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| US10136960B2 |
Hand-held electrosurgical instrument
Electrosurgical instruments and associated methods are provided. An electrosurgical instrument may include one or more light emitters that comprise a light source in operative communication with a power supply supportably interconnected to a handle portion. The instrument may have a toggle member with one or more selectable positions that may selectively activate any of one or more operational states of an electrosurgical electrode comprising the instrument. The toggle member may selectively activate the light emitter(s) provided on the instrument alone and/or in conjunction with the activation of one or more operational state. The handle portion may include an elastomeric handle portion that extends continuously along the handle portion and over the toggle member to seal the handle portion. |
| US10136958B2 |
Tissue protector and method of use
A tissue protector has a body structure having a longitudinal extending thin web. The body structure has an unconstrained first shape configured to form a nerve shield and is configured to shrink about a longitudinal axis to a smaller constrained second shape sized to fit into a lumen of a cannula. Preferably, the second constrained shape is oval or round having a maximum diameter equal or less than an inside diameter of the lumen. The body structure is configured to return to the first shape when the cannula is withdrawn or returned to this shape as the implant advances. |
| US10136951B2 |
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for image guided surgery
Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image guided surgery. The systems herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound wands or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quickly calibratable surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments. |
| US10136950B2 |
Patient-matched surgical component and methods of use
A method of automatically registering a surgical navigation system to a patient's anatomy is provided. The method comprises programming a surgical navigation system with a first spatial relationship between a surgical component and a reference array connected to the surgical component, programming the surgical navigation system with a second spatial relationship between an anatomical feature of a patient and the surgical component, installing the surgical component on the patient such that the surgical component engages the anatomical feature in the second spatial relationship, and locating the reference array with the surgical navigation system. The navigation system automatically recognizes the position of the reference array relative to the patient's anatomy. |
| US10136949B2 |
Gathering and analyzing data for robotic surgical systems
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for gathering and analyzing data for robotic surgical systems are provided. In general, the methods, systems, and devices can allow data to be gathered regarding use in a surgical procedure of a robotic surgical system that includes a plurality of movable arms each configured to couple to a surgical instrument. The gathered data can be used to determine a recommended initial position of the arms for future surgical procedures using the robotic surgical system. The recommended initial position can be provided to users of the robotic surgical system in the future surgical procedures. |
| US10136948B2 |
System for image-based robotic surgery
A robotic surgery method includes coupling a first element of a fluoroscopic imaging system to a first robotic arm fixed relative to an operating room. The first robotic arm includes a mounting fixture configured to be interchangeably coupled to a surgical tool and the first element of the fluoroscopic imaging system. The method further includes mounting a second element of the fluoroscopic imaging system in a position and orientation relative to the first element such that a targeted patient tissue structure may be positioned there between. The method further includes utilizing a sensing system and one or more sensing elements coupled to each of the first and second elements of the imaging system to determine a relative spatial positioning between each of the first and second elements of the fluoroscopic imaging system. The first and second elements of the fluoroscopic imaging system are a source element and a detector element. |
| US10136947B2 |
Surgical patient side cart with drive system and method of moving a patient side cart
A patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system can include at least one manipulator arm portion for holding a surgical instrument, a steering interface, and a drive system. The steering interface may be configured to detect a force applied by a user to the steering interface indicating a desired movement for the teleoperated surgical system. The drive system can include at least one driven wheel, a control module, and a model section. The control module may receive as input a signal from the steering interface corresponding to the force applied by the user to the steering interface. The control module may be configured to output a desired movement signal corresponding to the signal received from the steering interface. The model section can include a model of movement behavior of the patient side cart, the model section outputting a movement command output to drive the driven wheel. |
| US10136944B2 |
Systems and methods for treating cancer and/or augmenting organ function
Systems, methods and devices for controlled sympathectomy procedures for neuromodulation in the treatment of subjects having neoplastic conditions are disclosed. Systems, methods, and devices for interventionally treating a cancerous tumor and cancer related pain are disclosed. |
| US10136943B1 |
Electrosurgical system
An RF electrode can have a straight shaft to generate an RF heat lesion that is asymmetric about the central axis of the cannula through which the RF electrode is introduced into bodily tissue. An electrode can be inserted into a cannula, and an electrosurgical generator can apply current between the active tip of the electrode and the active tip of the cannula to heat tissue. |
| US10136940B2 |
Apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure
A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to the shaft and has a pair of first and second jaw members. A jaw insert is operably associated with the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert includes one or more cam slots defined therein configured to receive a cam pin that upon movement thereof rotates the first and second jaw members from an open position to a clamping position and an opening defined therein configured to securely house a pivot pin that provides a point of pivot for the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert is manufactured from an insulative medium to dielectrically isolate the first and second jaw members. |
| US10136939B2 |
Energy delivery device having a translating outer sheath
Devices and methods for applying energy to tissue are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical device includes a monopolar end effector, a cannulated, insulated outer sheath, a translating nozzle coupled to the proximal end of the sheath, and a handle portion coupled to a proximal end of the end effector. Various translating means, such as switches, thumbwheels, rings, and buttons, are associated with the handle portion, and are effective to advance the outer sheath to cover a distal end of the end effector and retract the outer sheath to expose the distal end of the end effector. The translating means are configured in a manner that allows a user to operate the translating means without having to adjust a location of the user's hand on the device. A variety of translating means are provided for, as are methods for cutting, coagulating, irrigating, and suctioning tissue. |
| US10136938B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with sensor
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft, an end effector and a sensor. The shaft extends distally from the body. The end effector is configured to receive energy from an energy source. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. The second jaw is pivotable relative to the first jaw to transition the end effector from an open configuration to a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the first jaw and second jaw define a closure gap. The sensor is operable to detect when the end effector is in the closed configuration. The sensor is also in communication with the energy source, such that the sensor is operable to communicate a signal to the energy source when the sensor detects the end effector in the closed configuration. |
| US10136936B2 |
Diagnosis and treatment devices and related methods of use
A medical device may include a stimulation member configured to apply a stimulus to a nerve that is configured to control a contraction of an airway distal to the nerve, and a measurement member configured to measure an effect of the stimulus on the airway. The medical device also may include an energy delivery element configured to deliver energy to tissue defining the airway to reduce an effect of the stimulus on the airway. The energy delivery element may be disposed at or distally of the stimulation member. |
| US10136932B2 |
Spinal plate and distraction/compression pin system
Fusion plates and interbody fusion devices have been developed that contain slots to allow the use of pins to position and to guide the placement of the plate while the screws are being secured, reducing the likelihood of improper placement and localization of the plate and screws. The slots contain ridges formed of a plurality of teeth that are configured to engage with corresponding ridges and teeth on the shaft of a distraction pin. After the plate is placed over the distraction pins, the plate is immobilized in the inferior and superior directions and also in the anterior-posterior direction even prior to placement of the bone screws in the plate. Optionally, the pins may be compressed together to apply compression to the vertebra prior to placement of the bone screws. |
| US10136930B2 |
Flexible fastening device for industrial use
A flexible fastening device having multiple segments, one or more of which are flexible and one or more segments that also include threads. The flexibility is created through the use of at least one helical slot formed generally in the center segment of the element. Additional flexible segments also have at least one helical slot in either the same helical rotation and pattern or in an opposite rotation and/or different pattern. An elastomeric material can fill the hollow body, extend into the slots and/or encompass the exterior. The flexible fastening device can have a hollow body, including leading and trailing edge, or can have a partially hollow body. |
| US10136926B2 |
Expandable spinal fixation system
Expandable spinal fixation assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An expandable spinal fixation system may include expandable barrel assembly including an upper barrel half and a lower barrel half and a fixed barrel assembly. The fixed barrel assembly is insertable between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half such that the fixed barrel assembly is clamped between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half. Each of the expandable barrel assembly and the fixed barrel assembly includes fixation plates adapted to secure spinous processes to the fixation system. |
| US10136922B2 |
Bone anchoring device and tool cooperating with such a bone anchoring device
A bone anchoring device includes a receiving part including a rod receiving portion with a first end, a second end, and a U-shaped recess for receiving a rod, the recess defining two free legs, and a head receiving portion at the second end for introducing and clamping the head, and a locking ring configured to be arranged around the head receiving portion, the locking ring including an engagement structure for engagement with a tool, the engagement structure defining a width of the locking ring that is greater than a greatest width of the rod receiving portion, wherein the locking ring can assume a locking position exerting a greatest compressive force on the head receiving portion of the receiving part to lock an inserted head, and wherein the locking ring is movable out of the locking position towards the first end of the rod receiving portion. |
| US10136917B2 |
Intravascular catheter insertion device
A catheter insertion device includes a hollow needle having a distal skin-piercing end opposite a proximal base end, and an insertable catheter that is extended by a spring loaded plunger. A housing for the catheter insertion device includes a slot which extends from a slot open end to a slot closed end with a slot turn there between. At least a portion of the slot extending from the slot open end to the slot turn is non-linear with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hollow needle. A plunger moves with a button and a portion of the button is configured to be movable within the slot between a stored position, an armed position and an extended position. The plunger is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the needle as the portion of the button passes through the non-linear portion of the slot. |
| US10136916B2 |
Access device
An access device for placing a medical article within a body space includes a needle, a dilator, and a medical article. The needle can include an elongated needle body with a distal end and a hub from which the needle body extends. The elongated needle body can include at least one side fenestration and an outer diameter. The dilator can be slideably disposed on the needle body and include a dilator hub and an elongated dilator shaft that extends from the dilator hub. The dilator shaft can include at least one side fenestration in communication with the needle side fenestration. The dilator shaft can also include an inner diameter that is less than the outer diameter of the needle. The medical article can include a tubular section and a hub. The tubular section can be disposed on the dilator and define a space between the medical article and the dilator in communication with the needle side fenestration through the dilator side fenestration. At a least portion of the medical article can be configured to allow visual determination of the presence of a body fluid within the space. |
| US10136913B2 |
Multiple configuration surgical cutting device
Devices for removing implanted objects from body vessels are provided. A device includes a sheath assembly having a cutting tip. The cutting tip includes a cutting surface that is adapted to cut tissue coupled to an implanted object as the cutting tip rotates. The sheath assembly further includes an outer shield carried outside of the cutting tip. The outer shield includes a distal opening, and the outer shield is translatable relative to the cutting tip from a first position to a second position and vice versa. In the first position the cutting surface of the cutting tip is disposed within the outer shield, and in the second position the cutting tip extends through the distal opening and the cutting surface is at least partially disposed outside of the outer shield. |
| US10136908B2 |
Coaxial coil lock
A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft extending distally therefrom. The elongated shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a flexible portion supported therebetween. The flexible portion permits pivotal movement of the distal portion of the elongated shaft and an end effector supported thereon. A locking mechanism is operatively associated with the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede pivotal motion of the distal portion. The locking mechanism includes a locking coil disposed about an axis defined by the flexible portion of the elongated shaft. A distal end of the locking coil is coupled to the distal portion of the elongated shaft, and a proximal end of the locking coil is rotatable about the longitudinal axis to laterally approximate the locking coil to flexible portion, and thus frictionally engage the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede articulating motion thereof. |
| US10136902B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument comprises a proximal end including a tool engagement surface. A distal end is configured to form a bore in vertebral tissue. The distal end includes a first thread, a second thread spaced from the first thread and at least one tissue depth indicia. Systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US10136900B2 |
Pneumatic tourniquet
A compressed gas container and a flow control unit are retained within a rigid housing of a control device locally attached to an inflatable strap of a pneumatic tourniquet. The flow control unit, when triggered, is configured to selectively supply a dose of pressurized gas discharged from the gas container to an internal strap cavity, to achieve a predetermined cavity pressure for applying a required hemorrhage suppressing force onto a limb. In one embodiment, a strap restraining unit permits displacement of a free end of the strap without resistance until assuming a predetermined length sufficient to apply the hemorrhage suppressing force and which corresponds to a disposition of a restraining element at which it is in sufficiently close pressing relation with the strap to cause it to become restrained. The tourniquet is deployable in one embodiment by engaging an unattached end of a buckle frame with a large-area protruding part. |
| US10136898B2 |
Narrow profile surgical ligation clip
A narrow profile surgical ligation clip has two legs with clamping surfaces joined by a hinge near the proximal ends, allowing the clip to reversibly open and close. A locking mechanism is proximal to the hinge to bias or lock the clip closed, including first and second jaw structures spaced on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the clip thereby defining a locking space therebetween. In one embodiment, a wedge or buttress body moves by application of an external force applied to a proximal end of the clip towards the hinge to move into the locking space such that one or more outer surfaces or projections of portions of the body fit into or abut against complementary surfaces or other parts of the locking mechanism or clip assembly to bias or lock the clip in a closed position and provide additional closing force to the inner clamping surfaces. |
| US10136897B2 |
Expandable vaso-occlusive devices having shape memory and methods of using the same
In some aspects, the present disclosure is directed to vaso-occlusive devices which include a device portion and one or more expandable components which include a shape memory material and which expand laterally outward from the device portion upon being subjected to an activating stimulus. Other aspects of the disclosure pertain to systems containing such devices and methods of forming vascular occlusions using such devices. |
| US10136896B2 |
Filamentary devices for treatment of vascular defects
Devices for treatment of a cerebral aneurysm are described. Embodiments may include a self-expanding permeable shell having a radially constrained elongated state configured for delivery within a catheter lumen, an expanded state with a globular and longitudinally shortened configuration relative to the radially constrained state, and a plurality of elongate filaments that are woven together, which define a cavity of the permeable shell. The permeable shell includes composite filaments. The composite filaments include drawn filled tube wires have an external nitinol tube surrounding platinum concentrically disposed within the external nitinol tube. The composite filaments may have a diameter of between 0.00075″ and 0.00125″. |
| US10136894B2 |
Nerve treatment methods
The present disclosure is directed to the use of fusogenic compounds such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) in combination with antioxidants, calcium-containing and calcium-free solutions for treating damaged nerves, such as for reconnecting severed nerves. |
| US10136893B2 |
Endovascular anastomotic connector device, delivery system, and methods of delivery and use
An endovascular anastomotic connector and method of using the same. The endovascular anastomotic connector includes a vascular conduit and a supply conduit. The vascular conduit has proximal and distal ends that reside within a vascular structure. The supply conduit extends at an angle from the vascular conduit. The proximal end of the supply conduit is configured to be attached to an auxiliary device. |
| US10136890B2 |
Staple cartridge comprising a variable thickness compressible portion
A fastener cartridge can comprise a support portion, a tissue thickness compensator positioned relative to the support portion, and a plurality of fasteners positioned within the support portion and/or the tissue thickness compensator which can be utilized to fasten tissue. In use, the fastener cartridge can be positioned in a first jaw of a surgical fastening device, wherein a second jaw, or anvil, can be positioned opposite the first jaw. To deploy the fasteners, a staple-deploying member is advanced through the fastener cartridge to move the fasteners toward the anvil. As the fasteners are deployed, the fasteners can capture at least a portion of the tissue thickness compensator therein along with at least a portion of the tissue being fastened. |
| US10136886B2 |
Knotless soft tissue devices and techniques
A tissue fixation device including a self-locking construct having a first loop, a second loop, and a first free end. A first tail is coupled to, and extends from, the first loop. A second tail is coupled to, and extends from, the second loop. An anchor is coupled to one of the self-locking construct or the first tail such that one of the self-locking construct or the first tail extend through the anchor. |
| US10136884B2 |
Method and apparatus for attaching tissue to bone, including the provision and use of a novel knotless suture anchor system, including a retractable sheath
Apparatus for securing a suture to a bone, the apparatus including an anchor configured to have the suture connected thereto; and an inserter for manipulating the anchor, the inserter including a handle; a shaft mounted to the handle and configured to releasably hold the anchor thereto; a retractable sheath movably mounted to the handle, the retractable sheath having a first extended position and a second retracted position, wherein the retractable sheath is disposed coaxially over at least a portion of the anchor when the retractable sheath is in its first extended position, and the retractable sheath is withdrawn from the anchor when the retractable sheath is in its second retracted position; and an outer tube mounted to the handle, the outer tube being disposed coaxially over the retractable sheath. |
| US10136881B2 |
Laparoscopic retractor devices
Devices for performing medical procedures such as laparoscopic surgery are provided herein. For example, this document provides laparoscopic retractor devices. In some embodiments, the laparoscopic retractor devices provided herein include two retractor blades that can be expanded or contracted. Further, in some embodiments an elastic covering is included, and the retractor blades are disposed within the elastic covering. |
| US10136878B2 |
Automatic device and kit for inserting a cannula to a predetermined depth within a bone, irrespective of the thickness of the tissue above the bone
The invention relates to an automatic device for the insertion of a stylet and cannula to a predefined depth α within a bone, said depth α being irrespective of the thickness of the tissue above the bone, which comprises: (a) a trigger unit for activating the device; (b) a barrel; (c) a probe unit within said barrel which is driven by a secondary spring, said probe unit comprises one or more probing needles at a distal end, and an anvil at a proximal end for defining an end of movement location for a hammer unit; (d) a hammer unit which is driven by a main spring, said hammer unit comprises a stylet at its distal end, a core at its proximal end, and a piston in between said core and stylet, wherein said stylet is inserted to within a cannula, and wherein when said hammer unit is positioned at said end of movement location, a tip of the stylet which is longer than said one or more probing needles is located a distance α farther to the distal direction from the respective ends of said probing needles; and (e) one or more grasping units; wherein activation of said trigger unit follows by, (f) release of said second spring which in turn pushes said probing needles of said probe unit toward the patient's bone, up to a point of contact with the bone surface; (g) grasp of the anvil of said probe unit by said grasping units, when said contact of the probing needles with the patient's bone occurs; and (h) release of said main spring, which in turn pushes said hammer unit up to said end of movement location, thereby inserting said cannula to a depth of α within the patient's bone. |
| US10136876B2 |
System and method for local estimation of nonlinear tissue elasticity with acoustic radiation force
Ultrasound system and method configured to locally determine a parameter of nonlinear tissue elasticity by monitoring shear wave propagating through the tissue. The shear wave is caused by an acoustic radiation force (ARF) which is applied to the tissue by ultrasound irradiation locally, in a focal region of the ultrasound beam and which is a function of the intensity of ultrasound irradiation, its time rate, and the featured nonlinearity parameter. The irradiation does not involve a quasi-static compression of the tissue, thereby permitting local estimation of nonlinear tissue elasticity and circumventing the need to solve the global inverse problem. |
| US10136875B2 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus (100) that decides a type of a tumor contained in a specimen includes: an image forming unit (103) that forms an ultrasonic image corresponding to an echo signal received from the specimen after administration of a contrast medium; a feature value calculating unit (106) that classifies each of a plurality of pixel regions contained in a tumor region including the tumor in the ultrasonic image into a low-luminance region, or a high-luminance region having higher luminance than the luminance of the low-luminance region, and calculates, based on a difference between a variance at a position of the low-luminance region and a variance at a position of the high-luminance region, a ring level indicating a degree of a ring shape of an image of the tumor region, the ring shape in which a luminance value of a central portion is lower than a luminance value of a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion; and a type deciding unit (107) that decides the type of the tumor based on the ring level. |
| US10136871B2 |
Extremity imaging for animals
An apparatus captures radiographic images of an animal standing on the apparatus. A base portion supports the standing animal and a moveable x-ray source is mechanically attached to the base portion. A digital radiographic detector is also mechanically attached to the base portion, and the x-ray source and the detector are configured to capture a radiographic image or a scan of at least one of the legs of the animal. |
| US10136869B2 |
Systems and methods for characterizing a central axis of a bone from a 3D anatomical image
Presented herein are efficient and reliable systems and methods for calculating and extracting three-dimensional central axes of bones of animal subjects—for example, animal subjects scanned by in vivo or ex vivo microCT platforms—to capture both the general and localized tangential directions of the bone, along with its shape, form, curvature, and orientation. With bone detection and segmentation algorithms, the skeletal bones of animal subjects scanned by CT or microCT scanners can be detected, segmented, and visualized. Three dimensional central axes determined using these methods provide important information about the skeletal bones. |
| US10136868B2 |
Fast dual energy for general radiography
Some embodiments are associated with an X-ray source configured to generate X-rays directed toward an object, wherein the X-ray source is to: (i) generate a first energy X-ray pulse, (ii) switch to generate a second energy X-ray pulse, and (iii) switch back to generate another first energy X-ray pulse. A detector may be associated with multiple image pixels, and the detector includes, for each pixel: an X-ray sensitive element to receive X-rays; a first storage element and associated switch to capture information associated with the first energy X-ray pulses; and a second storage element and associated switch to capture information associated with the second energy X-ray pulse. A controller may synchronize the X-ray source and detector. |
| US10136865B2 |
Radioimaging using low dose isotope
Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. |
| US10136863B2 |
X-ray-optimized device for supporting a patient
An apparatus for supporting a patient is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first structural member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion of the first structural member being attached to an operating table. The apparatus also includes a second structural member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion of the second structural member being attached to the operating table. The apparatus further includes a first connecting member that connects the first end of the first structural member to the first end of the second structural member, the first structural member being disposed at a predetermined distance from the second structural member. The apparatus also includes a first support member supported on the first structural member, the first support member configured to support a body part of the patient. |
| US10136858B2 |
Method for inspecting pressure pulse wave sensor and method for manufacturing pressure pulse wave sensor
A method for inspecting a pressure pulse wave sensor is provided. The sensor chip includes a recess which is recessed in a direction perpendicular to the pressure-sensitive face, and the pressure-sensitive element array is formed in a portion of the sensor chip whose thickness is reduced in the direction due to the recess. The method includes: bonding and fixing the sensor chip onto the substrate so that the recess communicates with atmospheric air through only the through hole of the substrate; connecting a substrate-side terminal portion of the substrate and the chip-side terminal portion through an electrically conductive member; and performing characteristic evaluation on the sensor chip based on a signal outputted from the substrate-side terminal portion in a state in which air is sucked through the through hole of the substrate to thereby apply negative pressure to the pressure-sensitive face. |
| US10136857B2 |
Adjustable wearable system having a modular sensor platform
A wearable system and methods for measuring physiological data from a device worn about a body part of a user is provided comprising a base module, a first sensor module, and a second sensor module. The base module comprises a display and a base computing unit. The first sensor module measures a gravitational force experienced by the device. The second sensor module is spatially positioned relative to the base module and over a portion of the body part for measuring one or more physiological characteristics calibrated based on the gravitational force measured with the first sensor module. The base module is adjustably positioned by the user relative to the second sensor module such that the sensor module maintains its positioning over the body part for sufficient contact with the body part for accurate measurements of physiological data regardless of the anthropometric size of the body part. |
| US10136856B2 |
Wearable respiration measurements system
A wearable system configured to collect thermal measurements related to respiration. The system includes a frame configured to be worn on a user's head, and at least one non-contact thermal camera (e.g., thermopile or microbolometer based sensor). The thermal camera is small and lightweight, physically coupled to the frame, located close to the user's face, does not occlude any of the user's mouth and nostrils, and is configured to take thermal measurements of: a portion of the right side of the user's upper lip, a portion of the left side of the user's upper lip, and a portion of the user's mouth. The thermal measurements are forwarded to a computer that calculates breathing related parameters, such as breathing rate, an extent to which the breathing was done through the mouth, an extent to which the breathing was done through the nostrils, and ratio between exhaling and inhaling durations. |
| US10136852B2 |
Detecting an allergic reaction from nasal temperatures
Described herein are systems and methods for personalized detection of an allergic reaction of a user. In one embodiment, a system includes an inward-facing head-mounted thermal camera (CAM) and a computer. CAM takes thermal measurements of a region on the nose (THN) of a user. The computer generates feature values based on THN and utilizes a model to detect an allergic reaction of the user based on the feature values. The model is trained based on previous THN of the user taken during different days. Some embodiments may utilize additional thermal cameras that take thermal measurements of other regions on the face, which may be utilized by the computer to generate additional feature values that are used to detect the allergic reaction. In some cases, detection of the allergic reaction may occur following a rise in nasal temperature, even before the user becomes aware of the allergic reaction. |
| US10136849B2 |
Biological fluid collection device and biological fluid separation and testing system
A biological fluid collection device that is adapted to receive a blood sample having a cellular portion and a plasma portion is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the biological fluid collection device is able to transfer the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device or a biological fluid separation and testing device. After transferring the blood sample, the biological fluid separation and testing device is able to separate the plasma portion from the cellular portion and analyze the blood sample and obtain test results. |
| US10136846B2 |
Microneedle arrays for biosensing and drug delivery
Methods, structures, and systems are disclosed for biosensing and drug delivery techniques. In one aspect, a device for detecting an analyte and/or releasing a biochemical into a biological fluid can include an array of hollowed needles, in which each needle includes a protruded needle structure including an exterior wall forming a hollow interior and an opening at a terminal end of the protruded needle structure that exposes the hollow interior, and a probe inside the exterior wall to interact with one or more chemical or biological substances that come in contact with the probe via the opening to produce a probe sensing signal, and an array of wires that are coupled to probes of the array of hollowed needles, respectively, each wire being electrically conductive to transmit the probe sensing signal produced by a respective probe. |
| US10136843B2 |
Audiologic test apparatus, system and related method
An audiologic test apparatus includes: a processing unit; a tone generator connected to the processing unit; and a probe interface for connecting the audiologic test apparatus to a test probe; the tone generator configured to provide a first electrical signal representative of a first signal with a first primary frequency component at a first primary frequency; wherein the processing unit is configured to: obtain a first response signal, determine if a first insertion criterion is satisfied, the first insertion criterion based on the first signal and the first response signal, and generate a signal to initiate an audiologic test if at least the first insertion criterion is satisfied; the tone generator configured to provide a second electrical signal representative of a second signal with a second primary frequency component at a second primary frequency during the audiologic test, the first primary frequency being lower than the second primary frequency. |
| US10136830B2 |
Neurophysiological data analysis using spatiotemporal parcellation
A method of analyzing neurophysiological data recorded from a subject is disclosed. The method comprises identifying activity-related features in the data, and parceling the data according to the activity-related features to define a plurality of capsules, each representing a spatiotemporal activity region in the brain. The method further comprises comparing at least some of the defined capsules to at least one reference capsule, and estimating a brain function of the subject based on the comparison. |
| US10136829B2 |
Systems and methods for using electrophysiology properties for classifying arrhythmia sources
A method for determining electrophysiology properties of tissue comprising acquiring electrical signal data from a plurality of electrodes (130) of one or more catheters, determining at least one electrode clique from the plurality of adjacent electrodes (136), computing local conduction velocity vectors for the at least one electrode clique (138), determining at least one catheter orientation independent indicator from which to classify an arrhythmia source based on one or more of an angular dependence parameter associated with a flow field of the local velocity conduction vectors, an eccentricity parameter reflecting the uniformity of local conduction velocity, and divergence and curl-like sums or closed path integral parameters associated with the local velocity vectors, and displaying a rhythm classification responsive to catheter movement thereby facilitating identification of types and causes of arrhythmia disorders. |
| US10136828B2 |
Mapping of atrial fibrillation
Electroanatomic mapping is carried out by inserting a multi-electrode probe into a heart of a living subject, recording electrograms from the electrodes concurrently at respective locations in the heart, delimiting respective activation time intervals in the electrograms, generating a map of electrical propagation waves from the activation time intervals, maximizing coherence of the waves by adjusting local activation times within the activation time intervals of the electrograms, and reporting the adjusted local activation times. |
| US10136826B2 |
System and method for distinguishing a cardiac event from noise in an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal
A cardiac monitoring device includes: at least one sensing electrode for obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient; a processing unit comprising at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensing electrode; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the cardiac monitoring device to: obtain the ECG signal from the at least one sensing electrode; determine a transformed ECG signal based on the ECG signal; extract at least one value representing at least one feature of the transformed ECG signal; provide the at least one value to determine a score associated with the ECG signal, thereby providing an ECG-derived score; compare the ECG-derived score to a predetermined threshold score determined by machine learning; and provide an indication of a cardiac event if the ECG-derived score is one of above or below the predetermined threshold score determined by the machine learning. |
| US10136821B2 |
Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and program
An image generating apparatus of the present invention has a determination unit that sets a target area in a part of an area inside a subject, executes processing to adjust a phase of each detection signal based on a distance from each detection element to a target area and a tentative velocity, and calculate dispersion of intensities of a plurality of detection signals of which phases are adjusted, for a plurality of tentative velocities, and determines a velocity for which dispersion of intensities is minimum, out of the plurality of tentative velocities, as a propagation velocity. |
| US10136820B2 |
Method to visualize very early stage neoplasm or other lesions
A method for evaluating treatment outcome in a patient having a genetic predisposition for a malignant neoplasm before clinical manifestation of the neoplasm can be seen radiographically. The method permits visualization of any tumor, whether located externally on a patient's body or located internally in the body, and as small as 2 mm in diameter, using a biomarker. The method uses biomarkers conjugated with nanoparticles which include but are not limited to quantum dots, with the conjugated form collectively termed functionalized nanoparticles, that are heated under specified conditions to produce a photoacoustic signal that is then visualized to locate and/or treat the tumor. |
| US10136814B2 |
Automatic pathway and waypoint generation and navigation method
A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target. |
| US10136812B2 |
Optical coherence tomography apparatus for selectively visualizing and analyzing vascular network of choroidal layer, and image-processing program and image-processing method for the same
From OCT-measured data, only the image data of the choroidal vascular network present in the layer of the choroidal layer is selectively extracted, thereby accurately obtaining the thickness of the choroidal vessels and thickness of the choroidal vascular network from the image data, to allow for quantitative evaluation of the choroidal vascular network. The optical coherence tomography apparatus has an optical coherence tomography device, and a computer that processes the three-dimensional OCT tomographic images obtained based on the OCT-measured data acquired by the optical coherence tomography device. The computer functions as a means for selectively separating out only the images of the choroidal vessels from the three-dimensional OCT tomographic images to acquire image data of the choroidal vessels, and also as a means for obtaining the data to be used in the quantitative evaluation of the shape of the choroidal vessels based on the image data of the choroidal vessels. |
| US10136808B2 |
Optical coherence tomography as a rapid, accurate, non-contact method of visualizing the palisades of Vogt
The innovation provides for a system and method available to image and visualize the palisades of Vogt via a non-contact process, analyze the image volumes acquired, evaluate the status of the palisades of Vogt from the data represented therein, and display the data in real-time or as a part of a medical record for ongoing consideration and evaluation. |
| US10136807B2 |
Optical coherence tomography system
In a polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography system, an interferometer includes single mode fibers and a plurality of polarization controllers. At least one of the plurality of polarization controllers is disposed on each of the fibers of the interferometer. The fibers include a fiber for sample light beam, a fiber for reference light beam, and a fiber for detection light beam. An image forming unit determines a pixel value from a data set consists of two orthogonal polarization components simultaneously obtained at substantially identical spatial positions of a test sample, wherein a measurement light beam has static single polarization state. |
| US10136806B2 |
Image display method, image display apparatus, and storage medium
An image display method includes acquiring a first image of a fundus within a first area of an eye to be inspected, acquiring interference signal sets corresponding to a plurality of frames, which are acquired with an intention to acquire the same cross section, for a plurality of different cross sections, generating, based on the interference signal sets corresponding to the plurality of frames, a motion contrast image of the fundus within a second area included in the first area, and superimposing, for display, information acquired from a portion of the motion contrast image of the fundus onto a corresponding position of the first image of the fundus. |
| US10136802B2 |
Device for sustained release of optical clearing agent, endoscope having the same, and instrument for endoscopic surgery having the same
A device for sustained release of optical clearing agent includes a stick-shaped component having at least two supplying passages for supplying gas or liquid formed on the inside with apertures of the supplying passages being formed at positions along the circumference of the lateral surface in the vicinity of the top end of the stick-shaped component respectively, at least two pouch-shaped elastic components placed at positions along the circumference of the lateral surface in the vicinity of the top end of the stick-shaped component respectively to cover the apertures of the supplying passages respectively, an optical clearing agent holding component fixed on the surface of one of the pouch-shaped elastic components and holding optical clearing agent, and a body-fluid absorbing component fixed on the surface of another one of the pouch-shaped elastic components and absorbing body fluid flowing from a target object or dehydrating the target object by osmotic pressure. |
| US10136801B2 |
Bending portion and endoscope
A bending portion includes: a bending piece set in which a plurality of bending pieces are continuously provided by forming a convex portion on a first bending piece and a concave portion on a second bending piece by cutting a rigid pipe, the convex portion and the concave portion forming an engagement portion that pivotably couples adjacent bending pieces to each other, wherein a first engagement portion includes: a first convex portion formed on the first bending piece and including a first peripheral portion serving as a first pivoting surface; and a first concave portion formed on the second bending piece and including a first inner circumferential portion on which the first peripheral portion slides, and the first engagement portion has, in the first peripheral portion, a tapered surface having an outer diameter that becomes smaller from a bending piece inner surface side toward a bending piece outer surface side. |
| US10136799B2 |
Endoscopic systems, devices, and methods
Example embodiments relate to endoscopic systems. The system includes an elongated main body having a first end. The system may further comprise an anchor assembly attached to the main body near the first end of the main body. The anchor assembly may comprise a first expandable member. The first expandable member may be configurable to expand radially away from the main body. The anchor assembly may further comprise a second expandable member provided between the first expandable member and the first end of the main body. The second expandable member may be configurable to expand radially away from the main body. The anchor assembly may be operable to secure the main body with respect to an interior wall forming the cavity of the patient. |
| US10136795B2 |
Dish rack retaining clip
A dish rack assembly includes a dish rack having spaced wire frame elements at least partially defining a side wall, a height adjuster comprising an arm located on an exterior of the side wall and a retaining clip mounted to the arm and located on an interior of the side wall that can limit the relative movement of the dish rack. |
| US10136794B2 |
Movable cutlery basket
A dishwasher rack includes a frame and a support rail disposed along sides of the frame. A plurality of cutlery baskets are coupled to the rail. Each cutlery basket is movable from a respective first location on the rail to a respective second location on the rail. The cutlery baskets may be removable to enable a user to adjust a ratio of cutlery storage area to crockery storage area as desired. Also, the cutlery baskets may be arranged to revolve along a perimeter of the rack so that a user can load empty baskets at the same location. |
| US10136792B2 |
Household appliance
A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part. |
| US10136785B2 |
Vacuum cleaner having a filter cleaning mechanism
A vacuum cleaner having a filter cleaning mechanism that is manually actuable while the vacuum cleaner is fully assembled is disclosed. A housing of the vacuum cleaner has an exterior side and an interior side, and a channel extends through the housing from the exterior side to the interior side. A filter brush is in contact with a side of the vacuum filter, and a rod extends slidably through the channel in the housing and is coupled to the filter brush. A handle is coupled to the rod, and movement of the handle slides the rod through the channel and moves the filter brush along the side of the vacuum filter to remove debris from the filter. The handle may be rotatable, and the filter cleaning mechanism may include a bellows or a sealing member. |
| US10136781B2 |
Floor cleaner, and cleaning mechanism for clearing cleaning roller
A cleaning mechanism for clearing a cleaning roller of a cleaner. The cleaning mechanism includes: a cleaning roller for cleaning ground, a clearing component operating to clearing the cleaning roller, and a power unit. The clearing component includes a rotation body and a plurality of clearing elements disposed on the rotation body for clearing a surface of the cleaning roller. The power unit operates to drive the rotation body and the clearing elements to rotate along with the cleaning roller in the same direction. During the rotation of the cleaning roller, the trash is cleared by the clearing elements. |
| US10136778B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a plurality of reclined floor cleaning positions and an upright storage position and a portable vacuum cleaner unit detachably mounted to the upright section. The portable vacuum cleaner unit has a suction motor and the remainder of the surface cleaning apparatus from which the portable vacuum cleaner unit is detached also has a suction motor. |
| US10136773B2 |
Toilet device
A toilet device includes a toilet seat device, a radio wave sensor, and a controller. The toilet seat device is provided on a toilet bowl. The controller is configured to operate the toilet seat device based on a signal outputted from the radio wave sensor. The radio wave sensor is being operable for detecting presence of a human body in a first area including front of the toilet seat device, detecting motion of a human body in a second area including the front of the toilet seat device and a region outside the first area, and determining sensing of the human body based on detection result of the motion of the human body and detection result of the presence of the human body. |
| US10136753B2 |
Machine for preparing beverages with disposition for actuation of single dose packages
A machine (1) and process for preparing aromatic beverages by means of extraction, such as espresso coffee and similar, and adapted to supply a support (21) of single portions, comprising a plurality of single dose portions (22), to at least one extraction device (3) by means of an actuation device (6) disposed upstream of the extraction device (3) and comprising an actuation element (61) provided so that it can move the support (21) of single portions by means of rotation. In particular, the actuation device (6) further comprises a back-pressure element (62) that exerts a back-pressure upon the support (21) of single portions in the direction of the perimeter actuation surface (63), thereby providing greater operation reliability in the supply of the single dose portions (22) to an extraction device (3). |
| US10136749B2 |
Circulator cooker with alarm system
A sous-vide circulator cooker that sounds an audible alarm when the system raises the temperature of the water to a determined temperature. The sous-vide circulator cooker includes temperature sensors, heaters and a pump to circulator temperature controlled fluids. The system also contains a speaker or buzzer that can play alarms or music when the system comes to a predetermined temperature. In at least one embodiment, the sous-vide circulator can also distinguish between self-heating and user-induced temperature changes, and will sound alarms accordingly. |
| US10136747B2 |
Protective mat and method for protecting a floor from spillage and debris
The present disclosure provides a protective mat and a method for protecting a floor from spillage, debris and/or scratches. The protective mat may also provide other advantages such as impact resistance and/or reduction of foot/leg fatigue. The protective mat includes a web of extruded polymer monofilaments. The protective mat may further include a membrane. The membrane may be made of a liquid impermeable material. The method includes overlaying a portion of a floor with the protective mat. |
| US10136743B1 |
Rack and frame systems for displaying equipment/memorabilia and a plurality of photographs
Rack and frame systems disclosed herein are for displaying equipment/memorabilia and photographs. The system preferably includes a base, a rack subsystem, and a frame subsystem. The base preferably includes a base spine, a plurality of base ribs, and a plurality of base mounts. Each base rib preferably extends from the base spine and has an associated base mount. The rack subsystem includes at least one attachment device and the base spine. The attachment device(s) is/are for removably securing the equipment/memorabilia to the base spine. The frame subsystem includes a plurality of frames and the plurality of base mounts. Each frame is connectable to a respective base mount. |
| US10136741B2 |
Fresh food and dry goods foodservice merchandising display case with interchangeable kit utility system
A fresh food and dry goods foodservice merchandising display case with interchangeable kit utility system is disclosed. This mobile insulated display table with fully-welded, corrosion-resistant 304 stainless steel construction is built for use in association with interchangeable full-service, self-service and accessory component kits precisely dimensioned to be easily fitted and removed as described herein. The mobile insulated display table serves as the system base, and features a bent tubular steel frame, and adjustable tilting mechanism with three positions, a welded stainless steel drain, a shutoff valve, a 5′ insulated drain hose and a hose hanging bracket. |
| US10136737B2 |
Portably suspended retractable shelf
There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing bedside items and which includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between a mattress and a mattress supporting structure. At least one of the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the mattress: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, a foldable box. The compartments are collapsible for allowing the horizontal platform to be slidably retracted under the mattress. A cutout hole is configured to hold a cup or other object in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment of various sizes is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10136736B2 |
Under mattress support
An under mattress support extends the longevity of an existing mattress that may include concave areas resulting in sagging or soft areas, including a plurality of parallel oriented spaced-apart resilient elongated slat members interconnected by pliable strips to form a parallel slat array. The pliable strip spacing of the parallel resilient slats allows for lateral compression to enhance support. In use, the under mattress support is interposed between a mattress and underlying box spring such that the elongated slats extend along their longitudinal direction from a portion of one side of the mattress to the opposite side of the mattress where the concave portion of a sagging or soft mattress appears during the normal course of use. |
| US10136735B2 |
Systems and methods for air mattress temperature control
An air temperature control system controls the air temperature inside of an air mattress. The air temperature control system includes an air intake component having inner and outer seals to inhibit or facilitate the flow of air into and out of the air mattress. The air temperature control system also includes a temperature control element in fluid communication with the air intake component. The temperature control element is positioned within the air mattress inside of the outer seal. The air temperature control system further includes a controller configured to direct the air intake component to open and close the inner and outer seals and operation of the temperature control element. |
| US10136727B2 |
Boot rack with angled support
A boot rack with angled support, including a frame having a central bar extending between a pair of support feet, such that the pair of support feet engages a surface, and at least one elongate boot support element having a first end and a second end. The first end of the support element includes a fixed component and a rotating component, such that the fixed component is attached to the central bar, and the rotating component is connected to the fixed component via a hinge connection. The hinge connection can define an axis which allows the rotating component to rotate about the axis. |
| US10136717B2 |
Waterproof enclosure
A waterproof enclosure for enclosing an electronic component includes an outer shell having a penetrating hole formed therethrough, a waterproof filter having air permeability and covering the penetrating hole, and a projecting part projecting from an outer surface of the outer shell and covering the penetrating hole, wherein the projecting part includes a plurality of vent holes connecting the penetrating hole to outside space, and wherein each of the vent holes is delimited by a sloping surface extending at an angle from the outer surface toward the penetrating hole. |
| US10136715B2 |
Wearable sled system for a mobile computer device
A wearable sled system for a mobile computer device includes an open-ended sled housing, a removable end cap, and a mounting assembly for mounting the sled housing onto a user's arm or belt. A mobile computer device is slidably received into the sled housing, and the end cap is received on the sled housing's open end to form a complete enclosure. The mounting assembly includes a rigid mounting plate having a front side configured to receive the back side of the sled housing. The mounting plate and the sled housing include locking formations for selectively securing the sled housing to the mounting plate. The mounting assembly further includes an attachment device secured to the back side of the mounting plate for removably mounting the system on the user. |
| US10136713B2 |
Convertible carrying bag
A duffel bag can be reversibly converted to a cross-over bag by restricting the storage volume of the bag at one end. Optionally, a carrying strap may be adjusted from a central anchor to an outer anchor to facilitate draping the carrying strap over a shoulder. |
| US10136711B2 |
Metal purse
Disclosed are metal purses, particularly clam shell type purses made of metal and in some embodiments, provided with a gap between the shells sufficient to allow for cell phone reception within the purse. Aesthetic exterior shells may also be applied. |
| US10136698B2 |
Shoe insole
An insole providing cushioning and control of foot motion. The insole includes a stability cradle and an extended heel pad secured to the underside of the base of the insole. A supplemental heel pad is also attached to lay over a portion of the extended heel pad. The extended heel pad and supplemental heel pad are constructed of materials to help control foot pronation. |
| US10136689B1 |
Neckwear for displaying coins, medals or bars
A neckwear includes a neckband and a neckband module and may further include one or more fastener members and one or more display segments for coins, medals or bars. The neckband is connected to said neckband module, and said one or more fastener members pivotably connects said neckband module and said one or more display segments. Also provided for a neckwear are a hermetically sealed neckband module or display segment, a display segment configured to be intra-changeable, display inserts for a neckband module or display segments, torso segments, and a neckband module with a member of a fastener to accommodate interchangeable display segments. |
| US10136687B2 |
Filtering face-piece respirator having nose notch
A filtering face-piece respirator 10 that includes a harness 14 and a mask body 12 that has a multi-layer filtering structure 16. The mask body 12 includes an upper interior perimeter segment 24a formed from the filtering structure 16 and configured to fit against the face of the respirator wearer. Present in the upper interior perimeter segment 24a is a nose notch 52, 62, which is an area void of filtering structure 16. |
| US10136685B2 |
Tactical hand warmer apparatus
Embodiments of a tactical hand warmer apparatus having a first glove portion defining a first glove recess that is detachably connected to a second glove portion defining a second glove recess for allowing an individual to warm their hands within the first and second glove recesses either closely together when the first and second glove portions are attached or apart when the first and second glove portions are detached are disclosed. |
| US10136681B1 |
Dual use bra garment for user-selected conversion between a conventional nursing bra configuration and a breast milk engorgement inhibiting configuration
A dual function, convertible bra garment includes a construction facilitating user-controllable conversion between a nursing bra configuration, readily usable during a conventional infant or young toddler nursing process, and a breast engorgement-inhibiting configuration. During use as a nursing bra, the garment is maintained in a first configuration, or state, providing direct access by a nursing child to a mother's nipple. Following a relatively simple highly-controllable conversion procedure, the nursing configuration is efficiently and effectively converted, generally based upon a combined elastic band strap-based system, for applying a user-selected uniform breast pressure, coupled with a user—controlled cooling component, and absorbing component, for indirectly communicating cooling to the wearer's breasts or discharge absorption pad, thereby effecting complete conversion of the bra from a nursing configuration to a breast milk engorgement inhibiting configuration. |
| US10136678B2 |
Electronic smoking article
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element is formed of a carbon or graphite foam. |
| US10136673B2 |
Electrically heated aerosol-generating system
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including a housing; an aerosol-forming substrate; at least one heating element configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate and to generate an aerosol; a power supply configured to supply power to the at least one heating element; electric circuitry configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to the at least one heating element; a first switch provided on an external surface of the housing; and a mouthpiece including at least one second, touch sensitive, switch, the mouthpiece being deformable from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the at least one second switch is not exposed and in the second configuration the at least one second switch is exposed. The circuitry is configured to provide power to the at least one heating element when both the first switch and the second switch are activated. |
| US10136669B2 |
Method for decreasing visceral fat or increasing energy consumption
A nutritional composition is provided which has an effective prophylactic and/or improving effect for various symptoms of muscle mass decrease, decreased basal metabolism, low body temperature, suppression of obesity, suppression of visceral fat accumulation, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and the like in elderly people. The nutritional composition can include n-3 fatty acid and one or more of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and lysine salts, wherein the content of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and/or lysine salts is 0.1 g-10.0 g per 100 kcal of the composition, and the content of the total amount of n-3 fatty acid is 0.17 g-5.00 g per 100 kcal of the composition. |
| US10136668B2 |
Low protein infant formula with increased essential amino acids
The present invention concerns an improved balance of the essential branched chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine in infant formula. |
| US10136667B2 |
Thickening composition and method for producing same
A thickening composition which contains specific amounts of a metal salt-enclosing dextrin and a thickening polysaccharide and which has a good dispersibility raises the viscosity rapidly, and has an excellent thickening effect can be produced by the steps of obtaining the metal salt-enclosing dextrin by mixing, dissolving, and homogenizing a dextrin and a metal salt in water, followed by drying, and adding the metal salt-enclosing dextrin to the thickening polysaccharide followed by mixing or granulation. The thickening composition makes it possible to provide a thickening composition which has a good dispersibility, raises the viscosity rapidly, and offers an improved thickening effect per unit mass in a wide variety of water-containing foods such as water, teas, refreshing beverages, dairy beverages, soups, and thick liquid foods. |
| US10136662B2 |
Oral virus vaccine
The present disclosure relates to a polymer-coated virus particle for an oral virus vaccine, a method of preparing the same, and a composition comprising the same. In accordance with the present disclosure, the oral virus vaccine can be effectively delivered to the intestines without being destroyed even in the low pH environment of the gastrointestinal tract, then the prevention efficacy against viral infections can be improved. |
| US10136661B2 |
Process for preparing fermented soybean meal
An improved method for producing fermented soybean meal which performs fermentation process and drying process separately in the production of the fermented soybean meal. The method for preparing fermented soybean meal enables prevention of contamination by various germs while shortening the time required for its preparation compared to the conventional method. Therefore, the method can be widely used to more economically prepare the fermented soybean meal. |
| US10136659B1 |
Chocolate wax composition for candles
A candle or candle composition is provided made from only edible materials and is formed from palatably desirable compositions. Cocoa butter and chocolate at a ratio of between approximately three parts to approximately five parts cocoa butter to one part chocolate provides a composition that is moldable and capable of being formed into a self supporting candle structure that is capable of being lit and maintaining a flame. At the same time, the unignited portions, when melted, creates a pool of melted, edible chocolate flavor material. Inclusion of trace amounts of sugar and vanilla improve the palatability and gastronomic effect of the melted material. |
| US10136656B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a food product with additives
A food product includes a first extruded component, a second extruded component co-extruded over the first component, the second component comprising a meat component and an additive, and a casing provided over the second component, wherein the additive comprises at least one of a flavoring, a seasoning, and a coloring. |
| US10136652B2 |
Plant-based compositions and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a plant material and methods for using the same. The methods include extracting or removing a substance from a substrate, or remediating a substrate from a substance. The substance can comprise a hydrocarbon-containing substance, a protein, lipid, wax, fatty acid or fatty alcohol, grease, fat, oil or a combination thereof. |
| US10136651B2 |
De-oiled sabadilla extract
The present invention is directed to methods of producing de-oiled sabadilla extract by removing the oil from sabadilla seeds or a sabadilla extract. The invention also relates to methods for controlling pests by application of de-oiled sabadilla extract to pests' or to their environment. |
| US10136650B2 |
Repellant composition for an anti-repellant fabric and a device to evaluate the same
The present disclosure relates to an anti-repellant compound and a method of using the same n a material to give them anti-repellant properties. Further, the disclosure also relates to a device to evaluate anti-repellant property of a fabric or any other material. The device calculate the average distance crossing by an insect or other parasites and then calculate the percentage of resistant fabric. Thus, giving an idea on how effective the fabric is for its anti-repellant properties. |
| US10136645B2 |
Antimicrobial composition
The present application describes an antimicrobial composition comprising lauric arginate ethyl ester (LAE) and hydrogen peroxide and the use of this composition for disinfecting and sanitizing different types of surfaces such as food products, human skin or mucosa and hard surfaces as well as a method of stabilizing the composition by including a sequestering agent (citrate salt and/or phosphate salt). |
| US10136642B2 |
Composition of peracetic acid and at least one organic fungicide for the control and/or the treatment of diseases associated with the presence of pathogens, and method, use and kit involving said composition
A composition of peracetic acid and at least one organic fungicide, a method and a use involving said composition are described. The composition is for the control and/or treatment of diseases associated with the presence of pathogens, more particularly in and on the tissues of a growing plant. The composition may be a powdered composition comprising the organic fungicide(s) and a peracetic acid precursor system, which once admixed with water, may be applied to the tissues of the plant to be treated. Preferably, the peracetic acid precursor system may comprise hydrogen peroxide or a hydrogen peroxide precursor and an acetylating agent. Also described is a kit for preparing an aqueous solution of the described composition, for use in controlling pathogens on a plant tissue of a growing plant. |
| US10136641B2 |
Methods for increasing tolerance to abiotic stress in plants
The present invention provides a method for increasing tolerance to abiotic stress and/or reducing the consequence of abiotic stress in a plant or part thereof comprising contacting a plant or part thereof with a composition comprising an effective amount of dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof. |
| US10136640B2 |
Ketone or oxime compound, and herbicide
There is provided novel agricultural chemicals, in particular herbicides. A ketone or oxime compound or a salt thereof of Formula (1): wherein B is a ring of any one of B-1, B-2, or B-3, Q is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, NOR7, etc., R6 is a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, etc., R7 is a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, etc., R8a, R8b, R9a, R9b, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, etc., m is an integer of 1 or 2, n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; and a herbicide including the compound or salt thereof. |
| US10136637B2 |
Pesticide nano-suspension
Many active agents, such as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides are relatively insoluble in aqueous media. In order to apply them efficiently to crops it is thus necessary to formulate them in a manner that facilitates their dilution in the water based spray media used in practice, by the farmer or contract spray operator. The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions of active agents such as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, in particular such dispersions in which the particles are of sub-micron diameter. |
| US10136635B2 |
Irradiation of red blood cells and anaerobic storage
A blood storage system comprising: a collection vessel for red blood cells; an oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device; a storage vessel for red blood cells; tubing connecting the collection vessel to the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device and the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device to the storage vessel; and a gamma or X-ray irradiating device is used to irradiate red blood cells stored in the vessel, storing red blood cells under anaerobic conditions. |
| US10136633B2 |
Solo hunter system
A right angle support member configured to be affixable to a vertical-object; the right angle support member configured to form a substantially L-shape having a vertical angle member having a first end; a horizontal angle member having a second end configured to extend outwardly away from a right angle vertex; and a threaded anchor hingebly coupled to the right angle vertex configured to be affixable to the vertical-object; a stabilizing spike located at the first end of the vertical angle member extending opposite of the horizontal angle member; a hanger loop proximate the second end of the horizontal angle member, the hanger loop is configured to receive and interact with a pulley system. |
| US10136624B1 |
Fishing rod handle
Handles, apparatus devices, and methods for clamping and using an extra handle onto fishing rods that provides enhanced leverage while holding the existing elongated handle on the rod between clamps on the extra handle, as well as being used for carrying the rod before and after it is being used. The extra handle has bent member between two clamp ends with an inner generally wide flat smooth face, and lower and upper smooth perimeter edge surfaces, that provide a comfortable surface against the back of the hand of the fisherman and helps provide leverage to the fisherman while fishing with the rod and carrying the rod before and after use. |
| US10136620B2 |
Filtration systems for aquariums
A filtration system for a fish tank includes an upper housing having an inner cavity. The filtration system also includes a lower housing slidingly coupled to the upper housing to permit changes in an overall length of the filtration system. The filtration system also includes a filter cartridge disposed at least partially within the inner cavity, and a pump disposed at least partially within the inner cavity that draws water into the inner cavity and through the plurality of filter cartridges. |
| US10136618B2 |
Wireless animal training, monitoring and remote control system
An animal training and/or monitoring system and an animal-worn device that is capable of receiving and sending various inputs and outputs, respectively, from/to a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device has a software application that allows a human user to wirelessly communicate with the animal-worn transceiver via direct, networked or cellular wireless protocols. The animal-worn device interacts with the applications on the wireless mobile device to allow for a variety of functions, such as the transfer of commands or stimuli to the animal, the transfer of data regarding the animal or its environment to the wireless mobile device, and/or the transfer of instructions from the animal-worn device to an external device. The wireless mobile device may also transmit new firmware to the animal-worn device to modify its inputs and outputs. |
| US10136617B2 |
Collar structure for pets
A collar structure for pets includes a belt with a first elastic layer, a soft ribbon layer and a second elastic layer, wherein the soft ribbon layer is sandwiched between the first elastic layer and the second elastic layer, and an end of the belt is fixed onto a connector body while the other end of the belt wraps around a target position and penetrates through the connector body such that the other end of the belt can be fixed onto the connector body. Seeing that any one or ones of the first elastic layer, the soft ribbon layer or the second elastic layer is/are made of materials having at least a pesticide or fragrance additive, the collar structure for pets according to the present invention can achieve the effects of disinsection or aroma. |
| US10136616B2 |
Feed wagon
A livestock feed wagon includes a moving frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame for accommodating animal feed, in particular provided with feed mixer, and a movable arm construction having an operable gripper fitted thereto for grabbing an amount of animal feed. The arm construction is configured in such a way that the arm construction can pivot the gripper only in one plane from a first position for grabbing animal feed next to the livestock feed wagon to a second position for releasing the animal feed above the feed container. This makes it possible to provide a very simple and compact construction. |
| US10136615B2 |
Milking stall
A milking stall that houses one animal at a time. The milking stall includes a fence arrangement defining an interior space of the milking stall and made up of i) a stationary first long side, ii) a second long side extending along the first long side and having a central fence portion supporting a first entrance gate and a first exit gate, iii) a first short side attached to the first long side as a second entrance gate (5), and iv) a second short side attached to the first long side as a second exit gate. |
| US10136608B2 |
Tobacco having reduced amounts of amino acids and methods for producing such lines
The present invention discloses genetically modified tobacco plants, and tobacco products derived from such plants, comprising a decrease in at least one amino acid such that upon heating and/or burning, the tobacco plant or a portion thereof generates reduced levels of a compound derived from the at least one amino acid as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco plant or a portion thereof. In an embodiment, the tobacco generates reduced levels of acrylamide and/or acrylonitrile upon heating and/or burning of the tobacco as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco line. These plants are useful for improving tobacco products. |
| US10136597B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH288975
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH288975. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH288975, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH288975 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH288975. |
| US10136586B2 |
Seedbed holding unit
There is provided a seedbed holding unit capable of reliably and firmly holding a seedbed with a simple structure, causing no damage to a plant. A seedbed holding unit 160 that holds a seedbed B used in plant cultivation includes a first holding member 170 and a second holding member 180 that are rotatable relative to each other about a predetermined rotation axis A, the first holding member 170 is provided with a first claw part 173 in a fixed state, the second holding member 180 is provided with a second claw part 183 in a fixed state, and the seedbed B is held between the first claw part 173 and the second claw part 183 by rotating the first holding member 170 and the second holding member 180 relative to each other. |
| US10136584B1 |
Dual reciprocating blade landscape saw with enhanced durability and performance
A dual reciprocating blade landscape saw is operably connected to a rotatable shaft of an input device. The landscape saw includes a worm assembly having a lower housing and a worm disposed therein, the worm operably connected to the rotatable shaft of the input device and having a spiral thread, a worm gear assembly having an upper housing and a worm gear disposed therein, the worm gear having a disk comprising a cutout and a plurality of outer teeth engaged with the spiral thread of the worm, and a pair of blades coupled to opposing sides of the worm gear. The rotatable shaft of the input device drives the worm of the worm assembly. Rotational motion of the worm transfers to the worm gear to permit the pair of blades coupled thereon to move linearly in a reciprocating sequence. |
| US10136583B2 |
Geared hand tool
A hand tool includes a first jaw; a first handle coupled to a second jaw, the second jaw pivotably coupled to the first jaw and having a first geared structure, the first geared structure including a first plurality of teeth and a first bearing surface; and, a second handle coupled to a lever, the lever pivotably coupled to the first jaw and including a second geared structure, the second geared structure including a second plurality of teeth and a second bearing surface, wherein the first and second handles are movable between a full open position and a full close position such that during movement from the full open position to the full close position, the first plurality of teeth are at least partially engaged with the second plurality of teeth and the first and second bearing surfaces are in rolling contact. |
| US10136573B1 |
Dual-seed metering device, system, and method of use
A seed meter comprising a housing including one or more air inlets for receiving pressurized air into the housing. The seed meter additionally includes a first metering disc and a second metering disc, each rotatably received in the housing. Each of the first and second metering discs comprises seed pockets for receiving seeds therein. |
| US10143114B2 |
Liquid cooled rack information handling system having leak management system
A Rack Information Handling System (RIHS) has a liquid cooling subsystem that provides cooling liquid to liquid cooled (LC) nodes received in chassis-receiving bays of a rack. Leak collection structures are positioned to receive cooling liquid that leaks from the liquid cooling subsystem. Liquid sensors detect a presence of leaked cooling liquid in the leak collection structures. A leak detection subsystem responds to a detected presence of liquid by providing a leak indication. In one or more embodiments, the liquid cooling subsystem has a liquid rail formed by more than one rack interconnections vertically aligned in a rear section of the rack that are connected by modular rail conduits for node-to-node fluid transfer. The leak collection structures include a pipe cover received over at least one modular rail conduit. A liquid cavity of each pipe cover spills over into another lower pipe cover at a rate that can be correlated to severity of the leak. |
| US10143113B2 |
Partitioned, rotating condenser units to enable servicing of submerged IT equipment positioned beneath a vapor condenser without interrupting a vaporization-condensation cycling of the remaining immersion cooling system
An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit. |
| US10143111B2 |
Adjustment of a pump speed based on a valve position
Examples herein disclose a coolant distribution unit (CDU) including a valve, a pump, and a controller. The valve controls a coolant through the CDU and the pump maintains a differential pressure of coolant to data center components. The controller exclusively controls the CDU to determine a position of the valve. In the response to the determined position of the valve, the CDU adjusts a speed of the pump. |
| US10143109B2 |
Passive two-phase cooling with forced cooling assist
Techniques that facilitate two-phase liquid cooling electronics are provided. In one example, a system comprises a pump and a valve. The pump circulates a coolant refrigerant through a two-phase refrigerant system associated with an electronic component. The valve controls a flow path of the coolant refrigerant that flows through the two-phase refrigerant system. Furthermore, the valve modifies the flow path of the coolant refrigerant through the two-phase refrigerant system in response to a determination that an operation of the pump satisfies a defined criterion. |
| US10143108B2 |
Heat dissipating device
In a heat dissipating device adapted to a plurality of memory modules, a base surrounds the memory modules and has two long edges parallel to the memory modules, a first short edge and a second short edge. A plurality of heat conducting members of a comb-shaped frame extends from a heat dissipating wall connected to the first short edge to the second short edge. The heat conducting members are arranged side by side to form a plurality of receiving spaces for receiving the memory modules. A cover is pivotally connected to the comb-shaped frame and can rotate with respect to a first axis parallel to the first short edge. A movable portion is fixed with the comb-shaped frame and two resilient wings of the cover push two outmost heat conducting members inwardly, such that the heat conducting members and the memory modules abut against each other tightly. |
| US10143107B1 |
Altitude-based adaptive cooling of a computing device
An apparatus comprises a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, one or more altitude sensors, one or more ambient temperature sensors, and one or more air movers. The processor implements an air mover control module configured to obtain at least one altitude reading from at least one of the one or more altitude sensors, to determine an altitude factor based on the at least one altitude reading, to obtain at least one ambient temperature reading from at least one of the one or more ambient temperature sensors, to determine target speeds for respective ones of the air movers utilizing the altitude factor and the at least one ambient temperature reading, and to control operation of the air movers based on the target speeds. |
| US10143106B2 |
Suspended electronic display and cooling assembly
An electronic display assembly for suspending an electronic display from one or more elongate members is disclosed. A closed loop of circulating fluid, such as air, may be placed within a sealed electronics compartment. An open loop channel may permit fluid, such as ambient air, to pass through the assembly via a channel defined by the space between the back pan and the electronic display. A pair of passageways preferably extend vertically along the assembly and are configured to accommodate the passage of an elongate member. Clamps may be utilized within these passageways to secure the assembly to the elongate members. |
| US10143105B1 |
Re-usable modular skid assembly for shipping electronic modules
A modular skid assembly is configured to transport a modular electrical component on a platform with removable stabilizing means. The modular skid assembly includes a plate having an upper surface configured to support the modular electrical component. A first side beam extends longitudinally along one side of the plate, and is secured to the plate. A second side beam extends longitudinally along an opposite side of the plate, and is secured to the plate. A plurality of joists extend laterally beneath the plate, extending between the first side beam and the second side beam. A first stabilizing means is configured to be releasably secured to the first side beam, and a second stabilizing means is configured to be releasably secured to the second side beam. The first and second stabilizing means are only required during hoisting, positioning, and transporting of the platform. |
| US10143103B2 |
System for controlling industrial and domestic devices
A system for controlling industrial and domestic devices includes a monitor and a cylindrical body. The monitor comprises a multitouch screen of the capacitive type and a panel that has an interface adapted to receive the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body further includes a cavity that is adapted to contain a data receiving device and is further adapted to be fixed to industrial and domestic devices. |
| US10143101B2 |
PV stax—multi-function junction MF/J system
A system to provide a multi-function connection capability to contain and provide for stacking, mounting self-registering Multi-Function Junction (MF/J) boxes that contain a multiplicity of control electronics and can be stacked, removed, replaced, and/or upgraded with a minimal of steps or connection processes in order to simplify methods and conserve on or add value, capabilities to materials and electrical/mechanical equipment. The system can be engaged or utilized by any EMS/First Responder/Service Technician, authorized personnel in any field, Contractor, manufacturer, BOS integrator and any assembler of systems that require a multiplicity of interfacing devices to be in proximity, connection or contact to each other. |
| US10143099B2 |
Semiconductor module with gripping sockets, methods for gripping, for moving and for electrically testing a semiconductor module
One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor module with an outer housing having four side walls, and a circuit carrier, which is mounted on the outer housing and has an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. A semiconductor chip is arranged on the upper side and in the outer housing. A first gripping socket, which is formed as an indentation, extends from the outer side of the outer housing into a first of the side walls. |
| US10143098B1 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a first support member and a second support member; a plurality of joint units connected to the first and second support members and coupled to be rotatable with respect to each other; a display module on the first and second support members; third and fourth support members under the first and second support members, respectively; and a hinge member respectively providing rotation axes to one side of the third support member and one side of the fourth support member facing each other. The joint units are arranged along at least one curved trajectory when the third and fourth support members rotate on the rotation axes, respectively. The at least one curved trajectory is defined as a partial curved line of a reference circle, and a central point of the reference circle is spaced apart from the first and second rotation axes. |
| US10143095B2 |
Rollable display device with separate rollers for display and display window
A rollable display device includes a display module, a window member, a housing in which the display module and the window member are configured to be rolled up and stored, the housing having a slot through which the display module and the window member are configured to move in and out, a first rotary member disposed inside the housing configured to roll up the display module, and a second rotary member disposed inside the housing, spaced from the first rotary member, and configured to roll up the window member. |
| US10143093B2 |
Modular apparatus for high voltage direct-current transmission system
The present invention relates to a modular apparatus for a high-voltage direct-current transmission system. A sub-module (10), which is a modular apparatus, comprises according to the present invention a power unit (12) in the front and a capacitor unit (13) in the rear, and on the lower end of a front surface (14′) of a power unit housing (14) forming the exterior of the power unit (12) is a sloped surface (15). The sloped surface (15) has a hexahederal shape created by removing the edge formed by the front surface (14′) and the bottom surface of the power unit housing (14) and faces the ground at an angle. A display unit (16) is provided on the sloped surface (15) so that the status of the sub-module (10) can be easily checked by a worker from the ground on which a structure stands. A front panel (18) comprising the display unit (16) is provided on the sloped surface (15), wherein the front panel (18) is provided with a panel through-hole (18′) to allow a configuration space (20) in the interior to be visible. A control board (22) is coupled to the front panel (18) by means of a connection block (23). The control board (22) is movably supported on either end thereof by support rails (26) provided on both inner side walls of the configuration space (20) so as to allow easy entry into the interior and exit to the outside of the power unit (12). |
| US10143092B2 |
Circuit substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A circuit substrate includes a core substrate having a cavity penetrating through the substrate, a metal block accommodated in the cavity of the substrate, a first build-up layer laminated on first side of the substrate and including insulating resin layers such that the first build-up layer is covering first surface of the block from the first side, and a second build-up layer laminated on second side of the substrate and including insulating resin layers such that the second build-up layer is covering second surface of the block from the second side. The first build-up layer includes an electronic component mounting structure formed on outermost portion of the first build-up layer, and the block is formed such that the first and second surfaces have roughened surfaces, respectively, and that the roughened surface of the first surface has surface roughness different from surface roughness of the roughened surface of the second surface. |
| US10143091B2 |
Methods of forming oscillator systems having annular resonant circuitry
Systems and apparatus are provided for solid-state oscillators and related resonant circuitry. An exemplary oscillator system includes an amplifier having an amplifier input and an amplifier output and resonant circuitry coupled between the amplifier output and the amplifier input. In exemplary embodiments, the resonant circuitry includes an annular resonance structure that is substantially symmetrical and includes a pair of arcuate inductive elements. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the resonant circuitry includes an additional inductive element that is capacitively coupled to the annular resonance structure via an air gap to improve the quality factor of the resonant circuitry. |
| US10143088B2 |
Method for producing wired circuit board
The method for producing a wired circuit board including an insulating layer and a conductive pattern provided on the insulating layer includes the steps of the following: a step (1), in which the insulating layer is provided; a step (2), in which a metal thin film is provided on an inclined face of the insulating layer; a step (3), in which a photoresist is provided on the metal thin film; a step (4), in which a photomask is disposed so that in the photoresist, a portion where the conductive pattern is to be provided is shielded from light, and the photoresist is exposed to light through the photomask; a step (5), in which the portion of the photoresist shielded from light by the photomask is removed to expose the metal thin film corresponding to the portion; and a step (6), in which the conductive pattern is provided on the metal thin film exposed from the photoresist. When exposing the photoresist, reflection is caused by the metal thin film positioned on the inclined face to reduce light projected to the portion. |
| US10143087B2 |
Capacitor element-mounted structure
A circuit module includes a first and second monolithic ceramic capacitors encapsulated by a mold resin layer on a wiring board. The first and second monolithic ceramic capacitors are lined up along a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the main surface of the wiring board and are electrically connected in series or in parallel through a conductive pattern provided on the wiring board. One of a pair of end surfaces of the first monolithic ceramic capacitor is opposed to one of the width-direction side surfaces as a pair of side surfaces of the second monolithic ceramic capacitor with the mold resin layer interposed. |
| US10143086B2 |
Transient electronic devices comprising inorganic or hybrid inorganic and organic substrates and encapsulates
The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants. |
| US10143066B2 |
Sensor with wireless device for controlling a light source
A sensor, such as a motion sensor and/or an occupancy sensor, can include the capability of communicating wirelessly with a user device such that sensor settings can be adjusted via an application running on the user device. The sensor settings may determine when one or more light sources (e.g., a light fixture, a light bulb, a light emitting diode (LED), etc.) turn on and/or the amount of light produced by the one or more light sources. |
| US10143065B2 |
Dimmer switch
A dimmer switch for controlling a light includes a wheel assembly, a rotational motion detector and a dimmer control. As the wheel assembly is rotated, the light is dimmed. An on/off control is responsive to a push detector for detecting whether the wheel assembly has been pushed. The on/off control controls where the light is on or off. |
| US10143064B2 |
Modular LED lighting system having emergency light function
The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module (1) to which an AC supply voltage (9) can be supplied and which comprises: a second sub-module (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage (5) is provided which is galvanically isolated from the AC supply voltage (9), and a control unit (G), further comprising a second module (2) which comprises a further sub-module (C) supplied with the DC supply voltage (5) of the first module (1), in particular a pulsed constant current source, which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), an LED module (F) which has at least one LED range (8) and is supplied by the further sub-module (C), inn particular a constant current source, and an emergency light operating circuit which is connected to a rechargeable energy store (ES); and takes over powering the modular LED lighting unit in the event of failure of the AC supply voltage (9). |
| US10143062B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device, illumination device, and display device
An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a base material having a top surface on which a recess is provided; a reflective layer provided along at least a surface of the recess; a filling layer filled in the recess via the reflective layer, the filling layer having light transmissivity; a first electrode provided at least on an upper layer side of the filling layer, the first electrode having light transmissivity; an organic layer provided on an upper layer side of the first electrode, the organic layer including at least a light emitting layer; and a second electrode provided on an upper layer side of the organic layer, the second electrode having light transmissivity. The second electrode has a reflectance of 70% or less. |
| US10143059B1 |
Circuit of dimming and toning based on a driver on board module
The invention discloses a circuit of dimming and toning based on a driver on board module, relates to LED driving circuit technology field, which includes a silicon controlled dimming circuit module, a rectifier module, an AC constant current power supply module, a plurality of balanced architecture LED modules, and a color feedback comparison module. The AC constant current power supply module includes a plurality of AC constant current power supply sub units supplying power for the balanced architecture LED modules correspondingly. The color feedback comparison module is located between two balanced architecture LED modules to compare voltages generated thereby and no power contrast feedback between two balanced architecture LED modules is generated when the silicon controlled dimming circuit module adjusts current, so that the color feedback comparison module makes an LED bead thereof to choose road between the balanced architecture LED modules to realize color temperature adjusting. |
| US10143058B2 |
Artificial light compensation system and process
Systems and methods for compensating, controlling, mixing and saturating/desaturating colors produced by or emitted from LED artificial light sources through use of multiple channel, LED controllers to control the proportion of constituent colors each to the other, to control the intensity level of the total light output of the mixed, desaturated light during and after color mixing and/or saturation/desaturation by simultaneously increasing and decreasing power to the constituent color LEDs at the same rate, and once a desired color has been produced, changing the intensity/brightness and/or degree of saturation of the produced color without changing the hue of the produced color. |
| US10143057B2 |
Board-mounted parallel circuit structure with efficient power utilization
A board-mounted parallel circuit structure with efficient power utilization includes a first substrate, a first constant voltage layer and a second constant voltage layer. The first and second constant voltage layers are connected to a power supply respectively through two power connection points. The first constant voltage layer has at least one insulating zone. Each insulating zone has a light-emitting unit formed therein. One electrode of the light-emitting unit is connected to the first constant voltage layer, and the other electrode thereof is connected to the second constant voltage layer through a conducting wire. When the power supply outputs a low voltage to the first constant voltage layer, resistance values everywhere on the first constant voltage layer are identical. Accordingly, given any distance between a light-emitting unit and a corresponding power connection point, lighting efficiency of the light-emitting unit is not affected and effective power utilization can be ensured. |
| US10143056B2 |
Outdoor lighting system controlled using motion sensor interface
Aspects are provided for controlling outdoor lighting systems using a photocontrol interface that can be connected to a motion sensor and a luminaire driver or ballast. In some aspects, a dimming control node is electrically and communicatively coupled to a motion sensor via wired connections to a photocontrol interface. The dimming control node is also communicatively coupled to a luminaire ballast or driver. The dimming control node can provide power to the motion sensor. The dimming control node can also receive sensor data from the motion sensor via one of the wired connections. The dimming control node can determine a sensor output state of the motion sensor from the received sensor data, and can select a dim-level configuration corresponding to the determined sensor output state. The dimming control node can cause the luminaire ballast or driver to implement the selected dim-level configuration. |
| US10143055B2 |
Illuminating device for vehicles
An illuminating device for vehicles which has at least one LED branch (Z1, Z2) with at least one LED (DL11 . . . DL1n, DL21 . . . DL2n), and with a controlled LED power supply (1) and a drive (3) which provides dimming signals (SDA1, SDA2; SDD1, SDD2) for the LEDs, wherein an electronic switch (TS1, TS2) is associated to the at least one LED branch (Z1, Z2) and is supplied with a PWM dimming signal (SDD1, SDD2), and the at least one LED branch is bridged for the purpose of branching off a partial current (IN1, IN2) from a controlled auxiliary circuit (N1, N2) having a current controller with an analog controller (21, TN1, 22, TN2) which is supplied with an analog dimming signal (SDA1, SDA2). |
| US10143051B2 |
Bleeder circuit and control method thereof, and LED control circuit
The present disclosure discloses a bleeder circuit and a control method thereof, and an LED control circuit. The present disclosure is applied in an LED control circuit of TRIAC dimming, directly or indirectly detects cross-zero point of input voltage; after cross-zero point of the input voltage is delayed by a second time, the bleeder module works to generate bleeder current, and a time between turn-on time of the TRIAC and a time that a driving circuit input current achieves a predetermined value (maintaining current of TRIAC) is a first time. During the first time, the bleeder circuit generates losses; when the first time is greater than a predetermined value, the second time is prolonged; when the first time is smaller than the predetermined value, the second time is reduced, such that the first time is close to or equal to the predetermined value. By using the present disclosure, the second time, which is used as the delay time, is self-adaptively adjusted according to the first time and the predetermined value, and the bleeder power consumption is reduced and system efficiency is enhanced. |
| US10143049B2 |
Electronic operating device for light sources
In various embodiments, an electronic operating device for light sources is provided. The electronic operating device may include an input part for inputting an input voltage and an output part for outputting an output voltage and an output current for the light sources. The electronic operating device is configured to operate the output part as a voltage source for a period of time after the input voltage has been applied, and subsequently to operate the output part as a current source after this period of time. |
| US10143048B2 |
LED light with control circuit
A control circuit for a voltage converter has a switch which has a multiplicity of parallel-connected current-conducting branches with resistors with different resistance values, and a contact maker. The contact maker is configured to connect selectively in each case one of the multiplicity of parallel-connected current-conducting branches to an input contact of the switch. The control circuit also includes a detector circuit which is configured to determine a voltage drop across the resistors and to output, as a function of the determined voltage drop, an actuation signal for setting a setpoint output current of the voltage converter to the voltage converter. |
| US10143047B2 |
Lighting control system and method for generating supply currents for LED channels
A lighting control system (LCS) for generating supply currents for at least two LED channels (CH1, CH2, CHn) comprises at least two controlled current sources for generating a supply current for a corresponding LED channel based on a corresponding control signal. The system further comprises at least two signal combiners for generating the corresponding control signals based on a synchronization signal (VSYNC) that comprises periodic starting pulses and on a combination of a magnitude dimming signal and a pulse dimming signal corresponding to one of the LED channels. The signal combiners are designed such that changes of the respective control signals come into effect only with a respective time offset with respect to one of the starting pulses of the synchronization signal. |
| US10143039B2 |
Processing-path-dependent filtering of data packets received in the car2X network
A method for receiving a data packet containing at least position data in a transmission signal via a vehicular ad hoc network, including: filtering the received data packet on the basis of a first filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a processing device for processing the filtered data packet; and filtering the received data packet on the basis of a second filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a forwarding device for forwarding the filtered data packet to another subscriber of the vehicular ad hoc network. |
| US10143038B1 |
System, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location
A system, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location. A wireless sensor network can support a beacon that can be configured to broadcast information to devices at the monitored location. The broadcasted information can be recorded by devices to generate an environment log that can enable identification of conditions of an environment as reflected by sensor measurements at the monitored location. |
| US10143037B2 |
Millimeter wave wireless systems using licensed and unlicensed frequency spectrum
A method of wireless communication includes transmitting in a downlink direction on a licensed millimeter wave band, by a radio base station, a first millimeter wave band signal at high transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving by a communications device the first millimeter wave band signal. The method includes transmitting in an uplink direction on an unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the communications device, a second millimeter wave band signal at low transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving on the unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the radio base station, the second millimeter wave band signal at a high receive gain using a multiple input multiple output receive antenna array. |
| US10143035B2 |
Device and method of handling communication with communication device
Abase station (BS) of handling communication with a communication device comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise configuring a radio resource control (RRC) connection to the communication device; transmitting an RRCConnectionRelease message via the RRC connection to the communication device; determining that the communication device leaves a connected mode after a first duration from transmitting the RRCConnectionRelease message, when the communication device is in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode; and determining that the communication device leaves the connected mode after a second duration from transmitting the RRCConnectionRelease message, when the communication device is not in the CE mode. |
| US10143034B2 |
Method and apparatus of managing stored system information using validly timer when applying discontinuous reception mode in mobile communication system
A method for managing system information using a valid period timer includes receiving system information from a base station, checking whether information related to the management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, and determining the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, and starting a timer by employing the determined valid timer time and managing the system in formation. A terminal a controller configured to control the transceiver to receive system information from a base station, check whether information related to management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, determine the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, start a timer set for the determined valid timer time, and manage the system information. |
| US10143031B2 |
Detection and reporting of keepalive messages for optimization of keepalive traffic in a mobile network
Detection of network transactions or keepalives for maintaining long lived connections are disclosed. A keepalive detector can detect keepalive traffic based on keepalive parameters determined from an analysis of socket level network communication log data that record data transfer events including data sent from mobile applications or clients on a mobile device and data received by the mobile applications or clients on the mobile device, timing characteristics, protocol types, etc. Various statistical analyses can be performed on the network communication data to detect keepalives, taking into account variability in intervals of the data transfer events and sizes of data sent and received on each event. The keepalive detector can also detect keepalives from stream data on a mobile device by analyzing socket level communication messages including timing characteristics and amount of data transferred to detect keepalives and report keepalives using a data structure. |
| US10143028B1 |
Wireless communication system to implement independent wireless connections
A wireless communication system implements independent wireless connections for a data communication service. Multiple wireless communication devices establish the independent wireless connections with multiple wireless access points, and responsively monitor the independent wireless connections. The wireless communication devices receive a request for the data communication service for a User Equipment (UE), and responsively assign the UE to one or more of the independent wireless connections. The wireless communication devices detect a data communication loss on the assigned independent wireless connection(s), and responsively select one or more of the unassigned independent wireless connections and assign the UE to the selected unassigned independent wireless connections. |
| US10143021B2 |
Processing state information
A method of operating a user equipment in a communications system including at least one cell that is controlled by a radio access node. The method includes maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment, the state information including at least one state information part associated with features for which state information reporting is configured in at least one cell, at least one state information part being associable with a plurality of different values, receiving an indication from the radio access node regarding state information held by the radio access node relating to the user equipment, determining whether to report current state information relating to the radio access node on the basis of the received indication, and reporting a current value associated with at least a given state information part to the radio access node. |
| US10143017B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating buffer state report in wireless communication system supporting device to device communication
A method of supporting a buffer status report (BSR) associated with a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved NodeB (eNB) and receiving configuration information associated with a D2D communication from the eNB, the configuration information including information of a resource allocation mode for a D2D data transmission and information of a timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission; determining, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link failure (RLF), the RLF being associated with a connection problem of the RRC connection; initializing a re-establishment process for the RRC connection; canceling all BSRs for a D2D data transmission in response to the determined RLF, the canceled BSRs for a D2D data transmission being associated with a D2D data transmission scheduled by the eNB; and initializing the timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission. |
| US10143015B2 |
Contention-based random access in unlicensed spectrum
The disclosure provides a method and system for requesting access to resources for uplink communications in unlicensed spectrum. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may detect one or more of a first type of data or a second type of data to be transmitted to a base station (BS). The UE may then determine if a first type of physical random access channel (PRACH) resource is available for transmitting one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data to the BS. If the first type of PRACH resource is available, then the UE may transmit one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data using the first type of PRACH resource. If the first type of PRACH resource is not available, then the UE may transmit the second type of data using a second type of PRACH resource. |
| US10143012B2 |
Random access procedure in wireless device, radio base station and methods therein
Embodiments herein relate to a wireless device (10) for handling access to a radio base station (12) in a wireless communication network (1), the wireless device (10) being configured to: initiate a random access procedure in the wireless communication network (1); determine that a problem with the random access procedure has occurred when a certain condition is fulfilled; and perform at least one of the following, when determined that a problem with the random access procedure has occurred: delay a next random access preamble transmission attempt; abort from a higher layer the random access procedure immediately; and stop the random access procedure at a lower layer. |
| US10143007B2 |
Method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource
A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. |
| US10143002B2 |
System and method to facilitate centralized radio resource management in a split radio access network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating feedback information at a first remote access point (AP), wherein the feedback information is associated with one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP; determining constraints for the first remote AP at a central controller based on the feedback information received from the first remote AP and feedback information received from one or more other remote APs that neighbor the first remote AP, wherein the constraints are determined for a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and scheduling resource blocks (RBs) for the one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP for one or more of the plurality of TTIs based, at least in part, on constraints received from the central controller. |
| US10142993B2 |
Methods for exchanging operation changes between WLAN stations
A receiving station in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) implements a method to initiate a change in a receive operating mode during a current transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a transmitting station. The method sends a receive operating mode change to the transmitting station, where the receive operating mode change requests changes to at least one receive operating mode parameter associated with at least one transmission from the transmitting station to the receiving station. The method further changes the at least one receive operating mode parameter based on the receive operating mode change, where the at least one receive operating mode parameter changes from higher receiver resource usage to lower receiver resource usage. Changing the at least one receive operating mode parameter occurs only after completion of the current TXOP when the at least one receive operating mode parameter changes from higher receiver resource usage to lower receiver resource usage. |
| US10142992B2 |
Method, base station, and user terminal for using location information of user terminal
eNB 200 sets discovery resources that are radio resources used for transmission or reception of a discovery signal for performing the D2D communication. The eNB 200 controls a quantity (time length) of the discovery resources based on information on UE 100 existing in a target area that is a setting target area of the discovery resources. |
| US10142988B2 |
Base station configured for persistent resource allocation
Methods and apparatus for communicating and utilizing persistent allocation of resources are described herein. A base station may allocate persistent resources to a client station, and may associate the client station or persistent resource allocation with a particular shared NACK channel. The base station may monitor the NACK channel for a NACK indicating a map error. The base station may monitor the resource allocation to implicitly determine a map error. The base station may resend one or more persistent resource allocation information elements in response to the NACK or implicit error determination. A client station having a persistent resource allocation may monitor persistent resource allocation information elements in map messages and/or may indicate failure to receive a persistent resource allocation information element in a NACK message on a shared NACK channel. |
| US10142986B2 |
Uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal
The present invention discloses an uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal, wherein, the uplink resource sharing method comprises: performing the LBT on a granted subframe, allocated to a terminal by a base station, by the terminal; transmitting data if the LBT is finished on the granted subframe; and performing the LBT on another subframe if the LBT is not finished on the granted subframe. The present invention solves the problem of resource waste caused by the fact that the terminal cannot finish LBT in a frame allocated to the frame by a base station, and reduces a probability of increase of an uplink grant number caused by failing of uplink scheduling. |
| US10142980B2 |
Discovery reference signal transmission window detection and discovery reference signal measurement configuration
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a neighbor cell and report the result to a serving base station. Based on the report, the serving base station may identify an estimated discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window of the neighbor cell. In some cases, the UE may estimate and report parameters of the neighbor DRS transmission window, and in other cases, the UE may make a measurement report and the base station may infer DRS transmission window parameters. The base station may then provide the UE with a DRS measurement timing configuration (DMTC) based on the estimated parameters of the neighbor cell so that the UE may monitor the neighbor cell and the serving cell in an efficient manner. For example, the UE may conserve battery life by refraining from monitoring DRS during periods when a DRS transmission is not likely. |
| US10142975B2 |
Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, integrated circuit, and communication system
The present invention enables efficient transmission/reception of a signal including control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. To realize this, second elements are formed using resources that are obtained by dividing one physical resource block pair, each of first elements is constituted by one or more of the second elements, a control channel is constituted by an aggregation of one or more of the first elements, and there is provided a controller that associates any one of the first elements with one or a plurality of the second elements. |
| US10142974B2 |
Multi-carrier operation for wireless systems
The present disclosure generally relates to an uplink control signal design for wireless system. One example method of a subscriber station (SS) includes performing network entry in a multi-carrier wireless environment using a primary carrier, receiving timing information corresponding to the primary carrier, receiving a first control signaling via the primary carrier, the first control signaling assigning at least one secondary carrier, transmitting uplink data via the secondary carrier using an uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier, the uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier being assigned the same as an uplink transmission timing of the primary carrier, and determining an adjustment of the uplink transmission timing or frequency of the secondary carrier. |
| US10142973B2 |
Method and device for transmitting an uplink control signal in a wireless communication system
A method is provided for transmitting an uplink (UL) control signal in a carrier aggregation (CA) system including a plurality of UL component carriers (CCs). A user equipment (UE) determines whether a simultaneous transmission of a physical UL control channel (PUCCH) and a physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) is configured. If the simultaneous transmission of the PUCCH and the PUSCH is not configured, the UE determines whether the PUSCH is scheduled in a primary CC (PCC) or in any secondary CCs (SCCs) of the CA system. If the PUSCH is not scheduled in the PCC, but is scheduled in the any SCCs, the UE selects one SCC from the any SCCs in which the PUSCH is scheduled according to a priority which is set by higher layer signaling. The UE piggybacks and transmits a UL control information (UCI) of the PCC on the PUSCH of the selected SCC. |
| US10142970B2 |
RLC reconfiguration during cell reselection
It is provided a method, including detecting whether or not a terminal has completed a reconfiguration of a radio bearer based on a first reconfiguration message, wherein the first reconfiguration message provides a first configuration of a first radio bearer in a first cell; detecting whether or not a cell update message is received from the terminal, wherein the cell update message indicates that the terminal has performed a cell update from the first cell to a second cell different from the first cell; triggering, if the terminal has not completed the reconfiguration and the cell update message is received, providing a second reconfiguration message to the terminal, wherein the second reconfiguration message provides a second configuration of a second radio bearer in the second cell. |
| US10142965B2 |
Methods and devices for providing application services to users in communications network
In a method for providing application services to a user in a communications network, a first multi-path transport control protocol (MPTCP) flow is mapped to a first evolved packet system (EPS) bearer associated with a first serving base station for the user, and a second MPTCP flow is mapped to a second EPS bearer associated with a second serving base station for the user. The first MPTCP flow is output on the first EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the first serving base station, and the second MPTCP flow is output on the second EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the second serving base station. Each of the first and second MPTCP flows correspond to a same multipath transport control protocol MPTCP connection for an application. |
| US10142964B2 |
Method and system for signalling resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network
A method and system signal resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network. A MS communicates with a BS using asymmetric carriers consisting of at least one low frequency carrier (e.g., primary carriers) in a cellular band and at least one high frequency carrier (e.g., secondary carriers) in a millimeter Wave band. In one embodiment, the BS allocates resources for one or more transmit time intervals in at least one of DL allocation interval of a secondary DL carrier and UL allocation interval of a secondary UL carrier for the MS, where the DL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary DL carrier and the UL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary UL carrier. The BS then transmits information regarding the allocated resources to the MS in a Packet Data Control Channel region of a subframe of the primary DL carrier. |
| US10142956B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for providing assistance information for calls under isolated E-UTRAN operation for public safety (IOPS)
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller determines whether the service network is an Isolated E-UTRAN Operation for Public Safety (IOPS) network, and transmits a first ATTACH REQUEST message including an IOPS indicator to the service network via the wireless transceiver in response to the service network being an IOPS network. Also, the controller receives a first ATTACH ACCEPT message including encrypted mapping information from the service network via the wireless transceiver, and transmits a first ATTACH COMPLETE message to the service network via the wireless transceiver. |
| US10142953B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing synchronous HARQ operation according to variable TTI allocation
Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing a synchronous hybrid automatic repeat reQuest (HARQ). When a variable transmission time allocation is allocated per HARQ process, resource allocation information including a duration field corresponding to a length of a transmission time interval (TTI) allocated to each of the HARQ processes is transmitted. After the resource allocation information is transmitted, it is determined whether an HARQ error occurs at a predetermined timing and if it is determined whether the HARQ error occurs, the HARQ error is handled. |
| US10142950B2 |
Method and device for transreceiving signals through NAN terminal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transreceiving signals through a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a NAN synchronization beacon frame and/or a NAN discovery beacon frame; and accessing a NAN cluster which has transmitted the NAN discovery beacon frame, wherein when the NAN cluster is a coordinated NAN cluster, the NAN terminal maintains the state at the time of accessing the NAN cluster. |
| US10142948B2 |
Adjusting transmit power across a network
Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting transmit power in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes identifying a selected base station with a first coverage area for adjustment of transmit power; identifying a plurality of neighboring base stations with coverage areas nearby the first coverage area; retrieving a plurality of signal strength measurements from a plurality of mobile devices within the coverage areas of the plurality of neighboring base stations; determining, based on the plurality of measurements, an effect on the plurality of mobile devices within the coverage areas of the plurality of neighboring base stations; and sending an instruction for adjustment of transmit power to the selected base station. |
| US10142946B2 |
Method and device for transmitting D2D discovery signal by terminal in wireless communication system
A method for determining a device-to-device (D2D) symbol having orthogonality maintained (hereinafter, a position of the D2D symbol having orthogonality maintained) between single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) sub-carriers among physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)/D2D signals, a method for determining the power of the symbol having orthogonality maintained, and a method for transmitting additional information in accordance with selective power control is provided. |
| US10142945B2 |
Power control for transmission of uplink control information on two cells in carrier aggregation
Methods and apparatus are provided for a network to control a power of transmissions from a User Equipment (UE) on a first Cell Group (CG) or on a second CG depending on a communication delay between the two CGs. Methods and apparatus are also provided for a UE configured with a first CG and a second CG in Carrier Aggregation (CA) operation to determine whether or not to transmit a channel conveying control information when the UE needs to reduce a respective nominal transmission power. Methods and apparatus are additionally provided for a network to transmit and for a UE to receive a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command for transmission on a cell of a first CG or on a cell of a second CG. |
| US10142942B2 |
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for spatial reuse in a high efficiency wireless local-area network
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for generating and receiving signal fields in a high efficiency wireless local-area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW) device including circuitry is disclosed. The circuitry may be configured to: receive a physical (PHY) header or media access control (MAC) header from a second HEW station, wherein the PHY header or MAC header comprises an indication of a spatial reuse opportunity and a defer duration; adjust one or more parameters to determine whether or not the wireless medium is in use; and determine whether to transmit within the spatial reuse opportunity based on the adjusted one or more parameters. The circuitry may be configured to adjust one or more parameters to determine whether or not the wireless medium is in use in where the parameters are signal detect (SD) threshold, a mid-packet detection (MPD) threshold, and an energy detection (ED) threshold. |
| US10142941B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a terminal controlling uplink power in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: configuring a first cell and a second cell; transmitting a first PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the first cell; and transmitting a second PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the second cell, wherein when the sum of transmit power of the first PUCCH signal and transmit power of the second PUCCHJ signal exceeds a predetermined maximum transmit power configured to the terminal, the transmit power of the PUCCH signal having a lower priority from among the first UCCH signal and the second PUCCH signal is reduced or the transmission is dropped. |
| US10142937B2 |
Information handling system mesh network power management
A portable information handling system includes a wireless network interface device that establishes communication with a network destination through a mesh network having plural network paths of one or more ad hoc network interfaces. A mesh network manager running on the portable information handling system retrieves network context information from nodes of the plural network paths and applies the network context information to determine energy consumption of the plural network paths. The mesh network manager selects a network path to communicate with the network destination based at least in part on the energy consumption associated with the plural network paths. |
| US10142935B2 |
Autonomous receive (RX) detector for a radio module
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for autonomous receive (RX) detection. One example method for wireless communications generally includes powering down a portion of a receive path in a first module; detecting, in a second module comprising another portion of the receive path, that a radio frequency (RF) signal has been received by the second module while the portion of the receive path in the first module is powered down; and sending a control signal to power up the portion of the receive path in the first module, based on the detection. |
| US10142934B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and communication system
A wireless terminal apparatus in a communication system shares a reference cycle with a data center. The reference cycle includes an incoming-call acceptance ready time that ranges from an incoming-call acceptance start time point to an incoming-call acceptance end time point. The incoming-call acceptance start time point corresponds to an outgoing-call generation time point of generating an outgoing-call by the data center. The outgoing-call generation end time point is set in consideration of a delay in the outgoing-call. The wireless terminal apparatus is set in an intermittent standby state that is contained in the incoming-call acceptance ready time. In the remaining time excluding the incoming-call acceptance ready time within the reference cycle, the wireless terminal apparatus is set in a sleep state in which no incoming-call is accepted. |
| US10142932B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving frame performed by station operating in power save mode in wireless local area network system and apparatus for the same
A method for a wireless local area network, the method performed by a station includes receiving a beacon frame from an access point (AP), the beacon frame including a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element indicating that the AP has a buffered frame for the station; transmitting a power save (PS)-poll frame and at least one duplicated PS-poll frame to the AP on a first 20 MHz channel and at least one second 20 MHz channel, the PS poll frame being transmitted on the first 20 MHz channel, the at least one duplicated PS poll frame being transmitted on the at least one second 20 MHz channel; and receiving the buffered frame from the AP as a response of at least one of the PS poll frame and the at least one duplicated PS poll frame. |
| US10142931B2 |
Prioritized access in awake window
Devices and methods of for wireless communication in a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) band are generally described. A device can detect a starting point of an awake window (AW). The device can encode a first announcement traffic indication message (ATIM) for directional transmission, after no more than a point coordination function (PCF) interframe space (PIFS) subsequent to the starting point, over a first beamformed link to a first station (STA). The device can encode a second ATIM for directional transmission subsequent to directional transmission of the first ATIM, within the AW and in a different direction than the directional transmission of the first ATIM, over a second beamformed link to a second STA. Other devices, systems and methods are also described. |
| US10142929B2 |
Apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state
An apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state is provided. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, upon determining that data is to be transmitted to the wireless device in the eco state, a network node operates to transmit a unicast notification message to the wireless device in order to inform the wireless device of the impending data transmission. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to receiving the unicast notification message, the wireless device operates to receive the data in accordance with the unicast notification message. To this end, the wireless device might for example try to receive data for a time period following the unicast notification message. Meanwhile, the wireless device may remain in the eco state. |
| US10142927B2 |
Selection of a mesh access point in a wireless mesh network
An example method of transmitting data to a destination node in a wireless communications network includes detecting, at a wireless device, a plurality of mesh nodes connected to a common communications medium used to access a wireless communications network. The method also includes calculating a score for the mesh nodes of the plurality of mesh nodes, where the score is based on a hop distance between the respective mesh node and a root access point connected to the wireless communications network, the quality of signal between the wireless device and the respective mesh node, the data bandwidth between the wireless device and the respective mesh node, and/or the current number of mesh nodes using the respective mesh node as a wireless access point to connect to the wireless communications network. The wireless device selects a mesh node to connect to as a mesh access point based on the calculated scores. |
| US10142923B2 |
Using a single packet data network for data transfers to manage network resources
Examples of the disclosure enable packet data access to be managed. In some examples, a device is coupled to a wireless network using a first access point name (APN). The wireless network includes a first packet data network (PDN) corresponding to the first APN and a second PDN. A request to couple the device to the wireless network using a second APN corresponding to the second PDN is received. When the device is configured to use a single PDN, a first instruction associated with decoupling the device from the wireless network is transmitted to the first PDN, and a second instruction associated with coupling the device to the wireless network using the second APN is transmitted to the second PDN. Aspects of the disclosure enable controlling or restricting packet data access to manage network resources. |
| US10142922B2 |
D2D peer discovery and data transmission
A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device via a wireless access interface. The method includes transmitting signals representing data in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol via a shared communication channel of the wireless access interface. The transmitting the signals includes: selecting an identifier which identifies a party and identifies a discovery communication type; transmitting a scheduling assignment message in an scheduling assignment portion of the shared communications channel, wherein the scheduling assignment message includes the selected identifier for discovery by one or more other communications devices; and transmitting the signals representing the data in a data portion of the shared communications channel in accordance with the scheduling assignment message. The method can facilitate use of discovery in device-to-device environments. |
| US10142921B2 |
Wireless network service transaction protocol
A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network. |
| US10142920B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method includes receiving a first message including configuration information from a base station, setting an establishment cause based on whether the first message includes a first indicator indicating that a use of a value indicating a voice service as the establishment cause is requested, and transmitting a second message including the establishment cause for a radio resource control (RRC) connection request. |
| US10142918B2 |
Data communication network to provide hop count data for user equipment selection of a wireless relay
A data communication network to provide hop count data for User Equipment (UE) selection of a wireless relay. The data communication network comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve UEs. The wireless relays receive a hop count, and in response, increment their individual hop count and wirelessly broadcast individual relay Long Term Evolution (LTE) System Information Blocks (SIBs) indicating their individual hop counts. The wireless relays receive wireless UE attachments responsive to the relay LTE SIB broadcasts of their individual hop counts. |
| US10142917B2 |
Electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) assignment for carrier channel devices
A pool of devices is initially associated under a single product type identifier, for example, a single stock keeping unit (SKU) identifier. Each device is associated with a secure element (SE), for example, an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). A wireless telecommunications carrier purchases a subset of the devices from the owner of the pool of devices. A policy management server receives a shipment record and associates the subset of devices with a product identifier and with a carrier-specific activation policy. The policy management server sends an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) reservation request to a policy evaluation server, which contacts an eSIM delivery server associated with the purchasing carrier. The eSIM delivery server reserves eSIMs for the purchased devices. When an end user buys one of the devices from the subset, the purchased device is provisioned by the eSIM delivery server with the eSIM reserved for that device. |
| US10142916B2 |
Methods, network node and wireless device for handling system information
A network node (600), a wireless device (602) and methods therein, for enabling access to a radio network. System signatures are associated with corresponding system information configurations that can be used for accessing the radio network in a first area. The system signatures are reused in a second area as associated with system information configurations which are different than in the first area. The network node (600) indicates (6:3) that at least one system information configuration stored in the wireless device (602) is invalid and should not be used. The wireless device (602) then makes (6:4) the at least one invalid system information configuration unusable in the wireless device, e.g. by deleting it from the wireless device (602). Thereby, the risk of using an incorrect system information configuration based on a reused system signature can be reduced or eliminated. |
| US10142915B2 |
Method and system for providing multiple service discovery in a wireless environment
A method and apparatus are provided for performing multiple service discovery in a wireless environment. The method includes generating a probe request containing a class information and a sub class information of a plurality of advertiser devices by a seeker device, transmitting the probe request for service discovery to at least one advertiser device of the plurality of advertiser devices and receiving a probe response from the at least one advertiser device. The probe response comprises at least one of the class information and the sub-class information associated with the at least one advertiser device. |
| US10142909B2 |
Artificial intelligence-augmented, ripple-diamond-chain shaped rateless routing in wireless mesh networks with multi-beam directional antennas
Disclosed herein are systems and methods directed to routing in the wireless mesh network (WMN) with multi-beam directional antennas (MBDAs). The disclosed systems and methods describe Ripple-Diamond-Chain (RDC) shaped routing, systematic link quality modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) augmented path link selection. In simulations, real-time video as well as other types of traffic types are used to validate the high-throughput, quality of service (QoS)-differentiated, multi-beam routing efficiency of the disclosed systems and methods, as well as the intelligent path determination in dynamic WMN environments. |
| US10142908B2 |
Dynamic communication routing based on consistency weighting and routing rules
Systems and methods for dynamic communication routing based on consistency weighting and routing rules are disclosed. A computing device can receive a communication including content data. The communication can be stored in a queue position of a primary queue. For example, the primary queue can include a plurality of queue positions for storing communications. The communication can be retrieved from the queue position of the primary queue and analyzed. In some instances, analyzing can include parsing the content data for a keyword. A keyword can correspond to a secondary queue. When the keyword is identified in the communication, the communication can be stored in the secondary queue that corresponds to the keyword. A terminal device associated with the secondary queue can be identified. A retrieval request to access the communication from the secondary queue can be received, and the communication can be routed to the terminal device. |
| US10142906B2 |
Cellular communication system with moving base stations and methods and apparatus useful in conjunction therewith
A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station includes a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations. The base stations include at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality and a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with the base station functionality. The base station functionality has a physical back-connection to the first radio manager. The first radio manager has a physical connection with the mobile station functionality. The mobile station functionality communicates via antennae with at least one selectable static base station. The information used to determine whether to reject includes the location of the moving base station and statistics regarding measurements of link quality. |
| US10142901B2 |
Method and system for realizing function by causing elements of hardware to perform linkage operation
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system. |
| US10142899B2 |
Apparatus and method for relocating anchor gateway in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An apparatus and method for managing a connection point with a data network in a wireless communication system is provided. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a network entity, a request for a relocation of an anchor gateway for connecting with a data network; and transmitting a message requesting the relocation of the anchor gateway to the network entity at a time which is determined based on a rule instructed by the request. |
| US10142892B2 |
Base station and user terminal performing connection reestablishment processing
A base station includes a controller configured to perform connection reestablishment processing on a specific mobile station in response to reception of a connection reestablishment request signal from the specific mobile station from which a radio link failure with another base station has been detected. The controller performs processing of changing a value of a predetermined timer configured to a subordinate mobile station of the base station or the another base station based on information related to a situation of the connection reestablishment processing. The predetermined timer is a timer configured to define a maximum waiting time from transmission of the connection reestablishment request signal to reception of a connection reestablishment response signal in the mobile station. |
| US10142888B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling near real time data analysis
A method and apparatus for enabling near real time analysis of data for a wireless communication network using dynamic allocation backend processing resources. The method comprises, at each of a plurality of distributed components of a data processing system, receiving data from at least one network element of the cellular communication network, parsing the received data to extract a subset of the received data, and forwarding the extracted subset of data to the dynamic allocation backend processing resources for analytical processing of the extracted subset of data for the wireless communication network. |
| US10142886B2 |
System and method to facilitate group reporting of user equipment congestion information in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving load information for a plurality of cells of a Radio Access Network (RAN); determining, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) in each cell, identification information for each UE and an Access Point Name (APN) to which each UE is connected; identifying, from a plurality of policy servers, each policy server that serves each APN to which each UE in each cell of the plurality of cells is connected; and sending, to each of a particular policy server, congestion information comprising: an identity for each cell having UE that are connected to each APN served by the particular policy server; the corresponding congestion level for each of the cells; and a per-cell UE list identifying each of a plurality of UE connected to each of APNs served by the particular policy server. |
| US10142885B2 |
Method for operating terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same
A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method are provided. The method is characterized by: receiving RAN auxiliary information related to steering traffic between a first network and a second network; receiving target information used for determining a target to which the RAN auxiliary information can be applied; and determining whether to apply the RAN auxiliary information based on the target information. |
| US10142883B2 |
Network troubleshooting method and device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a network troubleshooting method and device, which can determine a service recovery policy according to a power saving state of user equipment after a mobility management entity is faulty, and can reduce unnecessary consumption of network resources. A specific solution is: obtaining a power saving state of user equipment; and if it is detected that a mobility management entity MME managing the user equipment is faulty, selecting a service recovery policy for the user equipment according to the power saving state, where the service recovery policy includes: not initiating service recovery or initiating service recovery. The present invention is used to process a fault of an MME. |
| US10142882B2 |
Network gateway and a method for transmitting packets of a data stream
A network gateway comprises a buffer and a transmission module that is configured to transmit packets of a data stream from a source device to a user device via a network medium. The packets of the data stream are received from the source device by an uplink connection between the source device and the gateway, the packets are temporarily stored in the buffer and the packets are transmitted from the buffer to the user device by a downlink connection between the user device and the gateway, such that the downlink connection depends on the uplink connection. Furthermore, the network gateway comprises a protection module that is configured to provide a protection of the uplink connection, wherein access to the network medium is reserved for the packets of the data stream of the uplink connection. Finally the network gateway comprises a control module that is configured to monitor the buffer and to send an instruction to the protection module to reduce the protection of the uplink connection if a buffer overflow is detected. |
| US10142878B1 |
Systems and methods for handover of a high power wireless device operating in a wireless network
Systems and methods are described for extending coverage of a wireless device. A plurality of wireless devices located in a coverage area of a first access node can be monitored for a first condition. At least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices that meets the first condition can be classified as a high power wireless device. Two or more indicators reported by the at least one wireless device are compared to a criteria. When the two or more indicators meet the criteria, a handoff of the at least one wireless device from the first access node to a second access node can be performed. |
| US10142875B2 |
Compressed mode for UMTS enhanced dedicated channel for circuit switched voice services
The present invention addresses methods, apparatuses and computer program products for improved compressed mode operation for enhanced dedicated channel DCH in circuit switched CS voice services/transmissions. A compressed mode of a user equipment is configured during performing a circuit switched voice service over a dedicated channel according to Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access operation upon demand for network specific measurement, whereby measurement gaps are created in the data transmission. In uplink, transmission of a voice frame to be compressed is performed using a 10 ms transmission, whereas in downlink, transmission of a voice frame to be compressed is stopped after a fixed number of slots have been transmitted, wherein the fixed number of slots is set such as to ensure a measurement gap with at least 14 slots. |
| US10142871B1 |
Device, system, and method for optimizations to camp only mode
A device, system, and method uses a camp only mode based on a connectivity status. The method is performed at a device that is configured to establish a first connection to a first network and configured to establish a second connection to a second network. The method includes determining the connectivity status of the device. When the connectivity status indicates that the device has established the first connection, the method includes utilizing a camp-only mode to monitor the second network, the camp-only mode reducing a frequency of at least one type of operation associated with the second network, the camp-only mode configured to retain a capability of determining whether an emergency message is being broadcast over the second network. |
| US10142865B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for simulating per user equipment (UE) slow and fast signal fading for testing air interface devices
A network equipment test device includes per-UE uplink signal generation processing chains for generating per-UE time domain uplink signals. Per-UE signal faders simulate per-UE signal fading for the per-UE time domain uplink signals. Different phases and amplitudes are used over time to simulate different signal fading. Fourier transformation units perform Fourier transformation of each of the time domain uplink signals to produce per-UE frequency domain uplink signals with simulated per-UE signal fading. A subcarrier mapping unit performs subcarrier mapping of the per-UE frequency domain uplink signals to produce a frequency domain multi-UE uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading. An inverse Fourier transformation unit performs inverse Fourier transformation of the frequency domain multi-UE uplink signal to produce a multi-UE time domain uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading. A network interface transmits the time domain multi-UE uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading to the DUT. |
| US10142863B2 |
Optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof
Systems and methods for optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method, which may be implemented on a system, for identifying a network accessed by mobile traffic at a mobile device, identifying an operator of the network, and/or determining whether the mobile traffic is directed towards a private or public network. In response to determining that the mobile traffic is directed towards a private network, determining whether the private network is owned by or operated by the operator. Optimization of the mobile traffic is performed based on policies set by the operator. In general, the system maintains and/or enforces different sets of policies regarding mobile traffic optimization set by different and multiple operators. |
| US10142858B2 |
Radio access networks
Among other things, a communication system comprising remote units and a controller is described. The remote units exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. At least some of the RF signals comprise information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. The controller comprises one or more modems and is connected to an external network. At least one of the modems is a baseband modem and is configured to pass first data corresponding to the information. The controller is separated from the remote units by an intermediate network over which second data corresponding to the information is carried in frames between the controller and the remote units. The second data comprises baseband data and at least some of the baseband data is compressed in a frequency domain. The remote units and the controller are configured to compress the baseband data for transmission over the intermediate network. |
| US10142856B2 |
Technique for triggering mobility management specific procedure to avoid registration state mismatch between user equipment and network
A method in a mobile station (MS) and an MS in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes detecting an intersystem change from an S1mode to one of an A/Gb mode and an Iu mode, detecting that a routing area update (RAU) has failed detecting that a successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed since the detected intersystem change, and triggering an MM specific procedure based on detecting that the RAU has failed and the successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed. The MM specific procedure corresponds to a location area update (LAU). |
| US10142855B2 |
Channel bonding using K-muxing and multiple-beam antenna
A user terminal for transmitting data to a plurality of access points comprises a pre-processor to pre-process at least one source data stream and a multi-beam antenna. The pre-processor comprises a segmenting device to segment the at least one source data stream into a set of N data sub streams, N being an integer greater than 1; a K-muxing unit to perform a N-to-N K-muxing transform on the N data substreams to generate N K-muxed data streams, each of the N K-muxed data streams being a linear combination of the N data substreams; and a bank of modulators to modulate the N K-muxed data streams to generate N K-muxed signal streams. The multi-beam antenna comprises beam forming networks to transform the N K-muxed signal streams into transmit beams, and an array of antenna elements to transmit the transmit beams to the access points. |
| US10142851B2 |
Spectrum processing method, base station, user equipment, and system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose a spectrum processing method, a base station, user equipment, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station corresponding to a first cell, at least one subband channel quality parameter that is sent by user equipment (UE) in the first cell, where each subband channel quality parameter indicates quality of one subband channel; and determining, according to the at least one subband channel quality parameter, whether the first cell uses an overlapped spectrum, where the overlapped spectrum is a part at which a frequency band of the first cell overlaps a frequency band of a second cell, the second cell and the first cell are inter-system cells, and the second cell is neighboring to the first cell. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to a process of using a network spectrum. |
| US10142850B2 |
Method and device for using unlicensed spectrum
Embodiments provide a method and a device for using an unlicensed spectrum. In the method, a first access device receives first indication information sent by a second access device, where the first indication information is used to indicate idle time, in which the second access device does not perform data transmission, in a time segment that is reserved for the second access device to perform, by using an unlicensed spectrum, data transmission, and the first access device performs data transmission in the idle time by using the unlicensed spectrum. In a device provided, a first access device includes a receiving unit and a transmission unit. |
| US10142844B2 |
Method and apparatus for authorizing pedestrian user equipment in wireless communication system
For vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, an eNodeB (eNB) receives authorization information for a pedestrian UE which indicates whether a user equipment (UE) is authorized as the pedestrian UE. Upon receiving the authorization information for the pedestrian UE, the eNB may authorize the UE as the pedestrian UE or not according to the received authorization information, and decide a resource allocation mode for the authorized pedestrian UE. |
| US10142841B2 |
Configuration for multi-factor event authorization
An authorization device receives a message from a content server through a network based upon a first factor of authorization being completed by a playback device requesting playback of content associated with a user account. The authorization device may be a mobile device that is associated with the user. The authorization device may receive a user input indicating an approval of the requested playback. The authorization device may send a playback authorization message through the network to the content server. The content server may use at least a first factor of authorization such a login credential from a smart playback device or a registration credential from another type of playback device in addition to a second factor of authorization such as the playback authorization message to generate a user authentication that is provided to allow the playback device to playback the content. |
| US10142834B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network
A method and apparatus operate a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network. A communication link can be established at the user client wireless communication device with a user wireless wide area network communication device. A random challenge and an authentication token can be received from a wireless wide area network. The random challenge and the authentication token can be sent to the user wireless wide area network communication device. The at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key can be received from the user wireless wide area network communication device, where the at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key is for the wireless wide area network. The user client wireless communication device can operate on the wireless wide area network using the at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key from the user wireless wide area network communication device independent from the user wireless wide area network communication device. |
| US10142833B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatus for recognizing genuine products
Methods, apparatus and systems are described for identifying potentially counterfeited products or goods. |
| US10142829B2 |
Method for providing network service and electronic device
An electronic device and method of providing network service are provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor configured to select a subscriber profile to be used by an external electronic device functionally connected to the electronic device from among a plurality of subscriber profiles available in the electronic device, and a communication interface configured to provide, to the external electronic device, a network service based on the subscriber profile selected. The method includes receiving a network connection request from an external electronic device functionally connected to an electronic device; selecting a subscriber profile to be used by the external electronic device from among a plurality of subscriber profiles available in the electronic device in response to the network connection request received by the electronic device; and providing, by the electronic device, a network service based on the selected subscriber profile to be used by the external electronic device. |
| US10142827B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivering short message service efficiently in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for controlling Short Message Service (SMS) delivery to a User Equipment (UE) over a Packet-Switched (PS) network without involvement of any Circuit Switched (CS) network node are provided. The method includes receiving subscriber information of a terminal from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), determining whether the MME supports short message delivery over a Packet-Switched (PS) network, and transmitting, when the MME supports the short message delivery over the PS network, a registration request message including information for routing the short message to the MME to the HSS. The SMS delivery method and apparatus is capable of delivering the SMS message to the UE over the PS network without involvement of the CS network nodes, thereby negating the necessity of CS network nodes for supporting SMS service, resulting in reduction of maintenance and management costs. |
| US10142823B2 |
Device pairing taking into account at least one condition
Some embodiments of the present invention include pairing two wireless devices by placing at least one of two devices in a pairing mode; performing at least one pairing motion event with at least one of the wireless devices to satisfy at least one pairing condition; detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition; and pairing the two wireless devices in response to detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10142819B2 |
Establishing machine type communications
A method for establishing a machine type communication includes receiving a connection request for a machine type communication from a device. The connection request includes an authentication credential for the device. A shared subscriber identity module (SIM) parameter for the machine type communication is obtained based on the authentication credential. |
| US10142818B2 |
Methods and apparatus to reuse wireless circuitry for multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device
Apparatus and methods to reuse wireless circuitry to communicate with multiple wireless networks to support multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device are disclosed. A representative method includes receiving signaling messages for a second subscriber identity from a second wireless network while connected to a first wireless network for a first subscriber identity. A portion of radio frequency wireless circuitry is reconfigured to communicate with the second wireless network to establish a signaling channel and respond to signaling messages received from the second wireless network. The portion of radio frequency wireless circuitry is reconfigured between the first and second wireless networks to maintain a connection with the first wireless network while also receiving from the second wireless network limited information that can be provided to a user. Representative information includes an indication of an originator of a mobile terminated connection request and short message service data. |
| US10142813B2 |
Architecture for signal and power distribution in wireless data network
A system comprising: a local area network (LAN) device configured to produce a local area network (LAN) signal; and a modem unit configured to produce, based on the local area network (LAN) signal produced by the local area network (LAN) device, a transport modulated format signal suitable for transmission over transport cabling. The modem unit further configured to provide power to the local area network (LAN) device. |
| US10142812B2 |
Incoming call responding method and device for multi-channel terminal
Incoming call responding method and device for a multi-channel terminal are provided. The method includes receiving a service request associated with a current subscriber identity card, and the service request comprises a called service request to a current subscriber which is identified by the current subscriber identity card, and in response to the service request, setting up a first service channel for making a call and playing a predetermined multimedia file based on an instruction of the current subscriber, and the first service channel is set up based on the current subscriber identity card. Further, the terminal may play the predetermined multimedia file to a remote terminal of the service request directly based on the first service channel, so as to make a personalized response to the service request, which may greatly improve operation experience of two subscribers of the call. |
| US10142810B2 |
Method and apparatus to manage different options of communication using one user identifier based on internet protocol
Computer-implemented systems and methods to manage electronic communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus, using at least a network-based portal based on Internet protocol, receives a message with a user identifier from a person's wireless device; receives a communication option from the person based on options provided to the person, with all the options using the user identifier, in view of the portal being based on the Internet protocol; permits the user to block the person from accessing the user; enables the message to be received by the user if the person is not blocked by the user; and determines user availability to receive the message. In the embodiment, the apparatus requires user contact information for the user to receive messages, with the user contact information not provided to the person, and with the user contact information being distinct from the user identifier. |
| US10142808B2 |
Floor control method and apparatus
A floor control apparatus and method, the method including receiving, by a media resource function entity, a first floor application message sent by UE, generating, by the media resource function entity, a second floor application message according to the first floor application message, sending, by the media resource function entity, the second floor application message to a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server, receiving, by the media resource function entity, a first floor grant message that is in response to the second floor application message and that is sent by the MCPTT server, generating, by the media resource function entity, a second floor grant message according to the first floor grant message, and sending, by the media resource function entity, the second floor grant message to the UE. |
| US10142804B2 |
All-group calling method, system, related device and computer storage medium
An all-group calling method, system, related device and computer storage medium, the method comprising: setting an all-group calling number at a terminal; and in an emergency, the terminal jointly establishes, according to the all-group calling number, an all-group call between terminals via a base station or the base station and a core network. |
| US10142802B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing a group communication based on motion of a mobile device
Methods and systems of communication using a mobile device include communicating with other mobile devices over an initial communication channel, detecting a first motion of the mobile device moving from a first position to a second position, establishing a second communication channel with the other mobile devices in response to the detected first motion, and communicating with the other mobile devices over the second communication channel. In an example, the initial communication may be a half-duplex communication channel, and the second communication channel may be a full-duplex communication channel. In another example, the initial communication may be a full-duplex communication channel, and the second communication channel may be a half-duplex communication channel. |
| US10142796B2 |
Management device, management system, management method, and management program
In a management system which allows measurement results obtained by sensors to be collected and a management target to be managed on the basis of the collected measurement results, a management device and the like that can provide more useful information for managing the management target are provided. The management device includes: an obtainment unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of sensors each configured to perform measurement regarding a management target, sensor information indicating a result of the measurement and identification information of the sensor; and a group management unit configured to perform a grouping process of dividing a plurality of the sensors into a plurality of groups by using the pieces of the identification information obtained by the obtainment unit, and to perform a process of storing group information indicating a result of the grouping process. |
| US10142795B2 |
Providing digital content for multiple venues
Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing digital content for multiple venues to mobile devices. In some embodiments, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues and venue content data for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue is stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device, and provide at least some of the venue content data based at least on an analysis of the venue location data, or attraction location data, and the current location. |
| US10142791B2 |
Method and system for context awareness of a mobile device
A method for detecting a context of a mobile device (100) equipped with sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) and a context detection module (109) in which the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) are assigned to at least two groups (110, 120, 30), each of which comprises at least one sensor (111, 121, 122, 131), and each group (110, 120, 130) is allocated a group classifier (116, 126, 136) 10 adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device (100) based on indications of the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups (110, 102, 130) of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected 1 by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier (116, 126, 136) of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activating classification in a group (110, 120, 130) with a level higher by one level and reading the context indicated by said group's classifier, wherein based on the 20 results of the classification indicated by the higher groups' classifiers (116, 26, 136), executing adaptation of the configuration of lower groups' classifiers (116, 126, 136). |
| US10142787B1 |
Tracking large numbers of wireless terminals based on predicting when to issue location requests
An apparatus and method for tracking a large number of wireless terminals being used by wireless subscribers and for estimating the location of the terminals at each instant. Some embodiments of the present invention use a combination of cluster analysis, interpolation of information between identified clusters, and averaging of the interpolated information, in order to predict when it might be beneficial to issue a location request to a location engine, for each subscriber. |
| US10142786B2 |
System and method for multi-beacon interaction and management
A system and method for multi-beacon management including: determining occurrence of a trigger event; determining a beacon to be acted upon; determining the settings to be assigned; assigning the settings to the beacon; and operating the beacon according to the settings. |
| US10142782B2 |
Internal location address and automatic routing of intra-facility movement
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating movement within a facility by providing internal navigation instructions to a user, and/or for automatically operating various transportation mechanisms within the facility to move the user therein. Various embodiments thus comprise a computing entity configured to receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a user and destination information/data indicative of a desired destination for the user, generate a recommended route for the user, and transmit one or more signals to location devices along the recommended route to provide navigations cues to the user, or to one or more transportation mechanisms to enable the user to board the transportation mechanism at a first location, and disembark the transportation mechanism closer to the desired destination. |
| US10142777B1 |
Systems and methods for locating devices in venues
In an embodiment, the present invention is a device locationing system operable to dynamically determine the presence of keep-out zones within a venue, and thereafter adjust positional data obtained through the device based on the presence of the previously detected keep-out zones. |
| US10142775B2 |
Identifying mobile device location and corresponding support center locations to provide support services over a network
A mobile device may receive updates, support and other data from a current data center agent platform. When the mobile device travels to another location the nearest data center agent may be different from the previous agent. A changeover determination must be performed prior to determining whether the new agent should be assigned to the mobile device. One example method of operation may include receiving current location information of the mobile device and identifying a present location of the mobile device and a current service center assigned to the mobile device. The method may also provide determining whether a new service center location at a remote location from the current service center location should be assigned to the mobile device based on predefined assignment criteria. |
| US10142774B2 |
Content geofencing
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest. |
| US10142773B2 |
System and method for automatically detecting and initiating a walk
A system, method, and apparatus for detecting the start of a walk event. The method comprises identifying the location of a wearable device; determining if the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone; confirming that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; enabling a GPS receiver; continuously recording the location of the wearable device received from the GPS receiver while the wearable device is in a walk mode; and transmitting the recorded location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode. |
| US10142772B2 |
Systems and methods for emergency data communication
Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, servers, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving by an emergency call server an indication of an emergency condition at a device, determining whether the device is to be tracked based, at least in part, on the indication of the emergency condition, and transmitting a triggering message from the emergency call server, in response to a determination that the device is to be tracked, to trigger at the device a tracking session to cause the device to periodically collect and send tracking session data to one or more servers. The tracking session, established between the device and the one or more servers, is separate from an emergency call session established between the device and the emergency call server. |
| US10142769B2 |
Method and system for establishing a secure communication between remote UE and relay UE in a device to device communication network
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method for establishing a secure communication between a UE and a relay UE is provided. The method includes deriving a ProSe traffic key (PTK) of the relay UE by using a key derivation function (KDF) of at least one of a ProSe group key (PGK) of the UE, a PTK identification (ID) and a ID of the relay UE, and transmitting a security key response message comprising at least the PTK of the relay UE, the PTK ID and PGK ID, to the relay UE. The at least the PTK of relay UE. PTK ID and PGK is used to derive a security key for the D2D group communication between the UE and relay UE. |
| US10142766B2 |
Method and system for selecting an access point for performing services corresponding to a client device
A method includes selecting a particular access point for performing service corresponding to a client device that is associating or associated with a different access point. The particular access point is selected based on historical usage pattern and/or a future scheduled event corresponding to the client device. |
| US10142764B2 |
Method and system for overlay display control
A method of providing an overlay display control performed on an electronic device, the method including: displaying a progress screen of a main service associated with an application through a first virtual layer under control of the application executed on the electronic device; displaying a user interface on a preset area of the first virtual layer, the user interface configured to receive a selection signal on a control function associated with the main service; displaying a second virtual layer for providing an additional service associated with the main service overlapping the first virtual layer in response to a progress of the main service meeting a preset condition; and processing a progress of the additional service, including: hooking a selection signal input on a partial area of the second virtual layer; and calling a control function corresponding to the partial area of the second virtual layer. |
| US10142761B2 |
Structural modeling of the head related impulse response
A method for creating a head-related impulse response (HRIR) for use in rendering audio for playback through headphones comprises receiving location parameters for a sound including azimuth, elevation, and range relative to a head of a listener, applying a spherical head model to the azimuth, elevation, and range input parameters to generate binaural HRIR values, computing a pinna model using the azimuth and elevation parameters to apply to the binaural HRIR values to pinna modeled HRIR values, computing a torso model using the azimuth and elevation parameters to apply to the pinna modeled HRIR values to generate pinna and torso modeled HRIR values, and computing a near-field model using the azimuth and range parameters to apply to the pinna and torso modeled HRIR values to generate pinna, torso and near-field modeled HRIR values. |
| US10142760B1 |
Audio processing mechanism with personalized frequency response filter and personalized head-related transfer function (HRTF)
Left and right ear channels are determined for an end user. Each channel includes a head related transfer function (HRTF) filter to localize sound tailored to the geometry of the user's head and a frequency response filter tailored to the user's measured frequency response (hearing capability). |
| US10142759B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing audio with determined trajectory
An apparatus comprising: a spatial audio analyzer configured to determine, using at least one audio signal, at least one acoustic source; a location determiner configured to determining at least one point of interest location associated with the at least one acoustic source; a trajectory determiner configured to determine a trajectory of the at least one point of interest location associated with the at least one acoustic source; and a processor configured to reproduce the at least one audio signal from at least one sound playback transducer based on the determined trajectory. |
| US10142758B2 |
System for and a method of generating sound
A system for and a method of outputting sound having a variable apparent source distance and/or width is provided. The system may be used in a vehicle and the apparent source distance may be varied depending on parameters of a driving style or a driver's behavior. |
| US10142756B2 |
Signal processing device and signal processing method
A first level converter performs level conversion for a first digital signal into a second digital signal. A second level converter performs level conversion for a third digital signal into a fourth digital signal. An arithmetic unit generates a fifth digital signal obtained by subtracting the fourth digital signal from the second digital signal, and a sixth digital signal obtained by adding the first digital signal and the fourth digital signal to each other. A first DA converter performs DA conversion for the fifth digital signal into a first analog signal. A second DA converter performs DA conversion for the sixth digital signal into a second analog signal. An adder adds the first analog signal and the second analog signal to each other to generate a third analog signal. |
| US10142755B2 |
Signal processing methods and systems for rendering audio on virtual loudspeaker arrays
Techniques of rendering audio involve applying a balanced-realization state space model to each head-related transfer function (HRTF) to reduce the order of an effective FIR or even an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. Along these lines, each HRTF G(z) is derived from a head-related impulse response filter (HRIR) via, e.g., a z-transform. The data of the HRIR may be used to construct a first state space representation [A, B, C, D] of the HRTF via the relation G(z)=C(zI−A)−1B+D This first state space representation is not unique and so for an FIR filter, A and B may be set to simple, binary-valued arrays, while C and D contain the HRIR data. This representation leads to a simple form of a Gramian Q whose eigenvectors provide system states that maximize the system gain as measured by a Hankel norm. |
| US10142753B2 |
Electroacoustic conversion chain with selectively powered coil
This electroacoustic conversion chain comprising at least one loudspeaker, this loudspeaker comprising means for generating a magnetic field in a magnetic circuit having an air gap and a membrane secured to turns of a conducting material which may move in this air gap, is characterized in that it comprises at least one control module comprising at least one input for conveying a signal to be broadcast and at least one output connected to a turn, the control module being able to apply to said or each output an excitation signal depending on the position of at least one turn relatively to the air gap. |
| US10142752B2 |
Interaction with devices
An interaction apparatus comprises: a loudspeaker array, comprising speaker units, where each speaker unit is configured to make sound according to an input signal; an obstacle detection module, configured to detect an obstacle parameter corresponding to an obstacle inside space on a side of a sound-making surface of the loudspeaker array; and a compensation module, configured to adjust, according to the obstacle parameter, the input signal corresponding to a speaker unit of the speaker units, and compensate for a sound-making effect of the loudspeaker array influenced by the obstacle. A loudspeaker array comprising the speaker units can be disposed, an obstacle that influences a sound-making effect of the loudspeaker array can be detected, and an input signal of a corresponding speaker unit can be adjusted when the obstacle exists, thereby alleviating influence from the obstacle on the sound-making effect during use, and improving user experience. |
| US10142749B2 |
Dynamic sound adjustment
Among other things, one or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions are described. The stored instructions are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising analyzing an effect of noise in a spatial unit on sound in the spatial unit, at least part of the sound being produced by audio signals; selecting an adjustment curve among a group of adjustment curves based on one or more characteristics of the noise; and determining an amount of adjustment to be made to the audio signals based on the analyzed effect and the selected adjustment curve. |
| US10142745B2 |
Hearing device comprising an own voice detector
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head is provided. The hearing device comprises an own voice detector comprising first and second signal strength detectors for providing signal strength estimates of first and second electric input signals. The own voice detector comprises a comparison unit operationally coupled to the first and second signal strength detectors and configured to compare the signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals and to provide an indication of the difference between said signal strength estimates; and a control unit for providing an own voice detection signal indicative of a user's own voice being present or not present in the current sound in the environment of the user, the own voice detection signal being dependent on said signal strength comparison measure. |
| US10142739B2 |
Panel vibration type display device for generating sound
The present embodiments relates to a display panel configured to display images, a plurality of sound generating actuators in a plurality of sound output areas, the sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition that is between each of the plurality of sound output areas and surrounds at least one of the plurality of sound output areas. |
| US10142735B2 |
Dual mode headphone and method therefor
A dual mode headphone has a band positioning the dual mode headphone on one of a head or neck of a user. A pair of first housings is provided wherein one of the first housings is formed on each end of the band. A dual mode headphone circuit is provided and has a dual-output acoustic transducer module positioned in each of the pair of first housings. The dual-output acoustic transducer module allowing for both air conduction and bone conduction of sound waves. |
| US10142734B2 |
Ring network of bluetooth speakers
A method for re-forming a complete ring network of a plurality of Bluetooth® speakers, after a speaker has left an original ring of speakers, the method including detecting that the speaker has left the ring, and reestablishing the ring without the departed speaker. The detection may include a timeout detection if the speaker left without notice, or include receiving notice that the speaker intends to leave. |
| US10142731B2 |
Dynamic suppression of non-linear distortion
Systems and methods are described for dynamically suppressing non-linear distortion for a device, such as a speakerphone. A device may receive a signal, where the device has non-linear distortion at a predetermined frequency. The received signal may be analyzed to compute a tone strength parameter and a band level. The received signal may be filtered such that a spectrum of the input signal is dynamically limited by reducing suppression of the non-linear distortion when the tone strength parameter is in a lower portion of a predetermined range and increasing suppression of the non-linear distortion when the tone strength parameter is in an upper portion of the predetermined range, the predetermined range of the tone strength parameter corresponding to a loudness range of the device. |
| US10142725B2 |
Device for transmitting sounds for intra-auricular earpiece and intra-auricular earpiece
A device for transmitting sounds for intra-auricular earpiece, comprising an entrance opening extending along an entrance axis, said entrance opening being able to receive a sound emission source, an exit opening able to be presented in an ear and a diffusion enclosure able to conduct the sound from upstream to downstream from said entrance opening to said exit opening, said diffusion enclosure comprising, opposite said entrance opening, a first vibration wall extending orthogonally to the entrance axis able to resonate following a sound emission along said entrance axis. |
| US10142724B2 |
Sound output devices
A sound output device has a sound output unit outputting sound to an exterior, a battery attachment unit to which an electric tool battery is attached, and a case supporting the sound output unit and the battery attachment unit. The case includes a first inner wall structure defining a first inner space accommodating the sound output unit, and a second inner wall structure defining a second inner space different from the first inner space. The second inner wall structure is configured to resonate the sound output of the sound output unit. |
| US10142720B1 |
Headphones with external pressure equalization path
An earphone includes a housing enclosing an acoustic transducer and having a front volume. The housing includes a nozzle that extends the front volume to at least an entrance of a wearer's ear canal, and a groove in an outer surface of the housing, extending at least along a length of the nozzle. A flexible ear tip is configured to attach to the housing. When the flexible ear tip attaches to the housing, the groove and a portion of an inner surface of the ear tip together form a port that acoustically couples the front volume with an environment external to the earphone. |
| US10142709B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for implementing intelligent network service functionality in a network
A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers. |
| US10142699B2 |
Systems and methods for providing interactive content
Interactive content may be provided by a smart television or other media device using a wireless communication protocol to detect the presence or proximity of a mobile device. When a mobile device is detected, the media device can establish a communication link with the mobile device via the wireless communication protocol. When content is displayed by the media device, additional data can be sent to the mobile device to enhance the user experience via the communication link. The user can interact with the data sent to the mobile device or with the content itself by providing feedback on the mobile device. The feedback may be provided to a content server via a second communication link, such as a cellular link or wireless link to the Internet. In some implementations, content server may modify content for display on the media device based on feedback on the mobile device. |
| US10142695B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling a user to generate a plan to access content using multiple content services
A system for facilitating access to items of content presents recommendations to a user. Items of content may include movies and television shows. Recommendations may include access plans specifying a plurality of digital media services, where each specified digital media service provides availability to items of content included in a user defined set. Further, recommendations may be based on one or more use defined constraints. User defined constraints may include a user budget for accessing items of content during a specific time period. |
| US10142694B2 |
Method and apparatus for sharing media content
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of operating commands for controlling a first presentation of media content by a first media processor device at a first display device to generate a first viewing experience and transmitting the playback file to a second media processor device via a first network, where a second presentation of the media content by the second media processor device at a second display device according to the plurality of operating commands of the playback file recreates the first viewing experience at the second display device and where the first and second media processor devices are members of the first network based upon common membership in a social media network by a first subscriber associated with the first media processor device and a second subscriber associated with the second media processor device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10142693B2 |
Video distribution control
A biststream of encoded video data captured by a camera of a user device is received and decoded into a stream of decoded video frames. A light pattern representing a VLC signal captured by the camera is identified in at least one decoded video frame and decoded into a DRM identifier. Distribution of the bitstream is controlled based on a comparison of the DRM identifier and a defined DRM identifier. Hence, VCL is used to add watermarks to recorded video data and where such watermarks can be used to control distribution of copyright or digital rights protected video content. |
| US10142689B2 |
Server, terminal, information processing method, information processing program, and computer-readable recording medium storing information processing programs
A delay is suppressed that occurs in a period of time from the actual inputting of operation information into a terminal by a user to the forming of image information corresponding to this operation information in a server and the displaying of this image information on the terminal. Provided is a server having: operation information acquisition means configured to sequentially acquire each piece of operation information sequentially transmitted from a terminal through a network; execution means configured to execute an application by executing processing corresponding to the each piece of operation information in accordance with a timing with which the operation information acquisition means acquired the each piece of operation information; execution control means configured, if a first predetermined interval has passed from a moment when the execution means started processing corresponding to first operation information of the each piece of operation information without acquiring second operation information acquired after the first input information, to make the execution means execute processing in accordance with the first input information again; and transmission means configured to transmit image information based on the execution of the application by the execution block to the terminal. |
| US10142683B2 |
Method of access to multimedia content protected by a terminal
A method for accessing protected multimedia includes receiving an encrypted fragment of the multimedia content and receiving a key for decrypting it, using the key to decrypt the fragment, thereby obtaining an unscrambled fragment, replacing original bits of the unscrambled fragment with different substituted bits to obtain a modified fragment, and reconstructing the modified fragment is reconstructed by replacing substituted bits of the extracted modified fragment with the original bits. The resulting reconstructed fragment is then decoded and the resulting decoded fragment is sent to a multimedia appliance to be enjoyed by a human viewer. |
| US10142680B2 |
Dynamic video overlays
A client device accesses a video input stream from an intermediate device for display. The client device analyzes the video input stream to determine that the video input stream matches a template indicating a change of speed. In some example embodiments, the analysis is performed while the client device is generating a video output stream that replaces video content received from a content source via the intermediate device. Based on the video input stream matching the template, the client device modifies the video output stream to show the change of speed. For example, commercials transmitted from a national content provider to a smart TV via a set-top box may be replaced with targeted commercials. During the replacement, fast-forwarding of the commercial may be detected by matching a template with the video input stream. While the video input stream is being fast-forwarded, the smart TV fast-forwards the targeted commercial. |
| US10142677B2 |
Entry device for a CATV network
An entry device for a cable television (CATV) network includes an input port configured to receive CATV signals from the CATV network, a first splitter electrically connected to the input port, an active signal path electrically connected to the first splitter, a passive signal path electrically connected to the first splitter, a second splitter electrically connected to the active signal path, and active ports electrically connected to the second splitter. The active ports are configured to communicate with one another via the second splitter. The entry device also includes a passive port electrically connected to the passive signal path and configured to communicate with the input port via the passive signal path, a filter configured to block multimedia over coaxial alliance (MoCA) signals from proceeding to the input port, and a signal bypass path configured to transmit the MoCA signals between the active ports and the passive port. |
| US10142676B2 |
Residential gateway making at least one private memory space available
A residential gateway (110) has a memory space (132), with at least one private memory space (130), made available to at least one device (111; 112) connected to a local area network (120). The residential gateway has a table (140) managing rights of access to the private memory space or spaces; a device for receiving commands for access to the memory space and administrator commands for updating the access rights management table; a device for updating the table, on receipt of an administrator command coming from a predetermined device implementing an administrator module, and for ignoring any administrator command coming from another device; and a device (150) for ignoring any command for access to the private memory space or spaces, when the command is received coming from a device not identified in the table. |
| US10142672B2 |
Receiver device
There is provided a receiver device including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first distribution circuit, a second distribution circuit, a first high-frequency processing unit, and a second high-frequency processing unit. |
| US10142671B2 |
User interface apparatus for vehicles and vehicle having the same
Disclosed herein is a user interface apparatus for vehicles including light sources, a touch sensor to sense touch, light guides to transfer light generated by the light sources, and a top cover to cover the light sources, the touch sensor and the light guides and to transmit light emitted from the light guides to the interior of a vehicle. The light sources includes a first light source and at least one second light sources, the light guides includes first and second light guides to receive light generated by the first light source and to transfer the light to first and second regions and at least one third light guide configured to receive light generated by the at least one second light source and to transfer the light to a third region, and light generated by the first light source is dispersed and provided to the first and second light guides. |
| US10142668B1 |
Pairing wireless set-top box with a wired set-top box
A system and method for pairing a wireless set-top box with a wired set-top box is provided. The system and method provide a user with the ability to move the wireless set-top box to different locations, within the same authorized subscriber's household or use location, while allowing the service provider to monitor and prohibit unauthorized use of the wireless set-top box from outside of the authorized subscriber's household or use location. |
| US10142665B2 |
System, device and method for transrating file based assets
A video transrater, and a transrater system and method. The transrater system and method may select an optimal bit rate from among a plurality of available bit rates in order to obtain a particular video quality and/or format. |
| US10142664B2 |
Method and device for determining properties of a graphical overlay for a video stream
The present invention relates generally to video communication systems, and more specifically to a method and device for adjusting properties of a graphical overlay for a video stream, the adjusted properties being at least one of a position, a degree of animation and a color composition of the graphical overlay and the adjustment is based on a scene depicted by the time period of the video stream. The adjustment is performed if an estimated bitrate for transmitting an encoded bitstream comprising the time period of the video stream and the graphical overlay exceeds a predetermined upper threshold bitrate for transmitting an encoded single bitstream comprising the time period of the video stream and the graphical overlay. |
| US10142659B2 |
Deblocking filtering
Blocking artifacts at a block boundary between a block and a neighboring block in a video frame are reduced by calculating an offset based on pixel values of pixels in a line of pixels in the block and based on pixel values of pixels in a corresponding line of pixels in the neighboring block. The offset is added to the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the line of pixels and is subtracted from the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the corresponding line of pixels. The resulting deblocking filter has good low-pass characteristics and is efficient for reducing blocking artifact. |
| US10142654B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding video by oblong intra prediction
A video encoding method is provided in the invention. In such method, after a current encoding frame among a sequence of input frames is received, each coding unit in the current encoding frame may be optionally split into two oblong prediction units, and each of the prediction units may be optionally split into a plurality of sub-blocks so as to thereby improve the matching accuracy for a matching reference block from a reference frame. A video decoding method corresponding to the aforesaid video encoding method is also provided. |
| US10142653B2 |
Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and coded data transformation apparatus
A hierarchical image decoding apparatus, a hierarchical image coding apparatus, and a hierarchical coded data transformation apparatus where the hierarchical image decoding apparatus includes a parameter set decoder that decodes scale adjustment information, and a predictive image generator that generates a predictive image on the basis of the scale adjustment information, and the hierarchical image coding apparatus includes a parameter set encoder that encodes scale adjustment information, and the hierarchical coded data transformation apparatus includes a parameter set adjustor that transforms input hierarchically coded data based on inputted information of interest region, and adjusts scale adjustment information such that inter-layer scales derived from the hierarchically coded data before and after transformation coincide with each other. |
| US10142645B2 |
System and method for improved video operations
A method of video operations includes generating derivative byproducts related to encoded video captured of a scene, initializing a first operation based on the encoded video, and initializing a second operation different from the first operation based on the derivative byproducts. |
| US10142643B2 |
Marker generating method, marker decoding method, and marker reading device
According to one embodiment, a marker generating method is provided. In the marker generating method, a value in a bit string is replaced with a signal pattern to generate a first signal pattern arrangement. The first signal pattern arrangement is divided into a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The first partial signal having a pattern cycle extended to a pattern cycle of the second partial signal is added to the second partial signal to generate a second signal pattern arrangement. A gradation of shading which indicates a signal of the second signal pattern arrangement is set. |
| US10142641B2 |
System and method for parallel image processing and routing
Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for simultaneously switching input image streams to output devices, while providing optional image processing functions on the image streams. Certain embodiments may enable multiple users/viewers to collaboratively control such systems and methods. Additionally, some embodiments may enable control by a set of computer input devices (e.g., keyboard and mouse) to switch between multiple computer systems, possibly by following the movement of a computer input device cursor, between virtual displays, as the cursor is controlled by the set of computer input devices. |
| US10142638B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding image and device using same
A method of decoding a bitstream comprising a plurality of layers according to the present invention includes setting parameters for decoding the bitstream from a random access point when random access occurs, and decoding a decoding target picture, wherein the setting of the parameters includes setting an initialization flag indicating whether the decoding target picture, that is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, is output by correctly decoding all reference layers of a target layer including the decoding target picture when the random access occurs; setting a flag variable (NoRaslOutputFlag) indicating whether the decoding target picture is used as a random access point; and resetting the initialization flag when the decoding target picture is an IRAP picture and the flag variable is 1. |
| US10142637B2 |
Method and apparatus for parallelizing context selection in video processing
A method and apparatus for parallel processing of at least two bins relating to at least one of a video and an image. The method includes determining scan type of at least a portion of the at least one of video and an image, analyzing neighboring position of a bin, removing dependencies of context selection based on the scan type and position of location being encoded in a transform, and performing parallel processing of that least two bins. |
| US10142635B2 |
Adaptive binarizer selection for image and video coding
Methods and devices for image and video coding using arithmetic coding. The binarization of symbols in an encoder and decoder is adaptive based on changes to the probability distribution as symbols are encoded/decoded. A binarizer may be generated based upon a probability distribution, used to binarize a symbol, and then the probability distribution is updated based on the symbol. Updates to the binarizer may be made after each symbol, after a threshold number of symbols, or once the updated probability distribution differs by more than a threshold amount from the probability distribution used in generating the current binarizer. The probability distributions may be context-specific. |
| US10142628B1 |
Hybrid transform in video codecs
Decoding an encoded video stream may include identifying an encoded block identifying an intra prediction mode for decoding the encoded block from the encoded video stream, identifying a transform mode from a plurality of transform modes for decoding the encoded block based on the intra prediction mode, identifying a probability model from a plurality of probability models for decoding the encoded block based on the transform mode, identifying a scan mode for decoding the encoded block based on the transform mode, generating a decoded block by decoding the encoded block using the scan mode, the probability model, the transform mode, and the intra prediction mode, and outputting or storing the decoded block. |
| US10142625B2 |
Neighbor management for use in entropy encoding and methods for use therewith
An entropy coding module is provided for use in a video encoder that encodes a video input signal based on a plurality of macroblocks derived from the video input signal. The entropy coding module includes an entropy coder that generates entropy encoded data from discrete transformed coefficients for the plurality of macroblocks. A neighbor management module stores neighbor data for at least one macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks for retrieval by the entropy encoder, when operating on at least one neighboring macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks. |
| US10142624B2 |
Image coding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
The image coding method for coding an input image includes: converting, into a bin string, an offset value used in an offset process to be applied to a pixel value of a reconstructed image corresponding to the input image; and performing bypass arithmetic coding on the bin string using a fixed probability. |
| US10142623B2 |
Image encoding method using a skip mode, and a device using the method
Disclosed are an image encoding method using a skip mode and a device using the method. The image encoding method may comprise the steps of: judging whether there is residual block data of a prediction target block on the basis of predetermined data indicating whether residual block data has been encoded; and, if there is residual block data, restoring the prediction target block on the basis of the residual block data and an intra-screen predictive value of the prediction target block. Consequently, encoding and decoding efficiency can be increased by carrying out the encoding and decoding of screen residual data only for prediction target blocks where there is a need for a residual data block in accordance with screen similarity. |
| US10142622B2 |
Apparatus and methods thereof for video processing
A method to be performed by a receiving apparatus for decoding an encoded bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream is provided. In the method, capabilities relating to level of decoding parallelism for the decoder are identified, a parameter indicative of the decoder's capabilities relating to level of decoding parallelism is kept, and for a set of levels of decoding parallelism, information relating to HEVC profile and HEVC level that the decoder is capable of decoding is kept.A method for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream is also provided. In the method, a parameter is received from a transmitting apparatus that should decode the encoded bitstream. |
| US10142618B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
Provided is an imaging apparatus including: an imaging unit; a display unit, through which at least a part of an imaging region of the imaging unit can be seen in a see-through manner and which is configured to display a stereoscopic image formed of a left eye image and a right eye image; a focal distance adjustment unit configured to adjust a focal distance of the imaging unit; and a display controller configured to generate the left eye image and the right eye image such that a display object indicating the focal distance is seen at a depth position corresponding to the focal distance and cause the display unit to display the left eye image and the right eye image. |
| US10142614B2 |
Omnidirectional three-dimensional scanner
An omnidirectional three-dimensional scanner includes a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module, a third image capturing module, a fourth image capturing module, and a fifth image capturing module. The first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, the third image capturing module, the fourth image capturing module, and the fifth image capturing module capture three-dimensional images of an object. The first image capturing module has a first image capturing surface. The second image capturing module has a second image capturing surface. The third image capturing module has a third image capturing surface. The fourth image capturing module has a fourth image capturing surface. The fifth image capturing module has a fifth image capturing surface. The first image capturing surface, the second image capturing surface, the third image capturing surface, the fourth image capturing surface, and the fifth image capturing surface form a virtual triangle column. |
| US10142613B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes: a first cost calculating section configured to calculate similarity degrees between a first pixel in a first image and plural second pixels located in a horizontal-direction first range in a second image, and extract a second pixel with a highest similarity degree; a second cost calculating section configured to calculate a similarity degree between plural third pixels in a vertical-direction second range including the extracted second pixel and the first pixel and extract a third pixel with a highest similarity degree; an amount-of-difference buffer recording difference between a vertical-position of the extracted third pixel and the first pixel as an amount of difference; and a second position setting section configured to determine positions of the second pixels for which a similarity degree to the first pixel for which a disparity is calculated next is calculated. |
| US10142610B2 |
Method for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table
The invention relates to a method (200) for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table (300), the depth lookup table comprising depth values of a 3D video sequence, the depth values being constrained within a range (301), the method comprising: partitioning (201) the range (301) into a plurality of sub-ranges, a first sub-range (303) comprising a first set of the depth values and a second sub-range (305) comprising a second set of the depth values; and coding (203) the depth values of each of the sub-ranges of the depth lookup table (300) separately according to a predetermined coding rule. |
| US10142609B2 |
Dynamically adjustable situational awareness interface for control of unmanned vehicles
An apparatus includes an image collection module that monitors at least one parameter to dynamically regulate an amount of data and resolution to be allocated to at least one object in a scene collected from an image data set. A situational awareness interface (SAI) renders a 3-D video of the scene to an operator based on the amount of data and resolution allocated from the image data set by the image collection module and receives operator commands for an unmanned vehicle (UV) that interacts with the scene. |
| US10142602B2 |
Fabrication method of a polarizing grating
A fabrication method of a polarization grating is provided. The method includes providing a polarization-sensitive material; and causing two orthogonally polarized lights to scan the polarization-sensitive material and to meet on the polarization-sensitive material. |
| US10142593B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, client device, server device, and information processing system
There is provided an information processing device including a video quality control unit configured to control, on the basis of a degree of importance of a user based on whether or not the user of a client device makes utterance, a quality of a video of the user transmitted from the client device to a server device. |
| US10142591B1 |
Location based device grouping with voice control
This disclosure is directed to facilitating voice and video communication between users independent of a location or a device. A communication request can specify users, who may be identified and located in their respective environments. For example, users can be identified and located using facial recognition imaging techniques and/or by monitoring a radio frequency (RF) signal associated with a device that is carried or worn by a user. After determining a location of a user, individual devices can be configured as a functionally grouped device to allow the users to communicate. For example, capabilities of a television, microphone, speaker, and imaging device can be combined to allow a video communication between users. Further, as a user moves around his or her environment, the location of the user can be tracked and additional functionally grouped devices can be provided for seamless communication. |
| US10142588B2 |
Information-processing device, communication system, storage medium, and communication method
An example information-processing device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a captured image of a first user captured by an image capture unit; a determining unit that determines a character image corresponding to the acquired captured image; and a display control unit that controls display of an image locally and remotely at a corresponding communicating information-processing device used by a second user, either as a captured image or a as a character image. |
| US10142585B2 |
Methods and systems for synching supplemental audio content to video content
System and methods for synchronizing supplemental media content to media content being provided by a different content source. The systems and methods may identify media content from user input, and determine a plurality of associated supplementary media. By monitoring and interpreting a data stream containing information about the primary media content, the systems and methods may interpret indicia of content ceasing and resuming and similarly cease and resume playback of the supplemental media in response, preserving the synchronicity of the multiple content sources. |
| US10142584B2 |
Use of location lulls to facilitate identifying and recording video capture location
A method and system to facilitate identifying and recording capture location of recorded video. A computing system determines multiple locations where a video camera has been substantially stationary over time, such as by tracking location of the video camera itself or by evaluating where supplemental device carried with the video camera has been substantially stationary over time. The computing system then outputs, for presentation to the videographer or another user, a location-selection prompt that specifies the multiple determined locations as candidate capture-locations for a video that was captured by the video camera. Further, the computing system receives, in response to the location-selection prompt, data that represents a user selection of one of the specified locations. The computing system then records the selected location as capture-location metadata for the video, such as capture-location data integrated with the video or in a database relationship with the video. |
| US10142581B2 |
Display device and control method thereof
The present invention relates to a display device in which, when a pointer reaches an area change detection zone in which a screen is divided into a first area and a second area, a first device receives a control command from a second device so that a first device and a second device having different Oss installed therein can be controlled by one input device such as a display device, a keyboard, and a mouse, and data can be transmitted or received between the first device and the second device. |
| US10142580B2 |
Capturing device, capturing system and capturing method
A capturing device includes an image sensor that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion for light from a subject, a control unit that generates a setting value for setting a range where an image resulting from the image signal is cut, based on a first instruction input from a user, a setting value storage unit that stores the setting value generated by the control unit, an image conversion unit that reads the setting value from the setting value storage unit, and cuts a specific region specified by the setting value from the image and enlarges the cut region, when there is a second instruction input from the user, and an output unit that converts a signal of the image cut and enlarged by the image conversion unit into an image signal of a predetermined format and outputs the converted image signal. |
| US10142578B2 |
Method and system for communication
Providing communication includes receiving, via a set-top box of a first communication device, a call request message via a network from a second communication device, sending, via the set-top box, a notification message to a remote control device of the first communication device while a television set is turned off, providing, via the remote control device, a user prompt in response to the sending of the notification message, and establishing, via the remote control device, a communication connection through the set-top box with the second communication device after receiving a call response, the remote control device being wirelessly connected to the set-top box. |
| US10142577B1 |
Combination remote control and telephone
A handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus, comprising: a microprocessor; an infrared remote control transceiver; a wireless telephone transceiver; a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transceiver; microphone, loud speaker, power source, and housing; a combination television remote control and telephone alphanumeric keypad and/or touch screen display communicating with the microprocessor to direct the handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus to communicate with a remote television, remote set top box, wireless telephone system provider, wireless network, Bluetooth device, and base station combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus and: switch the handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus from television mode to telephone mode and vice versa; control the remote television and/or remote set top box; control remote television and/or remote set top box settings and retrieve information therefrom; originate and/or receive telephone calls; transmit and/or receive internet information via the wireless network. |
| US10142574B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, and moving object
An image device. While holding electric charges generated at a photoelectric conversion portion in a first period, a first charge holding portion holds electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion portion in a second period which is a period that does not succeed the first period and which is different in length from the first period, and a second charge holding portion holds electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion portion in a third period which is a period that does not overlap the first period and the second period. |
| US10142572B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method for capturing imaging data via a pixel array
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array. The pixel array comprises a first pixel comprising a first radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the first radiation-sensitive region. The pixel array also comprises a second pixel comprising a second radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the second radiation-sensitive region. Furthermore, the imaging apparatus comprises control circuitry configured to generate a common compensation signal being common to the first and second pixels. The common compensation signal mitigates a saturation of the respective charge storage regions of the first and second pixels. |
| US10142571B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method for controlling the same, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions for each of a plurality of microlenses, performs readout control using one of a first readout method of reading out a plurality of image signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to each of the microlenses, and a second readout method of reading out an added image signal from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to each of the microlenses, determines whether an image signal is read out using the first readout method or the second readout method, adds the plurality of image signals read out using the first readout method, and adjusts the added image signal obtained through the addition by an increased amount of the black level that has increased due to the addition as an adjustment value. |
| US10142568B2 |
Methods and apparatus for vignette and out-of-focus correction
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for vignette and out-of-focus correction. The method and apparatus may be configured to reposition an adjustable lens during a series of image captures to direct light to the center and the outer edges and/or corners of the image sensor to focus various areas of an object and/or scene. The method and apparatus may further substitute image data from a first image capture with image data from subsequent image captures. |
| US10142567B2 |
Methods and apparatus for true high dynamic range (THDR) time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) imaging
In time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) imaging, a charge-couple device (CCD) integrates and transfers charge across its columns. Unfortunately, the limited well depth of the CCD limits the dynamic range of the resulting image. Fortunately, TDI imaging can be implemented with a digital focal plane array (DFPA) that includes a detector, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and counter in each pixel and transfer circuitry connected adjacent pixels. During each integration period in the TDI scan, each detector in the DFPA generates a photocurrent that the corresponding ADC turns into digital pulses, which the corresponding counter counts. Between integration periods, the DFPA transfers the counts from one column to the next, just like in a TDI CCD. The DFPA also non-destructively transfers some or all of the counts to a separate memory. A processor uses these counts to estimate photon flux and correct any rollovers caused by “saturation” of the counters. |
| US10142565B2 |
Flash thermography borescope
A flash thermography device for generating an infrared image of each of a plurality of rotating turbine components located inside a turbine. The device includes an infrared sensor for detecting thermal energy radiated by each component. The device also includes a borescope having a viewing end located on a longitudinal axis of the borescope. The borescope is positioned in an inspection port to locate the viewing end inside the turbine such that at least one component is within a field of view of the viewing end. In addition, the device includes a flash source that generates a plurality of light pulses corresponding to the number of components that rotate during a single rotation of the rotor, wherein the light pulses are oriented substantially transverse to the longitudinal. Thermal energy radiated from each component is transmitted through the borescope to the infrared sensor to enable generation infrared images. |
| US10142564B2 |
Capturing an image of a scene using a sequence of portions of the scene captured by a sensor
An imaging device for capturing an image of a scene, comprising: an image sensor; an optical arrangement operable to focus light from a portion of the scene onto the image sensor while preventing light from other portions of the scene from being focused onto the sensor; a controller configured to cause the optical arrangement to focus light from a sequence of portions of the scene onto the sensor so that the sensor captures the said sequence of portions of the scene; and a processor configured to use the captured portions of the scene to construct an image of the scene. |
| US10142555B2 |
Camera flash light direction management
Systems and method for controlling camera flash direction are provided. A system includes: a computing device including a processor; an image sensor operatively connected to the processor; a flash lighting system including at least one light emitting element; and a flash direction system including a fluidics system that is controllable to selectively adjust a position of the at least one light emitting element. |
| US10142553B2 |
Camera and light source synchronization for object tracking
Technologies for camera and light source synchronization include an imaging device to detect a current location of an object in a captured image generated by the imaging device. The imaging device predicts a next location of the object in a next captured image, generated by the imaging device, based on the current location of the object. The imaging device determines an illumination interval defining a period of time during which a camera of the imaging device is to expose a set of sensor lines during the capturing of the next captured image and activates a light source of the imaging device to illuminate the object during the determined illumination interval. The set of sensor lines corresponds with the predicted next location of the object. |
| US10142551B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing information in an image
A method and apparatus for recognizing information included in an image, e.g., a license plate number of a vehicle image. The method includes: detecting an ambient illuminance and determining a speed of a moving object; capturing, by an image capturer, image frames of the moving object according to at least one of a shutter opening time of the image capturer and an illuminance of an illuminator to illuminate the moving object which are set based on the detected ambient illuminance and the determined speed of the moving object; and extracting information of the moving object from the captured image frames. |
| US10142550B2 |
Extending a focus search range in an imaging system including a high speed variable focal length lens
A method for controlling an imaging system comprising a variable focal length (VFL) lens having first and second operating resonant frequencies, a lens controller, and a camera is disclosed. The first frequency provides a larger optical power variation and large focus range, at the expense of aberration in the imaging system. The second frequency provides a smaller optical power variation and small focus range, but provides low aberration in the imaging system. The method comprises: providing an extended focus range demand to the lens controller and, in response, configuring the lens controller to operate the VFL lens at the first resonant frequency (e.g., to provide a large autofocus search range). The method further comprises: providing an accurate image demand signal to the lens controller and, in response, configuring the lens controller to operate the VFL lens at the second resonant frequency (e.g., to provide low aberration images). |
| US10142547B2 |
Electronic device and driving method thereof
To provide an electronic device capable of a variety of display. To provide an electronic device capable of being operated in a variety of ways. An electronic device includes a display device and first to third surfaces. The first surface includes a region in contact with the second surface, the second surface includes a region in contact with the third surface, and the first surface includes a region opposite to the third surface. The display device includes first to third display regions. The first display region includes a region overlapping with the first surface, the second display region includes a region overlapping with the second surface, and the third display region includes a region overlapping with the third surface. The first display region has a larger area than the third display region. |
| US10142544B1 |
Real time wide angle video camera system with distortion correction
A wide angle video camera system which eliminates barrel distortion and increases the field of view by combining multiple images. Image distortion may be corrected through use of a jig to determine the field of view and distortion parameters of a camera lens. From these measurements, one may calculate the amount of adjustment needed at various points in the image. Once the image correction parameters are determined for a particular camera lens, the real time image obtained from the camera may be corrected immediately, without the need for post image processing to correct for distortion. As multiple overlapping images may be immediately corrected, they may also be instantaneously aligned and combined into a single image. |
| US10142540B1 |
Panoramic video cameras, camera systems, and methods that provide data stream management for control and image streams in multi-camera environment with object tracking
A first panoramic video camera of the multi-camera imaging system captures images to produce captured panoramic images. At least some panoramic images include images of an object being tracked by the multi-camera imaging system. The first panoramic video camera generates a set of digital image files based on the captured panoramic images. Each digital image file of the set of digital image files is time sequenced to reflect a time at which a panoramic image was captured. The first panoramic video camera receives over a, first wireless communication network, a control message relating to tracking the object. Responsive to the control message, the first panoramic video camera transmits at least a portion of the set of digital image files over a second wireless communication network, which supports higher data rate transmission than does the first wireless communication network. |
| US10142536B2 |
Camera using preview image to select exposure
A digital camera comprises an image sensor for providing initial sensor image data and final sensor image data; a lens for exposing the image of a scene onto the image sensor; an exposure control system for adjusting an exposure level of a final image on the image sensor in response to a scene type; and a processor for processing the initial sensor image data to select one of a plurality of scene types, and to process the final sensor image data in response to the scene type. |
| US10142534B2 |
Image-capturing and image-distributing system for automatically or manually capturing image of user carrying mobile communication terminal
A system and a method in which image-capturing is effected automatically or manually. When a user-carried mobile terminal receives a near field wireless signal from a near field wireless signal transmitting station installed in an image-capturing field area, it is determined that a user is present within the image-capturing field of the externally installed image-capturing device and the user-carried communication terminal transmits automatically or manually an image-capturing request to the externally installed image-capturing device. In response, the externally installed image-capturing device effects image-capturing and then transmits the obtained image to an image server. After transmission of the image-capturing request, the user-carried mobile communication terminal makes a downloading request to the image server and effects downloading via a network and the downloaded data is automatically stored within the user-carried mobile communication terminal. |
| US10142526B2 |
Self-aligning multi-part camera system
A multi-part electronic device has a mode with at least two overlapped device parts comprising a first camera part mounted on a first device part and a second camera part mounted on a second device part. At least one of the first and second camera parts is resiliently mounted such that contact between the first and second camera parts when the first device part and the second device part are overlapped with each other aligns the first camera part and the second camera part within a selected angular deviation between the camera parts' respective optical axes. A camera part having a body and a flexible mount and a method of reducing tilt error are also described. |
| US10142524B2 |
Camera assembly and electronic device
A camera assembly and an electronic device are provided. The camera assembly includes a housing having a first sliding groove; a camera component provided inside the housing and slidable along the first sliding groove, wherein the camera component is configured to switch between a first state and a second state by the guide of the PUSH-PUSH component when receiving a press operation; and a press-type PUSH-PUSH component provided inside the housing, wherein both ends of the PUSH-PUSH component are connected to the housing and the camera component, respectively. |
| US10142522B2 |
User feedback for real-time checking and improving quality of scanned image
A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Reflections and shadows may be detected and removed. Further, optical character recognition may be applied. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback. |
| US10142519B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for correcting read signal
An image forming apparatus, including: a first reading section which emits visible light to a sheet having an image formed thereon, receives light from the sheet and outputs a read signal having an intensity corresponding to an amount of the received light; a second reading section which emits light including at least ultraviolet light to a ground region of the sheet, receives light from the sheet and outputs a read signal having an intensity corresponding to an amount of the received light; and a correction section which corrects the read signal output from the first reading section by using the read signal output from the second reading section so that a color reproduced by the read signal output from the first reading section is consistent with a color observed by a user. |
| US10142517B2 |
Image forming apparatus, print system, method for controlling image forming apparatus, method for controlling print system, and storage medium storing program
An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data includes an operating unit and a controller. The operating unit receives a user operation of an operating user. The controller includes circuitry or a processor to execute instructions stored in a memory to acquire unacquired print data from the external device based on a receiving process performed first after start-up of the image forming apparatus among a plurality of receiving processes including a first receiving process for receiving a notification which encourages acquisition of print data and a second receiving process for receiving the user operation by the operating unit. |
| US10142515B2 |
Image forming apparatus and abnormality determination method
An image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material based on the input image data, a reading unit configured to read the image formed on the recording material, and a control unit configured to, based on the input image data and the image read by the reading unit, acquire a plurality of change amounts from the read image, and determine a type of an abnormal image based on a plurality of the acquired change amounts. |
| US10142509B2 |
Scanning device providing even sets of data for typesetting and outputting and image forming system using such scanning device
A scanning device comprises a scan assembly, a control processor and an output interface. The scan assembly comprises two scanner modules for scanning front and reverse sides of a data medium to obtain front side analog data and reverse side analog data. The control processor electrically connected to the scan assembly controls the scan assembly, and executes an analog-to-digital converting process to convert the front side analog data and the reverse side analog data into front side digital data and reverse side digital data. The output interface electrically connected to the control processor outputs even sets of digital data, comprising the front side digital data and the reverse side digital data, to an image forming apparatus, so that the image forming apparatus performs even-set data typesetting and outputting after the even sets of digital data are completely outputted. An image forming system using the scanning device is also disclosed. |
| US10142508B2 |
Battery-powered printer, POS system, and method for printing with battery-powered printer
A battery-powered printer includes a printing head that has a plurality of heat generating elements arranged along a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of a recording medium and is configured to print on the recording medium, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature within the printer, and a processor configured to determine whether the temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold, determine a constant printing speed at the time of printing under a condition where the temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold, and control the printing head and a transporting speed of the recording medium so as to cause each line of the print data to be printed on the recording medium at the constant printing speed. |
| US10142507B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
An information processing apparatus includes: a management system that detects a user operation and acquires information input by the operation as data to be supplied to an electronic apparatus; and a setting system that supplies a first sub-module to the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including one or more electronic apparatuses, the first sub-module being to be installed in each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to allow each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to execute a particular function, and executes a second sub-module to cause the management system to acquire setting data, the setting data being necessary for each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to execute the first sub-module, and to supply the setting data acquired by the management system to the one or more electronic apparatuses. |
| US10142505B2 |
Multi-function printer
A multi-function printer comprises: a printer engine unit having a function of switching the mode of the multi-function printer from a print mode to a power-saving mode based on predetermined conditions; a first to a third microphone arranged at intervals on the same plane; and a control section configured to determine the position of a sound source according to the difference between the moments sound sources are captured by the first to the third microphone and switch the mode of the multi-function printer from the power-saving mode to the print mode. |
| US10142501B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
A multifunction peripheral (MFP) acquires a display setting of an operation unit in the MFP, which is associated with a user at a client terminal, when accessed from the client terminal. The MFP performs control so that display of an operation screen of the MFP in the client terminal becomes display according to the acquired display setting of the operation unit. |
| US10142498B2 |
Image forming system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
An image forming system includes one or more image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected to the one or more image forming apparatuses through a network. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry that registers an image forming job that is received from one of the image forming apparatuses in association with information on a user who has authority to execute the image forming job, acquires information on a location of the user, determines whether or not the user is located at a first area based on the information on the location of the first user to generate a first determination result, and determines an operation to be performed on the image forming job based on the first determination result. |
| US10142495B2 |
Method and apparatus for simplified device data collection
A system and method for managed device data collection includes a data collector controller for control of monitoring activity of networked multifunction peripherals. A user interface includes a display rendering a plurality of processor rendered interactive user configuration screens. Displayed configuration screens solicit and receive corresponding user input. The configuring screens facilitate setting device user interaction including setting a network address, network connectivity testing, modification of device certificates, changing network settings, and a testing discovery, registration or data transfer mechanism for multifunction peripheral device data collection. A data storage stores user selection data received via rendered configuration screens and the processor outputs stored user selection data as configuration data for data collection from the multifunction peripherals. |
| US10142493B2 |
Online charging system (OCS) controlled media policy
A method of communication comprising the steps of: requesting at least one service having a plurality of parts; determining if said at least one service can be provided taking into account credit information relating to a user; and if not providing only one or some of said plurality of parts of said at least one service. |
| US10142489B2 |
Digital subscriber line profile selection method and apparatus
An Initial Profile Application Apparatus (IPAA) is operable to apply an initial profile to a modem pair connection system, the modem pair connection system comprising a first modem, a corresponding second modem and a metallic wire connection, wherein the first and second modems are operable to establish a data connection between themselves over the metallic wire connection. The IPAA comprises: a receiver; an evaluator; a line database; a comparator; a determiner; and an applicator. |
| US10142486B1 |
Transparent contact transfer system
A centralized system is provided for managing customer contacts in a customer service center and transferring those contacts between agents in a transparent manner. When an agent determines that a different representative is more likely or capable of resolving an issue associated with a customer contact, the system facilitates the transfer of the contact to another agent. The transfer can be transparent to both the sending agent and receiving agent so that both agents are informed in real time, via a dynamic user interface, regarding the status of the transfer of the current contact. In some embodiments, the transfer may not be limited to only transferring actual communication with the customer to the receiving agent, but may be an integrated process that includes the transfer of records, assignments, and other data-driven associations from the sending agent to the receiving agent. |
| US10142483B2 |
Technologies for dynamic audio communication adjustment
Technologies for adaptive audio communications include a telecommunications device configured to collect session data of a communication session that includes an audio stream between a user of the telecommunications device and at least one other user of a remote telecommunications device. The telecommunications device is further configured to determine a session context of the communication session based on the collected session data, determine whether the session data includes an anomaly, and adjust, in response to a determination that the anomaly was detected, at least one of a portion of the audio stream of the communication session and a setting of the telecommunications device based on the anomaly. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10142482B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event. |
| US10142481B2 |
Voicemail transmission utilizing signals associated with radio band frequencies
A method for transferring information indicative of a voicemail to a recipient includes receiving a message via a voicemail system transmitted from a remote device. The method also includes storing the message in a memory associated with the voicemail system. The method further includes transmitting a voicemail notification indicator to a recipient via a designated radio frequency band for receipt by a recipient having access to a radio receiver. |
| US10142479B2 |
Call mapping systems and methods using variance algorithm (VA) and/or distribution compensation
Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. |
| US10142478B2 |
Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system
Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system comprising determining an ordering of a plurality of agents, determining an ordering of a plurality of contact types; analyzing, historical contact-agent outcome data according to the orderings of the pluralities of agents and contact types to construct a pairing model; and determining an expected performance of the contact center system using the pairing model. |
| US10142477B2 |
System and method for social message classification based on influence
A method for prioritizing processing of interactions at a contact center, the method including: identifying an interaction to be prioritized for processing; identifying a person associated with the interaction; identifying an influence level of the person associated with the interaction; and prioritizing the interaction for processing based on the influence level of the person associated with the interaction. |
| US10142465B2 |
Providing sender identification information
An apparatus for providing sender identification information of the communication event on a display is described. In an embodiment the apparatus receives a communication event, for example, a call or a message. The mobile apparatus is caused to output a temporary indication of the communication event and the sender identification information relating to the communication event is not shown on the display. When a user of the mobile apparatus is detected with at least one sensor, the display is arranged to display the sender identification information on the display replacing the temporary indication in response to detecting the user with the at least one sensor. |
| US10142464B1 |
Systems and methods for authenticating a caller
Methods and systems described in this disclosure receive a call from a caller, generate a first session through a first channel associated with the caller when the call is received and then send a request for authentication credentials to a device associated with the caller. In some embodiments, sending the request for authentication credentials generates a second session through a second channel associated with the caller. The caller can be authenticated to the first session using communication received during the second session through the second channel. |
| US10142463B2 |
Method and apparatus for threat identification through analysis of communications signaling, events, and participants
Aspects of the invention determining a threat score of a call traversing a telecommunications network by leveraging the signaling used to originate, propagate and terminate the call. Outer-edge data utilized to originate the call may be analyzed against historical, or third party real-time data to determine the propensity of calls originating from those facilities to be categorized as a threat. Storing the outer edge data before the call is sent over the communications network permits such data to be preserved and not subjected to manipulations during traversal of the communications network. This allows identification of threat attempts based on the outer edge data from origination facilities, thereby allowing isolation of a compromised network facility that may or may not be known to be compromised by its respective network owner. Other aspects utilize inner edge data from an intermediate node of the communications network which may be analyzed against other inner edge data from other intermediate nodes and/or outer edge data. |
| US10142462B2 |
Controlled-environment facility resident communication detection
Systems and methods insert a modulated signal into audio of a controlled-environment facility resident's side of a call, such as by a controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like. The same or a different controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like, may detect the same and/or another modulated signal inserted into the audio of the same and/or another controlled-environment facility resident's side of the call in the audio of an other party's side of the call. The same or a different controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like, may determine if more than one modulated signal is present in the other call party's side of the call and alert an authority that more than one controlled-environment facility resident is taking part in the call. |
| US10142460B1 |
Systems and methods for managing power for a mobile device
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing power for a mobile device. In one embodiment, an example mobile device may include at least one memory, at least one processor, a first rechargeable battery, a second rechargeable battery, and one or more solid state relays. The at least one memory may store computer-executable instructions, and the at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions. The first rechargeable battery may be configured to power the at least one processor, and the second rechargeable battery may be configured to power the at least one processor. The one or more solid state relays may be electrically coupled to the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery and configured to transition between a first state in which the one or more solid state relays form a series connection between the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery and a second state in which the one or more solid state relays form a parallel connection between the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery. |
| US10142459B2 |
Method and system for managing multimedia accessiblity
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determine a first impairment associated with a first user of a first end user device, receive user input captured at a second end user device during a communication session between the first and second end user devices, store instructions for executing a group of adjustment techniques for modifying the user input where the group of adjustment techniques includes amplifying selective frequencies and translating the user input into sign language images, select an adjustment technique from among the group of adjustment techniques, adjust the user input according to the adjustment technique to generate adjusted user input, and provide the adjusted user input to the first end user device during the communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10142458B1 |
Device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle
The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle is configured for use with one or more personal data devices. The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle partially inhibits the operation of a personal data device selected from the one or more personal data devices. By inhibiting the operation of the selected personal device is meant that the selected personal data device is only capable of hands free operation. The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle comprises a safety device, an automobile, an application for the personal data device, and a blocked device. |
| US10142456B2 |
User equipment to personalize use of service and operating method thereof
An operating method of user equipment configured to personalize use of service is provided. The user equipment includes a storage that stores personalization management information including pieces of personalization information and pieces of service operator information corresponding to each of the pieces of personalization information. The operating method includes accessing the storage to read the personalization management information and, from the personalization management information, detecting personalization information and service operator information matched to reference information registered in the user equipment, and determining whether a user is able to use the service, by using user information that is received from the outside and a result of the detection. |
| US10142454B2 |
Method for providing a customized user interface for group communication at a communication device
A method for providing a customized user interface for group communication at a communication device is provided. An electronic processor determines a list of communication groups with which a user identifier of the communication device is registered and identifies a communication group type for each communication group in the list based on service capabilities of the respective communication group. The electronic processor assigns a set of communication group types for the user identifier and determines a type of group communication application to be configured at the communication device. The electronic processor then generates user interface elements as a function of the set of communication group types and the type of group communication application and configures the group communication application including the user interface elements at the communication device for supporting group communication. |
| US10142453B2 |
User interface for a computing device
There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) an operating system computer program stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for detecting a swipe gesture, and, in response to the detected swipe gesture, displaying a search bar. |
| US10142452B1 |
Mobile terminal unlock method
A mobile terminal unlock method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a trigger signal for unlock, and generating a first password according to the trigger signal; generating a corresponding unlock signal according to a preset correspondence between the unlock signal and the first password and with reference to the first password, and sending the corresponding unlock signal; obtaining an unlock password that is obtained by means of parsing by a user according to the unlock signal; matching the unlock password with the first password; determining whether the unlock password is consistent with the first password; and if a determining result is yes, unlocking a password lock; or if a determining result is no, obtaining a trigger signal for unlock again. |
| US10142451B2 |
Method and apparatus pertaining to depicting a plurality of contact addresses
A control circuit provides a list of contacts on a touch-screen display and then, in response to detecting a touch-based selection of a particular contact, responsively depicts a plurality of contact addresses as correspond to that particular contact. A most frequently utilized contact address is placed at a location on the touch-screen display that corresponds to the touch-based selection of the particular contact. So configured, the user need likely not move their touching finger to locate the desired contact address. The most frequently utilized contact address can comprise a most frequently called telephone number since any new telephone number was last added to the plurality of telephone numbers for this particular contact. |
| US10142450B1 |
Custom mobile telecommunication device configuration management
A method of managing a custom configuration manifest, comprising: collecting by an application configuration selections about a user equipment (UE) that are dynamically configured to create the custom configuration manifest; processing by a server the configuration selections and dynamically configuring the configuration selections to create the manifest; transmitting by the server the manifest to both the UE and a database with a plurality of custom configuration manifests; receiving by a custom configuration manifest handling application authorization through one or more authorization options, but not authentication credentials, to allow the manifest handling application to install preferred applications on the UE; installing by the manifest handling application the preferred applications on the UE without providing the authentication credentials; and customizing by the manifest handling application the UE based on the manifest. |
| US10142449B2 |
Electronic device with rotatable battery cover
An electronic device includes a casing defining a receiving space in a back surface thereof. A receiving space is defined in an edge portion of the back surface. The receiving space is configured for receiving a battery therein. A cover is rotationally secured in the receiving space. The cover in a closed state is fully received in the receiving space. The cover in an open state is not fully received in the receiving space. The cover is rotatable between the closed state and the open state. |
| US10142448B2 |
Separable mobile device having a control module and a docking station module
The technology provides a mobile communication device having separable components, including a control module configured for only short-range wireless communication and a docking station module configured for both long-range wireless communication and short-range wireless communication. The control module includes a touch-sensitive display, a short-range wireless transceiver and a processor that electrically couples the touch-sensitive display and the short-range wireless transceiver. The docking station module includes a docking area that receives the control module, a docking short-range wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the control module, a long-range wireless transceiver that is configured to communicate with a long-range network and a docking processor that electrically couples the docking short-range wireless transceiver and the long-range wireless transceiver. The technology provides a sleek light-weight control module having full functionality of the docking station module. |
| US10142447B2 |
System having a protocol independent configuration environment
A system and approach that may provide a protocol independent environment to configure an ASC (application specific control) device in, for example, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. By using this system and approach, a user may reuse a device configuration already done for a device of one protocol in a device of another protocol without being required to reconfigure the latter device from scratch. This way may help a user to reduce the total setup time required to fully configure a device. The reduction may be done by simply exporting the configuration information from the first device and then importing the configuration information into the second device, where the internal protocol specific details can be handled internally by a tool. Thus, a user need not bother with the details that are in the background of the moving a configuration among devices of different protocols. |
| US10142445B2 |
Creation, publication and display of content on a social media network
A publication tool, and methods of use thereof, for publishing user created content as well as republishing content created by others to a social media network. The publication tool incorporates and uses analytic data from a plurality of data sources to identify and evaluate relationships between the user of the social media network and members of social media networks who subscribe to view the content published by the user on the social media network. The publication tool predicts the likelihood that a subscriber of the social media network will publish or share the same content as the user and if the publication tool predicts that the same content will be published by the user and the subscriber, the publication tool will publish the content on the social media network as a joint publication which can be viewed by all common subscribers shared between the user and the subscriber. |
| US10142443B1 |
System and method for automatically integrating a device in a networked system
The invention relates to automatically integrating a device in a networked system so that a user does not have to set-up or configure the new device. A basic idea of the invention is to provide an automatic copying procedure of the functionality of a device of a networked system to a new device, which is integrated in the networked system. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for copying the functionality of a device of a networked system to a new device, comprising the automatically performed steps of detecting a new device to be integrated in the networked system, determining a reference device of the networked system, and copying the functionality of the reference device to the new device. |
| US10142442B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for enabling a downloadable service to access components in a mobile device
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for enabling a downloadable service to access components in a mobile device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system comprises a mobile device that includes a mobile wallet application configured to determine at least one hardware component or software component provisioned on the mobile device and to generate a capabilities object containing information identifying the at least one hardware or software component. The system further includes a network server supporting a downloadable service configured to receive the capabilities object from the mobile device, to generate personalized downloadable service content based on the information in the received capabilities object, to provide the personalized web page content to the mobile device, wherein the personalized downloadable service content is configured to access the at least one hardware component or software component on the mobile device. |
| US10142439B2 |
Generation of application control blocks for an IMS database using a cache memory
A method includes performing, by a processor of a database server: intercepting an operating system supervisor call involving a request for information associated with an information Management System (IMS) database from a secondary storage device, the IMS database being embodied in the secondary storage device; determining whether the information that was requested is stored in a cache memory embodied in a primary storage device; retrieving the information that was requested responsive to determining that the information that was requested is stored in the cache memory; executing the operating system supervisor call to perform a read of the secondary storage device to obtain the information that was requested responsive to determining that the information that was requested is not stored in the cache memory; and storing the information that was requested in the cache memory responsive to executing the operating system supervisor call to obtain the information that was requested. |
| US10142428B1 |
Observation-based user profiling and profile matching
Observation-based user profiling and profile matching are provided. The network behavior of users of a computer-implemented social network are observed and used for user profiling. By observing network behavior instead of necessarily relying on user self-reported data, accurate and objective user profiles can be formed; user profiling is accomplished based on the observed network behaviors with or without the knowledge of the user being profiled. The observed network behaviors can include the customization of a visual graphic, a media preference, a communication preference, or a selection of words from a word list. The user profiles can be with respect to a domain and two or more users can be matched based on their profiles with respect to the same domain. User ratings and profile updating based on the ratings are also provided. |
| US10142426B2 |
System and method for identifying communication session participants based on traffic patterns
A monitoring system monitors traffic flows that are exchanged over a communication network. The system characterizes the flows in terms of their temporal traffic features, and uses this characterization to identify communication devices that participate in the same communication session. By identifying the communication devices that serve as endpoints in the same session, the system establishes correlations between the users of these communication devices. The monitoring system characterizes the flows using traffic features such as flow start time, flow end time, inter-burst time and burst size, and/or statistical properties of such features. The system typically generates compressed-form representations (“signatures”) for the traffic flows based on the temporal traffic features, and finds matching flows by finding similarities between signatures. |
| US10142422B2 |
Clustering websocket communications with configurable master-slave servers
Embodiments provide clustering of websocket communications with configurable master-slave servers. A centralized document service accessible to each server functions as a repository for cluster server information, cluster master server IP address, and security information. Upon receiving a first input, a server references the document service to create a first websocket handler as the master (e.g., utilizing a flag). Upon receiving a second input, a different server references the document service to create a slave websocket handler. Using master server IP address information from the document service, the slave websocket handler establishes a websocket cluster channel with the master websocket handler. Additional websocket channels with the master websocket hander may be established as further inputs are received and slave websocket handlers created. Allowing configuration as masters or slaves on a per-cluster basis, allows servers to function in dual roles, avoiding the bottleneck of requiring a same master server for all clusters. |
| US10142418B2 |
Storage management device, storage management method, and computer-readable recording medium
A monitoring unit acquires load information on a Tier pool that includes therein a plurality of volumes. A maximum performance calculating unit calculates an entire bandwidth of the Tier pool on the basis of the load information on the Tier pool acquired by the monitoring unit. A bandwidth management unit calculates each individual bandwidth such that the sum of the individual bandwidths allocated to each of the volumes corresponds to the entire bandwidth calculated by the maximum performance calculating unit and allocates each of the calculated individual bandwidths to each of the volumes. |
| US10142416B2 |
Methods for facilitating planned data container transitions and devices thereof
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and source storage server computing device that mirrors dirty data to a destination storage server. The dirty data corresponds to storage operations not yet committed to one or more data storage devices of an aggregate to be transitioned. Ownership of the data storage devices is released. Teardown processing for the aggregate is performed subsequent to releasing ownership of the data storage devices. With this technology, the flushing or committing of dirty data to data storage devices is performed by a destination storage server after a data container is transitioned to the destination storage server. Additionally, non-critical teardown processing is also performed after a data container or aggregate is transitioned to the destination storage server. Accordingly, the duration of planned data container transitions can advantageously be reduced and aggregates can be brought online by a destination storage server for data access by applications more quickly. |
| US10142412B2 |
Multi-thread processing of search responses
Multi-thread processing of search responses is disclosed. An example method may include transmitting, by a computer system, a search request to a plurality of search peers of a data aggregation and analysis system; receiving a plurality of data packets from the plurality of search peers; parsing, by a first processing thread of the computer system, one or more data packets of the plurality of data packets, to produce a partial response to the search request; and processing, by a second processing thread of the computer system, the partial response to produce a memory data structure representing an aggregated response to the search request. |
| US10142410B2 |
Multi-mode remote collaboration
Generally discussed herein are systems and apparatuses for multi-mode collaboration between entities in different jurisdictions. According to an example a technique can include determining a location of a remote communication device by at least one of a global positioning system (GPS), low frequency (LF) atomic time radio, earth magnetic signature, internet protocol (IP) address, and cell phone tower triangulation, determine regulations regarding communication from an internal network to the remote device based on the determined location, and configure the remote device to transmit and receive communications in a manner compliant with the determined regulations including one of voice over internet protocol (VOIP) communication, hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communication, text communication, voice communication, video communication, and augmented reality communication. |
| US10142409B2 |
System and method for implementing PNRP locality
A method is provided for a host node in a computer network to determine its coordinates in a d-dimensional network space, comprising discovering an address of a peer node in the network, measuring network latency between the host node and the peer node, determining whether network latency has been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, where, if network latency has not been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, estimating the network coordinates of the host node, and where, if network latency has been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, calculating the network coordinates of the host node using d+1 measured latencies. |
| US10142407B2 |
Centralized load balancer with weighted hash function
A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for balancing loads among a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) from a central dispatcher, wherein the dispatcher receives data packets and maps the data packets to VMs selected from the plurality of VMs, using a weighted hash function, having an associated weighting for each VM and forwarding each packet to a VM accordingly, wherein a load balancer decrements a weighting for a VM, responsive to an indication of the load on the VM exceeding a first load threshold. Weightings can correspond to a number of bins associated with each VM. Weightings are adjusted in response to receiving invite and disinvite messages from the VMs, representing their respective loads. |
| US10142404B2 |
Inter-platform management of computing resources
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a primary computing platform, identifying one or more secondary computing platforms, and identifying a requesting virtual server. The requesting virtual server resides on the primary computing platform and is associated with one or more requesting clients. One or more donating virtual servers are identified. The donating virtual servers reside on the primary computing platform and are associated with one or more donating clients. One or more external virtual servers are identified. The external virtual servers reside on the secondary computing platforms. A resource donation scenario is determined. The resource donation scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the requesting virtual server and the donating virtual servers. A resource adjustment scenario is determined. The resource adjustment scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the external virtual servers. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10142403B1 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating parallel distributed computing
Embodiments of the present invention facilitate parallel distributed computing. During operation, embodiments of the present invention receive from a requesting node an operator o1 and unevaluated expressions representing arguments for that operator. Next, embodiments of the invention evaluate the arguments and then determine another unevaluated expression based on that operator and the evaluated arguments. Subsequently, embodiments of the invention send the another evaluated expression to other nodes for evaluation and receive the resulting evaluated expression, which is then returned to the requesting node. |
| US10142400B2 |
Context-sensitive information retrieval
A help system includes receives a request from the application running on an end-user device over a data communication network. The request may be transmitted in response to a command by a user to receive help related to the application. The server receives context information associated with the request from the application. According to one embodiment, the context information includes information gathered by the application as the user interacts with the application. The server selects information to be output based on the received context information, and transmits the selected information to the application. |
| US10142398B2 |
Method and system for file transfer over a messaging infrastructure
A method and system for file transfer over a messaging infrastructure are provided. The method includes dividing a file into multiple portions. The method includes generating for a current portion of a file, except for the first portion in a file, a first hash summarizing the state of the file up to, but not including, the current portion and a second hash summarizing the state of the file up to and including the current portion. The method includes sending the first and second hashes with the file portion. The second hash may be used at a target for comparing to a first hash of a subsequent file portion, for example, by recreating the second hash from the current state of the received file on the target. |
| US10142396B2 |
Computerized system and method for determining and communicating media content to a user based on a physical location of the user
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically determine media content to communicate to a user based on the user's location. The disclosed systems and methods enable novel media content distribution to a user based on 1) the location of the user (i.e., physical location or geo-location), 2) other users' classified relationships to the location; and 3) user generated media content by the classified other users. |
| US10142395B2 |
Accessing hardware devices using web server abstractions
In the new architecture, a client that desires access to a piece of hardware sends HTTP requests to a device server. The server receives a HTTP requests, accesses a device on behalf of the client, and send the device's response back to the client in the form of an HTTP response. This architecture has three primary advantages. First, it offers a clean interface for clients where all devices are accessed as if they are web servers. Second, it helps make devices more secure whereby clients can be prevented from accessing hardware directly, and all device access is forced through the narrow HTTP access protocol and checked for compliance with a desired security policy. Third, since HTTP allows local and remote servers to be contacted, the proposed architecture makes it easy for clients to communicate with devices that are not physically co-resident with the client but which are accessible via a network connection. |
| US10142394B2 |
Generating risk profile using data of home monitoring and security system
Methods and systems for premises management are described. An example system may comprise a premises management device and a touchscreen device. The touchscreen device may output a plurality of interfaces that enable control of the premises management device. The example system may comprise a premises management server that receives behavioral data associated with the premises management device and the touchscreen device. The premises management server may generate and output a risk score based on the behavioral data. |
| US10142393B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium
A communication apparatus includes a first acquisition unit and a determination unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a number of messages to be transmitted to another communication apparatus. The determination unit determines, based on the number of messages acquired by the first acquisition unit, a communication protocol to be used for a communication with the another communication apparatus from a plurality of communication protocols. |
| US10142387B2 |
Distributed coordination of network elements for packet encapsulation
In one embodiment, an encapsulator device receives a source stream of encoded packets in a first transport format and converts the source stream to packets of an output stream in a second transport format for communication over a data network. The encapsulator device generates a mapping stream with information indicating which packets in the source stream are used to generate the output stream. The output stream of the encapsulator device is coordinated with the output stream of other encapsulator devices by sending the mapping stream to the other encapsulator devices in the network. The other encapsulator devices use the mapping stream to generate identical output streams. |
| US10142383B2 |
Method for delivering music content to a smart phone
A method of distributing media content using mobile communication devices including providing media access cards which promote selected media content to users of such devices whereby a user may access a web server associated with the media access cards and download application software enabling access to selected media content via a mobile device, the media access cards including a machine readable identification number code that identifies media content associated with the card whereby the application software facilitates reading and transmitting the code to a web server via the mobile device, receiving the identification number with the web server and using the identification number to locate a table value in a database wherein a plurality of media access cards identification numbers are associated with a media content table value, using the table value to identify media codes associated with the selected content server which transmits media to the mobile device. |
| US10142381B2 |
System and method for scalable cloud services
The invention is based, in part, on a system for allowing at least one client to real-time monitor and, or playback at least one real-world recognized event via at least one processor-controlled video camera, said system comprising: a processor; a non-transitory storage medium coupled to the processor; encoded instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: detect a threshold-grade event from audio-video data of a real-world environment captured from a processor-controlled video camera by an event detection module within an event management system applying event detection parameters; analyze the threshold-grade event for categorization into any one of a recognized event by an event recognition module within the event management system applying event recognition parameters; transmit at least any one of a single stream of the recognized event and, or a single stream of a audio-video sequence succeeding and, or preceding the recognized event to a client device; and facilitate at least any one of a user defined playback of the single stream of the recognized event, user defined monitoring of the audio-video sequence preceding and, or succeeding the recognized event, and, or remote provisioning of the processor-controlled video camera, whereby the playback and, or provisioning is facilitated via a client device user interface. |
| US10142380B2 |
Joining executable component to online conference
Online conferencing involving video and audio in which automatic actions such as recording and broadcasting is performed by adding a visualized representation of the action into the online conference area of a user interface. The action appears as a visualization in the contacts portion of the user interface, some of which contacts may represent individuals that may be joined into a conference. Recording or broadcasting the action may thus be efficiently performed in a consistent manner as how individuals are added into an online conference, thereby taking advantage of muscle memory of the participant. |
| US10142377B2 |
Relevancy improvement through targeting of information based on data gathered from a networked device associated with a security sandbox of a client device
A system includes a client device capable of being associated with a number of networked devices through a computer network to: process an embedded object, constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox, and execute a sandboxed application in the executable environment. The embedded object is processed through the sandboxed application. The system also includes a relevancy-matching server to: receive primary data generated from fingerprint data of each of the number of networked devices, match the primary data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor, search a storage for the targeted data, and cause rendering of the targeted data through the embedded object processed through the sandboxed application of the client device. The primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history. |
| US10142371B2 |
Authorization policy customization and authorization policy lockdown
Application customization enables many different types of customers, from small companies to large multinational enterprises, to use various applications provided by a cloud service provider. To accommodate these customizations, previous systems generally require manual human intervention to identify custom, customized, and cloud service provider authorization policies (also referred to herein as “seed” authorization policies) and to decide how each type of authorization policy should be upgraded. When applications are customized, artifacts that represent those customizations can be created. In some embodiments, the customizations can include new resources or entitlements, and grants to new roles. In addition to new resources, entitlements, and grants, existing resources, entitlements, and grants can be modified and artifacts corresponding to those modifications can be generated. Embodiments of the present invention provide improved techniques for tracking and managing customizations to simplify and automate upgrade processes. |
| US10142369B2 |
Method and system for processing a stream of information from a computer network using node based reputation characteristics
A method for processing information from a variety of submitters, e.g., forensic sources. The method includes receiving information about one or more nodes from a submitter from a plurality of submitters numbered from 1 through N. In a specific embodiment, the one or more nodes are associated respectively with one or more IP addresses on a world-wide network of computers. The method includes identifying a submitter reputation of the submitter from a knowledge base and associating a node reputation of the node based upon at least the reputation of the submitter and submitted information from the submitter. The method also transfers the node reputation. |
| US10142368B2 |
Facilitating remote access of devices in a secure environment
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating remote access of customer computing entities in a secure environment. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising providing, by a first user computer entity and through a first window displaying a first webpage in a browser, a request for instruction for a particular device, the instructions being in a native command language of the particular device, wherein the request is provided over a first secure encrypted connection using a first protocol, receiving, the instructions over the first secure encrypted connection using the first protocol, initiating a bridge webpage, the bridge webpage being initiated in a second window in the browser, wherein the first window and the second window are in communication, and wherein the first page belongs to a first domain different from a second domain to which the second page belongs. |
| US10142366B2 |
Methods, systems and devices to mitigate the effects of side effect URLs in legitimate and phishing electronic messages
A computer-implemented method may comprise receiving an electronic message (such as a legitimate email or malicious phishing email, for example) over a computer network, the electronic message containing a uniform resource locator (URL). The URL in the received electronic message may be parsed and one or more original parameter may be identified therein. The type of the identified original parameter(s) may be determined. The identified original parameter(s) may then be transformed according to a parameter transformation rules, selected according to the determined type. to generate transformed parameter(s). The URL may then be reassembled by substituting the transformed parameter(s) for the original parameter(s). The website pointed to by the reassembled URL may then be accessed, over the computer network, using the transformed parameter(s) only if the reassembled URL meets a predetermined minimum criterion. |
| US10142365B2 |
System and methods for responding to cybersecurity threats
A cyber-security monitoring (CSM) computer device for responding to cybersecurity threats is provided. The CSM computer device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to monitor a virtual network including plurality of virtual machines, detect a cybersecurity threat to a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, generate a second virtual machine based on the first virtual machine, adjust the second virtual machine based on the cybersecurity threat, disconnect the first virtual machine from the virtual network to prevent communication between the first virtual machine and the plurality of virtual machines included in the virtual network, and connect the second virtual machine to the virtual network. |
| US10142364B2 |
Network isolation by policy compliance evaluation
An internal network can include a plurality of linked internal nodes, each internal node being configured to communicate with other internal nodes or with one or more external servers over an external network. The internal network can analyze the configuration of the internal nodes and the network traffic between internal nodes of the internal network and external servers. Based on the analysis, a network vulnerability score measuring the vulnerability of the internal network to attack can be determined. If the vulnerability score is below a threshold, the internal network can be isolated from the external network, for example by preventing internal nodes from communicating with or over the external network. |
| US10142360B2 |
System and method for iteratively updating network attack mitigation countermeasures
A system and computer-implemented method for mitigating a malicious network attack. The method includes receiving an attack alert that a network attack has been detected, saving a sample of captured network traffic in response to the attack alert, playing back the sample while applying a playback countermeasure to the captured network traffic to block sample segments from the sample, analyzing at least one of the blocked sample segments and throughput sample segments that are not blocked, and adjusting the playback countermeasure in response to a result of the analyzing. |
| US10142356B2 |
Channel data encapsulation system and method for use with client-server data channels
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to network security to monitor and report threats in network traffic of a datacenter. For example, one embodiment discloses a method of receiving, by a first security microservice, a first channel data encapsulation packet encapsulating a first encapsulation context and a first encapsulated data, performing a security service on the first encapsulated data using the first encapsulation context, transmitting by the first security microservice a second channel data encapsulation packet to a second security microservice, wherein the second channel encapsulation packet comprises a request for security services, receiving by the first security microservice a response from the second security microservice comprising a second security microservice context, a second security microservice timestamp, and a second security microservice load. The first security microservice further generates a timestamp and a load included in a response to the first channel data encapsulation packet. |
| US10142355B2 |
Protection of telecommunications networks
A protection system for a telecommunications network includes an evaluation engine that receives information about threats from user devices using the network and determines a threat level to the network. Threats to the network are mitigated based on the determined threat level. |
| US10142348B2 |
Enhanced data interface for contactless communications
Embodiments of the invention are directed at an enhanced data interface (EDI) for contactless communications between a mobile application operating on a mobile device and an access device (e.g., contactless reader) that allows for enhanced verification between the mobile device and access device. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method. The method comprises a mobile device receiving a request for available applets from an access device and providing a list of available applets including trusted applet identifiers and untrusted applet identifiers to the access device. The method further comprises receiving a selection of an untrusted applet identifier from the list and an entity identifier associated with the access device, validating that the access device is authorized to access credentials associated with the selected untrusted applet identifier using the entity identifier, and providing the credentials associated with the selected untrusted applet identifier to the access device. |
| US10142346B2 |
Extension of a private cloud end-point group to a public cloud
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable storage medium for extending a private cloud to a public cloud. The private cloud can be extended to the public cloud by establishing a virtual private network between a private cloud and a public cloud, receiving one or more access control lists provisioned by the private cloud, determining contracts between an end point group of the private cloud and an end point group of the public cloud based on the one or more access control lists, and extending the end point group of the private cloud to the end point group of the public cloud across the virtual private network. |
| US10142344B2 |
Credential management system
System, method and media for managing user credentials by securely caching credentials to access shared, secure resources for subsequent reuse. When a user accesses a shared, secure resource for the first time, the system determines credentials for the user, which are then stored in a file readable only by that user but in a location hidden from that user. On subsequent attempts to access the resource, a system process running on behalf of the user accesses the hidden file to prepopulate the user's credentials so that they need not be re-entered. In this way, stored processes can access the resource with the correct user's credentials without requiring that they be entered every time. |
| US10142338B2 |
Systems and methods for online third-party authentication of credentials
Systems and methods are disclosed for online authentication of online attributes. One method includes receiving an authentication request from a rely party, the authentication request including identity information to be authenticated and credential information to be authenticated; determining whether a user account is associated with the received identity information by accessing an internal database; accessing user data of the user account determined to be associated with received identity information; determining authentication data to obtained from a user associated with the user account based on the user data of the user account and the credential information to be authenticated; transmitting a request for authentication data; receiving authentication data associated with the user; transmitting authentication data associated with the user; and receiving an authentication result from the verification data source server for the user associated with authentication data. |
| US10142331B2 |
Authentication for application
The present disclosure provides a method, terminal, and system for authentication with respect to an application. The present techniques may be applicable at a terminal with near-field communication function. When a particular operation of the application is triggered, a near-field device within a certain distance of a terminal is detected. An identification of the near-field device is obtained. The identification is sent to a server to request the server to determine whether the near-field device is a particular near-field device corresponding to the particular operation. A result of authentication performed by the server according to the identification is obtained. A following processing is applied to the particular operation according to the result of authentication. The present techniques ensure safety of operations of the application operated at the terminal. |
| US10142324B2 |
Method for reading attributes from an ID token
The invention relates to a method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token, wherein the ID token is assigned to a user, comprising the following steps: authenticating the user with respect to the ID token, authenticating a first computer system with respect to the ID token, after successful authentication of the user and the first computer system with respect to the ID token, read-access by the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token for transfer of the at least one attribute to a second computer system. |
| US10142320B2 |
System and method for establishing and monetizing trusted identities in cyberspace with personal data service and user console
A system and method for establishing and monetizing trusted identities in cyberspace relying upon user opt in. Users request to attain secure IDs for accessing parties that will rely on secure IDs to complete a transaction, for example merchants and service providers (relying parties). The relying parties (RPs) communicate with identity service providers and attribute providers via an Attribute Exchange Network (AXN) in order to obtain verified attributes associated with an entity (end user or user) that wishes to conduct business with the relying party. The relying party makes requests for verified attributes that are important to consummating business transactions for the relying party. Users are informed of requests for attributes on behalf of relying parties and users have the option to verify attributes, and add new attributes that may be useful or required for conducting business with relying parties. |
| US10142316B2 |
Computerized method and system for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative exchange environment
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein a secure email input facility for accepting non-secure email from outside the exchange into the secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein the non-secure email is received and the non-secure email and/or the content delivered thereby is stored as secure content in a location of the secure exchange server related to at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the non-secure email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email. |
| US10142315B2 |
Method and apparatus of providing messaging service and callback feature to mobile stations
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result message indicating that the action has been satisfied. |
| US10142311B2 |
Communication system and communication device
Devices between which packets are transmitted and received include mutually corresponding packet counters. The same random number value is given to the packet counters as their initial values and the packet counters are updated with packet transmission/reception. The transmission-side device generates a MAC value, draws out part thereof on the basis of a counted value of its own packet counter, sets it as a divided MAC value, generates a packet by adding the value to a message and transmits the packet onto a network. The reception-side device generates a MAC value on the basis of the message in the received packet, draws out part thereof on the basis of a counted value of its own packet counter, compares the part with the divided MAC value in the received packet and thereby performs message authentication. |
| US10142310B2 |
Method and cloud server for managing device
A method of managing a device is provided. The method includes registering execution authorization information regarding a function provided by a first device, receiving a request for determining whether a second device that requests execution of a function provided by the cloud server has authorization to perform the function provided by the first device from the first device, authenticating whether the second device has authorization for performing a function provided by the first device, and transmitting a result of the authentication to the first device. |
| US10142309B2 |
No password user account access
Various embodiments of the present technology enable users to sign in to an account without a password. For example, when receiving a request to register a device with an account, a user can be prompted to enter their email address. In response, two tokens are generated. A first token is sent to a client application on the device and the second token is sent to the user's email. The user can then only login to their account with the device if the device has both tokens. Thus, if someone intercepts the email, they will be unable to login from another device since they don't have the first token. If the client token and email token cannot be automatically joined on the same device, a web page showing a code can be displayed on a first device, which can be entered on the second device to finish login process. |
| US10142300B1 |
Decentralized authoritative messaging
A secure chat client is described that allows users to exchange encrypted communications via secure chat rooms, as well as one-to-one communications. In particular, the secure chat client allows users to create, configure, and manage secure chat rooms. Furthermore, the secure chat client provides users with the ability to recover secure messages when they obtain a new device or otherwise lose communications. |
| US10142294B2 |
Remote access to local network
Multiple protocol tunnels (e.g., IPsec tunnels) are deployed to enable an access terminal that is connected to a network to access a local network associated with a femto access point. A first protocol tunnel is established between a security gateway and the femto access point. A second protocol tunnel is then established in either of two ways. In some implementations the second protocol tunnel is established between the access terminal and the security gateway. In other implementations the second protocol tunnel is established between the access terminal and the femto access point, whereby a portion of the tunnel is routed through the first tunnel. |
| US10142291B2 |
System for providing DNS-based policies for devices
A device control system is associated with individual devices connected through a network control point to a gateway and thereby to the Internet. The gateway inserts an EDNS0 pseudo resource record into an additional data section in each DNS query initiated by an individual device, the EDNS0 pseudo resource record identifying the initiating device. A dynamic policy enforcement engine in front of the DNS engine intercepts the DNS query, identifies the initiating device, and selects a policy that applies to the device. The dynamic policy enforcement engine may provide parental control and security service to the individual device by blocking the DNS query or passing it to the DNS engine according to the policy. A component that intercepts DNS queries may provide several additional types of services to the individual devices, including advertising, messaging, mobile device tracking, individual device application control, and delivery of individualized content. |
| US10142289B1 |
Secure interface for a mobile communications device
A secure interface for a mobile communications device has output communications circuitry operable to communicate with an external network, private network communications circuitry operable to communicate with a mobile communications device, and an input/output filter connected between the output communications circuitry and the private network communications circuitry. The input/output filter separately filters, based on programmed stored criteria, externally-received information packets from the external network via the output communications circuitry and internally-received information packets from the mobile communications device via the private network communications circuitry. The input/output filter passes the filtered externally-received information packets to an internal connection of the private network communications circuitry for transmission to the mobile communications device and passes the filtered internally-received information packets to an internal connection of the output communications circuitry for transmission to the external network. |
| US10142288B1 |
Machine application interface to influence virtual environment
A method and system for influencing a virtual environment establishes a machine application interface which utilizes an application interaction layer to allow multitasking of applications within a single virtual environment, the method and system also allow for the use of two-dimensional legacy applications within the virtual environment. The method and system receives requests from outside applications and mediates control of spaces within the virtual environment depending on the user's security preferences. |
| US10142281B2 |
Mobile ad hoc networking
In one embodiment, a method comprising by one or more computing devices, transmitting, from a first mobile device, a first message that includes a first user identifier corresponding to a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first user identifier corresponds to a user account of the first user in a social-networking system, receiving, at the first mobile device, one or more second messages that includes a second user identifier corresponding to a second mobile device within a direct radio connectivity of the first mobile device, wherein the second user identifier corresponds to a respective user account of a second user in the social-networking system, and storing, at the first mobile device, information received in the second message for access by one or more applications hosted on the first mobile device. |
| US10142278B2 |
Automatic anomaly alerts for scheduled posts
Techniques are disclosed for automatically detecting anomalies in the content of a scheduled social media post, alerting a user to the presence of such anomalies before the content is posted and recommending a course of action when an anomaly is detected. A set of keywords is extracted from a scheduled post using an ontological classification technique. At predetermined time intervals, the keywords are compared with information obtained from one or more data sources to determine if an anomaly is present. If an anomaly is detected, the scheduled post is classified into one of at least three categories: supporting the post, neutral, or opposing the post. Once the anomaly is detected and the scheduled post is classified, the author of the post is alerted to the anomaly along with the categorization. Subsequently, the author may reschedule the post to an earlier or later time, delete the post, or change the post. |
| US10142273B2 |
Handling various scenarios where an email recipient is not available
A method for sending a plurality of alternate contact information associated with an online communication system. The method may include receiving an electronic message associated with the online communication system, wherein the electronic message is addressed to a recipient from a sender. The method may also include identifying a recipient inbox using a plurality of directory information associated with the received electronic message. The method may further include determining the identified recipient inbox satisfies at least one of a plurality of alternate contact criteria. The method may also include transmitting a plurality of alternate recipient contact information within a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) response to the sender based on the plurality of determined alternate contact criteria being satisfied. |
| US10142269B1 |
Methods and systems for communications processing
Communication systems and methods are described. In an illustrative embodiment, embeddable code is provided to a user to embed on a user web page. A communication request is received from a visitor via a user interface displayed on the user web page, the user interface including an address field configured to receive from the visitor an address associated with the visitor, and a text entry field configured to receive a text message from the visitor, wherein the user interface is generated at least in part by the code. If the visitor enters a phone address into the address field, a determination is made as to whether the phone address is valid at least partly in response to a first action by the visitor. If the visitor enters text into the text entry field, the text is transmitted to the user at least partly in response to a second action by the visitor. |
| US10142265B2 |
Server, method, and computer-readable storage medium storing a program for providing video chat
A setup that allows special communication between the user and the specific user is provided. The server in an embodiment includes an information storage unit, an event reservation management unit, a virtual space management unit, and a video chat control unit. The virtual space management unit causes a standby screen to be displayed, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat. The video chat control unit specifies, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by for video chat, and causes the communication for video chat to be performed between the terminal of the specified user and the terminal of the specific user. |
| US10142263B2 |
Packet deduplication for network packet monitoring in virtual processing environments
Systems and methods are disclosed for packet deduplication for network packet monitoring in virtual processing environments. Tap agents are installed and run with respect to network applications operating with virtual processing environments. These tap agents capture packet traffic associated within these network applications, and deduplication rules are applied so that duplicate packet capture is avoided at the tap agents themselves. In particular, deduplication rules are applied to tap agents where two network applications for which packets are being captured are talking to each other so that one of the tap agents is set to the designated agent for packet capture. Without this designation, packets captured at by the two associated packet agents would represent the same packet flow from both ends thereby leading to duplicate packet capture. |
| US10142259B2 |
Conflict detection and resolution in an ABR network
A scheme for managing conflict resolution in an ABR streaming environment with respect to a bandwidth pipe serving a customer premises. In one aspect, when a session request is received from a new ABR client launched in the customer premises that includes one or more existing ABR clients having corresponding streaming sessions, a bandwidth forecasting module is configured to forecast bandwidth requirements with respect to the corresponding ABR streaming sessions after accounting for a bandwidth requirement for the new ABR client's session request. A conflict may be detected if any of forecasted bandwidth requirements violates a bitrate threshold policy relative to the corresponding ABR streaming sessions and/or the new session being requested. If there is a conflict, a conflict notification message to the new ABR client is provided and the session request from the new ABR client is rejected. |
| US10142255B1 |
Allocating dynamic resources to service clusters
Techniques for efficiently managing resources are described. In an example, a computer system may access a forecast for demand associated with utilizing a service during a time period, where the service is available from service sources grouped in clusters. The computer system may identify resources scheduled to facilitate the service. Based on a scheduled start time for utilizing a resource, the forecast, and an allocation of remaining resources to the clusters, the computer system may allocate the resource to a first cluster and may provide a notification about the allocation to an associated client device. At a subsequent time during the time period, the computer system may re-allocate the resource to a second cluster based on a current utilization of the resource, an update to the forecast, and the allocation of the remaining resources. A respective notification may be provided to the client device. |
| US10142251B2 |
Control of maximum transmission unit size discovery using AT commands
A method of control Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) reporting and discovery using AT commands is proposed. In communications networks, the MTU of a communication protocol of a layer is the size (in bytes or octets) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards. In an IP network, IP packets may be fragmented if the supported MTU size is smaller than the packet length. In accordance with one novel aspect, the packet data protocol (PDP) context of a packet data network (PDN) connection comprises MTU information. By introducing MTU information to the PDP contexts, TE can use AT commands to query MTU parameters from the network and thereby avoid fragmentation. TE can also use AT command to set MTU parameters and thereby control MTU discovery. |
| US10142247B2 |
Communication device, communication system, communication method, and storage medium storing program transferring data using a plurality of lines
[Problem] To provide a communication device that can suppress imbalances in the amount of data transmitted by each communication line in cases where data is transferred using a plurality of communication lines. [Solution] A splitting unit (81) splits a frame that has been input. A distributing unit (82) distributes the split frame in accordance with the output band of each of a plurality of lines. A transmission unit (83) transmits the distributed frame. The distributing unit (82) distributes the frame to a line having the largest remaining output weight, which indicates the ratio of the remaining amount of data that can be output per predetermined period by each line to the amount of data that can be output in a unit time which is set as the output band for each line. The transmission unit (83) transmits a dummy frame equivalent to the remaining amount of data upon the lapse of the predetermined period. |
| US10142244B2 |
Modifying a priority for at least one flow class of an application on a software defined networking controller
Modifying a priority for at least one flow class of an application includes registering flow classes for an application with a SDN controller, determining, with the SDN controller, a priority for each of the flow classes based on other installed applications and network services on the SDN controller, modifying, based on an event, the priority for at least one of the flow classes of the application by mapping a priority key associated with the priority to a new priority value, receiving, from the application, at least one flow modification rule using a priority key as the priority, and validating the at least one flow modification rule against registered parameters of at least one of the flow classes of the application to determine a flow of traffic based on the priority. |
| US10142239B2 |
Synchronizing multicast state between multi-homed routers in an Ethernet virtual private network
Techniques are disclosed for handling withdrawals of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) join synch routes used to synchronize multicast group join requests. In one example, a first provider edge (PE) router of a plurality of PE routers on an Ethernet segment of an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) receives, from a second PE router, a withdrawal of a BGP join synch route. In response, the first PE router determines whether a disruption event or a multicast state timeout event at the second PE router caused the withdrawal. If the disruption event caused the withdrawal, the first PE router retains a multicast state for the multicast group and forwards multicast traffic for the multicast group to a customer edge (CE) router multi-homed to the plurality of the PE routers. If the multicast state timeout event caused the withdrawal, the first PE router deletes the multicast state and stops forwarding the multicast traffic. |
| US10142235B2 |
Increasingly minimal bias routing
A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB). |
| US10142231B2 |
Technologies for network I/O access
Technologies for accelerating non-uniform network input/output accesses include a multi-home network interface controller (NIC) of a network computing device communicatively coupled to a plurality of non-uniform memory access (NUMA) nodes, each of which include an allocated number of processor cores of a physical processor package and an allocated portion of a main memory directly linked to the physical processor package. The multi-home NIC includes a logical switch communicatively coupled to a plurality of logical NICs, each of which is communicatively coupled to a corresponding NUMA node. The multi-home NIC is configured to facilitate the ingress and egress of network packets by determining a logical path for each network packet received at the multi-home NIC based on a relationship between one of the NUMA nodes and/or a logical NIC (e.g., to forward the network packet from the multi-home NIC) coupled to the one of the NUMA nodes. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10142223B2 |
Symmetric intersubnet traffic load balancing in multihomed networks
A device may receive a network address associated with a destination device. The network address may identify the destination device based on layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection model. The device may store next-hop information identifying a next hop associated with the destination device based on the network address. The device may generate an auto-discovery route including a layer 3 label. The layer 3 label may permit network traffic to be routed to the destination device based on multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), and may identify a lookup table based on which to obtain the next-hop information. The device may provide the auto-discovery route including the layer 3 label. |
| US10142222B1 |
Customized communications for network systems
A network system customizes communications and communication channels for delivery to candidate providers registering with the network system. Candidate providers progress through steps of a network registration process by providing input data at the various steps. The network system provides communications to request the input data and facilitate the candidate providers' progress. The network system can use a machine learning model to predict particular types of communications and communication channels (e.g., online messages, phone calls, physical mail, etc.) that are likely to be well-received by candidate providers. Thus, the network system is able to increase the expected number of candidate providers that successfully register to provide services to other users of the network system. |
| US10142221B2 |
Network address translation in networks using multiple NAT devices
Systems, methods, and network topology for network address translation (NAT) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a cluster of NAT devices shares at least one backup NAT device configured to back up all or some of the NAT devices in the cluster. Each NAT device, including the backup NAT device, advertises its status at a regular interval to a router. If the router determines that an active NAT device is no longer advertising its status, the router can send data to the backup NAT. In some embodiments, the router routes traffic to active and backup devices based on networking protocols such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and/or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). The router can also route data to NAT devices using a round-robin algorithm. |
| US10142213B1 |
Techniques for providing event driven notifications
Techniques for providing event driven notifications are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing event driven notifications comprising monitoring an electronic media feed for an event associated with a specified criteria, identifying, using at least one computer processor, a plurality of events in the electronic media feed, filtering the plurality of events, identifying an event of the plurality of events matching a specified location, and providing a notification associated with the identified event. |
| US10142212B2 |
On demand packet traffic monitoring for network packet communications within virtual processing environments
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide on demand packet traffic monitoring for packet communications within virtual packet processing environments. Virtual TAPs (test access ports) within virtualization layers for VM (virtual machine) host hardware systems are controlled by external controllers to configure watch filters for VM platforms operating within the virtualization layer based upon trigger events determined within packet flow data and/or based upon other external trigger events. The virtual TAP controller then periodically receives watch filter packet data updates from the virtual TAP and further controls the virtual TAP to configure more detailed focus filters for the VM platforms based upon watch filter trigger events. The virtual TAP controller can further communicate one or more VM action commands (e.g., stop VM, stop application, etc.) to the virtual TAP for application to the VM platforms based upon trigger events associated with this more detailed focus filter data. |
| US10142210B2 |
In-line tool performance monitoring and adaptive packet routing
Embodiments are disclosed for monitoring the performance of an in-line tool without adding data to network traffic routed through the in-line tool. In some embodiments, performance of the in-line tool is based on a measured latency introduced by the processing of packets through the in-line tool. In some embodiments, network traffic is adaptively routed based on the measured latency at the in-line tool. |
| US10142208B1 |
Auto selection of applications based on resource capacity
Usage and performance data from a plurality of installed appliances is received via a network, a different corresponding subset of said appliances being associated with each of a plurality of customers. A set of one or more appliance resources required to support a virtualized application workload is determined based at least in part on usage and performance data from the plurality of installed appliances. An amount of unutilized capacity available with respect to said one or more appliance resources is determined based at least in part on appliance usage and performance data received from a given customer. A determination is made, based at least in part on said amount of unutilized capacity available with respect to said one or more appliance resources for the given customer and said set of one or more appliance resources required to support said virtualized application workload, as to whether the given customer's currently available resources are sufficient to support said virtualized application workload. |
| US10142205B2 |
System and method for optimizing event alerts in an information technology (IT) infrastructure management system
System and method for optimizing event alerts in an information technology (IT) infrastructure management system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises tracking one or more event alerts triggered by monitoring tools. The method further comprises determining a probable usage for at least one configuration item associated with the one or more event alerts. The method further comprises determining a probable threshold value for each of the at least one configuration item based on the probable usage and capacity data. The method further comprises computing a final threshold value for each of the at least one configuration item based on the probable threshold value, seasonality data, or semantic context data. The method further comprises optimizing the event alerts by filtering at least one unwanted event alert from the one or more event alerts based on at least one of the final threshold value and filtering rules. |
| US10142203B2 |
Ethernet fault management systems and methods
Ethernet fault management systems and methods using programmable Type-Length-Value (TLV) offsets combine software-based Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) protocol support with hardware-based fault management support to delegate generation and processing of OAM protocol messages to hardware devices with the software-based protocol support used to program hardware based on fixed offsets in the OAM protocol messages. The hardware can be designed to be flexible since the hardware can be agnostic to the logic within the OAM protocol which would reside in the software. The Ethernet fault management systems and methods combine the flexibility of software-based approaches with the speed and efficiency of hardware-based approaches. |
| US10142201B2 |
Data acquisition using remote platform gateways
A device network communicates with a remote platform such as a cloud service via a gateway. A network monitor device monitors network health and may adjust the amount of data collected by the gateway, reducing the amount of data collected in case of poor network health. |
| US10142199B2 |
Automatic process data transmission and monitoring for an industrial process network
A field device can transmit, over an industrial process network, data (e.g., including process data) to a host device configured to send and receive messages with one or more field devices. The field device can transmit the data in response to receiving a communications token that delegates time to the field device to transmit data over the industrial process network. A data monitoring device can monitor the data transmitted over the industrial process network, and can output at least a portion of the data for display at a display device operatively coupled to the data monitoring device. |
| US10142198B2 |
Node-centric analysis of dynamic networks
A network analysis engine is configured to generate a network timeline that represents time-varying connectivity between nodes of the network over a time interval. The network timeline includes a sequence of network snapshots that illustrate links between nodes at specific, sequential sub-intervals of time. The network analysis engine is configured to organize the network timeline in order to reveal certain characteristics of the nodes in the network and the network as a whole. Based on these characteristics, the network can be optimized to improve overall network operation. |
| US10142197B2 |
Visualizing distributions of correlated data
A method is described for visualizing distributions of correlated data in a computing environment in a form readable by a computer system operator, such as throughput and response time. Data is collected and a visualized representation is generated that is indicative of system performance. |
| US10142193B2 |
Information processing terminal, method therefor, and storage medium
The present invention is characterized in that, when registering function information (a Web Intent) for calling a function provided by a service in a UA, function information is registered in which at least a part of a processing content when the provided function was used previously is reflected. |
| US10142190B2 |
Management plane network aggregation
Some embodiments provide a system that includes a first network area, a second network area, and a third network area. The first network area includes a first master node and a first set of switches for forwarding network data through the first network area. The first master node is configured to manage the first set of switches. The second network area includes a second master node and a second set of switches for forwarding network data through the second network area. The second master node is configured to manage the second set of switches. The third network area includes a controller configured to manage the first and second sets of switches through the first and second master nodes. |
| US10142188B2 |
System and method for providing guiding messages in creating an integration flow in a cloud-based integration platform
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for generating messages guiding a user in creating an integration flow in a cloud-based integration service. The cloud-based integration service can include a web interface application for a current integration flow, and a runtime for executing the current integration flow. A plurality of complete integration flow definitions can be provided, each defining a plurality of integration components for a particular type of integration flow. The system can select a complete integration flow definition based on the type of the current integration flow, dynamically update the complete integration flow definition, and compare the current integration flow against the selected complete integration flow definition. Based on the comparison, the system can generate one or more messages for graphical display in the web interface application, to guide the user in creating the current integration flow. |
| US10142187B2 |
Predicting an effect of performing an action on a node of a geographical network
A device may include one or more processors. The device may receive first information identifying a plurality of nodes and transactions associated with the plurality of nodes. The transactions may be between nodes, of the plurality of nodes, and entities of a plurality of entities. The device may determine geographical locations corresponding to the plurality of nodes. The device may determine second information, based on the first information, that may identify nodes, of the plurality of nodes, that are associated with shared entities. The device may generate, based on the geographical locations and the second information, a geographical network. The device may select a selected node, of the geographical network, on which to perform an action. The device may determine third information based on predicting future performance of the geographical network assuming that the action is performed. The device may store or provide the third information. |
| US10142184B2 |
Centralized architecture for establishing federations of content distributors
The invention relates to a method of establishing one or more federations for content distribution in a system comprising a plurality of content providers (CSPm) and a plurality of content distributors (CDAj), the method comprising a step (130), implemented by an intermediate entity (INT) distinct from said content providers and from said content distributors, of associating at least one of said content providers with at least one of said content distributors as a function of parameters provided to the intermediate entity by said content providers and of parameters provided to the intermediate entity by said content distributors. |
| US10142181B2 |
Method and apparatus for template based platform and infrastructure provisioning
Systems and methods described herein are directed to a template based deployment system providing settings across platform and physical infrastructures. The infrastructure can involve a server, storage, and a network. The platform can include various types of operating systems. A management server may be configured to manage various system elements, server virtualization and platform deployment. The management server may use policies based on a platform template, server profile, host storage profile, and host network profile. Infrastructure configurations may be determined by the management server, according to the platform type, and platform option settings in the platform template. The management server deploys the infrastructure and platform on top of the infrastructure using platform template and images. |
| US10142178B2 |
Discovering and mitigating out-of-sync network parameters
A system for discovering and mitigating out-of-sync network parameters may determine that a first value for a parameter of a set of parameters of a logical network associated with a host computing system is different from a second value specified for the parameter in a network definition. The system may further presenting, via a user interface, the first value and the second value for the parameter and receiving, via the user interface, a confirmation of validity of the first value for the parameter. Responsive to ascertaining validity of remaining parameters of the set of parameters, setting a validity attribute of the logical network. |
| US10142172B2 |
Internet service provider management platform
Some embodiments include an internet service provider (ISP) system capable of delegating network policy configuration tasks to ISP franchisee accounts. For example, the ISP system can establish, via a backhaul channel, a network tunnel from an access point hosting a local area network (LAN) to a gateway server connected to a wide area network (WAN). The ISP system can authenticate an ISP franchisee account operating a mobile device. The ISP franchisee account can configure, from the mobile device, a network usage policy associated with using the network tunnel, the gateway server, and/or application services available through the gateway server. The ISP system can authenticate a subscriber account operating a subscriber device to connect with the WAN from the LAN. The ISP system can enforce, at the gateway server, the network usage policy when the customer device is using the access point to access the WAN through the gateway server. |
| US10142169B2 |
Diagnosis device, diagnosis method, and non-transitory recording medium storing diagnosis program
A diagnosis device includes: a processor that executes a diagnosis program; and a memory that stores the diagnosis program, wherein the processor, based on the diagnosis program, performs operations to: collect a data transmission variable set by a data transmission path characteristics from a transceiver device on a diagnosis target path; and perform diagnosis for the diagnosis target path with reference to diagnosis reference information that includes a value of the data transmission variable and determination information associated with each other, based on collected data transmission variable. |
| US10142167B2 |
Peer-assisted image update with self-healing capabilities
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives update recovery data from a neighbor of the device in the network. The device monitors the neighbor during installation of a software update by the neighbor. The device detects an installation failure of the software update by the neighbor. The device causes recovery of the neighbor using the update recovery data, in response to detecting the installation failure of the software update by the neighbor. |
| US10142162B2 |
Mobile application behavior modification via context sensitive issue framework
Modifying a behavior of a mobile application running on a mobile data processing system is provided. Information regarding a system function of the mobile data processing system is retrieved. It is determined whether the information regarding the system function meets a criterion of a policy trigger corresponding to the system function. In response to determining that the information regarding the system function does meet a criterion of the policy trigger corresponding to the system function, an action is performed to modify the behavior of the mobile application running on the mobile data processing system that corresponds to the system function meeting the criterion of the policy trigger. |
| US10142161B2 |
Techniques for distribution of application delivery
A method, host machine, and a virtual network for distributing application delivery controller services in a virtual network are presented. The method includes activating a first application delivery controller (ADC) agent on at least a first host machine of a plurality of host machines included in the virtual network, wherein the first host machine is configured to host at least one client; intercepting, by the first ADC agent, a request from the at least one client, wherein the request is for a service provided by one server of a plurality of servers hosted by the plurality of host machines; selecting, by the first ADC agent, a server of the plurality of servers to serve the request; forwarding, by the first ADC agent, the intercepted request to the selected server; and relaying a response to the intercepted request received from the selected server to the at least one client. |
| US10142159B2 |
IP address allocation
Systems and methods are described for IP Address allocation. A computerized method includes receiving at a wireless access gateway a request from a subscriber to connect to a network, allocating a first IP address to the subscriber from a first pool of IP addresses at the wireless access gateway, and assigning a second IP address to the subscriber from a second pool of IP addresses at the wireless access gateway when the subscriber requests a network service. |
| US10142156B2 |
Computer cluster arrangement for processing a computation task and method for operation thereof
The present invention is directed to a computer cluster arrangement and a method for operation of the introduced computer cluster arrangement. The computer cluster arrangement comprises computation nodes CN, which dynamically outsource specific computation tasks to boosters B. Therefore, an assignment technique of boosters B to computation nodes CN is introduced. The assignment takes dynamically place at runtime. The present invention finds application in high performance cluster technology. |
| US10142155B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting data in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates of Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a base station in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, to a first terminal, a frequency-quadrature amplitude modulation (FQAM) symbol through a plurality resource units that comprises an active resource unit and at least one inactive resource unit. The method further comprises transmitting, to a second terminal, at least one modulation symbol through the at least one inactive resource unit. |
| US10142147B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals, the method including, encoding service data, building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data, modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, scheme and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. |
| US10142143B2 |
Receiving apparatus and demodulation method
This receiving apparatus achieves circuit size reduction and consumption power reduction, while still having an advantage of high-speed processing. In a receiving apparatus (100), a frequency component detector (105) has a Fourier conversion operation unit provided therein, and performs high-speed Fourier conversion with respect to digital signals outputted from an ADC (104), said high-speed Fourier conversion being performed within a range instructed by means of an operation range control unit (106), and the frequency component detector detects a plurality of frequency components (FFT signals) of the digital signals. The operation range control unit (106) sets, using the FFT signals outputted from the frequency component detector (105), the frequency range within which the Fourier conversion operation is to be performed, and instructs the range to the frequency component detector (105). |
| US10142142B2 |
Phase noise suppression
A system comprises a modulator circuit, a test signal generator circuit, and a control circuit. The modulator circuit is operable to generate a data-carrying signal based on a reference signal. The test signal generator circuit is operable to generate a test signal based on the reference signal. The control circuit is operable to determine current status of a microwave backhaul link. The control circuit is operable to configure a nominal frequency at which the test signal generator circuit generates the test signal based on the determined status of the microwave backhaul link. The control circuit is operable to determine an amount of whitespace to have on either side of the test signal based on the current status of the microwave backhaul link. The control circuit is operable to configure the modulator circuit such that the data-carrying signal has the determined amount of whitespace surrounding the nominal frequency of the test signal. |
| US10142135B2 |
Wireless backhaul
In the subject system, a receiver includes a feed forward circuit, a phase recovery circuit, and a feedback circuit. The feed forward circuit compensates for near reflections and provides an input to the phase recovery circuit and the feedback circuit. The phase recovery circuit performs phase recovery and provides phase recovery information to the feedback circuit. The feedback circuit adjusts and/or corrects a received symbol based at least in part on the received phase recovery information. |
| US10142127B2 |
Methods and systems to offload overlay network packet encapsulation to hardware
A method for offloading packet encapsulation for an overlay network is provided. The method, at a virtualization software of a host, sends a mapping table of the overlay network to a physical network interface controller (NIC) associated with the host. The mapping table maps the identification of each of a set of virtual machine (VM) of a tenant on the host to an identification of a tunnel on the overlay network. The method, at the virtualization software, receives a packet from a VM of the tenant. The method sends the packet to the physical NIC. The method, at the physical NIC, encapsulates the packet for transmission over the overlay network by using the mapping table. The method of claim also tags the packet by the virtualization software as a packet that requires encapsulation for transmission in the overlay network prior to sending the packet to the physical NIC. |
| US10142125B2 |
Energy harvesting from a data bus
A system and method using for energy harvesting from a data bus is provided. A first node of a data bus network is connected to a second node of a data bus network. Each of the first and second nodes transmit and receive data signals. A switching circuit is connected between the first and second node within the data bus network. The switching circuit intercepts data signals transmitted from the first node to the second node. An energy harvesting circuit is connected to the switching circuit. The switching circuit selectively redirects at least a portion of the data signals to the energy harvesting circuit, based on a rule set. A control logic processor is connected to the energy harvesting circuit and the switching circuit. The control logic processor provides the rule set to the switching circuit based on feedback from the energy harvesting circuit and the switching circuit. |
| US10142124B2 |
System and method to transmit data over a bus system
A system includes a bus system to connect a number of components in a chain-like structure. A first control device (e.g., microcontroller or microprocessor) is configured to control the components in a first mode of the system. A second control device (e.g., microcontroller or microprocessor) is configured to control a first subset of the components in a second mode of the system. |
| US10142120B2 |
Method and device for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service in a mobile communication system
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in a mobile communication system. The method for receiving the MBMS of a terminal in the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in that it includes: determining whether service area ID (SAI) information on a serving cell is broadcast during the MBMS; receiving the SAI information on the serving cell when it is determined that the SAI information is broadcast; determining, by using the received SAI information of the serving cell, whether an SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell; and changing the cell reselection priority of the frequency of the serving cell to the highest priority if it is determined that the SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell. |
| US10142118B2 |
Optical network unit power management in passive optical networks
Techniques for unified optical network unit power management in a passive optical network include operating an optical network unit (ONU) in a first state in which a transmitter of the ONU is turned off and a receiver of the ONU is turned on, operating the ONU in a second state in which both the transmitter and the receiver are turned off, and transitioning the ONU directly between the first state and the second state, based on a power management rule. |
| US10142117B2 |
Information handling system selective local and remote charger control
A portable information handling system selectively accepts power transferred from an external device through a port, such as USB TYPE C™ port, with one of a first or second power configuration. The first power configuration accepts power regulated by a charger of an external device and routed directly to a system bus and battery of the portable information handling system. The second power configuration accepts power regulated by an internal charger of the portable information handling system, such as a narrow voltage direct current charger. |
| US10142116B2 |
Inspection device and method for powered devices in a power over Ethernet system
An inspection device to determine whether a device connected to a Power over Ethernet system is suited for being powered, is configured to apply an inspection signal to the device and to measure a response signal thereto. The inspection signal includes a first, second, third and fourth voltage, wherein the first voltage and the third voltage are substantial the same and the second voltage and the fourth voltages are substantial the same, and an application period for applying the fourth voltage is sum of the application period for the second voltage and an extension period. The inspection device determines that the device is not suitable for being powered if a response signal exceeds predetermined ranges. A method to perform these inspections is also disclosed. |
| US10142112B2 |
Solid state storage device with command and control access
Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with command and control access are described herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a controller having a processor and a memory component operably coupled to the processor. The controller is configured to receive at least one command and control (C2) packet from a remote computer associated with a device vendor. The C2 packet includes a request for the controller to perform a restricted command, and a vendor signature. The memory component stores instructions executable by the processor to determine if the vendor signature is valid and to direct the controller to perform the restricted command if the vendor signature is determined to be valid. |
| US10142111B2 |
Binding digitally signed requests to sessions
A client establishes an cryptographically protected communications session and determines information usable to distinguish the session from other sessions. The client digitally signs the information using a cryptographic key that is independent of the session to enable a server to check whether the information matches the session that it established and whether the digital signature is correct. The server may perform mitigating operations if either or both of the information or the digital signature is/are invalid. |
| US10142109B2 |
Instantiating containers
Example embodiments relate to instantiating containers. For example, in an embodiment, integrity of a container image may be verified by executing a verification program using verification information associated with the container image. Provenance of the container image may be verified by checking a log associated with the container image. A container may be instantiated from the container image by loading a file system associated with the container image. The file system associated with the container image may be isolated from the verification information and the log. |
| US10142103B2 |
Hardware assisted fast pseudorandom number generation
A system and method for generating pseudorandom numbers by initializing a counter value for a call-counter, sending a bit-wise form of the counter value from the counter to a mixing function, and mixing the counter value to generate the pseudorandom number. The mixing function may be a XOR tree, substitution-permutation, or double-mix Feistel. The pseudorandom number generator can operate by mixing the bits of the call-counter, repeatedly mixing its own output, or a combination thereof. The counter is incremented by a predetermined value. In order to provide backward secrecy, the pseudorandom number is processed by a one-way function or is hashed with a cryptographic hash function, and the result thereof is used as an input value for a subsequent cycle of the mixing function. Also, several mixing functions can be operated in parallel with their output XORed. |
| US10142101B2 |
Hardware enforced one-way cryptography
Embodiments of an invention for hardware enforced one-way cryptography are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a processor key location, instruction hardware, and execution hardware. The processor key location is to hold a processor key. The instruction hardware is to receive a first instruction in an instruction set of the processor. The first instruction is to encrypt input data with the processor key and return a handle. The instruction set lacks a second instruction corresponding to the first instruction to decrypt the handle with the processor key to return the input data. The execution hardware is to perform, in response to receipt of the first instruction by the instruction hardware, encryption of the input data with the processor key and to return the handle. |
| US10142094B2 |
Synchronization error reduction in common public radio interface (CPRI) passive optical networks (PONs)
A first apparatus comprises: a processor configured to generate a first synchronization message; a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the first synchronization message to a second apparatus at a first wavelength; and a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive a second synchronization message from the second apparatus at a second wavelength and in response to the first synchronization message, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are based on a reduction of a latency difference between the second synchronization message and the first synchronization message, and the processor is further configured to calculate a TO between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on the reduction. |
| US10142091B2 |
Power optimization mechanisms for framers by using serial comparison in frame alignment process
System and method of frame alignment at a receiver with power optimization mechanisms. A framer uses one or more comparators to search for the FAW in the incoming data, with each comparator configured to serially compare multiple windows of a parallel M-bit block (as provided from a parallel data bus) with the FAW. Multiple comparators in the framer may operate in parallel to search for the FAW at different windows. This configuration can significantly reduce the comparator count and so the gate count as well as the chip area in a framer. Power consumption can be advantageously reduced as one comparator operating serially consumes less power than multiple comparators in parallel because less gate toggling is involved. |
| US10142088B2 |
Network clock skew estimation and calibration
A method for use with a packet communication network includes receiving a plurality of packets at a sink node, calculating a one-way sink packet inter-arrival time between a first packet and a second packet received by the sink node according to a local sink clock time, calculating a one-way source packet inter-arrival time between the first packet and the second packet received by the sink node according to a local source clock time encapsulated in the first and second packets, estimating a ratio of clock skew between the source node and the sink node as a function of the one-way sink packet inter-arrival time and the one-way source packet inter-arrival time, and performing a calibration action in the network as a function of the ratio of clock skew between nodes. |
| US10142086B2 |
Repeater and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10142083B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control channel depending on UE capability in intra-cell carrier aggregation system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a control channel when cells have different duplex structures in an intra-cell carrier aggregation system are provided. The method of transmitting and/or receiving a control channel by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system includes receiving capability information of a User Equipment (UE) from the UE, transmitting scheduling information to the UE, transmitting downlink data according to the transmitted scheduling information, and receiving an uplink control channel for the downlink data from the UE based on the capability information of the UE. |
| US10142082B1 |
Pre-coding in OFDM
A pre-coder in a radio transceiver comprises a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreader that DFT-spreads a block of data symbols to produce DFT-spread data symbols. The spread data symbols are mapped to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers assigned to the radio transceiver for transmission. An OFDM transmitter employs an inverse-DFT to modulate the DFT-spread data symbols onto the OFDM subcarriers to produce a pre-coded OFDM transmission signal. The spreading reduces the OFDM transmission signal's peak to average power. |
| US10142080B2 |
Uplink control information transmitting/receiving method and device in a wireless communication system
A method is presented for transmitting an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information at a User Equipment (UE) configured to use Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format 3 in a wireless communication system. The UE determines that transmission of a scheduling request is configured in one uplink subframe in which a transmission of ACK/NACK information for downlink transmission in a downlink subframe set including one or more downlink subframes is to be transmitted. The UE transmits the ACK/NACK information and the scheduling request using PUCCH format 1b in the one uplink subframe, when transmission of the ACK/NACK information coincides with the one uplink subframe for the transmission of the scheduling request and at least one of specific conditions is met, (e.g., the ACK/NACK information corresponds to one Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) release Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) having a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value of 1 in the downlink subframe set). |
| US10142077B2 |
Terminal apparatus and communication method
A terminal device capable of providing a method for determining PUCCH resources used for notification of response signals indicating error detection results for downlink line data, when ARQ is applied during communications using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated to the uplink unit band and when downlink data allocations are instructed using an ePDCCH. In this device, a control unit (208) determines A/N resources on the basis of whether a channel used for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) is a PDCCH or an ePDCCH. |
| US10142076B2 |
Method and apparatus for sending and receiving control channel in wireless communication system
In a wireless communication system a control channel is required in order to use limited resources effectively. However, the control channel resource is part of the system overhead, and thus reduces the data channel resource used for data transmission. In the long term evolution (LTE) system based on OFDM, one sub frame the consists of fourteen OFDM symbols wherein a maximum of three OFDM symbols are used for the control channel resource and remaining eleven OFDM symbols are used for the data channel resource. Therefore, the quantity of energy that can be transmitted for the control channel resource is extremely limited compared to the data channel resource. For this reason, the coverage of the control channel becomes less than that &; of the data channel, and even if a user can successfully receive the data channel, reception failure of a control channel sometimes˜results in failure of data recovery. In the present invention, in order to expand the coverage of the control channel to at least the coverage of the data channel, the time resource of the transmission resource wherein the control channel is transmitted is expanded and allocated for sending and receiving the control channel. By way of methods for extending the time resource are provided a method wherein a plurality of sub frames are used to transmit one control channel, and a method wherein a part of a data channel is used for the control channel. |
| US10142075B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in wireless communication system based on multiple antennas
Disclosed is a method of mapping a demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) transmitted to a terminal by a base station in a wireless communication system based on multiple antennas. Specifically, the method includes grouping a plurality of DM-RS ports into antenna port groups including a predefined number of DM-RS ports, mapping a DM-RS sequence to two symbol resources of a first slot and two symbol resources of a second slot on one subcarrier, and transmitting the mapped DM-RS sequence to the terminal through the plurality of DM-RS ports, wherein a DM-RS sequence transmitted through DM-RS ports included in the same antenna port group is mapped by applying an orthogonal cover code (OCC) having a length of 2 to the same symbol resource, and the two symbol resources of the first slot correspond to a first antenna port group and the two symbol resources of the second slot correspond to a second antenna port group on the one subcarrier. |
| US10142074B2 |
Techniques and apparatuses for common uplink burst
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may configure a wireless communication structure to include at least a data portion and a common uplink portion, wherein the common uplink portion includes a first symbol and a second symbol, wherein the first symbol precedes the second symbol. The wireless communication device may map at least a portion of one or more reference signals or an uplink payload to at least one of the first symbol or the second symbol. |
| US10142073B2 |
Terminal apparatus, radio communication system and communication method
A terminal apparatus, a radio communication system and a communication method are provided each capable of transmitting feedback information indicating a reception result of a DL signal to a base station without reducing the efficiency of transmitting a UL signal. The terminal apparatus includes an error detector that detects the presence or absence of an error in a downlink signal transmitted from the base station apparatus, a configurator that configures a different preamble depending on whether or not there is an error in the downlink signal and a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal including the configured preamble. |
| US10142068B2 |
Methods and device for communications of OFDM signals over wideband carrier
Methods for wireless communications over a wideband carrier are provided. Time-frequency resources of the wideband carrier within a transmission time interval are divided into multiple time-frequency resource blocks. Each of the time-frequency resource blocks corresponds to a group of contiguous subcarriers of the wideband carrier and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols. Data streams may be scheduled to be transmitted in different time-frequency resource blocks, and may be destined for different user equipments or the same user equipment. Baseband processing operations may be performed on data streams scheduled in different time-frequency resource blocks independently from one another. Separate control channels or one common control channel may be configured for data transmissions in different time-frequency resource blocks. |
| US10142066B1 |
Jitter analysis systems and methods
Various illustrative embodiments pertain to a signal quality evaluation system having a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and a signal quality evaluator. The DFE receives an input signal containing symbols that represent digital data and uses the symbols to generate multiple detection thresholds. Each detection threshold is one of several detection thresholds that can be generated by the DFE by processing one or more symbols present in the input signal prior to a current clock cycle of a clock that is recovered from the input signal. The signal quality evaluator uses the detection thresholds provided by the DFE to detect transitions in the input signal. The signal quality evaluator may execute jitter measurements and/or time interval error (TIE) measurements by evaluating the transitions in the input signal. |
| US10142062B2 |
Transmission device, reception device, and communication system and remote operating device each including transmission device and reception device
A transmission device includes a first control unit and a signal transmission unit. The first control unit outputs transmission data. The signal transmission unit receives transmission data, converts the data to a first frequency signal and a second frequency signal, and transmits the signals. The reception device includes a signal reception unit and a second control unit. The signal reception unit outputs a first reception signal based on the first frequency signal, and outputs a second reception signal based on the second frequency signal. The second control unit outputs a first control signal in a case where at least one the first reception signal or the second reception signal includes the transmission data. A communication system includes a transmission device and a reception device. A remote operating device includes an input unit, a transmission device, a reception device, and a controlled unit. |
| US10142061B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting signal using space time block code or space frequency block code in multi-carrier system
An STBC/SFBC-based signal transmission method and apparatus is provided for use in a multi-carrier system. A method for a transmitter to transmit a signal to a receiver in a diversity transmission mode according to the present invention includes transmitting a filter index indicating a filter allocated to the receiver and transmitting Space Time Block Code (STBC) symbols to the receiver at symbol positions selected based on the filter index. |
| US10142060B2 |
Communication system and method having polar coding with two concatenated cyclic redundancy check codes
Polar encoding using two or more concatenated cyclic redundancy check (CRC) data values may enhance CRC-aided successive cancellation list decoding in a communication system. A polar encoding method may include determining first CRC data from source data, combining the source data and the first CRC data to form first combined data, determining second CRC data from the first combined data, and combining the source data, the first CRC data, and the second CRC data to form second combined data. |
| US10142056B2 |
Transmission method, transmitter, reception method, and receiver
In a transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure, a cyclic shift is applied to each row of an interleaver matrix in which each of a plurality of rotation components of each section is replaced with a cell, in which two rotation components are set to a real component and an imaginary component, by using (cyclic shift value k×floor(Q/max{D,(NRF×NC)}/2)) cells allocated to the row, and a value of k mod NRF varies in at least two rows of one section portion of a combined complex interleaver matrix in the cyclic shift. |
| US10142055B2 |
Transmitter and method for generating additional parity thereof
A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode input bits to generate an LDPC codeword including the input bits and parity bits to be transmitted in a current frame; a parity permutator configured to perform by group-wise interleaving a plurality of bit groups configuring the parity bits based on a group-wise interleaving pattern comprising a first pattern and a second pattern; a puncturer configured to puncture some of the parity-permutated parity bits; and an additional parity generator configured to select at least some of the punctured parity bits to generate additional parity bits to be transmitted in a previous frame of the current frame, based on the first pattern and the second pattern. |
| US10142053B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information to remove and suppress interference in wireless communication system
A communication method and an apparatus for transferring interference-related control information in order to enhance reception performance of a user terminal that receives downlink signals in a cellular mobile communication system based on a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system are provided. The method includes receiving transmission parameters of interference, which include information on a resource by which interference data is not transmitted, performing blind detection using the information on a resource by which interference data is not transmitted, performing error correction encoding using the transmission parameters of the interference and the blind detection result, and decoding the received data. |
| US10142052B2 |
Methods and apparatus for communication over an isolation barrier with monitoring
Methods and apparatus embodiments to communicate data via a digital isolator by receiving an input data stream having first and second states, generating a first pulse train for the first state and a second pulse train for the second state. The first and second pulse types are transmitted across a voltage barrier of a digital signal isolator and received by a receive channel. The first and second pulse trains are processed to recover the input data stream in an output data stream. Data/System integrity functionality can identify fault conditions from an alteration of transmitted pulses. |
| US10142051B2 |
Transmission device and reception device
A transmission device (100) transmits transmission information to a reception device (200) via a radio channel. The transmission device (100) includes: a grouping unit (110) configured to divide the transmission information into a plurality of information groups; an error detection code adding unit (120) configured to add an error detection code to each of the plurality of information groups; and a transmission processing unit (140) configured to perform a process of transmitting the plurality of information groups to the reception device (200). The transmission processing unit (140) performs, for each information group included in the plurality of information groups, a transmission process by using a method having different error tolerance on the radio channel. |
| US10142040B2 |
Apparatus for reducing an amplitude imbalance and a phase imbalance between an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal
An apparatus for reducing an amplitude imbalance and a phase imbalance between an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal is provided. The in-phase signal and the quadrature signal are based on a radio frequency receive signal. The apparatus includes an imbalance estimation module configured to generate a first correction signal related to a first phase shift, and to generate a second correction signal related to a second phase shift. Further, the apparatus includes a first digital-to-time converter configured to receive the first correction signal and a local oscillator signal. The first digital-to-time converter is further configured to supply a first replica of the local oscillator signal for a first mixer generating the in-phase signal, wherein the first replica of the local oscillator signal has the first phase shift with respect to the local oscillator signal. The apparatus further includes a second digital-to-time converter configured to receive the second correction signal and the local oscillator signal. The second digital-to-time converter is further configured to supply a second replica of the local oscillator signal for a second mixer generating the quadrature signal, wherein the second replica of the local oscillator signal has the second phase shift with respect to the local oscillator signal. |
| US10142039B2 |
Integrated circuit calibration architecture
A calibration architecture that enables accurate calibration of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) chips used in transceiver RF systems in a relatively simple testing environment. Embodiments of the invention include one or more on-chip switchable internal calibration paths that enable direct coupling of a portion of the on-chip circuit to an RF test system while isolating other circuitry on the chip. Some embodiments allow interconnection of switchable internal calibration paths between separate IC chips. Still other embodiments utilize internal switches and antenna mutual coupling to provide over-the-air calibration, alone or in combination with direct signal coupling via internal calibration paths. Periodic self-calibration of an RF IC can be performed after initial factory calibration, so that adjustments in desired performance parameters can be made while such an IC is embedded within a final system, and/or to take into account component degradation due to age or other factors. |
| US10142033B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method for successive quantum key distribution
Disclosed is a communication apparatus including a synchronization signal detector configured to detect a synchronization signal received from other communication apparatus coupled to the communication apparatus, wherein the other communication apparatus sends a quantum signal generated by a first light source to the communication apparatus, and a second light source configured to generate a decoy signal to be added to a quantum signal that is to be sent to the other communication apparatus according to a result of the detection of the synchronization signal. |
| US10142032B2 |
Temperature insensitive delay line interferometer
A silicon photonics based temperature-insensitive delay line interferometer (DLI). The DLI includes a first arm comprising a first length of a first material characterized by a first group index corresponding to a first phase delay to transfer a first light wave with a first peak frequency and a second arm comprising a second length of a second material characterized by a second group index corresponding to a second phase to transfer a second light wave with a second peak frequency with a time-delay difference relative to the first light wave. The first phase delay and the second phase delay are configured to change equally upon a change of temperature. The time-delay difference between the first light wave and the second light wave is set to be inversed value of a free spectral range (FSR) to align at least the first peak frequency to a channel of a designated frequency grid. |
| US10142030B1 |
M-ARY frequency presence modulation communication system and method
An optical communication system that includes a data transmitter. The data transmitter includes at least one optical emission device configured to output light energy as an optical beam having an operating bandwidth; a beam dividing device arranged to receive and divide the operating bandwidth of the optical beam into bandwidth portions of plural communication bands; a focusing grating; and a digital mirror array having a plurality of digital mirrors. In an imaging mode, the optical communication system is configured to perform hyperspectral imaging by setting all of the plurality of digital mirrors to positions that transmit all wavelengths of a communication band among the plural communication bands to the focusing grating. |
| US10142029B2 |
Device for modulating the intensity of an optical signal on four different levels
Device for modulating the intensity of an optical signal on four levels, this device comprising: a first resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a first modulated optical signal, a second resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a second modulated optical signal, an optical assembler comprising: a first input optically coupled to the output port of the second resonant ring modulator, a second input optically coupled to the output port of the first resonant ring modulator, and an output capable of delivering the optical signal of which the intensity is modulated on four different levels constructed by combining the optical signals received on its first and second inputs. |
| US10142023B2 |
Antenna system and methods for wireless optical network termination
Optical network termination systems, devices and methods including an optical network terminal (ONT) having a processor in communication with an external optical fiber. The ONT processors further in communication with a wireless access point and at least one electrically conductive internal transport medium, both providing for the communication of telecommunication signals with devices located within a customer premises. The wireless access point and in certain instances the processor are back powered over the electrically conductive internal transport medium from AC power within the premises. In certain embodiments, the wireless access point communicates with devices within the premises over a distributed antenna. |