrode and the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and touch detection is performed by utilizing a change of this capacitance caused by a finger touch of a user. Thus, a display device with a touch sensor is also applicable to a mobile device in which electric potential of the user is inconstant in many cases. The newly-provided electrode is only the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and it is unnecessary to newly prepare a drive signal for the touch sensor. |
| US10037114B2 |
Touch window
A touch window according to an embodiment includes a substrate; a sensing electrode disposed on the substrate; and a wire electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the at least one of the sensing electrode and the wire electrode is arranged in a form of a mesh. |
| US10037109B2 |
Touch-panel substrate and electronic device with electrodes provided on different plane surfaces and reduced non-uniformity of in-plane light transmittance
Provided are (i) a touch panel substrate improved in uniformity of in-plane light transmittance and (ii) an electronic device employing the touch panel substrate. First sensor electrodes (11) are arranged in a first electrode layer (10), and second electrodes are arranged in a second electrode layer. In part of an outer edge of a first sensor electrode (11) which part is arranged side by side with an outer edge of a second electrode when viewed from above, ends of conductor lines (13) of the first sensor electrode (11) have respective wide width parts (40) each of which is wider than the other part of the conductor lines (13) when viewed from above. |
| US10037107B2 |
Optical touch device and sensing method thereof
An optical touch device and a sensing method thereof are provided. The optical touch device includes a plurality of optical sensors and a processing unit. The optical sensors are arranged around a touch plane and are spaced from each other. The two adjacent optical sensors located at one side of the touch plane are defined as one set of an optical sensing module, such that the optical sensors are paired to form multiple sets of the optical sensing modules. The processing unit generates a plurality of touch coordinates data corresponding to the plurality sets of the optical sensing modules according to the optical touch data, and determines whether the touch coordinates data corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules is in at least one touch-excluded area corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules, and respectively excludes the touch coordinates data in the touch-excluded area. |
| US10037100B2 |
SNR-aware active mode touch scans with electrode reallocation
A touch controller can dynamically balance performance criteria, such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) thresholds, with power consumption for touch sensitive devices. A touch controller can be configured to reduce power consumption by reconfiguring bank boundaries for an active mode scan so as to reduce the number of banks scanned with a banked active mode scan. Additionally or alternatively, the stimulation signal amplitude and integration time of the touch controller can be dynamically adjusted to balance performance criteria with power consumption. Default integration times and default stimulation signal amplitudes can be increased in higher-noise operating environments to raise SNR, and can be reduced to save power in lower-noise operating environments. Additionally or alternatively, the touch scanning rate of the touch controller can be dynamically adjusted to reduce power consumption of the touch sensitive device or to reallocate touch sensing frames to increase integration times and thereby SNR performance. |
| US10037098B2 |
Methods and apparatus concerning sensitive force sensors
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure include apparatuses, devices, and methods. For example, an apparatus includes an electronic force sensor having a first opposing electrode and a second opposing electrode. The first and second opposing electrodes are configured to generate an output indicative of a force applied to the electronic force sensor. The electronic force sensor further includes a plurality of recoverably-deformable structures arranged between the first and the second opposing electrodes and having a plurality of conductive-resistive elements. Each of the recoverably-deformable structures including at least one of a variable conductor and a variable resistor and configured and arranged with attributes that set a force sensitivity of the electronic force sensor. |
| US10037093B2 |
Communication method, communication system, sensor controller, and stylus
A sensor controller can be used with both a first stylus that operates in a first communication mode and a second stylus that operates in a second communication mode. The sensor controller performs a dual mode discovery process in which a first discovery process and a second discovery process are alternately performed. During the first discovery process, the sensor controller transmits a search signal for detecting the first stylus. During the second discovery process, the sensor controller performs processing to detect a signal transmitted by the second stylus. When a response to the search signal that is transmitted by the first stylus is detected, an operating mode of the sensor controller is determined to be the first mode. When the signal transmitted by second stylus is detected, the operating mode of the sensor controller is determined to be the second mode. |
| US10037090B2 |
Micro touch pen structure including pen core with stop portion
A micro touch pen structure includes a casing unit, a circuit unit, a first electromagnetic unit, a pen core unit, a second electromagnetic unit and an elastic unit. The circuit unit is disposed inside the pen-shaped casing structure. The first electromagnetic unit includes a first hollow electromagnetic body inside the pen-shaped casing structure and an electromagnetic coil wound around the first hollow electromagnetic body and electrically connected to the circuit unit. The pen core unit includes a first movable portion passing through the first hollow electromagnetic body, a second movable portion partially exposed from the pen-shaped casing structure, and a stop portion connected between the first and the second movable portions. The second electromagnetic unit includes a second hollowing electromagnetic body fixed inside the pen-shaped casing structure and disposed around the first movable portion. The elastic unit is disposed between the first movable portion and a fixed structure. |
| US10037089B2 |
Electromagnetic writing apparatus for electro-optic displays
Particle-based electro-optic displays are described that are both electrically and magnetically controllable. Global and local addressing may be provided. The global addressing may be providing by one or more electrodes of the display, and may be electrically activated. The local addressing may be provided by a writing implement, especially one capable of producing rotating electric fields. |
| US10037088B2 |
Method of creating a chording keyboard mapping table
A method of creating a chording keyboard mapping table is described. An exercise is created that is performed by users of a keyboard for which a mapping table is desired. The psychomotor performance of the users' transitions between chords is recorded—as distinct from performance relating to chords. A first trial keyboard mapping table (from chords to symbols) is created, and the effectiveness of that table is measured by applying it to a text corpus and measuring the total psychomotor cost to enter that corpus with that table. The table is then permuted, and the cost recomputed. Trial tables are repeatedly permuted, with one or more preferred tables being used as the basis for the next iteration of permutations. This continues until a terminating event, such as minimal improvement, is reached. Variations as embodiments are described. Software to implement the method is claimed. |
| US10037087B2 |
Low profile information handling system keyboard
A portable information handling system keyboard retracts from an extended position to a retracted position, the retracted position bring the keys into the portable information handling system housing to provide a compressed closed position of the housing. The keyboard keys are biased to the extended position with a metal dome that interacts with a scissor support structure. |
| US10037081B2 |
Systems and methods for haptic fiddling
Systems and methods for haptic fiddling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor signal indicating an interaction with an electronic device is received by the electronic device. In response to receiving the sensor signal, the electronic device may output an output signal. The output signal may be output to a display, a haptic output device, an audio device, and/or another output device. The output signal can correspond to a modality. After outputting the output signal, another sensor signal indicating another interaction with the electronic device may be received by the electronic device. This interaction may be associated with the previously-received interaction. In response to receiving this interaction, the electronic device may output another output signal to the same output device(s) and/or different output device(s). The second output signal may correspond to one or more different modalities than the previous output signal. |
| US10037078B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of a user's face and operations performed by the user, and an area selection unit configured to, when the operation detection unit detects that the user has performed a first operation, select an area on a screen based on the orientation of the user's face during the first operation. |
| US10037077B2 |
Systems and methods of generating augmented reality experiences
This disclosure relates to system and methods for providing users with augmented reality experiences based on a specific location of a user. An augmented reality experience may include augmented reality objects, and/or other content. Augmented reality objects may be associated with one or more real-world locations. Requests for augmented reality experience may include identifications of real-world locations of client computing devices, and/or other information. An instance of an augmented reality object may be overlaid onto visual information obtained from client computing devices. An interaction between users and/or users and one or more augmented reality objects may be facilitated. |
| US10037075B2 |
Voltage regulation techniques for electronic devices
Voltage regulation techniques for electronic devices are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise an electronic element comprising one or more integrated circuits, a voltage regulator to regulate an input voltage of the electronic element, the voltage regulator to source an output current comprising at least a portion of an input current of the electronic element, the voltage regulator to operate in a current-limiting mode to limit the output current when the input current exceeds a threshold current, and a capacitor bank comprising one or more capacitors, the capacitor bank to source a supplemental current to supplement the output current of the voltage regulator when the voltage regulator operates in the current-limiting mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10037074B2 |
Computer power management based on sensor data from remote devices
A method is disclosed for performing actions in a computing device based on sensor data from remote devices. While in a power-savings mode, the computing device monitors for activity associated with a mobile device. Based on the monitoring for activity data, the computing device receives an indication that a user of the mobile device intends to use the computing device. Based on the indication, the computing device switches from the power-saving mode to a warming mode, the warming mode comprising restoring power to the one or more components and initiating loading the operational state of the computing device before the user physically interacts with the computing device. |
| US10037066B2 |
Power supply unit mismatch detection system
A power supply unit (PSU) mismatch detection system that includes a plurality of PSU slots configured to couple to a PSU and transmit power to an auxiliary power rail (APR) and a main power rail (MPR), a controller that is coupled to the MPR and the PSU slots and configured to perform a PSU mismatch check on each PSU coupled to the PSU slots, and a programmable logic device (PLD) that is coupled to the APR, the MPR, and each of the plurality of PSU slots. The PLD enables transmission of power to the MPR from a first PSU coupled to a first PSU slot, receives an indication that the controller has completed the PSU mismatch check, determines valid PSU slots using the results of the PSU mismatch check, and enables the transmission of power to the main power rail from the valid PSUs slots. |
| US10037061B1 |
Multiple-stage cooling system for rack
A multi-stage air moving system for cooling servers in a rack includes a rack-level air moving device that moves air through the rack, one or more server-level air-moving devices that move air through one or more of the servers, one or more sensors, and an air flow control system. The sensors sense characteristics of air in the rack. The air flow control system includes one or more controllers. The one or more controllers control the rack-level air-moving device and the server-level air moving devices in response to one or more sensed characteristics. |
| US10037054B2 |
Magnetic attachment unit
A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device. |
| US10037052B2 |
Finger-wearable devices and associated systems
A finger-wearable computing device may comprise a processor, a ring base, and a display screen. The display screen is coupled to the ring base and coupled to the processor to display an output. The display screen includes a command area configured to receive user input from a wearer's thumb while the finger-wearable computing device is worn on a wearer's finger. The ring base may be resiliently flexible and may define an overlapping loop with a central opening that expands and contracts to fit the wearer's finger. The display screen may be flexibly coupled to the ring base and may have a vertical axis that is canted at an angle relative to a central axis of the ring base to ergonomically position the display screen while the wearable computing device is worn on the finger of the wearer's hand. |
| US10037048B1 |
Methods for optimizing circuit performance via configurable clock skews
An integrated circuits with sequential logic circuitry is provided. The sequential logic circuitry may including latching circuits that receive clock signals from on-chip or off-chip clock sources. The clock signals may exhibit clock skew that is native to the integrated circuit. The natively existing clock skew can be leverage to perform time borrowing to help optimize circuit performance. The desired clock skew can be achieved by intelligent placement of the clock sources and deliberate routing of the clock signals from the clock sources to respective types of clock distribution networks on the integrated circuit. |
| US10037047B2 |
Reference voltage generation circuit
An FDSOI reference voltage generation circuit, including a CTAT current generation circuit; a PTAT-type voltage generation circuit including a first branch including first and second series-connected transistors, the front surface gates of the first and second transistors being connected to the conduction node of the second transistor opposite to the first transistor; a third diode-assembled transistor having a conduction node connected to an output node of the PTAT voltage generation circuit and having its other conduction node forming a reference voltage supply node; and a current mirror; wherein the first and second transistors are of LVT type and the third transistor is of RVT type. |
| US10037046B1 |
Regulating temperature-compensated output voltage
A low-voltage bandgap reference circuit includes a current source supplying a reference voltage rail. The circuit further includes a Vbe loop branch coupled to the reference voltage rail to obtain a Vbe voltage with a negative temperature coefficient. The circuit further includes a ΔVbe loop branch to obtain a ΔVbe voltage, the ΔVbe loop branch employing a fractional Vbe voltage, to provide a reduced, positive temperature coefficient. The circuit further includes a feedback amplifier that sets identical voltages from the loop branches on inputs of the amplifier A to regulate an output voltage of the circuit on the reference voltage rail at a temperature-compensated value below 1.2V. |
| US10037039B1 |
Object bounding box estimation
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to maneuvering autonomous vehicles. Specifically, the vehicle may use a laser to collect scan data for a section of roadway. The vehicle may access a detailed map including the section of the roadway. A disturbance indicative of an object and including a set of data points data may be identified from the scan data based on the detailed map. The detailed map may also be used to estimate a heading of the disturbance. A bounding box for the disturbance may be estimated using the set of data points as well as the estimated heading. The parameters of the bounding box may then be adjusted in order to increase or maximize the average density of data points of the disturbance along the edges of the bounding box visible to the laser. This adjusted bounding box may then used to maneuver the vehicle. |
| US10037031B2 |
Vehicle operation states
Upper and lower limits of one or more parameters are established for each of a plurality of states of operation of a vehicle. One of the plurality of states for operating the vehicle is identified based at least in part on the parameters, data describing a human operator, and data describing an environment around the vehicle. A vehicle subsystem is actuated according to an operation mode corresponding to the current operating state. |
| US10037028B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for on-board sensing and control of micro aerial vehicles
Systems, devices, and methods for on-board sensing and control of robotic vehicles (e.g., MAVs) using commercial off-the-shelf hand-held electronic devices as a sensing and control system are provided. In one aspect, a system for controlling a micro aerial vehicle may include one or more sensors, a state estimation module in communication with the one or more sensors, the state estimation module being configured to generate an estimated pose of the micro aerial vehicle based on inputs from the one or more sensors, and a position controller in communication with the state estimation module and configured to communicate attitude commands to an attitude controller of the micro aerial vehicle. Each of the one or more sensors, the state estimation module, and the position controller may be contained in a commercial off-the-shelf hand-held electronic device that is configured to be coupled to the micro aerial vehicle. |
| US10037026B2 |
Systems and methods for fault analysis
A system, includes machinery; and a protection monitoring system, comprising a processor configured to: analyze a trend of one or more data measurements of the machinery for one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery in the trend; and provide a fault prediction based upon the analysis of the trend. |
| US10037022B1 |
Methods of adjusting layer print speed on 3D printing machines
A method for adjusting print speed during an additive manufacturing process may include receiving at an additive manufacturing machine, information including at least a current layer print speed. The method may further include determining a current layer print time based on at least the current layer print speed and adjusting the current layer print speed to an adjusted current layer print speed based on at least the current layer print time and a minimum layer cooling time. Further, the method may include printing a layer of a part at the adjusted current layer print speed. |
| US10037018B2 |
Production planning apparatus and production planning method
Provided is a production planning apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store: actual performance information on a resource required for production; a planning master including a plan of a resource required for work of the production; and a planning parameter including a variable required for a production plan; a parameter generation processing unit configured to change the plan of the resource required for the work, which is included in the planning master, based on a difference between the plan of the resource, which is included in the planning master, and actual performance of the resource required for the production, which is included in the actual performance information, and change the planning parameter based on how greatly the planning master is changed; and a production plan processing unit configured to calculate a production plan that uses the planning master and the planning parameter. |
| US10037014B2 |
Behavioral demand response dispatch
The subject disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods that include steps for receiving a reduction request, the reduction request indicating a desired amount of a consumable resource for which consumption is to be reduced, receiving a population indicator, the population indicator defining a set of consumers associated with the reduction request, and determining, using a behavioral demand dispatch (BDD) model, one or more target users from among the set of consumers. In certain aspects, the steps can further include providing a demand reduction communication to each of the one or more target users. Systems and computer readable media are also provided. |
| US10037013B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing energy by analyzing energy usage pattern of electric device
An energy management device which manages energy usage of at least one electric device, the energy management device including a sensor unit for detecting environment conditions including at least one of temperature, humidity, and luminance of an environment where the electric device is used; a pattern analyzing unit for analyzing an energy usage pattern of a user for using the electric device; and an energy management unit for generating energy management information for managing energy usage of the electric device based on the detected environment conditions and the analyzed energy usage pattern. |
| US10037010B2 |
Timepiece comprising a device for switching a timekeeping mechanism
The timepiece comprises a timekeeping mechanism and a switching device arranged to switch this timekeeping mechanism between two states. The switching device comprises a movable switching organ and a rotary control organ arranged to be stepwise driven in order to successively occupy a plurality of distinct angular positions about its axis of rotation. The movable switching organ and the rotary control organ respectively support a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged so that, in a first angular position of the rotary control organ, a first magnetic force acts on the switching organ in a given direction, and so that, in a second angular position of the rotary control organ, a second magnetic force acts on the switching organ in the opposite direction. |
| US10037004B2 |
Image forming apparatus having duct for cooling fixing section
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing section; a housing having an air inflow hole, an air outflow hole, a duct, and a fan circulating the air in the duct; and a main body frame. The duct has: (i) a first duct part extending from the air inflow hole to an arrangement region; (ii) a second duct part continuing to the first duct part and extending along the arrangement region; (iii) a third duct part extending from the air outflow hole to the arrangement region; (iv) a fourth duct part continuing to the third duct part and extending along the arrangement region at a position different from the second duct; and (v) a fifth duct part being provided between the second and the fourth duct parts and being curved in a meandering manner in a region, other than the arrangement region, located between the housing and the main body frame. |
| US10037001B2 |
Image forming apparatus comprising process cartridge
An image forming apparatus includes a body casing, a plurality of process cartridges, and a moving member. Each process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum having a rotation axis extending in a first direction. The plurality of process cartridges is configured to move between an engaging position and a release position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The photosensitive drum and the positioning member engage with each other in the engaging position, and are disengaged from each other releasing the engagement in the release position. The moving member in a pressing position is configured to exert pressure so that the process cartridges are moved to the engaging position. The moving member in the non-pressing position is configured to release the pressure so that the process cartridges are moved to the release position. |
| US10036997B2 |
Process unit and image forming apparatus provided with the same
A process unit includes a photoreceptor drum, a frame and seal members. The photoreceptor drum has drum flanges protruded outwardly from both end surfaces of a substrate. The frame supports the photoreceptor drum rotatably. The seal members are provided between both end surfaces of the photoreceptor drum and the frame, and support the drum flanges. Each of the seal members includes an elastic member and a hard member. The elastic member and the hard member are adhered and laminated with each other in an axial direction of the photoreceptor drum. Furthermore, the hard member is arranged so as to be brought into contact with the photoreceptor drum. |
| US10036995B2 |
Detachable device for image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus
A detachable device includes: a detachable member that is provided to be attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body in which a first rotating member is provided and that includes a second rotating member which is brought into press-contact with the first rotating member; a moving member that is provided in the apparatus main body, that holds the detachable member at an attachment position to the apparatus main body so as to maintain a press-contact load between the first rotating member and the second rotating member, and that is movable to a position at which the detachable member is not held by the moving member; and a release member as defined herein. |
| US10036991B2 |
Cleaning blade and image forming apparatus
A cleaning blade includes a resin substrate having a substantially planar shape and a coating layer that covers at least one edge of the resin substrate and that has a connection layer and a surface layer, the connection layer being formed so as to face an interface with the resin substrate and containing diamond-like carbon and at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, titanium silicon, titanium tungsten, titanium carbide, and titanium carbonitride, the surface layer covering the connection layer and containing diamond-like carbon. |
| US10036989B2 |
Sheet post-processing apparatus, image forming system and sheet post-processing method
According to one embodiment, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a supporting member configured to support a trailing end portion in a conveying direction of a sheet; a plurality of paddles configured to rotate around a rotating shaft independently from the supporting member, nip and hold the trailing end portion of the sheet in conjunction with the supporting member from both sides in a thickness direction of the sheet, and nip and hold trailing end portions of following sheets, which are stacked on the sheet, one by one from the thickness direction of the trailing end portion, in the plurality of paddles, a length from the rotating shaft to a distal end of a paddle on a far side from the supporting member in a rotating direction being relatively larger than a length from the rotating shaft to a distal end of a paddle on a near side from the supporting member in the rotating direction; and an arm member configured to press a trailing end portion of an uppermost sheet in a stacking direction of the sheet and the at least one sheet toward the supporting member, and formed in a comb teeth shape that does not interfere with rotation tracks of the plurality of paddles while pressing the trailing end portion of the sheet toward the supporting member. |
| US10036988B2 |
Image forming apparatus having deformed roller determination
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable roller member held in press-contact with an image bearing member, and a deformation determining unit that determines deformation of the roller member based on a value of a current flowing between the roller member and the image bearing member in response to application of a voltage to the roller member. The deformation determining unit performing detection of the deformation of the roller member in response to a predetermined indication before start of an image forming operation. In addition, a restoring unit restores deformation of the roller member based on a detection result of the deformation determining unit. |
| US10036987B2 |
Removable fixing device having a convex guide and image forming apparatus
A fixing device is removably installed inside an apparatus body including an apparatus guide. The fixing device includes a convex guide guided along the apparatus guide and a heater to heat a recording medium to fix a toner image on the recording medium. The heater includes a lateral end in a longitudinal direction of the heater. The lateral end is disposed inside the convex guide. |
| US10036981B2 |
Toner cartridge having a movable projection for providing installation feedback to an image forming device
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An outlet port faces downward on a front of the housing near a first side of the housing. A linkage is positioned on the first side of the housing and has an engagement surface that is accessible at the rear of the housing. A projection is positioned on the first side of the housing and is movable between a first position and a second position. The projection is operatively connected to the linkage such that the projection moves upward from the first position to the second position when the engagement surface receives a forward force that is toward the front of the housing. The projection extends outward sideways from the first side when the projection is in the second position. |
| US10036980B2 |
Developing device and image forming apparatus
A developing device includes a container that contains a developer containing a toner therein, a supply tank that is provided adjacent to the container and is supplied with the toner at a supply point within the supply tank, a transport member that is rotatably driven within the supply tank to transport the toner to the container, and an annular member, wherein the annular member has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of a rotatably-driven shaft in the transport member, the rotatably-driven shaft extends through the annular member, and the annular member is held in a partial section in a longitudinal direction of the rotatably-driven shaft. |
| US10036976B2 |
Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process unit incorporating same
A developing device includes a developer bearer facing a latent image bearer, to rotate and supply developer to the latent image bearer, and a developer regulator to regulate an amount of the developer on a surface of the developer bearer. The developer regulator is in contact with the surface of the developer bearer. In the developing device, a ratio of a ten-point mean roughness of the developer regulator to a volume average particle diameter of the developer is not greater than 3.5%. The ratio is defined as Rzjis/Dv×100, where Rzjis represents the ten-point mean roughness measured in a nip-adjacent portion of a face of the developer regulator opposing the developer bearer, and Dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the developer. The nip-adjacent portion is adjacent to and downstream a downstream end of a regulation nip in a rotation direction of the developer bearer. |
| US10036975B1 |
Determining a pulse timing function for a linear printhead
A method is described for controlling a printhead including an array of light sources. An aim exposure function is provided which gives an aim exposure as a function of an integer pulse count. An initial pulse timing function is also provided which defines an exposure time as a function of pulse count. A light output function for the light sources is determined responsive to the pulse timing function, wherein the light output function gives a light output of the light sources as a function of exposure time. The pulse timing function is updated responsive to the light output function and the aim exposure function. The process is repeated until a predefined iteration termination criterion is satisfied. The determined pulse timing function is used to control the printhead, wherein each light source is activated for a pulse count corresponding to a pixel code value of an associated image pixel. |
| US10036971B2 |
Charging member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Provided is a charging member that suppresses the occurrence of abnormal discharge under low temperature and low humidity. The charging member includes a support and a surface layer on the support, and the surface layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (a), (b), (c), or (d). |
| US10036967B2 |
Lithography apparatus, lithography method, and article manufacturing method
A lithography apparatus includes: a stage configured to hold the substrate; a scope configured to measure a position of a mark formed on a surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to control movement of the stage to form the pattern based on the position of the mark. When there is a rotation shift of the surface of the substrate about a first axis of one of X-, Y-, and Z-axes with respect to the stage, the controller estimates the position of the mark in a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis based on an amount of the rotation shift, moves the stage in the direction of the second axis based on the estimated position of the mark, and then measures the position of the mark by the scope. |
| US10036963B2 |
Estimating a gain relationship of an optical source
An indication of an output of an optical source of a photolithography system is accessed; an indication of an input provided to the optical source is accessed, the provided input being associated with the accessed indication of the output of the optical source; an output error is determined from an expected amount of output and the accessed indication of the output of the optical source; a local gain associated with the accessed indication of the input provided to the optical source is estimated; a gain error is determined from the estimated local gain and an expected local gain; a current value of one or more operating metrics of the optical source is estimated based on one or more of the output error and the gain error; and a gain relationship for the optical source is updated based on the estimated current value of the one or more operating metrics. |
| US10036961B2 |
Optical proximity correction (OPC) method and method of fabricating mask using the OPC method
An optical proximity correction method includes loading a target layout for a mask, generating a correction density map based on manipulation of flare to correct global errors caused by exposing equipment, generating a flare map via convolution integration of the correction density map and a point spread function (PSF) regarding the flare, and correcting the target layout using the flare map and an OPC model. |
| US10036960B2 |
Wafer-based light source parameter control
A photolithography method includes instructing an optical source to produce a pulsed light beam; scanning the pulsed light beam across a wafer of a lithography exposure apparatus to expose the wafer with the pulsed light beam; during scanning of the pulsed light beam across the wafer, receiving a characteristic of the pulsed light beam at the wafer; receiving a determined value of a physical property of a wafer for a particular pulsed light beam characteristic; and based on the pulsed light beam characteristic that is received during scanning and the received determined value of the physical property, modifying a performance parameter of the pulsed light beam during scanning across the wafer. |
| US10036958B2 |
Light irradiation apparatus and drawing apparatus
Laser light from a light source part is guided to an irradiation plane by an irradiation optical system including element lenses and transparent parts. Light fluxes having passed through the element lenses respectively enter the transparent parts. A light condensing part superimposes irradiation regions of the light fluxes on the irradiation plane. When viewed in the arrangement direction of the element lenses, the light fluxes regarded as parallel light enter the light condensing part which includes a diverging lens for causing the parallel light to diverge in a Y direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction, and a converging lens for causing the light from the diverging lens to converge on the irradiation plane. This configuration readily achieves a design where the focal length of the light condensing part regarding the Y direction is reduced, and suppresses shifts in light condensing positions of the light fluxes on the irradiation plane. |
| US10036955B2 |
Portable image-forming device
A portable image-forming device includes a housing, an exposure member for exposing an instant film disposed inside of the housing by means of a light radiating from the screen of a portable display device, a shading member linked in movement with the exposure member so as to shade the instant film, a traction member connected to the exposure member so as to move the exposure member to a pre-exposure position, and a developing-agent-spreading member for spreading a developing agent, which is provided on the instant film, over the entire instant film. The traction member and the developing-agent-spreading member are manually operated by a user. |
| US10036953B2 |
Photoresist system and method
A photoresist includes a group which will decompose that is attached to a hydrocarbon backbone at multiple points along the hydrocarbon chain. With such an attachment, the group which will decompose will cleave from one point in order to generate a desired shift in polarity while still remaining bonded to the hydrocarbon backbone. This prevents the group which will decompose from leaving the photoresist, thereby reducing or eliminating volume losses associated with exposure and post-exposure baking. |
| US10036952B2 |
Photosensitive polyimide compositions
This disclosure relates to a photosensitive composition that includes at least one fully imidized polyimide polymer having a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 20,000 Daltons to about 70,000 Daltons; at least one solubility switching compound; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one solvent. The composition is capable of forming a film or a dry film having a dissolution rate of greater than about 0.15 micron/second using cyclopentanone as a developer. |
| US10036943B2 |
Light source device, image projector, and method for disposing light source device
A light source device includes a first light-source unit, a second light-source unit, and a third light-source unit emitting light of spectra different from each other. Each of the first through third light-source units includes a heat dissipator and a light source. The light source includes a light emitting device. The heat dissipators of the first through third light-source units are disposed in an ascending order of values of T/Q of the first through third light-source units, in a direction of cooling air flow. “Q” represents a heat generation amount from the light source of each of the first through third light-source units, when the light sources are driven to obtain predetermined light intensity and lifespan. “T” represents a preset, upper-limit temperature for the light emitting device of each of the first through third light-source units to obtain the predetermined light intensity and lifespan. |
| US10036932B2 |
Display element, backlight and portable information device using the display element
Provided is to a display element capable of displaying an image on both sides thereof. In the display element, display operation is not constantly performed on both sides, and the display operation is, as necessary, switched to displaying only on one side without lowering the efficiency of a backlight or other light emitting bodies. The structure is made such that a planar light emitting body capable of emitting light in directions of both faces is sandwiched between two light control elements capable of electrically switching, from outside, between a light reflection state and a light transmission state. In such a structure, the faces of the light control elements serving as light reflection surfaces in the light reflection state face the planar light emitting body, and the planar light emitting body and the light control elements are further sandwiched between two liquid crystal elements. |
| US10036931B2 |
Color display device
The present invention provides a full color display device in which each pixel can display multiple high-quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture and each pixel can display at least five different color states. |
| US10036929B2 |
Electrophoretic display fluid
The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic fluid comprising charged particles dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, wherein (i) one type of particles which is non-white and non-black and formed from an inorganic pigment, (ii) another type of particles which is non-white and non-black and formed from an organic pigment, and both types of particles (i) and (II) are of different colors and carry the same charge polarity. |
| US10036928B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a first substrate, electrode patterns, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer. The electrode patterns are located on the first substrate, and a lateral electric field is generated via the electrode patterns according to a driving voltage. The second substrate is located opposite to the first substrate. The LC layer is located between the first and second substrates and includes a voltage driven LC layer and an induced LC layer. The voltage driven LC layer is located on the electrode patterns and is driven by the driving voltage to be optically anisotropic or optically isotropic. The induced LC layer is located between the voltage driven LC layer and the second substrate and induced to be optically anisotropic when the voltage driven LC layer is driven to be optically anisotropic. A thickness of the LC layer is larger than 4 μm. |
| US10036925B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes: a display panel which includes a TFT array substrate and a CF substrate arranged as opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal held therebetween; and a front panel which is adhered to a front surface side of the display panel with a resin layer interposed therebetween. A display region of the display panel is provided with main spacers formed on the CF substrate and making contact with the TFT array substrate, and sub-spacers formed on the CF substrate and not reaching the TFT array substrate. A ratio of a total contact area of the main spacers and the TFT array substrate with respect to an area of the display region of the liquid crystal panel is equal to or smaller than 0.02%. |
| US10036923B2 |
Ultra-slim bezel display panel
An ultra-slim bezel display panel includes a plurality of light blocking walls formed on a peripheral area of a TFT substrate and a plurality of light blocking walls and a plurality grooves formed on a peripheral area of the CF substrate. The heights of the light blocking walls and the widths of the grooves are determined by taking an additional jet quantity resulting from precision error of a machine into consideration so that, through calculation, the laid sizes of the light blocking walls and the grooves can be correctly determined to prevent, during coating of Pl liquid on the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, the Pl liquid coated on an outer circumference of an active area from flowing backward into the active area. The light blocking walls that are provided on the TFT substrate and have different heights are formed through exposure with a half-tone mask. |
| US10036916B2 |
Optical composite layer structure with a built-in touch sensitive polymer dispersed liquid crystal structure
The invention provides an optical composite layer structure with a built-in touch sensitive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) structure. The optical composite layer structure comprises an upper transparent substrate, a lower transparent substrate, an upper transparent conductive layer, a lower transparent conductive layer and a PDLC layer. A PDLC circuit and a touch sensitive circuit are provided on the upper and lower transparent conductive layers. A cable region that is electrically connected to external soft circuit cables is provided at an end of the upper transparent conductive layer and the lower transparent conductive layer to electrically connect to an external control unit. With a touch sensitive operation of a touch sensitive circuit of the optical composite layer structure, a signal instruction is provided to the control unit. The corresponding PDLC circuit may drive the corresponding regions of PDLC layer to conduct the change of light transmission of local region. |
| US10036914B2 |
Heat dissipater for a display module
A display module has therein a heat dissipater, an installation frame, a LCD plate, an optical membrane, a diffusion plate and a light board respectively and sequentially received inside the installation frame, a first space defined between the LCD panel and the optical membrane. A heat dissipater has a first inlet, a first outlet both of which are defined in the installation frame and form a first airway inside the first space and a screen respectively provided to the first inlet and the first outlet. The formation of the airway facilitates air convection inside the display module, which helps dissipate heat generated from the operation of the display module. |
| US10036913B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a principal surface; a metal layer provided on the principal surface, the metal layer including a sensing electrode in the display area, a lead electronically connected to the sensing electrode, and a pad outside of the display area and connected to the lead, the pad including a first part and a second part which is located between the lead and the first part; a coat layer covering the metal layer without the first part of the pad and in contact with the principal surface; a cover member facing the coat layer; and an adhesive layer bonding the cover member to the coat layer and continuously covering the principal surface without the pad. |
| US10036912B2 |
Display substrate, method for manufacturing the display substrate, liquid crystal display device and OLED display device
The embodiments of the present invention disclose a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the display substrate, a liquid crystal display device and an OLED display device. The display substrate comprises: a base substrate; and multiple metal touch electrodes formed in the same layer on the first/second side of the base substrate; each touch electrode comprising an emitting electrode and a receiving electrode. Since the multiple metal touch electrodes are formed in the same layer on the first/second side of the base substrate, this technology uses mask plates as less as possible; the resistance is relatively small; the high temperature annealing is not required; and the scratch resistance ability is strong; many defects of the existing single layer ITO touch panel technology can be eliminated effectively. |
| US10036907B2 |
Electronic equipment with status indicators
Electronic equipment such as a computer tablet stylus, computing equipment, or other electronic devices may be provided with status indicators. A status indicator may be formed from a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a pair of polarizers. Electrode structures may be used to apply electric fields to the liquid crystal material to place the status indicator in an opaque state or a transparent state. A colored structure or other structure may be placed under the liquid crystal material to allow the status indicator to change between a dark or diffuse to colored appearance. The status indicator may be provided in the shape of a ring that extends around the perimeter of a cylindrical stylus. Multiple status indicators may be grouped in a cluster to serve as an analog gauge. Light guide structures and light sources may provide illumination for the status indicators. |
| US10036905B2 |
Compact six-port photonic crystal circulator
A compact six-port Photonic Crystal (PhC) circulator includes a hexagonal PhC branch waveguide and six waveguide ports, wherein six PhC branch waveguides respectively correspond to the six waveguide ports, and the six waveguide ports respectively are symmetrically distributed at the periphery of PhCs. One second dielectric material column is arranged at the center of the hexagonal PhC waveguide. Six identical magneto-optical material columns respectively are arranged at first adjacent positions of the second dielectric material column. Six identical third dielectric material columns respectively are arranged at second adjacent positions of the second dielectric material column. An electromagnetic signal is inputted from any one of the waveguide ports and is outputted from the next waveguide port adjacent thereto, while the remaining waveguide ports are in a signal isolated state, thus forming unidirectional circular transmission. |
| US10036890B2 |
Head-up display device
A head-up display device includes: a light source that emits light source light; a first light polarizer that takes out a linearly polarized light from the light source light; a liquid crystal layer, in which a display pixel that displays a picture and a non-displaying pixel which does not display a picture are able to be switched from each other, a polarization direction of the display pixel and a polarization direction of the non-displaying pixel being different from each other; and a second light polarizer. A part of the light source light corresponding to the display pixel passes through the second light polarizer by prohibiting a light of an interception axis intersecting a transmission axis while a light of the transmission axis is made to pass through. |
| US10036887B2 |
Optical fiber scanner, illumination system, and observation apparatus
An optical fiber scanner is provided with an illumination optical fiber that guides light and emits the light from a distal end thereof; a plurality of piezoelectric elements that are secured on a side surface of the illumination optical fiber, that have polarizations in radial directions of the illumination optical fiber, and that vibrate the illumination optical fiber when an alternating voltage is applied in the polarization directions; and a vibration suppressing part that suppresses vibrations in the radial directions generated at a position of the illumination optical fiber away from the piezoelectric elements toward a base end. |
| US10036886B2 |
Broadband optics for manipulating light beams and images
Pointing and positioning system of light beams and images including a plurality of cycloidal diffractive waveplates, each waveplate capable of deviating a generally broadband light beam over a predetermined angle. The lateral translation and deviation angles of the light beams are controlled by controlling the relative distance, rotational position, and the diffraction efficiency of at least one in the plurality of waveplates. |
| US10036885B2 |
Ultra-fast mechanical shutter
An electro-mechanical shutter is described. The fast operation is based on a coil operated via a current, where the coil can move within a set of magnets to provide opening and closing of a shutter. The shutter can comprise a mirror connected to the coil, so that the mirror can be moved into the path of an optical beam. The mirror can block the beam light in the closed state, and allow the beam light in the open state. |
| US10036883B2 |
Endoscope magnification optical system and endoscope
An endoscope magnification optical system includes, in order starting from an object side, a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having positive power, and a third lens group including at least a meniscus lens with a concave surface facing the object side and a positive lens, and the endoscope magnification optical system is configured to magnify an optical image by moving at least the second lens group in an optical axis direction with respect to the first lens group, which is a fixed lens group, while a distance from a lens surface located the closest to the object of the first lens group to an image plane is kept constant. |
| US10036882B2 |
Image processing method and image processing apparatus for cells carried in container
An image processing apparatus includes a holder holding a carrier carrying cells, an imager including an imaging optical system in which an optical axis is oriented toward the carrier, and images the cells in a bright field, a position changer changing a focus position of the imaging optical system in a direction along the optical axis, a controller changing a set position of the focus position by the position changer and obtaining a plurality of original images by causing the imager to perform imaging at each set position, and an image processor calculating a contrast value of each original image, specifying two set positions at opposite sides of a local minimum value of the contrast value in a profile of the contrast value in relation to the set position and generating a difference image of two of the original images respectively imaged at the two set positions. |
| US10036880B2 |
Microscope apparatus
A microscope apparatus according to the present invention includes a bright-field illumination optical system and a fluorescence illumination optical system that respectively radiate illumination light and excitation light onto a sample, an observation optical system that observes observation light from the sample, and a controller that controls the fluorescence illumination optical system so that the excitation light is radiated onto the sample when the irradiation of the illumination light on the sample is prevented by an irradiation preventing portion of the bright-field illumination optical system and so that the irradiation of the excitation light on the sample is prevented when the irradiation of the illumination light on the sample is not prevented by the irradiation preventing portion. |
| US10036876B2 |
Photographing optical lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device
A photographing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The eighth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the eighth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and both an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The photographing optical lens system has a total of eight lens elements. An air gap in a paraxial region is located between every two lens elements of the photographing optical lens system that are adjacent to each other. |
| US10036875B2 |
Wide-angle imaging lens
Provided is a wide-angle imaging lens, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens from an object side of the wide-angle imaging lens to an image side of the wide-angle imaging lens in turn. The first lens is of a focal power, an object side surface of the first lens close to an axis is concave; the second lens is of a focal power, an image side surface of the second lens is concave; the third lens is of a positive focal power, an image side surface of the third lens is convex; the fourth lens is of a negative focal power, an object side surface of the fourth lens is concave and in a meniscus shape; the fifth lens is of a focal power, an object side surface of the fifth lens close to the axis is convex. |
| US10036873B2 |
Optical imaging lens, image capturing apparatus and electronic device
The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element; a third lens element having positive refractive power; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric; and a sixth lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, at least one convex shape in an off-axial region on the image-side surface, and both an object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric. There are a total of six lens elements. |
| US10036871B2 |
Lens barrel provided in image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus
A lens barrel which stably secures strength of a lens barrel without hampering miniaturization thereof. In an inner peripheral portion of a rotary cylinder rotatively driven while being inhibited from moving in a direction of an optical axis on an outer peripheral side of a straight advance cylinder which is movable in the direction of the optical axis while being inhibited from rotating on an outer peripheral side of a cam cylinder and has a through cam groove through which a first projecting portion of the cam cylinder passes, second projecting portions are provided on opposite sides of a straight advance groove of the rotary cylinder, with which the first projecting portion is to be engaged, in a circumferential direction. In an outer peripheral portion of the straight advance cylinder, circumferential grooves with which the second projecting portions are to be engaged are provided in the circumferential direction. |
| US10036864B2 |
Fiber optic splice protection device and method for mounting the same
The present disclosure is directed to a fiber optic splice protection device. In one aspect, the device includes a closure including a cover and a chassis, and a fiber routing management unit mounted on the chassis of the closure. The fiber routing management unit can include a bottom member, flexible clippers, which are removably mounted on top of the bottom member; and a resilient biasing member, mounted on the chassis of the closure. The biasing member applies an elastic biasing force to the bottom member such that the bottom member is pressed against fiber optic cables to be spliced under the action of the elastic biasing member. The disclosed device avoids the phenomenon of messy winding of the fiber optic jacket and the fiber optic, and increases the winding space of the cable. |
| US10036863B2 |
Optical fiber cables with flat ribbon fibers
An optical fiber cable comprising a duct space and a fiber density in the duct space. The fiber density is greater than 2.3 fibers/mm2. |
| US10036862B2 |
Connector
In a connector, a guide member to which an optical connector is fixed is provided with a first guide portion. The optical connector is provided with a second guide portion at a tip portion, in a mating direction, of a holding member thereof. The optical connector has a ferrule with a tip, and the tip is located between the first guide portion and the second guide portion in the mating direction. When the connector is connected to a structural body and before the optical connector reaches an accommodating portion, the first guide portion performs rough positioning of the optical connector with respect to the accommodating portion in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction. When the connector is connected to the structural body, the second guide portion guides the optical connector into the accommodating portion. |
| US10036859B2 |
Cable termination assembly and method for connectors
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector assembly having a fiber optic connector including a main connector body and a rear insert secured within a rear cable termination end of the main connector body. The fiber optic connector assembly has a fiber optic cable that includes an optical fiber, a strength layer and an outer jacket. The optical fiber has a ferrule-less end portion accessible at a front mating end of the main connector body. A first shape recoverable sleeve secures the optical fiber to a substrate anchored to the rear insert. An axial gap exists between the forward end of the outer jacket and the rearward end of the rear insert. A second shape recoverable sleeve secures the outer jacket to the rear insert. An adhesive material at least partially fills the axial gap. |
| US10036857B2 |
Expanded beam connector with discrete alignment assembly
An alignment assembly for disposition in an insert for an expanded beam connector, said alignment assembly comprising: (a) at least one cylindrical sleeve having an inner first diameter, and an outer diameter configured to be received in said insert of said connector; (b) a lens disposed in said sleeve, and having a round periphery with a second diameter larger than said first diameter; and (c) wherein said sleeve is configured to at least partially accept a ferrule having a round periphery with a third diameter essentially the same as the second diameter, said ferrule comprising a fiber for optically coupling with said lens. |
| US10036853B1 |
Silicon-based multiplexer/demultiplexer for O-band
A multiplexer/demultiplexer for at least two wavelengths in O-band. The multiplexer/demultiplexer includes a silicon waveguide block having a first port, a second/third port respectively in bar/cross position at an opposing end plane relative to the first port. The silicon waveguide block is configured to provide a general interference excitation of a light wave of a first wavelength and a second wavelength respectively selected from two windows in O-band. The light wave is either inputted via the first port and split into a first output light of the first wavelength out of the second port and a second output light of the second wavelength out of the third port, or is combined of a first input light of the first wavelength from the second port and a second input light of the second wavelength from the third port and outputted via the first port with both wavelengths. |
| US10036847B2 |
Film-based light fixture with light reflecting layer and fastener
In one aspect, a light emitting device comprises a film-based lightguide including folded and stacked strips extending from a lightguide region of the film. In one aspect, the film comprises light extracting features defining light emitting regions that extract light from at least one light source positioned to emit light into the stacked end of strips. The light emitting device may include a light reflecting layer physically coupled to the light emitting device, laminated to a layer of the film, or printed onto a layer of the film proximate the light emitting region of the film. The light emitting device may also include a fastener configured to attach the light emitting device to a wall or ceiling. |
| US10036846B2 |
Backlight module, driving method thereof, and display apparatus using the backlight module
A backlight module includes a first surface light source assembly, a second surface light source assembly disposed above the first surface light source assembly, a first optical film disposed above the second surface light source assembly and including a plurality of prisms arranged along a first direction, and a light filter element disposed between the first and second surface light source assemblies. Both of the first surface light source assembly and the second surface light source assembly include a light emitting unit and a light guide plate. Each prism has a tip end facing the second surface light source assembly. The light filter element is configured to allow an incident light ray within a predetermined range of incident angle to pass therethrough. The backlight module can be switched between a narrow viewing angle mode and a wide viewing angle mode. Related driving method and display apparatus are also provided. |
| US10036844B2 |
Surface light source device and prism sheet
A surface light source device 100 comprises light sources 10 and 20, a light guide plate 30, and a prism sheet 40. A plurality of ridges 41 are formed on the incident surface of the prism sheet 40. Each ridge 41 includes first and second inclined surfaces 41a and 41b whose inclination angles with respect to a normal line 45a are A1 and A2, respectively, provided that 35.5°≤A1≤39° and 23°≤A2≤30°. |
| US10036842B2 |
Illumination device
An illumination device can prevent light from leaking at a bend portion of a light guiding lens. The illumination device can include an LED and the light guiding lens for guiding light from the LED. The light guiding lens can include a light guiding portion extending in a predetermined extension direction and having a first end face and a second end face so as to guide the light entered through the first end face in the extension direction, and a bend portion continued from the second end face of the light guiding portion and bent in an arc shape. An incident face is disposed in the first end face to receive the light from the LED and to be incident on an inner surface of the bend portion on an outer side of the arc shape at an angle of incidence equal to or more than a critical angle. |
| US10036839B2 |
Direction-selective interferometric optical filter
A direction-selective interferometric optical filter for spectrometric devices, at least includes an arrangement of two layered one-dimensional photonic structures. Each of the two structures contains a defect layer, and each photonic structure has a dispersion function in the energy momentum space (E, kx, ky), wherein kx and ky are momentum components of transmitted photons of the photonic structures for a defined energy (frequency/wavelength) E in the energy momentum space. Both photonic structures have opposite interfaces which are at a plane-parallel distance from one another. In this case, the dispersion functions of both photonic structures cross or intersect in the energy momentum space and produce a cut set of rays of waves on the surfaces of the dispersion functions at a particular energy, wherein a ray of waves contains waves selectively chosen through the filter at an angle, while other waves are reflected by the filter at other angles. |
| US10036832B2 |
Multilayer component for the encapsulation of a sensitive element
This multilayer component (11) for encapsulating an element (12) which is sensitive to air and/or moisture comprises an organic polymer layer (1) and at least one barrier stack (2). The barrier stack (2) comprises at least three successive thin layers (21-23) having alternately lower and higher degrees of crystallinity, the ratio of the degree of crystallinity of a layer of higher degree of crystallinity to the degree of crystallinity of a layer of lower degree of crystallinity being greater than or equal to 1.1. |
| US10036831B2 |
Nanostructured articles and methods to make the same
Material comprising sub-micrometer particles dispersed in a polymeric matrix. The materials are useful in article, for example, for numerous applications including display applications (e.g., liquid crystal displays (LCD), light emitting diode (LED) displays, or plasma displays); light extraction; electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, ophthalmic lenses; face shielding lenses or films; window films; antireflection for construction applications; and construction applications or traffic signs. |
| US10036830B2 |
Device and method for making weather observations using infrared spectral radiometry
A method of weather observations by a constellation comprises at least a first cluster of three micro-satellites each orbiting around earth, and each micro-satellites comprises a spectrometer. Orbiting the three micro-satellites of the first duster around the earth in three separate orbits offset with respect to one another. Staggering the three micro-satellites with respect to one another as they orbit. Selecting the offset and the staggering, of each of the three micro-satellites with respect to one another, so that each one of the three micro-satellites have a substantially identical viewing area as each one of the three micro-satellites orbits around the earth. Sequentially collecting observations, from each of the three micro-satellites, as the micro-satellites orbit around the earth and observe substantially identical viewing areas, to separately gather atmospheric measurements and provide critical data for weather forecasting by infrared temperature and humidity soundings and motion vector winds of the earth. |
| US10036829B2 |
Fault removal in geological models
Method for transforming a discontinuous, faulted subsurface reservoir into a continuous, fault-free space where a complete geological model based on selected geological concepts can be built and updated efficiently. Faults are removed in reverse chronological order (62) to generate a pseudo-physical continuous layered model, which is populated with information according to the selected geological concept (68). The fault removal is posed as an optimal control problem where unknown rigid body transformations and relative displacements on fault surfaces are found such that deformation of the bounding horizons and within the volume near the fault surface are minimized (63). A boundary-element-method discretization in an infinite domain is used, with boundary data imposed only on fault surfaces. The data populated model may then be mapped back to the original faulted domain such that a one-to-one mapping between continuous and faulted spaces may be found to a desired tolerance (72). |
| US10036824B2 |
Electromagnetic system utilizing multiple pulse transmitter waveforms
The present invention provides a transmitter for an electromagnetic survey system for transmitting signals having a waveform comprising at least a first pulse and a second pulse, wherein the first and second pulses are different in at least one of shape and power. Embodiments of the invention enable combining various distinct pulses that may have been optimized for respective applications to form a transmitter waveform for conducting a geological survey. In effect, the embodiments of the present invention provides an EM system that is substantially equivalent to multiple EM systems operating at the same time for collecting data in relation to different aspects of the geology of interest. Advantageously, the benefits of the present invention can be obtained without the undesirable complexity and cost associated with the simultaneous deployment of multiple EM systems. |
| US10036823B2 |
System for monitoring and early warning of structural collapse and method thereof
A method for monitoring and early warning of structural collapse, having following steps of: installing at least one electric field sensor in a monitoring area, wherein the at least one electric field sensor is used for measuring an electric field signal of the monitoring area; receiving the electric field signal and applying a signal analysis to the electric field signal; and issuing a warning signal when a critical transition feature occurs in the electric field signal to which the signal analysis is applied. |
| US10036822B2 |
Device for producing an acoustic signal in a liquid medium, equipped with hydraulic means for controlling output acoustic signal
A device is provided for producing an acoustic signal in a liquid medium. The device includes a pneumatic chamber to contain a compressed gas volume, at least one pneumatic exhaust port allowing the compressed gas volume to be released out of the pneumatic chamber, and a shuttle movable along a translational axis during an opening phase, between two positions: a closed position in which the compressed gas volume is enclosed within the pneumatic chamber, and an open position in which the compressed gas volume is released out of the pneumatic chamber through the pneumatic exhaust port, to produce the acoustic signal in the liquid medium. A hydraulic brake is used to brake the shuttle during the opening phase. The hydraulic brake includes a hydraulic chamber and having a hydraulic exhaust area of a hydraulic volume out of the hydraulic chamber, and includes a control for controlling the acoustic signal. |
| US10036817B2 |
Solving outside-field of view scatter correction problem in positron emission tomography via digital experimentation
Method and apparatus are disclosed for generating a scatter-corrected image from positron emission tomography (PET) or other radioemission imaging data (20) acquired of an object (12) in a field of view (14). A background portion (26B) of the PET imaging data is identified corresponding to a background region (14B) of the FOV that is outside of the object. An outside-FOV activity estimate (40) for at least one spatial region outside of the FOV and into which the object extends is adjusted (e.g. iterative or several randomly selected estimates) to optimize a simulated scatter distribution for the combination of the PET imaging data and the outside FOV activity estimate to match the background portion (26B) of the PET imaging data. The PET imaging data are reconstructed to generate a scatter-corrected PET image of the object in the FOV using the optimized simulated scatter distribution. |
| US10036815B2 |
Radiation detector, and method for producing the same
In this radiation detector, a scintillator block (3) and a light guide (5) are optically coupled such that surfaces of side peripheral portions (25) face surfaces of scintillator crystals, among scintillator crystals configuring the scintillator block (3), which are positioned at side edge portions. Accordingly, scintillator light generated at the side edge portions of the scintillator block (3) becomes incident on the side peripheral portions (25) more reliably. As a result, a radiation detector (1) according to the present invention is capable of achieving high resolution in DOI detection. Furthermore, resin curing is used to integrally form the side peripheral portions (25) comprising a plurality of blocks, and thus a complex assembly step during production of the light guide (5) does not need to be performed. Accordingly, production of the light guide (5) is facilitated, and thus low production costs of the radiation detector according to the present invention can be achieved. |
| US10036813B2 |
Verification of trustworthiness of position information transmitted from an aircraft via a communications satellite
An apparatus and method of verifying the trustworthiness of position information from an onboard tracking system on an aircraft. An onboard tracking system message comprising onboard tracking system position information indicating a first position of the aircraft is generated by the onboard tracking system and transmitted to an off board aircraft tracking system via a communications satellite in a satellite communications system. The satellite communications system adds a header comprising transmitter position information identifying a second position for transmission of the onboard tracking system message received by the communications satellite to the onboard tracking system message to form a message. The message is received from the satellite communications system by the off board aircraft tracking system and the first position from the onboard tracking system message is compared to the second position from the header to determine whether the onboard tracking system position information is trustworthy. |
| US10036808B2 |
Wearable alarm system incorporating phased-array radar water sensing
A safety system comprised of safety devices each worn by a caretaker and up to three people requiring minding, that alerts using color coded LED lights and audible tones when a monitored person is in danger. The device alerts if the person is beyond a preset distance, is close to or is in a body of water, or signals they are in trouble, using phased-array radar coupled with image processing.The phased-array radar allows the remote sensing of water in either daylight or night. The phased-array radar comprises multiple antenna elements including an independent antenna element phase shifter allowing beamsteering. The device scans an object using a preset beamsteering algorithm independent of movement. The multiple antenna elements and beamsteering improve image data accuracy which is then interpreted and correlated with a body of water characteristics. The phased-array radar is also used for caretaker-monitored person communications. |
| US10036803B2 |
Three-dimensional lidar sensor based on two-dimensional scanning of one-dimensional optical emitter and method of using same
An apparatus and method are used for three-dimensional sensing with a time-of-flight lidar sensor having a single emitter sensing in one dimension, at least one photodetector, and a mechanical means of scanning in two dimensions said emitter and at least one photodetector. The external case of the lidar is preferably static, and only internal components involve mechanical motion. In a preferred embodiment of said lidar when operated in the infrared, said external static case has a window that is visually opaque and essentially transparent to infrared radiation. |
| US10036798B1 |
Positioning apparatus and positioning method
In accordance with an embodiment, a positioning apparatus comprises a first interface and a processor. The first interface receives a positioning signal. The processor sets an interval for searching the positioning signal with a first interface to a first searching interval, sets the interval for searching the positioning signal to a second searching interval which is shorter than the first searching interval if it is determined that the positioning signal is received through searching in the first searching interval and uses the positioning signal received through searching in the second searching interval to specify a position of the positioning apparatus. |
| US10036797B2 |
Electron spin resonance apparatus
A pulse pattern forming a pulse sequence is repeatedly generated according to a repetition frequency Fp, and an original pulse train is generated. A modulation signal which repeats ON and OFF states at a modulation frequency Fm is generated. Fp and Fm are in a relationship Fp=2n×Fm, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The original pulse train is modulated according to the modulation frequency Fm, and a pulse train signal is generated. A microwave signal is modulated by the pulse train signal and is supplied to an electron spin resonance chamber. By executing a lock-in demodulation on a detection signal reflecting electron spin resonance using the modulation frequency Fm, an ESR signal is obtained. |
| US10036796B2 |
Phantom for iron and fat quantification magnetic resonance imaging
Phantoms for use in magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) and, in particular, for use in quantifying fat concentration, iron concentration, or both, are provided. The phantoms are constructed to accurately reflect in vivo magnetic resonance signal behavior in the presence of both fat and iron. The phantoms described here can thus be used for phantom-based validation of MRI techniques for the joint quantification of fat and iron concentration, for phantom-based validation of MRI techniques for quantifying fat concentration in the presence of iron overload, and for phantom-based validation of MRI techniques for quantifying iron concentration given the confounding presence of fat. |
| US10036793B2 |
Method and apparatus for reconstructing magnetic resonance images with phase noise-dependent selection of raw data
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for producing an MR image of a subject, MR signals are acquired respectively with multiple MR signal reception channels, and with an ultra-high basic magnetic field in the MR data acquisition scanner. Each of the acquired MR signals has a phase and exhibiting phase noise, and the acquired MR signals from the multiple MR signal reception channels are entered into a computer, as raw data in which said phase noise is preserved. The computer calculates the respective phase noise of each MR signal reception channel relative to the phase noise in each other MR signal reception channel, and calculates a phase noise map from the relative phase noise calculation for each of said reception channels, the phase noise map representing a spatial distribution of phase noise over the multiple MR signal reception channels. The phase noise map is applied to said raw data and raw data are selected that, dependent on the phase noise map, have a phase noise that is below a predetermined threshold. MR image data are reconstructed only from the selected raw data. |
| US10036792B2 |
Magnetic resonance system with position-dependent slew rate limitation
A control facility of a magnetic resonance system receives parameters of a measuring sequence from an operator. The parameters define an activation of a gradient system of the magnetic resonance system. The control facility detects an exposure of at least one body region of the examination object brought about by the activation of the gradient system. The exposure is detected as a function of the position in which the examination object is disposed in an examination volume of the magnetic resonance system. |
| US10036789B2 |
Multi-channel switching system for MRI matrix gradient coils
A multi-channel switching system (100) for an MRI gradient coil system is characterized in that the number of channels controlled by the power amplifiers is smaller than the number of switches and the number of channels controlled by the power amplifiers is smaller than the number of coil elements in the coil system. Current in each of the coil elements can be switched to flow in either a positive or negative direction or to bypass the respective coil element and power to the switch elements is delivered via a smaller amount of power lines using a power distribution system providing floating power to each of the switches. This allows to electrically connect matrix coil elements dynamically within a pulse sequence to generate dynamically switched magnetic field profiles and therefore reduce the number of gradient power amplifiers, gradient cables and power supplies needed. |
| US10036788B2 |
Force-compensated gradient coil
A cylindrical superconducting magnet system for use in magnetic resonance imaging has axially aligned primary superconducting coils that are situated within an outer vacuum chamber (OVC). A thermal radiation shield surrounds the primary superconducting coils within the OVC. A primary gradient coil assembly is axially aligned with the primary superconducting coils and is situated radially within the primary superconducting coils. The cylindrical superconducting magnetic system also includes a secondary gradient coil assembly, that is radially situated outside of the primary superconducting coils and that is mechanically attached to the primary gradient coil assembly. |
| US10036786B2 |
Magnetic field measuring apparatus and manufacturing method of magnetic field measuring apparatus
A magnetic field measuring apparatus includes a first cell and a second cell in which alkali metal atoms are respectively enclosed, a light guide that enters laser light into the first cell and the second cell, and a position adjustment mechanism, and a position of a second reference surface with respect to a first reference surface is adjusted and orientations of optical axes of a beam light relating to the first reference surface and a beam light relating to the second reference surface are the same direction. |
| US10036784B2 |
Variable permeability magnetometer systems and methods for aerospace applications
A magnetometer configured to measure low field strength magnetic fields is provided. Certain embodiments of the magnetometer include a cylindrical coil assembly having a variable permeability core and terminals disposed at both ends. A current source circuit may be operably connected to the terminals and configured to apply a voltage controlled current across the terminals. A voltage readout circuit may be operably connected to the terminals and configured to measure a voltage across the terminals due to the applied current from the current source. An inductance of the coil assembly directly varies as an ambient magnetic field strength varies a permeability of the variable permeability core, and a voltage across the terminals varies directly with the inductance such that the measured voltage across the terminals is a direct measure of the ambient magnetic field strength. |
| US10036783B1 |
Device testing systems and methods
Systems and methods for testing a Device Under Test (DUT). A test condition is randomly selected from a plurality of test conditions to test the DUT. The DUT is controlled to attempt to output an output condition matching the randomly selected test condition and an operator is prompted to confirm that the output condition matches the randomly selected test condition. |
| US10036782B2 |
Battery condition detection in hand hygiene product dispensers
Systems and methods for detection and analysis of battery condition information may be used with respect to, for example, battery powered hand hygiene product dispensers. The battery condition information may be used to identify potential low battery conditions, the type of dispenser, the type or form of product dispensed, and/or to detect occurrence of a battery replacement event in a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to determine a number of dispenses remaining for a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to provide battery condition information for battery operated hand hygiene product dispensers in hand hygiene compliance systems. |
| US10036781B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating the state of health of a lithium battery
A method for assessing the health of a lithium battery comprising: a first step of recharging the battery at constant current, until the voltage at its terminals reaches a limit value; a second step of recharging the battery at constant voltage equal to the limit value, until the charging current drops below a threshold value, a plurality of measurements of the charging current being acquired during the second recharging step; and a step of estimating the state of health of the battery from at least one parameter of the second step of recharging at constant voltage, such as the parameter expressing the decrease of an exponential function interpolating charging current measurements, the energy supplied to the battery during the second step of recharging at constant voltage or the duration of the step of charging at constant voltage. A battery management system comprising an apparatus for implementing the method is provided. |
| US10036777B2 |
Selectively uncoupling tap and coupling OCI responsive to link instruction
An IC includes an IEEE 1149.1 standard test access port (TAP) interface and an additional Off-Chip TAP interface. The Off-Chip TAP interface connects to the TAP of another IC. The Off Chip TAP interface can be selected by a TAP Linking Module on the IC. |
| US10036774B2 |
Integrated circuit device comprising environment-hardened die and less-environment-hardened die
An integrated circuit device has at least one environment-hardened die and at least one less-environment-hardened die. Environment-hardened circuitry on the environment-hardened die is more resistant to the degradation when exposed to a predetermined environmental condition than the less-environment-hardened circuitry on the environment-hardened die. The dice are combined using a 3D or 2.5D integrated circuit technology. This is very useful for testing circuits at adverse environmental conditions (e.g. high temperature), or for providing circuits to operate at such conditions. |
| US10036772B2 |
Signal testing apparatus for printed circuit board
A signal testing apparatus for a printed circuit board is disclosed which includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving an external testing signal, a plurality of output terminals for supplying the printed circuit board with the external testing signal, a plurality of switches arranged between the plurality of input terminals and the plurality of output terminals for controllably coupling the plurality of input terminals to the plurality of output terminals, an ammeter for measuring a magnitude of a current on a first path provided by the coupling of the plurality of switches, and a voltmeter for measuring a magnitude of a voltage on a second path provided by the coupling of the plurality of switches. |
| US10036769B2 |
Apparatus for efficient measurement of tone frequency, amplitude, and phase
An apparatus for efficient, precise and accurate measurement of the frequency, amplitude, and phase of a single input tone frequency and/or multiple separable input tone frequencies. Tone separability can be achieved by proper selection of the parameter N, the sample length of the DFT/FFT. Application of the invention includes but is not limited to test and measurement, tone interference removal, and communications systems, where precise and accurate measurement of tonal parameters is needed. |
| US10036763B2 |
Beam shaping acoustic signal travel time flow meter
A method and corresponding device are provided for determining a flow speed in a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is provided with first, second and third ultrasonic transducers, wherein respective connection lines between transducers extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit. First and second measuring signals are applied to the first ultrasonic transducer and received at the second and the third ultrasonic transducer, respectively. The measuring signals comprise a respective reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal. Respective first and second response signals are measured and the flow speed is derived from at least one of the first and second response signals. |
| US10036756B2 |
Mass spectrometry analysis of mutant polypeptides in biological samples
The invention relates to a method for determining the presence of at least one distinct polypeptide in a biological sample comprising contacting the biological sample with a hydrolyzing agent, wherein the hydrolyzing agent is capable of hydrolyzing the distinct polypeptide in a sequence-specific manner such that at least one distinct peptide having a predetermined peptide measured accurate mass would result if the at least one distinct polypeptide were present in the biological sample, to obtain a hydrolyzed sample; bringing the hydrolyzed sample in contact with a substrate comprising at least one immobilized binding partner, wherein the at least one immobilized binding partner is capable of specifically binding the distinct peptide; removing the hydrolyzed sample from the substrate in a manner such that the distinct peptide would remain bound to the immobilized binding partner; contacting the substrate with an elution solution, wherein the distinct peptide would dissociate from the immobilized binding partner into the elution solution; subjecting a portion of the elution solution to liquid chromatography to segregate a plurality of molecules in the portion of the elution solution to obtain sorted molecules; determining the measured accurate mass of at least one sorted molecule present in the elution solution; and determining the presence of the at least one distinct polypeptide in the biological sample when a measured accurate mass of at least one molecule is substantially equal to the predetermined peptide measured accurate mass. |
| US10036754B2 |
Water soluble fluorescent or colored dyes and methods for their use
Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R2e, R2f, R2g, R2h, R2i, R2j, R2k, R2l, R2m, R2n, R2o, R2p, R2q, R2r and R2s are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided. |
| US10036753B2 |
Identification of surface-associated antigens for tumor diagnosis and therapy
The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed. |
| US10036749B2 |
Peptides derived from myosin 19 and methods of use thereof
Isolated peptides and compositions comprising same are provided. Further, methods for targeting mitochondria in a cell, methods for assessing mitochondrial function in a cell and methods for diagnosing mitochondria associated diseases are provided. |
| US10036742B2 |
Transgenic mice expressing Y114F mutant prohibitin
The Mito-Ob obese mouse model overexpresses the mitochondrial protein prohibitin (PHB). Mito-Ob male mice develop insulin resistance in addition to obesity and they do not develop overt diabetes. It has been discovered that these mice also spontaneously develop nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and hepatocarcinogenesis over time. Also described is a mutant Mito-Ob mouse that develops lymphadenopathy and histiocytosis. |
| US10036740B2 |
Trimethylamine as a biomarker of prebiotic efficacy for weight gain prevention
The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition and health. In particular, the present invention relates to trimethylamine as a biomarker in urine of the efficacy of prebiotics for the prevention of diet induced weight gain. |
| US10036738B2 |
Paper microfluidic devices for detection of improvised explosives
Paper microfluidic devices for testing for explosives are provided, along with methods of fabricating and using the same. One or more channels are formed on a paper substrate, and a test spot is formed in at least one of the channels. The channels can be hydrophobic. A test reagent is provided in the test spot and tests for explosives. |
| US10036729B2 |
Detection of clusters of magnetic particles
The invention relates to a method and a sensor device (100) for the detection of clusters (C) of magnetic particles (MP) in a sample volume (111), particularly of clusters (C) consisting of two magnetic particles (MP) with different binding sites that are bound to a target molecule in a sandwich configuration. Output light (L2) originating from an interaction of input light (L1) with clusters (C) of magnetic particles (MP) is detected. Moreover, the magnetic particles (MP, C) are actuated by a magnetic actuation field (B), wherein said actuation is at least once interrupted by a pause. In this way a high output signal can be achieved that properly reflects the amount of specifically bound clusters (C). |
| US10036728B2 |
Ultrasensitive ion detector using carbon nanotubes or graphene
An ion detection device has a strip of carbon-based nanomaterial (CNM) film and a chamber enclosing the CNM film. A low bias voltage is applied at the ends of the CNM film strip, and ions present in the chamber are detected by a change in the magnitude of current flowing through the CNM film under the bias. Also provided are methods for fabricating the device, methods for measuring pressure of a gas, and methods for monitoring or quantifying an ionizing radiation using the device. |
| US10036727B2 |
System and method to predict a usable life of a vacuum interrupter in the field
A closed and open contact method to predict a usable life of vacuum interrupters in the field can include using computer instructions in the data storage to instruct the processor to position a calculated amp or calculated pressure on an ionic or current versus pressure calibration curve for the installed vacuum interrupter and identify trend data from a library of trend data corresponding to the installed vacuum interrupter and to the calculated pressure or calculated amp of the installed vacuum interrupter; thereby determining the anticipated life expectancy. |
| US10036723B2 |
Measurement and uses of oxidative status
The present invention provides a method of determining the overall oxidative status of a body fluid or a tissue of a patient by measuring the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of the body fluid or tissue. The method has been found to be useful in the diagnosis, evaluation and monitoring of patients who have suffered a trauma (such as a head injury), patients suspected of being critically-ill or who are critically ill, patients who have an infection, and patients suspected of having a myocardial infarction (MI) or who have had an MI. The method has also been found useful in monitoring and evaluating exercise performance in patients. In addition, the method has been found useful in monitoring and evaluating stored blood products and patients who will receive such a product. |
| US10036719B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor 1 includes a sensor element 2, a housing 13 and an element cover 3. Gas introduction parts 271 are provided in the distal end portion 201 of the sensor element 2. The element cover 3 includes an inner cover 4 and an outer cover 5. The outer cover 5 is provided with outer introduction openings 52. The inner cover 4 is provided with inner introduction openings 42 and louver parts 44 each of which is folded from the end portion 421 at the axial distal end side X1 of the inner introduction opening 42 to the inside of the inner cover 4, and is formed toward the axial proximal end side X2. When the louver part 44 is projected onto the same plane as the inner introduction opening 42, a pair of lateral end edges of the louver part 44 are formed in approximately parallel to the louver forming direction heading from the base side to the distal end side of the louver part 44 and in a roughly linear shape. |
| US10036715B2 |
Automatic isothermal titration microcalorimeter apparatus and method of use
Automated isothermal titration micro calorimetry (ITC) system comprising a micro calorimeter with a sample cell and a reference cell, the sample cell is accessible via a sample cell stem and the reference cell is accessible via a reference cell stem. The system further comprises an automatic pipette assembly comprising a syringe with a titration needle arranged to be inserted into the sample cell for supplying titrant, the pipette assembly comprises an activator for driving a plunger in the syringe, a pipette translation unit supporting the pipette assembly and being arranged to place pipette in position for titration, washing and filling operations, a wash station for the titrant needle, and a cell preparation unit arranged to perform operations for replacing the sample liquid in the sample cell when the pipette is placed in another position than the position for titration. |
| US10036714B2 |
Image capturing device and inspection apparatus and inspection method
An image capturing device comprising, a light source configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength, a polarization beamsplitter configured to receive the light from the light source, a Faraday rotator configured to rotate a polarization plane of the light via the polarization beamsplitter by changing the intensity of the magnetic field, an objective lens configured to illuminate an inspection target with the light transmitted through the Faraday rotator and a sensor configured to capture an optical image of the inspection target by causing the light reflected by the inspection target to be incident through the objective lens, the Faraday rotator, and the polarization beamsplitter. |
| US10036713B2 |
Inspection apparatus, inspection method, and program
To facilitate adjusting of a distance from an inspection target to an illumination section by providing a movable illumination section that is movable independently of the imaging section. An illumination apparatus has a plurality of LEDs arranged in a substantially annular form, a light diffusion member for diffusing light emitted from the plurality of LEDs, and a lighting control part for lighting the plurality of light sources in accordance with a predetermined lighting pattern when designated to start lighting. In particular, the illumination apparatus moves independently of a camera to adjust a distance to a workpiece. |
| US10036712B2 |
Defect inspection system and method using an array of light sources
A defect inspection system is provided for inspection of defects in the surface of a sample. An array of light sources is used, with different light sources providing light to the sample from different directions. A main direction of illumination is defined with highest intensity, and this direction evolves over time. By providing varying directional illumination instead of blanket illumination, it becomes easier to detect defects. |
| US10036711B2 |
Gemstone registration and recovery system, and systems for evaluating the light performance of a gemstone and capturing forensic characteristics of a gemstone
A computer-implemented system is provided and includes a processor and a memory accessible by the processor, with the system being configured to measure light performance properties of a gemstone and generate an objective grade for the gemstone. |
| US10036705B2 |
Method for optical detection of bio-contaminants
A method for optical detection of residual soil on articles (such as medical instruments and equipment), after completion of a washing or a rinsing operation by a washer. A soil detection system provides an indication of soil on the articles by detecting luminescent radiation emanating from the soil in the presence of ambient light. |
| US10036703B1 |
Portable laser biosensor
A hand-held laser based biosensor including modular components, combining absorption spectrophotometry and molecular fluorescence spectrophotometry, and including a sample cell module having an improved absorption path length. |
| US10036688B2 |
Method and assembly for determining and/or producing a drive or parts for a drive and interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB
An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB for a drive, including gear unit and motor, provided for a load, an operational reliability factor SB is determined for the drive or its gear unit from a load collective that is at least three-dimensional. |
| US10036687B2 |
Universal buck for sled test
A universal buck for a sled test includes a support plate rotatably installed to adjust a yawing angle of the support plate, a plurality of pillars mounted on the support plate, a roof mounted on at least some of the plurality of pillars, and a windshield mounted between pillars disposed on a front side among the plurality of pillars and a front end of the roof, wherein the plurality of pillars, the roof, and the windshield are mounted to be adjustable in position on the support plate. |
| US10036681B2 |
Methods and system for an evaporative emissions system leak test using an external pressure source
Methods and systems are provided for conducting an evaporative emissions system leak test. In one example, at engine shut-down, pressure stored in a coolant degas bottle is applied to a fuel system in order to pressurize the system. In this way, pressure build-up in the degas bottle may be advantageously utilized to enable a leak test to be conducted. |
| US10036680B2 |
Pipeline sensor carrier
A sensor carrier module for use in a pipeline pig may include a plurality of skids arranged about an axis of the sensor carrier module, and a flexible section. Each skid typically includes an upstream end, a downstream end, and at least one sensor between the upstream end and the downstream end. Each sensor may be configured to sense a parameter of a wall of a pipeline. The flexible section may be attached to the downstream ends of the skids and to a flange. The flexible section may include wheels configured to roll along the interior surface of the pipeline as the sensor carrier module passes through the pipeline, and a force system to apply a radial force that urges the wheels to interface with the interior surface of the pipeline. |
| US10036672B2 |
Optical fiber strain and temperature measurement apparatus
By removing remaining components of Rayleigh scattered light, control is sufficiently performed of polarization states even when the wavelength of scattered light has changed. A light source unit configured to generate probe light, a wavelength control unit configured to receive backscattered light emitted from an optical fiber to be tested by the probe light and to output Brillouin backscattered light included in the backscattered light, and a self-delayed heterodyne interferometer to which the Brillouin backscattered light is input are included. The wavelength control unit includes a wavelength separation filter, a variable wavelength filter, an optical intensity measurement unit, and a control unit. The wavelength separation filter has two output ports, outputs and transmits, from one of the two output ports, the Brillouin backscattered light to the variable wavelength filter, and outputs and transmits, from the other output port, Rayleigh scattered light to the optical intensity measurement unit. The optical intensity measurement unit measures a center wavelength and a peak intensity of the Rayleigh scattered light. The control unit controls a cutoff wavelength of the variable wavelength filter in accordance with a direction and amount of change of the center wavelength. |
| US10036670B2 |
Systems and methods for peak junction temperature sensing and thermal safe operating area protection
A peak junction temperature monitoring system for a semiconductor device includes a peak power dissipation sensor for sensing the peak power dissipation in the device. A temperature sensor senses an average temperature of the device, and a peak junction temperature computation circuit generates a signal representative of a peak junction temperature based on input from the peak power dissipation sensor and the temperature sensor. |
| US10036667B2 |
Thin-layered devices in compressive sensing spectroscopy
A spectroscopic method using either tunable or preset non-tunable thin-layered devices or a combination of both to modulate compressed-sensing-compliant, spectral modulations and to use intensity measurements of each respective spectral modulation to numerically reconstruct an estimated spectral distribution of the spectral signal such that the estimated spectral distribution is characterized by a totality of spectral bands exceeding the number of spectral modulations by about one half an order-of-magnitude or more. |
| US10036666B2 |
Photosensor including sensor circuit assembly with light emitter and receiver that face each other
A photosensor is provided with a sensor circuit assembly. The sensor circuit assembly includes alight emitter, a light receiver, a light-emitter support, a light-receiver support, and a connecting part. The light emitter and the light receiver face each other. The light-emitter support extends from and supports the light emitter. The light-receiver support extends from and supports the light receiver. The connecting part connects one end of the light-emitter support with one end of the light-receiver support. The connecting part includes a seal and a connection terminal that protrudes from the seal. The connection terminal includes a first press-contact part, and a first pressure part that presses the first press-contact part in a press-contact direction. |
| US10036663B2 |
Weighing round bales
The disclosure relates to weighing a bale formed by a harvester such as a round baler. One or more load sensors located in the tailgate section of the harvester are used to obtain weights when the harvester contains a bale and when the harvester is empty. Other factors, including the slope of the surface on which the harvester is location, the size of the bale, the bale moisture, and the shape of the bale are used to adjust the calculated bale weight. |
| US10036660B2 |
Measurement device having variable opening orifice for measuring airflow volume and ventilation resistance of wind blowing apparatus
A measurement device for measuring an airflow volume of a wind-blowing apparatus includes, a housing that includes an air duct with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet being configured to take in air, the air outlet being configured to send out the taken air, an opening member installed inside the air duct, the opening member including an opening allowing the air taken from the air inlet to pass therethrough, pressure sensors configured to measure air pressures before and after the air passes through the opening member in the air duct, and an orifice provided on the opening member to change a size of the opening. |
| US10036659B2 |
Method for function setting of a measuring point and measuring point
A measuring point and method for function setting of a measuring point of process automation technology, wherein the measuring point comprises at least one sensor and a transmitter circuit. The sensor is connected via the transmitter circuit with a superordinated data processing system. The method comprises steps as follows: disconnecting the sensor from the transmitter circuit; connecting a mobile unit with the transmitter circuit and transferring parameters from the mobile unit into the transmitter circuit; disconnecting the mobile unit; connecting a, or the, sensor with the transmitter circuit; and transferring at least one parameter from the transmitter circuit into the sensor. |
| US10036658B2 |
Sensor assembly
A sensor assembly includes a housing, a shield member, a magnetic field sensor, and a sensing magnet. The housing is configured to be mounted at least proximate to an electromagnetic coil that generates a first magnetic field to cause a movable component to move linearly along an axis based on the strength of the first magnetic field. The sensing magnet is configured to be coupled to the movable component to move therewith. The magnetic field sensor and the sensing magnet are disposed within a shielded chamber defined by the shield member, which is ferrous to shield the magnetic field sensor and sensing magnet from the first magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor detects an electrical characteristic responsive to a second magnetic field produced by the sensing magnet to monitor a position of the movable component along the axis. |
| US10036656B2 |
Position detecting system based on inductive sensing
A position detecting system detects and responds to the movement of a target through a sensing domain area of a plane. The movement causes the amount of the target that lies within a sensing domain area to change. A portion of the target always lies within at least one of the sensing domain areas of the plane. |
| US10036646B2 |
Transmitting route data to a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for transmitting route data to a motor vehicle, wherein the route data describe an area lying ahead. A control device of the motor vehicle carries out the following steps: a) Determining a route section extending between a current position of the motor vehicle and the area; b) Determining a transmission bandwidth, which is expected to be available along the route section; and c) Determining a speed profile of the travel speed which is expected to be achieved along the route section. This results in a start time at which transmission has to be started so that the route data will have been completely transmitted when the area is reached. A trigger location is determined, which corresponds to the start time (23) according to the speed profile. |
| US10036645B2 |
Vehicle usage-based pricing alerts
Methods, apparatus, computer program products, and systems for presenting a trip cost determination and/or a representation thereof to a user. An example method comprises receiving a pricing request comprising a user location and determining one or more cost model parameters, the one or more cost model parameters comprising at least one of current real-world conditions, predicted real-world conditions, user behavior characteristics, vehicle characteristics, and roadway information. The example method further comprises providing cost model information comprising at least one of (a) one or more cost model parameters, (b) a route, and (c) the user location and receiving a trip cost determination. The trip cost determination is determined based at least in part on the cost model information. The example method further comprises providing the trip cost determination and causing presentation of a representation of the trip cost determination through a user interface of a user apparatus. |
| US10036635B2 |
Multi-axis MEMS rate sensor device
A MEMS rate sensor device. In an embodiment, the sensor device includes a MEMS rate sensor configured overlying a CMOS substrate. The MEMS rate sensor can include a driver set, with four driver elements, and a sensor set, with six sensing elements, configured for 3-axis rotational sensing. This sensor architecture allows low damping in driving masses and high damping in sensing masses, which is ideal for a MEMS rate sensor design. Low driver damping is beneficial to MEMS rate power consumption and performance, with low driving electrical potential to achieve high oscillation amplitude. |
| US10036634B2 |
X-ray vision aircraft landscape camera
A method for providing visual data of a landscape below an aircraft includes capturing visual data of a landscape below an aircraft, using a camera on the aircraft. The visual data is compared to previously captured visual data of the landscape. It is then determined which of the visual data and the previously captured visual data provides a clearer view of the landscape based upon the comparison. The one of the visual data and the previously captured visual data that is determined to provide the clearer view is then displayed to a user. |
| US10036633B2 |
Device for the robotic control of a structure by ultrasound-laser
The device according to the invention consists of associating a laser inspection head including a source emitting a laser beam swept along a defined axis and a handling robot seeing to the movement and spatial orientation of parts whose structure requires inspection. The inspection head and the handling robot are configured and arranged across from one another such that the inspection head occupying a stationary position, the handling robot can move the part to be inspected across from the inspection head, such that the sweep of the laser beam combined with the movement of the part in a direction perpendicular to the sweeping direction makes it possible to inspect the entire surface of the part. In one particular configuration, the handling robot makes it possible to vary the orientation of the part relative to the direction of the laser beam so as to have optimal lighting of the part. |
| US10036632B2 |
System to perform radio frequency interferometry using optical fiber sensing signal processing techniques
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and method for performing radio frequency interferometry using optical fiber sensing. Optical fiber sensing is performed as a reference signal is defined and compared, in the optical domain, to incoming signals to obtain interference fringe patterns that can be used to decode phase shift offsets with respect to the designated reference signal. The phase shift offsets can be determined by first optically modulating the reference and incoming signals using a laser source as the carrier. In the optical domain, the reference and incoming signals are combined using an optical coupler and then converted back to the electrical domain for processing. |
| US10036631B2 |
System and method for measuring three-dimensional surface features
In some embodiments, a system for measuring surface features may include a patter projector, at least one digital imaging device, and an image processing device. The pattern projector may project, during use, a pattern of light on a surface of an object. In some embodiments, the pattern projector moves, during use, the pattern of light along the surface of the object. In some embodiments, the pattern projector moves the pattern of light in response to electronic control signals. At least one of the digital imaging devices may record, during use, at least one image of the projected patter of light. The image processing device which, during use, converts projected patterns of light recorded on at least one of the images to three-dimensional data points representing a surface geometry of the object using relative positions and relative angles between the at least one imaging device and the pattern projector. |
| US10036629B2 |
Optical thread profiler
An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface. |
| US10036628B2 |
Measuring device for an optical measuring system
A measuring device for an optical measuring system, comprising a rigid body which comprises a probe body or a tool and on which a first optical marker is arranged. The measuring device further comprises a holding part for holding the measuring device by hand or for clamping the measuring device in a machine. At least a second optical marker is arranged on the holding part. Still further, the measuring device comprises a spring element which connects the rigid body to the holding part. |
| US10036626B2 |
Vehicle guidance system, method for orientating vehicle, and inspection vehicle
Embodiments of the invention disclose a vehicle guidance system, a method for orientating a vehicle, and an inspection vehicle. The vehicle guidance system includes at least two separate reference devices; a laser scanner device, configured to emit a laser beam signals and scan a sectorial region with the laser beam so as to measure a distance of a straight connection line for connecting the laser scanner device to any of the at least two separate reference devices, and an angle between the corresponding straight connection line and a vehicle body of the vehicle, or an angle between the straight connection lines; a processor, configured to process and store data, and to determine whether the orientation of the vehicle body in real time is deviating from an initial orientation of the vehicle body upon the system starts to operate or not, in accordance with the sensed results by the laser scanner device. |
| US10036623B2 |
Method for measuring bearing cup gap in universal joint and method for manufacturing universal joint to which the measuring method is applied
Provided are a method for measuring a bearing cup gap in a universal joint that enables bearing cups to be easily and accurately assembled to a yoke member, and a manufacturing method for a universal joint, to which the measuring method is applied. The measuring method is used for a universal joint including a yoke member, bearing cups, and a joint spider member to measure gaps between bottom surfaces of the bearing cups and the joint spider member. The method includes acquiring first relationship data, acquiring second relationship data, acquiring a displacement amount of the pair of bearing cups, and calculating a gap between bottom surfaces of the bearing cups and end surfaces of a pair of shaft portions based on the first relationship data, the second relationship data, and the displacement amount. |
| US10036618B2 |
Igniter
An igniter includes a first ignition charge, a first member which has a predetermined inner surface and a second member. The second member is arranged in a state of being inserted into the first member and which has a predetermined outer surface opposed to the predetermined inner surface in an arrangement state, for forming a predetermined space to arrange the first ignition charge between the predetermined inner surface and the predetermined outer surface. When the second member is rotated with respect to the first member, then the first ignition charge is ignited in the predetermined space by means of a predetermined pressure including a shear force generated between the predetermined outer surface and the predetermined inner surface in accordance with the rotation, and a combustion product of the first ignition charge is released from an opening of the predetermined space. Accordingly, preferable ignition of the ignition charge is realized. |
| US10036608B2 |
Weapon emulators, and systems and methods related thereto
A weapon emulator comprising: a body; an electro-mechanical actuator coupled to the body; a firing indicator coupled to the electro-mechanical actuator and designed to move relative to the body when the electro-mechanical actuator is activated. |
| US10036607B2 |
Barrel of a gun
A gun barrel that consists of a frame tube that encloses a barrel tube that is used to induce rotation to a projectile. The gun barrel as a whole constitutes an electric motor. The barrel tube is a permanent magnet and acts as the rotor of the motor. The stator coils of the motor are located outside the barrel tube and are used to induce rotation to the rotor, i.e., the barrel tube. |
| US10036605B1 |
Adjustable muzzle device
Adjustable stabilizing attachments for a firearm and, more particularly, to adjustable stabilizing devices that may be attached to the muzzle end of the firearm to assist in reducing forces exerted during firing, such as lateral shift, vertical displacement, or longitudinal twisting as well as assisting in suppression of muzzle flash, reduction in recoil and/or firing noise and concomitant firing concussion are herein disclosed. The multi-position devices are useful for, inter alia, adapting a firearm's capabilities to meet the needs of firing situations presented to the user, without the need to switch to alternative devices. |
| US10036599B1 |
Thermal energy storage assembly
A thermal energy storage assembly characterized by a housing having first and second chambers characterized by first and second phase-change media, respectively, is generally provided. The housing includes first and second housing portions and a partition structure, the housing portions and the partition structure united about their peripheries via an ultrasonic weldment so as to delimit the housing chambers. The second housing chamber includes condenser and evaporator chamber portions or segments. The partition structure and the second housing portion are selectively united via ultrasonic weldment in furtherance of forming tensioning elements within same. A wicking structure and spacing element reside within the second housing chamber to aid phase-change of the second phase change media. |
| US10036598B2 |
Aliphatic materials and uses thereof in heating and cooling applications
Aliphatic materials and their use in passive heating and cooling applications are generally disclosed. In some embodiments, dibasic acids and esters (diesters) thereof and their use in passive heating and cooling applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, C18 dibasic acids and esters thereof are disclosed, including their use in passive heating and cooling applications. In some embodiments, various olefins, including alkenes and olefinic acids and esters, are disclosed, including their use in passive heating and cooling applications. |
| US10036590B2 |
Helium recovery from streams containing helium, carbon dioxide, and at least one of nitrogen and methane
Systems and methods are provided for recovering helium from a feed comprising helium, carbon dioxide, and at least one of nitrogen and methane. The feed is separated in a first separator to form helium-enriched stream and a CO2-enriched stream. The helium-enriched stream is separated in a pressure swing adsorption unit to form a helium-rich product stream and a helium-lean stream. At least a portion of the helium-lean stream is recycled to the first separator with the feed. In some embodiments, a membrane separation unit is used to enhance helium recovery. |
| US10036589B2 |
Apparatus and method for producing low-temperature compressed gas or liquefied gas
An apparatus and a method for cooling and compressing a fluid to produce a low-temperature compressed fluid that can efficiently use the cold of LNG and reduce the energy needed, the apparatus using a Rankine cycle system having a first compression device, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device, a second heat exchanger, and a first flow passageway for guiding the heat transfer medium from the second heat exchanger to the first compression device; and at least one second compression device that is coupled to the expansion device, wherein at the second heat exchanger, a low-temperature LNG and the heat transfer medium undergo heat transfer, wherein at the first heat exchanger, a fed material gas and the heat transfer medium undergo heat transfer to produce a low-temperature fluid from the material gas, and the low-temperature fluid is compressed at the second compression device to produce a low-temperature compressed fluid. |
| US10036582B2 |
Compressor with rotor cooling passageway
A centrifugal compressor for a refrigeration system is disclosed. The centrifugal compressor includes an electric motor, which includes a rotor and a stator. The compressor further includes a housing enclosing the electric motor, a stator cooling passage provided within the housing, and a rotor cooling passageway provided within the housing. The rotor cooling passageway is independent of the stator cooling passageway. |
| US10036580B2 |
Multi-stage system for cooling a refrigerant
According to certain embodiments, a refrigeration system comprises first and second evaporators, first and second compressors, and a gas cooler. The first and second evaporators receive liquid refrigerant from a flash tank and evaporate the refrigerant to cool a first case and a second case, respectively. The second case has a higher temperature set point than the first case. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant discharged from the first evaporator. The second compressor compresses the refrigerant discharged from the first compressor, flash gas from the flash tank, and the refrigerant discharged from the second evaporator. The gas cooler comprises an air-cooled stage that cools the refrigerant discharged from the second compressor and an evaporative stage that cools the refrigerant discharged from the air-cooled stage. The gas cooler further comprises an outlet that supplies the cooled refrigerant to the flash tank through an expansion valve. |
| US10036578B1 |
Integrated cold plate with expansion device and uniform cooling method achieved therewith
A method is disclosed for uniformly cooling a cooling plate of a heat generating device. Sub-cooled refrigerant is flowed through a thermal expansion valve and then into the cooling plate as a two-phase refrigerant where the refrigerant is superheated. Any refrigerant remaining in a fluid state before reaching a sensing portion associated with the thermal expansion valve and exiting the cooling plate can be completely vaporized by a recuperative heat exchanger. The superheated refrigerant is then passed to the sensing portion so that the superheated refrigerant directly transfers heat to a fluid within the sensing portion and causes a pressure change that is communicated to a needle of the thermal expansion valve. |
| US10036577B2 |
Photovoltaic module mounting and installation system
A photovoltaic system comprises a photovoltaic module attached to a photovoltaic mount frame, the mount frame having a rectangular shape. A deflector is attached to the mount frame by a rotatable deflector and mount frame attachment wherein the deflector pivots around the rotatable deflector and mount frame attachment from a nesting position under the photovoltaic module in the mount frame to an installation position raising at least a first side of the mount frame. A mount foot is attached to the deflector by a rotatable mount foot and deflector attachment wherein the mount foot pivots around the rotatable mount foot and deflector attachment from a nesting position in a mount foot nesting indention in the deflector to an installation position planar to a mounting surface. |
| US10036571B1 |
Forced air heater burner
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a burner assembly. The burner assembly can comprise a tube that introduces a combustible fuel into a burner chamber, through an opening in a solid back wall plate. The burner chamber can be defined by the solid back wall plate, a solid front wall plate, and a side wall, where the side wall can comprise a mesh layer and/or a ridged porous layer. The fuel can be expelled from pores disposed in the side wall to the outer periphery of the burner's side wall in a substantially uniform manner, where combustion of the fuel can produce a relatively uniform, omni-directional flame at the outer surface of the burner's side wall. |
| US10036568B2 |
Fluid flow measurement and control
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network. |
| US10036567B2 |
Ventilator having an electrical connection device
The invention relates to a ventilator, having an electrical ventilator motor and an electrical connection device for connecting electrical motor lines leading to the motor to external electrical connecting lines. The connection device has a terminal box mounted to a device part comprising electrical contact elements, and has an additional connection part, to which the motor lines are connected. The terminal box is releasably connected to the additional connection part via electrical plug-in connections. |
| US10036561B2 |
Indoor unit for air conditioner
An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing, a fan and a heat exchanger. The housing includes an upper base plate provided with an air inlet, a lower base plate detachably mounted to the upper base plate, and a front cover detachably mounted to the upper base plate; the fan is detachably mounted to the lower base plate; and the heat exchanger is detachably mounted to the upper base plate, in which the heat exchanger includes a supporting seat and a heat exchanger core body mounted to the supporting seat. The upper base plate is provided with a first positioning portion; the supporting seat is provided with a second positioning portion; and the first positioning portion cooperates with the second positioning portion to position the heat exchanger core body on the upper base plate. |
| US10036558B2 |
Self-cleaning oven
A conveyor oven having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation is provided. The conveyor oven generally includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a conveyor movable to convey the food through the oven chamber, a burner to generate heat for the oven chamber, at least one blower to circulate air within the oven chamber, and a controller. The burner has a combustion airflow rate, and operates at a first output during the first mode of operation and at a second output that is greater than the first output during the second mode of operation. The blower operates at a first speed during the first mode of operation and at a second speed that is faster than the first speed during the second mode of operation. The controller is responsive to at least one of a burner output and an internal temperature of the oven chamber, and increases the speed of the blower from the first speed during the first mode of operation to the second speed during the second mode of operation responsive to at least one of an increase of the burner output and an increase of the internal temperature of the oven chamber. |
| US10036552B2 |
Injection system for a combustion chamber of a turbine engine, comprising an annular wall having a convergent inner cross-section
An air and fuel injection system for a turbine engine combustion chamber dome, including at least two fuel injection devices including a central injector and a peripheral annular injector arranged around the central injector, and an inner annular air inlet channel into which the central injector opens up to enable mixing between the fuel from the central injector and the air inlet into the inner annular channel, and at least one outer annular air inlet channel to enable enrichment of this mix with air and to stabilize the pilot combustion zone, wherein the inner annular channel and at least one outer annular channel are separated by an intermediate annular wall extending around the central injector and having a convergent inner profile. |
| US10036548B2 |
Electronic-cigarette box, LED light guide piece and box body
An electronic-cigarette box including a box body, wherein, a first printed circuit board is accommodated in the box body, an LED lamp for displaying electric quantity and a push-button switch for controlling the LED lamp are disposed on the first printed circuit board, two or more through holes are disposed in the side wall of the box body, and the cigarette box also includes an LED light guide piece which comprises a substrate, with one side of the substrate extending outward and forming light guide cylinder and push-button corresponding to the through holes, wherein the light guide cylinder corresponds to the LED lamp, the push-button corresponds to the push-button switch. The LED light guide piece has a simple structure and is easy to be installed. |
| US10036544B1 |
Illumination source with reduced weight
Illumination sources including a light generation portion comprising an LED assembly configured to output light at a first intensity while generating a first quantity of heat per unit time are disclosed. The heat dissipation portion comprises an MR-16 form factor heat sink configured to dissipate at least the first quantity of heat per unit time, wherein the light generation portion and the heat dissipation portion are characterized a first mass, and wherein a ratio of the first intensity to the first mass is within a range of about 10 lumens per gram to about 30 lumens per gram. |
| US10036543B2 |
Multi-purpose light emitting diode flare
A road flare including a two-sided panel, each side containing a grid of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In a preferred embodiment one side would include typical white or standard colored LEDs and the other side would include red or other color LED. Each panel has several modes of lighting, which is selectable via a power switch or other switch. The different modes include solid lights, blinking lights, off, or a combination thereof. For example, the red side of the panel may be set to blinking or flashing, while the white side of the panel could be constantly lit. This creates a flashing hazard strobe facing away from a vehicle to warn oncoming vehicles, and a solid white light source aimed towards the vehicle to assist with repairs or other tasks. |
| US10036542B1 |
Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree
An artificial tree having a first tree section including a trunk and a trunk electrical connector, the trunk electrical connector including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals; and a second tree section including a trunk, a trunk electrical connector, and a light string, the trunk electrical connector in electrical connection with the light string and including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals. The first tree section is configured to electrically connect to the second tree section, such that the first pairs of electrical terminals of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a first type and the second pairs of electrical connectors of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a second type. |
| US10036539B2 |
Remotely controlled and monitored followspot
A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light. |
| US10036538B2 |
Method and apparatus for uniform illumination of a surface
Disclosed is a lighting system (10) that illuminates a surface (16) with a uniform illumination pattern (12). The lighting system includes a plurality of lighting units (14) that each emit a light beam that has a variable vertical illumination distribution and a variable horizontal illumination distribution. The intensity of each light beam is uniform in a central region of the horizontal illumination distribution, and non-uniform at each end of the horizontal illumination distribution. Similarly, the intensity of each light beam is uniform in a central region of the vertical illumination distribution, and largely non-uniform at each end of the vertical illumination distribution. The light beams overlap in the region of horizontal nonuniformity in order to create an illumination pattern that appears uniform. |
| US10036537B2 |
Easy to install luminaire
A luminaire assembly is disclosed comprising a mounting part (2, 7) configured to be attached to a wall or ceiling, a luminaire part (1) configured to be attached to the mounting part (2, 7), and at least one resilient plug (6) and at least one slot configured to engage with each other for attaching the luminaire part (1) to the mounting part (2, 7) without further tooling needs. The luminaire assembly may further comprise plug and play electrical connectors for making the electrical connection between the luminaire part (1) and the mounting part (2, 7). Also a method for mounting a luminaire assembly to a wall or ceiling is disclosed. The method allows an installer to safely mount the luminaire and make connect the electrical wiring with a minimum of additional tooling or additional hands. |
| US10036532B2 |
Light reflection cover
A light reflection cover includes a reflection compartment and rhombus blocks. The reflection compartment includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first reflection surface connected between rear portions of the first and second surfaces, an opening formed between front portions of the first and second surfaces to provide communication between inside and outside. The rhombus blocks are arranged in a row on the second surface and distributed along the opening and spaced from each other. A top of each rhombus block forms an apex area having two sides defining therebetween an angle of 120 degrees; and bottoms of two adjacent rhombus blocks collectively form a valley are having an angle of 120 degrees between the bottoms. A second reflection surface is formed on a front side of each rhombus block and connects between the apex area and the valley area. |
| US10036531B2 |
Camera flash with fresnel optic
A camera flash is provided with a lens element adjacent a light source, wherein the lens element has a plurality of concentric ridges projecting from a surface of the generally planar member to define facets of a Fresnel lens, and wherein the plurality of concentric ridges define a generally square or rectangular shape having rounded corners. |
| US10036530B2 |
Nonlinear optical assembly of an alert light
A nonlinear optical assembly of alert light has two nonlinear optical halves obtained by symmetrically dividing the nonlinear optical assembly along an optical reference plane. Each optical half has a base, which takes a nonlinear and curved form with one side thereof corresponding to the optical reference plane and having a junction surface. A light entrance portion and a light exit portion are on two opposite sides of the optical reference plane. The two optical halves are assembled to form the nonlinear optical assembly with the junction surfaces therebetween. The nonlinear optical assembly reduces molding and manufacturing requirements. Given the light exit portions of the optical halves, each light entrance portion corresponds to multiple bulged portions for the nonlinear optical assembly to provide uniform lighting effect. |
| US10036529B2 |
Lamp shade
A lamp shade including a standard lampshade secured to a wire frame having a top ring and a bottom ring and a curtain secured to a curtain shade ring which is supported by being affixed to the terminus of sider wires extending beyond the top ring so that the top and bottom of the curtain extends above and below the top and bottom rings. |
| US10036528B2 |
Vehicle combination lamp
A vehicle lamp includes first and second lamp units separated by a gap, each having a housing and an outer lens defining a chamber, and a band-shaped light emission portion separated by the gap. The band-shaped light emission portion of the first lamp unit includes a light guiding body having an inclined end face, an incident end face proximate a light source, and a light guiding body between the inclined end face and the incident end face. A reflector, positioned behind the inclined end face, is configured to extend around and behind portions of the second housing and the second outer lens of the second lamp unit. Light from the light source is projected into the incident end face, conducted by the light guiding body to the inclined end face, and reflected by the inclined end face rearward towards the reflector which then reflects the light forward to illuminate the gap between the band-shaped light emission portions. |
| US10036526B2 |
Light guiding lens and vehicle lighting unit
A light guiding lens and vehicle lighting unit are shown. According to one aspect, an elongated light guiding lens guides and emits light emitted from LEDs. The light guiding lens includes a first rod extension and a second rod extension connected with each other, and a flange protruding from the first rod extension. The flange includes a plurality of light incident portions to introduce light into the flange. The light incident portions guide light toward the first rod extension along a light guiding direction and lies in the direction toward the second rod extension, the light guiding direction defining an acute intersecting angle with the extending direction of the first rod extension. The first rod extension includes reflecting surfaces to internally reflect the light incident on the light incident portions and guided inside the flange. |
| US10036524B2 |
Vehicle lamp
A vehicle lamp (100) includes a light source (10), a lens (20), a housing (30), and a vent portion (40). The housing (30) is combined with the lens (20) to form a lamp space (50) in which the light source (10) is disposed. The lamp space (50) includes a narrow gap region (50a) having a width of 10 mm or less between the lens (20) and the housing (30). This width corresponds to the distance between them. The vent portion (40) is provided on the housing (30) at a position facing the narrow gap region (50a). |
| US10036522B2 |
Vehicular lamp
A clearance lamp (20) including an LED, a light guide (23) that receives light from the LED on its one end surface and guides the light therein to emit the light forward from the emitting surface (23c) extending along the extending direction of the light guide; and a back surface portion (26b) of a clearance lamp body (26) to which the light guide is attached. The light guide includes a bar-shaped light guide body (23b), a first extended portion (23f) extended downward from the light guide body, a second extended portion (23g) extended rearward from an extended end of the first extended portion, and a fixing portion (23h) that is formed in the second extended portion to fix the light guide to the back surface portion of the clearance lamp body. |
| US10036519B2 |
Modular LED retrofit lamp system
The modular LED retrofit lamp system includes a high-power LED light engine, together with an integrated optics mount, an integrated yet serviceable LED dimmable driver, and a point of attachment on the center area of the engine for mounting the LED engine. Different mounts for the engine can include, but are not limited to, PAR56, PAR46, PAR64, PAR38, Mini Candelabra, Intermediate Screw Base, Mogul Screwbase, and Fresnel-based Theatrical Fixtures. One LED light engine can replace a wide range of tungsten lamps ranging up to 500 watt equivalents in output performance, as well as dimming performance. Additional brackets and lamp sockets easily retrofit into an existing lighting fixture, while dimming capabilities are retained. |
| US10036517B2 |
Lightguide as luminaire
A lightguide functioning as a luminaire. The luminaire includes at least one solid state light source, such as an LED, and a lightguide configured to receive light from the solid state light source. Light from the light source is coupled into the lightguide and transported within it by total internal reflection until the light exits the lightguide. A shape of the lightguide causes and directs extraction of the light, and can also be used to create a particular pattern of the extracted light. Such shapes include linear wedges and twisted wedges. Optical films can be included on the light input and output surfaces of the lightguide. |
| US10036514B2 |
Troffer light fixture retrofit systems and methods
A retrofitting kit for retrofitting an existing troffer light fixture having a troffer housing includes an adaptor bracket and a door assembly. The adaptor bracket includes a channel configured to rest on a T-bar of a ceiling system, and further configured to be located between the T-bar and the troffer housing, a slot, and a latch surface. The channel defines an open slot configured to receive and retain a portion of the troffer housing thereby facilitating a retrofit installation. The door assembly includes a latch configured to engage the latch surface of the adaptor bracket, a hinge configured to interface with the slot of the adaptor bracket, a housing including the latch and the hinge, and a light source coupled to the housing. |
| US10036513B2 |
Gas transport composite barrier
A method of minimizing vapor transmission from a constructed permeability control infrastructure can comprise forming a heterogeneous hydrated matrix within the constructed permeability control infrastructure, the constructed permeability control infrastructure comprising a permeability control impoundment defining a substantially encapsulated volume. The heterogeneous hydrated matrix includes a particulate solid phase and a continuous liquid phase which is penetrable by a vapor having a permeation rate. The constructed permeability control infrastructure is operated to control the permeation rate by manipulating an operational parameter of the constructed permeability control infrastructure. Additionally, the vapor can be impeded during operating sufficient to contain the vapor within the constructed permeability control infrastructure. |
| US10036508B2 |
Flow vortex spoiler
A flow vortex spoiler including an oil sump wherein pressurization air flow moves about the oil sump through a sump pressurization cavity, the cavity having an inlet, a circumferential plate disposed across a portion of the pressurization cavity near the inlet. The circumferential plate is disposed at said inlet to said sump pressurization cavity. The circumferential plate has a plurality of closely spaced apertures. The pressurization air has a radial component and a tangential component wherein the circumferential plate and the plurality of closely spaced apertures substantially reduce the tangential component of the pressurization air and further wherein the vortex spoiler inhibits excessive pressure change within the pressurization cavity and inhibits oil leakage at seals adjacent to the oil sump. |
| US10036506B1 |
Remote control location assembly
A remote control location assembly for locating a remote control includes a remote control that may be manipulated for remotely controlling an electronic device. A base is provided and the base is positioned on a support surface. A pole is coupled to the base and a flag is coupled to and extends laterally away from the pole. The flag enhances visibility of the base. An adhesive pad is positioned on the base. The adhesive pad adheres to the remote control when the remote control is positioned on the base. In this way the remote control is easily located when the remote control is not being used. |
| US10036499B2 |
Ear clamp
An open ear clamp having a clamping device like a so-called Oetiker ear. To make the installation of the clamp on a pipe easier, the clamp is pre-deformed, for example, in the course of production, to such an extent that the clamp surrounds the pipe for which the clamp is intended without play. Because of the elasticity produced in the clamp by this pre-deformation, the clamp still can be moved effortlessly to the installation location on the pipe and yet is retained there in the position of the clamp and in the desired orientation. |
| US10036496B1 |
Fitting with a protrusion
A connector is described that comprises a connector body with a connector end extending longitudinally from the connector body. The connector end comprises a generally cylindrical outer surface and a generally cylindrical inner surface. The generally cylindrical outer surface has a protrusion (e.g., a bulbous protrusion) providing a thickened cross-sectional area in the region of the connector end proximate to the protrusion so that the connector end can be connected to a second connector by inserting the second connector into the connector end. The second connector can also comprise a bulbous protrusion, and may be a nebulizer. A tube can be connected to the connector body (e.g., using a threaded connector). |
| US10036495B2 |
Coupling using sealant for sealing secured components
A fitting for sealingly and fixedly coupling to a component that includes a body having a first insertion end that defines a first end face and a cavity. The cavity has an interior surface. A first seal is adapted to engage a first component when the first component is inserted through the insertion end and into the cavity. The seal extends into the cavity from the interior surface of the cavity. A band of sealant is located about a perimeter of the cavity. The band of sealant is adapted to seal the interior surface and the first component. The body is crimped around the first component to secure the fitting to the first component and seal the interior surface to the first component. |
| US10036488B2 |
Method for manufacturing a reinforced composite pipe
A process for manufacturing pipes using thermoplastic pipe and “tape” (continuous fiber, fully wetted in a similar thermoplastic as the pipe) that embeds the fibers into pipe surface. In one embodiment, an ambient temperature (72 degrees F.) tape is tightly wrapped around the cold pipe in a dry environment (relative humidity below 30). An external heat source is used to heat up the entire length of the pipe causing the thermoplastic to melt and the pipe to expand due to thermal expansion. Since the fibers have less stretch than the thermal expansion of the pipe the fibers will be embedded into the molten layer of the pipe, creating a permanent bond between the fibers and the pipe. A protective film is applied to the pipe. Portions of the tape and film are scraped from the surface of the pipe creating an area where the end of the pipe is coupled to another pipe using an electronic fusion coupler. |
| US10036483B2 |
Electromagnetic valve and fixing structure
An electromagnetic valve has: a coil; a casing encircling the coil and having a cylinder portion and nail portions; a movable core moving axially in the wound coil; a fixed core set at an opening end of the casing; a valve body fixed to the opening end of the casing together with the fixed core by bending inwards the nail portions; and a spool valve body moving axially in the valve body. The nail portion is provided with a wide width portion at a root side, a narrow width portion at a top side and a stepped portion between the wide width portion and the narrow width portion. The stepped portion is positioned at a substantially same position as an outer edge of one end portion of the valve body, or positioned at a cylinder portion side with respect to the one end portion outer edge of the valve body. |
| US10036482B1 |
Actuator with safety mechanism
An actuator with a safety mechanism includes a gear box (10), a motor (20), a driven gear (30), a transmission (40), a retractable tube (50) and a push switch (60). The transmission (40) has a guiding threaded rod (41) and a touch element (42). When the retractable tube (50) is limited during moving, the transmission (40) will linearly move toward a direction of the retractable tube (50) and the motor (20) is stopped operating by touching the push switch (60) with the touch element (42). Thereby, an anti-pinch effect and increase of safety of using products can be accomplished. |
| US10036475B2 |
Lubrication system for a gate valve
The present invention provides method for providing lubrication to a gate sealing element located between first and second housing sections of a gate valve having a moveable gate, wherein the gate is moved by energizing an actuator. The method includes the steps of providing a lubricant for lubricating the gate sealing element, providing a lubricant passageway for supplying the lubricant to the gate sealing element, providing a moveable plunger element for moving the lubricant from the cartridge to the gate sealing element via the lubricant passageway, and moving the gate to move the plunger element to cause the lubricant to move from the cartridge to the gate sealing element. |
| US10036474B2 |
Vented lift off seal assemblies
A seal assembly includes a first sealing ring defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced depressions configured to form a lift off seal with the first sealing ring rotating and to prevent leakage radially with the first sealing ring at rest. At least one ventilation channel extends from a respective edge of one of the depressions to an edge of the first sealing ring and is configured to relieve pressure with the first sealing ring at rest. The first sealing ring can have an inner diameter and an outer diameter such that the plurality of depressions are defined between the inner and outer diameters. |
| US10036472B2 |
Sliding member and piston ring
Provided is a sliding member capable of achieving excellent wear resistance and high coating adhesion under harsh sliding conditions without subjecting a base member to nitriding treatment. The sliding member includes a base member made of a steel material and a hard coating that is formed on the base member and having a surface serving at least as a sliding surface. The hard coating has a Young's modulus having a distribution to increase first in a depth direction directed from an interface between the hard coating and the base member to the surface, to become maximum at a predetermined depth, and then to decrease in the depth direction directed from the interface to the surface. |
| US10036470B2 |
Continuously variable transmission (CVT) ratio control
A vehicle includes an engine with an associated engine-speed sensor, and wheels each having a respective wheel-speed sensor. The vehicle also includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) coupled to the engine and configured to operate at variable input-to-output ratios. At least one controller is programmed to reduce the operating ratio of the CVT in response to the engine-speed sensor indicating the engine is operating at idle speed and the wheel-speed sensor indicating the velocity is approximately zero. This provides less noise, vibration and harshness in the vehicle due to the reduced ratio that is possible during conditions in which a vehicle launch in that reduced ratio may not be acceptable. |
| US10036469B2 |
Neutral controlling method of synchronizer
A neutral controlling method of a synchronizer includes: a primary moving step of moving a sleeve in one direction by a shift mechanism until the sleeve contacts a first stopper of a first clutch gear; a secondary moving step of moving the sleeve in the other direction by the shift mechanism until the sleeve contacts a second stopper of a second clutch gear; and a neutral position moving step of moving the sleeve to a neutral position between the two clutch gears. In particular, in the neutral position moving step, the sleeve moves in one direction as much as a half of a stroke and the stroke of the sleeve is a summed value of a straight distance between the first stopper and the second stopper with an invalid stroke formed due to a clearance between parts of the shift mechanism and the synchronizer. |
| US10036459B2 |
Lock-up device for torque converter
A lock-up device for a torque converter includes an output rotary member rotatable with respect to an input rotary member. A plurality of large coil springs are disposed in radially outer positions so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction, the large coil springs separately compressed in a rotational direction by relative rotation between the input rotary member and the output rotary member. A plurality of small coil springs are set to have a free length shorter than a free length of the large coil springs, the small coil springs separately disposed in inner peripheral parts of the large coil springs so as to be movable therein. The respective coil springs are compressed in a sequential order of the plural large coil springs and then at least any one of the plural small coil springs by the relative rotation between the input rotary member and the output rotary member. |
| US10036458B2 |
Multi-axis final drive assembly
A final drive assembly for a vehicle drive axle having first and second axle-shafts that are configured to rotate about a common first axis. The final drive assembly includes a first gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the first axle-shaft. The final drive assembly also includes a second gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the second axle-shaft. The final drive assembly additionally includes an electric motor configured to provide an electric motor torque input to each of the first and second gear-sets and arranged on a second axis that is parallel to the first axis. |
| US10036457B2 |
Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, an input shaft, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, a first shaft selectively acting as a fixed element, a second shaft directly connected with the input shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft selectively connectable with the second shaft, a fifth shaft selectively engaged with the output shaft, a sixth shaft selectively engaged with the output shaft, and transfer gears, each gear-meshed with one of the shafts. |
| US10036455B2 |
Camshaft and method for producing the camshaft
A camshaft contains a support tube, on which components including at least one cam are arranged at predetermined locations. The support tube extends at least partially through a hole in the components, and wherein a press fit is produced between the support tube and the components by hydroforming. Accordingly, at least one locally formed material formation is provided between the support tube and the hole. Via the material formation, the component is retained at the location in a desired orientation relative to the support tube in such a way that the support tube having the mounted components can be fed for hydroforming. |
| US10036454B1 |
Locking device for meter cover
An electric meter housing and a cover have adjacent circular flanges reaching circumferentially about a cover axis. A clamping ring has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a cross-section configured for the ring to take an installed position fitted radially over the adjacent circular flanges. A gear moves the first end portion of the clamping ring circumferentially relative to the second end portion upon rotation of the gear. A manual actuator rotates the gear upon rotation of the actuator about an axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the cover axis when the clamping ring is in the installed position. The gear is movable axially into and out of a blocked position in which a stop member blocks rotation of the gear. The actuator is interconnected with the gear to move the gear rotationally and axially relative to the stop member. |
| US10036451B2 |
Transmission
A constant mesh gear transmission has an input shaft (21, 22), two layshafts (31, 35) and an output shaft (23). Gear wheels are selectively connectable to shafts to provide forward and reverse speed ratios. Reverse speed ratio is via a sleeve (85, 86) of a reverse layshaft (35). The sleeve can also re-circulate torque to a forward layshaft (31) to provide an additional low forward speed ratio. Two sleeves and two additional low forward speed ratios are disclosed. |
| US10036450B2 |
Backlash correction system for compound planetary gear train
A compound planetary gear train includes a sun gear, a stationary annulus gear, a first set of planet gears meshing with the stationary annulus gear, a moving annulus gear and a second set of planet gears meshing with the sun gear and the moving annulus gear. The planet gears are biased into contact with the annulus gears. |
| US10036444B2 |
Damping force controlling shock absorber
A damping force controlling shock absorber can generate a hard damping force through disk slits during a low speed operation by adding a disk valve to a chamber, can constantly maintain a pressure of a back pressure compartment by opening a disk valve and discharge the pressure of the back pressure compartment to the outside when the pressure of the back pressure compartment is at a predetermined level or more, thereby generating a harder damping force during a low speed operation, and can adjust a disk valve open pressure during a medium/high speed operation so as to prevent the durability of the equipment from being lowered by an excessive increase of a pressure and prevent an abnormal operation from occurring. |
| US10036441B2 |
Brake system
The invention relates to a brake system, in particular wedge drum brake for utility vehicles, comprising a transmission element and a piston element, wherein the transmission element is guided displaceably along a transmission axis, wherein the piston element is guided displaceably transversely with respect to the transmission axis, wherein the transmission element has a transmission surface which is oriented in an inclined manner with respect to the transmission axis, wherein the piston element is supported with a piston surface on the transmission surface, wherein a displacement of the transmission element along the transmission axis brings about a displacement of the piston element substantially transversely with respect to the transmission axis. |
| US10036439B2 |
Brake disk device for a vehicle
A brake disk device for a vehicle having an annular brake disk with an encircling outer portion and an encircling inner portion, the inner diameter of which bounds a disk opening, and a brake pot with an annularly encircling edge portion, wherein the brake pot is fastened at the edge portion to the inner portion of the brake disk, wherein the edge portion is of multi-layered design at least in sections and/or is of thickened design in sections, wherein the walls of the edge portion are at least partially in contact, and an inner surface of the edge portion is designed as an additional brake surface. |
| US10036434B2 |
Selectable one-way clutch
A selectable one-way clutch to prevent a selector plate from being rotated undesirably by a drag torque even if an oil temperature is low. An actuator comprises a casing to which the plunger is inserted while being allowed to reciprocate therein, and a chamber holding a return spring for pushing the plunger out of the casing. The plunger is connected to the selector plate through the arm, and a through hole is formed on the chamber to introduce and discharge oil to/from the chamber. |
| US10036433B2 |
Clutch for continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission includes a first shaft driveably connected to a power-plant and having a first pair of sheave disks, and a second shaft having a second pair of sheave disks. A tension member is connected to the first and second pairs of disks such that power is transmittable between the first and second shafts. A third shaft is selectively driveably connected to the second shaft via a clutch. The clutch includes an inner race fixed to one of the second and third shafts, and an outer race fixed to a gear and having an inner surface circumscribing the inner race. At least one pawl is biased to couple the races in a fixed relationship for common rotation. The clutch further includes an electric coil and an armature configured to engage the pawl to decouple the races in response to current being supplied to the electric coil. |
| US10036430B2 |
Clutch device
A clutch device comprising a counterplate, a pressure plate displaceable to a limited extent in an axial direction to frictionally clamp a clutch disc between the pressure plate and the counterplate, a lever element acting on the pressure plate to displace the pressure plate in an axial direction, a central flange at least partially disposed between the pressure plate and the lever element and having at least one opening for the pressure plate and/or the lever element to pass through, and a wear compensation device for automatically adapting to clutch wear, wherein to prevent any undesired wear compensation, the lever element is engageable with the central flange. |
| US10036427B2 |
Constant velocity joint boot assembly
A constant velocity joint boot assembly includes a boot that may be positioned around a constant velocity joint on a vehicle. The boot has a longitudinal cut. Thus, the boot may be selectively placed around the constant velocity joint when the constant velocity joint is mounted to the vehicle. A zipper is coupled to the boot. The zipper closes the boot around the constant velocity joint. The zipper extends beyond the first end of the boot and the second end of the boot to define a pair of free ends of the zipper. Each of the free ends of the zipper is rolled up when the zipper is closed. Thus, the zipper may resist being contaminated thereby enhancing functionally of the zipper over time. |
| US10036425B2 |
Method of setting bearing system
A method of setting a bearing system is provided, The method includes applying a first set-up load to the bearing system. The method also includes measuring a first set-up clearance value between a cup carrier of at least one of a first tapered roller bearing and a second tapered roller bearings and a housing. The method further includes applying a second set-up load to the bearing system. The method includes measuring a second set-up clearance value between the cup carrier of at least one of the first and second tapered roller bearings and the housing. The method also includes determining a final set-up clearance value between the cup carrier of at least one of the first and second tapered roller bearings and the housing. The method further includes positioning a shim between the cup carrier of at least one of the first and second tapered roller bearings and the housing. |
| US10036422B2 |
Tapered-land thrust bearing for turbochargers
An oil-lubricated, tapered-land thrust bearing assembly (60) for automotive turbochargers (10) including a thrust bearing (30). The thrust bearing (30) includes an assembly of a base (62) with at least one insert (64 or 66), which is designed to control the oil film as a purposefully compliant structure based on applied force to optimize performance at low and high power operation. The ramp angle is relatively large at a low load and decreases to a smaller ramp angle at higher loads. On one side of the turbocharger (10), the thrust bearing assembly (60) may operate with a flinger sleeve (34) and a thrust washer (24) within a complementary bearing housing cover (32). |
| US10036419B2 |
Roller of a support arrangement for a rotary milking platform
A roller of a support arrangement for a rotary milking platform, where the support arrangement includes a first rail member fixedly connected to the rotary platform, a second rail member stationarily arranged in a position below the platform, and a plurality of rollers arranged in a vertical space between the first rail member and the second rail member. Each roller includes a peripheral surface comprising a contact surface to be in contact with a contact portion of the first rail member and a contact portion of the second rail member. The peripheral surface of the roller includes two beveled surfaces arranged at opposite sides of the contact surface which are located at a smaller distance from a rotary axis of the roller than the contact surface. |
| US10036417B2 |
Link rod for a motor vehicle
A link rod for a motor vehicle, with a connecting rod (4) designed with an open profile that extends in an axial direction (x), which comprises a back (8) and two opposed sidepieces (9, 10) which are connected to one another by the back (8), extending away from the back so as to enclose an angle (a) of less than 180° between them. Two joints (2, 3) are connected to one another by the connecting rod (4), each joint comprises a joint housing (5) and an inner joint component (6) that is fitted and able to move in the housing and extends outwardly therefrom. The connecting rod (4) is embedded, at its respective axial ends, in one of the joint housings (5), and the sidepieces (9, 10) enclose an angle (α) of at least 90° between them. |
| US10036413B2 |
Screw for an electrically contacting connection
A screw for an electrically contacting connection includes a screw head and a thread having a thread profile with a first thread flank facing the screw head and a second thread flank facing away from the screw head. The first thread flank is continuously curved from a radially inner bottom region to a radially outer run-out region in such a way that first angles between the center axis and local tangents, which lie on the first thread flank and intersect the center axis of the screw, increase radially outward along this direction. The second thread flank and the center axis include a second angle, which lies below the maximum first angle, in the opposite direction of the first angle. The run-out region continuously connects the first thread flank and the second thread flank to one another and is completely rounded. |
| US10036412B2 |
Counterbore plug
A counterbore plug comprises a generally cylindrical annular body defining: a cylindrical axis and a radial direction, a first end and a second end that are disposed along the cylindrical axis, an aperture that extends at least partially from the first end to the second end, the body including a radially inner annular surface, a radially outer annular surface, and a plurality of projections that extend radially from the radially inner annular surface that at least partially define a polygonal perimeter. |
| US10036408B2 |
Hydraulic valve
A spool for a hydraulic spool valve, comprising: a pressure chamber for connecting a pressure line to a hydraulic cylinder; at least one return chamber for connecting the hydraulic cylinder to a reservoir; and an actuator slot for receiving a drive lever; wherein the spool further comprises a fluid path connecting said pressure chamber to said actuator slot and a pressure plate movably mounted in the slot such that in use it is disposed between the fluid path and the drive lever. |
| US10036399B2 |
Mechanical seal lubrication system
Disclosed is a pump which comprises a mechanical seal lubricated by supplying lubricant from an external oiler. When there is no fluid flowing through the pump and the pump is in operation, the temperature of the mechanical seal rises. The lubricant from the oiler is supplied to the center of the mechanical seal through entry lines, and serves to maintain temperature within the pump and seal, while also avoiding failure of the seal. The lubricant keeps the mechanical seal cool and lubricated at all times. |
| US10036397B2 |
Draft inducer blower wheel having improved shaft connection
A blower motor assembly includes a blower wheel and a motor. The blower wheel includes an integrally formed hub. The motor includes a shaft rotatable about an axis. The hub presents a radially inner hub surface that at least in part defines a hub opening. The inner hub surface defines an inner cross-sectional dimension. The shaft is axially received within the hub opening, such that the blower wheel is supported by the shaft for rotational movement. The shaft includes a toothed region defining a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth. Each of the teeth includes a cutting edge. The teeth present an outer cross-sectional dimension that is great than the inner cross-sectional dimension of the inner hub surface, such that the cutting edges of the teeth cut a plurality of grooves in the inner hub surface as the shaft is axially received in the hub opening. |
| US10036395B2 |
Compressor control device and control method therefor, and compressor system
A compressor control device includes an inlet guide vane opening degree control unit configured to control an opening degree of an inlet guide vane. The inlet guide vane opening degree control unit includes an inlet guide vane opening degree command value calculation unit configured to calculate an inlet guide vane opening degree command value based on an outlet pressure detection value and a plurality of inlet guide vane opening degree correction units each configured to correct the inlet guide vane opening degree command value based on the post-merger pressure detection value and a corresponding inlet flow rate detection value for each of a plurality of upstream-most compressor bodies. |
| US10036394B2 |
Blower tray
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a housing defining a top surface, a bottom surface, and first and second side surfaces. Also included is a first rail extending from the first side surface and a second rail extending from the second surface such that when the first and second rails are slidably engaged with a third surface. A blower device is included that is axially disposed between the top and bottom surface, wherein a first end of the housing defines a first plenum outlet, the top surface defines a plenum inlet, the bottom surface defines a second plenum outlet that is positioned on a second side of the blower device and that fluidly couples the first plenum chamber to the second plenum chamber. Further, the second plenum chamber is formed by the first and second rails, the bottom surface and the third surface has a third plenum outlet. |
| US10036393B2 |
High speed switch reluctance motor on a turbocharger
A rotor assembly (164) is provided for a switched reluctance motor (160) in which nonmetallic, nonconductive pins (5) pass through a stack (2) of magnetic laminate plates (3). |
| US10036386B2 |
Structure for stabilizing an orbiting scroll in a scroll compressor
A scroll compressor includes one or more stage of compression disposed within a compressor housing. One or more of the stages includes a stationary scroll member including a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from the base of the stationary scroll member. One or more of the stages further includes an orbiting, scroll member including a substantially circular base and a substantially spiral wrap extending from the base of the orbiting scroll member. A coupling is disposed between the first scroll member base and the second scroll member base and in surrounding relationship to the first and second scroll member spiral wraps. At least one stabilizing pad is disposed between the first scroll member base and the second scroll member base and in axial thrust force relationship with the coupling to at least partially prevent tipping of the second scroll member. |
| US10036385B2 |
Sealing arrangement, a conveying device having a sealing arrangement and a method for operating the sealing arrangement
The invention relates to a sealing arrangement (1) for conveying devices, in particular for gear pumps, in which an inner space (5) can be sealed off from an outer space (6), wherein the sealing arrangement comprises at least two parts (2, 3) each having at least one sealing surface (20, 21), wherein the sealing surfaces (20, 21) comprise: a first seal (11) along a first, medial perimeter of the sealing surface (20, 21), a second seal (12) along a second, lateral perimeter of the sealing surface (20, 21), a recess (15) between the first seal (11) and the second seal (12), characterized in that the recess (15) can be connected to a source (30) of a flushing medium such that the recess (15) can be actively flushed with the flushing medium. |
| US10036384B1 |
Quick release piston rod assembly
The present invention provides an assembly, system, and method for a quick release piston rod assembly. The assembly includes a wedge and wedge adjuster with load transfer blocks to release quickly portions of a piston rod assembly and to allow reinsertion of those portions with a replacement piston to resume operation. |
| US10036382B2 |
Pneumatic reciprocating fluid pump with improved check valve assembly, and related methods
A pneumatic reciprocating fluid pump for pumping a fluid includes at least one check valve assembly that includes a check valve body insert, a ball within the valve body insert, and an annular sealing ring member disposed within a seat ring receptacle. The sealing ring member has dimensions smaller than corresponding dimensions of the seat ring receptacle, such that the sealing ring member is capable of moving within the seat ring receptacle. The ball is configured to slide back and forth between a first position and a second position within the check valve body insert responsive to forward and reverse flow of fluid therethrough. In one position, the ball is seated against the sealing ring member and prevents reverse flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly, and forward flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly is enabled when the ball is in another position. |
| US10036379B2 |
Processing liquid supplying apparatus, processing liquid supplying method and storage medium
In one embodiment, a feed pump of a tube pump type is used for supplying a processing liquid. The tube pump has a squeezing member that moves from a first axial position of a tube at which the squeezing member starts pinching of the tube, to a second axial position at which the squeezing member leaves the tube after feeding the processing liquid toward an ejecting part such as a nozzle. Only one pinched part pinched between the squeezing member and a guide member is formed between the first axial position and the second axial position of the tube, and the only one pinched part moves along the axial direction of the tube, during feeding of a dose of the processing liquid toward the ejecting part. |
| US10036378B2 |
Positive displacement pump with pressure compensating calibration
Illustrative embodiments of positive displacement pumps utilizing pressure compensating calibration, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method of operating a positive displacement pump includes sensing, with a pressure sensor disposed at a fluid outlet of the positive displacement pump, a back pressure at the fluid outlet, transmitting a pressure signal associated with the sensed back pressure from the pressure sensor to a controller of the positive displacement pump, and identifying, on the controller, a volume of fluid pumped by the positive displacement pump using the pressure signal. |
| US10036376B2 |
Railway vehicle air compressor with integral high pressure cylinder unloader valve
An air compressor for a railway vehicle includes a compressor housing, at least one piston cylinder supported in the compressor housing, the at least one piston cylinder including a cylinder head and a piston, a crankshaft assembly supported by the compressor housing and linked to the piston of the at least one piston cylinder, and an unloader valve positioned on the cylinder head of the at least one piston cylinder. The unloader valve may be configured to exhaust pressurized air from the at least one piston cylinder. |
| US10036371B2 |
Scotch yoke arrangement
A portable, refrigerant recovery unit for transferring refrigerant from a refrigeration system to a storage tank. The recovery unit includes two, opposed piston heads rigidly attached to respective piston rods that extend along a common fixed axis. The piston rods are rigidly attached to the yoke member of a scotch yoke arrangement. In operation, incoming refrigerant from the system is simultaneously and continuously directed to the opposing piston heads wherein the forces of the pressurized refrigerant on them counterbalance or neutralize one another. The recovery unit also has a cooling fan driven by the motor for driving the scotch yoke in which the fan is driven through a step up gearing arrangement. In operation, the drive shaft of the motor is rotated at a first rate and the driven shaft of the fan is driven at a greater rate (e.g., twice the first rate) by the step up gearing arrangement. |
| US10036370B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a piston slidably received within a chamber of a cylinder assembly and a mover positioned in a driving coil. The linear compressor also includes features for coupling the piston to the mover such that motion of the mover is transferred to the piston during operation of the driving coil and for reducing friction between the piston and the cylinder during motion of the piston within the chamber of the cylinder. |
| US10036369B2 |
Piston pump
A piston pump for a traction-controlled hydraulic vehicle braking system includes a pump piston and an annular piston that is arranged as a second piston in a resiliently loaded manner on the pump piston. As the delivery pressure increases, a resilient element is compressed and a stroke of the second piston is shortened so as to reduce a delivery quantity. This configuration enables a higher delivery pressure to be achieved for a given driving force. With low delivery pressure, the pump piston and the second piston deliver together so as to achieve a rapid build-up of pressure. |
| US10036368B2 |
Control device for a yaw system of a wind power plant
A control device for a yaw system of a wind turbine, of the type having a supporting structure and a machine support rotatably mounted on the supporting structure for rotation about a yaw axis, includes at least one adjusting device connected between the supporting structure and the machine support of the wind turbine. The at least one adjusting device includes a drivetrain having a drive element and a gear mechanism and at least one yaw brake operable to selectively rotationally fix the machine support on the supporting structure. The yaw brake engages between the drive element and the gear mechanism of the drive train of the adjusting device. |
| US10036364B2 |
Internal combustion engine
The present invention aims at effectively emitting an electromagnetic wave to a combustion chamber from an emission antenna in an internal combustion engine that promotes combustion of an air fuel mixture utilizing the electromagnetic wave. The present invention is directed to an internal combustion engine including: an internal combustion engine main body formed with a combustion chamber; and an electromagnetic wave emission device that emits an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber from an emission antenna. The internal combustion engine promotes combustion of the air fuel mixture by way of the electromagnetic wave emitted to the combustion chamber. The emission antenna is provided in an insulating member and extends along the partitioning surface. The insulating member is provided on a partitioning surface that partitions the combustion chamber. A ground conductor is provided in the insulating member on a side opposite to the combustion chamber in relation to the emission antenna and is electrically grounded. |
| US10036356B2 |
Ducted combustion systems utilizing duct-exit tabs
A ducted combustion system is disclosed. The ducted combustion system includes a combustion chamber bound by a flame deck surface of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and by a piston top surface of a piston disposed within the internal combustion engine. The system includes a fuel injector including one or more orifices, the one or more orifices injecting fuel into the combustion chamber as at least one fuel jet. The system includes at least one duct disposed within the combustion chamber between the flame deck surface and the piston top surface, the at least one duct including one or more structural tabs proximate to an outlet of the at least one duct and being disposed such that the at least one fuel jet, at least partially, enters one of the at least one duct upon being injected into the combustion chamber. |
| US10036353B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus and engine system including such exhaust gas recirculation apparatus
An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes: a fresh air throttle portion that continues from a fresh air inlet portion and is configured to throttle the flow of fresh air; an inner side tube portion that continues from the fresh air throttle portion, has a tubular shape and has an opening end disposed on a side opposite to the fresh air throttle portion; an exhaust gas inlet portion configured to receive a flow of exhaust gas; a surrounding portion that continues from the exhaust gas inlet portion, surrounds the inner side tube portion, and defines a circumference direction flow path for the exhaust gas extending along an outer circumference surface of the inner side tube portion; and an outlet portion that continues from the surrounding portion, has a tubular shape, and defines a merging flow path configured to receive the flow of the fresh air flowing out from the opening end of the inner side tube portion and the flow of the exhaust gas flowing out from the circumference direction flow path. An annular opening is defined between the opening end of the inner side tube portion and the surrounding portion, the annular opening extending along the opening end of the inner side tube portion and connecting the circumference direction flow path and the merging flow path. |
| US10036348B2 |
Method for controlling a variable nozzle section of an aircraft
A method for controlling a position of a variable nozzle of an aircraft includes the following steps: setting the variable nozzle in a position P(t0) at a time t0 as a preliminary step; step A in which at each instant ti with 1 |
| US10036345B2 |
Combination of cylinder and piston ring
A combination of a cylinder 62 of an internal combustion engine and a piston ring 40 for sliding an inner periphery of the cylinder, wherein at least a sliding face of the cylinder is composed of an aluminum alloy including 8 mass % to 22 mass % of Si and at least one or more particles selected from the group consisting of Si, Al2O3 and SiO2 particles each having a diameter of 3 μm or more, and at least an outer periphery of the piston ring is coated with a hard carbon coating 14 composed only of hydrogen and carbon. |
| US10036344B2 |
Opposed piston two stroke engine liner construction
An example of a cylinder liner according to the present disclosure includes a first portion having a first end and a second end and a second portion having a first end and a second end. The second portion is separate from the first portion and the second end of the first portion overlays the first end of the second portion. The first portion and the second portion are configured to receive a piston slideably disposed within the first portion and the second portion. |
| US10036343B2 |
Control apparatus
A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine having an injector which directly injects fuel into a combustion chamber of a cylinder and a spark plug which ignites an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel injected by the injector includes an air-fuel ratio acquisition unit acquiring an air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber, a nitrogen oxide concentration acquisition unit acquiring a concentration of nitrogen oxide in a combustion gas exhausted from the internal combustion engine, and a stratification level estimation unit estimating a level of stratification as a measure of level of distribution of the air-fuel mixture at a predetermined air-fuel ratio or below in a vicinity of the spark plug. The stratification level estimation unit estimates the level of stratification according to the air-fuel ratio acquired by the air-fuel ratio acquisition unit and the concentration of nitrogen oxide acquired by the nitrogen oxide concentration acquisition unit. |
| US10036338B2 |
Condition-based powertrain control system
A system and approach for development of setpoints for a controller of a powertrain system. The controller may be parametrized as a function of setpoints to provide performance variables that are considered acceptable by a user or operator for current operating conditions of the engine or powertrain. The controller may determine set point trajectories in real time during operation of the powertrain system and determine positions of manipulated variables do drive controlled variables to associated and determined set point trajectories. The present system and approach may determine set point trajectories for powertrain conditions on-line and in real time, whereas set point trajectories have previously been determined off-line for powertrain control. |
| US10036335B2 |
Systems and methods for diagnosing an engine
Methods and systems are provided for an engine. A condition of the engine may be diagnosed based on information provided by signals from a generator operationally connected to the engine and/or other signals associated with the engine. Different types of degradation may be distinguished based on discerning characteristics within the information. Thus, a degraded engine component may be identified in a manner that reduces service induced delay. |
| US10036334B2 |
Fuel valve for injecting gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of a self-igniting internal combustion engine and method
A fuel valve includes a housing, a nozzle with nozzle holes opening to a volume inside the nozzle at the front end of the housing, a gaseous fuel inlet port in the housing connected to high pressure gaseous fuel, an axially displaceable valve needle received in a longitudinal bore in the housing, and rests on a valve seat in a closed position and has lift from the valve seat in an open position, the valve seat placed between a fuel chamber and an outlet port, the fuel chamber connected to the fuel inlet port, the outlet port connected to the volume in the nozzle, an actuator system for moving the needle between the closed and open positions, an ignition liquid inlet port connected to high pressure ignition liquid, and a conduit connecting the ignition liquid inlet port to the fuel chamber, the conduit including a fixed flow restriction. |
| US10036329B2 |
Gas turbine engine thermal management system for heat exchanger using bypass flow
A gas turbine engine has a fan nacelle and a core nacelle arranged to provide a bypass flow path. A compressor section is provided within the core nacelle. A heat exchanger is arranged within a duct. The heat exchanger is configured to receive bypass flow from the bypass flow path. The duct is in fluid communication with the compressor section and is configured to pass bleed air through the heat exchanger. |
| US10036326B2 |
Method for detecting a failure in a motive flow valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit
A method detects a failure in a fuel return valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit. A fuel system is connected to a fuel tank of the circuit and includes a high-pressure pump delivering a flow rate to an actuating cylinder, a cutoff valve capable of feeding the actuating cylinder disposed in a feed pipe of the engine; a fuel return pipe; a fuel return valve arranged to switch between an open position and a closed position. The method includes starting the engine at an engine speed; increasing the engine speed until a flow rate reaches a predefined value sufficient for opening the cutoff valve; measuring the position of the actuating cylinder and an engine speed corresponding to the opening of said cutoff valve. |
| US10036324B2 |
Installation mounts for a turbine exhaust case
A turbine exhaust case frame (100) comprises an inner ring (104), an outer ring (102), and a plurality of load-bearing struts (106). The inner ring is configured to carry a load from inner bearings. The outer ring has installation bosses (116) with downward-facing mount surfaces (120). The load-bearing struts connect the inner ring to the outer ring. |
| US10036323B2 |
Rear nacelle assembly for a turbojet engine
A rear nacelle assembly for turbojet engine includes an inner structure surrounding a downstream portion of the turbojet engine. In particular, the inner structure is movable in rotation between an operating position in which it forms a downstream fairing and defines an annular stream of cold air with a thrust reverser cowl, and a maintenance position in which the inner structure moves away from the downstream portion. A suspension pylon is further provided to mount the thrust reverser cowl and the inner structure. The thrust reverser cowl slides between an opening position clearing air flow deviation grids and a closing position recovering the air flow deviation grids. Moreover, the thrust reverser cowl is mounted on the suspension pylon by a pivot connection sliding around a main axis, and the inner structure is mounted on the suspension pylon by a pivot connection around the main axis. |
| US10036319B2 |
Separator assembly for a gas turbine engine
A separator assembly for removing entrained particles from a fluid stream passing through a gas turbine engine includes a first particle separator for separating the fluid stream into a reduced-particle stream and a particle-laden stream, and emitting the particle-laden stream through a scavenge outlet. Another particle remover is fluidly coupled to the scavenge outlet to remove more particles from the air stream. |
| US10036315B2 |
Sensor attachment structure
A sensor casing includes a lower case and an upper case that is fixed to an upper part of the lower case. A valve body includes an upper body including an accommodation space in which a sensor casing is disposed and a lower body in which an oil passage is formed. The upper body includes a stopper that prevents downward movement of the oil pressure sensor along a central axis. The sensor casing includes an engagement portion that engages with the stopper to retain the oil pressure sensor in the accommodation space. |
| US10036309B2 |
Turbocharger control linkage with reduced heat flow
The life of an actuator such as a turbocharger VTG actuator is extended by reducing heat conduction from the turbine housing along the control linkage to the actuator link and into the actuator, thereby protecting sensitive electronic components. To this end, the control linkage may be made of a thermal energy retarding material in order to retard heat from the turbine housing assembly reaching the actuator. |
| US10036307B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine includes an intake air temperature adjustment apparatus that adjusts the temperature of intake air, and a control apparatus that operates at least the intake air temperature adjustment apparatus. When the internal combustion engine operates in a stoichiometric EGR mode, the control apparatus operates the intake air temperature adjustment apparatus so that the temperature of intake air entering a combustion chamber enters a first temperature region. When the internal combustion engine operates in a lean mode, the control apparatus operates the intake air temperature adjustment apparatus so that the temperature of intake air entering a combustion chamber enters a second temperature region that is a lower temperature region than the first temperature region. |
| US10036306B2 |
Method and systems for a charge air cooler bypass
The present disclosure concerns a charge cooler with an air cooler in a first air path and with a bypass in a second air path which is connected in parallel to the first air path, wherein a thermal insulation is assigned to the bypass which thermally isolates the bypass from the air cooler, wherein the air cooler has a double-walled base body with an outer wall and with an inner wall, wherein the thermal insulation is arranged on the inner wall. The present disclosure also concerns a valve for such a charge cooler, and a turbo-charged internal combustion engine with such a charge cooler, and a motor vehicle with such an internal combustion engine. |
| US10036305B2 |
Turbocharger having cooling arrangement for compressor and method thereof
A method of cooling a compressor, providing compressed working fluid, in a natural gas based combustion engine is provided. The method includes diverting at least a portion of natural gas from a fuel tank of the combustion engine. The method further includes routing the portion of natural gas towards the compressor. The method also includes providing one or more nozzles disposed at one or more strategic locations of the compressor. The method further includes injecting the portion of natural gas, via the one or more nozzles, inside the compressor. The method also includes allowing the portion of natural gas to diffuse with the compressed working fluid inside the compressor in an endothermic expansion process, to convectively cool the compressor. |
| US10036301B2 |
Engine exterior body
To provide an exterior body to attach to an engine body, where the exterior body is not limited to where it may be installed, is safe and has excellent dust proofing capability. An engine exterior body (2) is provided with a frame body (20) configured to attach to an engine body (1); a shaft part (21) projecting from the surface of the frame body (20); and a rotator body (22) including a hole part (22a) loosely fitted and retained on the shaft part (21). The rotator body (22) rotates about the shaft part (21) by way of the vibrations transmitted to the shaft part (21) when engine body operates without receiving power from the engine body (1). |
| US10036298B2 |
Method for detecting the degree of aging of catalytic converters
The invention is directed to a method for determining the state of aging of a catalytic converter (2). The disclosed method functions in a non-contacting manner as resonances formed when the catalytic converter (2) located in a housing is excited with high-frequency electromagnetic waves are analyzed. |
| US10036297B2 |
NOx estimation using local state-space models
Implementations described herein relate to utilizing discrete transient local state space models to modify an output from a steady state NOx estimation model to provide a final estimated NOx value. An engine operating space, defined by a speed and injection quantity map, is subdivided into several discrete local state spaces and a transient model is developed for each discrete state space to output a NOx estimation correction value. The transient models may be a regression model or the transient model may be an empirical map of data values. The NOx estimation correction value modifies a steady state NOx value to calculate the final NOx estimated value. The final NOx estimated value is then output to another component, such as a controller as an input for controlling one or more components of an engine, an aftertreatment system, and/or a diagnostic system. |
| US10036296B1 |
Catalyst substrate mounting mat
An after-treatment device includes a first mat having an elongate shape and a second mat having an elongate shape. The first mat and the second mat are entwined, each being in contact with at least three of the four lateral surfaces of each of at least two substrates. Additionally, the first mat and the second mat at least partially overlap such that the first tongue is disposed at least partially in the second opening and the second tongue is disposed at least partially in the first opening to form a continuous layer around all lateral surfaces of each of the at least two substrates placed in an enclosure. |
| US10036295B2 |
Aqueous urea solution supply device and aqueous urea solution supply method for internal combustion engine
A aqueous urea solution supply device for an engine is provided with a tank that stores aqueous urea solution, a valve configured to add the aqueous urea solution to exhaust gas, and a passage configured to supply the aqueous urea solution in the tank to the valve. When a pressure of the aqueous urea solution supplied to the valve is equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure and the amount of the aqueous urea solution in the tank is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold, an electronic control unit determines that the aqueous urea solution in an amount required for cooling of the valve cannot be supplied from the tank to the valve and executes a return control for returning the aqueous urea solution in the valve to the tank. |
| US10036289B2 |
Oil level monitoring system
An oil level monitoring system includes a tube that may be fluidly coupled to an internal combustion engine. Thus, the tube may be in fluid communication with an oil reservoir in the internal combustion engine. A monitoring unit is removably inserted into the tube. The monitoring unit may be in fluid communication with the oil reservoir. The monitoring unit is substantially hollow. Thus, oil from the oil reservoir may be contained within the monitoring unit when the monitoring unit is inserted into the tube. The monitoring unit is comprised of a translucent material. Thus, the monitoring unit facilitates a level of the oil to be observed within the oil reservoir when the monitoring unit is removed from the tube. |
| US10036282B2 |
Vane support systems
A vane support system includes a frame and a vane. The frame has a first end configured to engage to a first platform and a second end configured to engage a second platform, so the frame can structurally support at least one of the first platform and the second platform. The first and second ends define a vane axis therebetween. The vane is mounted to the frame about the vane axis. A gas turbine engine includes a case defining a centerline axis of the engine, an inner housing and a plurality of variable vanes. The inner housing is radially inward of the case with respect to the centerline axis. At least one of the variable vanes structurally supports the case and the inner housing in response to at least one of radial, axial or tangential loads with respect to the centerline axis. |
| US10036280B2 |
Transfer couplings
A transfer coupling has a static component and a rotatable component arranged in axial alignment. The static component includes a first number (n−1) of radially extending ports and the rotatable component has a second number (n) of radially extending ports, the radially extending ports arranged in a common circumferential plane, wherein the ports on each component are equally spaced around the component and the number of ports on a first of the components is one less than on the second of the components. |
| US10036278B2 |
High pressure compressor thermal shield apparatus and system
In various embodiments, a high pressure compressor may comprise a thermal shield. The thermal shield may be installed between a first rotor and a second rotor. The thermal shield may also be installed radially inward of a stator. The stator may be a shrouded stator. Moreover, the thermal shield may be configured to thermally isolate and/or reduce the thermal load associated with windage on a rotor hub. |
| US10036271B2 |
Gas turbine engine blade outer air seal profile
A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine includes a gas path surface exposed to exhaust gas flow, a first side extending radially outward from the gas path surface, a second side extending radially outward from the gas path surface, and a plurality of film cooling holes disposed on at least one of the gas path surface. The first side and the second side, the film cooling holes are disposed at locations described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate, a circumferential coordinate and a radial coordinate relative to a defined point of origin. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10036270B2 |
Steam turbine rotor seal key member, related assembly and steam turbine
Various embodiments include a rotor key member having: a body with a primary axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction in a steam turbine, the body including: a first pair of opposing sides; a second pair of opposing sides extending between the first pair of opposing sides; a top surface and a bottom surface extending between the second pair of opposing sides; and a fillet, bevel or chamfer edge extending between a first one of the first pair of opposing sides and the bottom surface and extending an entire length of the body along the primary axis; and a slot within the body, the slot extending a portion of a length of the body along the primary axis between the second pair of opposing sides and forming an opening in a second one of the first pair of opposing sides. |
| US10036268B2 |
Steam turbine rotor seal sliding key member, related assembly and steam turbine
Various embodiments include a rotor key member, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a rotor key member for circumferentially retaining a circumferential seal in a steam turbine rotor body, the rotor key member having: a main body sized to contact an axial face of the circumferential seal; and a locking member extending from the main body in a direction axially toward the circumferential seal, the locking member having at least one circumferential edge sized to substantially complement a corresponding slot in the circumferential seal to restrict movement of the circumferential seal relative to the steam turbine rotor body. |
| US10036266B2 |
Method and apparatus for turbo-machine noise suppression
A turbo-machine inlet includes a gas passage having a non-gradual bend prior to an impeller assembly. The non-gradual bend causes a localized shockwave in fluid flowing through the gas passage. |
| US10036265B2 |
Axial flow expander
The axial flow expander includes: an outer casing provided with a suction port and a discharge port through which gas is discharged from the outer casing; an inner casing inside which a gas passage is formed and which is provided with a first communication portion which communicates the gas passage with the suction port and a second communication portion which communicates the gas passage with the discharge port; a rotor shaft which extends in the direction along an axis; a bearing configured to bear the rotor shaft; stator vanes which protrudes inward from an inner periphery of the inner casing; and moving blades which protrudes outward from the rotor shaft. The inner casing, the rotor shaft, the bearing, the stator vanes, and the moving blades are integrally assembled, and the assembled members are inserted into the outer casing. |
| US10036260B2 |
Damper mass distribution to prevent damper rotation
A damper seal for a gas turbine engine rotor assembly has an axially elongated body with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The elongated body includes a first enlarged portion formed on the pressure side at the leading edge and a second enlarged portion formed on the suction side adjacent the trailing edge. |
| US10036255B2 |
Technique for cooling a root side of a platform of a turbomachine part
A platform cooling device directs a cooling fluid onto a root side of a platform of a turbomachine part. The platform cooling device includes a first segment to be positioned at a root of the turbomachine part and a second segment, at an angle to the first segment, to be positioned at the root side of the platform of the turbomachine part. The second segment may include at least one impingement channel having an inlet for receiving at least a part of the cooling fluid and an outlet for releasing the received cooling fluid onto the root side of the platform. The first segment and the second segment may define a path for the cooling fluid via the impingement channel. A turbomachine component includes the platform cooling device. |
| US10036254B2 |
Dual alloy bladed rotors suitable for usage in gas turbine engines and methods for the manufacture thereof
Dual alloy bladed rotors are provided, as are methods for manufacturing dual alloy bladed rotors. In one embodiment, the method includes arranging bladed pieces in a ring formation such that contiguous bladed pieces contact along shank-to-shank bonding interfaces. The ring formation is positioned around a hub disk, which is contacted by the bladed pieces along a shank-to-hub bonding interface. A metallic sealing material is deposited between contiguous bladed pieces utilizing, for example, a laser welding process to produce an annular seal around the ring formation. A hermetic cavity is then formed, which is circumferentially bounded by the annular seal and which encloses the shank-to-shank and shank-to-hub bonding interface. Afterwards, a Hot Isostatic Pressing process is performed during which the ring formation and the hub disk are exposed to elevated pressures external to the hermetic cavity sufficient to diffusion bond the shank-to-shank and shank-to-hub bonding interface. |
| US10036253B1 |
Control system for material gathering mechanism
A control system for a material gathering mechanism includes a gathering head configured to gather material from aground surface, a plurality of gathering members configured to transport the material gathered by the gathering head towards a material conveying apparatus, and a jam detection device for detecting a jam condition in movement of one or more of the plurality of gathering members and generate signals indicative of the jam condition. The control system further includes a controller communicably coupled to the plurality of gathering members and the jam detection member. The controller receives signals indicative of the jam condition from the jam detection device. The controller initiates a sequence of stopping, delaying, and restarting the gathering member on receiving the signals indicative of the jam condition. |
| US10036252B2 |
Method for removing hydraulic support for solid filling coal mining
A method for removing a hydraulic support for solid filling coal mining includes digging a support removing channel (3) in a coal body (2) in front of the hydraulic support (1), and laying a support removing track (4), then removing the hydraulic support from a coal conveying gateway (11) to a track gateway (5), temporary supporting is carried out by matching a single supporting column with a n-type steel beam before each hydraulic support is removed. A supporting roof is reinforced in time by means of erecting a crib (13) and grouting after each hydraulic support is removed, three grouting pipelines (12) are laid after the supports of the whole work surface are removed, and grouting is carried out in the whole finishing cut space. The roof of the support removing space of the work surface is stable so that the hydraulic supports on the work surface of solid filling coal mining are ensured to be safely and efficiently removed. |
| US10036251B2 |
Fiberglass roof and rib plate
A bearing plate and a nut and bolt arrangement for use as a rib or roof support for coal mines where the extracted coal is used for powder coal and has a specific gravity in the range of 1.5-1.9, preferably 1.7. The bearing plate has an outer reinforced area surrounding an inner reinforced area. The outer reinforced area has one or more endless rib members and the inner reinforced area has a plurality of legs, wherein the legs are spaced from one another and the first end of each leg encircles a bolthole in a center of the bearing plate to receive the bolt of the nut and bolt assembly. The bearing plate and the nut and bolt assembly are made of fiberglass reinforced plastic. |
| US10036250B2 |
Ripping and scraping cutter tool assemblies, systems, and methods for a tunnel boring machine
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to tunnel boring machine cutter assemblies, such as ripping and scraping cutter or tool assemblies, (collectively “cutter assemblies”), and related methods of use and manufacturing. The various embodiments of the cutter assemblies described herein may be used in tunnel boring machines (“TBMs”), earth pressure balance machines (“EPBs”), raise drilling systems, large diameter blind drilling systems, and other types of mechanical drilling and excavation systems. |
| US10036248B2 |
Cutter head for longwall shearer
A cutter head for a mining machine includes a first end and a second end with a drum axis extending between the first and the second ends. The cutter head also includes a web coupled to the second end of the drum. The web includes a plurality of arcuate apertures. Each arcuate aperture extends through an angle about the drum axis. The cutter head further includes a plurality of first ribs coupled to the web. Each of the first ribs is positioned between adjacent arcuate apertures. The cutter head also includes a plurality of second ribs coupled to the web. Each of the second ribs extend across one of the plurality of arcuate apertures. A first angle that extends between one of the first ribs and an adjacent one of the second ribs is different than a second angle extending between the one first rib and another adjacent second rib. |
| US10036245B2 |
Formation tester interval pressure transient test and apparatus
A methodology for IPTT (interval pressure transient testing) design which allows estimation of the reliability of the transient tests. A normally distributed random noise is superimposed on analytical pressure profile computed for a given formation, PVT, and gauge metrology. The IPTT success in a particular environment is estimated based on the theoretical pressure derivative and noise superimposed pressure derivative. This approach is repeated for a range of rock, fluid properties, and practical limits, for a successful IPTT. |
| US10036244B2 |
Acoustic transceiver with adjacent mass guided by membranes
An acoustic transceiver assembly including a housing, an oscillator, and at least one membrane. The housing has at least one inner wall defining a cavity. The housing also has a first end and a second end defining an axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly. The oscillator is provided in the cavity. The oscillator is provided with a transducer element, and a backing mass acoustically coupled to the transducer element. The at least one membrane extends outward from the backing mass to support at least the backing mass within the cavity. The at least one membrane is flexible in an axial direction parallel to the axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly to permit the backing mass to oscillate in the axial direction, and rigid in a transverse direction to restrict lateral movement of the backing mass relative to the housing. |
| US10036241B2 |
Downhole temperature sensing of the fluid flow in and around a drill string tool
Temperature sensing devices and methods for determining downhole fluid temperature at a drill string in a borehole while drilling are disclosed. The device includes a temperature sensor capable of detecting and measuring rapid temperature changes and may be used to sense the temperature of fluid inside or outside the drill string. In addition, the device includes a thermal conductor that receives and secures the temperature sensor; the thermal conductor is in turn received and secured in a thermal insulator that provides a thermal barrier. In an embodiment, the device is disposed in a channel within an outer diameter of the drill string such that the device is protected from the side wall of the borehole and drilling fluid and cuttings can pass through the channel without becoming packed around the temperature sensor. |
| US10036240B2 |
Drillhead assembly with chambered sonde housing
A drill assembly with a drill body coupled to a drilling string and a sonde body having a least one chamber defined therein for receiving locating electronics therein. In disclosed embodiment, the one or more chambers may be provided and the electronics can include a battery, a sensor, a transmitter, an antenna and connecting wires. One or more secure windows may be provided in the sonde body to allow the locating electronics to wirelessly transmit outside of the sonde body. The electronics may be potted within the chamber with a solidifying potting agent to improve durability of the electronics in a drilling environment. |
| US10036238B2 |
Cable management of electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump unit
A hydraulic fracturing system includes a pump, an electrically powered motor for driving the pump, a trailer on which the pump and motor are mounted, and a transformer that steps down electricity for use by the motor. Electrical output from the transformer connects to a series of receptacles mounted onto a housing around the transformer. A similar set of receptacles is provided on the trailer and which are electrically connected to the motor. Power cables equipped with plugs on their opposing ends insert into the receptacles to close an electrical circuit between the transformer and pump. |
| US10036236B1 |
Setting tool igniter system and method
There is a downhole tool that includes a switch sub having a bore and a bulkhead extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the bulkhead has a bulkhead bore that fluidly communicates with (i) the bore and (ii) an outside of the switch sub; and an igniter system located inside the bulkhead. The igniter system is configured to ignite an energetic material. |
| US10036235B2 |
Assembly and method for expanding a tubular element
In an expansion assembly (1), an expandable bottom plug (10) is arranged below a primary expander (6) for expanding a tubular element (2). The expandable bottom plug (10) includes an expandable tubular clad element with a sealing section for sealing the expanded clad element to a lower portion of the expanded tubular element (2), and an anchoring section for anchoring the expanded clad element to the lower portion of the expanded tubular element. A secondary expander (22) is provided for radially expanding the clad element in the lower portion of the expanded tubular element by axial movement of the secondary expander through the clad element. |
| US10036233B2 |
Method and system for automatically adjusting one or more operational parameters in a borehole
An embodiment of a method of performing an energy industry operation includes: collecting historical data relating to one or more previously performed operations having a characteristic common to both the one or more previously performed operations and a proposed operation; planning the proposed operation based on the historical data, the proposed operation associated with one or more operational parameters; performing the proposed operation; measuring a condition during performance of the proposed operation and comparing the measured condition to the historical data; and automatically adjusting the one or more operational parameters based on the comparison. |
| US10036230B2 |
Hydraulic flow restriction tube time delay system and method
A hydraulic time delay system and method in a wellbore tool is disclosed. The system/method includes an actuation mechanism which allows pressure to act on a functional piston in the wellbore tool. The movement of the piston is restrained by a partially or filled reservoir which is allowed to exhaust through a flow restriction element. The restriction element comprises standard metal tubing with a known inner diameter and is cut to an exact length as predicted by fluid dynamic modeling. A time delay and rate of piston movement desired for the downhole tool, between a trigger event such as pressure and a functional event, can be tuned with parameters that include the length and diameter of the tubing, reservoir fluid viscosity, porous material with permeability in the tube, and number of tubes in parallel. |
| US10036228B2 |
Hydraulic cementing port collar with integral swivel-spline feature
Embodiments relate to methods and devices for improved liner drill-in operations. Specifically, embodiments may provide the capability to selectively allow rotation of the liner, even once a packer has been set. Typical embodiments might couple a port sealing collar (that can selectively seal or open a port in the liner) to a selectively lockable swivel joint, for example. |
| US10036227B2 |
Pressure containment device
A pressure containment device for containing pressure in an annulus around a tubular body, the device comprising a housing having an axis and a passage extending generally parallel to the housing axis, and a seal assembly comprising a seal located in the housing to surround and enter into sealing engagement with a tubular body extending along the passage, wherein the housing is provided with a returns outlet port, an injection port, and an overflow outlet port, all of which extend through the housing from the exterior of the housing into the passage, the injection port being located between the returns outlet port and a first end of the seal, and the overflow outlet port being located adjacent a second, opposite end of the seal, and thus being separated from the injection port by the seal. |
| US10036225B2 |
Method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug
Provided is a method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug from a subsea horizontal christmas tree, the method comprising: (a) providing a subsea lubricator having a longitudinal through bore and a jack attached to the subsea lubricator, the jack having a landing area, and the landing area having an opening which is fluidly connected to the lubricator's through bore; (b) providing a jacking string which includes a landing sub and a crown plug connector, the sub having a landing surface; (c) without the jacking string in step “b”, lowering the subsea lubricator of step “a”, to the horizontal christmas tree and attaching the lubricator to the christmas tree; (d) lowering the jacking string to the lubricator, and, while the landing surface of the landing sub is spaced above and not supported by the landing area of the jack, connecting the plug connector to the crown plug while the landing sub is above and not touching the landing area of the jack; (e) jacking up the jack such that the landing area of the jack contacts the landing surface of the landing sub, and pushes up on the jacking sub and jacking string causing tensile forces to be placed on the crown plug and releasing the crown plug from the profile of the christmas tree; (f) while the lubricator remains attached to the christmas tree, raising the jacking string and crown plug through and out of the lubricator and to the surface of the water to remove the tree; and (g) detaching the crown plug from the crown plug connector. |
| US10036224B2 |
Seal lock down
A wellhead assembly includes an outer wellhead member, the outer wellhead member having a locking profile on an inner surface. An inner tubular wellhead member lands within the outer wellhead member, defining a seal pocket between the inner tubular wellhead member and the outer wellhead member. A seal ring is located in the seal pocket. A seal energizing ring urges the seal ring into sealing engagement with the outer wellhead member and the inner tubular wellhead member. An annular lock ring is carried with the seal energizing ring and engages the locking profile. A lock energizing ring retains the annular lock ring in engagement with the locking profile. |
| US10036220B2 |
Deflector assembly for a lateral wellbore
A deflector assembly includes an upper deflector arranged within a main bore of a wellbore, the upper deflector having a guide spring. The guide spring includes a ramped surface. A lower deflector is arranged within the main bore, the lower deflector defining a first conduit and a second conduit. One of the first and second conduits is in communication with a lower portion of the main bore and another of the first and second conduits is in communication with a lateral bore. The upper and lower deflectors are configured to direct a bullnose assembly into either the lateral bore or the lower portion of the main bore based on a size of a bullnose tip of the bullnose assembly. |