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| US10188951B2 |
System and method for providing a quest from a probability item bundle in an online game
A system and method for providing a quest from a probability item bundle in an online game. The system and method include executing an instance of an online game. The system and method include maintaining inventories of virtual items, and presenting offers to sell probability item bundles. The system and method include associating potential awards in sets of potential awards with different award distribution probabilities. The system and method include receiving activation requests from users for purchased probability item bundles. The system and method include stochastically selecting one of the potential awards in accordance with the award distribution probabilities and providing access to a first quest in an online game in accordance with the selected award. |
| US10188949B2 |
Game object control system and program
To improve the user friendliness of switching a map display between the real world and a virtual world while also improving the entertainment value of the game and avoiding the danger arising from using a smartphone while walking. There are provided: a game progress processing unit that progresses a game; a real map storage unit that stores real map information about the real world; a virtual map information generation unit that generates virtual map information including coordination information for an object in virtual geographical information; a position information acquisition unit that acquires a user's current position; a real display data generation unit that generates real display data; a virtual display data generation unit that generates virtual display data in which a character is represented in the virtual map information corresponding to the user's current position on the basis of the user's current position acquired by the position information acquisition unit; a display control unit that displays the real display data and the virtual display data; a moving path recording unit that stores a moving path; and a trail display unit that displays the moving path as a trajectory in the real map information or the virtual map information. |
| US10188948B2 |
Game image processing system and program
To improve the user friendliness of switching a map display between the real world and a virtual world while also improving the entertainment value of the game and avoiding the danger arising from using a smartphone while walking. There are provided: a game progress processing unit that progresses a game; a real map storage unit that stores real map information about the real world; a virtual map information generation unit that generates virtual map information including coordination information for an object in virtual geographical information corresponding to geographical information in the real map information; a position information acquisition unit that acquires a user's current position in the real world; a real display data generation unit that generates real display data indicating the user's current position in the user's real map information; a virtual display data generation unit that generates virtual display data in which a character is represented in the virtual map information corresponding to the user's current position on the basis of the user's current position acquired by the position information acquisition unit; and a display control unit that displays the real display data and the virtual display data. |
| US10188942B2 |
Mobile phone game interface
Systems, apparatus and methods for enabling a mobile station to control a virtual world being executed on a console system are described. The method can include establishing a communication link between the mobile station and a console system, identifying user interface characteristics of the mobile station, and providing a controller application to the mobile station, the controller application being based on the identified user interface characteristics and configured to transform user interface inputs into controller commands. The method can further include receiving signals containing data representing the controller commands from the mobile station over the communication link and determining a sequence of events of the virtual world based on the received controller commands. In one aspect, the controller application can execute in the context of an application on the mobile station. |
| US10188940B2 |
Games controller
A game controller for controlling electronic games comprising a controller chassis and an actuator system including: an actuator body pivotally mounted to the controller chassis; a strike plate coupled to the actuator body; a trigger adjustment system having an arm; and an actuator adjustment control screw received in a screw thread disposed within said arm. A portion of the actuator adjustment control screw may engage with a portion of the strike plate and said portion of the actuator adjustment control screw creates an end stop to limit movement of the actuator body. |
| US10188935B2 |
System for a touring ski-binding comprising a front unit and a heel unit
System for a touring ski-binding comprising a front unit and heel unit comprising a heel member, wherein the stopper plate is switchable between an adjacent position and a protruding position, wherein the stopper plate is configures to leave the adjacent position when the touring ski binding is released, wherein the heel unit is switchable between a starting position for providing a blocking function and for receiving a ski boot, and a snap-in position for retaining the ski boot, wherein the heel unit comprises a walking means by means of which the stopper plate can be blocked in the adjacent position, wherein the blocking means with respect to the pivot axis is switchable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position depending on the position of the heel member, wherein with respect to the downhill mode the front unit in the climbing mode of the touring ski-binding is displaced to the front in the longitudinal direction of the ski, so that a ski boot present in the touring ski-binding cannot contact the heel member of the heel unit. |
| US10188930B2 |
Combinatory score having a fitness sub-score and an athleticism sub-score
Example embodiments may relate to a system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media configured for monitoring a user performing an athletic movement and/or exercise and generating a combinatory fitness athleticism score. The score may comprise a fitness sub-score and a fitness sub-score. The athletic movement may comprise a plurality of drills configured to test a plurality of fitness attributes and/or a plurality of athleticism attributes of the user. At least one of the plurality of fitness attributes may be selected from the group consisting of: endurance, flexibility, strength and combinations thereof; and at least one of the plurality of athleticism attributes may be selected from the group consisting of: speed, agility, reaction, power, balance, and combinations thereof. |
| US10188927B1 |
Convertible golf alignment and measurement device
A golf device including a first elongated portion. The golf device may include a second elongated portion. The golf device may include an arch portion slideably engageable inside the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion. |
| US10188926B2 |
Martial arts training device
Disclosed is a martial arts training device that is worn on a trainer's waist, and a pair of movable leg-strike units provided on the outer surface of both legs of the trainer are controlled at similar directions, speeds and strengths to real kicking, such that defensive and offensive training simulating a real fight may be performed as the trainee defends from and strikes the movable leg-strike units. The martial arts training device according to the present invention includes a waist-mounted unit worn on a trainer's waist, and a pair of movable leg-strike units, each movably connected to opposite sides of the waist-mounted unit and having a handle on the outer surface thereof to allow a trainer to perform a movable operation thereof. |
| US10188924B1 |
Ball spinning training apparatus and method
An apparatus including a bar having a length substantially greater than a width, and a longitudinal axis along its length; a member which is connected to the bar and aligned with the bar along the same longitudinal axis; and connected to the bar so that the member rotates with respect to the bar, about the longitudinal axis. The member may be connected to the bar by a bolt, fixed to the bar by a tension pin which is perpendicular to a length of the bolt and to the length of the bar. The apparatus may include a ball having a bore hole, which enters on a side of the ball, and terminates inside a core of the ball, so that the bore hole does not go all the way through the ball; wherein the member is fixed to the ball, by pressure insertion of the member into the bore hole. |
| US10188920B2 |
Scoring device for scoring a snowball fight
A scoring device for scoring a snowball fight. The device worn by a person has a target portion and a scoring chamber portion. The target portion includes a target, and the scoring chamber portion is coupled below the target portion and is arranged to accumulate and store snow falling from the target portion. In some embodiments the target portion also includes a permeable layer coupled to the target in a spaced apart construction to form an interior region between the permeable layer and the target, the permeable layer configured to allow snow from snowballs to pass through the permeable layer and into the interior region before falling into the scoring chamber portion. In some embodiments a stopper element at least partially separates the target portion from the scoring chamber portion, to limit the amount of snow that exits the scoring chamber portion when the person bends over. |
| US10188919B2 |
Golf towel
A golf towel including a towel body, the towel body having both a first abrasive portion and a second abrasive portion for cleaning the dimples on a golf ball and the grooves in a golf club head, respectively. The first abrasive portion includes a plurality of nubs projecting outwardly therefrom and corresponding to dimples on a golf ball. The first abrasive portion may include a bowl-shaped cavity for at least partially enveloping a golf ball when seated therein. The second abrasive portion includes a plurality of linearly arranged mounds projecting outwardly therefrom in a substantially parallel manner. The plurality of mounts is arranged to clean individual and corresponding grooves formed in golf club head. |
| US10188916B2 |
Golf club head
Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising a body, at least one weight assembly, and at least one brace bar. The body defines an interior cavity and a face portion at the forward region of the body and comprising a strike face with an area of at least 3000 mm^2 and a maximum height from a ground plane of at least about 50 mm. The body further comprises at least one weight track formed in the sole portion. The at least one weight assembly is selectively adjustably positioned within the at least one weight track. The at least one brace bar traverses the interior cavity between and is attached to the at least one weight track and the crown portion. A mass per unit length of the brace bar is between 0.005 g/mm and 0.40 g/mm. |
| US10188912B2 |
Golf ball
The present invention is directed to golf balls having a diameter of greater than 1.68 inches and including at least one layer formed from an HNP composition. |
| US10188910B2 |
Golf ball
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having an excellent flight performance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover covering the spherical core, wherein a hardness difference D1 (H75−H0) between a hardness H75 at a point located at a distance of 75% of a core radius from a center of the spherical core and a center hardness H0 of the spherical core is 15 or more and 35 or less in Shore C hardness, a hardness difference D2 (Hs−H75) between a surface hardness Hs of the spherical core and the hardness H75 at the point located at the distance of 75% of the core radius from the center of the spherical core is −1 or more and 3.5 or less in Shore C hardness, and a hardness difference D3 ((H0+H75)/2−H37.5) between a hardness of (the center hardness H0 of the spherical core+the hardness H75 at the point located at the distance of 75% of the core radius from the center of the spherical core)/2 and a hardness H37.5 at a point located at a distance of 37.5% of the core radius from the center of the spherical core is 0.5 or more and 6.5 or less in Shore C hardness. |
| US10188909B2 |
Golf balls having a foam inner core with thermal barrier
Golf balls having a multi-layered core made of a foamed composition are provided. The core assembly preferably includes a foam inner core (center) and surrounding outer core layer. Preferably, a polyurethane foam composition is used to form the foam center. The core layers have different hardness gradients and specific gravity values. The foamed inner core assembly includes a geometric center, outer surface (skin), and thermal barrier layer that helps protect the foamed center region from the negative effects of high temperatures used during the ball-manufacturing process. Non-foamed thermoset materials such as polybutadiene rubber may be used to form the thermal barrier layer. The foam cores have good resiliency, thermal stability, and durability over a wide temperature range. The ball further includes a cover that may be multi-layered. |
| US10188907B2 |
Dimple patterns for golf balls
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines. |
| US10188905B2 |
System for processing exertion data derived from exertion detection devices
Some embodiments implement a method for an electronic feedback loop based on data generated by at least one bike power sensor. The method can include generating, by an exertion sensor data processor based on the one or more electronic files, data indicating training phases for a race season, wherein each of the training phases define swim workouts, bike workouts, and run workouts. The method can also include receiving, by the exertion sensor data processor via the electronic network, an electronic exertion data file indicating power output detected by the bike power sensor. The method can also include modifying, by the exertion sensor data processor, at least one of the swim workouts, bike workouts, or run workouts based on the power output detected by the bike power sensor. |
| US10188904B2 |
Switchable intelligent fitness handle and intelligent fitness set including the same
A switchable intelligent fitness handle is disclosed. A processor (11), a movement posture sensor (12) and a touch sensor (13) are built in the handle (7). The movement posture sensor (12) and the touch sensor (13) are connected to the processor (11). Each handheld fitness equipment has a corresponding sensor, and a pin connector (16, 17, 18, 19) that is matched with the bayonet (15) of the handle and provided with a signal line. Thus, the goal of accomplishing a set of exercises with a plurality of handheld fitness equipments by using one same set of handles can be achieved. An intelligent fitness set containing the fitness handle is further disclosed. |
| US10188903B2 |
Determining a speed of a multidimensional motion in a global coordinate system
Embodiments relate to determining a speed of a multidimensional motion of an athlete in a global coordinate system based on multidimensional acceleration data from a multidimensional accelerometer placed at a movable limb of the athlete, the movable limb being at least one of translatory and rotatable, and the movable limb defining a local coordinate system. Based on the multidimensional acceleration data, at least one correction quantity may be determined taking into account a rotation of the local coordinate system relative to the global coordinate system during the multidimensional motion. The speed of the multidimensional motion may be determined based on an integration of the multidimensional acceleration data and in consideration of the at least one correction quantity. |
| US10188901B1 |
Torso muscle and spine exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus comprising a base; a supporting surface carried by the base, the supporting surface to receive a weight bearing portion of a user's body; a support frame carried by the base; a stationary pelvic belt receiving frame carried by the support frame; a pelvic belt rotatably received within the stationary pelvic belt receiving frame and configured to securely receive a pelvic area of the user's body for rotation therewith; and one or more mechanical force resistors carried by the support frame and operably coupled to the pelvic belt so as to impart resistance to rotation of the pelvic belt relative to the stationary pelvic belt receiving frame. |
| US10188897B2 |
Slide handle
Handles for use in exercise apparatus and in lifting apparatus are provided. The handles have an elongated handle body with a top head, a bottom head, and a central bore extending along a longitudinal axis. A top pulley is coupled to the top head and is rotatable around a top axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A bottom pulley is coupled to the bottom head and is rotatable around a bottom axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. At least one secondary pulley is associated with at least one of the top pulley and the bottom pulley. A cord is disposed on a circumferential surface of the top pulley, the cord passing through the central bore and being disposed on a circumferential surface of the bottom pulley, so that when the handle body is moved, the top and bottom pulleys rotate to allow the cord to travel smoothly through the central bore. |
| US10188881B2 |
Container with cover
A receptacle with at least one oxygen mask of an emergency oxygen supply device of an aircraft, said oxygen mask being located in the receptacle and said receptacle comprising an opening, through which the at least one oxygen mask can be led. The receptacle comprises at least one cover for covering the opening at least in sections, and a release device actuated by pull means for the release of the cover. |
| US10188877B2 |
Fiducial marker/cancer imaging and treatment apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention comprises a fiducial marker—fiducial detector based treatment room position determination/positioning system apparatus and method of use thereof. A set of fiducial markers and fiducial detectors are used to mark/determine relative position of static and/or moveable objects in a treatment room using photons passing from the markers to the detectors. Further, position and orientation of at least one of the objects is calibrated to a reference line, such as a zero-offset beam treatment line passing through an exit nozzle, which yields a relative position of each fiducially marked object in the treatment room. Treatment calculations are subsequently determined using the reference line and/or points thereon. The treatment calculations are optionally and preferably performed without use of an isocenter point, such as a central point about which a treatment room gantry rotates, which eliminates mechanical errors associated with the isocenter point being an isocenter volume in practice. |
| US10188875B2 |
Tumor surface dose enhancing radiotherapy apparatus using magnetic field
Disclosed is a tumor surface dose enhancing radiotherapy apparatus using a magnetic field, including a radiation beam generating unit that irradiates a radiation beam towards a tumor of a patient, a magnetic field generating unit that forms a magnetic field that is parallel to the radiation beam between the radiation beam generating unit and the tumor of the patient, and a control unit that controls a surface dose of the tumor by adjusting an intensity and an effective area of the magnetic field of the magnetic field generating unit. |
| US10188874B2 |
Three dimensional localization and tracking for adaptive radiation therapy
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for segmenting medical image. Embodiments of the present disclosure may locate and track a moving, three-dimensional (3D ) target in a patient undergoing image-guided radiation therapy. For example, an adaptive filter model for a region of interest in the patient may be received, wherein the adaptive filter model is based on the target to be tracked. An image acquisition device may obtain a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a region of interest in the patient. A processor may then apply the adaptive filter model to the 2D slice, wherein the adaptive filter model includes an offset value. The processor may also determine a location of the target in the 2D slice based on the adaptive filter model. The processor may also estimate a potential location of the target based on the offset value. The processor may then repeat one or more of the above steps to track the moving target during image-guided radiation therapy of the patient. |
| US10188873B2 |
Systems and methods for dose calculation in generating radiation treatment plans
A first dose calculated using a first set of fluence maps and a first (faster) dose prediction model is accessed. A second fluence map is accessed. The second fluence map is projected onto the first set of fluence maps to deter me set of scalars and a residual value. When the residual value satisfies a criterion, a second dose is calculated using the first dose prediction model, the set of scalars, and the second fluence map. When the residual value does not satisfy the criterion, the second dose is calculated using a second (more accurate) dose prediction model and the second fluence map. |
| US10188872B2 |
Light-emitting device and method for providing phototherapy to the brain
An apparatus is provided for irradiating at least a portion of a patient's brain with electromagnetic radiation to treat stroke, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, or depression. The apparatus includes a source of the electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus further includes an output optical element including a rigid and substantially thermally conductive material and a surface configured to be in thermal communication with the patient's body. The apparatus further includes a cooler thermally coupled to the output optical element to remove heat from the output optical element. The apparatus further includes a heat sink thermally coupled to the cooler, wherein the heat sink is positioned so that the electromagnetic radiation from the source propagates through the heat sink and through the output optical element. |
| US10188867B2 |
Method and apparatus for beat acquisition during template generation in a medical device having dual sensing vectors
A method and medical device for generating a template that includes sensing a cardiac signal from a plurality of electrodes, determining a plurality of beats in response to the sensed cardiac signal, determining whether to store a beat of the plurality of beats in a subgroup of a plurality of subgroups for storing beats, determining whether a number of beats stored in one of the plurality of subgroups exceeds a subgroup threshold, and generating a template in response to beats stored in the one of the plurality of subgroups that exceeds the subgroup threshold. |
| US10188866B2 |
Simple control of complex bio-implants
Methods and devices for tying management of an implantable medical device to the activities of a primary care physician are described, including access control, simplified parameter optimization, support for tuning a device in response to the effects of other treatments in parallel, and support for helping a primary physician and a patient work together to tune device configuration to the activity and performance needs of the patient. In some embodiments, a medical device is self-configuring in a device parameter domain, based on inputs provided in a patient performance domain. The self-configuring of the medical device is based, for example, on an automatically applied transformation of inputs derived from patient performance domain observations into changes in the configuration of the medical device which affect technical parameters of its operation. |
| US10188855B2 |
Lead fixation device for securing a medical lead in a human patient
A lead fixation device for securing a medical lead in a human patient includes: a single-piece structure comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; an outer perimeter; and an inner perimeter, the inner perimeter comprising: a diameter approximately equal to or smaller than a diameter of a burr hole into which the lead fixation device is designed to be deployed; a central bore extending longitudinally from the top surface through to the bottom surface, a portion of the central bore being located in approximately a center of the lead fixation device and comprising a central bore diameter; and at least one retention tract formed in the top surface of a cap of the lead fixation device, the retention tract configured for retaining, with an interference fit, a portion of a body of the medical lead in the lead fixation device. |
| US10188852B2 |
Patch able to produce microcurrents
Provided is a patch able to produce micro-current to be applied on human skin including a support for electrodes spaced from each other and apt to create voltages typical of galvanic piles, connection means between the electrodes, an adhesive layer applied on one side of the support and apt to adhere to the skin and a protection liner applied on the adhesive layer, the support being a membrane permeable to the moisture inside the electrodes, and the connection means being defined by a material that is avid of moisture, such as silica impregnating the membrane. |
| US10188847B2 |
Medical device
A medical device which absorbs a difference in dimension between the members, can be applied to an existing device without generating a dead space in a flow path of a therapeutic substance when administrating the therapeutic substance, and is high in versatility. The medical device includes a feeding member, a connected member and a joint member, and the joint member includes an inner tapered portion and an outer tapered portion, the joint member is configured so that the tip end of the joint member is located on the inner tapered connecting portion when the joint member is connected to the hub. |
| US10188846B1 |
Two-way retractable medical tubing reel
A two-way retractable medical tubing system is described. The system includes a housing, a reel located in the housing and a tube wrapped around the reel. The reel is attached to a track that prevents the tube from kinking. The tube has a proximal end and a distal end and exits the housing at a proximal aperture and a distal aperture. Pulling on either the proximal or distal end of the tube causes the tube to partially unwind from the reel so that a longer segment of the tube is located outside the housing as compared when the system is in the retracted position. |
| US10188839B2 |
Systems and method for bypassing an anastomosis site
A system for bypassing an anastomosis site in a hollow organ is provided. The system includes a sleeve configured for spanning the anastomosis site at an internal surface of the hollow organ and a band configured for attachment to an external surface of the hollow organ and limiting migration of the sleeve beyond the anastomosis site. |
| US10188835B1 |
IV stabilizing device
An IV stabilizing device (1) which may be readily attached to or detached from a patient without the use of adhesives by providing a cuff (2) that fits around a patient's arm or other appendage. A securing aperture (11) is located on a body (3) of the cuff (2) through which an IV (8) is inserted under a portion of the cuff thereby allowing the cuff to hold the IV in place on the patient's appendage so it does not move. A window (7) is located above the securing aperture with a flap cover (9). The flap cover and window provide access to the IV. |
| US10188834B2 |
Adjustable bent sheath tube
The present invention relates to a steerable sheath tube (100) including a tube body (110), a traction mechanism (120) and a fixing and connecting mechanism (130). The traction mechanism (120) includes an anchor ring (121) and a traction wire (122). The anchor ring (121) is coaxially embedded in a distal elastic segment (111) of the tube body (110). The traction wire (122) is arranged in a side wall of the tube body (110), and extends along the axial direction of the tube body (110). The traction wire (122) includes a first segment and a second segment connected to each other, wherein the first segment is connected to the fixing and connecting mechanism (130) near a proximal end of the tube body (110), and the second segment hooks the anchor ring (121). |
| US10188831B2 |
Systems and methods for catheter tip placement using ECG
A system and method for catheter placement using ECG is provided. In certain embodiments, the system and method can generate a patient specific window for tracking a characteristic of an ECG waveform, such as the amplitude of a P-wave. The patient specific window can be utilized in a system and method for assisting in the placement of a catheter within a patient. |
| US10188830B2 |
Vacuum treatment array and film for producing a vacuum treatment array
The invention relates to a vacuum treatment array having at least one open-pored contact element, by way of which a negative pressure and/or suction can be generated in a body cavity, wherein the open-pored contact element is configured, at least in sections, in the manner of a tube, having an outer and/or inner boundary surface rotating around a tube axis, at least in part. |
| US10188829B2 |
Catheters with enhanced flexibility and associated devices, systems, and methods
A neuromodulation catheter includes an elongate shaft and a neuromodulation element. The shaft includes two or more first cut shapes and two or more second cut shapes along a helical path extending around a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The first cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression and tension on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in a first circumferential direction. The second cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in both first and second opposite circumferential directions. |
| US10188819B2 |
Motion stabilizer system for respiratory interface device
A floatable coupling between a patient interface device and a frame body is provided. The floatable coupling includes a number of elastic bands extending between the patient interface device and the frame body. The elastic bands couple the patient interface device and the frame body in a manner that allows the patient interface device to float relative to the frame body. |
| US10188818B2 |
Respiratory mask
A respiratory mask (10) for delivering inspiratory gas to a wearer, the mask comprising a mask body (12) shaped to define a cavity adapted to fit about the mouth and nose of the patient, wherein the mask body comprises a nose cavity portion (18) and a mouth cavity portion (16), the nose cavity portion comprising an inspiratory gas inlet port (26) and wherein the mouth portion comprises an expiratory gas monitoring port (34) at a location spaced from the inlet port. The gas monitoring port and may comprise an integral connector for a monitoring line and may be used to monitor carbon dioxide levels. |
| US10188814B2 |
Combination anesthesia and scavenger surgical mask
A surgical mask for administering and/or scavenging medical gases includes a nasal mask and an oral mask that envelops the nasal mask. The nasal mask is secured to the oral mask and may be removable from it. |
| US10188813B2 |
Device and method for artificial respiration in emergencies
A device and a method for artificial respiration in emergencies are proposed. The device comprises respiratory mask (40) which can be placed onto the nose and mouth section of a person to be provided with artificial respiration, a mouth section mouthpiece (41), through which respiratory air from an aider can be supplied, a flow tube (2) disposed between the respiratory mask (40) and the mouthpiece (41), which flow tube forms a continuous flow channel for the supplied respiratory air from the mouthpiece (41) to the respiratory mask (40), at least one sensor (10) disposed in the flow channel of the flow tube (2), which sensor measures parameters of the gases flowing through the flow channel, a processor disposed on the flow tube (2) and an output device (124). Here, the processor processes the mass or volumetric flow registered by the flow sensor (19) to form an output signal. The output device (124) emits the output signal. |
| US10188812B2 |
Nose clip
A nose clip includes an outer support member adapted to contact an outside surface of a nose; a bridge connected at a first end to the outer support member; and an inner support member connected to a second end of the bridge and adapted to be inserted into the nostril and to contact an inner surface of the nostril. When inserted, tension generated between the outer support member and the inner support member causes lateral movement of a surface within the nostril and opens a nasal airway. Additionally, the inner support can be curved to create an outward movement of the lateral wall of the nose. This in turn enables improved breathing. The nose clip may be made of a malleable material. The inner support member may include extensions that are malleable. The inner support members may be bent so that they create a convex contour of an interior surface of the nasal cavity. A different embodiment of the nose clip can be used to deliver drugs via a fluid filled cavity and porous surface that allows evaporation of the fluid and drug into the nasal cavity as air is drawn over the inner support member. |
| US10188811B2 |
Nasal spray device
A nasal spray device for the delivery of a pharmaceutical formulation to the nasal cavity in metered doses. The device includes: a pressurised aerosol canister including a vial containing a pharmaceutical formulation including an active ingredient, a propellant and, optionally, a co-solvent, the aerosol canister further including a metering valve having a valve stem; and an actuator for the aerosol canister, the actuator including a stem block having a receptacle into which the valve stem of metering valve of the aerosol canister is received and axially located and being displaceable relative to the vial of the aerosol canister to actuate the metering valve of the aerosol canister, a sump extending below the receptacle, the stem block further defining a discharge orifice for the pharmaceutical formulation and a transfer channel through which a dispensed dose of the pharmaceutical formulation is able to pass from the sump to the discharge orifice. |
| US10188810B2 |
Inhaler
An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises an actuating lever and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position. The blister strip drive member and the actuating lever comprise a drive gear and a drive gear element, respectively, that cooperate to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the actuating lever. The drive gear and drive gear element are disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber. |
| US10188809B2 |
Therapy-specific medical pump
A medical pump provides programming to assist a patient in complying with treatment schedules involving varying dosages of medicament(s). The pump includes stored treatment schedules and protocols that describe control of flow control device(s) for delivering different medicines according to the protocols and which may provide reminders and instructions to the patient. |
| US10188807B2 |
Low residual volume syringe/conduit combination and syringe for such a syringe/conduit combination
Syringe/conduit combination with a syringe part (1) and a conduit part (2). The parts have a male slip fitting (4) and a female slip fitting (5) for press fitted connection. The syringe part (1) has a hollow barrel (22) and a plunger (23) inserted into the barrel (22). The plunger (23) and the hollow barrel (22) have abutments (25, 27) defining a maximally inserted position of the plunger (23). The male slip fitting (4) fits in the female slip fitting (5) such that the male slip fitting (4) is at an axial distance of less than 0.1 mm from an internal end of the female slip fitting (5). The plunger (23) in its maximally inserted position is then at an axial distance from an opposite one of the slip fittings (5) that is equal to or less than the axial distance between the male slip fitting (4) and the internal end (9) of the female slip fitting (5). |
| US10188806B2 |
Drive mechanism for a needle insertion arrangement
The invention relates to a drive mechanism (9) for a needle insertion arrangement (1), the drive mechanism (9) being arranged as a bistable mechanism with at least one pivoted link (10, 11) having two stable end positions (LEP, UEP) and an instable transitional central position (CP), the drive mechanism (9) further comprising a spring (12) biasing the link (10, 11) out of the transitional central position (CP), wherein at least one trigger unit (17, 21) is arranged for moving the link (10, 11) out of at least one of the stable end positions (LEP, UEP) towards and beyond the transitional central position (CP) against the bias of the spring (12). |
| US10188805B2 |
Targeting therapeutic agents
Provided are devices, systems, and methods for targeted administration of therapeutic agents to a subject. For example, provided are devices, systems, and methods for targeting the administration of peri-urethral bulking agents. |
| US10188804B2 |
Contact trigger release needle guard
A needle guard device mountable to a pre-filled syringe in its ready-to-fill state. The device includes a lock collar and a device shield biased to move relative to the lock collar. The lock collar interfaces with the syringe neck to attach the device to the syringe. With the removal of a needle shield assembly comprising rigid and soft needle shields, the lock collar and device shield are free to move proximally along the syringe neck and interact with a syringe step down area to activate the device. As the device moves proximally, retention arms of the device shield interact with the syringe step down, causing the arms to deflect radially outwards to disengage from the lock collar triggering the device shield to move from a first position to a second position. |
| US10188801B2 |
Mechanism for preventing selection of a dose
A dose setting mechanism having a locking mechanism for preventing selection of a dose in a drug delivery device is disclosed. The dose setting mechanism includes a locking mechanism that prevents movement of the dose setting mechanism. When a correct cartridge is inserted into the drug delivery device, the locking mechanism unlocks so as to allow movement of the dose setting mechanism. In one arrangement, the locking mechanism prevents rotation of the dose setting mechanism. |
| US10188795B2 |
Blood glucose control system
Techniques are used for adaptation of drug-administration parameters that control insulin delivery in a blood glucose control system. One technique provides long-term adaptation of a nominal basal infusion rate, adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs due to growth, illness, hormonal fluctuations, physical activity, aging, etc. Another technique provides adaptation of priming dose size at mealtimes for overall better glycemic control and also adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs. Adaptation calculations use a receding-horizon window of recent values of the adapted parameter. Doses of a counter-regulatory agent (e.g., glucagon) may also be delivered in response to information about estimated accumulation of exogenously infused insulin (subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, or intravenously) and/or the effect insulin might have on glucose levels (blood glucose concentration or interstitial fluid glucose concentration). |
| US10188793B2 |
Insulin on board calculation, schedule and delivery
A system is provided with an insulin delivery device configured to deliver insulin to a user of the system and a computer-based control unit associated with the insulin delivery device. The computer-based control unit includes a user interface and a computer-based processor. The computer-based processor is configured to calculate a relative insulin on board value for a specific time by calculating a first value that represents a reference insulin on board value at the specific time, calculating a second value that represents an automated insulin on board value at the specific time, and subtracting one of the first and second values from the other. The automated insulin on board value represents at least one insulin delivery automatically specified by the computer-based control unit. Methods of use are also disclosed. |
| US10188791B2 |
System and method for assuring patient medication and fluid delivery at the clinical point of use
A system for confirmation of fluid delivery to a patient at the clinical point of use is provided. The system includes a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device has a housing; at least one imaging sensor associated with the housing; a data transmission interface; a data reporting accessory for providing data to the user; a microprocessor for managing the at least one imaging sensor, the data transmission interface, and the data reporting accessory; and a program for acquiring and processing images from the at least one imaging sensor. The system further includes a fluid delivery apparatus; and one or more identification tags attached to or integrally formed with the fluid delivery apparatus. The program processes an image captured by the at least one imaging sensor to identify the one or more identification tags and acquires fluid delivery apparatus information from the one or more identification tags. |
| US10188790B2 |
Indwelling assembly
An indwelling assembly includes an inner needle having a sharp needlepoint, an inner needle hub fixed to the inner needle, a hollow elongated outer member in which the inner needle is positioned and movable in a distal direction relative to the inner needle after puncturing the blood vessel to position the elongated outer member at a desired position in the blood vessel, an outer member hub fixed to hollow elongated outer member, a projection removably connected to the outer member hub and configured to be engaged by a finger of the user to apply a force to the projection causing the outer member hub and the hollow elongated outer member to move together with the projection in the distal direction relative to the inner needle and the inner needle hub, and an elongated movable member that is movable relative to the hollow elongated outer member and the outer member hub. |
| US10188777B2 |
Liposuction device and system and use thereof
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a device for removing adipose tissue with a needle(s), comprising a needle hub that comprises at least one needle that contains between 1-1000 holes around the circumference of the needle barrel which allows passage of adipose tissue and other lipoaspirate, and an adipose tissue collection and purification device comprising a plurality of self-contained syringes wherein each of the syringes comprises an inner syringe included within an outer syringe and wherein a filter is attached inside the outer syringe barrel, the filter having a mesh pore size between 30 micro meters and 1000 micro meters, the device being attached to a needle hub. The present invention further provides a system for closed adipose tissue harvesting, purification, and grafting, comprising an adipose tissue removal component, a collection and purification component, and a grafting component. Methods of using the devices or system are also disclosed. |
| US10188774B2 |
Method for producing antithrombotic coating material
Provided is a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material in which a high molecular weight polymer can be obtained by a solution polymerization using a radical polymerization initiator. The above-mentioned task is achieved by a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material, including steps of: preparing a methanol solution containing a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein in formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 are the same as those described in the specification, respectively; adding a radical polymerization initiator having a 10-hour half-life temperature of 60° C. or less to the methanol solution to prepare a polymerization reaction liquid; and polymerizing the monomer. |
| US10188773B2 |
Compositions and devices of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate
Compositions of P4HB with high purity have been developed. The compositions are prepared by washing P4HB biomass prior to solvent extraction, and precipitating P4HB from solution. The same solvent is preferably used to wash the P4HB biomass, and as a non-solvent to precipitate the polymer from a P4HB solvent solution. The highly pure P4HB compositions are suitable for preparing implants. The implants may be used for the repair of soft and hard tissues. |
| US10188772B2 |
Drug delivery medical device
A medical device that releases a pharmaceutical agent to a target site is disclosed. The medical device includes a balloon, and a coating on at least a portion of the balloon. The coating includes particles of a pharmaceutical agent. Each particle of the particles of the pharmaceutical agent is at least partially encapsulated in a polymer material. A method of releasing a pharmaceutical agent at a target site is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a device including a balloon, and a coating on at least a portion of the balloon, the coating including particles of a pharmaceutical agent, and each particle of the pharmaceutical agent is at least partially encapsulated in a polymer material; positioning the device to allow the balloon to reach the target site; and inflating the balloon of the device. |
| US10188765B2 |
Super dry fog generator
The present invention disclosed a super dry fog generator comprising a liquid-storage device, an atomization device, an air-blower and a dry separation device with an opening on the top; wherein said dry separation device is above said liquid-storage device and connected with said liquid-storage device; said atomization device is located at the exterior of said liquid-storage device; the two ends of said atomization device are connected with said air-blower and the interior of said dry separation device, respectively; said atomization device is connected with said liquid-storage device, and the liquid entering into the interior of said atomization device is blown into the interior of said dry separation device by said air-blower. The disinfection liquid entering into the atomization device from the liquid-storage device is atomized into small atomized liquid particles by the atomization device, and then the small atomized liquid particles are driven into the dry separation device by said air-blower. After being dried, the small atomized liquid particles are discharged to a space intended to be disinfected, then the disinfection is carried out. The small atomized liquid particles produced by the super dry fog generator of the present invention, whose size is small and much closer to the bacterial size, can be suspended in air for a long time so as to contact fully with the bacteria in air to achieve the purpose of sterilization, and they are convenient and safe with the less corrosion to the objects in the disinfection space. |
| US10188762B2 |
Sterilizing method and apparatus
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door. |
| US10188761B2 |
Garment sanitizer
The invention relates to a garment sanitizing device (1, 31) comprising a housing (2), a chamber (4) within the housing to receive one or more garments (14) to be sanitized. The chamber (4) comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, and opposite first and second sides each extending from the bottom wall to the top wall. The housing contains a fan (6) and one or more heating elements (10). The at least one heating element is configured to directly heat garments within the chamber by radiation, and the fan is configured to convey air via the at least one heating element to heat the air and to convey the heated air through the chamber to additionally heat the garments by the conveyed heated air. The at least one heating element (10) is disposed proximate the first side of the chamber to heat garments (14) within the chamber from the first side of the chamber by radiation, and the garment sanitizing device is configured such that hot air heated by the at least one heating element is conveyed into the chamber from the second side of the chamber. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of sanitizing a garment. |
| US10188760B2 |
Modulation of immunity and CEACAM1 activity
The present technology comprises methods for regulating an the immune system, and in particular methods for the regulation of a specific immune response, including the regulation of lymphocyte activity. Methods of the present technology comprise both the negative and positive modulation of CEACAM1 protein function. |
| US10188752B2 |
Dual-modality imaging probe for combined localization and apoptosis detection of stem cells
A ferumoxytol-based dual-modality imaging probe for long-term stem cell tracking through MRI and early diagnosis of cell apoptosis through simultaneous fluorescence imaging is provided. Specifically, a ferumoxytol-based dual-modality imaging probe is provided with enhanced T2* relaxivity for tracking stem cells through magnetic resonance imaging and detecting apoptotic stem cells through fluorescence imaging. |
| US10188747B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer
The technology described herein is directed to agonists of, e.g. Esr2, Dlx5, and/or Egr3, for the inhibition of cancer cells (e.g. squamous carcinoma cancer cells) and the treatment of cancer. |
| US10188742B2 |
Bi-specific antibodies and uses thereof
Disclosed herein is a bi-specific antibody that specifically directs a therapeutic agent to a cancer cell by targeting a tumor antigen of the cancer cell, and thereby suppresses the growth of the cancer or blocking the invasion or metastasis of the cancer. The bi-specific antibody of the present disclosure includes a first antigen binding site that binds to polyethylene glycol (PEG); and a second antigen binding site that binds to a target ligand, such as a tumor antigen. |
| US10188739B2 |
Compositions and methods for administering insulin or insulin-like protein to the brain
The present invention provides a method of intranasal delivery of a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a polysaccharide derivative of insulin protein and a one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, to a subject, wherein the insulin protein is delivered to the brain of the subject through the nasal mucosa. |
| US10188737B2 |
Stabilized pharmaceutical composition
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises 5-{[(3R)-1-acryloylpyrrolidin-3-yl]oxy}-6-ethyl-3-({4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as “compound A”) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and is stabilized. The pharmaceutical composition comprises compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical additive having a difference in water activity value of 0.1 or more, and is stabilized. |
| US10188723B2 |
Functional influenza virus like particles (VLPs)
The present invention discloses and claims virus like particles (VLPs) that express and/or contains seasonal influenza virus proteins, avian influenza virus proteins and/or influenza virus proteins from viruses with pandemic potential. The invention includes vector constructs comprising said proteins, cells comprising said constructs, formulations and vaccines comprising VLPs of the inventions. The invention also includes methods of making and administrating VLPs to vertebrates, including methods of inducing substantial immunity to either seasonal and avian influenza, or at least one symptom thereof. |
| US10188722B2 |
Live bacterial vaccines resistant to carbon dioxide (CO2), acidic pH and/or osmolarity for viral infection prophylaxis or treatment
Gram-negative bacterial mutants resistant to one or more stress conditions, including CO2, acid pH, and high osmolarity, and more particularly to gram-negative bacterial mutants with reduced TNF-α induction having a mutation in one or more lipid biosynthesis genes, including, but not limited to msbB, that are rendered stress-resistant by a mutation in the zwf gene. Compositions are provided comprising one or more stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants, preferably attenuated stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants. Methods are provided for prophylaxis or treatment of a virally induced disease in a subject comprising administering to a subject a stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants, preferably attenuated stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants. The stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants may serve as vectors for the delivery of one or more therapeutic molecules to a host. The methods of the invention provide more efficient delivery of therapeutic molecules by stress-resistant gram-negative bacterial mutants engineered to express said therapeutic molecules. |
| US10188715B2 |
Swine dysentery vaccine
The present invention relates to a composition comprising Brachyspira hyodysenteriae bacteria, particularly in the field of immunization against swine dysentery. The composition of the invention may comprise bacteria from at least two genetically diverse strains of B. hyodysenteriae. The composition of the invention may also comprise bacteria of a strain deposited at the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM), Institut Pasteur, on Mar. 14, 2013, with registration number CNCM I-4720. The invention relates also to the composition of the invention for use as a vaccine, preferably a universal vaccine against swine dysentery caused by B. hyodysenteriae. |
| US10188710B2 |
Regulatory T cell epitope and hepatitis C virus homolog
A pharmaceutical composition used to suppress immunity in an animal, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises an isolated T-cell epitope peptide containing an amino acid sequence of PLLLLLLXLPXRA (SEQ ID NO: 5), wherein X is an amino acid. |
| US10188708B2 |
Enolase 1 (Eno1) compositions and uses thereof
The invention provides compositions comprising Eno1 for delivery to a muscle. Further, the invention provides a method for normalizing blood glucose in a subject with elevated blood glucose, comprising administering to the subject enolase 1 (Eno1), thereby normalizing blood glucose in the subject. The invention also provides methods of treating one or more conditions including impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, and diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes in a subject, comprising administering to the subject enolase 1 (Eno1), thereby treating the condition in the subject. In certain methods of the invention, the Eno1 is delivered to muscle. |
| US10188705B2 |
Dose escalation enzyme replacement therapy for treating acid sphingomyelinase deficiency
The invention relates to dose escalation enzyme replacement therapy using acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) for the treatment of human subjects having acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), and, in particular, patients with non-neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease (NPD), and in certain embodiments, NPD type B. |
| US10188699B2 |
CAPCNA peptide therapeutics for cancer
Administration of compositions comprising cell-permeable cancer-specific proliferating cell nuclear antigen derived peptides and their variants reduces the proliferation of cancer cells and also augments cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutics. The compositions are effective in cells harboring mutations in DNA repair proteins. |
| US10188698B2 |
Saposin C-DOPS: a novel anti-tumor agent
Compositions and methods for treating subjects with disorders characterized by hyper-proliferating cells such as tumors and cancers are provided. The compositions comprise agents that are combinations of saposin C (or prosaposin-related polypeptides) and phospholips (or inner leaflet components). This anti-tumor agent is administered in the methods of the invention according to a dosing regimen. Administering an agent of the invention results in a positive therapeutic response in a subject with a tumor. |
| US10188692B2 |
Methods and compositions for preventing or treating ophthalmic conditions
The disclosure generally describes methods of preventing or treating ophthalmic diseases or conditions in a mammalian subject, such as diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration, and oxygen-induced retinopathy. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof. |
| US10188691B2 |
Protein interfaces
The present disclosure provides methods to treat conditions, including cancer, using compounds that can target resistant cancer cells. The compounds can be used to sensitize resistant cancer cells or decrease the proliferation of cells. The compounds can target proteins in the DNA damage repair pathway leading to a decrease in DNA damage repair in target cells. |
| US10188687B2 |
Oriental medicinal collagen food
Oriental medicinal collagen food and manufacturing method of the oriental medicinal collagen food for skin beauty enhancement are provided. The manufacturing method including: a first process including: removing claws and scales from chicken feet, and preparing dandelion, angelica gigas, and pueraria root; a second process including: performing high-pressure pasteurization for the chicken feet obtained in the first process; a third process including: preparing dandelion extract by heating the dandelion in a bag; a fourth process including: obtaining Gyepogyo by heating and fermenting the pasteurized chicken feet and the dandelion extract in a pot; and a fifth process including: obtaining extract and distillate from a distillation of a mixture comprising the Gyepogyo, the angelica gigas, and the pueraria root. |
| US10188686B2 |
Oncolytic HSV vector
The present invention provides a recombinant oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus (oHSV) comprising a non-HSV ligand specific for a molecule (protein, lipid, or carbohydrate determinant) present on the surface of a cell (such as a cancer cell) and one or more copies of one or more microRNA target sequences inserted into one or more HSV gene loci, preferably one or more HSV gene(s) required for replication of HSV in normal (i.e., non-cancerous) cells. The invention further provides stocks and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inventive oHSV and methods for killing tumor cells employing the inventive oHSV. |
| US10188681B2 |
Method for inducing immune tolerance using non-proliferative polymer-modified allogeneic leukocytes
This invention relates to cellular-based therapies for increasing the level of regulatory T cells (Treg) and/or decreasing the level of pro-inflammatory T cells (Th17) to induce anergy or immune tolerance. To provide these therapeutic effects, a non-proliferative allogeneic leukocyte population is contacted with another leukocyte population. The non-proliferative allogeneic leukocyte population is modified to bear on its surface a low-immunogenic biocompatible polymer so as to prevent pro-inflammatory allo-recognition with the latter leukocyte population. Cellular-based preparations and processes for achieving cellular therapy are also provided. |
| US10188671B2 |
Boron-dipyrrin complex and medicament containing the same
Provided is a compound which is useful as an in vivo applicable, amyloid-oxygenating catalyst selective for amyloid and applicable not only to an Aβ peptide, but also to other amyloids and a drug containing the compound for preventing and/or treating amyloid-related diseases. Disclosed is a boron-dipyrrin complex represented by the following formula (1) |
| US10188670B2 |
Composition
Compositions and formulations comprising a non-neutralized tocol phosphate and a vitamin A compound, which are suitable for the treatment of inflammation and/or infection in breast or udder tissue, more particularly in a mammary gland, reducing the somatic cell count in a lactating subject and supplementing vitamin E levels in a subject. |
| US10188669B2 |
Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants for treatment of age-related brain disorders
A method for providing to a mammal a neuroprotective effect against a brain pathology that is associated with reactive oxygen species originating from mitochondria (mROS). The method includes the step of administering to the mammal an SkQ mitochondria-targeted antioxidant in an amount effective to provide said neuroprotective effect. The SkQ mitochondria-targeted antioxidant may be administered either prophylactically or for treatment with respect to brain pathologies other than brain trauma or stroke, and may be administered for treatment of brain trauma or stroke. |
| US10188664B2 |
Injectable pharmaceutical compositions comprising a cyclodextrin a hydrophobic drug, a co-solvent, and a preservative
Injectable pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use and formulation are disclosed. The compositions comprise: one or more water soluble complexes, each complex comprising a cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin derivative and a hydrophobic drug; at least one preservative; and at least one co-solvent. The compositions are effectively preserved in accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia 2011 Test for Efficacy of Antimicrobial Preservation, satisfying at least the B criteria as it applies to parenterals, and the United States Pharmacopeia 2011 Guidelines for Antimicrobial Effectiveness Testing, satisfying the criteria for Category 1 (injectable) products. |
| US10188657B2 |
Compositions and methods for prophylaxis and therapy for meniere's disease
Provided are articles of manufacture, compositions and methods for prophylaxis and/or therapy for disorders involving dizziness and/or vertigo. The articles of manufacture and compositions contain lamotrigen and/or bupropion. The compositions include pharmaceutical compositions which are intended to alleviate dizziness and/or vertigo. In certain aspects the disclosure includes articles of manufacture and kits which include printed material which provides an indication that the articles or compositions are intended to be used for prophylaxis and/or therapy of Meniere's Disease or a symptom thereof. |
| US10188656B2 |
Methods of treatment of malignancies
Provided are methods and compositions for treating cancers in patients carrying an IDH1 mutation or IDH2 mutation. |
| US10188653B2 |
Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 inhibitors
Compounds of Formula I that inhibit the activity of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked thereto in animals are described herein. |
| US10188649B2 |
Aminoheteroaryl benzamides as kinase inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a salt thereof; and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent. |
| US10188644B2 |
Process of making stable abuse-deterrent oral formulations
The present disclosure relates to cured pharmaceutical compositions designed to reduce the potential for improper administration of drugs that are subject to abuse, the process of curing such composition in order to improve the dissolution stability, method of using the same for treatment of pain. |
| US10188637B2 |
Granulate formulation of 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone and method of making the same
The disclosure relates to granulate formulations of pirfenidone and methods of making such formulations. |
| US10188634B2 |
3-(3H-imidazo[4,5-C]pyridin-2-yl)-1 H-pyrazolo[4,3-B]pyridines and therapeutic uses thereof
4-Azaindazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of a 4-azaindazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states. |
| US10188632B2 |
Opioid receptor modulator dosage formulations
Abuse deterrent solid dosage formulations containing 5-({[2-Amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid, and processes for the preparation and administration of these formulations. |
| US10188631B2 |
Topical liquid composition comprising melatonin
The present invention relates to a novel melatonin-based formulation, particularly a topical liquid composition of melatonin (or analog thereof) suitable for use in intrauterine washing performed during medically assisted reproduction (e.g. in vitro fertilization—IVF). Melatonin is notoriously unstable, especially in solution. The compositions of the invention exhibit high stability, which allows them to be kept for prolonged periods before their eventual use in the inhibition or prevention of embryonic implantation failure. |
| US10188627B2 |
PPAR agonists, compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof
Provided herein are compounds of formula (I) useful for the treatment of PPAR-delta related diseases (e.g. mitochondrial diseases, muscular diseases, vascular diseases, demyelinating diseases and metabolic diseases). |
| US10188626B2 |
Stabilized cabazitaxel formulations
Disclosed herein are improved formulations for the cabazitaxel. The formulations exhibit increased storage stability relative to other formulations, and are simpler for health care providers to prepare and administer to patients. |
| US10188625B2 |
Combination of a retinoid and a diol and polyunsaturated fatty acid ester
The present invention concerns a combination of a retinoid and a diol and polyunsaturated fatty acid ester, a dermatological or dermocosmetic composition containing such a combination and use of same in the treatment of acne and the prevention of retentional lesions. The present invention also concerns a retinoid, optionally in combination with a diol and polyunsaturated fatty acid ester, for use in the prevention of retentional lesions. |
| US10188619B2 |
Solid solution compositions and use in chronic inflammation
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US10188615B2 |
Alkoxy compounds for disease treatment
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, particularly ophthalmic diseases and disorders. Provided herein are alkoxyl derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The subject compositions are useful for treating and preventing ophthalmic diseases and disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt's Disease. |
| US10188612B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation
The invention provides microparticles for use in a pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration, each microparticle comprising a particle of an active substance having, on its surface, particles of a hydrophobic material suitable for delaying the dissolution of the active substance. The invention also provides a method for making the microparticles. |
| US10188609B2 |
Microparticles comprising a probiotic, cross-linkable reagent, a denatured protein, polyol plasticiser and trehalose
The present invention relates to microparticles, methods of producing microparticles and microparticle precursor compositions. In particular, it relates to microparticles comprising a protective matrix and a protective matrix precursor composition comprising a blend of a denatured protein, a polyol plasticizer, trehalose and a carrier. |
| US10188608B2 |
Oxidized cellulose microspheres
A process for forming microspheres is disclosed. The process includes contacting a solvent with a modified cellulose to form a solution; contacting the modified cellulose solution with at least one bioactive agent to form a discontinuous phase liquid; contacting the discontinuous phase liquid with a continuous phase liquid to form an emulsion; and contacting the emulsion with a third phase liquid to extract the solvent from the emulsion, thereby forming a plurality of modified cellulose microspheres. |
| US10188605B2 |
Nanoparticles and nanoparticle compositions
The invention provides multivalent surface-crosslinked micelle (SCM) particles, crosslinked reverse micelle (CRM) particles, and methods of making and using them. The SCM particles can be used, for example, to inhibit a virus or bacteria from binding to a host cell. The inhibition can be used in therapy for the flu, cancer, or AIDS. The CRM particles can be used, for example, to prepare metal nanoparticles or metal alloy nanoparticles, or they can be used in catalytic reactions. |
| US10188600B2 |
Stable liquid antibody formulation
The present invention relates generally to the field of pharmaceutical formulations of antibodies. Specifically, the present invention relates to a stable liquid antibody formulation and its pharmaceutical preparation and use. This invention is exemplified by a liquid formulation of a humanized anti-NGF antibody. |
| US10188594B2 |
Fermented vegetable oils and methods of preparing the same
The present invention relates to a fermented vegetable oil, to a method for preparing the oil, and to a composition including the oil. More particularly, the present invention relates to a technique for providing a fermented vegetable oil having the effects of enhancing emulsion stability due to water retention ability, improving texture and flavor, and enhancing moisturization. |
| US10188592B2 |
2-pyrones
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) for the care, preservation or improvement of the general condition or appearance of the skin or hair, and to preparations comprising compounds of the formula (I). |
| US10188589B2 |
Deposition of hydrophobic actives in the presence of surfactants
Described are personal care compositions, comprising an anionic surfactant, and a polyurea shell encapsulating a hydrophobic active, wherein the polyurea shell has at least one covalently attached cationic polymer, selected from the group consisting of quaternary amines and cationic biopolymers. |
| US10188587B2 |
Dental composition
Dental composite comprising (i) a polymerizable composition obtainable by reacting a mixture comprising: (a) x equivalents of one or more compounds of the following formula (I): wherein L′ is an (l+1)-valent hydrocarbon group which may contain in its backbone 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from oxygen atoms and sulfur atoms and which may be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups or groups —COOL″ wherein L″ is a polymerizable moiety; l is an integer of from 1 to 3; (b) y equivalents of one or more compounds of the following formula (IIa), (IIb) and/or (IIc): wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 3, Y may be present or absent, and when present represents a carbonyl group; Y′ independently may be present or absent, represents a carbonyl group; Rm which may be the same or different represent 1 to 3 substituents selected from halogen atoms, alkyl groups, and alkoxy groups, or wherein two Rm form together with the carbon atoms of the ring to which they are bonded an annelated aromatic ring; and (c) z equivalents of one or more compounds of the following formula (III): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; k is an integer of from 1 to 3, whereby when k is 1, 2 or 3, then L is a (k+1)-valent hydrocarbon group which may contain 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from oxygen atoms and sulfur atoms, and X is a carboxylic acid group, or a hydroxyl group bonded to an aromatic ring forming part of L; or wherein 0.05≤x/y≤0.66, and 2y−fx≤z≤1.5(2y−fx), wherein x, y, and z are the molar equivalents of components (a), (b) and (c) and f is the mean acid functionality of component (a): f _ = ∑ l = 1 3 x l x ( l + 1 ) wherein l is as defined in formula (I); and optionally reacting the hydroxyl groups and/or carboxylic acid groups on L′ of the reaction product of the mixture with a compound having a polymerizable double bond; and (ii) a particulate filler. |
| US10188585B1 |
Device for the sublingual administration of a medication formed from dissolving a tablet in a liquid
A device for self-administration of liquid medication supplied by combining a tablet of medication located within the device with a dissolving liquid from a source which dissolves the tablet upon contact. The formed medication solution is then available for delivery to the sublingual area of a patient. |
| US10188582B2 |
Out of phase chest compression and ventilation
A method for providing emergency care to a patient of an adverse cardiac event is disclosed that includes causing multiple chest compressions to be provided to the patient, and causing multiple inducements of ventilation to be provided to the patient. Particular ones of the multiple chest compressions can overlap time-wise with corresponding ones of the multiple inducements of ventilation, and can be substantially out of phase with the corresponding ones of the multiple inducements of ventilation. |
| US10188581B2 |
Method and system to evacuate one or more dressings using two or more vacuum pumps
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing a negative-pressure therapy system are described. The system includes a first dressing, a second dressing, and a negative-pressure source. The negative-pressure source includes a first pump and a second pump. A first valve is fluidly coupled to the first dressing and the first pump to selectively permit fluid communication to the first dressing. A second valve is fluidly coupled to the second dressing and the second pump to selectively permit fluid communication to the second dressing. A cross-over valve is fluidly coupled to the first pump, the first valve, the second pump, and the second valve. The cross-over valve permits fluid communication between the first pump and the second valve and/or the second pump and the first valve. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first pump, the second pump, the first valve, the second valve, and the cross-over valve for operating the same. |
| US10188576B2 |
Pin cover for an inversion table
Improvements in a cover for a pin used in an inversion table that prevents the inversion table from rotating beyond a desired amount of rotation. The cover is secured to the fixed frame and has a slot for the rotating frame to move within the slot. The cover prevents debris, sweat, body parts, towels or clothing from entering into the locking pin area. The cover makes the inversion table safer to operate by covering a pinch-point where the rotating component of the inversion table contacts the rotation stop. The cover can take a variety of shape and material configurations to provide the coverage and protection for the user of the inversion table. |
| US10188574B2 |
Patella gripper and device for moving a patella comprising such a patella gripper
The invention relates to a patella gripper for a patella, comprising a retaining element (3; 53) and a contact finger apparatus (4; 54), wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) is arranged on the lower face of the retaining element (3; 53), wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) comprises at least two contact finger units (4.1, 4.2; 54.1), which are arranged on opposite sides of the retaining element (3; 53), and wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) is designed in such a way that the patella can be moved in the cranial-caudal direction and in the medial-lateral direction by means of the contact finger units (4.1, 4.2; 54.1). The invention further relates to a device (20; 60) having such a patella gripper (1; 51). |
| US10188573B2 |
Boot stirrup
A boot stirrup for use with a surgical table is provided. The boot stirrup includes a support arm, a surgical boot, and a lockable joint coupled to the support arm and the surgical boot. The support arm is configured to couple to a surgical table for movement about a plurality of axes relative to the surgical table. The surgical boot is configured to support and/or immobilize the foot and leg of the patient. The lockable joint is configured to selectively permit movement of the surgical boot relative to the support arm. |
| US10188569B2 |
Patient support usable with bariatric patients
There is provided a patient support that may be adjustable in height, width, length or a combination thereof. The patient support may be useable with normal sized patients or with bariatric patients. The patient support has a variety of features to enhance operability and/or functionality, including a width adjustable caster frame, width adjustable deck portions, a width adjustable headboard and an extendible foot board to provide extra length. An enhanced lift mechanism can accommodate bariatric patients and alternative functionality in achieving deck positions improves patient comfort. Various parts of the patient support including deck panels and the footboard may be removed and replaced with ease without complicated connectors. |
| US10188564B2 |
Absorbent article comprising fluid handling zones
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article comprises a first fluid handling zone having a first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance and a second fluid handling zone having a second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance. The first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance is at least about 50% greater than said second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, which results in an absorbent article that is better able to handle bodily fluids and reduce the risk of accidental leakage of bodily fluids onto a consumer's undergarments. |
| US10188558B1 |
Male urinary incontinence device
A male urinary incontinence device in the form of a penis wrap is disclosed. The wrap may include a distal region and a proximal region, which may be in the form of multi-layered absorbent pads. The distal region may be foldable toward the proximal region so that the head of the penis is located between the distal and proximal regions. The regions may be subsequently folded twice widthwise and secured with fasteners. |
| US10188553B2 |
Devices and methods for reshaping cartilage structures
Described are methods of reshaping a cartilage structure. One such method comprises creating a virtual three dimensional image of the cartilage structure; manipulating the virtual three dimensional image of the cartilage structure so as to obtain a virtual three dimensional image of a desired final shape of the cartilage structure; creating a virtual prototype of a device to hold the cartilage structure in the desired final shape of the cartilage structure; manufacturing the device; lasing the cartilage structure; and fitting the manufactured device to the cartilage structure (e.g., ear). |
| US10188551B2 |
Systems and methods for delivering an ocular implant to the suprachoroidal space within an eye
Delivery devices, systems and methods are provided for inserting an implant into an eye. The delivery or inserter devices or systems can be used to dispose or implant an ocular stent or implant, such as a shunt, in communication with the suprachoroidal space, uveal scleral outflow pathway, uveoscleral outflow path or supraciliary space of the eye. The implant can drain fluid from an anterior chamber of the eye to a physiologic outflow path of the eye, such as, the suprachoroidal space, uveal scleral outflow pathway, uveoscleral outflow path or supraciliary space. Alternatively, or in addition, the implant can elute a drug or therapeutic agent. The delivery or inserter devices or systems can be used in conjunction with other ocular surgery, for example, but not limited to, cataract surgery through a preformed corneal incision, or independently with the inserter configured to make a corneal incision. The implant can be preloaded with or within the inserter to advantageously provide a sterile package for use by the surgeon, doctor or operator. |
| US10188547B2 |
Apparatus and method for using a portable thermal device to reduce accommodation of nerve receptors
A system and method for portably delivering a therapeutic dose of heat to the skin to relieve pain, reduce accommodation of thermal nerve receptors, promote healing, and deliver transcutaneous medications. The heating device is user programmable or preprogrammed to deliver according to a variety of cycles, patterns and algorithms. The cycles, patterns, and algorithms of the heat are programmable parameters, are under the user's control, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the device. The heating algorithms are designed to interact with an individual user's thermal nerve receptors and other tissue characteristics and to reduce the tendency of the receptors to accommodate to the external stimuli with back pain, muscular pain, dysmenorrhea, headaches, fibromyalgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, nerve injuries and neuropathies, and sprains and strain. The device can also be used in conjunction with existing medical devices such as Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators (TENS) to increase the effectiveness of TENS devices. |
| US10188545B2 |
Flexible cone-shaped intra-vaginal support device
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a flexible and non-absorbent vaginal insert device shaped to be held securely in place in a vagina when inserted, so as to improve symptoms associated with pelvic organ prolapse or urinary incontinence or both, is provided. The device is designed to be relatively easy to insert and remove. An applicator may be used to aid with insertion. The vaginal insert device comprises an upper portion, having a cone-shaped body, having a circular transverse cross-section throughout its length, having a wall with an interior side and an exterior side, an upper open end, a lower end, and a hollow interior, wherein the upper open end of the upper portion is the innermost portion of the device during insertion, and wherein the wall of the upper portion can be squeezed to make the upper portion more compact for easier insertion of the device, and wherein after insertion the wall expands back to its original shape. The device further comprises an exterior rim surrounding and protruding from the exterior side of the wall and being adjacent to the upper open end, and a plurality of ridges surrounding and protruding from the exterior side of the wall, and a removal portion extending from said lower end of said upper portion to assist in removal of the device. The device can also comprise one or more ventilation openings. |
| US10188544B2 |
Penile implant
Described is a penile implement that can be implemented as both a catheter device and a prophylactic device. The penile implement is formed of a top polyurethane film, with a bottom polyurethane film that is RF welded to the top film such that a reservoir exists between the films. An adhesive layer formed on the bottom film and a bottom release layer covers the adhesive layer. Further, a hole is formed in the bottom film. Thus, during use, a user may remove the bottom release layer and adhere the bottom film with a user's penis such that bodily fluids secreted from the user's penis pass through the hole and into the reservoir formed between the top film and bottom film. |
| US10188542B2 |
Complete flow diversion intestinal ostomy surgery kit
A complete flow diversion intestinal ostomy surgery kit, comprising an ostomy tube, the ostomy tube comprising a tube body; near the front end of the tube body is provided with a deformable balloon; a fine tube is provided within the tube wall of the tube body or inside the tube body; the front end of the fine tube penetrates the tube wall of the tube body and is in communication with the inner cavity of the balloon; when filled with fluid via a connector, the balloon and the intestinal wall form a sealed structure that blocks matters inside of the intestine; the complete flow diversion intestinal ostomy surgery kit further comprises a ring-shaped fixing plate; the exterior wall of the tube body is provided with a ring-shaped groove; the ostomy tube is fixedly connected to the abdominal wall of a patient via the ring-shaped fixing plate that matches the ring-shaped groove. By controlling the pressure of the balloon to divert the flow of matters inside of the intestine, the matters inside of the intestine is guided out via the ostomy tube. When the anastomosis at the far end is healed, the ostomy tube is pulled out and removed, and the anastomosis automatically closes. |
| US10188540B2 |
Sacroiliac belt
Provided is a sacroiliac belt having a high holding ability for a user's pelvis as well as a high tightening effect to the user's sacroiliac joints. The sacroiliac belt has a belt pair that forms a pelvic holding loop to hold a user's pelvis. The belt pair has a ilium belt that is wound around the user's waist, and a second belt selected from either a buttock belt that is wound around the user's waist passing under the user's buttocks, lifting up the buttocks, or a lumbar belt that is wound around the user's waist, passing a back side of the user's lumbar curve located immediately above the pelvis. Both ends of the second belt are each connected to the ilium belt inside both ends of the ilium belt. |
| US10188536B2 |
Stent-valve, delivery apparatus, and stent-holder therefor
A delivery device for delivering a stent-valve to an anatomical site for implantation, the delivery device comprising a stent-holder (24) having at least one element for engaging the stent-valve for retaining an axial position of the stent-valve when carried on the delivery device, the element selected from a projection (84b) and/or a generally step-shaped surface, and wherein the element further comprises a ramp portion (84a, 84c) facing, or provided on a side of the element that faces, (i) a proximal direction of the device, and/or (ii) away from a distal end of the device. |
| US10188534B2 |
Stent having reduced passage of emboli and stent delivery system
A stent for reducing the passage of emboli into body lumen once deployed includes a structural portion and a barrier portion. The structural portion, when expanded in a conduit, provides sufficient strength to maintain an open lumen in the conduit. The barrier portion reduces migration of emboli from the wall of the conduit through the structural portion and into the lumen. Stent delivery systems capable of delivering and deploying the stent are disclosed. |
| US10188533B2 |
Minimal surface area contact device for holding plaque to blood vessel wall
A tack device for holding plaque against blood vessel walls in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease is formed as a thin, annular band of durable, flexible material having a plurality of focal elevating elements on its outer annular periphery for holding loose plaque under a spring or other expansion force against a blood vessel wall. The focal elevating elements are designed to exert a holding force on a plaque position while minimizing the amount of material surface area in contact with the plaque or blood vessel wall and reducing the potential of friction with the intraluminal surface. This approach offers clinicians the ability to perform a minimally invasive post-angioplasty treatment and produce a stent-like result without using a stent. |
| US10188532B2 |
Blood-flow tubing
An artificial or modified natural blood flow tubing has a helical-flow inducer to induce helical flow in such a fashion as to eliminate or reduce turbulence. One inducer is a tubular stent of expansible mesh having a helical vane. |
| US10188529B2 |
Devices and methods for inter-vertebral orthopedic device placement
Devices and methods for implantation of an orthopedic device between skeletal segments using limited surgical dissection. The implanted devices are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationship(s) of adjacent bones. Depending on the implant design, the motion between the skeletal segments may be increased, limited, modified, or completely immobilized. |
| US10188527B2 |
Expandable and adjustable lordosis interbody fusion system
An expandable housing for an interbody fusion system has movable tapered external helical threaded members that travel along tracking to operably engage against the top and bottom shell members, urging them apart to cause expansion in the height of the housing. In an embodiment, the tapered members are disposed in a dual arrangement such that independent engagement of the tapered members along lateral portions of the top and bottom shells cause an angular tilt to the exterior surface of the housing when the tapered members are moved to different degrees. This function permits adjustment in the angular relationship between adjacent vertebrae and assists the lordotic adjustment of the patient's spine. When the functions of the device are used in combination by the surgeon, the device provides an effective tool for in situ adjustment when performing lateral lumbar interbody fusion. |
| US10188524B2 |
Rotational drive mechanism, tool and methods for using same
The disclosed subject matter relates a medical instrument having a rotational drive mechanism that can be integrated into a variety of medical devices, including a tool used as an external retaining ring removal tool or as a non-marring bushing inserter, or in a spinal interbody device. The tool can include a knob portion at a proximal end and a drive mechanism at the distal end. The drive mechanism can include a plurality of drive pins that can be actuated to extend outward by rotating the knob portion. The spinal interbody device can include a drive mechanism configured to translate rotational motion into a linear driving motion to cause locking projections to move into engagement with vertebrae. |
| US10188522B2 |
System for replacement of at least a portion of a carpal articular surface of a radius
A system and method facilitating replacement of comminuted bone fractures or portions thereof adjacent bone joints. The system and method employs a prosthesis to replace at least a portion of the comminuted bone fractures. The prosthesis serves in reproducing the articular surface of the portion or portions of the comminuted bone fractures that are replaced. In doing so, the prosthesis serves in restoring joint viability and corresponding articulation thereof. |
| US10188510B2 |
Prosthetic tissue valves
A prosthetic valve comprising a conical shaped sheet member comprising an extracellular matrix (ECM) composition, the sheet member having a plurality of ribbons projecting the sheet member proximal end, the distal ends of the ribbons being positioned proximate each other, wherein the sheet member comprises a conical shape. |
| US10188508B2 |
Bioengineered vocal fold mucosa for functional voice restoration
An engineered vocal fold mucosa, including an engineered lamina propria layer and an engineered squamous epithelium layer, is disclosed. The engineered lamina propria is made by seeding and culturing human vocal fold fibroblasts within a polymerized collagen scaffold, and the engineered squamous epithelium is made by culturing human vocal fold epithelial cells on the scaffold surface. The resulting engineered vocal fold mucosa is not immunogenic, and is capable of exhibiting the vibratory function and acoustic output of a native vocal fold mucosa. Accordingly, the engineered vocal fold mucosa may be implanted into the larynx to treat voice impairment. |
| US10188504B2 |
Whipstitched graft construct and method of making the same
A whip stitched graft construct and method of formation. The whip stitched graft construct includes a plurality of tendon strand regions or soft tissue grafts placed together so that at least a portion of the plurality of the tendon strand regions are stitched together by employing multiple suture passes placed according to a whip stitching technique. Preferably, the multiple suture passes start at about the mid length of the plurality of tendon strand regions and are advanced toward one of the free ends of the tendon strands. The whip stitched graft construct is provided with at least two regions, one region formed of at least a plurality of tendon strand regions tied and whip stitched together, and the other region formed of untied segments of the plurality of tendon strands. |
| US10188503B2 |
Prosthesis having pivoting fenestration
The present disclosure relates to an endoluminal prosthesis, such as a stent graft that includes one or more fenestrations to accommodate endovascular disease, such as an aneurysm in cases where one or more side branches is involved. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes fenestrations that are pivotable to accommodate the dynamic geometry of the aortic branches. |
| US10188501B2 |
Fork-type covered stent
A bifurcated stem graft (10) comprises a body (100) and a side branch (200) that forms an acute angle with the body (100). The side branch (200) comprises a covering film (220) and a first bare stent (240) only disposed on the covering film (220). Part of the first bare stent (240) is positioned adjacent a boundary line (230) of the body (100) and the covering film (220) and is located in a vertex angle area (250) of the acute angle. Due to the fact that part of the first bare stem (240) is attached to the vertex angle area (250), after the stem (10) is released, the self-expanded part of the first bare stent (240) enables the vertex angle area (250) of the side branch (200) to be effectively supported, the covering film is not prone to shrinkage, and a leading wire can enter easily. Meanwhile, a special bare stent attached to the vertex angle area (250) does not need to be additionally disposed on the first bare stent (240), and thus the technology for preparing the bare stem is simplified; furthermore, the first bare stent (240) is only disposed on the side branch (200) and does not need to span the connecting part of the body (100) and the side branch (200), and thus the waveform can be shaped easily. |
| US10188500B2 |
Stent graft with external scaffolding and method
A scaffolded stent-graft includes a graft material comprising an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface defines a lumen within the graft material. The scaffolded stent-graft further includes a scaffold comprising a mesh coupled to the graft material at the outer surface. The scaffold is configured to promote tissue ingrowth therein. In this manner, the scaffold enhances tissue integration into the scaffolded stent-graft. The tissue integration enhances biological fixation of the scaffolded stent-graft in vessels minimizing the possibility of endoleaks and migration. |
| US10188491B2 |
Dental restoration producing system for producing dental restoration from dental mill blank with through-hole, operation system of the system, program for the system, and dental mill blank for use in the system
A dental restoration producing system of producing a dental restoration from a dental mill blank with one or more through-holes according to one embodiment, when the dental restoration includes no through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration, when the dental restoration includes a through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration and the through-hole of the dental restoration, or a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is included in the through-hole of the dental restoration which is larger than the at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank. |
| US10188490B2 |
Methods and systems for dental procedures
A device including a coded pattern for use in dental procedures is provided. Related methods and systems are also provided. |
| US10188486B2 |
Dental impression, drilling template and method for providing a relative location for creating a drilling template
A dental impression that includes an underside and a connecting part. The underside has a negative form of at least one partial area of a jaw and at least one implant site located in the partial area of the jaw. The connecting part is a recess arranged on an upper surface of the dental impression opposite the underside in the area of the negative form of the implant site, and has a longitudinal axis defined along a depth direction of the recess. The recess has a geometry that is rotationally asymmetric about the longitudinal axis, and an external contour of the connecting part is asymmetrical in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the connecting part. The connecting part has a lowered base as a depth stop, the lowered base being within the recess and below the upper surface of the dental impression. |
| US10188482B2 |
Cleaning device for enteral feeding connection
A cleaning device for cleaning a connection end of an enteral feeding system. The device has a handle, and a plurality of cleaning elements disposed to clean the internal surfaces of the enteral feeding connector. A centering post facilitates insertion of the cleaning device in the connection end, and seals the enteral feeding channel from the entry of contaminants during cleaning. |
| US10188481B2 |
Beam guide for ophthalmic surgical illumination
An ophthalmic illumination apparatus can include a movable support. The apparatus can also include an optical array coupled to the movable support and positioned to interact with a light beam from a light source. The optical array can include first and second optical elements. The first optical element can be configured to reflect and transmit first associated amounts of the light beam. The second optical element can be configured to reflect and transmit second associated amounts of the light beam different than the first optical element. The apparatus can further include a drive mechanism coupled to the movable support. The drive mechanism can be configured to cause the movable support to selectively move the optical array such that the light beam is selectively incident upon one of the first optical element or the second optical element. Associated devices, systems, and methods are also provided. |
| US10188480B2 |
Systems and methods for performing spine surgery
Systems and methods for a spinal surgical procedure are described. Specifically systems and methods for calculating global spinal alignment are described. |
| US10188477B1 |
Mobile medical cart
A medical cart having a chassis with a plurality of wheels attached thereto; a plurality of drawers supported on the chassis; a temperature-regulated compartment in the chassis; a locking bar pivotally attached to the chassis; a headwall mount attached to the chassis; a display mounted on the chassis; and a positionable task light attached to the chassis. Each drawer includes a drawer lock shiftable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking bar is shiftable between a locked position and an unlocked position so that the locking bar serves as a secondary safety lock for all the drawers and the door of the temperature-regulated compartment. |
| US10188472B2 |
Medical robotic system with coupled control modes
In a coupled control mode, the surgeon directly controls movement of an associated slave manipulator with an input device while indirectly controlling movement of one or more non-associated slave manipulators, in response to commanded motion of the directly controlled slave manipulator, to achieve a secondary objective. By automatically performing secondary tasks through coupled control modes, the system's usability is enhanced by reducing the surgeon's need to switch to another direct mode to manually achieve the desired secondary objective. Thus, coupled control modes allow the surgeon to better focus on performing medical procedures and to pay less attention to managing the system. |
| US10188471B2 |
Tele-operative surgical systems and methods of control at joint limits using inverse kinematics
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling manipulator movements at joint range of motion limits are provided. In one aspect, methods include locking one or more joints of the manipulator when the one or more joints hit a respective joint limit by modifying an input into a Jacobian of the manipulator when calculating joint movement of a master control using inverse kinematics to provide improved, more intuitive force feedback through the master control. In some embodiments, scaling and weighting between different joint movements is applied within the inverse kinematics. In another aspect, methods include applying a constraint within the inverse kinematics so that calculated movement of the joints approach joint movements of an identical kinematic chain with applied loads within an isolated physical system. |
| US10188468B2 |
Focused based depth map acquisition
A medical navigation system is provided for acquiring a depth map of a surgical site of interest in a patient. The medical navigation system comprises a camera, a light projecting device, a display, and a controller. The controller has a processor coupled to a memory. The controller is configured to generate a signal provided to the light projecting device to project an edge indicator on the surgical site of interest, generate a signal to operate the camera to perform a focus sweep and capture a plurality of images during the focus sweep where the plurality of images includes the projected edge indicator, receive from the camera data representing the plurality of images captured during the focus sweep, and generate a depth map of the surgical site of interest using the data representing the plurality of images. |
| US10188463B2 |
Bone length determination
A method and a device are provided, for measuring an actual length of a fractured bone based on 2D fluoroscopic images of proximal and distal sections of the bone, each of the images including a reference body. Based on the images, a spatial position of a first end point and a spatial position of a second end point are determined, taking into account dimensions taken from a bone model of a bone corresponding to the imaged bone and the spatial positions of the reference bodies. The actual length of the fractured bone is defined as the distance between the two end points. |
| US10188460B2 |
Choked dielectric loaded tip dipole microwave antenna
A microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and an inner insulator disposed therebetween and a radiating section coupled to the feedline, the radiating section including a dipole antenna and a tubular dielectric loading disposed about the dipole antenna. |
| US10188459B2 |
Ablation catheter with flexible electrode
A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. |
| US10188456B2 |
Electrode assembly for RF energy enabled tissue debridement device
A bipolar electrosurgical device is disclosed that operates in a mechanical cutting mode and a hemostasis mode. The device includes a housing and a blade assembly extending from the housing. The blade assembly forms a cutting tip and cutting window at a distal end region to provide mechanical cutting of tissue and first and second electrode assemblies to provide electrical energy to tissue. The first electrode assembly includes an outer shaft defining a first electrode surface and the second electrode assembly includes an electrode body extending along and electrically isolated from an outer shaft and defining a U-shape in cross section. |
| US10188455B2 |
Electrosurgical apparatus for generating radiofrequency energy and microwave energy for delivery into biological tissue
An isolating circuit for an electrosurgical generator arranged to produce radiofrequency (RF) energy and microwave energy for treating biological tissues is provided. The generator has an RF channel and a microwave channel which are combined at a signal combiner to enable the RF energy and microwave energy to be delivered into tissues along a common feed path. The isolating circuit includes a tunable wavelength isolator at a junction between the microwave channel and the signal combiner, and can include a capacitive structure between a ground conductor of the signal combiner and a conductive input section of the waveguide isolator to inhibit coupling of the RF energy and leakage of the microwave energy. The isolating circuit can combine into a single tunable unit all the necessary components to isolate the microwave and RF channels from one another while providing a high withstanding voltage. |
| US10188446B2 |
Resonant inverter
The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical generator including a resonant inverter having an H-bridge and a tank. The tank includes a transformer including a first core half, a second core half, a primary winding, and a secondary winding having a number of turns, wherein each turn is separated by a gap. The transformer is configured to provide a parallel capacitance based on the gap. |
| US10188445B2 |
Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state. |
| US10188443B2 |
Bone cement mixing and delivery device
A bone cement mixing and delivery device includes a shaft extending along an axis from a first end to a second end and including a passageway. The first end includes an adapter having a first opening that is in communication with the passageway. The second end includes a second opening that is in communication with the passageway. The shaft includes a mixing portion between the first and second ends. A connector includes a central portion that that is coupled to the adapter. The central portion includes a channel that is in communication with the first opening. The connector includes first and second ports that extend from the central portion. The first port includes a first lumen that is in communication with the channel. The second port includes a second lumen that is in communication with the channel. Methods of use are disclosed. |
| US10188436B2 |
Inflatable medical devices
A device for delivering a material to an orthopedic target site is disclosed. The device can be used to deliver bone cement to an intra-vertebral site. The device can have a pusher rod within a tube. The tube can be loaded with the bone cement distal to the pusher rod. The pusher rod can have varying rigidity along the length of the pusher rod. The tube and pusher rod can navigate tortuous pathways from a percutaneous or transcutaneous insertion en route to the target site or to improve extracorporeal ergonomics. Methods for using the same are also disclosed. |
| US10188434B2 |
Hybrid multifunctional posterior interspinous fusion device
This invention relates to an improved structure for an interspinous stabilization device that more evenly distributes loads throughout the adjacent vertebrae than known interspinous stabilization devices, and further readily compensates for graft settling so as to maintain continued axial loading of the graft. More specifically, this invention relates to a medical device that helps in performing a spinal fusion procedure by holding the bone graft in place and stabilizing the facet screw by a plate that is attached to it. The invention also performs a dynamic function that compensates for settling of the bone graft over time. This dynamic function may, if desired, be enhanced by a movement-limiting mechanism that allows extension but not flexion such that the bone graft fusion remains in contact and fusion takes place. |
| US10188433B2 |
Anterior cervical plates for spinal surgery employing anchor backout prevention devices, and related systems and methods
Anterior cervical plates for spinal surgery employing anchor backout prevention devices, and related systems and methods are disclosed. A spinal column includes vertebrae in an articulating structure. Medical intervention may involve limiting the relative motion between vertebrae by fusing at least first and second vertebrae together with osteosynthesis systems. The systems include a plate attached to anterior surfaces of the first and second vertebrae with anchors extending through passageways in the plate. By including one or more anchor backout prevention devices to the plate, movements causing the anchors to disengage from the vertebrae may be avoided. The devices may include a positioning guide, and locking magnets. The implementation of a combination of these devices into the plate may provide greater robustness against failure than any of the devices individually. In this manner, the useful life of the plate within a patient may be lengthened. |
| US10188429B2 |
Vertebral fixation system
A vertebral fixing system having a flexible elongated member, a connecting part, and an anchor, where the anchor may engage a bone structure (e.g., a vertebra) through an opening of the connecting part and the flexible elongated member may connect to the connecting part. In some cases, the vertebral fixing system may include a tightening part configured to apply a tension to the elongated member and/or secure the elongated member with respect to the connecting part. The vertebral fixing system may be configured to receive a rod and may be capable of connecting thereto. The connecting part may have a plurality of connecting members, where at least one of the connecting members includes an opening for receiving the anchor and at least one of the connecting members connects to the elongated member. |
| US10188428B2 |
Subcutaneous implantable device for gradually aligning a spine
A subcutaneous implantable device for aligning a spine having a plurality of vertebrae, including a stabilizing plate assembly, a first rod, including a first end, and a second end coupled to the stabilizing plate assembly, a second rod, including a third end, and a fourth end coupled to the stabilizing plate assembly, a winding assembly, and a tensioning member including a line, the line having a first end, and a second end secured to the winding assembly, wherein the line is connected to the stabilizing plate assembly. |
| US10188425B2 |
Pacemaker retrieval systems and methods
A catheter system for retrieving a leadless cardiac pacemaker from a patient is provided. The cardiac pacemaker can include a docking or retrieval feature configured to be grasped by the catheter system. In some embodiments, the retrieval catheter can include a snare configured to engage the retrieval feature of the pacemaker. The retrieval catheter can include a torque shaft selectively connectable to a docking cap and be configured to apply rotational torque to a pacemaker to be retrieved. Methods of delivering the leadless cardiac pacemaker with the delivery system are also provided. |
| US10188424B2 |
Trocar set
A trocar set includes a handle portion, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a gasbag. The handle portion includes a grip, a connection part, and a first gas valve. The connection part extends from the grip and includes an assembling channel. The first gas valve is connected to the connection part and communicates with the assembling channel. An assembling end of the first sleeve is assembled to the connection portion. A sleeving end of the first sleeve is provided with a first opening. The second sleeve is retractably connected to the sleeving end of the first sleeve. A sleeve wall of the second sleeve is provided with a second opening. The gasbag is connected to an end of the second sleeve away from the sleeving end and corresponds to the second opening. The design of the retractable sleeves is benefit to perform operation. |
| US10188422B2 |
Biopsy needle design
A biopsy needle assembly includes a mandrel within a cannula, the needle assembly is fired into a target tissue to obtain a tissue sample using a force source imparting movement to the needle assembly. The mandrel and cannula design, and force source characteristics minimize needle deflection, and allow the needle assembly to excise extended length tissue samples. The mandrel forms tissue retention ridges within a tissue sample region to reduce fragmentation of the tissue sample. |
| US10188419B2 |
Visualization devices for use during percutaneous tissue dissection and associated systems and methods
A device and method for visualization of the intravascular creation of autologous valves, and particularly venous valve, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a delivery catheter that can include a lumen configured to receive a dissection assembly and a trough having a plurality of transducers electrically coupled to a proximal portion of the delivery catheter. At least one of the transducers can be configured to emit a signal towards a portion of a blood vessel adjacent the trough, and at least one of the transducers can be configured to receive a reflection of the emitted signal. |
| US10188418B2 |
Treatment method
A treatment method which treats a living tissue using an ultrasonic device includes making the ultrasonic device come in contact with the living tissue in a state where the product of a pressing force of the ultrasonic device to the living tissue, an amplitude of an ultrasonic vibration caused by the ultrasonic device, and a resonance frequency of the ultrasonic device becomes a predetermined value, and excising the living tissue in a state where the ultrasonic device is in contact with the living tissue. |
| US10188416B2 |
Bifurcated forceps
The bifurcated forceps include a first pair of forceps having a first pair of opposed forceps or pincer arms and a second pair of opposed forceps or pincer arms. Each arm has a pivot end and a gripping end. Each pair is coupled at the pivot end and resiliently biased to a spaced apart position at the gripping end so that each pair may be independently pinched together, defining a gripping plane. The pivot ends of the two pairs are rotatable about a common pivot axis in a plane normal to the gripping planes, the arms in each pair being constrained to rotate to an identical radial angle in order to grip the same object at spaced apart positions. Adjacent arms in different pairs may have a mating blade and receptacle configuration to releasably lock the arms together to use the two pairs as a single pair. |
| US10188415B2 |
Forceps and forceps unit
Forceps include a tubular shaft, an inserted member, a gripping portion, a handle, and a fixing portion. The inserted member is a rod-like member that is inserted inside the tubular shaft and is movable in an axial direction inside the tubular shaft. The gripping portion is provided at a distal end of the inserted member and is coupled to a distal end of the tubular shaft. The handle is coupled to a terminal end of the inserted member. The fixing portion detachably fixes the handle to the tubular shaft in a state where the handle is coupled to the inserted member. The distal end of the tubular shaft has a larger diameter than the diameter of a main body of the tubular shaft. A joint portion, having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the main body of the tubular shaft, is formed at the terminal end of the inserted member. The handle is provided with a joint receptacle that houses the joint portion and is advanced and retracted by manipulation of the handle. |
| US10188414B2 |
Tongue cleaning device
A tongue cleaning device includes a tool head defining a trough that delivers the vacuum flow from an inlet to the inner surface disposed above a working edge for efficient removal of debris. The trough has a defined rear wall giving it a defined width. This allows the vacuum flow to be directed to where it is needed to remove debris. One configuration of the device has a head that defines a liquid distribution channel with an outlet disposed in front of the working edge with a supply of liquid being removably in fluid communication with the liquid distribution channel. The liquid supply being a bulk supply or a hand held bottle with a supply tube extending down the handle of the device. Another configuration of the device includes vacuum control openings controlled by the user's finger. |
| US10188410B2 |
Power parameters for ultrasonic catheter
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying ultrasonic energy to a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises positioning an ultrasound radiating member at a treatment site within a patient's vasculature. The method further comprises activating the ultrasound radiating member to produce pulses of ultrasonic energy at a cycle period T≤1 second. The acoustic parameters such as peak power, pulse width, pulse repetition frequency and frequency or any combination of them can be varied non-linearly. |
| US10188408B2 |
Glenoid cavity bone preparation set for setting a shoulder prosthesis, and method for implanting a shoulder prosthesis
This preparation set comprises a drill guide (31) comprising a bearing surface (33) intended to bear against a glenoid cavity, a passage orifice (35) intended for the passage of a guide pin (36) implanted in the glenoid cavity, and first and second guide orifices (37, 38) each opening into the bearing surface (33) and each intended to guide a drill bit (38) capable of realizing a bone bore in the glenoid cavity, the first and second guide orifices (37, 38) being inclined with respect to the extension axis of the passage orifice (35) and converging in the direction of the bearing surface (33); and a compactor (42) comprising a compaction portion (45) having a generally trapezoidal shape and intended to be impacted against the glenoid cavity so as to form a bone housing in the glenoid cavity, the compactor (42) further including a passage hole (49) extending at least partially in the compaction portion (45) and intended for the passage of the guide pin (36) implanted in the glenoid cavity. |
| US10188406B2 |
Drill depth measuring devices and methods
Described herein include embodiments of devices, systems and methods for measuring drill depth, such as drill depths in bone material. For example, embodiments of drill depth measuring systems and associated methods are described. Some drill depth measuring systems can utilize at least resistance, capacitance, optical and/or acoustic sensing features for assisting the drill depth measuring system with determining drill depths and types of tissue being drilled into. Various other related features, devices and methods are also described. |
| US10188405B2 |
Device for use in orthopaedic surgery
A device (10) for use in orthopedic surgery includes a metallic central member (30). The device also includes an outer portion (20) comprising a polymer, which can be molded around the metallic central member. The outer portion thus surrounds the metallic central member. The outer portion has a profiled outer surface (40), such as teeth, ribs or ridges for removing bone. Engagement features for resisting relative movement between the metallic central member and the outer portion can comprise ridges, grooves (34, 36) and apertures (32) of the metallic central member, filled with polymer. The device can be a broach or rasp. A surgical instrument kit includes a plurality of differently sized devices of the kind described herein. |
| US10188400B2 |
Intraluminal occluding catheter
An intraluminal occluding catheter and method for preventing the loss of gas insufflation from a physiological lumen during a medical procedure is presented. The intraluminal occluding catheter is generally comprised of a catheter shaft having a flexible balloon affixed on a distal intraluminal end and a plurality of independent channels extending through the catheter shaft from the external proximal end to the distal intraluminal end. Once inserted into a physiological lumen such as the bowel, the intraluminal occluding catheter controls the loss of insufflation proximally thereby improving the safety and efficiency of TAMIS as well as allowing for more controlled gas exchange to clear smoke or vapor. |
| US10188398B2 |
Cross-sectional modification during deployment of an elongate lung volume reduction device
Elongate implant structures can be introduced into an airway system to a target airway axial region, often to apply lateral bending and/or compression forces against the lung tissue from within the airways for an extended period of time. Structures or features of the implants may inhibit tissue reactions that might otherwise allow portions of the device to eventually traverse through the wall of the airway. The devices may enhance the area bearing laterally on the tissue of a surrounding airway lumen wall. Embodiments may have features which increase the device friction with the airway to allow the device to grip the surrounding airway as the device is deployed. An appropriate adhesive may be introduced around the device in the lung. Hydrophilic material may inhibit biofilm formation, or features which induce some tissue ingrowth (stimulation of tissue growth) may enhance implanted device supported. |
| US10188397B2 |
Torque alleviating intra-airway lung volume reduction compressive implant structures
A device for enhancing the breathing efficiency of a patient is provided. The implantable device may include a deployed configuration with one or more helical sections with proximal end in a stand-off proximal end configuration. The stand-off proximal end configuration may reduce migration of the deployed device and may preserve implant tissue compression. Alternative configurations may include two or more helical sections with a transition section disposed between the two or more helical sections. A device may include a right-handed helical section and a left-handed helical section and the transition section comprises a switchback transition section. The switchback section may provide greater control of the device during deployment by limiting recoiling forces of a device comprising a spring material. The deployed device may compress the lung to increase a gas filling resistance of the compressed portion of the lung, and/or increase tension and elastic recoil in other portions of the lung. |
| US10188396B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivering an embolic composition
A microcatheter for delivery of embolic fluids includes an outer member dimensioned for insertion within a blood vessel adjacent an embolization site. The outer member defines a first longitudinal lumen, and an inner member is selectively positionable within the first longitudinal lumen of the outer member. The inner member defines a second longitudinal lumen and has a delivery port in fluid communication with the second longitudinal lumen for passage and delivery of embolic fluids toward the embolization site. A valve is disposed within the outer member. The valve is dimensioned to establish a substantial seal about the inner member, to minimize entry of the embolic fluids within the first longitudinal lumen of the outer member subsequent to delivery thereof toward the embolization site. |
| US10188388B2 |
Surgical staple insertion device
The present invention is directed to devices for inserting bone staples into segments of bone. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention are adapted for accurately, selectively and simply providing for decompression of compression staples through application of a decompression force thereon, for placement of the legs of the decompressed compression staple in provided leg holes in adjacent bone segments while the compression staple remain decompressed, and for selective removal of the decompression force. In this respect, a staple inserter configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is beneficial and useful in surgical procedure requiring bone tissue to join or rejoin with adjacent bone segments. |
| US10188383B2 |
Suture clip deployment devices
Disclosed herein are suture clip delivery devices that can be loaded with several flat, disk-shaped suture clips and can deploy the suture clips one after another onto respective sutures without reloading the device with additional suture clips. An exemplary device includes a handle portion with an actuation mechanism that is coupled to a shaft portion that holds and deploys the suture clips. The shaft portion includes a mandrel on which the suture clips are mounted and a retainer that restricts the suture clips from moving proximally when the actuation mechanism pulls the mandrel proximally, which causes a distal-most suture clip to slide off the mandrel and be deployed onto one or more suture. The mandrel and remaining suture clips can them move distally to prepare to deploy the next suture clip. |
| US10188382B2 |
Suture passer devices and methods
Devices, systems and methods for passing a suture. In general, described herein are suturing devices, such as suture passers, as well as methods of suturing tissue. These suture passing devices may include dual deployment suture passers in which a first distal jaw member is moveable at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body of the device and the second distal jaw member is retractable proximally to the distal end region of the elongate body and/or the first jaw member. Also described herein are suture passers in which the tissue penetrator passing the suture travels in an approximately sigmoidal pathway, with the distal end of the tissue penetrator extending distally from one jaw of the device. |
| US10188380B2 |
Suture anchor system with compressible distal tip
Methods and devices for fixation of soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a suture anchor is provided having an elongate cylindrical body with proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending therethrough. The elongate body can be configured so that upon partial insertion into a bone hole, it is securely anchored within the bone hole and a suture extending through the inner lumen is freely slidable. It can also configured so that, upon further insertion into the bone hole, at least a portion of the elongate body compresses to lock the suture within the inner lumen such that the suture is prevented from sliding. In another embodiment, a suture anchor is provided having arms that have an open position for receiving a suture therebetween, and a closed position in which the suture is retained but allowed to slide freely. |
| US10188377B2 |
Semi-automatic suturing machine
The present invention contemplates a hand-held and hand-operable stitching device capable of securely placing a single interrupted suture through a wound using sterile suturing material with a single squeeze of the device's arms. Operating substantially faster than a surgeon, the compact and lightweight device employs an intuitive stapler-like structure and a center assembly capable of closing a wound with traditional suturing material secured by anchors that remain on either side of the wound. The apparatus employs needle-suture units stored in a center assembly and deployed individually when the device is actuated. When actuated, an epicyclic gear train within a center assembly causes a needle-suture unit to rotate through a circular path through the tissue, bringing the edges of separated tissue together. The suture thread is then secured in its position with anchors and the needle is then disjointed from the suture thread with a blade. |
| US10188376B2 |
Tissue retractor
A surgical site retractor is configured to retract tissue, such as in an intercostal procedure. The retractor may be formed from non-radiopaque material for improved monitoring via X-ray imaging. The retractor may have a rigid retractor and a soft tissue retractor, where the rigid retractor has a plurality of legs and the soft tissue retractor extends between the legs to prevent soft tissue from extending between said legs. The retractor may have a bendable arm with an implement holder, such as distal cuff or clip adapted to resiliently hold an implement such as a tube of an elongated port-access device. A method involves partly installing the surgical site retractor, expanding the surgical site retractor, deploying the surgical implement from outside the body through the incision and into the patient, resiliently capturing the implement with the holder of the arm, and bending the arm to hold the implement in a desired position. |
| US10188375B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods to treat heart failure having an improved flow-control mechanism
Several unique intra-cardiac pressure vents, placement catheters, methods of placement and methods of treating heart failure are presented. The intra-cardiac pressure vents presented remain partially open under normal intra-cardiac pressures to allow sufficient flow from the left atrium to the right atrium to enable the relief of elevated left atrial pressure and resulting patient symptoms, and also limit the amount of flow from the right atrium to the left atrium by closing when the pressure in the right atrium exceeds the pressure in the left atrium by a predetermined amount. |
| US10188373B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, a flexible tube, an optic fiber, and a wire having a pre-formed curve. The flexible tube may be disposed within the housing tube wherein a distal end of the flexible tube projects out from a distal end of the housing tube. The optic fiber may be disposed within an inner bore of the handle, the housing tube, and the flexible tube. The wire may be disposed within the housing tube. |
| US10188368B2 |
Image guided intravascular therapy catheter utilizing a thin chip multiplexor
A medical device that includes an array of ultrasound elements and an integrated circuit, proximal to the ultrasound elements, having a thickness of less than 40 μm, and having an array of ultrasound element driving-and-receiving contacts, matching the array of ultrasound elements and collectively electrically connected to each of the ultrasound elements. The integrated circuit also having a set of input-output signal contacts, the set being collectively switchable into contact with any one of a set of predefined blocks of driving-and-receiving contacts, and a set of control contacts, wherein inputs received by the control contacts collectively command some aspect of chip operation. The medical device further includes a set a protective covering. |
| US10188367B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic device, ultrasound image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Ultrasound image processing method and ultrasound diagnostic device using the method, the method including: acquiring frame signals generated at different time points; generating, by using the frame signals, a first motion map composed of pixel areas each having a motion, the motion indicating an inter-frame signal change and calculated from corresponding pixel areas of the frame signals; holding a second motion map and creating a third motion map by performing a calculation using motions in the first and second motion maps; and adding emphasis to a frame signal by using the third motion map and generating an ultrasound image from the frame signal. In the method, after the calculation using motions, the third motion map is held in place of the second motion map. |
| US10188364B2 |
Radiation imaging control apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus, and storage medium storing program
To facilitate handling of an X-ray imaging system capable of selecting plural radiation imaging apparatuses, a radiation imaging control apparatus manages configuration information indicating whether a first communication unit of an X-ray imaging unit operates as a master unit or a slave unit, and transmits the configuration information to the X-ray imaging unit. The X-ray imaging unit selects whether to operate as the master unit or the slave unit according to the transmitted configuration information. |
| US10188363B2 |
Medical imaging device, tube voltage setting device, imaging control method, and recording medium storing imaging control program
A medical imaging device that includes: a press plate that presses a breast; an emitter that radiates radiation onto the breast; an acquisition section that acquires various information indicating a type of an acoustic matching member inserted between the press plate and the breast in cases in which ultrasound imaging of the breast is performed; and a setting section that sets a tube voltage of the emitter to a first tube voltage, in cases in which radiographic imaging of the breast is performed alone, and that sets the tube voltage of the emitter to a second tube voltage that is different from the first tube voltage, by employing the various information acquired by the acquisition section, in cases in which radiographic imaging and ultrasound imaging of the breast are performed consecutively with the acoustic matching member still inserted. |
| US10188361B2 |
System for synthetic display of multi-modality data
A computer-implemented method for providing a multi-modality visualization of a patient includes receiving one or more image datasets. Each image dataset corresponds to a distinct image modality. The image datasets are segmented into a plurality of anatomical objects. A list of clinical tasks associated with displaying the one or more image datasets are received. A machine learning model is used to determine visualization parameters for each anatomical object based on the list of clinical tasks. Then, a synthetic display of the image datasets is created by presenting each anatomical object according to its corresponding visualization parameters. |
| US10188359B2 |
Intra-oral sensor, cradle, and intra-oral sensing system
Disclosed are an intra-oral sensor, a cradle, and an intra-oral sensing system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an intra-oral sensor, a cradle, and an intra-oral sensing system, in which the intra-oral sensor can transmit projection data, can be charged with driving power, and can be sterilized at the same time when mounting the intra-oral sensor in the cradle, and can output the projection data including an identifier therein, thereby enabling an operator to easily recognize which part in a set of teeth is represented by image data corresponding to the projection data. |
| US10188357B2 |
Support unit, support device, and emission tomography device using support device
A support unit (200), a support device (100) and an emission tomography device using the support device (100) are provided. The support unit (200) comprises: a support body (210), in which an accommodation space (220) that penetrates through the support body is provided, comprising multiple support positions (230A, 230B) that are distributed along a circumferential direction of the accommodation space (220); and multiple fastening means (240A, 240B), connected to at least some of the multiple support positions. At least some of the multiple fastening means (240A, 240B) can move between a contraction position and an extension position along a radial direction of the accommodation space (220). The fastening means (240A, 240B) are used to fasten detectors of the emission tomography device. When the fastening means (240A, 240B) are located at the contraction position, a first detector fastening ring of a first diameter is formed, and when the fastening means (240A, 240B) are located at the extension position, a second detector fastening ring of a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter is formed. The emission tomography device using the support unit (200) can adjust at least a radial length of a detection chamber, so that a relatively large three-dimensional space angle can be obtained, thereby improving detection sensitivity. |
| US10188355B2 |
Background-suppressed, reduced field-of-view radial magnetic resonance imaging
Embodiments relate to a method and system to improve fat suppression and reduce motion and off-resonance artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by using a background-suppressed, reduced field-of-view (FOV) radial imaging. The reduction of such artifacts provides improved diagnostic image quality, higher throughput of MRI scans for the imaging center, and increased patient comfort. By using a small FOV radial acquisition that only encompasses the structures of interest, structures that cause motion artifacts, such as the anterior abdominal wall, bowel loops, or blood vessels with pulsatile flow, are excluded from the image. According to an embodiment, combining a small FOV radial acquisition with one or more background-suppression techniques minimizes the impact of artifacts caused by anatomy outside of the FOV. |
| US10188353B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring autonomic health
A system for monitoring autonomic health may include an autonomic nerve stimulation (ANS) dose delivery system and a response extractor. The response extractor may be configured to record physiological parameter values including first population data that includes evoked response (ER) values corresponding to evoked physiological responses, and second population data that includes reference values that include no effect (NE) values corresponding to times without a physiological response. The response monitor may calculate evoked response metrics (ERMs) using the first and second population data where each of the ERMs may be dependent on background autonomic activity. The response extractor may analyze the ERMs to provide ERM analysis, and provide an indication of autonomic health using the ERM analysis. |
| US10188351B2 |
Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal based authentication apparatus and method
An authentication apparatus includes one or more processors configured to temporally implement a neural network, used to extract a feature value from hidden nodes, that is connected to input nodes to which an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is input so as to share a weight set with the input nodes, and to match the ECG signal and the extracted feature value to a user for registration. |
| US10188348B2 |
Parameter upgrade system
A physiological monitor has a sensor port configured to attach and communicate with a sensor. A processor board is in communications with the sensor port and has a board digital signal processor (DSP). Firmware residing on the processor board is executable by the board DSP so as to calculate physiological parameters in response to a sensor signal received from the sensor. Upgrade tools are individually attachable to the sensor port in lieu of the sensor so as to designate to the processor board which of the physiological parameters, if any, to calculate when the sensor is attached to the sensor port. |
| US10188345B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing biofeedback during meditation exercise
A method and apparatus for providing biofeedback during a meditation exercise are disclosed. In one aspect, the wearable device includes one or more biometric sensors and a user interface. The method may involve prompting the user, via the user interface, to perform a meditation exercise, the meditation exercise being associated with a target physiological metric related to the physiology of the user. The method may involve measuring, based on output of at least one of the one or more biometric sensors, a physiological metric of the user during the meditation exercise. The method may involve determining a performance score indicating the user's performance during the meditation exercise based on comparing the measured physiological metric with the target physiological metric. The method may involve providing, via the user interface, based on the performance score, feedback information indicative of the user's performance during the meditation exercise. |
| US10188335B2 |
Plasma or serum production and removal of fluids under reduced pressure
In some embodiments, the present invention generally relates to the separation of blood within a device to form plasma or serum. In some embodiments, the present invention generally relates to the removal of fluids, such as blood, contained within a device. In one aspect, the present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for receiving blood from a subject and processing the blood to form plasma or serum. For example, a device may be applied to the skin of a subject to receive blood from the subject and pass the blood through a separation membrane, which separates the blood into plasma and a portion concentrated in blood cells. As another example, blood or plasma may be allowed to clot within the device and serum (the unclotted portion of the blood) may be withdrawn from the device. The device may contain, in some cases, a vacuum source such as a pre-packaged vacuum to facilitate receiving of blood and/or passage of the blood through the separation membrane to produce plasma or serum. In certain embodiments, plasma, serum, or other fluids may be removed from the device by inserting a needle into a portion of the device that has reduced pressure, expelling gas into the device through the needle, then receiving plasma, serum, or other fluids through the needle. |
| US10188332B2 |
Method and system for sensing glucose concentration
A system for sensing glucose concentration is provided and includes following components. A light source generates a light beam. The system may include a polarization state generator (PSG) for changing the polarization of the light beam, and then the light beam is emitted to a biological tissue. A polarization state analyzer (PSA) receives the light beam reflected from the biological tissue, and the received light beam is used to calculate Stokes vectors. A Mueller matrix is calculated according to the Stokes vectors. In some embodiments, the system includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) in which the light beam is sensed by a detector for calculating the Mueller matrix. An optical rotation angle and a depolarization index are calculated in accordance with the differential Mueller matrix formalism. The glucose concentration is calculated in accordance with the optical rotation angle and the depolarization index. |
| US10188330B1 |
Methods and systems for determining a light drive parameter limit in a physiological monitor
A physiological monitoring system may receive a sensor signal from a physiological sensor. The system may determine a parameter based on the sensor signal, for example variability of a blood oxygen saturation value or the percent modulation of a light signal. The system may determine a light drive parameter limit based on one or more parameters. For example, the system may determine a light drive current limit. The frequency of changes in the limit may be regulated using a state machine and other techniques that include hysteresis. An extant light drive parameter may be updated or changed in accordance with the light drive parameter limit and a light drive signal may be generated based on the light drive parameter. |
| US10188328B2 |
Non-invasive biolipid concentration meter, non-invasive biolipid metabolism measuring device, non-invasive method for measuring biolipid concentration, and non-invasive method for examining biolipid metabolism
The non-invasive biolipid concentration meter comprises: an irradiator (2) that emits light at a given intensity toward the inside of a living body from outside; a light intensity detector (3) that is disposed at a given distance from a position (21) irradiated with the light from the irradiator (2) and that determines the intensity of light emitted from the living body; a scattering coefficient calculator (4) that calculates the coefficient of light scattering within the living body on the basis of the light intensity determined with the light intensity detector (3); and a lipid concentration calculator (5) that calculates the lipid concentration in the living body on the basis of the coefficient of light scattering. |
| US10188326B2 |
Foldover sensors and methods for making and using them
The invention disclosed herein includes sensors having three dimensional configurations that allow expansive “360°” sensing (i.e. sensing analyte from multiple directions) in the environments in which such sensors are disposed. Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having foldable substrates adapted to produce optimized configurations of electrode elements as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes. |
| US10188325B2 |
Wearable, noninvasive glucose sensing methods and systems
New wearable systems for noninvasive glucose sensing include an ultrasound generator, an ultrasound detector and a feedback unit. Methods for noninvasive glucose sensing using a wearable device include measuring a thickness (geometrical and/or optical) of a target tissue or a time of flight of ultrasound or optical pulses in the target tissue and determining a glucose value from the thickness of the target tissue or the time of flight in the target tissue in accordance with a target tissue thickness (geometrical and/or optical) or time of flight versus glucose calibration curve. |
| US10188320B2 |
Laparoscopic tissue thickness measuring device and method of use
A laparoscopic device and method of use for measuring the thickness of tissue is disclosed. The instrument includes an elongated tubular housing, an elongated shaft, a pair of jaws, an actuating mechanism and a tissue thickness indicator. The tissue thickness indicator includes an indicator scale on the housing and a marker located on a proximal portion of the shaft. The shaft is displaceable within the housing against the bias of a spring and is coupled to the jaws to open the jaws when the shaft is moved distally by the actuating mechanism, whereupon the tissue can be located between the open jaws. The actuator mechanism can then be released, whereupon the jaws close on the interposed tissue and move the shaft in the proximal direction so that marker is disposed adjacent to the indicator scale to thereby provide a readily visible indication of the thickness of the tissue. |
| US10188317B2 |
Measuring respiratory mechanics parameters using perturbations
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of determining respiratory parameters comprises determining a ratio of pressure changes to flow changes induced in the breathing of a patient by an airflow perturbation device at each of a plurality of perturbation frequencies to form a dataset. Resistance, compliance, and inertance parameters of a model of a respiratory system are determined by comparing a predicted frequency dependence of the model to the dataset. Embodiments of the present invention further include a system and computer program product for determining respiratory parameters in substantially the same manners described above. |
| US10188309B2 |
Systems, articles, and methods for electromyography sensors
Systems, articles, and methods for surface electromyography (“EMG”) sensors that combine elements from traditional capacitive and resistive EMG sensors are described. For example, capacitive EMG sensors that are adapted to resistively couple to a user's skin are described. Resistive coupling between a sensor electrode and the user's skin is galvanically isolated from the sensor circuitry by a discrete component capacitor included downstream from the sensor electrode. The combination of a resistively coupled electrode and a discrete component capacitor provides the respective benefits of traditional resistive and capacitive (respectively) EMG sensor designs while mitigating respective drawbacks of each approach. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such capacitive EMG sensors is also described. |
| US10188307B2 |
Shielded multi-channel EEG headset systems and methods
Embodiments of a shielded sensor headset including a plurality of electrodes are generally described herein. In some embodiments a sensor headset can include electrodes, traces, and connection terminals printed on a first side of a flexible insulating substrate; and a shield plane printed on a second side of the flexible insulating substrate, the shield plane providing protection against interference. In some embodiments a sensor headset can include a first and a second assembly each having a plurality of electrodes, the first and second assemblies being configured to mate such that the electrodes comply with the 10-20 standard for EEG electrode placement. In some embodiments a sensor headset can include a dual-layer foam reservoir disposed above individual electrodes. An inner layer of the dual-layer foam reservoir can be in contact with an electrode, include a conductive gel, and form a cavity for receiving additional gel through a perforation in the electrode. |
| US10188306B2 |
Cardiac potential detection device and cardiac potential detection method
A cardiac potential detection device for detecting R-waves from an electrocardiographic waveform includes a plurality of electrodes, a detector, and a control unit. The detector detects an input voltage applied from the electrodes. The control unit identifies an R-wave based on the input voltage detected by the detector, but suspends identifying R-waves in a detection-suspension period including a period in which the input voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US10188305B2 |
Locating J-points in electrocardiogram signals
The current subject matter determines the location of the J-point in an ECG signal by examining ECG samples within a window of samples between the S-peak and the T-peak. The sample in this range with the smallest distance, Δd, to the R-peak is selected as the J-point. Thus, the J-point location can be determined based on an ECG sample's distance to the R-peak. The J-point location can then be used to determine whether there is elevation or depression of the ST segment. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US10188303B2 |
Hemodynamic monitor and method of hemodynamic monitoring
An apparatus and method for determining stroke volume. The apparatus receives an arterial pressure waveform and is arranged to correct a part of the pressure waveform that relates to a heart beat for an influence of an ectopic heart beat, of atrial fibrillation on the pressure waveform or of changes in the pressure waveform's baseline. The apparatus also comprising means arranged to calculate the stroke volume from the corrected waveform. |
| US10188302B2 |
Methods for dynamic visualization of clinical parameters over time
Featured is a method for assessing risk of a patient condition. Such a method includes providing criteria that relate predetermined parameters to each other, inputting observations into given criterion and relating observations of one or more acquired parameters, and converging the given criterion so as to provide an output representative of a patient condition. Such a method further includes translating the output into a visual form such as displaying the output on a display device. |
| US10188297B2 |
Intra-operative molecular imaging
A system for detecting tumor margins includes a topical protease-specific, fluorescence imaging probe that is activatable by enzymatic activation to produce a visually differentiated signal upon topical application to a targeted cancer cell that secretes an enzyme that activates the protease-specific, fluorescence imaging probe, an applicator for topically administering the imaging probe to the cancer cell; and an imaging device to detect activation of the imaging probe administered to the cancer cell. |
| US10188296B2 |
Wireless patient monitoring device
A device for obtaining physiological information of a medical patient and wirelessly transmitting the obtained physiological information to a wireless receiver. |
| US10188291B2 |
Device for screening convergence insufficiency and related methods
A device is for screening a person for CI and may include a binocular viewer, a display adjacent the binocular viewer, and a processor and associated memory cooperating with the display. The processor may be configured to display on the display a first visual stimulus and a second visual stimulus, cause, in alternating fashion, convergent movement and divergent movement in the first visual stimulus and the second visual stimulus along a visual stimulus path, determine respective centroid positions of the second eye and the first eye during the convergent and divergent movement of the first visual stimulus and the second visual stimulus, and calculate an IPD, and compare the IPD with the visual stimulus path to obtain a dynamic IPD, the dynamic IPD serving as an indicator for whether the person has CI. |
| US10188287B2 |
Optical measurement systems and methods with custom chromatic aberration adjustments
An optical measurement system method for measuring a characteristic of a subject's eye use a probe beam having an infrared wavelength in the infrared spectrum to measure a refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength; capture at least two different Purkinje images at two different corresponding wavelengths from at least one surface of the lens of the subject's eye; determine from the at least two different Purkinje images a value for at least one parameter of the subject's eye; use the value of the at least one parameter to determine a customized chromatic adjustment factor for the subject's eye; and correct the measured refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength with the customized chromatic adjustment factor to determine a refraction of the subject's eye at a visible wavelength in the visible spectrum. |
| US10188285B2 |
Imaging apparatus
To acquire information on sections of an object with high accuracy even if the area to be imaged with a single scan is wide. A scanning unit is configured such that an angle of linear scanning of a fundus with illuminating light is 47 degrees or greater in the air. A light-source unit 10 includes a MEMS-VCSEL 601 whose coherence length during the sweeping of the frequency of the light is 14 or longer. |
| US10188284B2 |
Tear-film sensing eye-mountable device
An eye-mountable device includes an enclosure shaped to be removably mounted over a cornea. The device also includes a tear-film sensor system, including one or more tear-film-sensitive sensors, disposed within the enclosure. The one or more tear-film-sensitive sensors are disposed to measure an impedance of a tear-film in an eye of a user and to output a signal indicative of the impedance. A controller is also disposed within the enclosure and coupled to the tear-film sensor system to receive the signal and, in response to changes in the signal, actively control circuitry disposed in the eye-mountable device. |
| US10188283B2 |
Trial Frame
The invention relates to a trial frame for determining the subjective refraction of a subject, comprising two lens holder devices for receiving lenses, a bridge, which adjustably connects the lens holder devices, a nose rest device having a pivotable and height-adjustable nose rest and two temples, which are adjustable in length and height, the trial frame comprising two polarization filter devices, the polarization filter devices having a circular or a linear polarization filter, a pivot for pivoting the circular or linear polarization filter in and out in front of the lens holder device, and a rotating device for rotating the polarization filter in front of the lens holder device, the polarization filter devices each being removably attachable to the lens holder devices. |
| US10188276B2 |
Cleaning auxiliary tool
A separator unit is a cleaning auxiliary tool to be inserted into an air/water feeding cylinder. The separator unit includes a partition plate for partitioning an air feeding conduit side and a water feeding conduit side, and two elastic members in an air/water feeding cylinder. The two elastic members are arranged at an outer circumferential side of the partition plate. When an internal pressure on the air feeding conduit side corresponds to an internal pressure on the water feeding conduit side, the elastic members are spaced apart from an inner wall of the air/water feeding cylinder by a predetermined distance, and when one of the internal pressures on the air feeding conduit and the water feeding conduit becomes higher than the other, one of the elastic members is deformed by receiving the higher internal pressure and comes in close contact with the inner wall of the air/water feeding cylinder. |
| US10188271B2 |
Assist device and endoscope system
An assist device which is applied to a treatment instrument including an insertion body to be inserted through a channel of an endoscope, and which is configured to assist movement of the insertion body relative to the channel, includes: a flexible tube including a passage into which the insertion body of the treatment instrument is inserted; a connector provided on the flexible tube and configured to connect to the endoscope to allow communication between the channel and the passage; a first retainer provided on the flexible tube and configured to hold an outer circumference of an insertion section of the endoscope or an outer circumference of an operation section connected to the insertion section; and a second retainer being movable relative to the first retainer and configured to hold the insertion body of the treatment instrument. |
| US10188267B2 |
Distal end structure of endoscope
A distal end structure of an endoscope includes: an opening of a treatment instrument insertion channel formed on a distal end of an insertion portion in the endoscope and including an opening having a long side and a short side; a first wall portion extending in a longitudinal direction so as to face the opening, at the distal end; and a second wall portion facing the first wall portion in a short side direction so as to sandwich the opening and extending in the long side direction, at the distal end, wherein a first end surface in the first wall portion and a second end surface in the second wall portion are inclined such that inclination directions in the longitudinal axis direction are opposite to each other. |
| US10188265B2 |
Flexible insertion apparatus with input device having actuator force control
An insertion apparatus includes an elongated inserting section having a curving section, an input section which is provided in an operating section, receives an arbitrary input to curve the curving section in a movable range including a first range that includes the neutral input position and a second range that has an operation amount from the neutral input position exceeding the first range, a first actuator, a detecting section, a second actuator which gives a force towards the neutral position to the input section, and a control section which operates the first actuator and the second actuator, when the input amount to the input section is in the second range, thereby giving a force to the input section so that an input amount to the input section is in the first range. |
| US10188263B2 |
Dishwasher comprising a sorption drying device
A dishwasher is provided, which has a washing container; an air-guiding channel to generate an air flow; and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed, wherein the sorption drying system has a sorption container with reversibly dehydratable sorption material. The sorption container is connected to the washing container by the air-guiding channel and the reversibly dehydratable sorption material is one of a granular solid and a granulate with an average fill density of at least 500 kg/m3. |
| US10188261B2 |
Dish washing machine
A dish washing machine having a structure allowing wash water to be evenly sprayed into a washing tub. The dish washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the dish washing machine, a washing tub arranged in the cabinet and allowing dishes to be washed therein, a dish basket arranged in the washing tub to accommodate the dishes, a spray unit to spray wash water into the washing tub, a diversion unit arranged inside a flow passage of wash water to divert the wash water sprayed from the spray unit, and a guide member coupled to one side of the diversion unit to allow the diversion unit to move within the washing tub. As the spray unit and the diversion unit are provided, a dead zone which wash water does not reach may be eliminated, and divided and intensive washing may be implemented in the washing tub. |
| US10188259B2 |
Pump and dishwasher provided with pump
A pump includes an inlet chamber for providing a space into which external water is supplied; an outlet chamber provided to be connected with the inlet chamber, guiding the water inside the inlet chamber to the outside of the inlet chamber; an impeller provided inside the outlet chamber, moving the water; a first housing fixed to the outside of the outlet chamber; a rotor rotatably provided inside the first housing; a rotation shaft provided to pass through the outlet chamber, connecting the rotor with the impeller; a magnetic field formation unit provided to surround the first housing, forming a rotating magnetic field to rotate the rotor; a friction bearing provided to pass through the outlet chamber, rotatably supporting the rotation shaft; and an outlet path for connecting the inside of the first housing with the outlet chamber. |
| US10188258B2 |
Multi-function cleaning tool
A cleaning tool includes a handle having a longitudinal axis and a cleaning device having a longitudinal axis. The cleaning device is releasably securable to the handle and is moveable between a first position where the longitudinal axis of the cleaning device is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of said handle, and a second position where the longitudinal axis of the cleaning device is arranged at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle. |
| US10188254B2 |
Autonomous planar surface cleaning robot
A planar surface cleaning system including a main body, at least one vacuum source, and a cleaning component is disclosed. The main body includes a bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion defines an outer portion defining a surface area about a perimeter thereof and an inner portion defining a cavity formed within the outer portion. The at least one vacuum source is supported by the main body and is in fluid communication with the cavity. The cleaning component covers the surface area defined on the outer portion and is removably connected to the outer portion. The planar surface cleaning system further includes a handle portion. The handle portion may be connected to the main body via a U portion. |
| US10188253B2 |
Extraction cleaner with quick empty tank
An extraction cleaner is provided with a removable recovery tank having a drain opening quick-empty valve and actuator assembly for emptying the tank. The actuator assembly may include a quick-release latch for a bottom-empty door or a drain plug for sealing the drain opening. The quick-release latch may include a button remote from the door or drain plug. |
| US10188249B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner includes: a cleaner body including a battery chamber; a motor provided in the cleaner body to provide suction force; a battery detachably mounted in the battery chamber to provide electric power to the motor; a battery cover rotatably mounted in the cleaner body to open and close the battery chamber; and a charging stand on which the cleaner body is held and which includes an opening prevention rib located on a rotation path of the battery cover in a state in which the cleaner body is held on the opening prevention rib and preventing opening of the battery cover. |
| US10188245B2 |
Toilet
A toilet inhibits an occupant from exiting the toilet. Sensors positioned on the toilet detect the application of pressure on the toilet by an occupant that is consistent with an occupant attempting to exit the toilet, and/or movements of an occupant that are consistent with an occupant attempting to exit the toilet. The sensors cause an actuator to change the angle of the toilet seat, which inhibits exiting the toilet. The toilet may also be constructed to signal an attendant when actions by an occupant are consistent with actions indicating an attempt by the occupant to exit the toilet. |
| US10188236B2 |
Machine for dispensing beverages
An infusion group to be used in a machine for dispensing beverages extracted from capsules, which group has: a capsule-holder with an infusion chamber; an infusion head, cooperating with the capsule-holder; a system for the relative movement of a capsule (C) with respect to the capsule-holder; a capsule retaining device of the capsule during the relative motion between capsule and capsule-holder, having a first and a second vertical oblong element for retaining a capsule projecting upper edge, wherein the first retaining element retains the capsule while it enters the infusion chamber and the second retaining element retains the used capsule while it is extracted from the infusion chamber two control arms, determining that the relative motion between capsule and capsule-holder is carried out in a coordinated manner with the relative position between capsule-holder and infusion head. |
| US10188233B2 |
Articulating stand for brooms and similarly handled implements
An articulating stand for brooms and similarly handled implements, the stand includes first and second clipping portions. The first clipping portion and second clipping portion hold an elongated handle of the implement under tension sufficient to prevent the handle from sliding. The first clipping portion is angled relative to the second clipping portion, such that it releases the handle when the second clipping portion engages the handle and vice versa. A panel for engaging a standing surface on which the articulating stand and an implement rests is provided below the second clipping portion and includes a wide bottom edge with opposing ends, forming a tripod with the implement. The panel is in substantially linear arrangement with the second clip, such that the panel is adjacent the handle with the second clipping portion engaging the handle, and not adjacent the handle when the first clipping portion engages the handle. |
| US10188230B2 |
Wireless drink container for monitoring hydration
A wireless drink container can monitor a person's hydration and prompt him or her to drink more if appropriate. The drink containers as described herein can monitor liquid levels and communicate with external devices about the liquid levels and rate of consumption. One or more sensors in the drink container monitor the liquid level within the container. A processor coupled to the sensor(s) estimates how much liquid has been removed from the container from changes in the liquid level and transmits a signal representing the change in liquid level to a smartphone or other external device. It also triggers an audio or visual indicator, such as an LED, that prompts the user to drink more based on the user's estimated liquid consumption and on the user's liquid consumption goals, which may be based on the user's physiology, activity level, and location. |
| US10188227B2 |
Vase article with imitative ceramic effect
An imitation ceramic vase manufactured by a method which includes the following steps. (1) Applying a primer layer material on a vase made by a non-ceramic material, and letting the primer layer material to dry. (2) Applying at least one layer of first middle layer material on the primer layer material on the non-ceramic material vase. (3) Applying at least a layer of second middle layer material on the first middle layer material, and letting the second middle layer material to dry, the second middle layer material having a color which is different from that of the first middle later material. (4) Applying a surface layer material on at least one of the first middle layer material and the second middle layer material, and letting the surface layer material to dry. The surface layer material is a polyurethane imitating porcelain surface coating or an ultraviolet imitating porcelain surface coating. |
| US10188226B2 |
Modular counter services dispensing system
A food services accessories and consumable user products dispensing system that includes a number of interchangeable modules that selectively cooperate with interchangeable and connectable mount devices. In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the material containers and/or mounting structures include an aesthetic overlay for manipulating the appearance of the dispensing system and/or configuring the dispensing system to better correlate to the aesthetic appearance of the environment. |
| US10188225B2 |
Adjustable scanner mounting assembly and method
Assemblies and methods for adjustably mounting scanners in scale/scanner devices, and scale/scanner devices employing such assemblies. |
| US10188224B2 |
Refrigerated case with a self-contained condensate removal system and leak detection
A preferred embodiment utilizes the waste heat from a refrigerant cycle to aid in the removal of condensate from a refrigerated case used primarily by grocery stores. Certain embodiments use a heating element to boil off condensate or a pump to remove the condensate. Another embodiment utilizes a wicking element and a shroud that directs hot air from the condenser through the wick thereby increasing the condensate evaporation rate. Yet another embodiment utilizes the hot gas tube from the refrigeration system routed through the bottom of the condensate tray to pre-heat the condensate to accelerate evaporation. Alternative embodiments combine certain features to create even more efficient system such as a heating element used with the wick system or the hot gas system used with the wick system. In some embodiments, a mold and mildew inhibitor is added to the condensate to maintain cleanliness. |
| US10188212B2 |
Blow molded resin furniture having a stabilizing box structure
The invention involves a system and method for constructing lawn furniture. The system includes box type beam members as well as a large box structure supported above a ground surface. The box structure provides rigidity and stability to the furniture while also functioning as storage space. The components are formed to ship in a dissembled compact state and snap together with minimal use of fasteners and tools. |
| US10188209B2 |
Securing device for detachably securing a front panel on a drawer
A securing device for detachably securing a front panel on a drawer, in particular on a drawer side wall, includes at least one furniture fitting that can be pre-mounted on the front panel, and a catch device assigned to the drawer. During the sliding in of the furniture fitting, the catch device automatically holds the same, and the catch device has a movable catch element. The securing device further includes a locking device that prevents an unintended release of the furniture fitting from the securing device, and the locking device has a movable locking element which is separate from the catch element, and which is positioned on the pre-mountable furniture fitting in a locked position. |
| US10188197B2 |
Backpack with extractable ballistic protection packages
Equipment (1) having a personal protection system. The equipment (1) is envisaged to be carried on a user's shoulders undercovered. To this end, the equipment has a backpack (2) containing a front ballistic package (10) mounted in a first compartment (6) of the backpack (2) with capability of being pulled out therefrom. The front ballistic package (10) comprises a pull-out grip (12) at a first end (14) and at a second end (16), two connecting members (18) connected to the backpack (2), and allowing the passage of the user's head during the extraction thereof. Furthermore, according to the invention there are provided compacting means (20) that cause that upon pulling out the front ballistic package (10) for protecting the user the first compartment (6) can modify the size thereof from an expanded to a compacted size notably reducing its size. |
| US10188196B2 |
Back pack with rain cover
A back pack with a rain cover is disclosed. The back pack comprises a front side facing away from a user and a back side facing towards the user when the back pack is carried. The back pack comprises a water proof base portion provided at the lower end of the back pack. The water proof base portion comprises at least an upwardly extending portion extending in a predetermined area on the front side of the back pack in a height direction of the back pack. The rain cover is adapted to cover only a part of the front side in a mounted state in such a way that at least portions of the back pack other than the water proof base portion are covered. |
| US10188195B2 |
Decorative wipers for cosmetic containers
Decorative wiper having a first end and a second end. The first end, which is adapted to be placed at the opening or upper end of a cosmetic bottle, has an opening with a decorative design. The second end, which is adapted to sit farther within the cosmetic bottle, has a narrowed opening in a manner typical of cosmetic wipers to a generally circular profile. Between the first end and the second end is a lumen or passage through which the cosmetic applicator may pass. The second end serves to wipe away excess product, in a manner similar to conventional wipers. The first end provides an aesthetically pleasing, or brand-defining useful, design. Between the two ends the interior walls of the wiper define the lumen or passage by tapering outward from the first end wiper to the second end. |
| US10188194B2 |
Twisted cosmetic brush
A cosmetic brush that includes a plurality of polymer bristles that extend from a polymer core in a radial direction, wherein at least a portion of the core is twisted and bristles in the twisted portion are arranged in one or more columns disposed in one or more spiral paths that extend along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of the core is presented. |
| US10188192B2 |
Apparatus and methods for modifying keratinous surfaces
An apparatus for treating human skin that has an applicator head having one or more applicator nozzles which may be in a array. The apparatus further has a reservoir comprising a treatment composition, a sensor, and a CPU. The sensor takes an image of at least 10 μm2 of skin, the CPU analyzes the image to calculate one or more localized L values of individual pixels or group of pixels of the skin. Then the CPU compares the local L value to a predetermined background L value to identify skin deviations. A skin deviation occurs where the difference between the background L value and the local L value is greater than a predetermined ΔLS value. |
| US10188188B2 |
Headband with a 360-degree elastic outside portion joined with a 360-degree velvet inside lining
A headband is provided that includes an elastic outside and an inside lining. A top portion of the elastic outside forms the outside of the headband and has an elasticity. A bottom portion of the inside lining forms the inside of the headband and has an elasticity. Both the elastic outside and the inside lining are connected to make the headband a 360-degree elastic headband. At least the bottom portion of the inside lining includes a velvet material that forms a gripping portion. The elastic outside and the inside lining provide an elastic headband. |
| US10188187B1 |
Purse protecting apparatus and associated use thereof
A combined purse and security fastener includes a purse including a storage section and a flexible shoulder strap affixed thereto, and a security fastener slidably coupled to the purse. Such a security fastener includes a flexible chain and a shoulder pad adjustably engaged with the flexible chain. Advantageously, the flexible chain is looped through the flexible shoulder strap and interlinked therewith such that the flexible chain rests along a first axis during use and the flexible shoulder strap rests along a second axis during use. Notably, the first axis intersects the second axis such that the flexible chain overlaps the flexible shoulder strap. |
| US10188185B2 |
Suitcase
A suitcase includes a main body, a removable compartment, at least one first main fastening unit, at least one second main fastening unit and a plurality of fastening rings. The main body includes a containing groove. The removable compartment is movably located in the containing groove, and the removable compartment includes a base layer, a covering layer, at least one hole and an inner opening unit. The covering layer covers the base layer. The at least one hole is located in the base layer. The inner opening unit is movably connected to the covering layer, and the inner opening unit is used for allowing the covering layer to be opened or closed; when the covering layer is opened, the base layer will be exposed to the outside. The at least one first main fastening unit is located in the containing groove. |
| US10188184B2 |
Folding suitcase
A folding suitcase includes a back case component, a front lid component, a peripheral side wall component, and a fold-resisting component. An accommodating space formed by the peripheral side wall component, the back case component and the front lid component is for being covered selectively. The peripheral side wall component has multiple first sidewall parts, multiple second sidewall parts and multiple bending parts connected to the multiple sidewall parts and the multiple second sidewall parts. The multiple bending parts are bendable to allow the multiple first sidewall parts and the multiple second sidewall parts to be folded oppositely or erected on the back case component. The fold-resisting component is elastic and includes a combined part and an extension part. The combined part is disposed at the multiple first sidewall parts. The extension part is detachably disposed at the multiple bending parts for selectively supporting the peripheral side wall component. |
| US10188183B1 |
Ambulatory aid
An ambulatory aid, such as a walking cane, including an elongate shaft, a handle at a first, upper end of the shaft, and a foot piece at a second, lower end of the shaft opposite the first end. The cane shaft can be adjustable at a top end, middle, a bottom end, or any combination thereof. The top of the cane shaft is aligned at a more posterior angle then the bottom of the shaft. The handle of the cane is elongated and extends posterior and anterior to the shaft. In a particular embodiment, a posterior portion of the handle is longer, and optionally larger in surface area than an anterior portion of the handle such that the handle is configured so that when the person's hand is gripping the handle, the handle will be offset over the shaft. |
| US10188180B2 |
Slider for slide fastener
There is provided a slide fastener slider. A slider body has an upper blade and a lower blade connected by a guide post at front end sides thereof, and a pull tab attached to a pull tab attachment portion formed on the upper blade. The pull tab attachment portion has a pair of right and left first members protruding from the upper surface of the upper blade, and a second member connecting the pair of the right and left first members. The first members have a base portion and a wall portion arranged to extend from the base portion toward at least one of front and rear sides thereof. The pull tab has a string-shaped member and the string-shaped member is attached to the pull tab attachment portion. |
| US10188176B2 |
Clasp for securing flexible bands
A clasp is configured to permanently interlock around a flexible strip of material and includes first and second interlocking members. Each interlocking member includes two hooks and two recesses. Each of the hooks of the first side are arranged to engage and interlock with one of the recesses of the second side and each of the hooks of the second side are arranged to interlock with one of the recesses of the first side, so as to prevent movement between the interlocking members when interlocked. |
| US10188170B2 |
Signaling sole for shoes, shoe provided with said sole and kit comprising at least one of said sole
The present invention regards a sole for shoes including an upper surface, in use facing the user, a lower surface, in use facing the ground or the resting surface, and a thickness, wherein the thickness corresponds to a distance between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the sole includes at least one signaling means. Such at least one signaling means includes at least one vibrating motor, capable of vibrating inside such sole and/or at least one light device and the sole includes means for receiving-processing a control signal (sc) intended, in use, to receive and process such control signal (sc) and to emit in reply an activation-deactivation signal (S) towards such at least one signaling means. |
| US10188169B2 |
Sensor for an article of footwear
An article of footwear or an article of apparel can include provisions for facilitating the use of a sensor device and protecting the sensor device from external particles or fluid. The sensor device can include a conduit for moving air through the sensor device from one portion of the sensor device to another portion of the sensor device. An elastic membrane can be attached to an opening formed in the sensor device. The elastic membrane can deform in response to changes in air pressure within the sensor device. |
| US10188168B2 |
Shock-absorbent junction apparatus and facemask system
The present disclosure is directed to a shock-absorbent junction between the facemask and the helmet of a user, thus minimizing the likelihood of neck and cranial injury by maximizing impact energy absorption. The shock-absorbent junction including a first plate, a resilient material, and a second plate. Due to the possible geometrical symmetry of this embodiment, it is possible that the facemask be adapted in order to be attached to the first plate while the helmet would be adapted to the second plate. |
| US10188163B2 |
Double-layer trim piece
A knit or woven article of unitary construction for forming a double-layer trim piece is provided. The article includes a first zone having a first set of apertures, a second zone having a second set of apertures, and a third zone interposed between the first zone and the second zone. |
| US10188158B2 |
Wetsuits with hydrodynamic interlocking and kinesiologic features
A wetsuit for aquatic activities may include a wetsuit material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The wetsuit comprises one or more sipes on the first surface that extend from an upper portion of a chest region of the wetsuit to a lateral portion of the chest region of the wetsuit. |
| US10188155B2 |
Garment comprising a module with a removable electronic display, fastened to the garment through supple magnetic means
The garment comprises a supple-sheet support (100) including a cut-out (102) formed in an apparent region. The electronic module (200) is a flat module arranged on the inner side of the support, which comprises a flexible circuit supporting electronic components and a display (206). The support (100) comprises, around the cut-out and the surface thereof opposite to the panel, a peripheral band carrying a first magnetization pattern with ranges magnetized alternatively with a given magnetic polarity and with a reverse magnetic polarity. The module (200) includes at the periphery (204) thereof a frame of similar dimensions carrying a second reverse magnetization pattern, conjugated with respect to the first magnetization pattern, when the module and the support are arranged opposite to each other in the overlapping peripheral region. |
| US10188153B1 |
Garment system for interchangeable covers for garment straps
A bra strap cover system is disclosed. The system includes a bra including at least one shoulder strap and a decorative bra strap cover. The shoulder strap of the bra includes a plurality of fasteners attached to its upper surface. The underside of the bra strap cover includes a plurality fasteners attached thereto. The bra strap cover is configured to be removably attached to the bra strap such that the bra strap cover substantially covers and overlies the upper surface of the shoulder strap. |
| US10188151B2 |
Infant swaddling
Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch. |
| US10188150B2 |
Infant swaddling
Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch. |
| US10188148B2 |
Electronic nicotine delivery system
A system to generate a vapor from a liquid includes an electric heater and an elongate wick. The electric heater defines an interior void having an inner surface and a plurality of apertures, and it is formed of an electrically resistive material contained within a heat diffusing material. The elongate wick is formed of a durable elongate structure having a plurality of liquid-conducting features on the outer surface. At least a portion of the liquid-conducting features of the elongate wick proximate the first end engage at least a portion of the one inner surface of the electric heater and are capable of conducting a the liquid from a source proximate the second end of the wick along the outer surface of the elongate wick to the electric heater. |
| US10188141B2 |
Method and apparatus for incorporating objects into cigarette filters
Cigarette filter rods having individual objects positioned at predetermined intervals therein are prepared by transferring the individual objects from a rotating horizontal pan to a rotating vertical wheel and then depositing the object into a web of filter tow. Each object is positioned within the moving web of tow. The web filter material and the objects positioned within the web are introduced into a rod-forming unit wherein the rod is formed. The rate of feed of the filter tow, the rate of rotation of the horizontal pan and the vertical wheel are controlled relative to one another such that objects are positioned at predetermined intervals along the rod. Cigarette filter elements having well controlled amounts of flavorant contained therein can be made from the rods. |
| US10188139B2 |
Additives for tobacco cut filler
Tobacco smoking mixtures capable of producing tobacco smoke are provided which reduce the cytotoxicity and/or mutagenicity of the tobacco smoke. The tobacco smoking mixtures include tobacco cut filler and glycerin in an amount effective to reduce cytotoxicity and/or mutagenicity of smoke produced by the tobacco smoking mixture. The tobacco smoking mixtures enable a further reduction in cytotoxicity and/or mutagenicity when glycerin is combined with palladium or salts of calcium and/or magnesium. |
| US10188137B2 |
Process for producing flavorants and related materials
A process for producing flavorants made or derived from tobacco or, more generally, made or derived from any biomass derived from any one or more species of genus Nicotiana, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco, is provided. Provided are flavorants obtained or derived from plants or portions of plants from the Nicotiana species, such as from one or more flowers from one or more Nicotiana species, and products comprising one or more such flavorants. |
| US10188134B2 |
Authenticated encryption support in DASH based segmented streaming media distribution
A server apparatus supporting authenticated encryption in a network, comprising a receiver configured to receive an unencrypted segment, a processor configured to selecting an encryption key, an initialization vector, and an additional authentication data (AAD), encrypt the segment, configuring the segment for transfer in a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH) media, assign a segment number to the encrypted segment, append an authentication tag to the encrypted segment, store the encrypted segment with the appended authentication tag, and update a Media Presentation Description (MPD) associated with the encrypted segment with the appended authentication tag, wherein the MPD comprises an @aadBase attribute with an AAD base value, wherein the AAD value is the sum of the segment number and the @aadBase attribute value, and a transmitter configured to transmit the encrypted segment with the appended authentication tag to a destination. |
| US10188131B2 |
Hydrocolloids coprocessed with cellulosic fibers when being sheared into highly refined cellulose
An improved method refines cellulose to produce a highly refined cellulosic material in combination with a hydrocolloid. The method comprises soaking raw material from primarily parenchymal cell wall structures in an aqueous solution which need not contain an agent to modify the fiber (e.g., a mild alkalizing or alkaline agent and/or solution) using reduced temperatures and pressures, and refining the material with a plate refiner so that a waste water stream is reduced in volume. The mass of fiber is combined with a hydrocolloid and the combined mass is then sheared is dried to produce the Highly Refined Cellulose in an intimately associated or bound structure with the hydrocolloid. The highly refined fiber/hydrocolloid product can also provide excellent thickening properties to a degree unexpected from simple additive effects of the materials. The unique methodology in the combining of the ingredients surprisingly affects the final properties of the combined materials. |
| US10188130B2 |
EDTA—free mayonnaise for the production thereof
An EDTA-free mayonnaise having excellent oil oxidation stability can be prepared by incorporating an effective amount of reduced grape juice in combination with a source of acetic acid and egg protein. The invention relates to a method of preparing an EDTA-free mayonnaise, said method comprising incorporating into the mayonnaise reduced grape juice in an amount providing 5-2,000 μg gallic acid equivalents per milliliter of aqueous phase; a source of acetic acid in an amount providing 0.2-15% acetic acid by weight of the continuous aqueous phase; and egg protein in an amount of 0.02-4% by weight of the mayonnaise. |
| US10188129B2 |
Methods for reducing oil and/or fat uptake of fried foods
An edible composition comprising starch and cellulose ether particles, wherein at least 10 volume percent of the cellulose ether particles have a particle length LEFI of less than 40 micrometers, is useful for preparing a batter by mixing the edible composition with water. The batter is contacted with a food to prepare a battered food. The battered foods have a reduced oil and/or fat uptake when fried, as compared to fried non-battered food. |
| US10188121B2 |
Bacteriophage treatment for reducing and preventing bacterial contamination
A system and method for reducing or preventing bacterial contamination in food includes application of a bacteriophage treatment to any type of food product at any stage of processing the food product. The bacteriophage treatment may also be applied to non-food surfaces and water systems, which may be susceptible to bacterial contamination and subsequent spread of bacteria. The bacteriophage treatment comprises at least one bacteriophage in a concentration sufficient to reduce or prevent bacterial contamination from pathogenic bacteria and/or spoilage bacteria. In some embodiments, the bacteriophage is able to reduce or eliminate bacteria introduced to a food product after the bacteriophage treatment was applied to the food product. In some embodiments, the bacteriophage treatment includes a buffering agent to maintain the bacteriophage at a pH level that sustains the bacteriophage. In some embodiments, the bacteriophage treatment includes a surfactant and/or a thickener to aid in applying the bacteriophage. Additional adjuvants and enhancers may be used in some embodiments to stabilize the bacteriophage or enhance its performance as an antibacterial agent. |
| US10188118B2 |
Cutter for manufacturing three-dimensional noodles
The noodle cutter is installed on a common noodle making apparatus. The noodle cutter enables the noodle making apparatus to manufacture noodles which have various three-dimensional shapes, and various sizes. Accordingly, a person can hold the noodles in the three-dimensional shape more easily with chopsticks. The noodles cut by the noodle cutter have embossed surfaces, thereby providing unique shapes that stimulate appetite, differentiated texture, and further enhancing the flavor of noodles. The noodle cutter comprises: rotation shafts (10,11) arranged in parallel with each other and driven by a motor; a first roller (20) and a second roller (21) provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shafts (10, 11) in the form of a cylinder and driven to rotate in close contact with each other; and a molding groove (30) depressed inwardly along the outer peripheral surface of the first roller (20) and the second roller (21). |
| US10188117B2 |
Noodle string treatment apparatus and treatment method
To provide a noodle string treatment apparatus and treatment method capable of manufacturing instant noodles that are short noodle strings. The noodle string treatment apparatus of the present invention has: a cutting device having a rotary blade and cutting a batch of noodle strings into a predetermined length; and a control device for controlling a blade edge peripheral speed of the rotary blade, wherein the control device changes the blade edge peripheral speed of the rotary blade during rotation thereof. |
| US10188116B1 |
Method of synthesizing Doum nanoparticles
Doum nanoparticles can be synthesized by drying Doum fruit, reducing the dried Doum fruit to a powder or flour, and subjecting the powder to acid hydrolysis or alcohol hydrolysis to provide Doum nanoparticles. The Doum nanoparticles can be used as a food preservative. When compared to bulk Doum particles, the Doum nanoparticles can provide substantially increased antibacterial activity. |
| US10188112B2 |
Personal cleansing compositions containing zinc amino acid/trimethylglycine halide
Provided is a personal cleansing composition for application to the skin which comprises a zinc X halide present in an amount to provide at least 0.36 weight % of the composition of zinc, and a surfactant, wherein X is an amino acid or trimethylglycine. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided. The zinc X halide is can be used to deliver zinc salts to reduce or prevent sunburn, kill bacteria, or reduce perspiration. |
| US10188108B2 |
Fused bicyclic heterocycle derivatives as pesticides
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, Q and n have the meanings given above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation. |
| US10188103B2 |
Antimicrobial coating fabrication method and structure
An antimicrobial coating fabrication method includes providing a substrate having a substrate surface, providing at least one first antimicrobial material in at least one first pattern on the substrate surface and providing at least one second antimicrobial material on the substrate surface in at least one second pattern disposed in generally adjacent relationship with respect to the at least one first pattern of the first antimicrobial material. An antimicrobial structure is also disclosed. |
| US10188102B2 |
Low foam surfactant composition and methods of making the same
There is provided herein a low foam surfactant composition comprising: (a) di-trisiloxane alkoxylate component of the general formula (I): (R1R2R3SiO)2(R4)Si—R5—Si(R6)(OSiR7R8R9)2 (I); and, (b) mono-trisiloxane alkoxylate component of the general formula (II): (R12R13R14SiO)2Si(R15)R16 (II) wherein di-trisiloxane alkoxylate (I) is soluble in mono-trisiloxane alkoxylate and methods of making the same. |
| US10188097B2 |
Medical device intended for the long-term storage of a cornea, or for ex vivo experimentation on a human or animal cornea
A device for the storage of a corneal specimen has means for the reception and entrapment of a corneal specimen, connected to the means for the creation of a pressure gradient with overpressure on the endothelial side and to the preservation medium circulation means in the layouts that present the means for the reception and entrapment of the cornea specimen. The means for the reception and entrapment of the corneal specimen entrap the sclera ciliary zone surrounding the cornea in an airtight manner to delimit a separate endothelial chamber and epithelial chamber in which the preservation medium can circulate with an overpressure in the endothelial chamber; The intermediate component and the endothelial lid comprise inlet and outlet orifices for the preservation medium which are connected to the means for the circulation of the preservation medium and the creation of a pressure gradient between the endothelial chamber and the epithelial chamber with overpressure in the endothelial chamber. |
| US10188093B2 |
Active electrostatic wildlife guard for electrical power distribution equipment
Provided is an apparatus for wildlife deterrence on a high voltage conductor. The apparatus includes an electrical insulator including an electrically insulating material without a conductive material. The electrical insulator includes a first surface, a second surface that is opposite the first surface, a first edge that is between the first surface and the second surface, an intersection between the first edge and the first and second surfaces defining outer edges of the first and second surfaces, respectively, and a second edge that is opposite the first edge and that is between the first surface and the second surface, an intersection between the second edge and the first and second surfaces defining interior edges of the first and second surfaces, respectively. The apparatus further includes an electrical conductor that is arranged on the first surface of the electrical insulator and is spaced apart from the second edge. |
| US10188088B2 |
Fish strike indicating apparatus, system and method for use with an ice fishing tip-up
An apparatus, system and method for providing an indication or notification to a fishermen when a fish strikes an ice fishing tip-up is disclosed. The apparatus provides a wireless signal indicative of a fish strike. The system and method include and utilize an application operatively running on a mobile device and configured to receive the fish strike indicating signal. |
| US10188085B2 |
System and methodology for culturing cochineal insects on an artificial medium
A method is provided for culturing cochineal insects. In accordance with the method, a medium is created (101-109) from a mixture comprising a plant or cactus additive and a polymeric material. The medium is then inoculated (111) with a species selected from the group consisting of the genus Dactylopius. |
| US10188082B2 |
Methods for increasing genetic progress in a line or breed of swine using sex-selected sperm cells
The invention relates to methods of increasing the genetic progress of a line, breed or herd of swine through the use of sex-selected sperm cells in artificial insemination techniques. The invention also encompasses methods of artificially inseminating a swine via deep intrauterine catheter or via a laparoscopic procedure, which allow the use of reduced doses of sex-selected sperm cells. |
| US10188081B1 |
Port and perch insert for a bird feeder
There is provided a port and perch insert for fitting into an aperture through a wall of a container of a birdfeeder. The port and perch insert comprises a port (34), a perch (32), and a snap fit element which flexes to snap over an edge of the aperture and retain the port and perch insert to the container (12). The snap fit element comprises: a protrusion which snaps over the edge of the aperture to engage against an inside surface of the container; a flexible root portion which connects the snap fit element to a main body of the port and perch insert, and a paddle portion (56) which is pushable from outside the container once the port and perch insert has been fitted to the container, to allow the port and perch insert to be removed from the container. |
| US10188075B1 |
Soybean variety 5PKDS07
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKDS07 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKDS07, cells from soybean variety 5PKDS07, plants of soybean 5PKDS07, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKDS07. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKDS07 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKDS07, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKDS07, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKDS07. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKDS07 are further provided. |
| US10188070B2 |
Soybean cultivar CL1460155
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1460155 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1460155 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1460155 in a breeding program. |
| US10188068B1 |
Maize hybrid X08M612
A novel maize variety designated X08M612 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08M612 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08M612 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08M612, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08M612 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08M612 and methods of using maize variety X08M612 are disclosed. |
| US10188067B1 |
Maize hybrid X08M611
A novel maize variety designated X08M611 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08M611 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08M611 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08M611, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08M611 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08M611 and methods of using maize variety X08M611 are disclosed. |
| US10188064B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH246236
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH246236. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH246236, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH246236 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 CH246236. |
| US10188059B1 |
Soybean variety 5PUWT62
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PUWT62. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PUWT62. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PUWT62 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PUWT62 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10188056B2 |
Hybrid tomato variety 72-762 RZ
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-762 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-762 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-762 RZ. |
| US10188049B1 |
Customized crop modeling
A crop modeling system includes an irrigation system and a user input device coupled to the irrigation system. The irrigation system and the user input device are configured to communicate with a processor and non-transitory memory storing executable instructions. The executable instructions are configured to cause the processor to open a crop modeling graphical user interface for a geospatial location of a field associated with the irrigation system, move a crop graphical user interface element to a mapped location on the crop modeling graphical user interface responsive to one or more user inputs received via the user input device, generate an in-season crop model by applying the one or more user inputs to the crop model via the moving of the crop graphical user interface element, and generate one or more control signals based on the in-season crop model. |
| US10188046B2 |
Spectrum optimization for artificial illumination
The present invention relates to a method for artificial illumination of a plant, wherein the illumination of the plant is controlled based on the amount of light being reflected from the plant. The invention also relates to a corresponding illumination system, use of the illumination system and a computer program product. |
| US10188045B1 |
Apparatus, system and method for eradicating soil-borne pests using variable controlled electric current
An apparatus, method and system for eradicating soil-borne pests in soil utilizing leading and trailing rows of shanks, a source of electricity and a mechanism to determine the condition of the soil being treated. The leading row has ripper shanks that open a path through the soil and the trailing row has specially configured electrically conductive stinger shanks, connected to the source of electricity, that discharge electricity into the soil to electrocute pests. The soil condition determination mechanism comprises one or more soil probes in a probe row disposed between the leading and trailing rows. The soil probe reads the condition of the soil in the path cut by the ripper shanks and transmits a signal to a voltage controller that is connected to the source of electricity to adjust the output thereof to the stinger shanks to automatically compensate for changing soil conditions to effectively and efficiently eradicate pests. |
| US10188042B2 |
Round baler with bale wrapper
A round baler with a bale wrapper is described wherein the bale wrapper includes a bale wrapping unit rotating about a vertical axis of rotation and having rotation arms which extend parallel to the axis of rotation and which support reels of wrapping material guided within an action region of the bale wrapping unit extending transversely and longitudinally to the axis of rotation, wherein a delimiting rod linkage is arranged on the round baler or on the bale wrapper and extends at the back of the round baler and is capable of pivoting from an upper position into a lower position and vice versa, and with which in the lower position an area of the action region of the bale wrapping unit placed at the back of the round baler is demarcated horizontally. |
| US10188040B2 |
Hay rake wheel anti-clogging system
A hay rake wheel anti-clogging system for preventing clogging of the tines of a hay rake wheel during use includes a hay rake wheel coupled to a vehicle. The hay rake wheel has a plurality of tines extending from a hub. The tines are rotated for raking. A mount is coupled to the vehicle proximate to the hay rake wheel. An elongated rod is coupled to and extends from the mount adjacent to the hay rake wheel such that the rod contacts the tines as the tines are urged towards the rod by movement of the vehicle in a manner rotating the hay rake wheel. |
| US10188038B2 |
Quick attach corn reel assembly
A corn reel assembly that allows for quick connection and detachment from a corn reel is provided. The corn reel finger assembly may be quickly assembled and disassembled without the need for tools so that corn reel fingers may be connected or detached from mounts connected to a corn reel axle in the field. By allowing for rapid connection and disconnection of corn reel fingers from mounts, the corn reel fingers may be utilized only in those portions of the field requiring it. Enabling for the elongated fingers of the corn reel finger assembly to be detached from a mount attached to the corn reel axle without requiring disconnection of the mount from the corn reel axle also allows for more compact storage, as well as replacement of individual fingers if damaged, as opposed to replacement of an entire assembly. In some embodiments, adjustments to the particular angle of the fingers relative to the corn stalks being harvested can also be quickly made in the field. |
| US10188034B2 |
Material guide for a straw hood of an agricultural vehicle
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis; a crop processing mechanism carried by the chassis and configured to separate crop material and discharge crop residue therefrom; and a residue handling system that receives separated crop material and discharged crop residue from the crop processing mechanism. The residue handling system includes at least one spreader device defining a spreader exit; a windrow exit; a straw door selectively positionable between a first position and a second position, the straw door directed toward the spreader exit in the first position and directed toward the windrow exit in the second position; and a flexible guide associated with the straw door and having a shape that deforms when the straw door switches between the first position and the second position. |
| US10188022B2 |
Rotating lift system and method
A lift system and method for transporting agricultural implements. The lift system includes a pair of lower linkage arms, an upper link, and at least four carriage wheels for transporting the lift system along carriage guide rails of a trailer frame. A load lift assembly is mounted on the trailer and is movable between lowered, loading position, a raised position, and a transport position. It is capable of connecting to a load having a three-point hitch. A gas strut may optionally be equipped to aid in the lifting process. A telescoping light bar may be included to increase safety while in transport. |
| US10188021B2 |
Path planning system for autonomous off-road vehicles
A swath tracking system for an off-road vehicle includes a control system with a processor and a memory. The control system is configured to receive a plurality of vehicle location points and a current vehicle state, wherein the current vehicle state comprises a current vehicle location, generate a planned vehicle path through one or more of the plurality of vehicle location points, generate a correction path from the current vehicle location to a point along the planned vehicle path ahead of the current vehicle location along a direction of travel, generate a blended path by blending the planned vehicle path and the correction path based at least in part on an assigned weight, wherein the assigned weight is based at least in part on a heading error, a distance between the current vehicle location and the planned path, or a combination thereof, and guide the off-road vehicle along the blended path. |
| US10194570B2 |
Mounter and method for inspecting suction posture of electronic component using mounter
A mounter is provided with a head unit with a suction nozzle capable of picking up an electronic component that transfers the electronic component to a specified position, an imaging device that images the pickup orientation of the electronic component, a component data acquiring device that acquires the size of the electronic component, an image processing section that image processes the captured image, and an image processing pattern selecting section. The image processing pattern selecting section, based on the size of the electronic component, is able to select one image processing range and one image processing accuracy from multiple predetermined image processing ranges and multiple predetermined printing accuracies, and, as the size of the electronic component acquired from the component data acquiring section becomes smaller, selects a smaller image processing range and a more accurate image processing accuracy from the multiple image processing ranges and multiple image processing accuracies. |
| US10194565B2 |
Electromagnetic interference shielding apparatus
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding apparatus includes a cage structure having an opening at a first end and a second end opposite to first end. The cage structure is configured to contain one or more electrical components that emit electromagnetic energy and a connector for the one or more electrical components. The first end is configured to receive a pluggable module that is to connect to the one or more electrical components. The EMI shielding apparatus further includes a filler assembly disposed in the opening. The filler assembly is biased to close the opening of the cage structure when a pluggable module is not inserted/plugged in the opening. |
| US10194564B2 |
Back to back electronic display assembly
The exemplary embodiments herein comprise a back to back electronic display assembly having a first display assembly positioned back to back with a second display assembly. A plenum is preferably positioned in between the first and second display assemblies with a first gap defined between the plenum and the first display assembly and a second gap defined between the plenum and the second display assembly. A fan is preferably positioned to force air through the first and second gaps. A plenum fan may be used to circulate air around the plenum. Preferably, the second display assembly can move relative to the first display assembly to provide access to the interior of the plenum. |
| US10194561B2 |
Exfoliated graphite materials and composite materials and devices for thermal management
Exfoliated graphite materials, and composite materials including exfoliated graphite, having enhanced through-plane thermal conductivity can be used in thermal management applications and devices. Methods for making such materials and devices involve processing exfoliated graphite materials such as flexible graphite to orient or re-orient the graphite flakes in one or more regions of the material. |
| US10194559B2 |
Electronic apparatus and cooling system for electronic apparatus
In a cooling system for electronic apparatuses, the electronic apparatus includes inner partitioning walls disposed in a cooling tank with an open space, defined by a bottom wall and side walls for dividing the open space into arrayed storage sections. An electronic apparatus is stored in the storage section. Inflow openings for the cooling liquid are formed in a bottom portion or a side surface of the respective storage sections, and outflow openings are formed at a position near the liquid surface of the cooling liquid flowing in the respective storage sections. The electronic apparatus includes a first board having a first surface on which at least one processor is mounted, and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second board having the third surface that faces the second surface of the first board, and a flow channel formed as a gap between the second and third surface. |
| US10194558B2 |
Game controller and secure enclosure for an electronic gaming machine
Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to operating an electronic gaming machine to generate a wager-based game. A game control unit including a secure enclosure are provided. The secure enclosure is divided into two compartments. The first compartment securely contains the game control unit, which includes a game controller used to generate the wager-based game and heat dissipation units. The second compartment includes two fans and is accessed by an easily removable magnetically attached cover. The fans and heat dissipation units provide cooling for electrical components associated with the game controller. The fans can be maintained and replaced without compromising the security of the game controller. This feature reduces costs associated with maintaining the electronic gaming machine. |
| US10194553B1 |
Selectively installable and removable auxiliary wiring device for I/O module
A modular I/O device includes a terminal base with a terminal block that includes a plurality of wiring connectors. An auxiliary wiring device includes a plurality of auxiliary wiring connectors and is selectively physically connectable to the terminal base in an operative position and selectively physically removable from the terminal base. The terminal block includes a receiver and the auxiliary wiring device includes a body including at least one mounting tab that projects outwardly from the body and that is located in the receiver. The receiver includes a projecting lip about which the auxiliary wiring device is pivotable relative to the receiver on a pivot axis. The terminal base includes at least one catch and the auxiliary wiring device further includes at least one latch arm that is adapted to engage the catch when the auxiliary wiring device is physically connected to said terminal base in its operative position. |
| US10194552B1 |
Die cast enclosure with integral spring contact
An enclosure for holding a printed circuit board includes a housing portion of metal containing at least about 90% magnesium and formed by a semi-solid metal casting process of thixomolding, and including a wall defining an opening to form a spring arm including a tabular portion and a contact pad. The spring arm may be deflected from the wall to provide a contact pressure biasing the first contact pad in physical and electrical contact with the printed circuit board and to provide an electrical grounding connection therebetween. Alternative embodiments are also provided with the spring arm transverse to the wall and with a two spring arms on opposite sides of the printed circuit board. A method of forming a housing portion of an enclosure for holding a printed circuit board is also provided, and which includes steps of thixomolding magnesium to form the housing portion including a spring arm. |
| US10194549B2 |
Accessory apparatus, system, and method for supporting hierarchical connection
A system and a method for supporting a hierarchical connection of an accessory apparatus to a terminal and other accessory apparatuses are provided. The accessory apparatus includes a terminal connection interface connecting to a terminal, at least one connection interface connecting at least one other accessory apparatus, and an apparatus controller setting and controlling the terminal to identify a resistance value corresponding to a particular accessory apparatus according to whether the at least one other accessory apparatus is connected. |
| US10194548B2 |
Electronic control device
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control unit whereby the quantity of a seal material to be used can be reduced, while ensuring waterproof performance. This electronic control device is provided with: a housing, wherein a plurality of members are bonded, and a peripheral end portion thereof is configured from a plurality of sides; a circuit board housed in the housing; and seal structures that are disposed along the sides at the peripheral end portion. A seal material is provided to the seal structures such that the members are connected to each other. The seal structures disposed on one side of the peripheral end portion are configured such that each of seal cross sectional areas at end portions of the side is smaller than a seal cross sectional area at a center portion of the side. |
| US10194547B2 |
Electronic product metal shell with an antenna groove and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides an electronic product metal shell with an antenna groove and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic product metal shell includes a metal layer, a hard anodic oxidation layer, a step recess, an antenna groove and a non-conductive material filled in the antenna groove. The metal layer may have a first surface and a second surface. The hard anodic oxidation layer may be coated on the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer. The step recess may be formed through the hard anodic oxidation layer on the first surface of the metal layer and partially into the metal layer. The antenna groove may be formed within the step recess extending through the metal layer to expose an inner side of the hard anodic oxidation layer on the second surface of the metal layer. |
| US10194546B2 |
Display device and stand
A display device includes a display unit provided with a display screen on a front side, and a stand that supports the display unit from below. The stand includes a base that supports the display unit at a rear side of the display unit and extends in a lateral width direction of the display unit, and a pair of legs that supports both longitudinal ends of the base from below respectively and extends across a lower edge of the display unit in a front-rear direction. |
| US10194545B2 |
Protecting medical operator devices
A shock protective frame, a foil envelope, and a protective envelope are provided as protection devices for an operator device having a touchscreen and configured to operate a medical apparatus. Appropriate protection of the operator device is provided according to combinations of the protection devices. |
| US10194542B2 |
Display device having display panel and a case that covers an edge of the display panel
Provided is a display device which may include a display panel having a long side in a first direction, a short side in a second direction, and a thickness in a third direction, a back cabinet disposed in the rear of the display panel, and a case that covers an edge of a front surface of the display panel. The case may include a horizontal case that covers an edge of the front surface of the display panel on a long side of the display panel and a vertical case covering an edge of the front surface of the display panel on a short side of the display panel. The horizontal case and the vertical case may be coupled to each other in a region corresponding to a corner of the display panel, and the horizontal case and the vertical case may be formed of different materials. |
| US10194537B2 |
Minimizing printed circuit board warpage
A printed circuit board and method of manufacturing same, the printed circuit board comprising a stack of layers. The stack of layers being comprised of alternating circuit layers and insulating layers that are laminated together. The stack of layers includes an area with resin cured to a degree. The area has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is dependent, at least in part, on the degree of curing of the resin. |
| US10194535B1 |
Capacitor assembly adapted for circuit board
A capacitor assembly is providing for adapting a replacement capacitor to an existing circuit board layout. The capacitor assembly has an adapter with a plate and the replacement capacitor affixed thereto, and the adapter has terminals which are connected to the leads of the replacement capacitor. The adapter further has leads, such as pins, extending downward from the plate, to electrically connect the capacitor assembly to the circuit board. |
| US10194534B2 |
Printed wiring board, electronic device, catheter, and metallic material
Provided herein is a printed wiring board that can desirably dissipate the heat of a heat-generating component. The printed wiring board includes one or more wires, and one or more heat-generating components. The one or more wires include a rolled copper foil, either partly or as a whole. The one or more heat-generating components and the one or more wires are directly or indirectly connected to each other. |
| US10194533B2 |
Methods of laser trace post processing and depaneling of assembled printed circuit boards
A method for processing a PCBa panel to individualize the PCBa's on the PCBa panel and depanel the PCBa panel in substantially one step is described. The PCBa panel initially comprises a number of PCBa's having components and traces common to a number of different product SKUs. During processing, the PCBa panel is loaded into a machine containing a first and second laser. The first laser severs extra traces on each PCBa to individualize the PCBa's for specific SKUs and the second laser cuts the links between each PCBa, thereby depaneling the PCBa panel. |
| US10194530B2 |
Microelectronic system including printed circuit board having improved power/ground ball pad array
A microelectronic system includes a base and a semiconductor package mounted on the base. The base includes an internal conductive layer and a build-up layer on the internal conductive layer. The build-up layer includes a top conductive layer. A plurality of microvias is disposed in the build-up layer to electrically connect the top conductive layer with the internal conductive layer. A power/ground ball pad array is disposed in the top conductive layer. The power/ground ball pad array includes power ball pads and ground ball pads arranged in an array with a fixed ball pad pitch P, and the power/ground ball pad array includes a 4-ball pad unit area comprised of only one ground ball pad and three power ball pads, or comprised of only one power ball pad and three ground ball pads. The 4-ball pad unit area has a rectangular shape and a dimension of about 2P×2P. |
| US10194529B2 |
Partial metal fill for preventing extreme-low-k dielectric delamination
A partial metal fill is provided within the footprint of an ultra-thick-metal (UTM) conductor on a dielectric layer to strengthen the dielectric layer to inhibit delamination of the UTM conductor without inducing significant electrical coupling between the UTM conductor and the partial metal fill. |
| US10194523B2 |
Circuit assembly, electrical junction box, and manufacturing method for circuit assembly
A circuit assembly includes a circuit board having an insulating board in which a conductive path is formed on an insulating plate and a plurality of busbars that are bonded to one side of the insulating board, an insulating layer that is printed to the plurality of busbars so as to couple adjacent ones of the plurality of busbars to each other, a heat dissipation member on which the insulating layer is placed and which is configured to dissipate heat conducted from the insulating layer, a fixing member that is configured to fix the circuit board and the heat dissipation member to each other in a state in which the insulating layer is sandwiched between the heat dissipation member and the plurality of busbars. |
| US10194521B2 |
Heat dissipation apparatus and electronic device including the same
A heat dissipation apparatus and electronic device including the same are provided. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a battery area, a heat generation body including a shield can and a PCB on which heat generating components are mounted, an internal support structure disposed adjacent to the heat generation body, and a coil FPCB attached between the internal support structure and the shield can, wherein the internal support structure includes an air volume space configured to block conduction of high-temperature heat produced by the heat generation body and cause thermal radiation and convection. |
| US10194517B2 |
Plasma arc cutting system, consumables and operational methods
The invention features methods and apparatuses for liquid cooling a plasma arc torch. An electrode is provided including a body having a longitudinal axis defining a first end, a second end, and a middle portion. The electrode includes a first sealing element disposed on an exterior of the body near the first end; a second sealing element disposed on the exterior of the body located in the middle portion, the second sealing element configured to provide a first gas seal to a swirl gas chamber and defining a portion of the swirl gas chamber; and a third sealing element disposed on the exterior of the body, the third sealing element located between the second sealing element and the second end, the third sealing element configured to provide a second gas seal to the swirl gas chamber and defining a portion of the swirl gas chamber. |
| US10194512B2 |
Network light switch with mechanical/electrical interface port
A network device for controlling an electric light or other remote electrical device. In addition to features found in standard light switches, such as cover plates, housings, switching elements, and internal wiring, the network device may include a cover plate with embedded cover circuitry for performing advanced functions unavailable to standard light switches. Functions performed by the cover circuitry include advanced electrical communication, data processing, user interfacing, sensing, displaying, rule creation, and the like. The cover circuitry may receive electric power via a set of contact elements located on the wall-facing side of the cover plate that electrically couple with a similar set of contact elements located on the room-facing side of the housing. The coupling of contact elements may form a set of buses that enable data communication between the cover circuitry and circuitry within the housing. |
| US10194508B2 |
System and method for powering and controlling an LED lighting network having one LED per port and controller not connected to internet
The present invention relates to a system, method, and apparatus for powering intelligent lighting networks. The power for the intelligent lighting network is supplied by Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switches and/or Mid-Spans, which are conditioned by a powered device to distribute power tuned specifically for each, at least one light emitting diode (LED) fixture. The Power-over-Ethernet switch and/or Mid-Span with associated router and wireless access point is used to communicate with and power a sensor network that collects data relevant to the intelligent lighting network. Optionally, the Power-over-Ethernet switch and/or Mid-Span is used to communicate with and power a network of sensors that collects data relevant to the space the intelligent lighting network is operating in or is used to communicate with and power a network of AC wall plugs that is turned on and off and various switches, relays, and PLCs, RFID systems, USB hubs, etc. |
| US10194504B2 |
Lighting system
A lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes at least one light-emitting diode and a monitoring output, and a fault signal is present at the monitoring output in the event of a defect of the light-emitting diode during operation of the lighting system. The lighting system also includes a switch for switching a connection between a current source and the light-emitting diode. The lighting system further includes a comparator which is coupled with the monitoring output and the switch. The current source is disconnected from the light-emitting diode in an activated state of the switch, and the comparator is configured to switch the switch into the activated state when the fault signal is present at the monitoring output. |
| US10194503B2 |
Composite light source systems and methods
A composite light source includes a plurality of illumination panels, that emit light of a fixed color and a variable luminous intensity. Over time, the luminous intensities of at least two of the illumination panels vary, while a combined luminous intensity of the illumination panels remains about constant. Another composite light source includes a plurality of illumination panels that emit light. Each illumination panel of at least a first subset of the plurality of illumination panels emits the light with a first luminous intensity, and each illumination panel of at least a second subset of the plurality of illumination panels emits the light with a second luminous intensity that is different from the first luminous intensity. |
| US10194502B2 |
Keypad interface for programming a load control system
A control device for power delivered to electrical loads in a load control system via respective load control devices may comprise a programming user interface for programming the operation of the load control system. The control device may be configured to select one or more load control devices in response to successive actuations of a programming button of the programming interface. The control device may be configured to controllably illuminate visual indicators of the programming interface to indicate which of the load control devices is selected in response to successive actuations of the programming button. The control device may transmit programming information to the load control devices. The programming information may determine which of the load control devices are responsive to a digital message transmitted on the digital communication link. |
| US10194501B2 |
Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source
A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load is able to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode. The load control device may comprise a control circuit that activates an inverter circuit during active state periods and deactivates the inverter circuit during inactive state periods. The control circuit may operate in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the electrical load to be above a minimum rated current. The control circuit may operate in the burst mode to adjust the average magnitude of the load current to be below the minimum rated current. The control circuit may adjust the average magnitude of the load current by adjusting the length of the inactive state periods while holding the length of the active state periods constant. |
| US10194499B2 |
Lighting device
A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same. |
| US10194495B2 |
Method for addressing misalignment of LEDs on a printed circuit board
LEDs for an illumination system may be mounted on a PCB. The PCB may be provided with alignment features such as oversized holes for connection to a support surface. Using optical sensing of the position of the mounted LEDs, the space made available by the alignment features may be reduced and aligned to create modified alignment features. The modified alignment features may be created by adding a modifying component and aligned based on the sensed positions of the mounted LEDs. The positioning of the modifying component may offset misalignment of the LEDs with the PCB. An opening in the modified alignment feature may receive a bolt or alignment pin for connection to the support surface. The support surface may be aligned with the secondary optics, resulting in the LEDs being aligned with the secondary optics irrespective of misalignment of the LEDs with respect to the PCB. |
| US10194491B2 |
Induction heat generation roller device
The present disclosure, for the prevention of a possible degradation of an induction coil in insulating performance by preventing condensate formation on an induction coil, provides a device that is configured to include a roller main body, an induction heat generator provided in the roller main body and having the induction coil for heating the roller main body inductively, a cooling mechanism configured to introduce a coolant mist into a clearance portion between the roller main body and the induction heat generator for cooling the roller main body, an AC voltage application part configured to apply AC voltage to the induction coil, and a DC voltage application part configured to apply DC voltage to the induction coil. |
| US10194490B2 |
Wired glazing and a process for manufacture thereof
A wired glazing is disclosed comprising a ply of interlayer material, having a first busbar and an auxiliary busbar and heating wires between them. An adhesive layer is arranged between the first busbar and the ply of interlayer material. An auxiliary adhesive layer is arranged where an edge of the auxiliary busbar extends beyond an edge of the first busbar. The auxiliary adhesive layer bonds the auxiliary busbar to the ply of interlayer material. A corresponding process for manufacturing a wired glazing is disclosed. |
| US10194485B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated dispatch of mobile devices in a communication system
A method and apparatus for automated dispatch of mobile devices is provided herein. An infrastructure controller device receives one of an alert and request for a response with respect to an associated location and identifies a first set of mobile devices for responding to the one of the alert and request. The device transmits a first dispatch request to each mobile device in the first set requesting dispatch to the associated location. The device subsequently identifies a higher priority mobile device for responding to the one of the alert and request relative to a lower priority mobile device. Responsive to this identification, the device transmits a second dispatch request to the higher priority mobile device requesting dispatch to the associated location, and further transmits a recall notice to the lower priority mobile device withdrawing the first dispatch request to the lower priority mobile device. |
| US10194483B2 |
Method for releasing a sidelink radio bearer for D2D communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for releasing a sidelink radio bearer for D2D communication system, the method comprising: determining, by the UE, whether a peer UE releases a sidelink radio bearer or not, wherein the UE transmits data to a peer UE over the sidelink radio bearer; generating, by the UE, a release request for the sidelink radio bearer identified by a targetID, a sourceID, and a LCID, when the UE determines the peer UE releases the sidelink radio bearer; and transmitting, to the peer UE, the release request for the sidelink radio bearer with the targetID, the sourceID, and the LCID associated with the sidelink radio bearer to be released. |
| US10194477B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a device using bluetooth technology
Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for a control device to control a first device by using Bluetooth LE (Low Energy). The present invention provides a method and an apparatus comprising receiving from the first device an advertising message for searching for the first device, transmitting a connection request message for establishing a Bluetooth LE connection to the first device, transmitting to the first device a first read request message requesting first characteristic information related to at least one first service for which the first device operates as a client role, receiving a first read response message including the characteristic information, and controlling a connection with a second device operating as a server role based on the characteristic information. |
| US10194471B2 |
Data transmission method, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, including: receiving, by second UE, a first message sent by first UE or a base station, where the first message includes relay request information; sending, by the second UE, a second message to the base station according to the first message, where the second message includes information indicating that the second UE requests to act as relay UE for data transmission between the first UE and the base station; and receiving, by the second UE, a third message sent by the base station, where the third message instructs the second UE to act as the relay UE. |
| US10194467B2 |
Listen-before-talk in uplink multiuser MIMO systems
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to a mechanism at a radio access node(s) and a User Equipment (UE) that enable the UE to decide whether the UE can use a wireless channel for data transmission even when the UE senses the wireless channel as being busy during a listening phase of a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the UE comprises performing a LBT procedure for an observed channel where a result of the LBT procedure being that the observed channel is busy and deciding to override the LBT procedure based on knowledge that the observed channel is busy due to transmission by a compatible UE and transmitting on the observed channel even though the result of the LBT procedure is that the observed channel is busy upon deciding to override the LBT procedure. |
| US10194466B2 |
Sharing channel access across multiple radio access networks
Management of shared transmission resources is disclosed for multiple radio access networks (RANs) sharing access to a finite number of transmission slots. Multiple permutations of slot assignments are configured in which each competing network is assigned a specific slot in each permutation. The sequence of permutations provides a fair distribution of spectrum access by the competing networks, such that in each permutation of the permutation sequence, networks assigned to lower priority slots may be assigned to higher priority slots in later permutations. |
| US10194465B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing user terminal selection operation and beam forming operation in wireless communication system supporting MIMO technology
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 a long term evolution (LTE). A method of transmitting feedback information by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) scheme is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a transmitting apparatus, an antenna group identifier (ID) of one or more antenna groups used by the transmitting apparatus and feedback information including information related to channel quality which the receiving apparatus is capable of acquiring if the one or more antenna groups are used, wherein each of the antenna groups includes one or more antennas. |
| US10194459B2 |
Method of transmitting and receiving message for communication between UEs in wireless communication system and apparatus using method
Disclosed is a method of transmitting and receiving a message for a communication between UEs in a wireless communication system and an apparatus using the method. Specifically, in a method of relaying a V2X message by a first UE (User Equipment) in a wireless communication system supporting V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication, the method may comprise steps of receiving the V2X message from a second UE, calculating a resource usage rate of a direct link between UEs, determining a relay scheme of the V2X message, by comparing the calculated resource usage rate and a predetermined threshold, and transferring the V2X message to a third UE based on the determined relay scheme. |
| US10194448B2 |
Telecommunications networks
A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to control interaction of the terminals with the radio access network; and a core (2030) including a store of policy information comprising group policy data (2210) applicable to a group of the terminals and individual policy data applicable to respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with each of the terminals an indicator of the group policy data applicable to each of the terminals and the individual policy data applicable to each of the terminals. |
| US10194446B2 |
Techniques and apparatuses for concurrent resource usage for WWAN and WLAN
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether to configure the UE for a first type of resource sharing or a second type of resource sharing between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, wherein one or more UE resources are configured for use with the first RAT. The UE may reconfigure the one or more UE resources for use with the second RAT based at least in part on determining whether to configure the UE for the first type of resource sharing or the second type of resource sharing. |
| US10194444B2 |
Indexing resources for transmission of acknowledgement signals in multi-cell TDD communication systems
Methods and apparatus are described for a User Equipment (UE) to determine a set of resources available for transmitting an acknowledgement signal in an UpLink (UL) Component Carrier (CC) in response to reception of multiple DownLink (DL) Scheduling Assignments (SAs) transmitted from a base station with each DL SA being associated with a respective DL CC. The UL CC and a first DL CC establish a communication link when the UE is configured for communication over a single UL CC and a single DL CC. |
| US10194439B2 |
Subframe configuration in a wireless device and wireless network
A base station transmits at least one message comprising one or more first parameters identifying one or more subframes as a listen-before-talk (LBT) subframe. The base station performs an LBT procedure in a subframe in the one or more subframe. A burst is transmitted when the LBT procedure indicates a clear channel. The burst is configurable to start in the subframe if the subframe is identified as an LBT subframe. |
| US10194435B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting discovery signal for device-to-device direct communication in wireless communication system
Disclosed is a method for performing, by a device, device-to-device direct communication in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting a device-to-device direct communication signal via a first resource block having a resource structure for device-to-device direct communication at a first point in time; and transmitting the device-to-device direct communication signal via a second resource block having a resource structure for the device-to-device direct communication at a second point in time, wherein the first resource block and the second resource block are defined by a time unit index and a resource unit index, respectively, and wherein the time unit index of the second resource block is determined on the basis of the resource unit index of the first resource block index, and the resource unit index of the second resource block is determined on the basis of the time unit index of the first resource block index. |
| US10194432B2 |
Signal transmissions in one or more subframes in a wireless network
A wireless device receives downlink control information comprising: an allocation of resource blocks for transmission of uplink data in a first subframe of licensed assisted access (LAA) cell; an index indicating a starting position for the uplink data in the first subframe; and a field indicating an ending symbol for the uplink data. The wireless device transmits the uplink data on the LAA cell, starting at the starting position in the first subframe and ending at the ending symbol. |
| US10194430B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system
A method for transmitting control information, performed by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the method includes generating, by the UE, uplink control information (UCI); and transmitting, by the UE to a base station, the UCI through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a subframe, wherein, when the subframe is configured for transmission of a scheduling request (SR) and when transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) coincides with the subframe, transmission power of the PUCCH is determined based on a payload size of both the HARQ-ACK and the SR. |
| US10194429B2 |
Mobile station apparatus that controls an uplink transmission, and a method for controlling an uplink transmission
In a mobile station that performs communication with a base station device via a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group constituted by cells having an uplink transmission timing that is the same as that of one primary cell and a second group constituted by one or more cells having an uplink transmission timing that is different from that of the primary cell. The uplink transmission timings are each managed using a corresponding transmission timing timer for each of the groups. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the first group has expired, the mobile station stops all uplink transmissions in the plurality of cells. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the second group has expired, the mobile station stops uplink transmissions in the cells constituting the second group for which the transmission timing timer has expired. |
| US10194428B2 |
Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method
Repetitions of a control signal across a plurality of first subframes and a data signal allocated to a resource indicated by the control signal are received. Repetition of a response signal for the data signal across a plurality of second subframes is performed, and a transmission signal is generated by multiplying the response signals in the second subframes by, among a plurality of first sequences orthogonal to one another, components of one of the first sequences which is associated with the first subframes, respectively. |
| US10194427B2 |
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting a clear to transmit (CTX) message to two or more stations, the CTX indicating an uplink transmission opportunity, the CTX message further comprising a request that the two or more stations concurrently transmit uplink data at a specific time. The method further includes receiving a plurality of uplink data from at least two stations at the specific time. |
| US10194424B2 |
Techniques for managing resources for uplink transmissions in a shared radio frequency spectrum band
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes identifying a first interval for an uplink transmission in a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a second interval for the uplink transmission; comparing the first interval with the second interval; and determining uplink resources to use for the uplink transmission based at least in part on the comparison of the first interval with the second interval. A second method includes transmitting one or more assignments of uplink resources to use for an uplink transmission in a shared radio frequency spectrum band; detecting a duration of the uplink transmission; and identifying uplink resources used for the uplink transmission based at least in part on the detecting. |
| US10194418B2 |
Determination and presentation of customized notifications
Coaching notifications can be determined based on current user fitness data and historical user fitness data. The coaching notifications may include information that encourages or otherwise coaches users towards established fitness goals. To this end, the timing for presenting along with the substance of the coaching notifications can be customized to the users. |
| US10194415B2 |
Systems and methods for providing location specific content and notifications utilizing beacons and drones
Venue information is stored, the venue information including a first location portion of the venue and a second location portion of the venue. An actual presence of a location sensing mobile device is identified within the venue, the actual presence identified based on beacon signals received from a beacon associated with the first location portion of the venue. A first drone associated with the first location portion of the venue is selected based on the actual presence. First sensor data is received from the first drone. A virtual presence of the location sensing mobile device is received, the virtual presence being different from the actual presence. A second drone associated with the second location portion of the venue is selected based on the virtual presence. Second sensor data is received from the second drone. The first and second sensor data is transmitted to the location sensing mobile device. |
| US10194412B2 |
Uplink synchronization method and terminal
An uplink synchronization method and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is as follows: a supporting terminal sends the reference signal by using a access identifier of a benefited terminal, and receives a adjustment value of synchronization information of the supporting terminal, so that uplink synchronization is implemented. The supporting terminal does not need to access a network, and therefore interference caused by the supporting terminal to another terminal and the benefited terminal on an access device side is avoided, and a preamble signal resource is reduced. |
| US10194411B2 |
User equipment and synchronization methods for device to device (D2D) communication
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods for device-to-device (D2D) communication are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may determine a network reference timing based on a reception of a primary synchronization signal (PSS) from an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The UE may transmit a primary device-to-device synchronization signal (PD2DSS) to a second UE according to the determined network reference timing. The PD2DSS may be configured to enable synchronization for a device-to-device (D2D) communication session between the UE and the second UE. In some embodiments, the PD2DSS may be based on multiple PD2DSS symbol sequences, which may be different than PSS symbol sequences used for the PSS. In some embodiments, different Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequences may be used for the PD2DSS and for the PSS. |
| US10194406B2 |
Multi-carrier power headroom in a wireless network
A wireless device receives message(s) comprising parameters indicating whether simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH transmission is configured for a primary cell and for a PUCCH SCell. The wireless device transmits a power headroom (PH) report. If the PUCCH SCell is activated, the PH report comprises a first Type 2 PH field for the primary cell and a second Type 2 PH field for the PUCCH SCell. Otherwise, if simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH transmission is configured for the primary cell, the PH report comprises the first Type 2 PH field for the primary cell and no PH field for the PUCCH SCell. |
| US10194405B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring power headroom information in mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation
A method and apparatus for configuring Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) efficiently in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation are provided. The method includes generating a header including a LCID for identifying extended PHR and L indicating a length of the extended PHR, and inserting Power Headrooms (PHs) of multiple activated carriers into the extended PHR of one of the carriers. |
| US10194404B2 |
Transmission control apparatus and transmission control method
A transmission control apparatus determines a group of terminal devices that are destinations to which signals are simultaneously transmitted out of a plurality of terminal devices. The transmission control apparatus includes a processor that executes a process including: calculating received power vectors corresponding to received power of the respective terminal devices; determining, based on an inner product between a received power vector of a first terminal device that is determined to belong to the group of terminal devices already and a received power vector of a second terminal device that is a candidate to be newly added to the group of terminal devices, whether to add the second terminal device to the group of terminal devices; and generating transmission signals to be transmitted to a group of terminal devices that are determined in accordance with determination at the determining. |
| US10194403B2 |
Apparatus and methods for signal reception based on network load estimations
Methods and apparatus for correcting quantization errors in signal reception based on estimated network loading including solutions for preserving cellular network performance in low noise, high interference environments. In one embodiment, a data channel is amplified with respect to other signals based on network load during periods of relatively low network utilization. Dynamic modification of the data channel's power level is configured to overcome quantization errors, rather than the true noise floor (which is insignificant in low noise environments). Such solutions provide both the fidelity necessary to enable high degrees of unwanted signaling rejection, while still preserving data channel quality. |
| US10194401B2 |
Method of terminal transmitting sounding reference signal on the basis of aperiodic sounding reference signal triggering and method for controlling uplink transmission power to transmit aperiodic sounding reference signal
The method of the terminal transmitting the SRS on the basis of the aperiodic SRS triggering according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information from the base station; receiving an aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator from the base station; selecting the specific aperiodic SRS configuration information among the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information on the basis of at least one among a sub-frame index for receiving the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator, a time relation between the aperiodic SRS transmission sub-frames, and an uplink channel state; and transmitting an aperiodic SRS for the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator on the basis of the selected aperiodic SRS configuration information, the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information including the information about a resource for transmitting the aperiodic SRS corresponding to the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator. In addition, according to the present invention, the terminal can be used for receiving a power offset value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS from the base station and determining a transmission power value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS. |
| US10194399B2 |
Adjusting small cell transmit power according to load and transmit power of other small cells
A method for adjusting transmission power of a small cell, a system for adjusting transmission power of a small cell, and a small cell include acquiring transmission power of other small cells when downlink data needs to be transmitted; and adjusting transmission power for transmitting the downlink data according to a load state of the small cell and the transmission power of the other small cells. |
| US10194394B2 |
Integration of wake up radio with existing power save protocol
Embodiments of a low-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR) are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a wireless device is set to a first state or a second state, wherein in the first state the wireless device is configured to receive wake-up (WU) packets, and wherein in the second state the wireless device is configured to not receive WU packets, wherein the wireless device comprises a WLAN radio and a low-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR). In some embodiments, the wireless device is configured to receive a wake-up packet, turn on the WLAN radio and turn off the LP-WUR. In some embodiments, the wireless device is configured to turn off the WLAN radio and turn on the LP-WUR for power conservation. In some embodiments, the wireless device turns off the WLAN radio and turns off the LP-WUR, and can periodically turn on the LP-WUR radio for extreme power saving. |
| US10194393B2 |
Mobile radio communications device, network device and method for employing power saving mode
The invention provides for mobile radio communications device (10) for operation within a mobile radio communications network and arranged to employ one of a plurality of possible power saving modes, and arranged to send non-access stratum or access stratum signalling (14) to the network including an indication of at least one of the said plurality of possible power saving modes, and responsive to which indication the network (12) is arranged to return confirmation (16) of the power saving mode to be employed by the mobile radio communications device (10), the mobile radio communications device (10) further being arranged to receive the said confirmation (16) and to initiate operation of the confirmed power-saving mode (26; 38; 44). |
| US10194392B2 |
Terminal device, wireless device wirelessly communicating with the same, and wireless communication system including the terminal device and wireless device
When a terminal device initiates a wireless communication when it has not established a wireless link between itself and another wireless device, it transmits, as a management frames in active scanning, a plurality of activation probe requests having frame lengths representing an identifier of a wireless base station to which connection is being made and which is intended to transition from sleep mode to operating mode. Then, the wireless base station receives the plurality of activation probe requests transmitted by the terminal device as management frames in active scanning in a wireless LAN, and, when a plurality of dummy network identifiers detected based on the received plurality of activation probe requests represent the identifier of its own, transitions from sleep mode to operating mode. |
| US10194391B2 |
Triggered target wake time operation
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, an apparatus may be configured to transmit a first message that includes a first trigger field to a second wireless device. The first trigger field may indicate whether the first message includes a request for a trigger message to be sent by the second wireless device at a start of a TWT service period. The apparatus may be configured to receive a second message from the second wireless device. The second message may include a second trigger field based on the first message, and the second trigger field may indicate whether the second wireless device will transmit the trigger message at the start of the TWT service period. |
| US10194390B2 |
Energy efficient communication for data asset transfers
A portable recording device may use a low-energy transceiver to communicate with a computing device in order to activate a high-energy communication connection with the computing device for exchanging data. The portable recording device may initially broadcast a device identifier of the portable recording device via the low-energy transceiver. The portable recording device may then connect to a computing device via a high-energy communication connection that is formed using a high-energy transceiver of the portable recording device. The computing device may be triggered to initiate a formation of the high-energy communication connection with the portable recording device by the device identifier broadcasted using the low-energy transceiver. Subsequently, the portable recording device may send data files to the computing device via the high-energy communication connection. The data files may include a data asset that is captured by the portable recording device or metadata for the data asset. |
| US10194389B2 |
Data processing device, data processing method, and program for sampling rate control of sensors
There is provided a data processing apparatus including a first processor configured to acquire sensor data from at least one sensor, wherein the first processor provides the acquired sensor data and a cycle information to a second processor, and wherein the cycle information includes information indicating a sampling cycle corresponding to a timing at which the sensor data is acquired. |
| US10194388B2 |
Method and apparatus to enable low power synchronization for large bandwidth wireless LAN systems
In a packet-based communication system, a transmitter and a receiver implement low power synchronization techniques. The transmitter transmits a packet that includes a two-part preamble. A first part of the two-part preamble is transmitted at a first reduced bandwidth that is smaller than a second bandwidth of the channel, and at least one of a second part of the two-part preamble and another portion of the packet is transmitted at the second bandwidth of the channel. The receiver includes an interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including multiple sub-ADCs. The receiver turns on a first subset of the multiple sub-ADCs during an idle listening period, and turns on a second subset of the multiple sub-ADCs upon detection of a completion of the first part of the two-part preamble, wherein the first subset of the multiple sub-ADCs is less than the second subset of the multiple sub-ADCs. |
| US10194382B2 |
Auto-discovery of amenities
Automated discovery of amenities. In an embodiment, when a mobile device is inactive, the mobile device is used to automatically scan an environment, using a radio system, in order to identify one or more access points within the environment. The one or more access points are then automatically scouted by attempting to connect to and traverse each access point, to determine and record a status of each access point. |
| US10194378B2 |
Access port queuing and resource management
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, at the one or more wireless access points and from a first device, a request to connect to a first network through a wireless network managed by the one or more wireless access points, wherein the one or more wireless access points is controlling access to the first network through a plurality of ports; determining each port in the plurality of ports is connected to a respective device, each respective device being allowed to access the first network through the respective port; and adding the first device to a queue, wherein the queue includes at least a second device that was added prior to the first device, where devices in the queue are not allowed to access the first network while in the queue. |
| US10194377B2 |
Network device and data backhaul implementation system and method
Embodiments of the present invention provide a network device and a data backhaul implementation system and method, which can implement centralized and dynamic allocation of backhaul resources in a network and improve a data backhaul capacity of the entire network. The method includes: obtaining, according to channel state information, a backhaul request of a second network device, and residual backhaul capability information of a third network device, backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, where the backhaul control information includes backhaul network topology control information and physical resource allocation information; and sending the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information. |
| US10194375B2 |
System and method for controlling network signaling loads in a wireless network
Network signaling loads are controlled in a wireless network by monitoring traffic patterns at an access point and determining that the access point is a high turnover access point. A high turnover access point is determined based on an average time devices spend in a coverage area of the access point being below a threshold level. Beacon and/or probe response messages are generated that identify the access point as a high turnover access point. In addition, a turnover activity value may be generated for the access point and included in the beacon and/or response messages. A mobile device may determine whether to authenticate and associate with the access point based on the turnover activity value. |
| US10194371B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method of communication apparatus
A communication apparatus includes one or more computers, with each computer having a memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to obtain status information which indicates whether a relay function of a first apparatus, different from the communication apparatus, which uses a first wireless communication method is valid or not, using a second wireless communication method, and to request, using the second wireless communication method, the first apparatus to start the relay function, in a case where the obtained status information indicates that the relay function is valid. In addition, data for communicating with a second apparatus, different from the communication apparatus, connected via the first apparatus is communicated with the first apparatus using the first wireless communication method, in a case where the first apparatus is requested to start the relay function. |
| US10194369B2 |
Routing data packets in wireless networks with directional transmissions
An apparatus and method for communicating via a routing protocol in a wireless network having directional transmission capabilities. Reliable peer stations are identified using Beamforming (BF) training feedback metrics. Routing discovery messages are transmitted by unicast to reliable peer stations, with neighborhood discovery lists disseminated among peer stations in a unicast mode. From the above information, routing tables are constructed with best routing between a source and a destination station, wherein messages can be routed using said routing table from a source peer station, through intermediate peer stations, to a destination peer station. In addition, other embodiments are described, including a simplified two-hop routing apparatus and method. |
| US10194361B2 |
Apparatus system and method of cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN. |
| US10194360B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN. |
| US10194354B1 |
Availability based network selection
A control element of a first wireless communication network, such as a mobility management entity, determines that a wireless device is being served by a second wireless communication network. The control element also receives an indicator associated with the availability of a base station in the first wireless communication network to serve the wireless device. Based on the indicator, the control element initiates a handover of the wireless device from the second wireless communication network to the first wireless communication network. The control element may also initiates a handover of the wireless device based on the indicator and based on a signal strength reported by the wireless device. |
| US10194347B2 |
Method for managing overload in a mobile communication network
A mobile communication network (MCN) and method for managing (overload in) an MCN having a radio access network and core network connected to the radio access network, wherein a plurality of user devices in form of non-MTC user devices like mobile phones and MTC user devices is connected to base station(s) of the radio access network, includes: a) detecting a presence of a network overload in the MCN, b) generating an overload report according to the detected network overload comprising one or more resource identifiers of the resources of the MCN on which the overload was detected, c) identifying (W1) user device(s) (UD) and/or application(s) affected by the network overload (OL) based on the overload report, and d) informing one or more serving entities serving the resolved UD for temporarily suppressing communication requests, preferably in form of devices triggers (DT), for the resolved UD, preferably MTC UD. |
| US10194346B2 |
Systems and methods for exploiting inter-cell multiplexing gain in wireless cellular systems via distributed input distributed output technology
Systems and methods are described for exploiting inter-cell interference to achieve multiplexing gain in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”). For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively to eliminate inter-cell interference and increase network capacity exploiting inter-cell multiplexing gain. |
| US10194343B2 |
Method for operating a wireless device supporting self organizing networks
A method for operating a low-mobility wireless device in a cellular network, wherein the low-mobility wireless device operates with an active base node, and the low-mobility wireless device operates in a first mode, in which measurements of transmissions of base nodes are diminished. When the cellular network is enhanced by a new base node, the active base node transmits a first indication at least to the low-mobility wireless device. The low-mobility wireless device, in response to the reception of the first indication, switches to a second mode of operation, comprising execution of at least one measurement of transmissions of base nodes, and transmits at least one measurement report to the then-active base node. The active base node, upon reception of a measurement report, updates neighbour relation data relating to the base node identified by a base node reference with information obtained from the received measurement report. |
| US10194338B2 |
Network optimization method and apparatus, and base station
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a network optimization method and apparatus, and a base station. The method includes: collecting statistics on a load index of a cell within a coverage area; determining a load level of the cell according to the load index of the cell; obtaining a network key performance indicator of the cell; determining a performance status of the cell according to the load index and the network key performance indicator of the cell; determining a cause for overload of the cell according to the performance status of the cell when the load level of the cell is overload; and sending a message to a self-organized network SON entity, where the message carries an identifier that is used to indicate the cause for overload of the cell. |
| US10194337B2 |
Methods and apparatus for offloading checksum processing
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for offloading checksum processing in a user equipment (UE) (e.g., from an application processor to a modem processor). Such offloading may speed up packet processing, increase data rate, and/or free up resources of the application processor for other tasks. |
| US10194336B2 |
Activation of cells
The disclosure relates to a method performed in a wireless device served by a network node of a radio communications system. The wireless device is capable of carrier aggregation and is configured by the network node with a primary cell, PCell, and a first secondary cell, SCell. The method comprises receiving an activation command for activating the first SCell. The method also comprises performing a first activation procedure for activating the first SCell in response to the activation command, over a variable time period increasing with a number of times that a discovery reference signal occasion of the first SCell is not available at the wireless device during the first activation procedure. The disclosure also relates to the corresponding method in the network node as well as the wireless device and the network node. |
| US10194335B2 |
Wireless communication method using hybrid beamforming and apparatus therefore
The disclosure relates to a wireless communication technology, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for connecting a wireless backhaul by generating reception status information, and interference information or location information, on the basis of a beamforming signal at the time of configuration of a wireless backhaul between base stations through beamforming. |
| US10194334B2 |
Methods and nodes in a wireless communication network
A Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and a method for wireless communication with a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The BTS comprises a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna array configured for beamforming and MIMO transmission. The BTS further comprises a processing circuit, configured for supporting same or separate downlink precoding for a control plane and a user plane by modifying phase excitation of the MIMO antenna array and causing a transceiver to create an antenna beam by providing different phase for each antenna element of the MIMO antenna array. The BTS also comprises a transceiver, configured for transmitting a signal in the antenna beam via the MIMO antenna array, to be received by the UE. |
| US10194330B2 |
Communication techniques
Aspects provide methods for controlling user equipment operation in a wireless communications network configured to support communication with the user equipment according to a communication mode which utilizes repetition of messaging; computer program products and network nodes operable to perform those methods. One method comprises: determining a modulation and coding regime to be used by the user equipment; identifying a repetition regime to be implemented by the user equipment in conjunction with the modulation and coding regime; and communicating an indication of the determined modulation and coding regime and identified repetition regime to the user equipment. Aspects recognize that when implementing a coverage enhanced region within a network it is possible that fixed repetition levels can be defined for CE-MTC UE. Those fixed repetition levels can be implemented by a network and recognize differences between the CE-MTC UE radio condition. That is to say, the number of repetitions used may correspond to radio condition being experienced at a machine-type communication device: those in poorer coverage regions will be selected to receive a greater number of repetitions than those in a better radio coverage region. The granularity of such repetition levels may subject to a given operator's implementation of a coverage enhanced region. The first aspect recognizes that it is possible to implement varying repetition levels for user equipment operating in the coverage enhanced region supported by a network access node. Those varying repetition levels can be configured at the network access node; for example, an eNodeB. |
| US10194325B2 |
Border optimization in LSA
It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller; identifying, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller; informing the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border. |
| US10194324B2 |
Carrier aggregation using shared spectrum
A method for performing Carrier Aggregation (CA) using spectrum shared between an incumbent user and a telecommunications network includes establishing a primary cell (PCell) for the secondary user in a portion of radio spectrum that is exclusively licensed to the telecommunications network, establishing a secondary cell (SCell) for the telecommunications network in a portion of the shared spectrum that is shared with the incumbent user, receiving schedule data for the incumbent user at a controller in communication with the incumbent user and a transmitter for the PCell and the SCell, scheduling transmissions for the PCell and the SCell to avoid interference to the incumbent user, and transmitting the scheduled transmissions through the PCell and the SCell using Carrier Aggregation (CA). Accordingly, one or more SCell in shared spectrum may be aggregated with a PCell in dedicated spectrum. |
| US10194321B2 |
Periodic mobile forensics
A forensics analysis is conducted on each of multiple mobile devices in an enterprise system to detect malicious activity. The systems and methods described include storing a single baseline image for the multiple mobile devices at a server. A client-side application on each mobile device scans storage locations to identify changes in data compared to a previous scan. At least a portion of the information about the changes is sent to the server. The server reconstructs snapshot images for each mobile device based on the baseline image and the received information. Malicious activity is detected by comparing the reconstructed snapshot image to a previous snapshot image for each mobile device. |
| US10194320B1 |
Method and apparatus for assignment of subscription electronic SIM credentials via local service brokers
An information handling system of a local service broker system operating a subscription electronic SIM assignment system may comprise a memory storing a pool of international mobile subscriber identities for assignment to requesting clients, a network interface device for communication with an authentication server in a wireless communication network, and a processor executing machine readable executable code instructions to receive a transaction history associated with a client information handling system. If the transaction history meets a threshold trust requirement, the processor may further execute code instructions to assign one of the pool of international mobile subscriber identities to the client information handling system, generate variables for determination of electronic SIM credentials, determine one or more electronic SIM credentials, and transmit the assigned international mobile subscriber identity and variables for determination of electronic SIM credentials to the client information handling system. |
| US10194315B2 |
System and method for circumventing a communications provider's gateway to allow a reseller of communications services to provide alternative services
A method of circumventing a communications provider's gateway which allows a Reseller of the communications service provider's service(s) to direct voice, messaging, data, and other traffic via and to alternative networks and gateways for the purpose of reducing usage and cost of the service provider's service; directing traffic to alternative routing pathways; providing additional or supplemental services not offered by the service provider; improving speed, quality, or other performance capabilities or measures; or other reasons; control the Mobile Data Network (MDN), other type of phone number, or other user ID by use of apps, gateways, interconnection, signaling, networks, multiple SIM capability, advanced messaging servers, a “phantom” Mobile Data Network (MDN) or other user ID of the service provider, and non-standard communications pathways. |
| US10194314B2 |
Method and system for identifying an entity in a mobile device ecosystem
A system and method of assigning an identifier to an entity operating within a mobile device ecosystem including a domain are provided. The method comprises: obtaining an identifier of the entity which uniquely identifies the entity within the domain, the identifier of the entity including length information identifying the length of identifier of the entity; obtaining an identifier of the domain within which the identifier of the entity is unique; and combining the identifier of the entity with the identifier of the domain to create a globally unique identifier of the entity which is globally unique in the mobile device ecosystem. |
| US10194312B2 |
Subscriber management in a mobile communication network
The invention relates to a solution for managing subscriber information in a mobile communication network. In the solution information on a subscriber is obtained and inquiries are generated to a plurality of subscriber registers at a plurality of instants of time. The inquiries are performed in order to determine if the subscriber is registered in the subscriber registers at the instants of time. If this is the case a message is generated for canceling the registration of the subscriber in subscriber registers. The solution is based on a method, a network node, a computer program code and a system. |
| US10194311B2 |
Method for setting and updating tracking area in C-RAN and apparatus therefor
A method for performing tracking area (TA) update by a UE in a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) includes: receiving at least one of neighbor radio remote unit (RRU) information and neighbor baseband unit (BBU) information from a primary BBU; setting a TA based on the received information and characteristics of the UE; and transmitting information on the set TA to the primary BBU during a radio resource control (RRC) connection release procedure. |
| US10194308B2 |
Wireless network roaming in high-speed movement applications
An apparatus includes a first wireless bridge device configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from wireless network access points located along a pathway, and a second wireless bridge device configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the wireless network access points. The first wireless bridge device and the second wireless bridge device are coupled to and communicate with each other. When the first wireless bridge device is wirelessly connected to a first access point and about to initiate a roaming mode to attempt to wirelessly connect to a second access point, the first wireless bridge device notifies the second wireless bridge device of the initiating of the roaming mode and determines whether the second wireless bridge device is in the roaming mode while the apparatus is moving along the pathway. |
| US10194300B2 |
User terminal apparatus, electronic apparatus, system and controlling method thereof
A user terminal apparatus and an electronic apparatus are provided. The user terminal apparatus including a first communicator configured to perform wireless communication with an external apparatus; a second communicator configured to perform bilateral wireless communication with the external apparatus; a storage configured to store information about a connection with an access point; and a controller configured to control the first communicator to transmit a control signal to the external apparatus, to initiate a pairing operation with the external apparatus, and in response to performing the pairing, to control the second communicator to transmit the information about the connection with the access point to the external apparatus. |
| US10194296B2 |
Multifunction pass-through wall power plug with communication relay and related method
A pass through wall power plug is equipped with multiple transceivers for remote communication. The power plug may be equipped with transceivers operative in different modes or protocols. The power plug may function as a bridge between radio devices. It may function as a centralized access point for receiving and/or storing information from and transmitting information multiple connected electronic devices. The power plug may be equipped with a night light, power meter, relay switch, voltage meter, beacon, proximity sensor or other electronic components. The power plug may be made rotatable around its prongs, and may be configured to be stackable within a standard column of electrical outlets. |
| US10194295B2 |
System and method for smart material monitoring
A system for monitoring the characteristics of a material by measuring electrical properties of a material uses a material monitoring device and a cloud database that relates electrical properties of a material to characteristics of that material. The aging and fermentation processes of wine and other alcohols can be monitored. The status and decomposition of foodstuffs can be monitored. The progress of chemical reactions in a vessel can be monitored. Water quality of water from a water conduit can be monitored. These characteristics can be indicated on a product monitoring device or can be communicated to an external computing device. |
| US10194293B2 |
System and method for vital signs alerting privileged recipients
Provided is a system and method for a situational proximity observation by a Mobile data processing System (MS) using one or more automated senses of the MS, for example as directed by a user of the MS, to cause an alert to be delivered to one or more other Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) for notifying those other users of the MSs that they are potentially involved in, or affected by, the sensing carried out by the MS making the observation. Specifically, a Situational Proximity Observation Device Reporter (SPODR) captures vital signs associated with a user and a TRaveling Observation Device Recipient (TRODR) can be notified when captured data is relevant to the TRODR. There is a variety of events and conditions under which the alert is provided, including in accordance with a variety of privileges configured between users. |
| US10194292B1 |
System for location based triggers for mobile devices
Various systems are provided comprising: a building including one or more facilities each including at least one broadcast short-range communications unit having a fixed location, an application/computer code configured for execution by at least one of a plurality of mobile devices, and at least one server, that, together, are configured to cooperate to trigger one or more mobile device actions including causing to be output visual information, based on particular location-relevant information that is, in turn, based on at least one value. |
| US10194291B1 |
System for location based triggers for mobile devices
Various systems are provided comprising: a building including one or more facilities each including at least one broadcast short-range communications unit having a fixed location, an application/computer code configured for execution by at least one of a plurality of mobile devices, and at least one server, that, together, are configured to cooperate to trigger one or more mobile device actions including causing to be output visual information, based on particular location-relevant information that is, in turn, based on at least one value. |
| US10194287B2 |
Information transmitting device and method and information receiving device and method
Provided in the present disclosure are an information transmitting device, an information receiving device, an information transmitting method, and an information receiving method. The information transmitting device comprises: a selection unit, which selects multiple pieces of target recipient information and a target transmission mode for a to-be-transmitted short message on the basis of a selection command received; a first determination unit, which determines whether or not the target transmission mode for the to-be-transmitted short message is a disappear-after-reading transmission mode; a second determination unit, which determines respectively, when the target transmission mode is the disappear-after-reading transmission mode, whether or not disappear-after-reading is currently supported by an information receiving device; and, a processing unit, which transmits the to-be-transmitted short message in the disappear-after-reading transmission mode when the determination is yes and transmits the to-be-transmitted short message in a direct transmission mode when the determination is no. |
| US10194286B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing short message
It is determined whether a short message locked. The short message is in a locked short message storage area if it is determined that the short message locked. A locked short message session containing the short message is displayed in a short message display interface. The short message display interface displays the locked short message session and an unlocked short message session containing another short message stored in an unlocked short message storage area. The locked short message storage area is different from the unlocked short message storage area. |
| US10194285B2 |
Server-side rate-limiting algorithms for piggybacking social updates for mobile devices
In one embodiment, device status information is received from a mobile device of a first user. The device status information may include: information related to power for the device, information related to network connectivity of the device, or a notification mode of the device. Outgoing messages may be identified to be sent to the first user. A value may be computed for each of the outgoing messages. The computed value may be based on an affinity score determined with respect to an originator of the message and the first user. Based on the computed value, at least one of the outgoing messages may be selected for placement into an outgoing message queue. Upon the detection of a triggering condition, the selected messages may be sent to the mobile device. The triggering condition may be based on the device status information and the respective values of the outgoing messages. |
| US10194281B2 |
MBMS control method, user terminal, and base station
An MBMS control method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a eNB 200 included in the network, an MBMS counting request for counting UE 100s that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service, by using a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state; receiving, by an MBMS-compliant UE 100 that supports MBMS reception, the MBMS counting request transmitted by using the predetermined signal, in the RRC idle state; and performing, by the MBMS-compliant UE 100, a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response, on the basis of the received MBMS counting request. |
| US10194279B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for enhanced location
Location may be determined based on electrical outlets in a home or business. One or more of the electrical outlets may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, thus updating a database with the location of the mobile device. As the mobile device moves within the home or business, a current location of the mobile device may be continually logged by passing one of the electrical outlets. Rules and operations may then be performed, based on the current location. |
| US10194273B2 |
Positioning information processing method and apparatus
A positioning information processing method and apparatus, where the method includes obtaining, by a terminal device, location information of at least two to-be-positioned targets, selecting, by the terminal device, a first to-be-positioned target from the at least two to-be-positioned targets according to the location information of all the to-be-positioned targets, displaying, by the terminal device, location information of the first to-be-positioned target, and indicating an orientation and a quantity of other to-be-positioned targets, different from the first to-be-positioned target, in the at least two to-be-positioned targets according to the location information of all the to-be-positioned targets. |
| US10194269B2 |
Systems and methods for using doppler measurements to estimate a position of a receiver
Estimating the position of a receiver using positioning signals and Doppler frequency measurements. Approaches for estimating the position of a receiver using positioning signals and Doppler frequency shift measurements determine an initial estimate of a receiver's position using ranging signals from a first system, generate Doppler frequency shift measurements using the Doppler positioning signals from a second system, and refine the initial estimate using the Doppler frequency shift measurements. |
| US10194257B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding of directions of dominant directional signals within subbands of a HOA signal representation
Encoding of Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) signals commonly results in high data rates. For data rate reduction, a method (100) for encoding direction information for frames of an input HOA signal comprises determining (s101) active candidate directions (MDIR(k)) among predefined global directions having global direction indices, dividing (s102) the input HOA signal into frequency subbands (f1 . . . , fF), determining (s103) for each frequency subband active subband directions among the active candidate directions, assigning (s104) a relative direction index to each direction per subband, assembling (s105) direction information for the frame, the direction information comprising the active candidate directions (MDIRk)), for each subband and each active candidate direction a bit indicating whether or not the active candidate direction is an active subband direction for the respective frequency subband, and for each frequency subband the relative direction indices of active subband directions in the second set of subband directions, and transmitting (s106) the assembled direction information. |
| US10194252B2 |
Hearing aid device
A hearing aid device is presented being configured for direct cochlea vibration stimulation. The hearing aid device comprises: a deformable member configured for contracting and expanding along a deformation axis between its first and second sides in response to an applied external field; and a fastening assembly configured for carrying the deformable member so as to provide rigid coupling of the first and second sides of the deformable member to a bony tissue in the vicinity of cochlea, such that contraction and expansion of said deformable member directly stimulates vibration of the cochlea. |
| US10194250B2 |
Sensor with movable parts and biasing
Methods and apparatuses are provided wherein a sensor which comprises at least two electrodes and a movable part is alternately biased with at least two different voltages. |
| US10194247B2 |
Electrodynamic sound transducer
There is provided an electrodynamic sound transducer having a diaphragm capable of vibrating, a vibrating coil coupled to the diaphragm, and a magnet system. The magnet system has a first and a second magnet ring, which are arranged above and below the diaphragm and are radially magnetized. The vibrating coil is arranged between the first and second magnet rings. |
| US10194239B2 |
Multi-resolution audio signals
An apparatus including at least one microphone; audio circuitry connected to the at least one microphone; and a memory connected to the audio circuitry. The audio circuitry is configured to output a first audio track and at least one second audio track. The audio circuitry is configured to form the first audio track from an output signal, provided by the at least one microphone, by processing the output signal with a first audio configuring, and where the audio circuitry is configured to form the at least one second audio track from the output signal, provided by the at least one microphone, without the first audio configuring. The memory is configured to store the first audio track and the at least one second audio track together. |
| US10194237B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided which includes a sliding groove, a speaker and a sound conditioner. The first sound outlet and the second sound outlet are connected to the sliding groove and respectively positioned adjacent to the first side wall and the second side wall of the sliding groove. The speaker is positioned relative to the first sound outlet. The sound conditioner extends along the sliding groove for a length that is greater than the distance between the first sound outlet and the second sound outlet. The sound conditioner is slidably positioned in the sliding groove so as to allow the sound produced by the speaker to be transmitted to the outside via either the first sound outlet or the second sound outlet. |
| US10194230B2 |
Earphones with motion sensitive inflation
Methods and systems are provided for earphones with motion sensitive inflation. In an audio system that comprises an audio output element that is applied directly to or is in contact with at least a portion of an ear of a user of the audio system, one or more adjustments to positioning of the least portion of the audio output element relative to the ear of the user may be determined and applied. The one or more adjustments may be determined as to account for or counteract one or more conditions affecting the outputting of the audio signals and/or contact between the audio output element and the one ear of the user. The one or more adjustment may be applied by modifying characteristics of one or more positioning components of (or coupled to) the audio output element. The one or more positioning components comprise at least one inflation-based component. |
| US10194229B2 |
Headphones with adaptable fit
A wearable audio component includes a first cable and an audio source in electrical communication with the first cable. A housing defines an interior and an exterior, the audio source being contained within the interior thereof. The exterior includes an ear engaging surface, an outer surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the front and outer surfaces. The peripheral surface includes a channel open along a length to surrounding portions of the peripheral surface and having a depth to extend partially between the front and outer surfaces. A portion of the channel is covered by a bridge member that defines an aperture between and open to adjacent portions of the channel. The cable is connected with the housing at a first location disposed within the channel remote from the bridge member and is captured in so as to extend through the aperture in a slidable engagement therewith. |
| US10194226B2 |
Device for detecting acoustic waves
A device for detecting acoustic waves may include a housing having a housing wall with an inner surface, and an acoustic wave sensor provided at least partially inside the housing and configured to detect acoustic waves. The inner surface of the housing wall is made in at least half of its entire area of a thermally insulating material. |
| US10194224B2 |
Pool float with built in speakers and power source
The present invention provides an inflatable device that floats on water having an inflatable body for flotation; and a built-in speaker unit being secured in a first compartment in the body. In addition, the first compartment and the speaker may be in the headrest, or armrest, or in a removable pillow. Further, the battery box is secured in a second compartment in the body, wherein the battery is rechargeable and the speaker unit is connected to the battery as a power source, or to a solar power source. The present invention also provides a flotation device that floats on water having a foam body for flotation; and a built-in speaker unit being secured in a first compartment in the body. In addition, the first compartment and the speaker may be in the headrest, or armrest, or in a removable pillow. Further, the battery box is secured in a second compartment in the body, wherein the battery is rechargeable and the speaker unit is connected to the battery as a power source, or to a solar power source. |
| US10194221B2 |
High capacity fiber-optic integrated transmission and switching systems
A high capacity node includes a plurality of receiver sections and a plurality of transmitter sections; and an electrical switching fabric between the plurality of receiver sections and the plurality of transmitter sections, wherein each of the plurality of receiver sections and the plurality of transmitter sections interface the electrical switching fabric at a full signal level and the electrical switching fabric is configured to perform flow switching on the full signal level between respective receiver sections and transmitter sections, and wherein the plurality of receiver sections, the plurality of transmitter sections, and one or more stages of the electrical switching fabric are implemented in one or more optoelectronic integrated circuits. |
| US10194217B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and non-linear media presentations
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and non-linear media presentations are disclosed An example method to determine whether a media presentation is a linear or a non-linear media presentation comprises generating a reference log comprising a first media identifier of first media and a time at which the first media was presented, accessing a media presentation log comprising a second media identifier of second media and a time at which the second media was presented, and determining whether the second media correspond to a linear media presentation or a non-linear media presentation by comparing the media presentation log to the reference log. |
| US10194214B2 |
Device, method and machine-readable storage medium for presenting advertising related to emotional context of received content
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a media program on a first media channel, detecting a first segment in the media program, where the first segment comprises media content combined with an embedded advertisement, determining a first emotional context from a first analysis of the media content, determining a second emotional context from a second analysis of the embedded advertisement, and detecting an inconsistency between the first emotional context and the second emotional context. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10194205B2 |
Apparatus and method for media content presentation
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing, by a system comprising a processor, a content display configuration corresponding to a plurality of feed selections from a plurality of media content feeds, a plurality of display selections from a plurality of available displays, and a plurality of pairing selections assigning each feed selection of the plurality of feed selections to at least one display selection of the plurality of display selections, and transmitting a plurality of displayable content streams according to the content display configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10194204B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling playback of a media asset based on delay of a scheduled event
Systems and methods are provided for controlling playback of a media asset based on whether events are delayed. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application responding to a suspend playback command by determining whether a user is imminently scheduled to attend an event. If the user is imminently scheduled to attend an event, the media guidance application may query an event database to determine a most current start time of the event and compare the most current start time to a start time from the user's profile associated with the event to determine if the event has been delayed. In response to determining the event is delayed, the media guidance application may continue playback of the media asset notwithstanding the suspend command. |
| US10194203B2 |
Multimodal and real-time method for filtering sensitive media
A multimodal and real-time method for filtering sensitive content, receiving as input a digital video stream, the method including segmenting digital video into video fragments along the video timeline; extracting features containing significant information from the digital video input on sensitive media; reducing the semantic difference between each of the low-level video features, and the high-level sensitive concept; classifying the video fragments, generating a high-level label (positive or negative), with a confidence score for each fragment representation; performing high-level fusion to properly match the possible high-level labels and confidence scores for each fragment; and predicting the sensitive time by combining the labels of the fragments along the video timeline, indicating the moments when the content becomes sensitive. |
| US10194202B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an audio/video connection in a device
An apparatus and method for controlling an audio/video connection in a device is described. The method includes entering a first state in response to a user input, the first state powering a portion of circuits, detecting the presence of a signal, the signal to be output from the device for display on a display device, and entering a second state if the presence of the signal is detected, powering circuits for outputting the received signal. The apparatus includes a standby circuit, receiving a user input placing the apparatus into a first state, a receiving circuit detecting the presence of a signal in the first state and providing a signal to place the apparatus in a second state if the signal is detected, and a processing circuit being operational in the second state, the signal processing circuit outputting the signal for display on a display device in the second state. |
| US10194199B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for categorizing/rating content uploaded to a network for broadcasting
Methods, systems, and computer program products that automatically categorize and/or assign ratings to content (video and audio content) uploaded by individuals who want to broadcast the content to others via a communications network, such as an IPTV network, are provided. When an individual uploads content to a network, a network service automatically extracts an audio stream from the uploaded content. Words in the extracted audio stream are identified. For each identified word, a preexisting library of selected words is queried to determine if a match exists between words in the library and words in the extracted audio stream. The selected words in the library are associated with a particular content category or content rating. If a match exists between an identified word and a word in the library, the uploaded content is assigned a content category and/or rating associated with the matched word. |
| US10194198B2 |
Apparatus and method for communicating media between communication devices
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a display device having a controller to wirelessly receive media; wirelessly receive control signals for presentation of the media from a mobile communication device; and selectively disable control by the display device over presentation of the media on the display device. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10194196B2 |
Decoding device, reception device, transmission device, transmission/reception system, decoding method, and storage medium having decoding program stored therein
[Problem] To provide: a decoding device that decodes and replays, at a suitable timing, sequentially transmitted information; a reception device; a transmission device; a transmission/reception system; a decoding method; and a storage medium having a decoding program stored therein. [Solution] A decoding unit 21 that decodes packets sent from a transmission device 10. A decoding timing determination unit 22 determines the timing that the decoding unit 21 decodes packets, on the basis of adjustment information that is included in the packet and corresponds to time adjustment for making Coordinated Universal Time approach Universal Time. A packet includes processing interval information indicating the processing interval for an access unit being a set including the packet. The decoding timing determination unit 22 determines that packets constituting each access unit will be sequentially decoded at an interval corresponding to the interval indicated by the processing interval information, if the adjustment information indicates that a time adjustment will occur. |
| US10194193B2 |
Cable network device having interconnected microstrip directional couplers
There is provided a cable network device comprising an input associated with a plurality of outputs, wherein each output is connected to a respective microstrip directional coupler and each microstrip directional coupler is connected to at least one of the other microstrip directional couplers. The microstrip directional couplers form a series of microstrip directional couplers, with a last microstrip directional coupler in the series having its output port terminated by a resistive element. An isolated port of each microstrip directional coupler is in electrical communication with the upstream path. |
| US10194191B2 |
Display apparatus, method for executing application thereof, external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and method for providing application control screen thereof
A display apparatus, a method for executing an application thereof, an external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and a method for providing an application control screen thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an application execution screen, the application execution screen displaying an application; a communication unit that communicates with an external server and an external device that remotely controls the display apparatus; and a control unit that transmits to the external device a generation signal that instructs the external device to generate an application control screen in response to receiving an input command to execute the application, controls the communication unit to receive a command from the external device input through the application control screen, and operates the application according to the received command. |
| US10194189B1 |
Playback of content using multiple devices
Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate playback of content via multiple display devices. Playback may be synchronized among multiple display devices and/or auxiliary content rendered by a companion device may be synchronized to playback of content by a primary device. A server device receives a request from a first client device to commence a playback of a content feature upon an identified second client device. The server device sends an instruction to the second client device to commence the playback of the content feature upon a display of the second client device in response to the request. Status updates regarding the playback may be provided to the first client device by the server device. |
| US10194181B2 |
Fast channel change in a multicast adaptive bitrate (MABR) streaming network using multicast repeat segment bursts in a dedicated bandwidth pipe
A system and method for effectuating channel changes in a multicast adaptive bitrate (MABR) streaming network using a dedicated bandwidth pipe for burst transmitting a requested channel's data. A video management agent is configured to stitch burst-transmitted data with the regular channel stream during the channel change to generate a hybrid stream, which is multicast streamed toward the requesting device. Once the data from the regular channel stream is properly joined, burst transmission ceases and the bandwidth consumed for sending burst-transmitted data is released. |
| US10194178B2 |
Source device, content providing method using source device, sink device and controlling method of the sink device
A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device. |
| US10194176B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating quality estimators
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, sampling a variable effect distribution of viewing preference data to determine a first set of effects comprising a plurality of first distortion type effects associated with a first distortion type of a first image and to determine a second set of effects comprising a plurality of second distortion type effects associated with the second distortion type of a second image, calculating a preference estimate from a logistic regression model of the viewing preference data according to the first set of effects and the second set of effects, wherein the preference estimate comprises a probability that the first image is preferred over the second image, and selecting one of the first distortion type or the second distortion type according to the preference estimate. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10194167B2 |
Method for inducing prediction motion vector and apparatuses using same
Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector. |
| US10194165B2 |
Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the maximum value of a pre-stored parameter TR and the parameter TR1 according to the comparison result by the comparison unit; a multiplier parameter table (for multipliers); and a multiplier parameter table (for divisors) for associating the parameter TR1 with a value approximate to the inverse value (1/TR1) of this parameter TR1. |
| US10194164B2 |
Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block. |
| US10194163B2 |
Apparatus and methods for real time estimation of differential motion in live video
A data processing apparatus may use a video encoder in order to extract motion information from streaming video in real time. Output of the video encoder may be parsed in order to extract motion information associated with one or more objects within the video stream. Motion information may be utilized by e.g., an adaptive controller in order to detect one or more objects salient to a given task. The controller may be configured to determine a control signal associated with the given task. The control signal determination may be configured based on a characteristic of an object detected using motion information extracted from the encoded output. The control signal may be provided to a robotic device causing the device to execute the task. The use of dedicated hardware video encoder output may reduce energy consumption associated with execution of the task and/or extend autonomy of the robotic device. |
| US10194160B2 |
Signaling change in output layer sets
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set. |
| US10194158B2 |
Transform basis adjustment in scalable video coding
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores video information associated with a reference layer and a corresponding enhancement layer. The processor obtains residue block information based at least in part on video information associated with the reference layer and the enhancement layer. The processor determines an adjustment transform function based on a transform function associated with the video information. The processor determines a transform block based on the adjusted transform function and the residue block information. |
| US10194157B2 |
Encoder, decoder, system and methods for video coding
An encoder for encoding a video signal, comprising a video modelling module configured for determining a plurality of video modelling parameters for a plurality of video locations on a spatiotemporal grid of said video signal, said spatiotemporal grid comprising at least two spatial dimensions and a time dimension, each video modelling parameter being adapted for allowing a pre-determined video model to at least approximately reconstruct its video location, a video segmentation module configured for segmenting said video signal into a plurality of spatiotemporal video regions, based on said video modelling parameters and a vectorisation module configured for vectorising spatiotemporal surfaces of said spatiotemporal video regions; and wherein said encoder is configured for encoding said video signal based on at least a subset of said determined plurality of video modelling parameters and based on said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces, wherein said subset is determined taking into account said spatiotemporal video regions. |
| US10194156B2 |
Method of and apparatus for generating an output frame
A method and an apparatus are provided for generating an output frame from an input frame, in which the input frame is processed when generating the output frame. A region of a current input frame is compared with a region of a preceding input frame to determine if the region of the current input frame is similar to the region of the preceding input frame. When the region of the current input frame is determined to be similar to the region of the preceding input frame, information relating to processing performed on the region of the preceding input frame when generating a region of a preceding output frame is read, wherein the information is generated during the processing on the region of the preceding input frame. When the information indicates that the processing is unnecessary, a part or all of the processing of the region of the current input frame can be bypassed or eliminated. |
| US10194153B1 |
Bin string coding based on a most probable symbol
Bins of a bin string representative of binarized video data are processed to determine whether each bin stores a most probable symbol of a probability model available for coding the binarized video data. If the symbol stored in each bin of the bin string is the most probable symbol, the probability model is updated based on a size of the bin string to determine a first number of bits to use to code the binarized video data. However, if the symbol stored in each bin of the bin string is not the most probable symbol, the probability model is updated based on a number of bins of the bin string storing a symbol that is not the most probable symbol to determine a second number of bits to use to code the binarized video data. |
| US10194152B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
An image processing apparatus and a method for improving the coding efficiency for a quantization parameter are provided. The method includes steps of setting a predicted quantization parameter for a current coding unit by using multiple quantization parameters which are set for multiple surrounding coding units located around the current coding unit which is target of coding processing, and setting a difference quantization parameter indicating a difference value between the quantization parameter which is set for the current coding unit and the predicted quantization parameter. |
| US10194150B2 |
Method and device for coding image, and method and device for decoding image
Provided are a method and device for coding an image, a method and device for decoding an image. The method for coding the image includes that: coding mode parameters and parameter groups of one coding block are divided into multiple types of coding mode parameters and parameter groups corresponding to the multiple types of coding mode parameters according to a specified rule respectively; Quantization Parameters (QPs) included in the multiple types of coding mode parameters are determined according to a preset target bit rate; a QP of the coding block is determined according to reconstruction quality for the coding block; a coding mode parameter to be used is selected from the multiple types of coding mode parameters according to the QP of the coding block, a parameter group corresponding to the selected coding mode parameter is set, and a QP difference is calculated; and the coding mode parameter, the parameter group used by the coding block and the QP difference are written into a video bitstream. |
| US10194144B2 |
Projection image adjusting system and projection image adjusting method
The projection image adjusting system has a storage, a receiving section, and a controller. The storage stores virtual-environment setting information on a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image-projection state on an object on which an image is projected in a virtual space created by a computer and also stores a control set-up value for the projection display apparatus in the desired image-projection state. The receiving section receives real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space. The controller controls the projection display apparatus in the real space. Based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the controller corrects the control set-up value so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image-projection state. |
| US10194139B2 |
Disparity-to-depth calibration for plenoptic imaging systems
A procedure to calibrate a depth-disparity mapping for a plenoptic imaging system. In one aspect, one or more test objects located at known field positions and known depths are presented to the plenoptic imaging system. The plenoptic imaging system captures plenoptic images of the test objects. The plenoptic images include multiple images of the test objects captured from different viewpoints. Disparities for the test objects are calculated based on the multiple images taken from the different viewpoints. Since the field positions and depths of the test objects are known, a mapping between depth and disparity as a function of field position can be determined. |
| US10194138B2 |
Structured light encoding-based vertical depth perception apparatus
The present invention discloses a structured light encoding-based vertical depth perception apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a laser pattern projector, an infrared receiving camera, a RGB receiving camera, and a depth perception module; the laser pattern projector, the RGB receiving camera, and the infrared receiving camera are disposed along a straight line vertical to a horizontal plane; the laser pattern projector is for projecting a laser encoded pattern; the infrared receiving camera is for consecutively acquiring the encoded patterns and generating an input encoded image sequence; the RGB receiving camera is for acquiring RGB video stream; and the depth perception module is for generating a depth map sequence. The apparatus according to the present invention may not only generate high-resolution and high-precision depth information in real-time, and but also solve the cavity issue existing at the horizontal direction edge of the to-be-measured object when a horizontal depth perception device performs a depth measurement; besides, it facilitates uniform extraction of the depth map sequence and the to-be-measured object in the RGB video stream. |
| US10194125B2 |
Projection apparatus
A projector apparatus includes a projection unit and a controller. The projection unit projects projection video of an image at a set angle of view on a projection surface in accordance with a video signal indicating the angle of view of the image including an object. The controller performs video signal processing for changing a position or size of the object in the image and controls the position or size of the projection video on the projection surface. In a case where the position or size of the object is to be changed by the video signal processing, when a resolution of the projection video of the changed object is less than a predetermined value, the controller controls the projection unit to decrease the angle of view so that the resolution of the projection video is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, and the controller sets the size of the object in the image by the video signal processing. |
| US10194123B2 |
Boundary timing controller for display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a dimming unit including a plurality of regions having transmittances that are mutually different from one another; a switching unit to switch a region of the dimming unit through which the light passes, between the plurality of regions of the dimming unit; a scanning unit to scan a scan area at a predetermined frame rate with the light, the scan area having a first area in which an image is formed and a second area different from the first area; a sensor to detect a light amount of the light emitted to the second area; and a controller to determine a boundary timing at which the light has passed through a boundary portion between two adjacent regions of the dimming unit based on characteristics of a temporal change in the detected light amount. |
| US10194121B1 |
Content capture
A computing device configured to dynamically capture and store experience data received the by the computing device. An example method involves: (a) receiving first experience data that indicates at least one environmental condition; (b) selecting a capture mode from a plurality of capture modes based on the at least one environmental condition, where the capture mode defines a manner of capturing experience data; and (c) causing the computing device to operate in the selected capture mode, where operating in the selected capture mode includes capturing second experience data in the manner defined by the capture mode. The method may optionally additionally involve: (d) after entering the capture mode, receiving third experience data; (e) determining that the capture mode should be exited based on at least the received third experience data; and (f) based on the determination that the capture mode should be exited, exiting the capture mode such that at least one type of experience data is not captured. |
| US10194117B2 |
Combining audio and video streams for a video headset
A wearable device and corresponding methods and computer-readable media are disclosed, where the method comprises: receiving a first audio signal from an audio communication device; providing first audio based on the first audio signal; capturing second audio, wherein the second audio represents a voice of a wearer of the wearable device; generating a second audio signal, wherein the second audio signal represents the second audio; transmitting the second audio signal to the audio communication device; capturing video; providing a video signal, wherein the video signal represents the video; capturing third audio, wherein the third audio represents ambient sound; generating a third audio signal, wherein the third audio signal represents the third audio; and synchronously encoding, into a single data stream, the first audio signal, the second audio signal, the third audio signal, and the video signal. |
| US10194112B2 |
Display device and control method therefor
A broadcast receiver according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a tuner for receiving a broadcast signal; a display module for displaying content on a main screen; an interface module for receiving, from a remote control, a first command for selecting a specific location on the main screen; and a controller for controlling the tuner, the display module, and the interface module, wherein the controller enlarges a specific region within a preset distance from the specific location according to the received first command, and displays the magnified specific region in a zoom window, and furthermore, the location of the zoom window varies according to a motion of the remote control. |
| US10194104B2 |
Imaging device and imaging module
An imaging device includes a pixel cell including a photoelectric conversion layer having first and second surfaces, a pixel electrode on the first surface, an auxiliary electrode on the first surface, the auxiliary electrode surrounding the pixel electrode and being electrically insulated from the pixel electrode, a counter electrode on the second surface, and a charge detection circuit connected to the pixel electrode; a voltage supply circuit; a first switch switching between electrical connection and disconnection; a first capacitor having one end connected to the auxiliary electrode and the other end held to a predetermined voltage; and a first control circuit connected to the first switch, the first control circuit causing the first switch to switch between electrical connection and disconnection. The voltage supply circuit is connected, through the first switch, to the auxiliary electrode of the first pixel cell and to the one end of the first capacitor. |
| US10194102B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and program
An image pickup apparatus includes: a polarization removing element layer including a plurality of polarization removing elements, each of the plurality of polarization removing elements being configured to polarize an incident light to thereby obtain light having a polarization axis in a predetermined direction and to transmit the polarized light; a polarizer layer provided in front of the polarization removing element layer, the polarizer layer being configured to twist polarization axes of light having a plurality of polarization axes by predetermined angles, respectively, and to transmit the light; an inclination detecting device configured to detect inclination of the incident light to an optical axis; a controller configured to control and drive the polarizer layer such that the polarizer layer twists the polarization axis of light depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detecting device and transmits the light; and an image pickup device configured to detect the light. |
| US10194101B1 |
Systems and methods for rolling shutter compensation using iterative process
Image captured with an image capture device with a rolling shutter may be deformed due to changes in imaging sensor orientation during image capture. Image deformities may occur due to rolling shutter that exposes rows of pixels to light at slightly different times during image capture. Deformities such as wobble, for example, and/or other deformities may be corrected by constructing an output image. The output image may be constructed by determining corresponding pixels within the input image. The location of the input pixel may be determined by performing one or more fixed point iterations to identify one or more input pixels within the input image. A value of the output pixel within the output image may be determined based on a value of a corresponding pixel within the input image. |
| US10194100B2 |
Glare suppression through fog by optical phase conjugation assisted active cancellation
A method of imaging an object on one or more sensor pixels and with reduced glare. The method includes irradiating a scattering medium and the object behind the scattering medium, creating backscattered radiation and imaging radiation that are received on the one or more pixels. The method includes digitally adjusting a phase, an amplitude, or a phase and amplitude, of reference radiation transmitted onto the one or more sensor pixels, wherein the reference radiation destructively interferes with the backscattered radiation (glare) on the one or more sensor pixels while the object is imaged on the one or more sensor pixels using the imaging radiation. |
| US10194099B2 |
Imaging apparatus including light source that emits pulsed light and which reduces noise caused by surface reflections
An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light source that, in operation, emits first pulsed light and second pulsed light, an image sensor that includes at least one pixel including a photodiode, a first charge accumulator and a second charge accumulator, the first charge accumulator and the second charge accumulator, in operation, accumulating signal charge from the photodiode, and a control circuit that, in operation, controls the image sensor. The control circuit, in operation, causes the first charge accumulator to begin to accumulate the signal charge a period of time after the light source begins to emit the first pulsed light. The control circuit, in operation, causes the second charge accumulator to begin to accumulate the signal charge the period of time after the light source begins to emit the second pulsed light. |
| US10194098B2 |
Imaging apparatus and method of controlling imaging apparatus in which corresponding lines in partially overlapping images are sequentially exposed
Image quality is to be increased by a compound-lens type imaging apparatus. Lines each having pixels arranged in a predetermined direction are arranged on the light receiving surface. The pixels each generate a pixel signal by performing exposure when supplied with an exposure start signal. First and second lenses form first and second images that partially overlap at overlapping portions on the light receiving surface. A scanning unit supplies the exposure start signal to a line sequentially selected in the overlapping portion of the first image among the lines, and the line corresponding to the selected line in the overlapping portion of the second image. A combining unit combines images formed from pixel signals into one image. |
| US10194097B2 |
Apparatus and methods for the storage of overlapping regions of imaging data for the generation of optimized stitched images
Apparatus and methods for stitching images, or re-stitching previously stitched images. Specifically, the disclosed systems in one implementation save stitching information and/or original overlap source data during an original stitching process. During subsequent retrieval, rendering, and/or display of the stitched images, the originally stitched image can be flexibly augmented, and/or re-stitched to improve the original stitch quality. Practical applications of the disclosed solutions enable, among other things, a user to create and stitch a wide field of view (FOV) panorama from multiple source images on a device with limited processing capability (such as a mobile phone or other capture device). Moreover, post-processing stitching allows for the user to convert from one image projection to another without fidelity loss (or with an acceptable level of loss). |
| US10194096B2 |
System and method for optimizing videos using optimization rules
A computing device executing an optimizer analyzes a video. The computing device identifies one or more optimizations for the video based on the analysis, the one or more optimizations pertaining to a modification of original contents of the video. The computing device implements the one or more optimizations for the video. |
| US10194094B2 |
Imaging apparatus including light source that emits pulsed light, image sensor, and control circuit
When a time at which a first pulsed light starts arriving at pixels after being reflected by an object is a first time, a time at which the first pulsed light finishes arriving at the pixels is a second time, and a time at which a second pulsed light starts arriving at the pixels after being reflected by the object is a third time, a control circuit decreases sensitivity of the pixels in first part of a first period from the first time including the second time, to a level lower than the sensitivity of the pixels in at least part of a second period after the first period and up to the third time, and increases the sensitivity of the pixels in second part of the first period, to a level higher than the sensitivity of the pixels in the at least part of the second period. |
| US10194092B2 |
Photographing apparatus and method capable of setting appropriate exposure time periods in consideration of temporal change in light
There are provided a photographing apparatus and a method capable of photographing a subject a plurality of times sequentially and calculating exposure time periods in consideration of temporal change in light from the subject of the photography. The photographing apparatus includes: a photographing section; a photographic subject light information acquisition section; an exposure time calculation section and an image processing section that adds images sequentially captured through the shots of the photography. Assuming that n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, the exposure time calculation section calculates an exposure time period of an n-th shot on the basis of images captured through an (n−1)th shot or previous shots than the (n−1)th shot of the photography. The photographing section takes each shot of the photography, on the basis of each exposure time period which is calculated by the exposure time calculation section for each shot of the photography. |
| US10194091B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and recording medium
An image capturing apparatus capable of high dynamic range shooting for compositing a plurality of images captured with different exposures in temporarily continuous frames includes: an image capturing unit configured to repeatedly capture a relatively-low-exposure image and a relatively-high-exposure image in temporarily continuous frames; an image generation unit configured to generate a first image obtained by correcting the low-exposure image on a basis of reference exposure and a second image obtained by correcting the high-exposure image on a basis of the reference exposure; a calculation unit configured to calculate reference exposure, which is used for performing image capturing of a subsequent frame, on a basis of the first image and the second image; and a correction unit configured to correct exposure conditions, under which a relatively-low-exposure image and a relatively-high-exposure image in a subsequent frame are captured, on a basis of the reference exposure calculated by the calculation unit. |
| US10194089B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing seamless zoom function using multiple cameras
Devices and methods for providing seamless preview images for multi-camera devices having two or more asymmetric cameras. A multi-camera device may include two asymmetric cameras disposed to image a target scene. The multi-camera device further includes a processor coupled to a memory component and a display, the processor configured to retrieve an image generated by a first camera from the memory component, retrieve an image generated by a second camera from the memory component, receive input corresponding to a preview zoom level, retrieve spatial transform information and photometric transform information from memory, modify at least one image received from the first and second cameras by the spatial transform and the photometric transform, and provide on the display a preview image comprising at least a portion of the at least one modified image and a portion of either the first image or the second image based on the preview zoom level. |
| US10194088B2 |
Photographing method and apparatus
Disclosed are a photographing method and apparatus. The photographing method includes the steps as follows. Images are continuously acquired during photographing, a currently acquired image is synthesized with a current basic image into a synthesized image, and the synthesized image is taken as a basic image in next synthesis. Synthesized images during photographing are cached. A synthesized image is extracted, according to an operation instruction from a user, from the cached synthesized images to serve as a current basic image, so as to return a photographing progress to a photographing state displayed by the extracted synthesized image. Thus, a certain part of the photographed content is erased or deleted equivalently, light-painted images can be modified in real time, a user may complete one light-painting action with multiple pauses accordingly, a more perfect and complex effect is achieved, the light-painting creation effect is improved, and the user experience is improved. |
| US10194085B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and its control method
An image pickup apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to process an image, a display unit configured to provide a live-view display in which images processed by the image processing unit are sequentially displayed, and a control unit configured to make, when determining that the image pickup apparatus is panning, the image processing unit produce a synthesized image by synthesizing a plurality of images arranged in a time series, and the display unit display the synthesized image produced by the image processing unit as a frame image in the live-view display. At least one processor or circuit is configured to perform a function of at least one of the units. |
| US10194080B2 |
Multiple channel imaging system
A method of imaging includes monitoring a field of view with a first imaging sensor of a multiple channel imaging system and activating a second component of the imaging system from a stand by state to an active state upon detection of a change in the field of view of the first imaging sensor. The second component can include a second imaging sensor. The second imaging sensor can have a field of view overlapping with the field of view of the first imaging sensor. The first imaging sensor can be configured for imaging in a first spectral range, wherein the second imaging sensor is configured for imaging in a second spectral range that is different from the first spectral range. The first and second spectral ranges can be overlapping or non-overlapping. |
| US10194079B2 |
Vehicle surveillance system
A vehicle surveillance system is disclosed and includes a plurality of image capturing units, an image processing unit, and a display unit for monitoring a position of at least one target around a vehicle and measuring a distance between the at least one target and the vehicle. The vehicle surveillance system utilizes a space domain determination module, a time domain determination module, and a ground surface elimination module to transform original images of the target around the vehicle into the bird's-eye-view panorama, and further detects variation of an optical pattern incident onto the target through a light beam emitted by a light source so as to effectively remind a driver on the on-going vehicle of the position of the target and the distance, and real-time detect and capture an image of any person approaching the vehicle, thereby achieving driving safety and securing lives and personal properties. |
| US10194074B2 |
Imaging system, warning generation device and method, imaging device and method, and program
The present technology relates to an imaging system, a warning generation device and method, an imaging device and method, and a program capable of more simply checking an imaging situation.A camera-control detection processing unit of the imaging device performs a detection process for various types of control based on a captured image, and an image quality control processing unit detects occurrence of abnormality corresponding to each cause based on the result of the detection process. A warning determination processing unit generates a warning flag indicating whether or not abnormality occurs based on the detection result by the image quality control processing unit, and a wireless transmission unit transmits the warning flag to a warning generation device. A wireless reception unit of the warning generation device receives the warning flag, and a warning means control processing unit instructs warning according to the warning flag. A display processing unit displays a warning icon on a display unit according to the instruction of the warning means control processing unit. The present technology can be applied to an action camera. |
| US10194071B2 |
Modular motion camera
Modular digital camera systems are disclosed. The modular digital camera system can include a brain module configured to be releasably coupled to one or more of a port extender module, power module, display module, and handle module. The brain module and other accessory modules can be structured according to some embodiments to increase an ease of coupling and decoupling the modules. The brain module can include an antenna, such as a slot antenna, for transmitting and receiving radiofrequency signals. |
| US10194068B2 |
Digital camera that communicates with another digital camera
A digital camera includes a communicator that communicates with other digital camera, a receiver that receives a camera information of another digital camera and an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object. The digital camera further includes a processor that creates a digital image data from the digital image based upon the camera information. |
| US10194067B2 |
Lifelog camera and method of controlling in association with an intrapersonal area network
Controlling a lifelog camera (10) via a first intrapersonal area network (IAN) (12) associated with a first user (14) includes detecting a second IAN (18) associated with a second user (20) in range of the first IAN (12) and capturing an image of the second user (20) with the lifelog camera (10). |
| US10194065B2 |
Endoscope probes and systems, and methods for use therewith
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for color imaging and an increased field of view using spectrally encoded endoscopy techniques. At least one of the apparatuses includes an illumination unit having two or more spectrally dispersive gratings positioned, for example, on different planes or on the same plane but having grating vectors at an angle to each other such that bands of spectrally dispersed light propagating from the gratings propagate on different planes. |
| US10194056B2 |
Color processing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
A color processing device includes a color-data acquisition section, a conversion-relationship generation section, a correction-image-data generation section, and a conversion-relationship correction section. The color-data acquisition section acquires color data of a first image output by a first image forming device. In accordance with a first relationship and a second relationship, the conversion-relationship generation section generates a conversion relationship used for color adjustment performed to match a color of a second image to be output by a second image forming device on a basis of unadjusted image data with a color of the first image. The correction-image-data generation section generates, on a basis of the unadjusted image data, correction image data for correcting the conversion relationship. The conversion-relationship correction section performs correction of the conversion relationship on a basis of color data of correction images output by the second image forming device by using the correction image data. |
| US10194055B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
An area separation unit 22 determines a character in an input image on the basis of image data of the input image. The filter processing unit 23 performs a filter process for a character edge area of a character in an input image, and the color conversion unit 24 performs a color conversion process for a pixel in the character edge area in accordance with a color conversion characteristic that (a) is different from a color conversion characteristic for a pixel other than a pixel in the character edge area and (b) compensates a color error due to the filter process. |
| US10194054B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire color data representing a color of a target object for each position thereon, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire shape characteristic data representing characteristics of a shape of the target object for each position thereon, and a determination unit configured to determine a first recording amount of a first recording material and a second recording amount of a second recording material based on the color data, the shape characteristic data, and any one of a measurement result, a function calculated based on the measurement result, and a table generated based on the function. The measurement result is obtained by measuring color and shape characteristics of a plurality of types of patches formed by recording the second recording material on the first recording material recorded on a recording medium. |
| US10194053B2 |
Image forming apparatus and density correction method in image forming apparatus based on correction characteristics
An image forming apparatus of the present invention acquires first correction characteristics representing an output density for an input gradation value at a reference position in a main scanning direction and second correction characteristics representing a relative relationship of an output density at a predetermined position in the main scanning direction with the output density at the reference position in the main scanning direction. Then, the image forming apparatus corrects image data corresponding to the predetermined position in the main scanning direction based on the first correction characteristics and the second correction characteristics. |
| US10194051B2 |
Device for detecting amount of skew in document and image processing apparatus
A device for detecting an amount of skew in a document placed on a plate is provided. The device includes: a scanner for scanning an area including an edge of the document; a detector for detecting a boundary point between the document and the plate; a portion for setting a boundary point group of interest including boundary points; a portion for setting a midpoint of an oblique line for approximating the edge of the document; a portion for setting, as the oblique line, a line which passes through the midpoint and slants to the main scanning direction; a portion for modifying an amount of skew of the oblique line; and a portion for determining that an amount of skew in the document is an amount of skew of the oblique line having the error equal to a threshold or smaller. |
| US10194050B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium in which background removal is performed to remove a background included in an input image based on pixel values
An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit to determine an attribute of an area included in an input image obtained by reading a document, a second determination unit to determine saturation of an area determined to be a halftone dot area by the first determination unit, and a background removal unit to remove a background included in the input image. The background removal unit converts for an area determined to be a halftone dot area by the first determination unit and whose value indicating saturation is determined to be less than a predetermined value by the second determination unit, a color of a pixel of pixels making up the area, which has a pixel value greater than a first level, into white. |
| US10194049B2 |
Printing from a handheld device via a remote server
Systems and methods are provided though which a transaction, e.g., in a multi-tier, distributed application may be initiated from a portable or hand-held device, such as a smartphone. A computer system or systems, possibly remote from the device, may approve the transaction, complete it, or both, and the remote computer system or systems may cause a document to be printed, e.g., by a printer physically proximate to the device.Aspects of the invention are illustrated by embodiments in which a drug prescription may be created electronically using a hand-held device. In such an embodiment, the prescription may be transmitted to one or more remote computer systems, such as an application server, for processing. If specified, the remote computer systems may cause a prescription to be printed, e.g., at a printer near the prescriber's location. The prescriber may sign the printed prescription and give it to a patient or pharmacy. |
| US10194047B2 |
Information processing device and non-transitory recording medium
An information processing device includes a first wireless communicator that establishes a short-range wireless communication with a first image forming device in a local network and a second wireless communicator that establishes a wireless communication with a wireless communicator device connected to the local network, comprising a hardware processor that: enables the first wireless communicator to establish the short-range wireless communication with the first image forming device, thereby obtaining an IP address of the first image forming device in the local network; and enables the second wireless communicator to send a search command for searching for a second image forming device in the local network to the local network using unicast transmission via the wireless communicator device based on the IP address of the first image forming device. |
| US10194044B2 |
System and method for shifting electric power modes in an image forming system
An image forming system includes a main body including a first control part controlling a power mode of the main body and an engine executing image processing, and an operation apparatus receiving an operation for instructing the engine to execute the image processing. The operation apparatus including a second control part controlling a power mode of the operation apparatus. When the operation apparatus receives an instruction to shift the power mode of the main body or the operation apparatus, the first control part determines whether shifting is possible based on a first program executed by the main body and controls a power supply of the main body according to the determination, and the second control part determines whether shifting is possible based on a second program executed by the operation apparatus and controls a power supply of the operation apparatus according to the determination. |
| US10194042B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, image processing system, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a predetermined pattern image on a sheet, a notifying unit configured to provide a notification of an orientation for placing the sheet on which the predetermined pattern image is formed by the image forming unit, on a placement portion, a reading unit configured to read the sheet on a line to line basis, to generate image data, and a detection unit configured to detect a streak-shaped image extending in a direction along a predetermined edge of the sheet, by analyzing the image data generated by reading the sheet by the reading unit, wherein the notifying unit provides a notification of a placement orientation for allowing the sheet, on which the predetermined pattern image is formed, to be read on a line to line basis, the line extending in a direction along the predetermined edge. |
| US10194039B2 |
Printing result estimation apparatus and computer program
A printing result estimation apparatus includes a print condition obtaining unit configured to obtain condition information indicating a print condition set by a user, a print result estimation unit configured to estimate an execution result of the printing process based on the condition information, wherein the print result estimation unit estimates the result of the printing process based on print effect data on cost factors, environmental factors, and a time required to print, and a display device operatively connected to the print result estimation apparatus, wherein the display device is configured to display a print result estimate of the print estimation unit. |
| US10194034B2 |
Multi-modem communication using virtual identity modules
Communication apparatus includes an interface to a plurality of wireless modems and bonding circuitry, which is configured to receive multiple virtual identities in the apparatus, to load respective ones of the received virtual identities into one or more of the wireless modems, and to communicate over the air by simultaneously transmitting or receiving a data stream over at least the two or more of the wireless modems. Systems and methods for such communication are provided, as well. |
| US10194028B2 |
Graphical user interface for configuring contact center routing strategies
A system and method for composing a routing strategy for a contact center via a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface provides a plurality of selectable blocks and a workspace for assembling selected ones of the plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks is associated with logic for managing an interaction with the contact center. A processor receives identification of one of the blocks and identification of a location in the workspace area relative to other blocks in the workspace area, and places the identified block in the identified location. The processor generates the routing strategy based on the blocks in the workspace area and location of the blocks relative to each other in the workspace area. The processor also stores a layout of the blocks in the workspace area as a routing diagram for the routing strategy. The processor activates the routing strategy for managing the inbound interaction according to the activated routing strategy. |
| US10194025B2 |
Sending notifications based on an active mode of operation of a mobile device
Systems and methods are described herein for sending notifications associated with different use or active modes of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet, and so on. For example, a mobile device may be in a busy mode, where a user associated with the mobile device is busy on a call, and/or in an entertainment mode (or other non-communication mode), where the user is utilizing entertainment functions provided by the mobile device (e.g., watching a video, playing a video game, listening to a podcast, and so on). |
| US10194022B2 |
System and method for automatically detecting undesired calls
A system is provided for thwarting the undesired incoming calls and eliminating the impact of robocalls, tollfree pumping, political spam, data collection bots, and other phone fraud forms. The system has a spam detection unit with a plurality of spam type modules and each spam type module is configured to detect a different type of spam. |
| US10194020B2 |
Line fault localisation
The invention relates to a method of managing a digital subscriber line, in particular for identifying the location of weather related faults. The invention continuously measures the signal to noise (SNR) margin on the DSL line as well as measurements from weather related sensors, such as moisture and wind sensors, which each have an associated geographical location. The SNR margin measures are compared to predetermined conditions based on SNR margin characteristics associated with a population of good lines. If the SNR margin measures fail to meet the predetermined conditions, the SNR measures are also compared to the weather sensor measurements over a day or number of days. If there is a correlation between the SNR margin measures and at least one of the sensors, then location of the fault is identified as the location of the sensor having the strongest correlation with the SNR measures. |
| US10194016B1 |
Activation of SMS signaling from dynamically activated control interface
A system and method dynamically generates structured graphical user interfaces based on the type of device accessing a user interface. The system and method dynamically trigger the pre-population of content within a native application or internet-based application on user agent information and user-entered information and initiates SMS communications between users of disparate device types. |
| US10194013B2 |
Instrument cluster metadata to support second screen
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a method, and a system for receiving display capabilities of a secondary vehicular display, determining metadata to display based on the display capabilities of the secondary vehicular display, formatting the displayable metadata, and transmitting the displayable metadata to the secondary vehicular display. The metadata is determined by receiving a data set from producer, comparing the data set against the display capabilities, and formatting the resultant data from the comparing as metadata. |
| US10194010B1 |
Techniques to manage contact records
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for managing contact information received in the context of a messaging system. Messages may be received from known contacts which contain user contact records for third parties. Based on the trust relationship with the known contacts, the user contact record is placed in a contact record repository for later retrieval. When another message is received which either references the user contact record or is from the third party referenced in the user contact record, a dialog box is presented offering the user the opportunity to add the user contact record as an address entry in the address book of the device. |
| US10194008B2 |
Communication device, network monitoring device system, and information notification method
Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods that may promptly confirm performance information about a network element (NE) when the NE is operating as an active system. For example, disclosed embodiments may include one of communication devices that is connected, together with other communication devices, to a network monitoring device. The communication device may use a redundancy configuration with the other of the communication devices and may output, upon the occurrence of a prescribed event, prescribed information to the network monitoring device about what the communication device measured when performing a prescribed operation as an active system. The network monitoring device may monitor a redundancy system for switching the plurality of communication devices between an active system and a standby system. The network monitoring device may also display prescribed information about one of the communication devices when the communication device operates as an active system. |
| US10194007B2 |
Concurrent optical network terminal simulation
Systems and techniques for concurrent optical network terminal simulation are described herein. A data packet may be received by an optical lint terminal. It may be determined that the data packet is associated with an optical network terminal simulation host. The data packet may be modified based on the determination. The modified data packet may be transmitted to a device. |
| US10193999B1 |
Dynamic online game implementation on a client device
A system and method for providing online games on client devices based on capabilities of the client devices are disclosed. Device capability information may be obtained from the client devices during the online game. Values of one or more capability parameters may be determined based on the device capability information obtained. Device profiles may be assigned to the client devices based on the determined values of the capability parameters. One or more game features may be adjusted in accordance with the assigned device profile for implementing the online game on the client devices. The adjustable game features may include frame rate, level of detail of rendering, level of 3D graphics, level of collision effects, animation type, gameplay available for user interaction, gameplay content for user interaction, communication mode, physics effects available for display, level of artificial intelligence, and/or any other features of the online game. |
| US10193996B2 |
Load balancing method, information processing apparatus, and storage medium
A load balancing method executed by an information processing apparatus, the load balancing method includes identifying, in first determination processing for determining circumstances based on an event acquired by a sensor included in the information processing apparatus, a type of an event that another information processing apparatus coupled to the information processing apparatus is able to acquire by using a sensor included in the another information processing apparatus; determining whether a logic tree representing the first determination processing is able to change to another logic tree that includes a partial logic tree determined based on an event of the identified type and is equivalent in condition to the logic tree; and assigning second determination processing represented by the partial logic tree included in the another logic tree to the another information processing apparatus, when determining that the logic tree is able to change to the another logic tree. |
| US10193989B2 |
Visualization of user behavior
Disclosed are various embodiments for a behavior visualization application. Navigation events are obtained from a client navigating through a workflow. Durations the client is focused on a respective workflow page and the transitions between workflow pages are determined from the navigation events. A visualization embodying the durations of focus and transitions is generated. Visual elements correspond to respective consecutive durations of focus, and are linked to represent transitions between respective workflow pages. |
| US10193986B2 |
Method and apparatus for presenting geographical location
Method and device of sharing location information in a social network application are disclosed. The method includes: a user device providing an instant messaging interface of a social network application at the user device; detecting, within the instant messaging interface, a trigger input associated with location information from a first user of the first user device; in response to the trigger input associated with location information, obtaining a map based on the trigger input; and sharing the map with a second user device through the social network application, enabling the second user device to display the map in a corresponding instant messaging interface of the social network application executed at the second user device. |