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| US10238603B2 |
Gelatin/pectin particles
Disclosed are particles comprising pectin and gelatin. The particles may be useful for preparing any of a variety products such as, for example, soft pharmaceutical capsules, hard pharmaceutical capsules, and foodstuffs. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the particles, the method comprising: (a) dissolving pectin in an aqueous solution to produce an aqueous solution of dissolved pectin; (b) mixing the aqueous solution of dissolved pectin with liquid gelatin to produce a gelatin/pectin mixture; (c) drying the gelatin/pectin mixture; and (d) milling the gelatin/pectin mixture to produce the plurality of particles. |
| US10238600B2 |
Package, system and methods for custody and control of drugs, and method and composition for making an oral soluble film, containing at least one active agent
A package, system and methods allow for custody and control of drugs, especially for an abuse-prone drug. A package for custody and control of a dose of an active agent, includes a unit dose of an active agent, and an individual package sealing the unit dose therein, the package having a custody and control product identifier unique to each unit dose provided on the package. A system for custody and control of a dose of an active agent, includes an individual package of one unit dose of an active agent, the package having a custody and control product identifier unique to each unit dose provided on the package, and a database containing data reflecting the custody and control identifier corresponding to each unit dose and an identifier configured to be able to identify the party to whom each unit dose is provided. |
| US10238588B2 |
Aqueous oxidizing composition for hair
Present invention relates to an aqueous oxidizing composition for hair which makes possible achieving homogeneous coloration of multiple damaged hair and especially provides excellent grey coverage with oxidative hair dyes. The object of the invention is an aqueous oxidizing composition for hair comprising one or more oxidizing agent, one or more polyol, one or more oil, one or more solid fatty alcohol and one or more surfactant wherein fatty alcohol to oil weight ratio is less than 1, weight ratio of surfactant to sum of fatty alcohol and oil is less than 0.25 and polyol concentration is less than or equal to 2% by weight calculated to the total of the composition. |
| US10238587B2 |
Erasable tattoo ink and method for removing tattoos
An improved erasable tattoo ink and a method and apparatus for removing tattoos using an energy transfer photodisruptive mechanism whereby efficiency of the transfer of energy from a low energy light source to a higher energy donor and then to a tattoo pigment molecule for photodecomposition of the ink color pigmentation is optimized. |
| US10238586B2 |
Compositions, systems and methods for the encapsulation and delivery of a substance
A composition and method is provided for synthesizing silicone particles with narrow size distributions and tunable degrees of crosslinking for encapsulation of an active ingredient or multiple active ingredients in the matrix of the particles for controlled release. The method comprises agitating at least one type of silane monomer having two, three or four siloxane bonds in an acidic aqueous solution under conditions sufficient to allow for hydrolysis of the monomers, adding a catalyst and a solution comprising a co-solvent and the active ingredient(s) to the acidic aqueous solution, and continuing to agitate the combined solution to allow for a condensation reaction and formation of silicone particles with a narrow size distribution encapsulating at least a portion of the active ingredient(s). The tunable degree of crosslink density of the particles formed is based on the ratios of the monomers used, which enables controlled release of the active ingredient(s) from the particles. |
| US10238585B2 |
Oil-in-water emulsion sunscreen cosmetic
The present invention is intended to provide an organic UV absorber-free, non-chemical sunscreen cosmetic that contains hydrophobized zinc oxide and/or hydrophobized titanium dioxide as a UV scattering agent, specifically an oil-in-water emulsion sunscreen cosmetic that provides excellent emulsion stability and an excellent pleasant feel while maintaining high levels of UV protection. |
| US10238581B2 |
Hyperbranched polyglycerol-coated particles and methods of making and using thereof
Core-shell particles and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The core is formed of or contains one or more hydrophobic materials or more hydrophobic materials. The shell is formed of or contains hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG). The HPG coating can be modified to adjust the properties of the particles. Unmodified HPG coatings impart stealth properties to the particles which resist non-specific protein absorption and increase circulation in the blood. The hydroxyl groups on the HPG coating can be chemically modified to form functional groups that react with functional groups and adhere the particles to tissue, cells, or extracellular materials, such as proteins. |
| US10238577B2 |
Oral delivery device and methods
Devices for delivery of fluid compositions include a delivery device including an internally pierced blister in which the device includes a plunger configured to crush the blister and deliver the contents in a lateral direction with respect to the motion of a dispensing button. Certain devices are configured for oral delivery. |
| US10238576B2 |
Closed fluid transfer system
A closed fluid transfer system for fluidly interconnecting a syringe to any one of a patient I.V. set, a vial and an I.V. bag, is provided and includes a first adapter defining a lumen and supporting a seal across a first end of its lumen, the first adapter supporting a rear end of a needle within the lumen, wherein the seal is movable relative to the needle such that a tip of the needle penetrates through the seal; and a second adapter defining a lumen and supporting a seal across a first end of its lumen; wherein when the second adapter is coupled to the first adapter, the second adapter seal abuts the first adapter seal and moves the first adapter seal relative to the tip of the needle such that the tip of the needle penetrates through the abutting first adapter seal and second adapter seal. |
| US10238575B2 |
Therapeutic substance and acupressure system
According to one embodiment, a system includes an acupressure device configured to apply pressure to one or more pressure points on a mammal. The system further includes a therapeutic substance coupled to the acupressure device. |
| US10238574B2 |
System for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient
A system for assisting a rescuer in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient includes: a proximity sensor configured to be positioned at a location corresponding to a location of a rescuer's hand when delivering compressions to a patient's chest, the proximity sensor configured to produce a signal indicative of the rescuer's hands being released from the patient's chest; a medical device operatively coupled with the proximity sensor and configured to provide resuscitative treatment to the patient; and a controller communicatively coupled with the medical device and the proximity sensor. The controller is configured to: determine, based upon the signal from the proximity sensor, if the rescuer's hands have been released from the patient's chest, and trigger an action by the medical device in response to a determination that the rescuer's hands have been released from the patient's chest. |
| US10238571B2 |
Vision-assist devices and methods of calibrating image data of a vision-assist device
Vision-assist devices and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vision-assist device includes an image sensor for generating image data corresponding to a scene, a processor, and an inertia measuring unit. The inertia measuring unit is configured to measure forces acting on the image sensor and the orientation of the image sensor. The processor is configured to receive the image data from the image sensor and process the force and orientation of the image sensor so as to determine a tilt of the image sensor. The processor is further configured to process the image data based on at least the tilt of the at least one image sensor so as to generate a corrected image data, wherein the corrected image data does not include the tilt. |
| US10238562B2 |
Unit for providing assistance or services to a patient
A bedside unit provides assistance and/or services to a patient in a bed. The unit includes a first vertical tubular shaft fixed to the floor and a second tubular shaft arranged around the first shaft and moveable relative to the first shaft under the action of a height adjustment mechanism. The apparatus for providing assistance and/or services includes drawers, an overbed table and an egress bar which are arranged to be controllably pivotable about the second shaft. The unit also includes a patient transfer arm at the top of the first shaft and rotatable thereabout. |
| US10238556B1 |
Multi-adjustable wheelchair and frame therefor
A wheelchair frame comprises a base frame having a geometry that is structured and configured to be adjustable about a fixed pivot, wherein the base frame comprises a central frame and frame component that are adjustable via an angular adjustment. |
| US10238554B2 |
Absorbent products having an absorber with a body fluid inflow portion and a superabsorbent resin
An absorber includes a concave groove-shaped body fluid inflow portion along a longitudinal direction of an incontinence pad and over a range in the longitudinal direction including a body fluid discharge portion of a wearer, and a granular powder superabsorbent resin is arranged at least on a side edge portion of the absorber and over the range in the longitudinal direction including the body fluid inflow portion. Since the body fluid flowing into the body fluid inflow portion is diffused and is absorbed and held in the superabsorbent resin on the side edge portion of the absorber, it is possible to provide an adequate absorbed amount in the absorber despite the concave groove in the absorber. Even when the superabsorbent resin becomes swollen with absorbed body fluid, the body fluid inflow portion is not blocked, with the result that the absorption speed is not reduced. |
| US10238552B2 |
Personal absorbent article having three dimensional gathers
A middle part in the width direction of a three-dimensional gather of an absorbent article is joined with a side edge portion of a liquid permeable surface sheet, and a folded portion folded back to a side at an inner side of the joint portion is formed. The folded portion is defined by an end area, a urinary-opening facing area, and a middle area. In the end area and the middle area, a portion on an inner side in the width direction of the folded portion is joined with the liquid permeable surface sheet, and a projection with an end of a portion on an outer side in the width direction rather than the joint portion as a free end portion is formed. |
| US10238551B2 |
System and methods for monitoring defecation, urination, near-body temperature, body posture and body movements in young children, patients and elderlies
Remotely detecting the presence of urine or feces in a diaper of an infant or adult using a disposable sensor placed inside the diaper, in conjunction with a permanent device that is capable of wirelessly transmitting data to a mobile device or base station is disclosed. The permanent device can also be capable of measuring temperature and body movements. This additional information can be used in conjunction with the detection of urine or feces to identify patterns. |
| US10238550B2 |
Wound cleaning assembly
A wound cleansing assembly, which includes or is a wound cleansing cloth (1), having at least one carrier layer (2) and threads (3) disposed on the carrier layer (2) and protruding from the carrier (2), preferably made exclusively of synthetic fibers, preferably plastic fibers. |
| US10238548B2 |
Water-resistant orthopedic undercast sleeve product
A water-resistant orthopedic undercast sleeve that includes a tubular sheet material formed of extruded filaments having water-resistant properties and a thickness sufficient to provide both cushioning and moisture transport in a single layer between a cast and a limb onto which the sleeve is applied. The water resistant properties are achieved by at least one process, including a water-resistant filler, finish or coating applied to the filaments during extrusion, applying a water resistant finish to the finish during extrusion, applying a water resistant finish to the filaments during a subsequent spinning process, or coating the filaments with a water-resistant finish in a separate process. Moisture egress channels are formed in the sheet material for transporting moisture away from the limb, longitudinally along the length of the sleeve, and out of the space between the sleeve and cast. |
| US10238545B2 |
Ear wax removal device and methods thereof
A device for removing earwax from an ear canal includes a shaft; and an earwax collector head at an end of the shaft. The collector head is in the form of a helical strip surrounding a substantially elongated space. The helical strip has a cross section such that an outward facing surface of the helical strip is substantially flat and an interior surface of the helical strip radially tapers to an inward facing edge. A distal end of the helical strip tapers to present a wedge. |
| US10238544B2 |
Marking lenticules for refractive correction
In certain embodiments, marking a lenticule includes controlling a focus of pulsed laser radiation having ultrashort pulses. A lenticule marking is created in a cornea of an eye with the pulsed laser radiation to mark the lenticule. The lenticule is then created in the cornea with the pulsed laser radiation. |
| US10238538B2 |
Display for ophthalmic surgical console with user-selectable sectors
An ophthalmic surgical system includes a display device and a user interface. The display device generates a display on an image of a patient's eye comprising a plurality of non-overlapping display sectors. Each display sector displays one of a plurality of user-selectable surgical parameters. A user interface receives a user selection of one or more of the user-selectable surgical parameters to be displayed. |
| US10238537B2 |
Systems and methods for correcting high order aberrations in laser refractive surgery
Optical correction methods, devices, and systems reduce optical aberrations or inhibit refractive surgery induced aberrations. Error source control and adjustment or optimization of ablation profiles or other optical data address high order aberrations. A simulation approach identifies and characterizes system factors that can contribute to, or that can be adjusted to inhibit, optical aberrations. Modeling effects of system components facilitates adjustment of the system parameters. |
| US10238535B2 |
Lacrimal implants and related methods
Lacrimal implants and related methods providing secure, wedgable retention within a lacrimal punctum and associated canaliculus of an eye are disclosed. The lacrimal implants can comprise an implant body configured for at least partial insertion through the lacrimal punctum and into the canaliculus. The implant body can include first and second portions, and can extend from a proximal end of the first portion defining a longitudinal proximal axis to a distal end of the second portion defining a longitudinal distal axis. The implant body can be configured such that, when implanted using an integral dilator, an angled intersection exists between the proximal and distal axes. In this way, at least a portion of the implant body can be biased against at least a portion of the lacrimal canaliculus located at or more distal to a canalicular curvature, thereby retaining an implanted position of the lacrimal implant using anatomical structures. |
| US10238528B1 |
Method and device for the management of body fluids leaking from a surgical drain tube incision
A fluid collection system for collecting fluids leaked from a surgical incision is provided. The fluid collection system broadly includes a baseplate having an adhesive backing that couples the baseplate to a patient's skin and includes a wafer having a centrally positioned opening. The opening receives a first end of a surgical drain tube. A wafer connector is disposed around the opening and detachably couples to a fluid remover connector on a fluid remover The leaked fluid remover defines a septum space and a septum is housed within the septum space. The septum has an orifice that receives a second end of the surgical drain tube. The septum is capable of moving about radially, axially and/or pivotally to alleviate side load tension on the septum caused by displacement of the surgical drain tube. |
| US10238527B1 |
Testicular retraction restraints and methods
Described are restraints, and methods of using and making the restraints, for restraining a man's testicular retraction response to sexual stimulation. It is believed that the restraints and methods of use thereby tend to slow or postpone the onset of the man's climax, with the potential to prolong the pleasure of the man and/or his sexual partner. More particularly, clip restraints and loop restraints are described and illustrated. The clip restraints are configured to grip a portion of the scrotum and to present deflection or obstruction features above the reposed positions of each of the man's testicles, configured to deflect or obstruct the movement of the testicles toward a retracted position associated with the onset of the man's sexual climax. Advantageously, clips according to the invention may fold to a narrow thickness, convenient for carrying in a pocket or wallet. Clip members of the restraints may be attracted by magnets, biased by springs, or manually adjusted to a stable gripping position. The loop restraints comprise left-hand and right-hand loops configured to extend around a portion of the scrotum and to define a restraint opening, confining at least a restrained portion of the respective testicle to one side of the restrained opening to limit retraction of the respective testicle through the opening in a direction toward the respective vas deferens. |
| US10238526B2 |
Method of implanting a penile prosthetic in a patient
A method of implanting a penile prosthetic in a patient includes providing an implantable cylinder with a resorbable component attached to an exterior surface of the implantable cylinder and a tow line engaged with the resorbable component. The method includes inserting the tow line into a corpora cavernosum of a penis, directing the tow line through a glans of the penis, and pulling on the tow line and moving the implantable cylinder into the corpora cavernosum of the penis. The method includes locating a distal end of the implantable cylinder in a distal location in the corpora cavernosum of the penis, and disengaging the tow line from the resorbable component. |
| US10238524B2 |
Tightening system for orthotics
Tightening systems for braces and other objects are provided. One or more housings can be provided, each of which includes a top surface, a set of lobes positioned on and along the top surface, and a set of sheaves that are sized and dimensioned to be rotatably secured between the top surface and the set of lobes. |
| US10238522B2 |
Exoskeleton device and method of impeding relative movement in the exoskeleton device
An exoskeleton device includes a first brace coupled to a first portion of a wearer of the exoskeleton device and a second brace coupled to a second portion of the wearer. A first joint connects the first and second braces and allows relative movement between the first and second braces. A first brake is controllable between an unactuated state and a plurality of actuated states, and the first brake impedes relative movement between the first and second braces at the first joint while the first brake is in one of the plurality of actuated states. A manual actuator is selectively used by the wearer during relative movement between the first and second braces. Use of the actuator causes the first brake to enter one of the plurality of actuated states such that relative movement between the first and second braces is impeded at the first joint. |
| US10238516B1 |
Simplified implantable gastric balloon system with self deflating timer
An implantable inflatable gastric balloon device and system comprising a combination flow regulator and timing regulator, useful for inducing satiety and managing obesity. The balloon is administered into the patient's stomach in a deflated state, and then inflated by gas or liquid. The flow portion of the regulator usually acts as a one-way valve allowing gas or liquid to enter but not exit the balloon. The timing portion of the regulator has a degradable plug that gradually degrades over time, eventually allowing this gas or fluid to escape, thus allowing the balloon to escape. The dimensions of the device are configured so that in a deflated state, the balloon can pass by natural physiological processes through the pyloric sphincter and out of the patient through the intestines. Diagnostic methods, and methods for administering and managing the device, are also taught. |
| US10238513B2 |
Intravascular stent
The invention is directed to an expandable stent for implanting in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen. The invention provides for an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylindrical rings connected by undulating links. The stent has a high degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction, yet has adequate vessel wall coverage and sufficient radial strength to hold open an artery or other body lumen. The stent can be compressed or crimped onto a catheter to a very low profile since the inside radii of curvature of some of the peaks and valleys allow the stent to be crimped to a very low profile onto a catheter and increase radial strength over prior art stents. |
| US10238512B2 |
MRI visible medical device
Cobalt in oxidized state for use as anti-artifact layer (4) covering a metallic substrate (1) of a medical device for reducing the production of artifacts in MRI caused by the magnetic property of the (1), wherein the anti-artifact layer (4) is present at outermost surface of the metallic substrate (1) and has at least 30% of cobalt ratio (at % Co) to the total amount of transition metallic atoms present therein, and at least 90% of cobalt atoms present within the anti-artifact layer (4) are converted into at least one of Co(II) oxidized state and Co(III) oxidized state. |
| US10238511B1 |
Electromagnetic suspension system for prosthetic device
A suspension system and method for attaching a prosthetic device to a residual limb. In an illustrative embodiment, the suspension system comprises: a prosthetic socket that is attached to the prosthetic device; a socket adaptor that is incorporated into the prosthetic socket, the socket adaptor comprising a power supply, a microprocessor, and a power switch; a plurality of electromagnets, electropermanent magnets or electroadhesors that are arranged in an array and embedded in said prosthetic socket, each of said electromagnets, electropermanent magnets or electroadhesors being connected to the socket adaptor; a magnetically active liner that is adapted to be in intimate contact with said residual limb and that is fabricated from a magnetically active material; and a locking pin that protrudes from said magnetically active liner and that is adapted to attach the liner to the socket. |
| US10238508B2 |
Devices and methods for preparation of vertebral members
Devices and methods for preparing a surgical site, and in particular vertebral members, which may include a retractable tool and an actuator. The tool may include distal and proximal members. A distal side of the distal member may be fixed in a longitudinal direction and pivotable at a point of rotation. A proximal side of the proximal member may be pivotably connected to the actuator. In a retracted position, the distal member may be pivotably connected to the proximal member longitudinally in between the point of rotation and the proximal side of the proximal member. Moving the actuator in a distal direction may push the proximal member and the distal member such that the proximal member pivots with respect to the actuator and distal member, the distal member pivots with respect to the proximal member and point of rotation, and the proximal member and distal member move laterally outward. |
| US10238507B2 |
Bone graft delivery system and method for using same
A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube and a handle having a trigger and a ratcheting mechanism. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The bone graft delivery system can further include a distal tip at a distal end of the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location. |
| US10238505B2 |
Bi-directional fixating/locking transvertebral body screw/intervertebral cage stand-alone constructs
A bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus is provided. The BDFT apparatus includes an intervertebral cage including a plurality of internal angled screw guides, a plurality of screw members, and a cage indentation adjacent to the screw guides that independently or supplemented by other screw locking mechanisms prevents the screw members from pulling out of the internal angled screw guides. The internal angled screw guides orient a first screw member superiorly and a second screw member inferiorly. The intervertebral cage is adapted for posterior lumbar intervertebral placement, anterior lumbar intervertebral placement, anterio-lateral thoracic intervertebral placement, or anterior cervical intervertebral placement. |
| US10238504B2 |
Spinal fusion implant and related methods
The present invention relates generally to medical devices and methods for use in spinal surgery. In particular, the disclosed system relates to an intervertebral spinal implant assembly sized and dimensioned for the lumbar or cervical spine implantable via an anterior approach. The device includes an implant, bone fasteners, and instruments for delivering the implant and bone screws. |
| US10238503B2 |
Expandable spinal implant system with a biased tip and method of using same
An expandable spinal implant includes a distal projection extending from only one side of the implant, ending in an anterior tip, the anterior portion and anterior tip defining an elongated distal end hook, which is wider than the proximal end. The distal end hook rotates around the spinal cord, aligning the implant with a desired pathway, then inserts into place in the disc space between the vertebrae. The elongated widened distal end hook provides a TLIF approach, distributes loads, provides anterior rim engagement, and creates lordosis. |
| US10238500B2 |
Intervertebral disc
This invention relates to an intervertebral motion disc having two motion surfaces and. wherein the radius of the upper articulation surface of the core member is greater than the radius of the lower articulation surface of the core member, and wherein the first articulation surface of the core member is spherical and the second articulation surface of the core member is curved and non-spherical. |
| US10238483B2 |
Devices and methods for assisting valve function, replacing venous valves, and predicting valve treatment success
Devices and methods for assisting valve function, replacing venous valves, and predicting valve treatment successes. In at least one embodiment of an endograft valve device of the present disclosure, the device comprises an endograft body configured for expansion from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within a luminal organ and comprising a first portion having a proximal end defining a proximal end aperture and a distal end defining a distal end aperture, the first portion tapering toward the distal end so that the distal end aperture has a relatively smaller cross-sectional area than the proximal end aperture when the valve device is expanded, and a valve portion positioned at or near the distal end of the first portion, the valve portion configured to receive fluid flowing through the distal end aperture of the first portion. |
| US10238482B2 |
Axial lengthening thrombus capture system
Systems and methods can remove material of interest, including blood clots, from a body region, including but not limited to the circulatory system for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), cerebrovascular embolism, and other vascular occlusions. |
| US10238480B2 |
Device and method for treatment of incision or hernia
Devices and methods for treating an abdominal incision or hernia are described. An implant for the restoration or prophylactic treatment of an abdominal wall comprises an elongate element and at least one sheet connected to the elongate element along a longitudinal axis of the elongate element. The elongate element is positioned along the line of incision, and the at least one sheet is secured to the abdominal muscles surrounding the incision. |
| US10238478B2 |
Oral appliance for delivery of medicaments and/or other substances
An oral appliance is provided for delivering a medicament to at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside a mouth. The oral appliance contains an interior surface having a medicament disposed in or on at least a portion of and/or the entire interior surface of the oral appliance. The interior surface of the oral cavity is formed to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity and is configured for holding the medicament in contact with at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity to deliver the medicament to strategic areas in need of treatment. In some embodiments, computer, network and computer readable storage media are provided. |
| US10238474B2 |
Denture bite rim system with replica teeth
A bite rim system includes a plurality of dental bite rims having a shape and size that is suitable for use in a human mouth. A plurality of anatomically correct replica teeth is constructed from wax, and also includes various tooth characteristics of different shapes, thicknesses, sizes and colors. A series of replica teeth are removably pre-mounted onto one or more of the bite rims in an anatomically correct pattern. The system also includes one or more replica teeth strips having a front facing surface with the image of one or more teeth imprinted thereon, and a back facing surface that is coated with an adhesive material for mating with one of the dental bite rims. |
| US10238473B2 |
Multi-layer zirconia dental blank that has a gradual change in strength, translucency and chroma from one direction to the other after sintering
A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition including increasing amounts of yttria through a thickness of the green body. The green body has a substantially consistent optical characteristic of chroma and translucency across the thickness, and is subsequently millable and sinterable to form the dental prosthesis with an optical characteristic of decreasing chroma, increasing translucency, and decreasing strength, in one direction through a thickness of the dental prosthesis. |
| US10238472B2 |
Estimating a surface texture of a tooth
Embodiments for estimating a surface texture of a tooth are described herein. One method embodiment includes collecting a sequence of images utilizing multiple light conditions using an intra-oral imaging device and estimating the surface texture of the tooth based on the sequence of images. |
| US10238471B2 |
Dental implant assembly and abutment thereof
A dental implant assembly includes an implant, an abutment, and a fixing element. The implant is placed in the alveolar bone. The abutment is assembled to the implant and includes a tapered position-restricting part and an elastic pressing part. The tapered position-restricting part has an abutment fixing channel substantially matching the tapered position-restricting outer wall of the tapered position-restricting trench. The elastic pressing part includes the elastic pressing structures extended from the tapered position-restricting part. The fixing element includes the fixing head and the fixing rod extended from the fixing head. A tolerance allowable gap is formed between the abutment fixing channel and the fixing rod. As the abutment is assembled to the implant, the elastic pressing structures press against the position-restricting wall first to hinder the relative rotation therebetween; when an offset error exists, the tolerance allowable gap allows the fixing rod to penetrate the abutment fixing channel. |
| US10238469B2 |
Bone reduction bur
In one embodiment, a dental bur includes a proximal shank, an intermediate cutting section, and a smooth, rounded distal tip. The cutting section includes (i) a frustum-shaped portion connected at its larger-diameter end to the shank and (ii) a curved portion that provides a transition between the smaller-diameter end of the frustum-shaped portion and the rounded tip, where the outer surfaces of the frustum-shaped portion and the curved portion are both sufficiently abrasive to remove bone tissue due to the presence of surface grit and/or flutes that provide bone-cutting edges. The dental bur reduces and flattens the bone tissue of the maxillary and mandibular bones for surgical dental implants without unwanted soft tissue damage. |
| US10238468B2 |
Charger for an implant
A system and method for supplying energy to an implanted medical device is disclosed. The system comprises an internal charger having a first coil, an external charged arranged to wirelessly transmit energy to supply the internal charger with energy, the external charger comprising a second coil, and a wireless feedback system arranged to transmit feedback information from the internal charger to the external charger. The feedback information is based on information obtained from at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) transmitter. |
| US10238466B2 |
Method of making a superelastic medical device with a radiopaque marker
A method of making a superelastic medical device with a radiopaque marker includes threading a radiopaque marker having an elongated shape over a wire comprising a shape memory alloy. After the threading, the wire is secured in a predetermined configuration to a mandrel. While secured to the mandrel, the wire is heat set in an environment comprising an inert gas so as to impart a memory of the predetermined configuration to the wire and superelastic properties to the shape memory alloy. A superelastic medical device including the radiopaque marker is thus formed. |
| US10238462B2 |
Digital-based medical devices
A hand-held medical device includes a housing, an electronic imager, and an optical system aligned with the electronic imager along an imaging axis of the device. An illumination system includes at least one light source for directing light towards a target of interest, as well as a display connected to the electronic imager and attached to the housing. A processor, disposed within the housing, is connected to the electronic imager, the illumination assembly and the display, and includes processing logic and data storage for storing a plurality of images. |
| US10238461B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for control of surgical tools in a robotic surgical system
Techniques for a surgical system are provided that allow controlling a force applied by an electromechanical surgical tool coupled to an electromechanical surgical arm. A force limiter can be associated with at least one of the surgical arm and the tool and is used to limit the force applied by jaws of the tool to tissue when the tissue is engaged therebetween or when the tissue is otherwise manipulated. The force can be limited to a maximum force value, which can be preselected, and it can be adjustable based on user input or automatically. Also are provided techniques for a surgical system that allow controlling a stiffness of an electromechanical passive arm coupled to a fixture and having an active arm mounted thereon. The stiffness is adjusted, either manually or automatically, by adjusting a friction at a joint of the arm based on an angle at the arm's joint. |
| US10238457B2 |
System and method for endoscopic deployment of robotic concentric tube manipulators for performing surgery
An apparatus (20) for performing endoscopic surgery on a patient (12) includes at least two concentric tube manipulators (150) adapted to carry devices (152, 154) for performing a surgical operation. A transmission (200) operates the concentric tube manipulators (150). An endoscope tube (106) has a proximal end portion fixed to the transmission (200). The concentric tube manipulators (150) extend from the transmission (200) through an inner lumen (102) of the endoscope tube (106) and are operable to extend from a distal end (104) of the endoscope tube. |
| US10238455B2 |
Pathway planning for use with a navigation planning and procedure system
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for planning a procedure for treatment of lung tissue. An exemplary method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the luminal network, displaying the 3D model of the luminal network, selecting a target location in the tissue adjacent to the luminal network as displayed on the 3D model, identifying a point in the luminal network which is proximate to or at the target location, determining an access path between the target location and the identified point in the luminal network, calculating a risk of injury to intervening structures between the target location and the identified point in the luminal network, based on the determined access path, and displaying the access path and the calculated risk of injury for the access path on the 3D model. |
| US10238448B2 |
Surgical devices and mechanisms
An instrument for use in a medical procedure that includes a proximal end, a distal end, a handle adjacent to the proximal end of the instrument, a flexible elongated neck extending distally from a distal end of the handle, a jaw power screw extending from a distal end of the neck, a pair of moveable jaws operatively connected to the jaw power screw, and a handle power screw assembly operatively connected to a proximal end of the flexible neck within the handle, wherein manipulation of the handle will control movement of the jaws. |
| US10238447B2 |
System and method for ablating a tissue site by electroporation with real-time monitoring of treatment progress
A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal having a frequency of at least 1 MHz prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses. |
| US10238446B2 |
Positioning method and apparatus for delivering vapor to the uterus
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine ablation device into the uterus; expanding a distal anchor; inflating a proximal balloon to pull the distal anchor proximally and seat the distal anchor against the internal os of the uterus; inflating a central balloon to seal the cervix; delivering vapor from the uterine ablation device into the uterus; and condensing the vapor on tissue within the uterus. The can include a cervical collar adapted to place a distal portion of the device within the uterus when the cervical collar contacts an external os of the cervix. |
| US10238440B2 |
Fastener
A fastener includes an elongate fastener body defining a longitudinal axis substantially central thereto. The fastener body has a continuous outer fastener shell laterally surrounding the longitudinal axis. The fastener shell longitudinally separates a fastener head end and a fastener tip end. A tool-engaging feature is provided on the fastener head end. A plurality of teeth are located on the fastener shell and extend substantially laterally outward from the longitudinally axis. The fastener shell is comprised of at least one undulate face and at least one substantially flat face. The plurality of teeth are located only on the undulate faces. Each tooth is longitudinally separated from adjacent teeth along an undulate face. A method of installing the fastener into a receiving structure is also described. |
| US10238436B2 |
Temporary fracture stabilization device
A temporary fracture stabilization device includes a first intramedullary fixation rod, a second intramedullary fixation rod, a first extramedullary connector, a second extramedullary connector and a fastener. A field kit for temporary fracture stabilization is also disclosed. |
| US10238435B2 |
Apparatus and methods for reduction of vertebral bodies in a spine
A system for reduction of vertebral bodies (or vertebrae) in various embodiments includes a reducer, and extender, and a hollow tube. The reducer couples to the extender, which in turn couples to an elongated member, such as a rod, and to a bone fastener assembly. The reducer allows reduction of the vertebral body incrementally, and by a desired amount. The reducer may include or may be used in conjunction with a holding device or holder in order to hold or keep the amount of reduction constant or steady once the desired amount of reduction has been obtained. The reducer may use one of several embodiments, including embodiments that use threaded assemblies or members, inclining members or wedges, offset cams, scissor jacks, and/or levers. |
| US10238434B2 |
System and method for spinal decompression
A system for performing a laminoplasty procedure in a spinal vertebra includes an implant and an inserter tool. The implant is configured to be placed on a previously formed lamina opening of the spinal vertebra, and is shaped and dimensioned to be placed in the lamina opening after the opening has been distracted. The inserter tool is configured to insert the implant near the lamina opening and then to distract the lamina opening so that the lamina opening is dimensioned to receive the implant and then to place the implant into the distracted lamina opening while simultaneously holding the lamina opening in a distracted state. |
| US10238433B2 |
Fixing device
A device for fixing a rod to an osseous structure. The device is configured to receive the rod with the main axis oriented in a first direction. The device includes a main body, a first fastening member directly connected to the main body and accessible from an outer surface of the main body for fastening the rod to the main body, and a second fastening member, also directly connected to the main body, offset with respect to the first fastening member in said first direction, and separately accessible from an outer surface of the main body for fastening to the main body. A flexible elongate member is provided to attach the main body to the osseous structure. The first and second fastening members are arranged so that the flexible elongate member can be fastened adjacent to the rod. |
| US10238429B2 |
Pedicle screw
The present invention includes a pedicle screw made with a bone fastener and a rod coupling head, the rod coupling head comprising an upper rod coupling: the lower rod coupling having a lateral rod opening adapted to receive a permanent rod; an angled bore extends into the lateral rod opening; and a permanent rod fastener in the angled bore to engage a permanent rod in the lateral rod opening; and a upper rod coupling having an upper rod opening adapted to receive a temporary rod, wherein the upper rod opening is formed to receive a temporary rod fastener; wherein the upper rod coupling is detachable from the lower rod coupling at a transition and a temporary rod is temporarily affixed into the upper rod opening during a bone realignment and a permanent rod is positioned in the lateral rod opening and engaged by the permanent rod fastener upon final bone alignment. |
| US10238427B2 |
Systems and methods for vertebral adjustment
A system for non-invasively adjusting the curvature of a spine includes a housing having a first end and a second end, a first rod having a first end telescopically disposed within a cavity of the housing along a first longitudinal axis at the first end of the housing and having a first threaded portion extending thereon, and a second end configured to be coupled to a first portion of a spinal system of a subject, a second rod having a first end telescopically disposed within the cavity along a second longitudinal axis at the second end of the housing and having a second threaded portion extending thereon, and a second end configured to be coupled to a second portion of the spinal system of the subject, a driving member rotatably disposed within the cavity and configured to be activated from a location external to the body of the subject. |
| US10238421B2 |
Method and system for gas maintenance to a body cavity using a trocar
According to one embodiment, a method includes positioning a portion of a trocar into a patient cavity. The trocar includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member disposed about the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member has at least a first chamber and a second chamber separated from the first chamber. The method also includes inserting a surgical instrument into the inner tubular member, and supplying an insufflation gas to the patient cavity by providing the insufflation gas through the first chamber of the outer tubular member. |
| US10238417B1 |
Curette with light
Improvements for curettes currently used in debridement and removal of skin, tissue, and necrotic debris from wound beds comprising a pinchable cap and a circular metal cutting end, wherein an individual may preferably apply pressure to the cap, preferably covering the metal cutting end, in order to manipulate the cutting end into a shape to preferably debride narrow or smaller portions of a wounds such as a narrow oval. The surgical instrument also preferably includes a measurement scale, a depth probe that also acts as a packing tool, and finger grips. There can be an optional LED or LEDs included in or on the curette. |
| US10238416B2 |
Ultrasonic device for cutting and coagulating
A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, and an end effector. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic blade includes a recess region having a plurality of recesses. The recess region is tapered such that the cross-sectional area of the recess region decreases along the length of the recess region. The ultrasonic blade is also curved such that a central longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic blade extends along a curved path. A reference circuit is used to account for voltage drops of unknown values during operation of the surgical apparatus. |
| US10238413B2 |
Surgical instrument with multi-function button
An ultrasonic instrument includes a body, an actuation assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The actuation assembly includes an activation member that is operable to move in a first direction to select a mode of operation. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body and includes an acoustic waveguide. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade that is in acoustic communication with the acoustic waveguide. The activation member is operable to move in a second direction to activate the end effector in a mode of operation selected by movement of the activation member in the first direction. |
| US10238411B2 |
Flexible endoscopic torqueable devices
An elongate flexible endoscopic surgical scissor instrument includes an actuating means at the proximal end and a blade assembly that includes pair of pivotable scissor blades at the distal end. The actuating means is adapted to place the scissor blades in an opened or closed configuration. The scissors include a torque-transmitting shaft assembly that couples the proximal end of instrument to the blade assembly positioned at the distal end. Rotation of the torque transmitting shaft assembly at the proximal end causes the distally-located blade assembly to similarly rotate in both the open and closed configurations, which can provide precise targeting. |
| US10238408B2 |
Acoustic lens for shock wave lithotripsy and related methods
Systems and methods for providing therapeutic shock waves are provided. A modified acoustic lens can include a first lens portion for directing a first part of an acoustic shock wave pulse toward a target and a second lens portion for directing a second part of the acoustic shock wave pulse toward the target. The second lens portion can be offset relative to the first portion such that transmission of the second part of the acoustic shock wave pulse through the second lens portion is delayed by a predetermined amount relative to transmission of the first part through the first lens portion. In situ superposition of the first and second pulses near and at the target can lead to the formation of a pressure waveform with idealized pulse profile and broadened focal width, which can provide for improved comminution of a concretion located within a living body with reduced tissue injury. |
| US10238407B2 |
Basket-type grasping forceps
A binding part of a basket-type grasping forceps includes: a first binding part to which proximal ends of first wires that are some of a plurality of basket wires are fixed; and a second binding part to which proximal ends of second wires not connected to the first binding part among the plurality of basket wires are fixed, which is engaged with the first binding part to be separable from the first binding part, is containable inside a sheath along with the first binding part in a state in which the second binding part is engaged with the first binding part, and is held by an inner surface of the sheath to be inseparable from the first binding part in the sheath. |
| US10238406B2 |
Methods and apparatus for treating embolism
A device and method for intravascular treatment of an embolism, and particularly a pulmonary embolism, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a clot treatment device that includes a support member having a plurality of first clot engagement members and second clot engagement members positioned about the circumference of a distal portion of the support member. In an undeployed state, individual first clot engagement members can be linear and have a first length, and individual second clot engagement members can be linear and have a second length that is less than the first length. The clot engagement members can be configured to penetrate clot material along an arcuate path and hold clot material to the clot treatment device. |
| US10238403B2 |
Patient-specific total hip arthroplasty
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for performing total hip arthroplasty with patient-specific guides. Pre-operative images of a pelvic region of a patient are taken in order to predefine the structure of the guides and corresponding implants. From the obtained image data an insertional vector for implanting an acetabular implant or component into an acetabulum of the patient is determined, wherein the insertional vector is coaxial with a polar axis of the acetabular component. Also from the obtained image data, a superior surface of the guides and implants can be shaped to match the acetabulum of the patient. A nub portion extending outwardly from the superior surface of the guides and implants is shaped to substantially match the shape of a fovea of the acetabulum. A guide portion of the guides forming a slot has a longitudinal axis coaxial with the determined insertional vector of a corresponding acetabular component. |
| US10238400B2 |
Soft tissue displacer tool with inclined groove and methods
A soft tissue displacer tool can include a shaft that is elongate along a central axis, the shaft including a shaft body that defining a proximal end, a distal end that is spaced from the proximal end in a distal direction, and a central location that is disposed equidistantly between the proximal and distal ends. The shaft defines at least one inclined groove that 1) is inclined with respect to a plane that is normal to the central axis, and 2) revolves about the central axis, the groove terminating at a first end and a second end that is spaced from the first end along the distal direction, and the second end is spaced from the distal end. Soft tissue displacer tools are also described in which the shaft is cannulated. The soft tissue displacer tool can further include a guidance member, such as a K-wire, a trocar, or a bone punch. |
| US10238399B2 |
Distal femoral cutting guide
A method of positioning a femoral cutting guide on a distal end of a femur establishes at least a first reference plane to perform a distal femoral planar cut. The method includes inserting a mounting member into an intramedullary canal of the femur and coupling a bridge member to the mounting member. The method also includes placing a cutting guide member over a medal anterior portion of the distal femur. The cutting guide member has a first channel that establishes the first reference plane. The bridge member has a bridge channel. A wall of the bridge channel is inserted into the first channel of the cutting guide member. A mounting mechanism generates resistance between the bridge member and the cutting guide member. The resistance is overcome by positioning the cutting guide member relative to the femur. |
| US10238395B2 |
Arterial wall compression stent
A compression stent for applying a localized high stress against a blood vessel wall to cause vessel wall compression and blockage of sympathetic and nerve signal transmission within the wall of a blood vessel. The compression stent can also sever nerves located in the vessel wall. Blockage of sympathetic nerve signal transmission reduces hypertension and improves other clinical problems that are associated with sympathetic nerve signals. |
| US10238394B2 |
System and method for treating heart tissue
Some embodiments of a system or method for treating heart tissue can include a control system and catheter device operated in a manner to intermittently occlude a heart vessel for controlled periods of time that provide redistribution of blood flow. In particular embodiments, the system and methods may be configured to monitor at least one input signal detected at a coronary sinus and thereby execute a process for determining a satisfactory time period for the occlusion of the coronary sinus. In further embodiments, after the occlusion of the coronary sinus is released, the control system can be configured to select the duration of the release phase before the starting the next occlusion cycle. |
| US10238389B2 |
Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument with an end effector
In various embodiments, a surgical tool for use with a robotic system is disclosed. The surgical tool comprises a housing, a shaft, an end effector, a motor configured to generate at least one rotational motion, a modular adapter, a motion conversion assembly, and a lockout sensor. The end effector comprises a circular stapler. The modular adapter is coupled to the housing and the robotic system and comprises at least three rotary shaft interfaces configured to actuate a closing motion and a firing motion of the circular stapler. The motion conversion assembly is operably coupled to the motor and the circular stapler. The motion conversion assembly is configured to convert the at least one rotational motion to at least one axial motion. The lockout sensor is operable to lockout the firing motion when the lockout sensor senses a spent condition of an interchangeable staple cartridge supported by the circular stapler. |
| US10238386B2 |
Surgical stapler having motor control based on an electrical parameter related to a motor current
A surgical stapler. The surgical stapler includes a drive system, an electric motor, a battery and a control system. The electric motor is mechanically coupled to the drive system. The battery is electrically couplable to the electric motor. The control system is electrically connected to the electric motor and includes an H-bridge circuit, an electrically resistive element and an electrically inductive element. The H-bridge circuit includes a high side and a low side. The low side of the H-bridge circuit includes first and second switching devices. The electrically resistive element is electrically connected in series with the first switching device. The electrically inductive element is electrically connected to the electrically resistive element. The control system is configured to control a force applied to the drive system based on a current downstream of the electrically resistive element. |
| US10238384B2 |
Suturing nail
A suturing nail includes a first nail body a second nail body being intertwined mutually to form a helix portion; a first nail crown extending from an end of the first nail body; a second nail crown extending from an end of the second nail body and opposite to the first nail crown, the first and the second nail crown being located on the same side of the helix portion and perpendicular to the helix portion; a first nail leg extending from the other end of the first nail body; a second nail leg extending from the other end of the second nail body and being spaced from the first nail, the first and the second nail leg are located on the same side of the helix portion, the first nail leg and the second nail leg are parallel to the helix portion. |
| US10238379B2 |
Method and apparatus for attaching tissue to bone, including the provision and use of a novel knotless suture anchor system
Apparatus for securing an object to bone, the apparatus comprising: an anchor, the anchor comprising: a body comprising an opening for receiving a filament therein; and a locking element movably mounted to the body for selectively locking the filament to the body; and an inserter for deploying the anchor in bone, the inserter comprising: a handle; an overtube extending distally from the handle; a carriage movably mounted to the handle; a shaft movably mounted within the overtube and connected to the carriage and releasably connected to the body of the anchor, the shaft being hollow; and a rod movably mounted within the shaft and connected to the locking element. |
| US10238378B2 |
Tissue fixation system and method
Methods and devices for stabilizing spinal anatomical structures. Some example methods may include introducing a curved segment of an elongate fastener placement rod adjacent to a bone, providing a fastener at the leading end of the curved segment, and/or securing the fastener in place with respect to the bone. |
| US10238376B2 |
Wound protector
The wound protector has an annularly collapsible distal ring, an expansion member and a flexible sleeve extending between the distal ring and expansion member. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, movement of the expansion member into an extended state expands the sleeve while drawing the sleeve tight against the wound and the expansion member against the patient. |
| US10238373B1 |
Retractor
A retractor used in inner-oral surgery is provided that includes a maxilla portion configured to maintain a patient's mount in an open state. The retractor also includes a blade that maintains the position of the tongue so that surgical tools are not obstructed. The maxilla portion of one embodiment only extends a portion of the length of the blade. |
| US10238371B2 |
Treatment of appendage openings
A method is provided for measuring an opening of an appendage of an atrium of a subject, the method including inserting a catheter into the atrium of the subject. At least one loop is deployed from a wall of the catheter, such that a distal end of the loop is distal to a distal end of the catheter. The loop is used to measure the opening of the appendage. |
| US10238368B2 |
Method and system for lesion detection in ultrasound images
A method is provided for detecting lesions in ultrasound images. The method includes acquiring ultrasound information, determining discriminative descriptors that describe the texture of a candidate lesion region, and classifying each of the discriminative descriptors as one of a top boundary pixel, a lesion interior pixel, a lower boundary pixel, or a normal tissue pixel. The method also includes determining a pattern of transitions between the classified discriminative descriptors, and classifying the candidate lesion region as a lesion or normal tissue based on the pattern of transitions between the classified discriminative descriptors. |
| US10238364B2 |
Medical device with ultrasound transducers embedded in flexible foil
The invention relates to ultrasound imaging method and apparatus suitable for minimally invasive ultrasound diagnostic devices in cardiac ablation monitoring and in tumor ablation monitoring. The present invention proposes to manufacture a transducers assembly and system on a patterned flexible foil by embedding transducers patches in apertures on the foil surface. This provides great control of the acoustic properties of the transducer. |
| US10238362B2 |
Integrated wearable device for detection of fetal heart rate and material uterine contractions with wireless communication capability
A wearable patch is provided for use on the body which preferably comprises an ultrasound sensor array, a transmission system coupled to the ultrasound sensor array adapted to provide signal information for ultrasound transmission into the body, and a receiver system coupled to the ultrasound sensor array adapted to receive signal information from the reflected ultrasound signal received from the body. A control circuitry is coupled to the transmission system and the receiver system. The patch is preferably provided with a wireless communication system to permit external control and or communication. Applications range from diagnostics and monitoring, to rehabilitation and wound healing. |
| US10238359B2 |
Apparatus method medium for selective modification of identification information in an imaging order
There is provided with an imaging control apparatus. A reception unit receives an imaging order. A control unit permits adding identification information if the received imaging order includes no identification information and to inhibit correction of the identification information upon determining that the identification information is included in the imaging order. An obtaining unit obtains information to be added as the identification information if the identification information is not included in the imaging order. A transmission unit transmits an image captured in accordance with the imaging order and either the obtained identification information or the identification information included in the imaging order, in association with each other, to an external image archiving apparatus. |
| US10238358B2 |
Systems and methods of radiation dose mapping
Systems and methods of estimating radiation dose include obtaining at least one radiation exposure value from a location marked on a patient model. A radiation exposure of the patient is estimated using a dose model which includes the patient model. At least one correction factor is calculated based upon the radiation exposure value and the estimation of radiation exposure using the dose model. The at least one correction factor is applied to the dose model and a refined estimation of radiation exposure is produced based upon the at least one correction factor and the dose model. |
| US10238357B2 |
X-ray CT apparatus and scanning method
In order to provide an X-ray CT apparatus and the like capable of obtaining an optimal X-ray dose for a dynamically changing X-ray irradiation region and reliably irradiating the X-ray irradiation region in a case where X-rays are applied with a spreading angle in a body axis direction, an X-ray CT apparatus 1 dynamically changes an X-ray irradiation region 201 for each view angle during scanning, and a system control device 124 changes a position of an analysis line 300 used to calculate an optimal tube current during scanning according to a position of the X-ray irradiation region 201 at each view angle, so as to obtain an optimal irradiation X-ray dose. |
| US10238355B2 |
Tomography apparatus and method of reconstructing tomography image thereof
A tomography apparatus includes a data obtainer and an image processor. The data obtainer performs a tomography scan on a moving object and obtains raw data of the object The image processor reconstructs a first tomography image of the object for a first slice section in a first phase from the raw data and reconstructs a second tomography image in a second phase, which is different from the first phase, for the first slice section of the object by using the raw data. The image processor also generates motion information indicating a three-dimensional (3D) motion of the object. The second phase is a phase beyond a phase range of the raw data. |
| US10238351B2 |
Monitoring, predicting and treating clinical episodes
A location sensing system identifies respective locations of a plurality of clinicians and a patient-monitoring system measures a clinical parameter of a patient. A control unit identifies a historical alert-response time for each clinician, and normalizes the historical alert-response times to account for respective historical distances of each clinician from respective patients and respective historical numbers of alerts each clinician had received within respective previous given time periods. The control unit then (a) determines that an alert has occurred, (b) identifies a subset of the clinicians in response to the distance of each of the clinicians from the patient, and the number of alerts each of the clinicians has received within the previous given time period, and the normalized historical alert-response times, and (c) communicates an alert to the identified clinicians before communicating the alert to any other clinician. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10238350B2 |
System and method for real-time electrophysiological mapping
A method of generating a real-time electrophysiology map, such as a cardiac electrophysiology map, includes displaying a cardiac surface model and receiving a plurality of electrophysiology data points (e.g., using a plurality of intracardiac electrodes). The electrophysiology data from the received electrophysiology data points can be displayed and updated on the cardiac surface model in real-time when it satisfies a preset inclusion criteria, such as a projection distance criterion (e.g., the electrophysiology data point is within a preset distance of the cardiac surface model), a contact force criterion (e.g., the intracardiac catheter is exerting at least a preset contact force on the tissue surface), and/or an electrical coupling criterion (e.g., the electrode-tissue electrical coupling exceeds a preset threshold). New electrophysiology data points can be received when a triggering event, such as a point in the cardiac cycle, occurs, or according to a preset timer interval. |
| US10238342B2 |
Method and device for prediction and detection of adverse events in bedridden people
Embodiments relates to a method and apparatus for risk stratification, monitoring, detection and prediction of adverse events in bedridden people. The method and apparatus can be used to prevent heath related conditions in people. |
| US10238341B2 |
Systems and methods for autonomously soothing babies
Systems and methods are disclosed for autonomously soothing babies. An example method may include receiving a first sound input from a microphone, processing the first sound input, determining a baby status based at least in part on the first sound input, determining an output action based at least in part on the baby status; and implementing the output action at the children's apparatus. |
| US10238332B2 |
Wrinkle measurement apparatus and wrinkle measurement method
The present invention relates to a wrinkle measurement apparatus and a wrinkle measurement method. The wrinkle measurement apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a surface direction compression part including first and second contact parts arranged at a preset gap while coming into close contact with the skin, so as to compress the skin in the direction of the surface thereof; and a wrinkle measuring part for measuring skin wrinkles in at least two states among pre-compression, mid-compression and post-compression. |
| US10238331B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for diagnosing swallowing dysfunction
The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses and methods for diagnosing a swallowing dysfunction. The apparatuses may include a multi-parametric dysphagia analysis system in a plastic foil. The analysis systems may be smart sensing systems that are flexible, lightweight, and based on substrates having low-cost printed electronics technologies thereon. The methods may include measurement and classification of non-invasive parameters that may be indicative of a swallowing dysfunction or the probability of same. In a general embodiment, the methods include placing a sensor on a patient for measurement of at least one parameter associated with the patient's swallowing profile. The measured parameter is then analyzed and compared with several known normal and dysphagic swallowing profiles to provide an indication of the probability of an underlying swallowing dysfunction. |
| US10238330B2 |
Method of indicating the probability of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
A method and system for detecting a probability of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures using a portable battery powered device placed on the body of a patient and a device for manually logging detected seizures within a time period. The device may, advantageously, have a seizure detection algorithm which automatically records seizures detected within that time period. The two sets of data may then be transferred to a another device where the logged time stamps are matched to the recorded time stamps for determining if the detected seizure is a generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) or might be a psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES). This provides a cheap and simple method for registering a probability of PNES by using a seizure detection device having an EMG-sensor or an accelerometer. |
| US10238322B2 |
Fault discrimination and responsive processing based on data and context
Systems and methods disclosed here provide ways to discriminate fault types encountered in analyte sensors and systems and further provide ways to process such discriminated faults responsively based on sensor data, clinical context information, and other data about the patient or patient's environment. The systems and methods thus employ clinical context in detecting and/or responding to errors or faults associated with an analyte sensor system, and discriminating the type of fault, and its root cause, particularly as fault dynamics can appear similar to the dynamics of physiological systems, emphasizing the importance of discriminating the fault and providing appropriate responsive processing. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods consider the context of the patient's health condition or state in determining how to respond to the fault. |
| US10238321B2 |
Use of a barrier contact medium for chemo-chemo-optical sensors in transcutaneous applications
The present invention relates to a chemo-optical sensor unit for transcutaneous measurement of a concentration of a gas, comprising: at least one sensing layer adapted to be irradiated with a predetermined radiation; and at least one gas-permeable layer adjacent to one side of the at least one sensing layer, adapted to pass gas whose concentration is to be measured through the gas-permeable layer towards the sensing layer; wherein said chemo-optical sensor unit is adapted to operate with a contact medium between the gas-permeable layer and the skin, wherein said contact medium comprises a barrier layer which is gas-permeable and impermeable to water and ions; and wherein the chemo-optical sensor unit is adapted to measure an optical response of the at least one sensing layer, whose optical response depends on the concentration of the gas. The present invention also relates to a system comprising such a chemo-optical sensor, as well as to a method for conditioning a chemo-optical sensor unit for measuring a concentration of a gas and a thereby obtainable conditioned sensor. |
| US10238320B2 |
Method and apparatus for calculating amount of exercise performed
A method of calculating an amount of exercise performed includes measuring noise based on a relative difference in displacement between a skin of a user and a sensor attached to the skin of the user, and determining a number of steps taken by the user based on the measured noise. |
| US10238317B2 |
MUAC z-score tape and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure is directed towards a device, method of using a device, and a method of making a device for predicting the nutritional status in an individual of any age or weight. The device includes one or more strips for measuring the circumference of a body part of an individual. The method includes taking the girth measurement and reading a standard score from the device to estimate the nutritional status of the individual. |
| US10238315B2 |
Exhaled breath condensate collector
An exhaled breath condensate collection device (10) is described. The device includes a condensation chamber (12) having an inlet and an outlet and arranged such that breath exhaled from the lungs of a user flows through the condensation chamber from the inlet to the outlet; at least one cooling element (16); and a frame (18) supporting the condensation chamber and the at least one cooling element. The frame (18) is movable between a first configuration in which the at least one cooling element is operable to cool the condensation chamber so as to promote the formation of breath condensate in the condensation chamber, and a second configuration in which the cooling element is displaced from the condensation chamber so as to encourage condensate to flow into a collection region in fluid communication with the condensation chamber. To be accompanied by FIG. 5. |
| US10238312B2 |
Wrist-type body component measuring apparatus and body component measuring method using the same
Provided is a wrist-type body component measuring apparatus. The wrist-type body component measuring apparatus includes: a band configured to be worn on a wrist of a user; a first input electrode and a first output electrode disposed on an inside surface of the band and configured to be in contact with the wrist of the user; a second input electrode and a second output electrode disposed on an outside surface of the band; a measuring unit configured to apply a current to the first and second input electrodes and detect a voltage from the first and second output electrodes to measure a body impedance of the user; and an electrode converter configured to convert a disposition of the first and second input electrodes and the first and second output electrodes based on a determination of whether the band is worn on a left wrist or a right wrist of the user. |
| US10238309B2 |
Double bipolar configuration for atrial fibrillation annotation
Catheterization of the heart is carried out by inserting a probe having electrodes into a heart of a living subject, recording a bipolar electrogram and a unipolar electrogram from one of the electrodes at a location in the heart, and defining a window of interest wherein a rate of change in a potential of the bipolar electrogram exceeds a predetermined value. An annotation is established in the unipolar electrogram, wherein the annotation denotes a maximum rate of change in a potential of the unipolar electrogram within the window of interest. A quality value is assigned to the annotation, and a 3-dimensional map is generated of a portion of the heart that includes the annotation and the quality value thereof. |
| US10238306B2 |
Method for non-evasively determining an endothelial function and a device for carrying out said method
The invention relates to medicine. The inventive method for non-evasively determining an endothelial function consists in reducing a transmural pressure in a limb, recording the amplitude of plethysmographic signals at different pressures, determining the pressure of a maximum plethysmographic signal amplitude, reducing the pressure to a value corresponding to the specified percentage of the maximum amplitude, carrying out an occlusion sample in the course of which a pressure higher by at least 50 mm Hg than the systolic pressure of a tested patient is produced in a cuff arranged proximally to the located limb area, wherein the occlusion is carried out during at least 5 minutes. The inventive device for carrying out said method comprises a sensory unit, a pressure producing unit, an electronic unit constructed in such a way that it makes it possible to measure the cuff pressure corresponding to the maximum plethysmographic signal amplitude and a unit for controlling the pressure producing unit in such a way that the cuff pressure corresponding to the amplitude of a plethysmographic signal, which represents a specified percentage of the maximum amplitude, is attained. The sensory unit is connected to the electronic unit to the output of which the pressure producing unit is connected. |
| US10238303B2 |
Blood pressure monitor
A blood pressure monitor including a manually operable pressurizer is disclosed. The blood pressure monitor may include a cuff configured to apply a pressure to a target portion of a body of a user, a pressurizer, a depressurizer, and a sensor to measure a blood pressure. The pressurizer may include a rotator, and be configured to supply a fluid to the cuff, to cause the cuff to apply the pressure, through rotation of the rotator caused by an external rotational force applied to the blood pressure monitor to rotate the rotator. The depressurizer may be configured to reduce the applied pressure applied by the cuff to the target portion. |
| US10238302B2 |
Pressure-sensing intravascular devices, systems, and methods
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the intravascular devices include at least one pressure sensing component within a distal portion of the device. In that regard, one or more electrical, electronic, optical, and/or electro-optical pressure-sensing components is secured to an elongated substrate such that the pressure-sensing component is mounted perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the device. In some implementations, the elongated substrate has a cylindrical profile. Methods of making, assembling, and/or using such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided. |
| US10238301B2 |
Vital monitoring device, system, and method
The present disclosure generally relates to a portable vital monitoring system and a method for monitoring an individual's vitals using a portable vital monitoring system. The portable vital monitoring system includes a stand-alone portable vital monitoring device that allows the individual to detect or measure the individual's vitals. The stand-alone device includes a plurality of sensing devices for detecting data indicative of the individual's vitals and generating one or more signals indicative of the vital data. The system also includes a control unit connected to the sensing devices for processing the signal such that the data can be displayed to and understood by the individual. The system also includes a vital monitoring application in wireless communication with the vital monitoring device via a wireless communication module. |
| US10238300B2 |
Contact thermo-optical structure and its application for non-invasive imaging of histamine-induced hyperthermal subcutaneous reaction magnitude in cutaneous allergic reaction, recording device and method of allergic reaction diagnosis
A passive planar thermo-optical structure for detection of a region of changed temperature on patient's skin is provided. The thermo-optical structure has a layered structure including a transparent film layer, a thermochromic layer, a securing layer, an adhesive layer, and a protective layer. At least one dye in the thermochromic layer is above a temperature threshold range of 31°-37° C., which adopts the first color and keeps it in a temperature range greater than or equal to 0.6° C. A width of this temperature range, in which the color is indefinite, is smaller than 0.3° C.A method of diagnosing allergy using the above-structure is provided. The method includes the steps of stimulation, measurement and comparison. After stimulating three regions of patient's skin, an evaluation of extent of histamine reaction is performed. Then, the extent of histamine reaction in the third region is compared to that in the first and second regions. |
| US10238296B2 |
3D intraoral scanner measuring fluorescence
Disclosed is a 3D scanner system for detecting and/or visualizing cariogenic regions in teeth based on fluorescence emitted from the teeth, said 3D scanner system including a data processor configured for mapping a representation of fluorescence emitted from the teeth onto the corresponding portion of a digital 3D representation of the teeth to provide a combined digital 3D representation. |
| US10238295B2 |
Sensing catheter emitting radiant energy
A sensing catheter having an outer flexible sheath and a distal section containing a sensing system having a sensing means, a radiant energy providing means and radiation transmitting means, preferably all housed within a fluid channel. |
| US10238294B2 |
Scanned laser vein contrast enhancer using one laser
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like. |
| US10238293B2 |
Viewing grid and image display for viewing and recording skin images
A viewing navigation grid and imaging display especially useful for viewing recorded skin images. |
| US10238287B2 |
Ophthalmological negative-pressure device and patient interface
The invention relates to a negative-pressure device (1) for affixing a patient interface (2) with a negative-pressure cavity (20) onto a patient eye. The negative-pressure device (1) comprises a negative-pressure generator (10) and a pressure sensor (11) with a device-side pressure sensor interface (14) for coupling the pressure sensor (11) to the negative-pressure cavity in a manner fluidically separate from the negative-pressure interface (13). The negative-pressure device furthermore relates to a control unit (12) operatively coupled to the negative-pressure generator (10) and the pressure sensor (11), wherein the control unit (12) is designed to detect a faulty fluidic coupling of the negative-pressure cavity (20) by evaluating a pressure established by the pressure sensor (11). The invention furthermore relates to a patient interface (2) with a negative-pressure cavity (20), wherein the negative-pressure cavity (20) has a negative-pressure interface and a fluidically separate pressure sensor interface, as well as a patient interface with an integrated pressure sensor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for coupling a patient interface (2) to a patient eye. |
| US10238286B2 |
Method and device for radiating light used to capture iris
A method and device for radiating light used to capture an iris are provided. The device for radiating light to capture an iris of a user includes a lens unit including a lens array of arranged lenses, a light source configured to radiate light beams into the iris of the user via the arranged lenses by emitting the light beams toward the arranged lenses, and a controller configured to change positions of the arranged lenses based on a distance between the device and the iris, in which the lens array is positioned between the light source and the iris. |
| US10238285B2 |
Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgery
A contact lens is placed on a patient's eye during ophthalmic surgery, such as vitreoretinal surgery. The contact lens rests on a cornea of an eye of a patient during the surgery and is supported by a contact lens mounting speculum having multiple degrees of freedom to accommodate small movements of the eye while enabling alignment to an optical axis of the surgical microscope. The contact lens mounting speculum may be used with different patients, speculum blades, contact lenses (direct and indirect), and lens mounting positions. |
| US10238282B2 |
Method and device for dosage and administration feedback
This invention provides for a method and an EMDU used to dispense precise quantities of liquids with an image sensor being capable of providing feedback to the user as to both, when an eye is properly aligned with the EMDU, and to detect and track the quantity of the dose administered on to the eye. |
| US10238278B2 |
Ophthalmic information system and ophthalmic information processing server
An ophthalmic information system for long-term management of pathological conditions, in which, upon receipt of patient identification information and examination data from an ophthalmic examination apparatus, a server of the system specifies a medical institution terminal corresponding to the patient identification information, and sends the patient identification information and the examination data received to the medical institution terminal specified. Further, upon receipt of the patient identification information and a report based on the examination data from the medical institution terminal, the server stores at least part of the report in a patient information storage area associated with the patient identification information, and sends at least part of the report to a patient terminal corresponding to the patient identification information. |
| US10238273B2 |
Endoscopic fluid control valve and endoscope thereof
Embodiments of the present invention provide an endoscopic fluid control valve. By having just one fluid outlet, the structure of the endoscopic fluid control valve is made simpler with interior space saving. There is no need for a one-way check valve at an operational portion of the endoscope to prevent fluid backflow, and this makes it easy to clean. An embodiment includes valve housing, valve stem, valve core, elastic component, button, first seal, second seal, third seal, fourth seal, gas inlet, fluid inlet and fluid outlet. |
| US10238270B2 |
Flexible tube, and insertion device and endoscope employing the flexible tube
The flexible tube includes a plurality of spiral tubes fitted with each other, and each spiral tube is formed by winding a band-like element and includes a densely wound portion and a loosely wound portion. The loosely wound portion of a first spiral tube is covered with the densely wound portion of a second spiral tube, so that the flexible tube has uniform hardness and resiliency. The flexible tube is suitably applied to an insertion device. |
| US10238266B2 |
Dishwasher
A dishwasher having a tub defining a wash chamber, dish racks located within the wash chamber, and pump assembly for recirculating wash liquid is further provided with a rotating spray arm located configured to direct a spray of liquid into the wash chamber to define a first wash zone and at least one nozzle configured to direct a spray of liquid into the wash chamber to define a second wash zone. |
| US10238265B2 |
Cleaning device having an energy store
This disclosure proposes a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one electrical load. The cleaning device further has at least one electrical connection for supplying electrical energy to the cleaning device. The cleaning device further has at least one energy store. The cleaning device is designed to receive electrical energy via the electrical connection and to temporarily store said electrical energy in the energy store. The cleaning device is further designed to supply electrical energy from the energy store to the at least one electrical load. |
| US10238262B2 |
Cleaning tool
To provide a cleaning tool exhibiting excellent cleaning effectiveness. The present invention relates to a cleaning tool comprising a cleaning sheet, and a holding tool for holding said cleaning sheet. The cleaning sheet is provided with: a brush part capable of cleaning an object to be cleaned; a base part; and insertion parts for the holding tool. The brush part is provided with a first contact region and a second contact region. The second contact region is provided with a lower region formed so as to be lower than the first contact region in the thickness direction. The lower region is used as a guide region capable of guiding dust on the object to be cleaned towards the adjacent first contact region. |
| US10238261B2 |
Steamer for removing gum and the like from various surfaces
A self-contained device capable of steam cleaning and removal of residue such as chewing gum and the like from surfaces is portable and well balanced so that one person can remove residue of chewing gum or the like in just a couple of seconds. The device includes an elongated housing having wheels on a lower end portion and a handle on an upper portion and the cleaning solution to be turned into steam is heated quickly by a gas burner after being preheated at several stages. |
| US10238259B2 |
Method for operating a domestic appliance system
A method for operating a system of at least one stationary domestic appliance and a mobile domestic appliance includes connecting the mobile domestic appliance using wireless communication to the at least one stationary domestic appliance and exchanging data between the mobile domestic appliance and the at least one stationary domestic appliance. |
| US10238253B2 |
Solid fragrance carrier and method of use in a vacuum cleaner
A solid fragrance carrier comprising a fragrance-containing polymeric matrix adhesively bonded to a filter or filter bag for filtering an air stream in a vacuum cleaner for providing a fragranced scent to air exhausted from the vacuum cleaner. |
| US10238248B2 |
Footstool for bathroom toilet to correct user's toilet posture
A footstool for bathroom toilet includes a platform, a first leg assembly, and a second leg assembly. The first leg assembly and the second leg assembly each include a base leg, an outer tubular leg, an inner telescopic leg, a height adjustable mechanism, and an angle adjustable mechanism. The base leg is hingedly connected to the outer tubular leg at each end. The inner telescopic leg is slidably engaged with the outer tubular leg through the height adjustable mechanism that enables the footstool to attain different height levels. The platform that allows the user to place and rest their feet is terminally positioned and connected to the inner telescopic leg of the first leg assembly and the second leg assembly, opposite of the outer tubular leg of the first leg assembly and the second leg assembly. |
| US10238246B2 |
Sheet product dispenser with load inducement portion
A sheet product dispenser for dispensing a roll of sheet product mounted thereto includes a housing portion and a load inducement portion. The housing portion defines a space operative to receive the roll of sheet product for rotation about an axis to dispense the sheet product. The load inducement portion is operative to induce a frictional force between the roll of sheet product and the load inducement portion during rotation of the roll of sheet product. The load inducement portion includes a guide member, and a load member slidably engaged with the guide member and operative to contact and apply a load to an outer surface of the roll of sheet product. |
| US10238243B1 |
Wiping solution band dispenser
A wiping solution dispenser utilizes a motorized dispenser mechanism that moves a nozzle back and forth along a stroke to dispense a wide band of wiping solution onto toilet tissue. A motor may be coupled with a nozzle that moves back and forth or rotates about a pivot point to dispense a band of wiping solution. Wiping solution may be within a solution container that is configured for insertion into the dispenser housing and may be automatically ruptured by a puncture feature. A pump may force the wiping solution from the nozzle, or the solution may be gravity fed. A motion detector may be incorporated to control the actuation and dispensing of the solution. A near field communication transceiver may be used to receive payment before solution is dispensed. |
| US10238242B2 |
Dispensing apparatus and method
The present disclosure relates to a dispenser for dispensing a liquid (LQ). The dispenser has a housing for receiving a removable container containing the liquid (LQ) and dispenses the liquid (LQ) from the container. The dispenser includes a capacitive sensor having a sensing element for positioning proximal to an exterior of the container. A processor is provided for receiving a capacitance signal (SIG1) from the capacitive sensor. The processor is configured to estimate a quantity of liquid (LQ) in the container in dependence on the capacitance signal (SIG1). The present disclosure also relates to a method of estimating a quantity of liquid (LQ) in a container. |
| US10238239B2 |
Illuminating bar of soap
An illuminating soap module includes a shell defining a cavity for holding liquid soap. The shell may include one or more openings. The one or more openings may include a dispenser, a plug, a light module, and combinations thereof. The illuminating soap module is configured to illuminate upon a triggering event. |
| US10238231B2 |
Coffee machine with dispensing pressure regulation and a method relating thereto
A coffee machine for producing and dispensing coffee-based beverages is disclosed comprising a hydraulic pump, at least one dispensing device with a filter unit adapted to contain ground coffee, and a water supply unit. A hydraulic circuit brings the hydraulic pump into fluid communication with the supply unit of the dispensing device to supply hot water under pressure to the supply unit. A system for controlling the dispensing pressure comprises a control unit and a pressure sensor to transmit signals representative of the pressure detected to the control unit to detect the disposing pressure. The hydraulic pump supplies variable quantities of water and may be actuated by an electronic drive controlled electronically by the control unit in order to select the flow of water supplied by the pump. A method for controlling the dispensing pressure in a coffee machine is also disclosed. |
| US10238227B1 |
Harvested tree reservoir
A harvested tree reservoir made from a durable and impermeable material that mounts on the trunk of a harvested tree by inserting the cut end of the harvested tree trunk therein and engaging one or more sealing devices around the circumference of the tree trunk to create a water-tight or spill-resistant seal. The reservoir may then be filled with liquid through one or more ports located on the sides or bottom of the reservoir, with one or more ports having a connector hose. When the reservoir is filled, the tree may be transported, stored, and displayed with minimal spillage of the contents of the reservoir. Additionally, the reservoir may be re-filled, from time to time, through the ports. The reservoir may also be connected, via the connector hose, to one or more other reservoirs to allow for contemporaneous filling or refilling of a plurality of reservoirs in a series. |
| US10238226B2 |
Toothbrush holder
An improved toothbrush holder comprising: a base portion; a post member; a first platform; and a second platform. The improved toothbrush holder is adapted to allow a plurality of toothbrushes to be placed respectively through each of said plurality of toothbrush holding apertures and contact respective toothbrush holding indentations at handle ends thereof, such that after use and wet, the toothbrushes can drip dry; and wherein water dripping from each of the plurality of toothbrushes can pass through each of said at least one drain hole of each respective said toothbrush holding indentation and fall upon said base portion, to thereby allow each of said plurality of toothbrushes to drip and air dry for further use. |
| US10238225B2 |
Compression garment donning aid device, method, and kit
Compression garment donning aid devices, methods, and kits including a compression garment donning aid with flexible sheets, each of the flexible sheets having: a sheet leg edge having a first sheet leg corner opposite a second sheet leg corner; a mateable sheet leg fastener attached to the first sheet leg corner and the second sheet leg corner; and a sheet waist edge opposite the sheet leg edge, the sheet waist edge having a front sheet waist corner opposite a back sheet waist corner. The donning aid further includes a sheet back fastener attached to the back sheet waist corner of one of the flexible sheets and the back sheet waist corner of the other of the flexible sheets; and a sheet front fastener attached to the front sheet waist corner of one of the flexible sheets and the front sheet waist corner of the other of the flexible sheets. |
| US10238221B2 |
Over-the-door hanging apparatus
An apparatus for hanging an article from a door. In one aspect, the apparatus may be an over-the-door hanging apparatus that includes a support structure and a bracket assembly. The bracket assembly includes at least one mounting element for coupling the bracket assembly to the support structure, at least one bracket configured to engage a top edge of a door for hanging the support structure from the door, and a decorative portion. A portion of the decorative portion may protrude from a top edge of the support structure when the bracket assembly is coupled to the support structure. In another aspect, the apparatus may include an accessory hook coupled to the support structure. The accessory hook may include an arm that protrudes from a perimetric edge of the support structure and a hook member extending from the arm upon which various articles may be hung. |
| US10238219B2 |
Refrigeration cabinet
A refrigeration cabinet, in particular a commercial refrigerator or freezer, is provided. The refrigeration cabinet has a housing, which has a front access opening, a door, which has at least one door leaf, for the access opening, and a guide. The door leaf has a height and a width and is mounted such that it can be rotated about a vertical rotation axis and can be displaced transverse to the rotation axis. The guide defines a movement of the door leaf between a closed position and an open position in such a way that the pivot region of the door leaf projects less than a full door-leaf width into the exterior in front of the access opening, and that the door leaf is mounted such that it can be rotated about a vertical axis and can be displaced transverse to the rotation axis. |
| US10238218B1 |
Protective cover for furniture
A cover assembly comprising a protective sheet and at least one anchor assembly. At least a portion of the protective sheet is folded to define a sheet edge. The anchor assembly comprises a connecting portion secured the sheet edge, an anchor member, an anchor strap secured to the anchor member, and a connector secured to the anchor strap. The anchor member is arranged in the bottom space. The anchor strap extends from the anchor member to an upper portion of the gap. The connector is detachably attached to the connecting portion to place the anchor assembly is in a connected configuration. The connector is detached from the connecting portion when the anchor assembly is in a disconnected configuration. |
| US10238215B2 |
Seating arrangement with headrest assembly
A seating arrangement includes a seat assembly, a back assembly operably coupled to the seat assembly, and a headrest assembly coupled to the back assembly. The headrest assembly including a support arrangement pivotably coupled to the back assembly for pivoting movement about a first pivot axis, a headrest member pivotably coupled to the support arrangement for pivoting movement about a second pivot axis that is spaced from the first pivot axis, and a sliding arrangement coupling the headrest member to the support arrangement to allow sliding vertical adjustment of the headrest member with respect to the support arrangement along an arcuate path. |
| US10238214B1 |
Backpack type folding chair
A backpack type folding chair is provided and includes a chair frame including a seat frame, a back frame, a front leg frame, and a back leg frame. At least one support panel to support a user is coupled about the back frame and the seat frame. A first storage receptacle is coupled to a rear face of a backrest portion of the at least one support panel that is coupled to the back frame. In addition, a second storage receptacle is defined between the first storage receptacle and the backrest portion. A pair of detachable shoulder straps are provided with each strap includes a first end that is attached along the rear face of the backrest portion and a second end that includes a first fastener that is configured to mate with a coupling member that is attached to the at least one support panel proximate the cross member for attaching the second end of the shoulder strap to the chair and permit carrying of the chair in a folded position. The pair of shoulder straps can be stored in the second storage receptacle when the chair is in an in-use position. |
| US10238213B2 |
Stools, chairs, and methods using the same
An apparatus that supports a tattoo artist in a variety of positions to comfortably apply one or more tattoos to skin of a subject is herein disclosed. The apparatus can be reconfigured to optimally position and support the arms and/or chest of the tattoo artist. A method for using a tattoo stool can involve rotating armrests of the apparatus from a stowed position to a deployed position. The armrests can support the user's forearms while supporting the user's chest such that the user can comfortably tattoo a portion of the subject positioned in front of the stool. |
| US10238211B2 |
Grate, in particular for use as a shelf for pallet racks or heavy duty racks
A grating for use as shelves for pallet racks or heavy-duty racks, having two longitudinal sides and cross members fitted between the longitudinal sides. The, longitudinal sides are in the shape of a profile in cross section. The profile includes at least a first leg and a second leg arranged substantially orthogonal to the first leg. At least two of the cross members have an open profile, in particular a U- or L-shaped profile in cross section, the open end of which is oriented towards the underside of the grating. Each of these cross members has at least two punched recesses at each end. The first leg of the profile is arranged in each punched recess and is firmly connected thereto via a form- or force-fitting connection method. The first leg of the profile has at least one deformation. |
| US10238209B2 |
Home appliance device with a door rack container and home appliance including the home appliance device
A home appliance device, in particular a home appliance chiller device, with improved efficiency, includes a door rack container having an access opening and a pivot unit which is pivotably coupled to the door rack container about a pivot axis. The pivot unit includes a container door for closing the access opening and a receptacle coupled to the container door for storing products. The receptacle includes an extension which is at least substantially parallel to a main extension plane of the access opening and at least substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis. The extension of the receptacle is at least 5% shorter than a corresponding extension of the container door in a closed state of the container door. A home appliance, in particular a home chiller appliance, including a home appliance device, is also provided. |
| US10238208B2 |
Modular food product display stand
Disclosed are a modular food product display stand and a related method for constructing such display stand. Such display stand may comprise a plastic tray having four top corners, four bottom corners, top receiving slots located at each top corner, and bottom receiving slots located at each bottom corner. The display stand may further comprise four insertable plastic feet installed in the bottom receiving slots, and four insertable plastic posts installed in the top receiving posts. The outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic feet may match the inner dimensions of a cross-section of the bottom receiving slots, and the outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic posts may match the inner dimensions of a cross-section of the top receiving slots. The display stand may also comprise a plastic topper with receiving slots at each corner of the bottom of the topper for receiving the plastic posts. |
| US10238206B2 |
Universal desktop stand for mobile electronic devices
A desktop stand is provided that includes at least two substantially cylindrical bodies in contact with each other and an extension hinging from one of the cylindrical bodies. The extension is movable to an open position and a closed position. The extension completes a circumference of the other of the cylindrical bodies when in the closed position and is configured to accept a mobile device in the open position to support the mobile device in an upright position for ease of viewing content displayed in its graphical user interface. |
| US10238205B2 |
Table and seating arrangement
A folding table and seating arrangement includes a pair of table tops, each of the table tops having a table top frame. A folding framework supports the table tops and facilitates folding the table tops between a first position and a second position, the folding framework defining a rotational axis with each of the table tops. A folding assist system offset forces during folding and includes a mechanical strut assembly attached to the folding framework and providing a biasing force. Cap elements have a receiving portion inserting into an orifice in the table top frame and aligned with the rotational axis to receive a tubular cross. The cap elements provide low friction and have tabs that clip into corresponding slots in the table top frame. |
| US10238204B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement is provided comprising a head comprising a first face having a plurality of cleaning elements extending therefrom. The head has a length and a width perpendicular to the length. The head has a proximal section adjacent to the handle and a distal section remote from the handle, the proximal section having a first maximum width and the distal section having a second maximum width, wherein the second maximum width is less than the first maximum width. The distal and proximal sections are located adjacent to one another and are joined at a waist section that has a third maximum width which is less than the second maximum width. At least one bristle tuft having a distal end remote from the first face is provided that comprises bristles of varying lengths so as to form a cup-shaped recess at the distal end of the bristle tuft. |
| US10238202B2 |
Brush for the application of cosmetic products
A brush for the application of cosmetic products, including a grip body having at least a housing seat made to measure for a plurality of hairs adapted to take, apply and spread cosmetic products on a user, in which the plurality of hairs is divided into: a first group of hairs adjacent to one another and fitted to measure in the housing seat and defining a convex spreading surface which is adapted to spread the cosmetic products on the user; and a second group of hairs adjacent to one another and inserted in the first group of hairs, defining a taking and application surface which is protruding with respect to the spreading surface and has a substantially pointed shape and is suitable for taking the cosmetic products and for their point-like application on the user. |
| US10238201B2 |
Gear track system
Systems for holding tactical gear, such as firearm magazines, weapons, etc., and for connecting such holders to a harness are described and may include a carrier, and an accessory holder that is configured to attach to the carrier. The carrier and/or the accessory holder may be formed from substantially rigid materials, such as plastic or the like, and may be configured to be easily attached and detached from one another, using preconfigured, integral connectors. The connectors may be configured to resist rotation of the carrier and accessory holder with respect to each other, and/or to secure the accessory holder at a fixed angle with respect to the carrier. The accessory holder may also include flanges, surface treatments, or other features, that assist in holding the accessory in the holder. |
| US10238194B2 |
Tote bag
The present invention is generally directed to a vertically expanding tote bag or purse, formed from a substantially rigid bottom panel, an internal telescopic support connected to the bottom panel, a collapsible pocket connected to the solid bottom panel and the internal support, the collapsible pocket disposed such that it creates a collapsible cavity or pocket within the collapsible material when the internal support is telescoped into an extended position; and a non-collapsible pocket formed from non-collapsible side walls that form a cavity or pocket, the non-collapsible pocket attached to the internal support. |
| US10238193B2 |
Handbag arrangement with interchangeable cover
A handbag with interchangeable covers that alter the overall look of the handbag. This allows users to customize the aesthetics of the bag and have multiple looks without having to purchase an entirely new handbag. The insert has a zipper enclosure and inner pocket. The outer covers can be made from a variety of materials and securely attach to the insert, fully enveloping it. The two pieces are easily attached by fastening the pegs located on the top of the cover with corresponding holes located on the top of the insert. |
| US10238192B2 |
Umbrella with deployable curtain
A device for extending the zone of protection of an umbrella. The device includes a curtain that can extend from a peripheral edge of an umbrella canopy. The curtain extends away from the canopy to envelope a user of the umbrella when the umbrella is in a deployed position. The curtain is selectively movable between a deployed position and a retracted position by a plurality of cords affixed to the curtain. In the retracted position, the curtain is compressed against the peripheral edge of the canopy. The plurality of cords passes through a cord lock, wherein the cord lock can prevent further movement of the curtain. The cord lock is operably connected to a switch disposed on a handle of the umbrella. |
| US10238188B2 |
Wearable smart band
A wearable smart band and comprises a fixing band provided so as to be wearable on a joint of a user including a human, an animal, a machine, etc; a receptacle member formed on the fixing band so that a tool, a machine part, a device, and an information device is located, and having an upper part covered by a cover; a flexible band provided on one side of the fixing band, whereof the shape of the fixing band is transformed according to movement of the user's joint; and an inserting and drawing assembly having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the information device or the cover, wherein the information device or cover is drawn or inserted from or into the receptacle member by the transformation of the flexible band according to the movement of the user's joint. |
| US10238181B2 |
Article of footwear having an upper with a matrix layer
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) a sole structure; (b) an upper having lateral and medial side elements engaged with the sole structure, the upper made from a polymer matrix structure that extends through at least a heel region; (c) a size adjustment mechanism located at the heel region; (d) a heel tongue element located adjacent the size adjustment mechanism; (e) a shoe securing mechanism; (f) an instep tongue member; and/or (g) a bootie member located at least partially within the foot-receiving chamber. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed. |
| US10238180B2 |
Position sensing assembly for a tensioning system
A position sensing assembly for a tensioning system designed to provide tension to a lace, cord, or other type of strand is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a reel member configured to rotate about a central axis and the position sensing assembly. The position sensing assembly includes a shaft, an indicator tab, and an optical sensing unit. The position sensing assembly assists in controlling the degree to which the strand is tightened and loosened. The position sensing assembly prevents tightening of the strand when the strand is meant to be loosened. |
| US10238179B2 |
Shoe
The present invention relates to a shoe, and in order to provide a shoe excellent in convenience, easy to put on and take off, inexpensive, light-weight, comfortable to wear, promoting health and exhibiting excellent extensibility, the easily wearable shoe according to the present invention is characterized by the shapes of an outer layer and inner sacs corresponding to various body organs, additionally including a shoe outer layer, sacs of a stretchable material joined mainly inside the outer layer, and an intake inlet/outlet that is formed of a valve that takes in and discharges an air-like gas into/from the sacs, facilitating the insertion of a foot by injecting the gas from the intake inlet/outlet into the sacs and causing the sacs and the shoe outer layer to be flexible, discharging the gas from the intake outlet so as to cause the shoe outer cover and the sacs to contract and come into close contact with the foot, being capable of freely setting an effect from the shoe on a body organ due to the shapes of the outer layer and the inner sacs corresponding to various body organs, and being capable of effectively extending the functions of the shoe. |
| US10238178B2 |
Expandable support member for an article of footwear
An expandable support member for an article of footwear includes a plurality of expansion components that are joined together. The support member can be expandable between a contracted position and an expanded position. The plurality of expansion components are configured to expand along a non-linear path when the support member moves between the contracted position and the expanded position. |
| US10238175B2 |
Article with a cushioning assembly having inner and outer bladder elements with interfitting features and method of manufacturing an article
An article includes a cushioning assembly which has a first bladder element forming a first fluid chamber, and a second bladder element within the first bladder element and forming a second fluid chamber sealed from and within the first fluid chamber. The first bladder element includes an inner surface having a first feature. The second bladder element includes an outer surface having a second feature. The first feature interfits with the second feature such that a first area of the inner surface of the first bladder element is aligned with a first area of the outer surface of the second bladder element at a bonded interface. The second bladder element is exposed to the first fluid chamber away from the bonded interface. A method of manufacturing the article includes interfitting the first feature with the second feature and bonding at the bonded interface. |
| US10238173B2 |
Article of footwear for weightlifting
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a base component and a wedge component. The base component has a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region, and includes a forward base portion and a rearward base portion. The forward base portion of the base component includes a forward lateral flange and a forward medial flange. The wedge component extends from the midfoot region to the heel region and includes a forward portion having a rearward medial flange and a rearward lateral flange. The forward lateral flange of the base component abuts the rearward lateral flange of the wedge component. The forward medial flange of the base component abuts the rearward medial flange of the wedge component. |
| US10238171B2 |
Shoe having features for increased flexibility
A shoe includes a sole, an upper, and a welt. The sole and upper define a seam. The welt overlies the seam. The sole includes flex grooves. The upper includes perforations. The welt includes flex slits. |
| US10238170B2 |
Article of footwear having a polygon lug sole pattern
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) an upper; (b) a sole structure including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole having a plurality of polygonal lugs arranged about a base surface of the outsole. The outsole may include one or more regions wherein the characteristics of a portion of the lugs within a region differ from the characteristics of a portion of the lugs in another region. The lugs may differ, for example based on size, construction and/or spacing between the lugs. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed. |
| US10238163B2 |
Helmet strap attachment method and device
An anchoring system for securing a strap to an in-molded helmet can include a strap anchor that includes an anchor housing and an in-molding flange coupled to the anchor housing. The anchoring system can include a bar tack clip sized to fit partially within the anchor housing, the bar tack clip including a cross beam, an opening adjacent the cross beam, and at least one clip coupled to the cross beam and sized to mateably couple with the anchor housing. The anchoring system can also include a strap disposed through the opening in the bar tack clip and looped around the cross beam, the strap being coupled to itself with a bar tack. The at least one clip of the bar tack clip can be disposed at an in-bound side of the bar tack clip or can include two side clips. |
| US10238161B1 |
Adjustable strap for hat
An adjustable connector strap may include two interlocking bodies, wherein one body includes a plurality of teeth located along opposing edges, and the other body includes a plurality of notches located along opposing edges. The user may select the number of teeth that are mated with the notches to adjust the size of the strap. The use of interlocking teeth and notches along the opposed edges of the strap bodies may enhances the ability of the strap to maintain its interlocking strength during tension loads. The teeth and notch engagement may also allow a user to quickly engage or disengage the strap bodies, thereby enhancing the ease-of-use of the strap. |
| US10238157B2 |
Motion-activated venting system
A motion-activated venting system for incorporation into an article of apparel is described herein. The motion-activated venting system may comprise a variety of pleats having one or more folded edges and a ventilation region having a plurality of apertures. In a first state, the one or more folded edges overlie the ventilation region such that the plurality of apertures is covered. In a second state, the one or more folded edges are remote from the ventilation region such that the plurality of apertures is exposed. Further, in an intermediate state, the motion-activated venting system is partially open, thereby exposing a portion of the plurality of apertures. |
| US10238155B2 |
Bra engineering
A brassiere includes a first wing and a second wing, each wing including a first end and a second end; a closure; a pair of cups, each cup including an inner contour having a diameter size; each cup including an outer contour having an outer diameter having an outer diameter size, and an outer apex having a projection distance from the plane of the outer diameter; filling material provided between the inner contour and the outer contour; and a gore connected to each of the first cup and the second cup, between the first cup and the second cup, in which the cup diameter size and outer apex projection distance provide a brassiere with improved function and comfort. |
| US10238154B2 |
Outer garments for women
An outer garment, in particular sports or beach wear, such as a rash guard, adapted for women is provided. More particularly, the garment is suitable for active wear as it has in-built bust support comprising underwiring. The outer garment comprises an outer fabric shell configured to substantially cover a wearer's shoulders and to which a bust-support structure is secured. |
| US10238152B2 |
Bra with storage pockets
Aspects herein are directed to a bra with multiple pockets positioned at different locations on the bra to provide a variety of storage options. The bra comprises one or more portions comprised of layers of material where the pocket spaces are formed between the layers of material. The layers of material of the different portions are joined along their perimeter edges except for one or more select areas that form openings in communication with the pocket spaces. |
| US10238146B2 |
Hookah vaporizor machine
A high powered electronic cigarette machine in which the atomizer vapor output feeds into a compression chamber via forced fan induction. The compression chamber operates via a motor driven piston and is also assisted via an electromagnet. The compressed vapor is released to the end user for inhalation via a switch operating a release valve downstream of the nozzle or mouthpiece and it's release settings are adjustable via a touchscreen control and display interface. |
| US10238138B2 |
Roasting and glazing apparatus employing electronic techniques for detecting boiling of water during steam cleaning operation
A system/method of steam cleaning a roaster bowl, such as one used in a roasting/glazing apparatus, in which an electronic technique is employed to determine, during cleaning, whether water is boiling within the roaster bowl. The method entails adding water into a roaster bowl having sugar adhered thereto and placing a cover on top of the roaster bowl. A steam vent is formed between the cover and the roaster bowl. The method further comprises heating the roaster bowl and then electronically determining whether the water within the roaster bowl has reached a boiling point (i.e., is boiling). After electronically determining that the water is boiling, the water remains boiling for an amount of time sufficient to cause the internal surface of the roaster bowl and the cover to be properly steam cleaned. The water in the roaster bowl (with sugar dissolved therein) is then poured out. |
| US10238132B2 |
Beverage cooling and cleaning systems
A primary beverage cooling circuit for refrigerating a fluid used in a secondary beverage cooling circuit cools beverage in a beverage conduit by pumping the fluid through a heat exchange conduit adjacent the beverage conduit to transfer heat therebetween. The primary beverage cooling circuit includes a refrigerant circuit containing a refrigerant circulating through a heat exchanger in heat transfer communication with the fluid to cool the fluid, a variable displacement compressor for circulating the refrigerant through the refrigerant circuit, a cooling device for cooling the refrigerant, and a valve for controlling the volume of fluid into the heat exchanger. The primary beverage cooling circuit further includes a controller for controlling the operation of the compressor and/or the cooling device and/or the valve based on one or more measurements from temperature and/or pressure sensors in the refrigerant circuit to maintain a temperature of the fluid and/or refrigerant about a set-point temperature. |
| US10238131B2 |
System, device, and method for preservative concentration control in baking production
A baking production system for control of preservative concentration during production of baked products includes a preservative control system, including a preservative control unit, a flow control valve, a flow meter, first and second conductive probes, first and second acidity sensors, a metering pump, a water mixer, a temperature sensor, a moisture sensor, which is configured to mix the water with the preservative solution, thereby creating a water preservative mixture; and a production line, including a dough mixer, which is configured to receive a baking mixture and mix the baking mixture with the water preservative mixture, thereby creating a dough. Also disclosed is a method for preservative concentration control, including calculating water preservative concentration, optimizing preservative solution flow, calculating dough preservative concentration, and optimizing source water flow. |
| US10238124B2 |
Apparatus and a method for producing a mix of at least two food products where the mix fulfils at least two target criteria
Provided is an apparatus and a method for producing a mix of a first type of food products and a second type of food products that fulfills at least two target criteria including a desired weight ratio between the first and second type of food products and a lean/fat ratio of the mix. At least three controllable in-feed channels at an in-feed end of a conveyor supply separate streams of the first and second food products. One of the in-feed channels supplies the first type of food products and two of the in-feed channels supply a second type of food products being distinguished via a different lean/fat ratio estimate. The determined weight of food products and the measured lean/fat ratio of the food products are used as operation parameters so that the mix fulfills the at least two target criteria. |
| US10238123B2 |
Device and method for transferring sausage portions
The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a supply transport device, at least one removal transport device, and at least one ejector for ejecting at least one sausage portion from the supply transport device onto the removal transport device. The removal transport device comprises a lower transport device and a holding device disposed thereabove between which the at least one sausage portion is transported. |
| US10238114B2 |
Methods of preparing reactive mixtures of silanes and triethanolamine and polymers therefrom
An anti-microbial coating formulation consisting essentially of triethanolamine and a silane. |
| US10238111B2 |
Fungicidal compositions
Described herein are fungicidal compositions in the form of an emulsifiable concentrates that include a first fungicidal compound, optionally, at least one additional fungicidal compound, two or more surfactants and a water immiscible organic solvent comprised of a mixture of organic compounds including at least one acetate ester and at least one N,N-dialkylcarboxamide. The compositions are homogeneous, stable upon storage, and upon dilution in water form stable emulsions that can be sprayed onto plants to control important fungal diseases. |
| US10238110B2 |
Ready-to-use storable methanolic solution of a biocompatible and biocidal polyvinylpyridine polymer
An alcoholic solution of a partially quaternarized polyvinylpyridine polymer is provided. The alcoholic solution has biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties on various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces. |
| US10238109B2 |
Anti-pathogen device
An anti-pathogen device may be useful as a wound dressing, an antibiotic sock, a mastitis cup, a tampon, or a window, door or bed cover. It comprises a carrier and a pathogen-binding component and a binding intermediate is attached to the carrier to facilitate binding of the pathogen-binding component to the carrier by forming a pathogen-binding construct with the pathogen-binding component. The pathogen binding construct may be lactoferrin, hololactoferrin, apolactoferrin, or asialolactoferrin. A carbohydrate binder binds the pathogen binding construct to the carrier. |
| US10238103B2 |
Rhizobia and mycorrhizal granular formulations and mixtures thereof
The present invention is directed to Rhizobia and Mycorrhizae granular formulations and methods of their use. The present invention is further directed to homogenous mixtures of Rhizobia granules and Mycorrhizae granules and methods of their use. The present invention is further directed to a process for preparing a homogenous mixture of Rhizobia granules and Mycorrhizae granules. |
| US10238102B2 |
Control of arthropods in animal environments
A composite particle comprises i) an hydrophobic particle that adheres to the cuticle of one or more species of animal infesting arthropod; and ii) at least one organic chemical compound admixed therewith, wherein the said organic chemical is capable of controlling the population of at least one animal infesting arthropod species. Experiments proved the efficacy of the particle, for example in powder form, in relation to a variety of arthropods, for example red poultry mites. |
| US10238101B1 |
Replaceable soundboard inserts and a sound adjuster for a box call
A single box call having a plurality of replaceable soundboard inserts and a plurality of replaceable lids having different sound characteristics, selectively used in combination together for producing distinctly different sounds that imitate turkey calls. The box call includes a housing having two receiving slots for receiving soundboard inserts, and a sound adjuster engageable with one or both soundboard inserts to vary the sound. There is a connecting means for releasably connecting the lid to the housing. |
| US10238098B2 |
Agricultural distribution machine having a system for the automatic switching of spray profiles
An agricultural distribution machine for spreading liquid and/or solid plant protection products by means of a distribution apparatus which is height-adjustably arranged on a frame of the distribution machine having a plurality of nozzle holders with spray nozzles mounted thereon arranged spaced apart from each other for the purpose of distributing the plant protection product to be spread. Activation of the distribution apparatus is carried out based on at 10 least two spray profiles stored in a computer unit, each spray profile composed of a plurality of parameters. In order to achieve a consistent distribution quality of the plant protection product, different spray profiles can be stored in a computer unit and, in the instance of a deviation of the parameters of a spray profile, an automated activation of the distribution machine or of the distribution 15 apparatus to the parameters of a second spray profile is carried out. |
| US10238097B2 |
Candle dispenser
Devices for dispensing an air treatment chemical such as insect repellent are disclosed. There is a chimney housing having a side wall defining an internal cavity. There is also a caddy assembly supported by the housing and having an upper caddy frame configured to mount a substrate bearing an air treatment chemical adjacent an upper portion of the housing, and a candle holder coupled to the upper caddy frame and configured to support a candle having a wick adjacent a lower portion of the housing. There is also a substrate bearing air treatment chemical suitable to be supported by the upper caddy frame, and a candle suitable to be supported by the candle holder. A refill kit for such devices is also disclosed. Also disclosed is an embodiment with a sand core bearing the repellent, a heat deflector positioned under the sand core, and a candle positioned under the heat deflector. |
| US10238096B2 |
Multi-functional angler tool
A multifunctional tool for use by anglers is provided. The tool can include a pair of arms positioned in an overlapping fashion and connected together at one end by a coupling pin in order to form a hinged connection allowing the opposing free ends to open and close. The tool can include a cutting blade at the free end to allow users to cut a fishing line by pressing the arms together. The tool can also include a pin pocket with a pin extending therethrough to allow users to clear the eye of a fishing hook. The tool can also include a pair of crimping pockets to allow users to crimp a lead shot onto a fishing line by pressing the tool arms together. The tool can also include a guide channel to allow users to easily thread a fishing line through the eye of a hook. |
| US10238095B2 |
Sinker slider system
A sinker slider system comprising a slider through which a fishing line passes and an accessory to be coupled and uncoupled to the slider by a gliding motion through a slider glide track and a T track of the accessory. The gliding motion is stopped by releasing a spring-loaded member of the T track into an indent of the slider. The system may further comprise an accessory base for storing the accessory not in use. The accessory base may have a plurality of slots or sections, each of which may have a base glide track for coupling to the T track and a base indent. |
| US10238093B2 |
Humanized non-human animals with restricted immunoglobulin heavy chain loci
Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having a restricted immunoglobulin heavy chain locus and an ectopic sequence encoding one or more ADAM6 proteins are provided. In various embodiments, mice are described that have humanized endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain loci and are capable of expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof that is functional in a male mouse. Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having an immunoglobulin heavy chain locus characterized by a single human VH gene segment, a plurality of human DH gene segments and a plurality of human JH gene segments and capable expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof are also provided. |
| US10238089B1 |
Dog boot with liner having integral protruding cushioning pad
A dog boot is fabricated using a breathable substrate, preferably of durable material such as heavy nylon. Onto the substrate, various friction pads, wear pads, tensioning straps, and strategically located cushioning pads are attached. Specially configured slits ensure that a wide range of leg sizes relative to paw sizes may be accommodated, while easing application of the boot and eliminating any risk of bunching. In some embodiments, a liner is fabricated that incorporates a friction pad. The liner may be removable or permanently affixed. |
| US10238086B2 |
Automatic fluid delivery systems and methods
A fluid delivery system for delivering a fluid from an automatic water source to animals housed in cages in high density caging systems may comprise a fluid delivery valve assembly, wherein the fluid delivery valve assembly is adapted to be coupled to the automatic water source to facilitate the provision of fluid to animals housed in the cages. The fluid delivery valve assembly may further comprise a valve body and end cap, which may be joined together, that define a fluid channel. The fluid delivery valve assembly may further comprise sealing elements, a spring element, and an interior stem disposed at least in part in the fluid channel to open and close the fluid channel. |
| US10238085B2 |
Devices and methods for analyzing rodent behavior
A device for detecting and recording animal behavior is provided. The device includes at least one corral that defines contained field, the base surface of the at least one corral being sensitive to the animal's footprint. The device also includes an image capturing device that cooperates with the base surface to capture both a profile of the animal's full footprint and a profile of the animal's toe print when the animal is standing on its toes. In some embodiments, the device is capable of providing a stimulus to the animal and observing the resulting behavior of the animal via the image capturing device. |
| US10238082B2 |
Teat cup shell teat cup and arrangement for automatically milking animals
A teat cup shell (2) includes a substantially tubular body having a center axis (4). A plane (6) extending along the center axis (4) defines a first shell portion (8) and a second shell portion (10) on opposite sides of the plane (6). The first shell portion (8) includes a magnetic material, and an outer surface (12) adapted to abut against at least one surface of an electromagnetic device. The first shell portion (8) and the second shell portion (10) differ from each other with respect to material composition and/or material thickness. The amount of magnetic material in the first shell portion (8) is higher than in the second shell portion (10). Further, a teat cup and an arrangement for automatically milking animals includes at least one robot arm (32) adapted to attach the teat cup (16) to a teat of an animal. |
| US10238081B2 |
Pea variety SV2165QH
The invention provides seed and plants of pea line SV2165QH. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pea line SV2165QH and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line SV2165QH with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line SV2165QH, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants. |
| US10238080B1 |
Soybean cultivar 79072143
A soybean cultivar designated 79072143 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 79072143, to the plants of soybean cultivar 79072143, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 79072143, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 79072143. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79072143. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79072143, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 79072143 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10238077B2 |
Soybean variety 01064104
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064104. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064104. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064104 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064104 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10238068B1 |
Canola hybrid cultivar G6667223H
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G6667223H. Also included are seeds of canola G6667223H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G6667223H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G6667223H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G6667223H. |
| US10238059B2 |
Soybean variety 01064460
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064460. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064460. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064460 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064460 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10238058B2 |
Wheat variety W070287J1
A wheat variety designated W070287J1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W070287J1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W070287J1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W070287J1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W070287J1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W070287J1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided. |
| US10238049B2 |
Tomato variety NUN 09085 TOF
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 09085 TOF. |
| US10238048B2 |
Hybrid tomato variety H1428
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1428’ is described. The ‘H1428’ tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest. |
| US10238046B2 |
Vegetable preservation and growing case and pipe connection control method for vegetable preservation and growing case
A vegetable preservation and growing case includes a thermally-insulated case body. The thermally-insulated case is provided therein with at least one vegetable carrying box for use in vegetable growing or preservation. The vegetable carrying box bearing case and the thermally-insulated case body have a pluggable electrical connection and a pluggable water-path connection and allow for disassembly, thus effectively increasing the degree of use convenience. |
| US10238045B2 |
Timber-working device and timing link for same
A timber-working device having a first pivoting drive arm and a second pivoting drive arm, and a timing link for connecting them. The timing link includes an elongate member having a first end and a second end. A first aperture is at the first end and a second aperture at the second end. At least one of the first aperture and the second aperture is elongate along the length of the member. |
| US10238044B2 |
Plant biotic agent phenotyping platform and process of phenotyping
The present invention relates to a plant biotic agent phenotyping platform comprising a container hermetically sealed with a lid delimiting an internal space divided into two spaces: -a lower internal space which comprises at least one temperature control means immersed in a temperature transfer liquid; and -an upper internal space, the surface of the temperature transfer liquid being the border between the lower internal space and the upper internal space; the lid comprising at least one orifice which is adapted to fit a pot and at least one pot whose bottom part is contained in the upper internal space and which is adapted to receive plant seeds and soil parasite and to enable development of such soil parasites and plants. The invention also related to the use of this platform for screening plant resistance or tolerance to soil parasite. |
| US10238043B1 |
Full spectrum LED grow light system
The LED grow light system includes at least one of a first LED that includes a 4,000 k LED having a first light output, at least one of a second LED having a second light output in about an orange spectra, at least one of a third LED having a third light output in about a green/yellow spectra, and at least one of a fourth LED having a fourth light output in about a red spectra. Each of the first light output, the second light output, the third light output, and the fourth light output combine into an aggregate light output that mimics a full spectrum of sunlight at a relatively efficient input power of about 600-650 watts. |
| US10238042B2 |
Grain sweep
The invention relates to a grain sweep (1) for use on a floor comprising at least a first drive means (2), an elongated frame (3) comprising a rotatably arranged inner end (4) and an outer end (5), a drive wheel (6) adapted to rotate the elongated frame (3) around said inner end (4), and a grain moving means (7) adapted to move grain. The grain sweep (1) further comprises at least one resilient member (8) arranged at either said inner (4) or outer end (5) of said elongated frame (3), wherein the resilient member (8) allows the elongated frame (3) to move from said upper position towards a lower position when pressure is applied upon the elongated frame (3), and wherein the resilient member (8) allows the elongated frame (3) to move back towards said upper position when the pressure is removed. |
| US10238041B2 |
System and method for baling agricultural crop material
An agricultural baler. The agricultural bailer includes a baling chamber, a first plunger, a second surface opposing the first plunger, and a track assembly. The baling chamber includes a first wall and a second wall. Each of the first wall and the second wall includes a slot extending along a length of the baling chamber. The first plunger is moveable within the baling chamber and is configured to compress a compressible material into a bale. The second surface is configured to support the compressible material within the baling chamber. Each of the first plunger and the second surface includes a slot aligned with the slots of the first wall and the second wall. The track assembly includes a gated channel and is disposed within the slots of the first wall, the second wall, the first plunger, and the second surface such that the track assembly substantially surrounds the baling chamber. |
| US10238035B2 |
Multi-part sprocket assembly and shaft
A shaft and sprocket assembly having an elongate shaft, a sprocket wheel and at least one bracket member. The sprocket wheel encircles and engages the shaft wherein torque is transferrable between the shaft and the sprocket wheel. The sprocket wheel includes radially outwardly extending teeth and is formed by a plurality of sprocket members. Each of the sprocket members defines an angular portion of the sprocket wheel less than 360 degrees. The bracket member detachably secures the individual plurality of sprocket members together thereby allowing the sprocket members to be easily removed from and installed on the shaft. The bracket member is positioned such that no torque is directly transferred from the shaft to the bracket member. The shaft and sprocket assembly can be used in a variety of applications including in the feederhouse of an agricultural combine. |
| US10238034B2 |
Coupling device for power-operated machines
A coupling device, particularly for power-operated machines for agricultural use or the like, includes an oscillating frame which is detachably connected to a hitch assembly of an engine and a movable connection for associating with the oscillating frame the working means of a power-operated machine. The oscillating frame and the movable connecting means are configured to maintain, during use, the working plane of the power-operated machine substantially parallel to the ground, independently of the plane of arrangement of the wheels or of the tracks of the engine. |
| US10238031B2 |
Harvester for leafy plants
A support frame; a cut and lift mechanism coupled to the support frame; a tool carrying platform coupled to the cut and lift mechanism; an outer leaf removal device coupled to the tool carrying platform; a cutting tool coupled to the tool carrying platform; a controller in data communication with the cut and lift robot; and a plant center locator in data communication with the controller. |
| US10238030B2 |
Wireless medical device with a complementary split ring resonator arrangement for suppression of electromagnetic interference
A medical device as described herein includes a communication module to process radio frequency signals associated with operation of the medical device, an antenna associated with the communication module, and a microstrip transmission component coupled between the communication module and the antenna. The transmission component includes a dielectric substrate, an electrically conductive signal trace formed overlying the upper major surface of the substrate, an electrically conductive ground plane formed overlying the lower major surface of the substrate, and a complementary split ring resonator arrangement integrally formed in the ground plane, and having a layout and dimensions tuned to cause the resonator arrangement to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies of the nominal transmission frequency of the radio frequency signals. |
| US10238026B2 |
System for monitoring and controlling activities of at least one gardening tool within at least one activity zone
The invention relates to a system for monitoring and controlling activities of at least one gardening tool (12) within at least one activity zone (14). According to the invention, a monitoring device (16) is provided for analyzing at least one activity zone state of the activity zone (14) and at least one gardening tool state of the gardening tool (12) to control the gardening tool (12). |
| US10244666B2 |
Controlling impedance of blank cartridges
A blank cartridge includes an impedance portion to control a flow of cooling media through the blank cartridge to a plurality of computing components, and an actuator to change an impedance level of the impedance portion. The actuator receives a control signal to change the impedance level of the impedance portion based on a location of the plurality of computing components relative to the blank cartridge. |
| US10244661B2 |
Airflow ducting apparatus for data processing systems
A data processing system includes an enclosure, one or more airflow manifold structures within the enclosure, and a plurality of data processor cards mounted within the enclosure. Each one of the one or more airflow manifold structures has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion. Each one of the data processor cards extends substantially parallel to each other one of the data processor cards. Each one of the data processor cards includes an airflow duct having an air inlet portion thereof covering a portion of the air outlet portion of at least one of the one or more airflow manifold structures and includes a plurality of data processing units within the airflow duct. |
| US10244656B2 |
Heating device for a vehicle, and method of cooling an electronic control unit of the heating device
The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller. |
| US10244654B2 |
Cold plate with combined inclined impingement and ribbed channels
Methods for making heat transfer devices include forming a jet plate with a plurality of inclined jets set at an angular deviation from normal. A bottom plate is formed with channel walls that have ribs. The jet plate is attached to the bottom plate to form ribbed channels. The angular deviation of each inclined jet establishes a jet direction perpendicular to a long dimension of the ribbed channels. |
| US10244653B2 |
Multi-axis rotary shaft link device
A multi-axis rotary shaft link device has a simplified structure occupying less room and is easy to assemble. The multi-axis rotary shaft link device includes a transmission unit disposed on a first shaft, a reaction unit disposed on a second shaft and a link unit disposed between the transmission unit and the reaction unit for making the first and second shafts synchronously rotate. The second shaft and a third shaft are assembled with a driven module for rotating the third shaft and a transmission unit disposed on the third shaft. A link unit is disposed between the third shaft and a fourth shaft, whereby the fourth shaft and a reaction unit disposed on the fourth shaft can synchronously rotate with the third shaft. The multi-axis rotary shaft link device can freely rotate around multiple rotational centers, which can be smoothly opened and closed. |
| US10244652B1 |
Configurable server components
A wall structure includes mounting brackets for server components to be mounted to the wall structure. Different server components are coupled together via one or more data communication coupling devices, such as cables, to form a functional server. The data communication coupling devices and the server components are configured to allow the server components to be coupled and decoupled from one another to form functional servers having various configurations. In some embodiments, the server components and data communication coupling devices are accessible via an aisle adjacent to the wall structure and the server components are hot-swappable so that server components can be added to or removed from a functional server while other server components included in the functional server remain in operation. |
| US10244645B2 |
Electronic control unit with a housing stabilizing element and housing for electronic control unit
An electronic control unit having a sealed housing including a main body and a cover fixed to one another and a sealing element in contact with one and/or the other of the main body and the cover. The control unit also includes a circuit board arrangement in the housing which a circuit board is located. In addition, the control unit also includes at least one housing stabilizing element in contact with the circuit board arrangement and one or the other of the main body and the cover. |
| US10244641B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a bending area that is bendable along an axis extending in a first direction, and a panel support portion that supports the display panel in the bending area. The panel support portion includes a plurality of joint members, a plurality of rotational angle limiting members, and a plurality of connecting members. The joint members are sequentially arranged and support the display panel. Each joint member is rotatable about two rotation axes. The rotational angle limiting members are coupled to the joint members and limit rotational angles of the joint members. Each connecting member is coupled to a pair of the rotational angle limiting members disposed at a pair of adjacent joint members. The rotational angle limiting members included in the pair of rotational angle limiting members contact each other and are fixed to an inner portion of the corresponding connecting member. |
| US10244640B2 |
Copper clad laminate provided with protective layer and multilayered printed wiring board
An object of the present invention is to provide a multilayered printed wiring board provided with split through holes excellent in through-hole formability and co-planarity in inner layer wirings around through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion. To achieve the object, “a copper clad laminate provided with a protective layer for manufacturing of a printed wiring board having a conduction isolation portion electrically isolating a through hole, the copper clad laminate is characterized in that the copper clad laminate is provided with a protective layer on the surface that can be released after forming of the through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion and filling of the through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion by a plating resist” is employed. |
| US10244634B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting dispensing units of a dispenser
A dispensing apparatus includes a frame having a gantry configured to provide movement in the X axis and Y axis directions, and first and second dispensing units coupled to the gantry and configured to dispense material onto a substrate. The second dispensing unit is coupled to the gantry by an automatic adjustment mechanism. The dispensing apparatus further includes a controller configured to control the operation of the gantry, the first dispenser, the second dispenser, and the automatic adjustment mechanism. The automatic adjustment mechanism is configured to move the second dispenser in the X axis and Y axis directions to manipulate a spacing between the first dispensing unit and the second dispensing. Methods of dispensing material on the substrate are further disclosed. |
| US10244628B2 |
Printed electronics
Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed. |
| US10244627B2 |
Substrate for printed wiring board and method for producing the same, printed wiring board and method for producing the same, and resin base material
An object is to provide a substrate for a printed wiring board that has good circuit formability while maintaining adhesion strength between a conductive layer (2) and a base film (1). The substrate includes a base film having an insulating property (1) and a conductive layer (2) formed on at least one surface of the base film (1). The maximum height Sz, which is defined in ISO25178, of the surface of the base film (1) is 0.05 μm or more and less than 0.9 μm. |
| US10244623B2 |
Stretchable printed electronic sheets to electrically connect uneven two dimensional and three dimensional surfaces
A method and apparatus for forming a circuit on an uneven two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D) surface of an object is described. An amount of electrically conductive material to form a circuit between two points on the object is determined. The determined amount of electrically conductive material is deposited on a first surface of a stretchable substrate. The stretchable substrate with the deposited electrically conductive material is applied to the object to form a circuit between two points on the object. |
| US10244620B2 |
Circuit board and display device
A circuit board and a display device are disclosed. The circuit board is configured to be bonded onto a display substrate; the circuit board includes a bonding connection end, which includes a base film and a plurality of first connecting terminals disposed on the base film; regions, which are corresponding to at least part of the first connecting terminals, of the base film comprises a transparent membrane material. The circuit board improves the product quality monitoring level during the bonding process, and decreases the product risks. |
| US10244617B2 |
Power converter
Provided is a power converter which is applied to a power converter equipped with a switching element provided on a line, and a radiator connected to a predetermined potential such as a ground potential. A noise eliminator in which a conductive member is covered with insulator is provided between the switching element (semiconductor switch) and the radiator (heatsink). A flexible connecting line connected to a conductive member of the noise eliminator is connected to an on-board line disposed on a circuit board. |
| US10244615B2 |
Radio frequency power source device, and power source for dual cathodes
There is provided a radio frequency power source device configured to change a voltage ratio between two output end voltages, by switching a connection state of a voltage divider that divides the radio frequency voltage, in such a manner that the radio frequency voltage is divided into voltage outputs in antiphase with each other with respect to ground potential, and high voltage and low voltage are delivered in switching manner. Switching of the connection state in the voltage divider enables selective delivery of voltage having different values, high voltage or low voltage, and by selecting and delivering high voltage for the time high voltage is required, reduction of the voltage output from the radio frequency output circuit is prevented. |
| US10244611B2 |
Multi-color light apparatus
A multi-color light apparatus is provided and includes a power adapter, a power switch and a plurality of light bulbs. The power adapter has a converter to convert AC power to DC power. The power switch is electrically connected to the power adapter and includes a controller to provide a plurality of time division multiplexed signals. The light bulbs receive the time division multiplexed signals and are configured to perform different illumination effects in accordance with the time division multiplexed signals. By using the multi-color light apparatus, only two power wires are used so as to simplify the manufacture of the multi-color light apparatus and reduce the cost of the manufacture. |
| US10244610B2 |
Method and apparatus for an intelligent lighting system
A method and apparatus for a lighting network is provided whereby both legacy and next generation lighting may be controlled by a harmonized controller. Wireless controllers are deployed within the lighting network to control the operation of the harmonized controller. Wireless interconnectivity allows each of the wireless controllers to independently command the harmonized controller and allows each wireless controller to correctly display through visible feedback the current status of the lighting network. |
| US10244608B2 |
Side looking occupancy sensor
A side looking occupancy sensor is incorporated in a conventional wall switch mounted into a switch box adjacent to a door. The side-looking proximity sensor preferably is mountable to either side of the doorjamb to make the side-looking proximity sensor face the door opening. During operation, the side-looking sensor monitors the door movement or senses the passage of a person for indication that a person is entering or leaving the space. Entry and exit determination is made based on activation of the side-looking sensor. |
| US10244606B2 |
Light control system
A light control system having a central control engine, at least one light sensor, and at least one light source. The central control engine is configured to receive illumination data from the light sensor. The light data represents an actual light profile. The central control engine is configured to retrieve a target light profile for a user and adjust an illumination of the light control system based on the target light profile for the individual user. |
| US10244603B2 |
OLED stand
The present invention relates to an OLED standing lamp in which a lighting unit includes a band-shaped transparent film and a band-shaped casing plate, which are disposed on a front surface and a back surface of a band-shaped OLED lighting sheet, respectively, a support body has one end portion at an upper side thereof which is fastened to one end portion of the lighting unit and supports the lighting unit so that the lighting unit is spaced apart from the ground, and a base is extended on the ground and supports the support body fastened to the lighting unit, thereby minimizing a thickness and providing light having improved brightness, by adopting an OLED as a light source. |
| US10244599B1 |
Warm dim circuit for use with LED lighting fixtures
A system for and method of regulating the current through a string of LEDs using differential current regulating circuits such that certain segments of the string produce more light output than other segments to regulate the color temperature of the total light output by the string such that a warm dim function may be enabled. |
| US10244596B2 |
LED drive circuit having improved flicker performance and LED lighting device including the same
Disclosed are a light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit having improved flicker performance and an alternating current-driving type LED lighting device including the same. The LED driver circuit can remove an LED off period using a charging and discharging circuit during a compensation period so as to reduce light output deviation of an LED lighting device, and provide a driving voltage to another element of the LED lighting device, using the charging and discharging circuit during an additional discharging period so as to simultaneously improve power efficiency. |
| US10244588B2 |
Hybrid induction heating/welding assembly
In certain embodiments, inductive heating is added to a metal working process, such as a welding process, by an induction heating head. The induction heating head may be adapted specifically for this purpose, and may include one or more coils to direct and place the inductive energy, protective structures, and so forth. Productivity of a welding process may be improved by the application of heat from the induction heating head. The heating is in addition to heat from a welding arc, and may facilitate application of welding wire electrode materials into narrow grooves and gaps, as well as make the processes more amenable to the use of certain compositions of welding wire, shielding gasses, flux materials, and so forth. In addition, distortion and stresses are reduced by the application of the induction heating energy in addition to the welding arc source. |
| US10244585B2 |
Apparatus and method for sensing and processing by RF
A disclosed apparatus for sensing and processing an object in a cavity (104) comprises a sensing RF source (110) and a sensing antenna (112), and a processing RF source (120) and a processing antenna (122). The sensing RF source is configured to generate low power RF radiation at a first frequency range and the sensing antenna is configured to feed the cavity with RF radiation generated by the low power RF source. The processing RF source is configured to generate high power RF radiation at a second frequency range, and the processing antenna is configured to feed the cavity with RF radiation generated by the processing RF source. A protecting system (130) configured to protect the sensing RF source from RF radiation generated by the processing RF source may be provided. |
| US10244582B2 |
Self-regulating dual heating level heating element
A heater element having an electrically insulating substrate, a buss layer made of a conductive material, and a resistive layer that includes a first patch of a first resistive material. The first buss layer has a first buss and a second buss extending from terminals of the heater element to a heating area of the heater element. The first resistive material is applied in a first selected location in the heating area so as to provide electrical communication between the first buss and the second buss and to enable an electrical current to flow through the first resistive material. The resistive layer includes a second patch of a second resistive material. The second patch is applied in a second selected location in the heating area so as to provide electrical communication between the first buss and the second buss, the second selected location being different from the first selected location. |
| US10244581B2 |
Public safety analytics gateway
A public safety analytics gateway includes a front end processor configured to communicate with a network gateway and a public safety enterprise server and a data collector in communication with the front end processor, wherein the front end processor is configured to receive public safety data from the public service enterprise server and forward the public safety data to both the network gateway and the data collector. |
| US10244579B2 |
Techniques for millimeter wave mobile communication
A Base Station (BS), a Mobile Station (MS), and a millimeter Wave (mmWave) Access Point (mmAP), for use in a mobile communication system that includes a plurality of Base Stations BSs capable of communicating with a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs), are provided. The BS includes a cellular band transceiver for communicating in a cellular band, an mmWave band transceiver for communicating in the mmWave band, and a controller for controlling both the cellular band transceiver and the mmWave band transceiver for communication with an MS. |
| US10244577B2 |
Method and user equipment for managing extended discontinuous reception (eDRX)
A method for managing an extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) in a User Equipment (UE) including determining, by the UE, as to whether an eDRX enablement avoidance criterion is met, and causing, by the UE, to stop sending a request message, which is configured to enable the eDRX, to a network entity when the eDRX enablement avoidance criterion is met. The eDRX enablement avoidance criterion may include one of a data transmission pattern, a historic eDRX usage pattern, whether a configurable retry timer is deactivated, whether a number attempts made to enable the eDRX exceeds a threshold, whether a number of attempts made to enable and disable the eDRX exceeds a threshold, whether a request accept message including an indication that eDRX is not supported, is received from the network entity, or whether an indication of no eDRX support is received from the network entity may be provided. |
| US10244574B2 |
Call setup timer triggered and terminated by different protocols
One or more timers can be used by an originating UE during setup of a communication session. The timer(s) can be triggered by an originating UE sending a request or receiving a response that uses a first signaling protocol. The timer(s) can further be terminated by the originating UE sending a request or receiving a response that uses a second signaling protocol different from the first signaling protocol, so long as the request/response using the second signaling protocol occurs before timeout of the timer(s). |
| US10244572B2 |
Communication control method and user terminal
A communication control method according to the present invention is used in a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct Device-to-Device communication. The communication control method comprises a step of transmitting, by a first user terminal in a cell coverage, to another user terminal, identification information for identifying that the first user terminal is located in a cell. |
| US10244570B2 |
Method and device for executing application
A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information. |
| US10244569B2 |
Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
A mobile terminal capable of communication with at least one image forming apparatus for transmitting waves for short-distance wireless communication includes a detection unit that detects, on the basis of the waves, a connection candidate device that is an image forming apparatus as a connection destination candidate in short-distance wireless communication, and a determination unit that determines a pairing mode of short-distance wireless communication in accordance with the number of connection candidate devices detected. When a single connection candidate device is detected as a connection candidate device, the determination unit determines, as the pairing mode, a first mode that does not involve an authentication operation in which a user of the mobile terminal authenticates a connection destination device for short-distance wireless communication, and when multiple connection candidate devices are detected as connection candidate devices, the determination unit determines a second mode that involves the authentication operation as the pairing mode. |
| US10244566B2 |
Systems and methods for reusing generic tokens using bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons
Systems and methods for reusing generic tokens using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacon. The systems and methods include a user device including a wireless transceiver, a memory for storing a generic token, and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver is configured to communicate with a beacon using a BLE communications protocol, receive a beacon identifier from the beacon, send a check in request to the beacon, and receive token differences from the beacon. The processors are configured to recreate a custom token based on the stored generic token and the received token differences. The beacon is configured to forward the check in request to a server. The server is configured to verify the user device and create the custom token and the token differences between the custom and generic tokens for return to the user device via the beacon. |
| US10244565B2 |
Systems and methods for a supplemental display screen
A supplemental display device is configured to be used with a first computing device having a first display. The supplemental display device has a touchscreen display and a control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly connect with the first computing device, access application icons from the first computing device, the icons corresponding to applications installed on the first computing device, display the application icons on the touchscreen display, detect an orientation of the supplemental display device, orient the application icons on the touchscreen display in accordance with the detected orientation of the supplemental display device and independent of an orientation of the first computing device, capture a user input on the touchscreen display, transmit the user input to the first computing device, and wirelessly receive content transmitted from the first computing device, wherein the content is transmitted from the first computing device at least partly in response to the captured user input. |
| US10244557B2 |
Wireless communication device, wireless communication terminal, and wireless communication method
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: controlling circuitry configured to set at least one of: a first transmission prohibition period for a first network to which the wireless communication device belongs; or a second transmission prohibition period for a second network, and to determine, when a first frame addressed to another device is received in a case that the first transmission prohibition period is not set and the second transmission prohibition period is set, a state of a wireless medium based on comparing a reception level of the first frame with a threshold defined corresponding to one of the first network and the second network, to which a sender of the first frame belongs. |
| US10244556B2 |
Data sending method and device
Embodiments provide a data sending method and device. The data sending method includes: determining, by a transmitting device, a busy/idle state of a wireless communications channel and a communication status of a receiving device before sending data to the receiving device, where the transmitting device is a wireless access node or the transmitting device is a station, and the receiving device is a wireless access node or the receiving device is a station. The method also includes sending, by the transmitting device, the data to the receiving device if the wireless communications channel is in a busy state and the receiving device is in an idle communication state. |
| US10244555B2 |
Co-existence for spatial reuse in wireless local area networks
An apparatus of a first high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP) or station for spatial reuse is the disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: decode a first portion of a first packet; and if the first portion indicates the first packet was transmitted by a second HE AP or station and that the first packet is an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) packet, then if a preamble detect energy is below a threshold, cause to be transmitted a second packet simultaneously with a portion of the first packet after the first portion. The processing circuitry may be configured to determine the first portion was transmitted by the second HE AP or station if a field in a physical (PHY) header or a second field in a media access control (MAC) header indicate the first packet was transmitted by the second HE AP or station. |
| US10244553B2 |
Data sending method and device in spectrum aggregation
Provided are a data sending method and device in spectrum aggregation. When downlink aggregation is performed on the plurality of cells of different types, the method includes that: HARQ information of the plurality of cells is centralized and sent on uplink subframes corresponding to a TDD cell among the plurality of cells, wherein the TDD cell is a primary cell while other cells are secondary cells and it is given that an uplink-downlink configuration of the primary cell is configuration X, where X∈{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}, downlink subframes are configured on each FDD cell for a UE so that a network can send a PDCCH/a PDSCH for the UE only on the configured downlink subframes while the UE detects and receives the PDCCH/PDSCH on the configured downlink subframes. |
| US10244543B2 |
Station (STA), access point (AP) and method of spatial reuse
Embodiments of a station (STA), access point (AP) and method for determination of transmit power for spatial reuse are generally described herein. The STA may detect, in the channel, an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) from an OBSS AP. The STA may determine, based at least partly on an ESS color parameter included in the OBSS PPDU, whether the OBSS AP is included in the ESS network. The STA may determine an OBSS power threshold based at least partly on whether the OBSS AP is included in the ESS network. The STA may determine, based at least partly on a comparison between the OBSS power threshold and a received power of the OBSS PPDU, whether to transmit an uplink PPDU to the BSS AP in the channel during the TXOP. |
| US10244538B2 |
System and method for determining a resource selection technique
A method for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless network, the method includes determining, by a first User Equipment (UE), a V2X carrier load in a coverage area of a Base station (BS), and transmitting, by the first UE, a data message over an air interface using either a random resource selection technique or a resource sensing multiple access technique based on the V2X carrier load in the coverage area of the BS. |
| US10244533B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, and terminal device
A communication control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire band use information indicating which cell of a macro cell and a small cell partially or entirely overlapping with the macro cell uses each of a plurality of frequency bands used by one of the macro cell and the small cell; and a communication control unit configured to notify a terminal device of the band use information. The communication control device improves radio communication of a terminal device when a small cell is disposed. |
| US10244529B2 |
Systems and methods for OFDM channelization
Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the coexistence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided. |
| US10244527B2 |
Techniques for dropping uplink grants in carrier aggregation to mitigate intermodulation interference
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a device may receive a first uplink grant for a first cell that uses a first component carrier, and may receive a second uplink grant for a second cell that uses a second component carrier. The device may determine at least one of: a number of subframes for which uplink data is transmitted on both the first cell and the second cell during a time period, or a resource block allocation associated with the first cell and the second cell. The device may drop at least one of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant based at least in part on at least one of: a determination that the number of subframes satisfies a threshold number of subframes, or a determination that the resource block allocation satisfies a condition. |
| US10244525B2 |
Promiscuous detection and intercepted forwarding by parent network device in a storing-mode tree-based network
In one embodiment, a method comprises: promiscuously detecting, by a parent network device in a tree-based network topology, a data packet transmitted to a child network device attached to the parent network device, the data packet transmitted by a grandchild network device attached to the child network device; determining, by the parent network device, whether the data packet transmitted to the child network device is to be forwarded toward a destination via the parent network device; and the parent network device selectively initiating intercepted forwarding of the data packet toward the destination, on behalf of the child network device, based on determining that the data packet is to be forwarded toward the destination via the parent network device. |
| US10244524B2 |
Data transmission method, apparatus, and network system that supports CPRI data corresponding to multiple service flows to be exchanged
A data transmission method, an apparatus, and a network system are used to transmit common public radio interface (CPRI) data in the Ethernet, and can support CPRI data corresponding to multiple service flows to be exchanged between multiple RRUs and multiple BBUs in any network by using an existing switching device from point to point, point to multipoint, and multipoint to multipoint. This not only reduces CPRI networking costs, but also improves CPRI networking flexibility. A specific implementation method includes: receiving, by a sending apparatus, CPRI data, where the CPRI data includes CPRI data of at least one service flow; parsing out, from the CPRI data, a CPRI data payload corresponding to each service flow, and separately encapsulating, based on a dedicated processing frame header of each service flow, the CPRI data payload of the corresponding service flow, to obtain a packet of each service flow. |
| US10244523B2 |
HARQ process number management for downlink carrier aggregation
A method for designating, by a user agent supporting multiple carriers in a wireless communication network, one assigned carrier as an anchor carrier, at least one assigned carrier as an inactive carrier, and at least one assigned carrier as an active carrier. The method can also include receiving a command from an enhanced node B causing a first carrier to transition from an inactive carrier to an active carrier. Additionally, the method can include responsive to reception of the command, monitoring a control channel corresponding to the first carrier. Further, the method can also include receiving downlink control information (DCI) via the control channel. The method can also include responsive to reception of the DCI, starting a timer, and deactivating the first carrier at the expiration of the timer. |
| US10244521B2 |
Method and UE for transmitting HARQ-ACK
The provided is a method for transmitting HARQ-ACK in a LTE system, which is applicable to a situation that an uplink subframe is occupied in an FDD or TDD system. The method is implemented as follows. A UE receives information from an eNB, and determines the assignment of uplink subframes in a cell. The UE determines the transmission of HARQ-ACK according to the assignment of uplink subframes in the cell. By the provided method, the transmission of HARQ-ACK of PDSCH is less influenced when an uplink subframe in the FDD or TDD system is occupied. |
| US10244520B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method
A terminal apparatus improves throughput while suppressing control information of an interfering signal. The terminal device includes: a higher layer that determines an instruction as to whether to apply NAICS; a receiving unit that receives downlink control information; and a control unit that, in a case where it has been specified on the higher layer that NAICS is applied, determines, on the basis of information that is contained in the downlink control information and indicates whether to perform interference cancellation or suppression, whether to perform interference cancellation or suppression. The receiving unit receives, in a user-specific search space, the downlink control information containing the information indicating whether to perform interference cancellation or suppression. |
| US10244517B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system
A method for enabling a base station to transmit control information in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting an enhanced physical downlink channel (E-PDCCH) for a terminal using at least one physical resource block pair among a plurality of physical resource block pairs for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the plurality of physical resource block pairs include one or more physical resource block pair sets, and a parameter related to a demodulation reference signal for the E-PDCCH is set with respect to each physical resource block pair set. |
| US10244514B2 |
Method and apparatus for splitting PUSCH/PUCCH with large number of aggregated carriers in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system is provided. When a large number of carries are configured, a user equipment (UE) splits the UCI for a plurality of cells into a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and transmits the split UCI via the PUCCH and the PUSCH. |
| US10244513B2 |
Method and device for configuring and sending uplink control channel, base station and user equipment
A method and apparatus for configuring and sending an uplink control channel, a base station, and a User Equipment (UE) are described. The method includes sending, by a base station, a message to a user equipment. The message is used for configuring a sending mode for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of the user equipment. The sending mode includes a first sending mode in which the PUCCH is sent only on an uplink primary serving cell, and a second sending mode in which the PUCCH is sent on the uplink primary serving cell and an uplink secondary serving cell. |
| US10244512B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficient usage of DAI bits for eIMTA in LTE
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives, by a user equipment (UE) during a first subframe, an indication of a dynamic uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration. The apparatus determines an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing based on an uplink reference subframe configuration and at least one of the dynamic UL/DL subframe configuration or a downlink reference subframe configuration. The apparatus selects an uplink subframe for communication based on the determined uplink HARQ timing. |
| US10244507B2 |
Distributed processing in a centralized radio access network
Certain features relate to a centralized radio access network (C-RAN) that can flexibly and dynamically allocate protocol layer processing among baseband processing units and remote units. A C-RAN can be configured to include a media access control (“MAC”) scheduler and a fronthaul physical layer coordinator. The fronthaul physical layer coordinator can include a fronthaul physical layer scheduler, which can allocate spatial resources by determining the specific remote unit(s) that should serve a given mobile device. The MAC scheduler can allocate time/frequency resources to user devices communicating with the remote units. The fronthaul physical layer coordinator or the MAC scheduler can also determine the optimal transmission modes remote units can use to serve the user devices. |
| US10244504B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for geolocation with deployable large scale arrays
Systems, methods, and apparatus for geolocating a signal emitting device are disclosed. A monitoring array comprises at least four monitoring units. A distance ratio between the at least four monitoring units relative to a midpoint is determined. The at least four monitoring units are operable to scan independently for a signal of interest. The at least four monitoring units are operable to calculate times of arrival and angles of arrival for the signal of interest. Each of the at least four monitoring units is operable to measure the signal of interest and transmit a formatted message to other monitoring units within the monitoring array. Each of the at least four monitoring units is operable to determine a location of the signal emitting device from which the signal of interest is emitted based on calculations and measurements relating to the signal of interest. |
| US10244501B2 |
Methods and apparatus to support parallel communication for multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device
Apparatus and methods to support parallel communication using multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device via multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) are disclosed. A representative method includes establishing a connection with a first wireless network via a first wireless cellular protocol software stack for a first subscriber identity associated with a first subscriber identity module; registering with a second wireless network via a second wireless cellular protocol software stack for a second subscriber identity associated with a second subscriber identity module; and receiving radio frequency signals from the second wireless network via the second wireless cellular protocol software stack in parallel with communicating with the first wireless network via the first wireless cellular protocol software stack. The first and second wireless cellular protocol software stacks share at least a portion of radio frequency wireless circuitry for communicating with the first and second wireless network respectively. |
| US10244496B2 |
Synchronization in wireless communications networks
There is provided mechanisms for synchronization in a wireless communications network. A method is performed by a transmitting device. The method comprises transmitting a first synchronization signal on a first time/frequency resource in a time/frequency grid. The method comprises receiving a response to the first synchronization signal from a receiving device. The method comprises transmitting a second synchronization signal on a second time/frequency resource in the time/frequency grid to the receiving device, wherein the second time/frequency resource spans a larger portion of the time/frequency grid than the first time/frequency resource. |
| US10244495B1 |
Systems and methods for synchronization signal timeslot reselection for synchronization target selection in networks
Methods and systems which provide for synchronization target selection by configuring a network device to reselect a synchronization signal transmission timeslot for synchronization target searching by the network device are described. Synchronization signal timeslot reselection may provide for downgrading a current stratum index to an artificial stratum index that does not accurately indicate a number of hops between the network device and a global synchronization source to allow for selection of available synchronization targets with stratum indices that are higher than or equal to the network device's stratum index without causing a synchronization loop. A synchronization signal pattern cycle structure having synchronization signal timeslots organized into multiple subcycles for accommodating synchronization signal timeslot reselection is utilized according to embodiments. |
| US10244494B2 |
Apparatus and method for synchronizing and obtaining system information in wireless communication system
A base station and terminal use methods of obtaining synchronization and system information in a wireless communication system. An operation of a base station includes generating a synchronization signal to be transmitted through a Synchronization Channel (SCH), generating a broadcast signal to be transmitted through a Broadcast Channel (BCH), and transmitting repetitively the SCH and the BCH by performing beamforming on the channels with different transmission beams. |
| US10244491B2 |
Synchronization module and method
A pluggable synchronization module comprises an antenna input, a Global Navigation Satellite System receiver, an electrical interface and processing circuitry. The Global Navigation Satellite System receiver is operative to receive satellite-transmitted signals comprising positioning-related information over the antenna input. The Global Navigation Satellite System receiver is further operative to determine a time reference from received positioning-related information and to provide a time reference signal according to the determined time reference. The electrical interface supports communication with the pluggable synchronization module. The electrical interface is a form-factor pluggable interface. The processing circuitry is connected to the Global Navigation Satellite System receiver and to the electrical interface. The processing circuitry is operative to deduce synchronization information from the time reference signal and to transmit the deduced synchronization information over the electrical interface. |
| US10244477B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication terminal, and communication system
A communication apparatus includes a wireless module configured to execute communication with a communication terminal; a host system including a communication controller configured to control the communication with the communication terminal executed by the wireless module; an updater configured to update information used for the communication, at predetermined updating timings; and an operation status controller configured to control an operation state. The communication apparatus further includes a sub-system configured to send, to the operation status controller, a report indicating that an updating time period has elapsed from the updating timing of the information. The operation status controller causes the host system to return to a regular mode, upon receiving the report indicating that the updating time period has elapsed while the host system is in an energy saving mode. |
| US10244476B2 |
Reducing power consumption for phone as a key (PAAK) vehicle system
Method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing power consumption in a PAAK vehicle system. An example vehicle includes a main BLE module for communication with a mobile device acting as a vehicle key, a plurality of BLE antenna modules (BLEAMs), and a processor. The processor is configured for determining that the mobile device is within a threshold range of the vehicle for a threshold time period, and responsively reducing power consumption of one or more of the plurality of BLEAMs. |
| US10244474B2 |
Networked evacuation system
A method includes determining, by a first node in a communication network, a listening schedule to be used by the first node. The listening schedule is based at least in part on a battery life of the first node. The method also includes transmitting, by the first node, the listening schedule to a second node in the communication network such that the second node is able to communicate with the first node in accordance with the listening schedule. |
| US10244473B2 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program product providing improved power management in wireless networks
There are a plurality of power saving modes for a device in a wireless network. It is determined that the device is using one of the power saving modes on a peer-specific link, a state is set to indicate that the device is using that specific power saving mode, and a message is transmitted to the peer over the link that includes an indication of the state. There may also be a power management indication that indicates whether a full power state is in use of one of the power saving modes are in use. Exemplary power saving modes are light sleep and deep sleep. A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are detailed, and exemplary environments may be practices in or by a WLAN mesh point. |
| US10244472B2 |
Automatic power configuration for a point-to-multipoint distributed radio access network
One embodiment is directed to a system to provide wireless service to user equipment. The system comprising a controller communicatively coupled to a core network and a plurality of radio points to transmit and receive radio frequency signals to and from the user equipment. Each of the radio points is associated with at least one antenna and is located remote from the controller. The plurality of radio points is communicatively coupled to the controller. The controller comprises at least one baseband modem to perform Layer-3, Layer-2, and Layer-1 processing for the air interface. The controller is configured to automatically control transmit power for the radio points based on operational measurements (OMs) for each radio point, wherein the OMs are based on radio resource control (RRC) messages received at the controller. In some implementations, the radio points are configured to perform at least some Layer-1 processing for the air interface. |
| US10244470B2 |
Power saving in Wi-Fi devices utilizing bluetooth
The present description provides methods, computer program products, and systems for saving power in Wi-Fi devices utilizing Bluetooth. A Wi-Fi radio transitions to deep sleep mode from active mode while a Bluetooth radio remains active. An active Wi-Fi connection to the access point can be maintained by the station while in deep sleep mode as needed to prevent being disassociated. Responsive to the indication of data packets waiting at the access point, sent over the Bluetooth radio, the Wi-Fi radio at the station can be transitioned from the deep sleep mode to the active mode. A notification of active mode is sent to the access point currently associated with the Wi-Fi radio so that packets can be forwarded. |
| US10244466B2 |
Wireless access point resource availability, notification, and network management
A connection management resource receives performance information indicating bandwidth availability associated with multiple wireless access points in a wireless network. The connection management resource analyzes the performance information to identify an ability of each of the multiple wireless access points in the wireless network to provide a prospective new user access to a remote network. Based on the analysis of the performance information, the connection management resource produces a notification indicating the ability of each of the multiple access points to provide wireless bandwidth to the prospective new user to access the remote network. Via the notification, the prospective new user of a wireless access point is able to determine what to expect for bandwidth after establishing a respective link with the wireless access point. |
| US10244464B2 |
System and method for evaluating non-optimal roaming of a client device
A method for evaluating non-optimal roaming of a client device in a communication network is presented. The method includes detecting a transition of the client device from a first access point to a second access point and evaluating at least one performance parameter corresponding to each of the first access point and the second access point after the client device transitions from the first access point to the second access point. Further, the method includes determining a number of one of flip-flop events and undesirable roam events based on the evaluation of the at least one performance parameter. Also, the method includes identifying the non-optimal roaming of the client device based on one of the number of flip-flop events and the number of the undesirable roam events. Furthermore, the method includes modifying at least one roaming algorithm to achieve optimal roaming of the client device in the communication network. |
| US10244463B2 |
System and method for application based selection of a radio network
Application-based selection of a network is disclosed. An electronic device provides data connectivity. The device includes: an application, the application being associated to a list of preferred radio networks for exchanging data over the radio networks; a connection manager to detect and connect the device with a radio network for exchanging data over the radio network; an event processor operable to detect the triggering of the application, the connection manager being further configured, when the event detector reports the triggering of the application, to retrieve the list of preferred radio networks associated to the application, connect with a radio network selected from the retrieved list of preferred radio networks, and process a data connectivity request from the application over the registered radio network. |
| US10244462B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving power transmitting unit presence information in wireless charging network
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for transmitting power transmitting unit (PTU) presence information is provided. The method includes receiving an advertisement message from a power receiving unit (PRU); determining whether a current state is a state that power is supplied to a resonator; and outputting PTU presence information indicating that a PTU exists, or transmitting the PTU presence information to a management server, if the current state is the state that the power is not supplied to the resonator. |
| US10244457B1 |
Service search using geofence configurations
The present aspects relate to out-of-service searches in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present aspects provide that while in an out-of-service state corresponding to a radio resource disconnection, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a first time duration following entry into the out-of-service state has elapsed. The UE may further obtain a geofence identifier representing a shape forming a geographic region including one or more boundaries based on determining that the first time duration has elapsed. The UE may further identify at least one location identifier based at least on the geofence identifier and determine at least one radio access technology (RAT) and one or more associated frequency bands based on the at least one location identifier. The UE may further search on the at least one RAT and one or more associated frequency bands for at least one network entity within the geographic region. |
| US10244456B2 |
Wireless communication system, control server, and base-station switching operation control method
A wireless communication system includes an on-board terminal equipment mounted on a working machine, and a control server communicably connected together via a network including a first wireless base station and a second wireless base station. The control server sets a zone of a travel route as a travel-permitted zone, for which a travel permission has been given only to the working machine. A permission requesting zone in the travel-permitted zone, in which the working machine makes a setting request to the control server for a new travel-permitted zone, is set as a no-handover zone in which switching of the connected base station from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station is prohibited. The on-board terminal equipment switches the first wireless base station to the second wireless base in a zone other than the no-handover zone in the travel-permitted zone. |
| US10244453B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter-satellite handovers in low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems
Methods and apparatuses for managing inter-satellite handovers are provided to allow a user terminal to reduce the frequency of handovers while maintaining a sufficiently high system capacity in a non-geosynchronous satellite communication system. The method and apparatus for managing inter-satellite handovers may be implemented in a gateway, in infrastructure connected to a gateway, in a user terminal, or in a satellite. |
| US10244451B2 |
Seamless application connectivity
In some implementations, a request to switch to using a second network connection is received at a first computing device that is currently communicating with a second computing device over a first network connection. While still using the first network connection, the second network connection may be initiated. During a period of transition, the first computing device may communicate with the second computing device using both the first network connection and the second network connection. To use both the first and second network connections, data from the second computing device may be received over the first network connection, and data may be sent to the second computing device over the second network connection. The first computing device may identify an end of the period of transition. In response, the first computing device may communicate with the second computing device using only the second network connection. |
| US10244445B2 |
SDN based connectionless architecture with dual connectivity and carrier aggregation
A wireless network for mobile communications has a connectionless framework using native internet protocol (IP). In this connectionless framework, packet routing may be based on user endpoint (UE) physical IP address, which is associated with the prefix of an associated access node (e.g. eNB). In addition to using the connectionless-IP framework for the traffic flow carried by one access point (e.g. eNB) at a time, advanced mobile call processing features, such as carrier aggregation and dual connectivity, are enhanced to leverage the packet-oriented connectionless radio access network and wireless core network architecture by using the SDN architecture and a wireless network specific software-defined network controller. |
| US10244442B2 |
Configurable downlink and uplink channels for improving transmission of data by switching duplex nominal frequency spacing according to conditions
Transmission techniques using configurable channels for the downlink and/or uplink are described. In one aspect, the downlink channel and/or uplink channel may be independently selected for a terminal. The terminal may establish a connection with a base station on default downlink and uplink channels. Another downlink channel and/or another uplink channel may be selected based on various factors such as channel quality, loading, and interference. The terminal would then switch to the new downlink and/or uplink channel for communication. In another aspect, the base stations broadcast sector information used by the terminals for communication and/or channel selection. The sector information may include various types of information such as the available downlink and uplink channels, the frequencies of the available channels, the loading on the available channels, and QoS information. The terminals may select a sector, a downlink channel, and/or an uplink channel based on the sector information. |
| US10244440B2 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resources for switching between macro cell and small cell in wireless communication system
The objective of the present invention is to provide services by effectively switching, by a terminal, a macro cell and a small cell on the basis of time in a communication system in which the macro cell and the small cell coexist. A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a first base station and/or a second base station, information on a switching delay time required for the terminal to perform cell switching; and communicating through a resource of the first base station and a resource of the second base station which are allocated by considering the switching delay time. |
| US10244434B2 |
Delivery of targeted media content
Technology for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE can receive a group filter element that includes group information for one or more files or sessions corresponding to targeted media content, which can be associated with a group identification (groupID) element. The UE can receive MPD information for streaming media content. The UE can identify a user profile associated with a user of the UE. The user profile can include groupID elements associated with the user. The UE can map targeted media content in a file or session having a groupID element that is a groupID element included in the user profile. The UE can insert media presentation description (MPD) information for the mapped targeted media content having the groupID element that is included in the user profile into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a unified MPD. |
| US10244432B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling cell reselection for WTRU operating in discontinuous reception
A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) during cell reselection including initiating cell reselection; disabling DRX operation, wherein disabling DRX operation enables continuous reception; transmitting a CELL UPDATE message; receiving a CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; and enabling DRX operation based on the received CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message. |
| US10244431B2 |
Radio communication device, method, and program that calculate transmission time based on data rate
A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time. |
| US10244427B2 |
Systems and methods for suppressing and/or concealing bandwidth reduction of VoIP voice calls
A system and method for concealing bandwidth reduction of a VoIP call voice is provided. In a method for dynamic bandwidth extension during a call session between a first transceiver device and a second transceiver device, the first transceiver device compares a bit rate of received packet data with a threshold bit rate, and the first transceiver device determines whether to perform bandwidth extension during the call session based on the comparison. The bit rate is controlled based on a degree of network congestion between the first transceiver device and the second transceiver device. |
| US10244426B2 |
Frequency error detection with PBCH frequency hypothesis
Aspects of frequency error detection with Physical Broadcast CHannel (PBCH) frequency hypothesis are described. For example, a method and apparatus are disclosed for frequency tracking in a user equipment (UE) may include detecting a change in frequency that exceeds a pull-in range of a frequency tracking loop (FTL) of the UE. The method and apparatus may also include identifying a tracking recovery frequency in response to the change in frequency being detected, wherein the tracking recover frequency is identified from a set of frequency hypotheses and based on decoding of the PBCH received by the UE. The method and apparatus may further include updating the FTL with the tracking recovery frequency. |
| US10244425B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling transmission control protocol thereof
An electronic device and a method for controlling transmission control protocol are provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The processor is configured to control for setting a receive window size reference value based on a measured packet round trip time (RTT), identifying a physical layer parameter related to a wireless channel of another electronic device that is different from the electronic device, determining the receive window size based on the physical layer parameter and the reference value, and transmitting the determined receive window size to the other electronic device during transmission of a response message in accordance with data reception. |
| US10244421B2 |
Momentum transfer communication
The present disclosure relates to momentum transfer communication systems. An apparatus comprises at least one of a single-ended encoding circuit or a differential encoding circuit and a controller configured to control the at least one of the single-ended encoding circuit or the differential encoding circuit to encode a received signal into an encoded signal using momentum transfer encoding techniques. |
| US10244420B2 |
Wireless device, network node and methods performed thereby for reporting and logging an event
A wireless device and a method performed therefore are provided for reporting and logging an event, the wireless device being operable in a wireless communication network. The method comprises determining (110) that an event is to be logged and/or reported; and determining (120) if the location of the wireless device is a known location or is the same location as the last time the event was logged and/or reported. The method further comprises, when the location of the wireless device is a known location or the same location as the last time the event was logged and/or reported: logging (130) and reporting to a network node, according to an enhanced reporting and logging functionality. |
| US10244419B2 |
Two-level mobility reference signal configuration
According to an aspect, one or more network nodes of a wireless communication system sends, to a wireless device operating in the wireless communication system, MRS configuration information, the MRS configuration information specifying one or more parameters for each of a plurality of MRS configurations. The network node subsequently sends, to the wireless device, an activation command indicating that at least a first one of the MRS configurations is to be used by the wireless device, the activation command including an index identifying the first one of the MRS configurations from among the plurality of MRS configurations. The wireless device receives the MRS configuration information and the activation command. The wireless device searches for at least one MRS specified by the first one of the MRS, responsive to the activation command and performs at least one measurement on the at least one MRS. |
| US10244417B2 |
Network diagnostic system for analyzing performance of a radio network during functional over-the-air operation
An apparatus determining network health comprising base stations in bidirectional communication with radios, each having an identifier and transmitting a signal including the identifier. First and second health determining devices each receive the signal during normal over-the-air operation of radio and determine if the radio is authorized and, if so, determine the identifier, time-separated signal waveforms that are compared, operating characteristics from the compared waveforms, and a current location of the radio. Each of the devices determine health of the radio based on packet sniffing, a frequency deviation, or a range of deviations by analyzing the operating characteristics. After analysis results sent to the master controller from the devices indicate that the authorized radio is healthy, the master controller determines from the analysis results that a geographically unhealthy location of the network exists within the geographic area from which the authorized healthy radio transmitted the signal. |
| US10244415B2 |
Measurement method, configuration method, related device, and system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a measurement method, including: acquiring, by user equipment, a status of using a target unlicensed frequency band by a target radio access technology RAT; and selecting, by the user equipment, a corresponding measurement mode according to the usage status to measure a radio condition of the target unlicensed frequency band. The embodiments of the present invention further disclose user equipment, a network device, and a system. In the present invention, the user equipment can accurately measure the radio condition of the unlicensed frequency band, so as to provide reference information for the network device to schedule the user equipment. |
| US10244411B2 |
Over the air testing for massive MIMO arrays
The disclosed system for testing a massive MIMO beamforming antenna array of arbitrary size includes an anechoic chamber, and a mount for a MIMO array antenna positioned in the chamber, wherein the array has at least 8×4 antenna elements that are individually activated to steer transmissions from the array. The system includes dual element antenna probes positionable in the anechoic chamber, with feeds coupling one or more UE sources to the antenna probes; and the UE sources generate RF in OTA communication with the array, emulating multiple UE devices. Additionally the system includes base station electronics coupled to the array, and a test controller coupled to the base station electronics. The test controller signals the UE sources OTA via the array to invoke a connection to the UE sources and measure OTA channel performance between the array and the multiple UE devices emulated, the performance including at least throughput. |
| US10244408B1 |
Dual mode communications device with null steering and methods for use therewith
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes a dual-band antenna array configured to transmit first radio frequency (RF) signals to a remote device in an RF band and to transmit first millimeter wave (MMW) signals to the remote device in a MMW frequency band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band. A base transceiver station is configured to generate a consolidated steering matrix in accordance with the transmission of the first RF signals to the remote device in the RF band. A remote radio head is configured to convert the consolidated steering matrix to a converted steering matrix that facilitates the transmission of the first MMW signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band via the dual-band antenna array in accordance with an antenna beam pattern having at least one selected null direction, and further configured to generate the first MMW signals in accordance with the converted steering matrix. |
| US10244406B2 |
Wireless sensor information monitoring
The disclosure is directed to a system, apparatus, and method for continuously monitoring data output from a wireless sensor on a mesh network at a frequency higher than mesh formation/propagation. For example, the system may include a wireless gateway, an amplifier coupled to the wireless gateway, a first antenna coupled to the amplifier, a second antenna coupled to the amplifier, and a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor may be a wireless temperature sensor configured to monitor the temperature of a cryopreserved material product. The wireless gateway forms the mesh network. The first antenna may be located on a first level of a building, and the second antenna may be located on a second level of the building, where the second level may be at an elevation higher than the first level. |
| US10244404B2 |
Self-organizing wireless backhaul among cellular access points
Described herein are techniques preparing a wireless backhaul among cellular access points. The cellular access points may obtain either (i) locations of themselves and other devices or (ii) instructions for adjusting position of wireless transceivers of the cellular access points. Based at least in part on the locations or instructions, the cellular access points may adjust positions of the wireless transceivers and initiate wireless connections via the wireless transceivers. The cellular access points may receive the locations or instructions from a server of the telecommunication network, which may determine pairs of the cellular access points based at least in part on the locations of the cellular access points. |
| US10244403B2 |
Cloud based access network
A method and an apparatus for designing a cloud based radio access network, C-RAN, are provided. The solution comprises dividing (302) the access network into two or more tiers having different processing capabilities; receiving as an input information about the physical location of one or more remote radio heads, RRH, of the network and required quality of service of the remote radio heads; and determining (306) the physical location of the tier, BBU, having most efficient processing capability for serving the remote radio heads on the basis of the information about the location and required quality of service of at least part of the one or more remote radio heads. |
| US10244398B2 |
Frame structure for allocating radio resources in a cellular wireless network
The capacity of a cellular wireless system is increased by operation of base stations or base station sectors arranged to re-use radio resource elements that are used by neighboring base stations or base station sectors, in conjunction with operation of relay stations, which are similarly arranged to re-use radio resource elements used by neighboring relay stations, and where the radio resource elements re-used by the relay stations are different to those used by the base stations. The relay stations provide coverage, particularly in the areas at the boundaries between the areas of coverage of base stations that suffer from interference between signals transmitted from the respective base stations. In addition, the relay stations generally increase the average available carrier to interference ratio compared with a system in which base stations alone are deployed. The scheme for the allocation of radio resource elements ensures in particular that interference is avoided between signals transmitted from a base station and signals transmitted from a relay station in radio resource elements allocated to control data. |
| US10244394B2 |
Method and update gateway for updating an embedded control unit
A method for updating an embedded electronic control unit, including an update gateway requests from a hardware security module an update request destined for the electronic control unit, the update gateway receives from the hardware security module the update request, which is signed by the hardware security module, the update gateway creates a communication channel, based on a cryptographic identity of the update gateway, to a backend, the update gateway sends the update request to the backend, the update gateway receives from the backend via the communication channel an update ticket which corresponds to the update request and is signed by the backend, in addition to associated update data, validates the update data, initiates a validation of the update ticket, checks the result of the validation, and depending on the result, the update gateway updates the electronic control unit with the update data. |
| US10244391B2 |
Secure computer file storage system and method
A computer file storage system and method are provided. The system and method include means for separating a file into components, encrypting each of those components and storing them on different cloud storage systems. Suitable security steps are provided to effect the encryption and access to the file components. When retrieval of the file is desired, the system will find the various file components and decrypt the components and reassemble them into the original file format. |
| US10244390B2 |
Secure key fob
Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to operating a security system are described. In one embodiment a method may include receiving at a receiving unit a protected signal sent from a portable transmitter, the receiving unit in communication with a security system panel, assessing at least one characteristic of the protected signal, modifying at least one characteristic of the protected signal based at least in part on the assessing, and comparing the protected signal to a stored signal after the modifying. |
| US10244386B2 |
Logical address assignment in a cloud cell
A method and system for assigning a unique logical address in a cloud cell having a mobile station, slave base stations and a master base station are provided. The method includes determining at least one unassigned logical address from respective address spaces associated with the slave base stations and the master base station in the cloud cell by the master base station, selecting the unique logical address from the at least one unassigned logical address determined from the respective address spaces associated with the plurality of base stations, and assigning the selected unique logical address to the mobile station in the cloud cell. The mobile station and each of the plurality of base stations communicate in the cloud cell using the assigned unique logical address. |
| US10244385B2 |
Coverage enhancement having call continuity
A method for signaling and call continuity for coverage enhancement may include selecting a cell while a user equipment (UE) device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, determining if a signal level from an evolved NodeB (eNodeB) associated with the cell is sufficient for normal coverage, exchanging data with a network in a normal UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for normal coverage, determining if a signal level from the eNodeB associated with the cell is sufficient for enhanced coverage upon determining that the signal level is not sufficient for normal coverage, and exchanging data with the network in an enhanced UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for enhanced coverage. |
| US10244384B2 |
Apparatus and method for profile installation in communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of providing a profile package by a profile server and the profile server includes generating a profile package, dividing the profile package in a unit installable in a UICC of an electronic device, reconfiguring the divided profile information in an encryptable unit, and transmitting the reconfigured profile information to the electronic device. Further, provided is an operating method and apparatus of an electronic device communicating with the profile server. |
| US10244383B2 |
System and process for having wireless service value included in a SIM card
A method and system a system for activating a wireless service includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) card having a first surface, the SIM card including a subscriber identity module (SIM), and an activation code stored with the SIM card. The activation code is linked to the SIM. A wireless device configured to receive the SIM, where the SIM is configured to be utilized in the wireless device, the wireless device including: a memory that stores an operating system of the wireless device and a wireless service activation application, a processor that processes a function of the wireless device, a display that displays information to a user, the wireless service activation application is configured to capture the activation code that authorizes the wireless device on a wireless network and authorizes a predetermined amount of wireless service for the wireless device associated with said SIM. |
| US10244380B2 |
Registration of a roaming UE onto a preferred VPLMN using airplane mode of operation
Disclosed is a method in which a User Equipment will be able to register near instantly onto an available preferred roaming network, when the cellular radio of the UE is powered on. The method disclosed comprises of a roaming destination determined from a mobile boarding pass or input via User Interface of an Application installed on the Mobile Equipment or via UI on the Operating System of the ME, where the Application or OS compares the roaming destination with a PLMN list to obtain the preferred PLMN ID of that roaming destination which is selected and updated to specific files within the UICC. LTE and/or UMTS band information can also be obtained for the roaming destination and an MRU database updated to include the LTE and/or UMTS band information. A specific REFRESH command that is sent from the UICC to the ME prior to turning off the cellular radio of the UE, is used in the disclosed method to achieve near instant or instant registration onto the preferred visited PLMN when the cellular radio of the UE is turned on upon arrival at roaming destination. Alternatively, the ME can send a reset signal to the UICC when turning on the cellular radio of the UE upon arrival at the roaming destination. |
| US10244375B2 |
Method and apparatus for pairing a mobile device to an output device
Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device. |
| US10244372B2 |
Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements
Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link. |
| US10244371B2 |
MTC event detection and signaling
A method for event detection. The method may include receiving an unscheduled message from an MTC device on a communication network during a specific event window, wherein the event message includes an MTC device identifier associated with the MTC device, determining whether the MTC device identifier is associated with the specific event window; and if the MTC device identifier is associated with the specific event window, outputting an event report. |
| US10244369B1 |
Screen capture image repository for a user
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a screen capture image from a client device, the screen capture image being generated responsive to a command from a user, and the screen capture image including content generated by an application. The method also includes saving the screen capture image in a data store of images. The data store of images is associated with a user profile of the user using the client device. The method also includes associating a timestamp with the screen capture image and receiving an expiration time for the screen capture image from the user. The screen capture image is available for display until the expiration time. |
| US10244368B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatically identifying and annotating auditory signals from one or more parties
In one embodiment, a mobile device application automatically identifies and annotates auditory signals from one or more parties. |
| US10244366B2 |
Messaging format conversion for a cellular network
A network device may receive, from a sending device, a message in a first messaging format en route to user equipment. The first messaging format may correspond to one of a 3GPP cellular network standard or a 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The network device may determine whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or with a second messaging format. The second messaging format may correspond to one of the 3GPP cellular network standard or the 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The first messaging format and the second messaging format may be associated with different cellular network standards. The device may selectively provide the message in the first messaging format or the second messaging format based on whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or the second messaging format. The device may transmit an acknowledgment message based on the first messaging format. |
| US10244365B2 |
Mesh vehicle wireless reporting for locating wanted vehicles
Wanted vehicles (e.g., stolen or the subjects of AMBER alerts) may respond to receipt of broadcast messages identifying the vehicle by vehicle identification number, license plate number, or other identifier (if programmed into the car). The identifier may be broadcast over any public radio station as an embedded digital message, transmitted from police or fire broadcast stations, transmitted from wireless mobility towers, or the like. |
| US10244364B1 |
System and method for location determination using received ADS-B accuracy data
A system and related methods for location determination aboard a subject vehicle not equipped with a GNSS-based positioning system receives position signals transmitted by non-satellite atmospheric vehicles and surface objects, which may include precise locations of the transmitting objects or position metrics associated with containment regions within which the transmitting objects should be to a particular certainty level. The received position signals may include ADS-B signals transmitted by proximate aircraft and facilities. The system may determine ownship location via multilateration of received position signals, via processing the received position metrics and corresponding containment regions, or via combining or correlating the two to determine accurate ownship location data of the subject vehicle. |
| US10244361B1 |
System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices
Systems and methods of managing map data on electronic devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of downloading pushpin data for a map is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an electronic network, an indication of a current map segment, the current map segment comprising map data for a current location of a device, the current map segment corresponding to a portion of a map displayed on the device, receiving pushpin criteria for the device, identifying pushpin data based on the current map segment and the pushpin criteria, the pushpin data indicating a pushpin location; and transmitting, on the electronic network, the pushpin data. |
| US10244356B2 |
Tracking service queues using single-point signal monitoring
A method of tracking a service queue using a single-point signal monitor in which at least one customer carries a wireless device may include: receiving a received signal strength from the wireless device as a trace; identify first segments of the trace containing mostly positive sloped received signal strength; identify second segments of the trace containing mostly negative sloped received signal; extract attributes from the first and second segments as child variables for two parent nodes in a Bayesian Network in which the two parent nodes respectively model a beginning of service and a leaving period for a service queue; and inputting the extracted attributes into Bayesian Network; and determining a beginning of service and leaving period using the Bayesian Network. The method may also include determining critical time points in a trace using a K-L divergence technique. |
| US10244354B2 |
Dynamic alert system in a facility
Described in detail herein are methods and systems for dynamically transmitting alerts. Sensors disposed in a facility can detect mobile devices roaming around the facility when they are within range of the sensor. The sensor can transmit the location an identification information of the mobile devices to a computing system. The computing system can determine physical objects disposed within a predetermined distance to the mobile devices. The computing system can determine if at least one physical object is of interest to the users of the mobile devices. The computing system can transmit an alert including information associated with the physical object and generate a messaging interface on the mobile devices. The computing system can prompt the users of the mobile devices to input information associated with the physical object. The computing system can dynamically update the database based on the information input associated with the physical object. |
| US10244352B2 |
Tracking device operation in behavior-classified zone
Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area. |
| US10244347B2 |
System and method for location-based security
A mobile computing device, including: a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon; a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device; and an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal, wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device, control at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader. |
| US10244340B2 |
Systems and methods for calibrating speakers
Systems and method are disclosed for facilitating efficient calibration of filters for correcting room and/or speaker-based distortion and/or binaural imbalances in audio reproduction, and/or for producing three-dimensional sound in stereo system environments. According to some embodiments, using a portable device such as a smartphone or tablet, a user can calibrate speakers by initiating playback of a test signal, detecting playback of the test signal with the portable device's microphone, and repeating this process for a number of speakers and/or device positions (e.g., next to each of the user's ears). A comparison can be made between the test signal and the detected signal, and this can be used to more precisely calibrate rendering of future signals by the speakers. |
| US10244339B2 |
Method and apparatus for higher order ambisonics encoding and decoding using singular value decomposition
The encoding and decoding of HOA signals using Singular Value Decomposition includes forming based on sound source direction values and an Ambisonics order corresponding ket vectors (|Y(Ωs)) of spherical harmonics and an encoder mode matrix (ΞO×S). From the audio input signal (|x(Ωs)) a singular threshold value (σS) determined. On the encoder mode matrix a Singular Value Decomposition is carried out in order to get related singular values which are compared with the threshold value, leading to a final encoder mode matrix rank (rfins). Based on direction values (Ωl) of loudspeakers and a decoder Ambisonics order (Nl), corresponding ket vectors (|Y(Ωl)) and a decoder mode matrix (ΨO×L) are formed. On the decoder mode matrix a Singular Value Decomposition is carried out, providing a final decoder mode matrix rank (rfind). From the final encoder and decoder mode matrix ranks a final mode matrix rank is determined, and from this final mode matrix rank and the encoder side Singular Value Decomposition an adjoint pseudo inverse (Ξ+)† of the encoder mode matrix (ΞO×S) and an Ambisonics ket vector (|a′s) are calculated. The number of components of the Ambisonics ket vector is reduced according to the final mode matrix rank so as to provide an adapted Ambisonics ket vector (|a′l). From the adapted Ambisonics ket vector, the output values of the decoder side Singular Value Decomposition and the final mode matrix rank an adjoint decoder mode matrix (Ψ)† is calculated, resulting in a ket vector (|y(Ωl)) of output signals for all loudspeakers. |
| US10244331B1 |
MEMs devices
The present disclosure relates to a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device comprising a fixed electrode, a moveable electrode that is moveable with respect to the fixed electrode and an output terminal for outputting a transducer output signal indicative of a capacitance between the fixed electrode and the moveable electrode. A package is provided which houses the fixed electrode and the moveable electrode, the package defining a first volume on a first side of the moveable electrode. The moveable electrode is moveable within the first volume in response to sound or pressure waves incident on the moveable electrode. A power dissipation element is disposed within the package. The power dissipation element is configured to receive a generated stimulus signal and to dissipate heat into the first volume so as to modulate the pressure of air within the first volume in accordance with the received generated stimulus signal. |
| US10244329B2 |
Receiver
A receiver is provided comprising an outside housing, and a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system accommodated in the outside housing. The vibration system comprises a vibration diaphragm and a voice coil. The outside housing comprises a first housing and a second housing matching with each other. The first housing and the second housing are provided with electrical connection structures conductive to one another thereon. The first housing is provided with a first elastic piece on a sidewall thereof. One end of the first elastic piece is welded with a spring electrically connected to an external circuit, and the other end is exposed at the outside of the sidewall of the first housing. The second housing is provided with a second elastic piece on a sidewall thereof. One end of the second elastic piece is electrically connected to a lead wire of the voice coil, and the other end of the second elastic piece is exposed at the outside of the sidewall of the second housing and is welded and fixed with the portion of the first elastic piece exposed at the outside. The receiver of the present utility model can reduce the lateral dimension of a product without impairing the performance of the product, and can satisfy the restrictive requirement on the lateral dimension of the product when assembled with a terminal electronic device. |
| US10244328B2 |
Moving-coil speaker
A moving-coil speaker includes: a magnetic path unit (1); an annular frame (3) connected to exterior of the magnetic path unit (1) and used to carry a membrane (2); and a PCB (4) installed on the frame (3) and used to solder thereon a component or provide electrical conduction. An outer perimeter of the frame (3) is 45 mm. A positioning pin (5) is disposed at a front side of the frame (3) and overlapping with a central axle extension line of the PCB (4). Two sets of air vents (6) are provided on the frame on two sides of the positioning pin (5). A tune paper (7) is pasted on the surface of the frame (3) on the two sides of the positioning pin (5). A distance between the positioning pin (5) and the center of a first air vent at the starting place of each set of air vents (6) is equivalent to a distance between a side of the PCB (4) and the center of a second air vent at the last place of each set of air vents (6). The Φ45 mm speaker is a balance between a Φ40 mm speaker and a Φ50 mm speaker, and can meet requirements with respect to structures and appearances for this type of earphones. |
| US10244326B2 |
Miniature sounder
A miniature sounder is mounted in an electronic terminal and comprises a front cover and a housing that are combined together. A vibration system and a magnetic circuit system are accommodated in a space formed by the front cover and the housing in a surrounding manner. Two electrical connection members used for being electrically connected to the vibration system and the electronic terminal is disposed on the housing. An antenna of the electronic terminal is fixedly on the front cover, and the antenna is electrically connected to one of the two electrical connection members, and is electrically connected to a circuit of the electronic terminal by means of the electrical connection members. In the miniature sounder in the present invention, a wireless transceiver function is added to an original sounding function of the miniature sounder, the structure of the electronic terminal is effectively simplified, the design difficulty and the assembly difficulty of the electronic terminal are reduced, the internal space of the electronic terminal is saved, which further promoting the electronic terminal to develop towards a light, thin and compact trend. |
| US10244325B2 |
Audio transducer and audio devices incorporating the same
The invention relates to audio transducers, such as loudspeaker, microphones and the like, and includes improvements in or relating to hinge systems for rotational action audio transducers. The hinge systems of the invention being configured to operatively support a diaphragm in use, and comprising a hinge assembly having one or more hinge joints, wherein each hinge joint comprises a hinge element and a contact member. The contact member comprises a contact surface and the configuration is such that during operation each hinge joint is configured to allow the hinge element to move relative to the associated contact member, while maintaining a substantially consistent physical contact with the contact surface. The hinge assembly biases the hinge element towards the contact surface. Preferably the hinge assembly is configured to apply a biasing force to the hinge element of each joint toward the associated contact surface, compliantly. Various applications and implementations are described and envisaged for the audio transducer embodiments including, for example, personal audio devices such as headphones, earphones and the like. |
| US10244323B2 |
Vibration sound-producing apparatus
Disclosed is a vibration sound-producing apparatus. A sound output aperture is provided on a sidewall perpendicular to a thickness direction. A diaphragm is parallel to the plane on which the sound output aperture is located. A flat sound coil is perpendicular to the diaphragm. Two magnets parallel to the sound coil are arranged at either side of the sound coil. The vibrating direction of the sound coil avoids the thickness direction. The vibrating direction of an integral structure of the magnets and a magnetic conductor part also avoids the thickness direction. This facilitates a thickness-reduced design for a product, increases the space for vibration, and enhances product performance, meanwhile, the design of the two magnets effectively increases the strength of the magnetic field within the product, this further improving product performance. The vibration sound-producing apparatus of the present invention has the advantages of a great thickness-reduced design and great performance. |
| US10244318B2 |
Audio system, audio device, and audio signal playback method
Provided is an audio device, including: at least one processor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: play, with a given length of delay, a first-channel audio signal included in an audio signal; obtain one of operation information about operation of the audio device and setting information about playing of the audio signal; and transmit one of the operation information and the setting information, and at least a second-channel audio signal included in the audio signal, to another audio device. |
| US10244307B1 |
Communication of wireless headphones
Embodiments of wireless audio systems and methods for wirelessly communicating audio information are disclosed herein. In one example, a wireless audio system includes a primary wireless headphone and a secondary wireless headphone. The primary wireless headphone is configured to receive, from an audio source, audio information using a short-range wireless communication protocol; transmit, to the audio source, a first message indicative of whether the audio information is successfully received; and transmit a communication parameter associated with the short-range wireless communication protocol used between the audio source and the primary wireless headphone. The secondary wireless headphone is configured to receive, from the primary wireless headphone, the communication parameter; receive, from the audio source, the audio information based on the communication parameter using the short-range wireless communication protocol; and transmit, to the audio source, a second message when the audio information is successfully received. The first message and second message determine whether to re-transmit the audio information. |
| US10244306B1 |
Real-time detection of feedback instability
Audio systems and methods are provided that detect instability in active feedback noise reduction circuitry. An acoustic transducer converts a driver signal into an acoustic signal, and a microphone provides a feedback signal. The feedback signal is processed, through a first transfer function, to provide an anti-noise signal. The driver signal is based at least in part upon the anti-noise signal, to reduce acoustic noise in the environment of the acoustic transducer. The driver signal is also filtered by a filter having a second transfer function that is inverse of the first transfer function, to provide a reference signal. The feedback signal is compared to the reference signal to determine a feedback instability, based upon the comparison. |
| US10244305B2 |
Portable sound device
A portable sound device having a main body having an earbud holder, an earbud detachably mounted in the earbud holder for outputting a sound, a main board located in the main body, the main body being connected to the earbud via a sound cable, and a rotary module mounted in the main body is provided. The rotary module includes a shaft fixed to the main body, a bobbin rotatable about the shaft, the sound cable being wound around the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, a reel spring providing rotary force to the bobbin, a track having a concave part, the track being rotated with the bobbin, a guide plate having a guide slot, through which the shaft extends, the guide slot extending in one direction, and a bump protruding from the guide plate so as to be inserted into the track. |
| US10244300B2 |
Instrument with remote object detection unit
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus having a directional antenna system having adaptable directionality and a direction determination system configured to determine a desired direction, the directionality of the directional antenna system may be modified or adapted based on the desired direction. |
| US10244298B1 |
Wearable wireless audio device
A wireless audio device including a cover that is wearable as a personal article or as part of a personal article. The audio device is disposable in the pinna of a user's ear for receiving an audible output therefrom and is often used in pairs, e.g. one in each ear. The audio device includes a wireless communications unit and a sound-production unit disposed in a housing. The cover is adapted to be worn on the user's body as an accessory or as a part of a wearable personal article, such as jewelry, a watch, a belt, a belt buckle, clothing, a hat, or the like. The cover at least partially encloses a portion of the housing and may provide charging of the audio device. |
| US10244291B2 |
Authoring system for IPTV network
In an embodiment, a system and method permit a network subscriber to display on a channel of the network video data from a subscriber video database. The system may include, in addition to the network and the subscriber database, a server and a set top box. The set top box is configured to receive commands causing the set top box to retrieve video data from a network subscriber database, display the video data on a display unit; and to transmit the video data over the network to the server. The server is configured to transmit the video data from the server over the network such that the video data is displayable on a channel of the network. |
| US10244290B2 |
Systems and methods for providing advertising services to devices with dynamic ad creative localization
Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with dynamic ad creative localization for a user. In one embodiment, a system includes a storage medium to store one or more software programs and a dynamic ad creative localization unit that is configured to receive an ad campaign including at least one video ad from an ad server of the system, to apply filters to the ad campaign based on device characteristics, geographical data for the device, and a language of the device of the user in order to select an ad payload including a video ad of the ad campaign, to determine a language for the device of the user, and to localize any text in the ad campaign including the at least video ad based on the language of the device. |
| US10244288B2 |
Automated input in an interactive television system
A method and system for employing automated user input for an interactive application associated with a media program is presented. In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a receiving device from a media content system via a network, a media program and an interactive application associated with the media program. Execution of the application is initiated during the receiving of the program. Based on the execution, a user interface configured to receive a user input to view added content via the application is presented. A script is executed to provide the user input to the application to provide the added content with the program. Based on the execution of the application and the user input, the added content is provided with the program. During the receiving of the program, the program and the added content are recorded for presentation to the user after the recording. |
| US10244287B2 |
Transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and method, and transmission and reception system
A content reception apparatus, for receiving non-real-time (NRT) content, includes circuitry that receives a digital television broadcast signal including a digital television program, the NRT content, and filtering criteria related to the NRT content and outputs the digital television program for display to a user. The circuitry receives question information relating to a preference, demographic, or interest of the user and generates user answer information based on the question information received. Further, the circuitry compares the user answer information and the filtering criteria, and filters the NRT content based on the comparison. |
| US10244283B2 |
Method and apparatus for an energy-efficient receiver
One or more circuits may comprise at least one first-type analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and at least one second-type ADC. The circuit(s) may be operable to receive a plurality of signals, each of which may comprise a plurality of channels. The circuit(s) may be operable to digitize a selected one or more of the channels. Which, if any, of the selected channels are digitized via the at least one first-type ADC and which, if any, of the selected channels are digitized via the at least one second-type ADC, may be based on which of the plurality of channels are the selected channels and/or based on power consumption of the circuit(s). A bandwidth of each first-type ADC may be on the order of the bandwidth of one of the received signals. A bandwidth of each second-type ADC may be on the order of the bandwidth of one of the plurality of channels. |
| US10244280B2 |
Adaptable programming guide for networked devices
In one embodiment, a method of generating an electronic program guide for a user of an entertainment system is disclosed. The method includes retrieving, by a user computer in communication with the entertainment system, preference criteria corresponding to one or more user preferences describing payment requirements. The user computer receives a plurality of content listings, each content listing comprising a content title, an indication of a content source, and a payment requirement, and a search query including a content title. The user computer also identifies a subset of the plurality of content listings based on content title and the search query, and ranks each content listing in the subset based on a comparison of the preference criteria and the payment requirement of each content listing in the subset. A content entry in the electronic program guide is created comprising each content listing in the subset in ranked order. |
| US10244277B2 |
Video data processing method and apparatus
A video data processing method. The method includes: acquiring a multiple program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; acquiring, a single program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; creating at least one scheduling queue for the at least one TS packet according to the single program transport stream identifier in the first information mapping table; selecting any scheduling queue, and determining a first TS packet of the any scheduling queue meets a scheduling condition, selecting at least one output channel to output the any scheduling queue, and continuing to perform determining on a first TS packet of another scheduling queue until determining on all scheduling queues is completed. |
| US10244271B2 |
Audio recording device, audio recording system, and audio recording method
Deterioration in audio quality is inhibited in a device which records audio and stretches a reproduction time period. A sampling processing unit performs processing of sampling audio in a predetermined period at a sampling rate higher than a predetermined sampling rate to generate audio data as high-resolution audio data, and processing of sampling audio outside the predetermined period at the predetermined sampling rate to generate audio data as normal audio data. Also, a reproduction time conversion unit stretches the reproduction time period of the high-resolution audio data. |
| US10244270B2 |
Determining initial bit rate for adaptive bit rate video playback
Enhancements to adaptive bit rate techniques are described that relate to selection of the initial bit rate with which video content is delivered. The bandwidth available to a client device is estimated by determining the time required by the client device to download a specific amount of content, e.g., the “above-the-fold” portion of a requested web page. An initial bit rate is selected for video content associated with the page that is within the estimated available bandwidth. |
| US10244269B2 |
Set-top box with interactive portal and system and method for use of same
A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network. |
| US10244267B2 |
Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
An image decoding method of decoding, on a per-block basis, a coded image included in a bitstream, includes: performing arithmetic decoding on a current block to be decoded; determining whether or not the current block is at the end of a slice; determining, when it is determined that the current block is not at the end of the slice, whether or not the current block is at the end of a sub-stream which is a structural unit of the image that is different from the slice; and performing arithmetic decoding on a sub-last bit and performing arithmetic decoding termination, when it is determined that the current block is at the end of the sub-stream. |
| US10244266B1 |
Noisy media content encoding
Techniques are described for encoding noisy media content. A residual coefficient matrix representing differences in image content between a portion of a target image frame and portions of one or more reference frames can include noise within a high frequency band. Some of the noise can be removed by removing isolated residual coefficients under some estimated threshold. Additionally, the remaining noise can be reduced by attenuating their values selectively. |
| US10244265B2 |
Hierarchical deblocking parameter adaptation
A value of a deblocking parameter is determined for a picture (40) based on a depth of the picture (40) in a hierarchical coding structure of multiple pictures (40) in a video sequence (1). The determined value is encoded to form an encoded value that is sent to a decoder (85, 95, 400, 500, 600, 800) for use therein during decoding. The embodiments thereby reduces blocking artifacts, which otherwise can occur in video sequences with hierarchical coding structures, such as for QP toggling and multilayer/view video, by determining deblocking parameter values based on picture depth in the hierarchical coding structure. |
| US10244263B2 |
Method and apparatus for packaging image data for transmission over a network
Methods of data encoding using trees formed with logic gates are described which lead to spatial compression of image data. Data encoding is achieved using a five-level wavelet transform, such as the Haar or the 2/10 transform. A dual transform engine is used, the first and engine being used for the first part of the first-level transform, the second part of the first-level transform and the subsequent-level transforms being performed by the second transform engine within a time interval which is less than or equal to the time taken by the first transform engine to effect the part-transform. Each bit plane of the resulting coefficients is then encoded by forming a tree structure from the bits and OR logical combinations thereof. Redundant data are removed from the resulting tree structure, and further data can be removed by using a predetermined compression profile. The resulting blocks of compressed data are of variable length and are packaged with sync words and index words for transmission so that the location and identity of the transformed data blocks can be determined from the received signal. |
| US10244262B2 |
Pixel-based intra prediction for coding in HEVC
A decoding method including receiving a bitstream corresponding to a residual block, decoding the residual block having a plurality of residual pixels represented as transform coefficients, and computing a reconstructed block based on the residual pixels. The reconstructed block includes reconstructed pixels and uses an intra prediction mode to generate prediction pixels in sequence vertically or horizontally based on reconstructed pixels in the reconstructed block. The reconstructed block includes initial reconstructed pixels based on initial prediction pixels. The intra prediction mode is used to generate the initial prediction pixels based on external reference pixels located in neighboring blocks decoded before the reconstructed block. Computing the reconstructed block includes combining prediction pixels with residual pixels to generate additional reconstructed pixels used to generate additional prediction pixels. The additional prediction pixels are located in one position before each the additional prediction pixels according to a prediction order of the intra prediction mode. |
| US10244261B2 |
Transform coefficient coding using level maps
A method for encoding a transform block in an encoded video bitstream is provided. The method includes encoding a non-zero map indicating positions of the transform block containing non-zero transform coefficients, encoding a respective lower-range level map, and encoding a coefficient residual map. A lower-range level map indicates which values of the non-zero transform coefficients are equal to and which are greater than the map level. Each residual coefficient of the coefficient residual map corresponds to a respective non-zero transform coefficient of the transform block having an absolute value exceeding the maximum map level. An apparatus including a processor and a memory for decoding a transform block is also provided. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to decode, a non-zero map, decode lower-range level maps up to a maximum map level, and decode a coefficient residual map. |
| US10244257B2 |
Video coding and decoding
There is disclosed a method, an apparatus, a server, a client and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program stored therein for multi view video coding and decoding. View random access (VRA) pictures or access units are coded into a multiview bitstream. VRA pictures enable starting the decoding of a subset of the views present in the bitstream. The views selected to be accessible in VRA pictures are alternated in successive VRA pictures so that all views are gradually reconstructed when two or more VRA pictures have been decoded. |
| US10244247B2 |
Enhanced data processing apparatus employing multiple-block based pipeline and operation method thereof
Provided are a method and an apparatus for decoding an image by accessing a memory by a block group. The method comprises checking information regarding a size of one or more blocks included in a bitstream of an encoded image, determining whether to group one or more blocks for performing decoding, based on the information regarding the size of the one or more blocks, setting a block group including one or more blocks based on the information regarding the size of the one or more blocks, and accessing a memory by the block group to perform a parallel-pipeline decoding process by the block group. |
| US10244238B2 |
Moving picture compression apparatus, image processing apparatus, moving picture compression method, image processing method, and data structure of moving picture compression file
A tile image sequence obtained by dividing a frame into a predetermined size is further divided into another predetermined size on an image plane to generate a voxel (for example, a voxel. If a redundancy in a space direction or a time direction exists, then data is reduced in the direction, and sequences in the time direction are deployed on a two-dimensional plane. Voxel images are placed on an image plane of a predetermined size to generate one integrated image. In a grouping pattern which exhibits a minimum quantization error, pixels are collectively placed in the region of each voxel image for each group (integrated image). The integrated image after the re-placement is compressed in accordance with a predetermined compression method to generate a compressed image and reference information for determining the position of a needed pixel. |
| US10244234B2 |
Adaptive compression rate control
Disclosed by way of example embodiments are a system and a computer implemented method for adaptively encoding a video by changing compression rates for different frames of the video. In one aspect, two frames of a video are compared to determine a compression rate for compressing one of the two frames. Hash images may be generated for corresponding frames for the comparison. By comparing two hash images, a number of stationary objects and a number of moving objects in the two frames may be determined. Moreover, a compression rate may be determined according to the number of stationary objects and the number of moving objects. |
| US10244231B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoupling frame number and/or picture order count (POC) for multi-view video encoding and decoding
There is disclosed and described a decoder and decoding method for decoding at least one picture corresponding to at least one of at least two views of multi-view video content from a bitstream, wherein in the bitstream at least one of coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture is decoupled from the at least one view to which the at least one picture corresponds. Furthermore, there is disclosed and described an encoder and encoding method for encoding at least one picture corresponding to at least one of at least two views of multi-view video content to form a resultant bitstream, wherein in the resultant bitstream at least one of coding order information and output order information for the at least one picture is decoupled from the at least one view to which the at least one picture corresponds. |
| US10244229B2 |
Three-dimensional image display device
A three-dimensional image display device includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape; and a viewpoint divider that includes a plurality of viewpoint dividing units that are inclined at a tilt angle. Letting a row-directional pitch and a column-directional pitch of the pixels be respectively denoted as Hp and Vp, where Hp>Vp, the tilt angle satisfies the following equation: A = tan - 1 b * Hp ( 3 b + c ) * Vp , where c is −1 or 1, and b is a natural number that is greater than 1. |
| US10244226B2 |
Camera rig and stereoscopic image capture
Systems and methods are related to a camera rig and generating stereoscopic panoramas from captured images for display in a virtual reality (VR) environment. |
| US10244222B2 |
Triangulation scanner and camera for augmented reality
A method and system of combining 2D images into a 3D image. The method includes providing a coordinate measurement device and a triangulation scanner having an integral camera associated therewith, the scanner being separate from the coordinate measurement device. In a first instance, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the scanner and the integral camera captures a first 2D image. In a second instance, the scanner is moved, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the scanner, and the integral camera captures a second 2D image. A common feature point in the first and second images is found and is used, together with the first and second images and the positions and orientations of the scanner in the first and second instances, to create the 3D image. |
| US10244219B2 |
Sound processing system and sound processing method that emphasize sound from position designated in displayed video image
A sound and video processing system includes: a display, having a rectangular display region, that displays a video image in a circular video-image display region smaller than the rectangular display region; and a sound collector that collects sound. A processor generates emphasized audio data, in which sound is emphasized in at least one direction from a position of the sound collector toward at least one position corresponding to at least one designated location in the video image. In response to receiving designation outside the video-image display region, the processor displays a state display area or an adjustment operation area for the sound to be output from the speaker in a rectangular region which has a diagonal line extending from one of four corners of the rectangular display region to a center of the video-image display region and intersecting with a boundary line of the video-image display region. |
| US10244217B2 |
Projection display unit
A projection display unit includes a projection optical system, a polarization separation device, and a detection optical system. The projection optical system includes an illuminator, a projection lens, and a light valve. The light valve modulates illumination light supplied from the illuminator on a basis of an image signal, and outputs the modulated illumination light toward the projection lens. The polarization separation device is disposed between the light valve and the projection lens. The polarization separation device separates entering light into a first polarized component and a second polarized component, and outputs the first polarized component and the second polarized component in respective directions that are different from each other. The detection optical system includes an imaging device. The imaging device is disposed in a position that is optically conjugate to a position of the light valve, and receives, via the projection lens and the polarization separation device, light based on invisible light applied along a plane in vicinity of the projection surface. The following conditional expression (1): d1<β×d2 is satisfied. |
| US10244216B2 |
Projector, video display device, and video display method
When projecting a video in conformity to the shape of a three-dimensional object using a projector, a pattern such as a grid is projected and the projected pattern is photographed, and then the position or shape of a projection object is calculated, whereby making it possible to apply appropriate geometric transformation to a projected video. However, when a grid is projected in superposition while video content is being displayed, the grid is visible to a viewer, and that the position or shape of a projection video cannot be calculated while a video content is being displayed. The present invention uses the freedom of color representation and the color redundancy of a color wheel, buries an invisible pattern not visible to human eyes in a video, and photographs the video in synchronism with the rotation of the color wheel, thereby making it possible to discriminate the buried invisible pattern. |
| US10244215B2 |
Re-projecting flat projections of pictures of panoramic video for rendering by application
Innovations in reconstruction and rendering of panoramic video are described. For example, a view-dependent operation controller of a panoramic video playback system receives an indication of a view direction for an application and, based at least in part on the view direction, identifies a section of a picture of panoramic video in an input projection. The view-dependent operation controller limits operations of a color converter, video decoder, and/or streaming controller to the identified section. In this way, the panoramic video playback system can avoid performing operations to reconstruct sections of the picture of panoramic video that will not be viewed. As another example, a mapper of a panoramic video playback system re-projects at least some sample values in an input flat projection towards a center location for a view direction, producing an output flat projection, which an application can use to generate one or more screen projections. |
| US10244213B2 |
Endoscope and endoscope system
A four color separation endoscope prism includes a four color separation prism having a first color separation prism, a second color separation prism, a third color separation prism, and a fourth color separation prism which respectively separate light incident from an affected area into a blue, red and green color components, and an infrared (IR) component. The first color separation prism, the second color separation prism, the third color separation prism, and the fourth color separation prism are sequentially disposed from an object side when receiving the light incident from the affected area. |
| US10244205B1 |
Bandwidth estimation of a network connection
Aspects of the present disclosure describe an end-to-end communication protocol for interactive applications that ensure high throughput and low delay. A sender device and a receiver device are in communication with each other through a network. As multimedia content is captured by the sender device, the sender device packetizes each frame of the multimedia content into a plurality of packets thereby creating a packet train of packets that are sent to the receiver the device. The receiver device models the behavior of the network based on a continuous distribution. Based on the model of the network, the receiver device generates a forecast that describes the amount of data that the sender device can send to the receiver device. The receiver device sends the forecast to the sender device which subsequently sends data to the receiver device according to the forecast. |
| US10244200B2 |
View-dependent operations during playback of panoramic video
Innovations in reconstruction and rendering of panoramic video are described. For example, a view-dependent operation controller of a panoramic video playback system receives an indication of a view direction for an application and, based at least in part on the view direction, identifies a section of a picture of panoramic video in an input projection. The view-dependent operation controller limits operations of a color converter, video decoder, and/or streaming controller to the identified section. In this way, the panoramic video playback system can avoid performing operations to reconstruct sections of the picture of panoramic video that will not be viewed. As another example, a mapper of a panoramic video playback system re-projects at least some sample values in an input flat projection towards a center location for a view direction, producing an output flat projection, which an application can use to generate one or more screen projections. |
| US10244195B2 |
Remote control device including plurality of infrared windows, and display system
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a remote control device includes a first housing; a first transmission circuit for emitting a first infrared light in a direction in which a first face of the first housing; a second transmission circuit for emitting a second infrared light in a direction in which a second face of the first housing; a window for covering at least part of the first transmission circuit and to transmit the first infrared light; a window button for covering at least part of the second transmission circuit and to transmit the second infrared light emitted; and a second housing, wherein the second housing covers a specified region of the first housing if the window button is coupled with hole of the second housing, and exposes the specified region outside the second housing if the window button is separated from the hole. |
| US10244192B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and driving method of image sensor
An image capturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an image sensor comprising pixels and a controller. The pixels include a photoelectric converter, a holding unit, an output unit and a first and second transfer unit. The controller causes the sensor to repeatedly perform a holding operation that the first transfer unit transfer charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the holding unit, and a transfer operation that the second transfer unit transfer the charge from the holding unit to the output unit. The controller causes the sensor to perform, as the holding operation, holding operations including a first holding operation for performing the first transfer unit transfer charge generated in a first exposure time and a second holding operation for performing the first transfer unit transfer charge generated in a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time. |
| US10244191B2 |
Imaging systems with flicker mitigation and high dynamic range
An image pixel may include a shutter element that is operable in an open state during which a corresponding photodiode accumulates charge and a closed state during which charge is drained from the photodiode. During a first portion of an image frame, the image pixel may operate in a flicker mitigation mode in which a non-continuous exposure period is used. During a second portion of the image frame, the image pixel may operate in a high dynamic range mode in which images are obtained with exposures of varying lengths. To conserve memory requirements, the signal from the flicker mitigation mode may not be sampled until the end of the first exposure of the high dynamic range mode. |
| US10244190B2 |
Compact multi-spectrum imaging with fusion
Techniques using small form factor infrared imaging modules are disclosed. An imaging system may include visible spectrum imaging modules, infrared imaging modules, illumination modules, and other modules to interface with a user and/or a monitoring system. Visible spectrum imaging modules and infrared imaging modules may be positioned in proximity to a scene that will be monitored while visible spectrum-only images of the scene are either not available or less desirable than infrared images of the scene. Imaging modules may be configured to capture images of the scene at different times. Image analytics and processing may be used to generate combined images with infrared imaging features and increased detail and contrast. Selectable aspects of non-uniformity correction processing, true color processing, and high contrast processing, may be performed on the captured images. Control signals based on the combined images may be presented to a user and/or a monitoring system. |
| US10244186B1 |
Dynamic activity-based image generation for online social networks
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help to automatically generate images displaying activity-based information and distribute such images to other users, such as members of a social network. The image may be modified based on activity data associated with other users and/or from other activity sensors. |
| US10244183B2 |
Image capturing device and method of controlling image capturing device
[Object] To easily determine whether a flicker component is present.[Solution] An image sensor performs a process of generating image data by exposing a plurality of lines, each of which including a plurality of pixels, in sequence over a predetermined exposure time from exposure start timings that are different from each other whenever a predetermined period of a vertical synchronization signal elapses. A timing controller performs control for shifting each of the exposure start timings by a fixed time interval whenever the period elapses. A determination unit determines whether a component having luminance varying at a predetermined frequency along a direction perpendicular to the plurality of lines in the image data is present. A removal unit removes the component in the image data in a case where the component is determined to be present. |
| US10244180B2 |
Imaging module and reader for, and method of, expeditiously setting imaging parameters of imagers for imaging targets to be read over a range of working distances
An imaging reader has near and far imagers for imaging illuminated targets to be read over a range of working distances. A range finder determines a distance to a target. A default imager captures a minor portion of an image of the target, and rapidly determines its light intensity level. At least one of the imagers is selected based on the determined distance and/or the determined light intensity level. The exposure and/or gain of the selected imager is set to a predetermined value, and an illumination level is determined, also based on the determined light intensity level and/or the determined distance. The selected imager, which has been set with the predetermined value, captures an image of the target, which has been illuminated at the illumination light level. |
| US10244179B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus performs first image processing of processing a target image as a processing target and writing a first image as a processing result in a storage, and second image processing of reading out the first image written in the storage, processing the first image, and outputting a second image as a processing result. The first image processing and the second image processing are performed for each of a plurality of regions. Readout of the first image in the second image processing is performed in parallel with writing of the first image in the first image processing. A size of a second region defined for the first image as a processing target of the second image processing is set to be smaller than a size of a first region defined for a processing target image of the first image processing. |
| US10244177B2 |
Method for processing image to generate relevant data based on user inputs and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device can include a camera, a display, a processor coupled to the camera and the display, and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor when executing instructions stored in the memory is configured to display a preview image obtained from the camera on a first user interface on the display, receive a first input of a user, capture a plurality of images using the camera in response to the first input of the user, for each captured plurality of images, generate data corresponding to a processing of the captured plurality of images, receive a second input of the user during or after the data generation, process at least one of the captured plurality of images based on the generated data in response to the received second input, and display the processed at least one of the captured plurality of images on a second user interface on the display. |
| US10244176B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method and program
An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode. |
| US10244175B2 |
Automatic cropping of video content
Electronic devices are often equipped with a camera for capturing video content and/or a display for displaying video content. However, amateur users often capture video content without regard to composition, framing, or camera movement, resulting in video content that can be jarring or confusing to viewers. There is a need to automate the processing and presentation of video content in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The embodiments described herein provide a method of automatically cropping video content for presentation on a display. |
| US10244174B2 |
Image shake correction apparatus, lens apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method
According to an aspect of the invention, an offset calculator calculates a first offset value from an angular velocity detection signal which is detected by an angular velocity sensor and determines a panning offset value as a second offset value. A camera shake correction controller controls driving of a shift lens group and performs camera shake correction on the basis of a signal obtained by subtracting the first offset value. A panning controller acquires angular velocity data of an object with respect to an imaging apparatus which is calculated on the basis of the signal obtained by subtracting the panning offset value. |
| US10244172B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and imaging method therefor
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image of a subject to accumulate electric charge, an optical member located on a subject side of the image sensor, a vibration unit configured to vibrate the optical member, a display unit configured to display a moving image based on a captured image signal output from the image sensor, and a control unit configured to perform drive control of the image sensor, the vibration unit, and the display unit, wherein, in a case where the optical member is vibrated while the moving image is displayed, the control unit causes the vibration unit to vibrate the optical member in a time between two readout periods for reading out electric charge accumulated in the image sensor and not to vibrate the optical member in the readout periods. |
| US10244166B2 |
Imaging device
In a preferred aspect of the invention, an imaging optical system having a wide-angle optical system and a telephoto optical system which are provided in different regions is provided. A directional sensor that has a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are two-dimensionally arranged pupil-divides light beams which are incident through the wide-angle optical system and the telephoto optical system, and selectively receives the light beams. An image acquisition unit acquires a wide-angle image received from the directional sensor through the wide-angle optical system and a telephoto image received from the directional sensor through the telephoto optical system. The directions of the imaging optical axes of the wide-angle optical system and the telephoto optical system of the imaging optical system are different from each other. |
| US10244165B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device according to an aspect of the invention includes an imaging optical system (12) having a wide-angle optical system and a telephoto optical system which are provided in different regions, a directional sensor (17) that has a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are two-dimensionally arranged, pupil-divides light beams which are incident through the wide-angle optical system and the telephoto optical system, and selectively receives the beams, a pan/tilt mechanism (32) that moves a direction of an imaging optical axis of the telephoto optical system with respect to a direction of an imaging optical axis of the wide-angle optical system, and an image acquisition unit (22) that acquires a wide-angle image received from the directional sensor (17) through the wide-angle optical system and a telephoto image received from the directional sensor (17) through the telephoto optical system. |
| US10244161B2 |
Capturing and viewing private photos and videos
In one example, a camera includes an imaging sensor to translate light into a digital image, a storage device to save the digital image in a digital format, and a privacy module. The privacy module is configured to set a privacy setting of the newly-captured digital image to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image based at least on the privacy module being set to a privacy mode and to set the privacy setting to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a non-private digital image based at least on the privacy module not being set to the privacy mode. The newly-captured digital image is saved in the digital format regardless if the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image or a non-private digital image. The camera includes an image display interface to display, without authenticating private image credentials, only non-private digital images. |
| US10244157B2 |
Interchangeable lens apparatus and image capturing apparatus capable of acquiring in-focus state at different image heights, and storage medium storing focusing program
The interchangeable lens apparatus provided with an image capturing optical system and being detachably attachable to an image capturing apparatus, the image capturing apparatus being configured to detect a defocus amount of the image capturing optical system by using a signal acquired by photoelectric conversion of an optical image formed by the image capturing optical system. The interchangeable lens apparatus includes a focus lens included in the image capturing optical system, and a memory to store information on a focus sensitivity indicating a relation between a unit movement amount of the focus lens and a displacement amount of the optical image. The information on the focus sensitivity is information for enabling acquiring the focus sensitivity different depending on an image height. |
| US10244155B2 |
Image capturing apparatus
An image capturing apparatus capable of interchanging a lens unit includes a processing unit configured to perform image correction processing based on data acquired by an acquisition unit. In the image capturing apparatus, the acquired data includes information of a first shooting condition, configured in a discrete manner, information of a plurality of second shooting conditions provided for each information of the first shooting condition, and correction information corresponding to a combination of the information of the first shooting condition and the information of the second shooting condition. |
| US10244154B2 |
Imaging collecting system, image collecting processing system and image collecting processing method
An image collecting system, an image collecting processing system and an image collecting processing method are provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The image collecting system (100) includes a pick-up device (130) and a polarizing device (152). The pick-up device (130) is configured to acquire a first image and a second image of a target scene. The polarizing device (152) is disposed in an input path of the pick-up device (130) corresponding to the second image when the pick-up device (130) acquires the second image, to allow first incident light (110) for forming the first image and second incident light (120) for forming the second image, entering the pick-up device (130), to have different polarization states. The embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce the amount of image information processing and improve the accuracy of image processing. |
| US10244153B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus provided with a lens module which has a main body and two vane members. The main body holds a lens on an inside thereof. The vane members are plate shaped sections projected from an outside surface of the main body, which are provided with through-holes enabling fastening members to be threaded through. A base is provided with an imaging element and configured to fix thereto the main body. The case which accommodates the lens, the lens module and the base has two thread-holes formed on an inside thereof, into which the fastening members are fastened thereto. The lens module is fixed to the case by threading the fastening members through the through-holes, and fastening the fastening members into the thread-holes. |
| US10244152B2 |
Camera and camera accessory
The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces. |
| US10244149B2 |
Imaging system with scan line titled off focal plane
Image scanning systems which scan images of objects as they are transported along a conveying system and methods of such scanning are provided. The optical system includes a conveying system, and optical elements positioned at least one of above, below and to a side of the conveying system such that a scan line is tilted with respect to an imaging surface of the conveyed object. |
| US10244147B2 |
Image capturing device and color measurement method for capturing a reference chart and a subject
An image capturing unit includes a sensor unit that image-captures a predetermined area including a subject; and a reference chart unit that is arranged in the predetermined area and captured with the subject by the sensor unit. |
| US10244143B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus scans an image of a document into image data, splits the image data into a plurality of areas to generate split image data, magnifies the split image data, and aggregates the magnified split image data at least based on a font size of one or more characters included in the split image data. |
| US10244138B2 |
Content processing apparatus
A content processing apparatus includes a content processing device, a controller and an apparatus memory storing therein a program including an analysis module, a first obtaining module and a second obtaining module. The analysis module causes the apparatus to perform an extraction processing, a first determination processing, a first obtaining processing, a second obtaining processing, a second determination processing, a display processing, a reception processing and an operation instruction processing. The first obtaining module causes the content processing apparatus to perform a transmission processing, a reception processing and a first transfer processing. The second obtaining module causes the content processing apparatus to perform an obtaining processing and a second transfer processing. |
| US10244135B2 |
Image processing apparatus with a USB interface to restrict power delivery to an external device
An image processing apparatus, including an image processing unit, a controller, a power source, and a USB interface with a connector and a current detector, is provided. The controller starts delivering power to an external device through the USB interface by controlling the power source in a case where connection with the external device is detected, and, in a case where a job requiring the image processing unit to process an images is received, and in a case where a difference between a smallest value and a largest value among current values detected by the current detector within a predetermined length of time while the power is delivered to the external device exceeds a threshold value, the controller commands the USB interface to restrict power delivery to the external device. |
| US10244131B2 |
Display apparatus and server
In general, an image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises an image forming section, a reading section and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on a sheet. The reading section reads the image on the sheet to generate scan image information. The controller generates background image information obtained by excluding extraction image information from the scan image information and forms the background image information, first identification information of the sheet and orientation information indicating orientation of the sheet on the sheet through the image forming section. |
| US10244128B2 |
Image forming system including image forming apparatus that can prohibit entry into sleep mode, control method for image forming apparatus in system concerned, and storage medium storing control program for image forming apparatus
An image forming system that is capable of preventing obstruction of transmission of a packet to an information processing apparatus from a USB device supporting USBNW due to the shift to the sleep mode. The image forming system includes an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus with a sleep mode, and a USB device that is connected to the information processing apparatus through the image forming apparatus and is controlled by the information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a first determination unit that determines whether the USB device supports USBNW, a second determination unit that determines whether a packet received from the information processing apparatus is processed by a module supporting USBNW, and a control unit that prohibits the image forming apparatus from shifting to the sleep mode when the USB device supports USBNW and when the packet is processed by the module supporting USBNW. |
| US10244122B2 |
Panel control over broadband
Systems and methods for communicating between components of a security and/or automation system include establishing a two-way call between a control panel and a central station of the security and/or automation system using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) channel connection, and after establishing the two-way call, communicating data between the central station and the control panel via a central station of the security and/or automation system via a second connection different from the VoIP channel connection, the data being related to control of the control panel. |
| US10244120B2 |
Method for carrying out an audio conference, audio conference device, and method for switching between encoders
A method and an audio conference device for carrying out an audio conference are disclosed, whereby classification information associated with a respective audio date flow is recorded for supplied audio data flows. According to a result of an evaluation of the classification information, the audio data flows are associated with at least three groups which are homogeneous with regard to the results. The individual audio data flows are processed uniformly in each group in terms of the signals thereof, and said audio data flows processed in this way are superimposed in order to form audio conference data flows to be transmitted to the communication terminals. |
| US10244117B2 |
Matching using agent/caller sensitivity to performance
A method, system and program product, the method comprising: obtaining for each call in one set of calls a respective pattern representing multiple different respective data fields; obtaining performance data for the respective patterns of the calls; obtaining performance data for the respective agents; determining agent performance sensitivity to call pattern performance for agents in a set of agents comprising the agent performance data correlated to call performance data for the calls the agent handles; and matching a respective one of the agents from the set of agents to one of the calls based at least in part on the performance data for the respective pattern of the one call and on the agent sensitivity to call performance for the respective one agent of the set of agents. |
| US10244116B2 |
Service request routing using passive skill certification
In a data processing system coupled for communication to a plurality of agent terminals, a message is received indicating that an agent associated with the agent terminal handled a service request utilizing a skill in which the agent is not indicated as certified by an agent database of the data processing system. The data processing system compares an amount of utilization of the skill by the agent to a threshold. In response to a favorable comparison, the data processing system updates the agent skill record to indicate certification of the agent in the skill. The data processing system performs skill-based routing in a contact center by reference to the agent skill record. |
| US10244115B2 |
Systems and methods for accessing conference calls
Systems and methods for assisting a user in conducting a telephony communication include automatically obtaining contextual information relating to the telephony communication, and presenting that information to the user. The contextual information could be drawn from a third party database. The third party database could be queried for the contextual information based on an identity to the party with who the user is attempting to communicate. |
| US10244112B2 |
Prioritising calls
A network function operable in a communication network, in which the network function is configured to receive a call setup request from an emergency service to set up a call between the emergency service and a user terminal, the received call setup request comprising a called party identifier. The network function determines whether the called party identifier is of a first type or of a second, different type, wherein the first type of called party identifier comprises a dialable number temporarily associated with the user terminal for use in receiving a call from the emergency service. In response to determining that the called party identifier is of the first type, the network function transmits priority indication data to a further network function in the communication network in order to cause the further network function to prioritize handling of the call between the emergency service and the user terminal. |
| US10244109B2 |
Detection of a spear-phishing phone call
A mechanism is provided for detection of a spear-phishing phone call. Responsive to an individual receiving a phone call, a determination is made as to whether the phone call has one or more identifiable traits from a set of identifiable traits that are identified as being associated with spear-phishing. Responsive to identifying that the phone call has one or more identifiable traits from the set of identifiable traits that are identified as being associated with spear-phishing, an associated weighted risk value for each of the identified traits associated with the phone call is identified from the set of identifiable traits. A total risk value is calculated using each weighted risk value associated with each identified trait associated with the phone call. Responsive to the total risk value exceeding a predetermined risk value, the individual is notified of the total risk value to enable the individual to take an appropriate action based on the total risk value. |
| US10244107B1 |
Systems and methods for causing display of a reputation indicator associated with a called party
In one implementation, a communications device operable by a calling party may include one or more processors configured to receive an identifier associated with a called device from the calling party, and receive an input command to establish a communications session with the called device from the calling party. After the receiving of the input command, the one or more processors may attempt to establish the communications session with the called device. Further, the one or more processors may transmit the identifier to a called-party analyzer. The called-party analyzer, in response to receiving the identifier, may generate a reputation value based on analysis of data originating from at least one of: (i) a communications service provider, (ii) a caller-name lookup service provider, and (iii) an identity information provider. The reputation value may be indicative of a likelihood that at least one of the called device and a called party associated with the called device is involved in attempting to establish unwanted communications sessions. Further, the called-party analyzer may transmit the reputation value destined for the communications device. The communications device may receive the reputation value originating from the called-party analyzer and cause an output generated based on the reputation value on an output the communications device. |
| US10244105B2 |
Methods and systems for real time display of caller location, profile, and trust relationship
Methods and systems to display, in real time, detailed attribute information regarding a calling party. This information may be presented to a user in conjunction with an incoming voice-call or message on the user's smartphone/mobile internet device (MID) or other mobile device. Such information can help him/her in real-time to decide whether to respond to the communication. Attribute information is collected at a caller attributes processing server and communicated to a receiver device of the called party. |
| US10244098B2 |
Autonomous mobility, orientation and rotation providing mechanism for mobile devices [AMORPM]
Autonomous Mobility, Orientation and Rotation Providing Mechanism for Mobile Devices (AMORPM) provides enhanced environmental exposure for mobile device in sensing, reacting, alerting and proactively interacting with environmental users and objects according to scenarios and critical situations. AMORPM comprise of sensor system for sensing the environment is all possible direction with operating modes and usage scenarios. Processing unit computes the control signal for AMORPM mechanism by comparing the sensor system parameters with correlation table parameters in a active adaptive closed loop manner. Correlation table parameters are designed based on predetermined and tested real world scenarios with the actual real world scenarios and parameters and are utilized to compare and compute the control signal. The AMORPM mechanism utilizes an automatically retractable motorized section telescopic legs that acts according to the control signal from the processing unit to change the mobility, orientation, rotation and footing for the optimized operation and user interaction of the mobile devices. Other aspect of AMORPM provides optimum position, orientation, rotation and footing for optimum wireless energy transfer. |
| US10244097B2 |
Method and device to set household parameters based on the movement of items
A system, method and device to interrogate for the presence of objects, to prevent the inadvertent separation of the objects from their owner. An owner is alerted when they are separated from the objects by determining when a trigger event occurs, such as a person leaving and/or entering a particular monitored area or location. These monitored areas can be retrofitted with an electronic interrogation device that monitors local conditions to determine whether a user is entering or leaving the monitored area to trigger an interrogation of the personal items. The interrogation device is constructed and arranged to communicate with the objects to determine whether the objects are with the owner. The interrogation device automatically determines the presence of a particular object at the monitored environment and automatically generates a notification when needed. The system further controls functionality of the objects, according to illustrative embodiments, when the object is present. |
| US10244094B2 |
Hailing a vehicle
In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode. |
| US10244091B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit
A portable terminal is provided for operation in a first mode in which information is provided on a first curved surface area or a second mode in which information is provided on a second curved surface area, and controlling the display to provide, in response to an occurrence of an event while in the first mode, information related to the event on the first curved surface area, and provide, in response to the occurrence of the event while in the second mode, information related to the event on the second curved surface area. |
| US10244090B2 |
Conjoining functional components of a mobile device
A mobile device can include electronic circuitry and a chassis shell adapted to protect the electronic circuitry. The chassis shell includes an opening exposing a tray inside the mobile device. The tray can include an external card slot and a patterned wall. The tray can be disposed within a cavity of a support structure of the mobile device. An input/output (I/O) component, such as a speaker, and a card reader can also be disposed within the cavity. The I/O component can communicate via at least a hole in the patterned wall (e.g., a speaker grill). |
| US10244087B2 |
Method for handling attach reject message with #14 cause at user equipment
A method for handling an ATTACH reject message with packet radio service mobility management reject cause number (#14 cause) at a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, at the UE, an ATTACH accept message for a network service on a public land mobile network (PLMN) from a first network entity, wherein the PLMN is in a “forbidden PLMNs for general packet radio service (GPRS) service” list, detecting, by the UE, that the UE's evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) capability is disabled, and enabling, by the UE, the UE's E-UTRA capability and removing the PLMN from the “forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service” list. |
| US10244081B2 |
Adjustment to managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud standard
An arbitrary customer instance is transferred from a customer environment to a target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment as a transferred image. An image adjustment plan, capturing at least one adjustment required to render the transferred image compliant with standards of the target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment, is formulated. The image adjustment plan is executed to adjust the transferred image to obtain an adjusted image compliant with standards of the target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment. The adjusted image is on-boarded into the managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment as a standard image thereof. |
| US10244076B2 |
Secure cloud interconnect private routing
A network device is located in a cloud routing services center that is separate from a customer network. The network device provides a user interface to solicit, from a customer device outside the cloud routing services center, structured routing criteria for virtual private network (VPN) routes over a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network and receives, from the customer device, customer routing criteria selected from the structured routing criteria. The network device retrieves network configuration data for the MPLS network and applies the customer routing criteria to the network configuration data to generate a customer VPN routing plan for the MPLS network. The network device analyzes the customer VPN routing plan to determine if the routing plan is viable and, if the routing plan is viable, configures devices in the MPLS network to implement a customer VPN based on the customer VPN routing plan. |
| US10244071B2 |
Data management in an edge network
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for data management in a reverse content data network (rCDN). A component of the rCDN may include a memory to hold content received from a first sensor device of a plurality of sensor devices of the rCDN and first attributes that describe properties of the content. The component may include processing circuitry to receive second content from a second sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices, the second content including a plurality of second attributes that describe properties of the second content, and forward, in response to a determination, based on the first and second attributes, that there is insufficient space to store the second content on the memory, the second content to a node of the rCDN that is fewer hops away from a backend cloud than the component. |
| US10244069B1 |
Accelerated data storage synchronization for node fault protection in distributed storage system
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture comprising processor-readable storage media are provided for implementing an accelerated data storage synchronization to protect data in a storage system. For example, a first server node accesses a data block from a protected storage system in response to a request from an application executing on the first server node. A modified data block is written to a write-back cache of the first server node. A synchronization operation is performed in response to a request by the application, which includes sending a copy of the modified data block in the write-back cache to a second server node to temporarily store the copy of the modified data block in a storage media of the second server node, and informing the application that the synchronization operation is deemed complete after the copy of the modified data block is stored in the storage media of the second server node. |
| US10244063B2 |
Generation of content recommendations
A computer identifies data detailing usage of a first set of one or more applications by a first user and a first set of users, and information associated with usage of a second set of one or more applications by the first set of users. The computer determines one or more similarity coefficients between the first user and the first set of users and determines an overall predicted taste score for each content associated with the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more similarity coefficients. The computer determines one or more recommendations for one or more contents of the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more overall predicted taste scores. |
| US10244061B2 |
Updating time-related information in post to make it more relevant for the requester on subsequent retrieval of post
A method, system and computer program product for updating the time-related information in a post to make it more relevant for the requester on a subsequent retrieval of the post. A post with a reference to an event or activity (e.g., “leaving for Florida in 3 days”) is identified using natural language processing. Upon receiving a request from a requester to retrieve the post prior to the expiration of the event/activity, the post is updated by substituting a time countdown in the post with an up-to-date time countdown or with a current status of the referenced event/activity. If, however, the request is received after the expiration of the event/activity, then the post is removed or updated with an indication that the referenced event/activity has expired. In this manner, the requester will be receiving more accurate and relevant time-related information concerning the event or activity referenced in the post. |
| US10244060B2 |
Determining seeds for targeted notifications through online social networks in conjunction with user mobility data
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining seeds for targeted notifications through online social networks are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes analyzing user mobility data associated with multiple users of a social network to identify spatio-temporal relationships among the users; computing, for each of the users, a value representing the user's level of influence in relation to other users, wherein the value is based on the spatio-temporal relationships and a product and/or service to be identified in a spread of information within the social network; segmenting the users into groups based on the computed value for each user, wherein a first group comprises each user associated with a computed value above a given threshold, and wherein a second group comprises each user associated with a computed value below the given threshold; and selecting one or more users from the first group to initiate the spread of information. |
| US10244052B2 |
Tiered infrastructure for handling data
The disclosure is directed to receiving a digitized content item that is indicated to be shared with users (e.g., all, some, or one) of a social networking system; selecting, based on one or more characteristics of the digitized content item, a second server computing device at which to further compute or store the digitized content item; and transmitting, to the second computing device, the digitized content item for storage at the second computing device. At least one of the characteristics can be a classification of a user who transmitted the digitized content item via the data communications network. By selecting second server computing devices based on characteristics, data communications network performance can be improved. |
| US10244051B2 |
Cloud metadata discovery API
Embodiments provide an API that provides metadata about a cloud service's endpoints in response to a single query. This allows a cloud service to advertise each of its endpoints through a common endpoint. The common endpoint may be present in each of a plurality of cloud services, thereby allowing each cloud service automatically discover metadata for other cloud services. |
| US10244047B1 |
Hash computation for network switches
A data unit is received at a first one of a plurality of network devices associated with a first one of the plurality of link aggregate groups. A hashing function is applied to the data unit to generate a first hash value, where the first hash value identifies a communication link in the first one of the plurality of link aggregate groups. The data unit is received at a second one of the plurality of network devices associated with a second one of the plurality of link aggregate groups. The hashing function is applied to the data unit to generate a second hash value that is distinct from the first value, where the second hash value identifies a communication link in a second one of the plurality of link aggregate groups along which the data unit is to be communicated. |
| US10244044B2 |
Virtual network interface multiplexing
A control-plane component of a virtual network interface (VNI) multiplexing service assigns one or more VNIs as members of a first interface group. A first VNI of the interface group is attached to a first compute instance. Network traffic directed to a particular endpoint address associated with the first interface group is to be distributed among members of the first interface group by client-side components of the service. The control-plane component propagates membership metadata of the first interface group to the client-side components. In response to a detection of an unhealthy state of the first compute instance, the first VNI is attached to a different compute instance by the control-plane component. |
| US10244042B2 |
Pushing suggested search queries to mobile devices
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a first location of a first user from a mobile-client system of a first user, generating one or more search queries based on the location of the first user, executing one or more of the search queries, and sending a plurality of search results corresponding to the executed search queries to the mobile-client system. |
| US10244041B2 |
System and method of providing recommendation content
A system and method for providing recommendation content is disclosed. A cloud storage server for recommending content includes a storage unit for providing a folder that stores content of a user in the cloud storage server; a communication unit for providing a device of the user with information regarding the content stored in the folder of the user; and a control unit for determining recommendation content that is to be recommended to the user among contents in the cloud storage server based on the content of the user stored in the folder, storing reference information for accessing the determined recommendation content in the folder of the user included in the cloud storage server, and controlling the communication unit to provide the device of the user with the reference information of the recommendation content such that the device of the user accesses the recommendation content. |
| US10244040B2 |
Content event notifications
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for issuing content event notifications to members of a user community that makes content available to its members. Events involving content items of interest to a given member (e.g., creation, upload, sharing) are recognized, particularly events that involve another member connected to the given member in the community, and the relevance of the items to the member or to content topics of interest to the member is determined. Time slots during which notifications can be issued to the member are identified (e.g., using the member's calendar data), possibly in association with events on the member's calendar, and may be associated with one or more topics that interest the member. During a time slot, only notifications regarding content items related to the associated topic(s) may be issued. A do-not-disturb time slot may be defined as a period during which no notifications should be issued. |
| US10244034B2 |
Introspection driven monitoring of multi-container applications
Provided is a process, including: obtaining a composition record defining at least one service of a multi-container application; selecting a plurality of infrastructure or application performance monitoring agents based on the composition record defining the multi-container application; causing the selected agents to be deployed on one or more computing devices executing the multi-container application; receiving metrics or events from the agents indicative of performance of at least part of the multi-container application or at least some of the one or more computing devices executing the multi-container application; and causing an indication of the received metrics or events to be presented. |
| US10244033B2 |
Method for providing data from a resource weak device to a computer client
A method and a system for providing data from a resource weak device to a computer client connected to the resource weak device, allowing the computer client to receive and send information from and to the resource weak device, and a data stream between the resource weak device and the computer client is mapped from a low level data format to a high level data format by a mapping function in the computer client, the mapping function comprises static data relating to the resource weak device and the high level data format link to the static data, the second high level data format is used for displaying the data from the resource weak device at the computer client. |
| US10244027B1 |
Video teleconferencing services for a vehicle or remote locations
A voice over internet protocol (VoIP) system for an aircraft includes a ground gateway, an aircraft gateway disposed on the aircraft, and a service provider network disposed on the aircraft. The ground gateway is in communication with the aircraft gateway via the service provider network. The aircraft gateway includes a first proxy agent, and the ground gateway includes a second proxy agent. The first proxy agent and the second proxy agent communicate a network packet for a number streams. The network packet includes a header and voice payloads for the streams. |
| US10244026B2 |
Converting content for display on external device according to browser context and based on characteristic of external device
Method and apparatus for converting content browsed at a device are provided. The method includes receiving information about a specification of an external device and a request signal for information related to content which is currently browsed; detecting a document object and a view from the browsed content based on received information about the external device; determining browsed content to be converted based on the detected document object; converting the determined browsed content into data that can be browsed on the external device according to the document object and the view based on the information about the external device; requesting data associated with the converted data from an external server; receiving the associated data; and transmitting the associated data to the external device with the converted data, wherein the document object includes content in a specific region of a screen of the device. |
| US10244025B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for controlling content distribution
The method, apparatus, and computer program product provided herein provide for distribution of customized content to displays in a network. A display may receive video content for display from a transceiver device. Channel configurations may be user-configured to include content from any number of sources. Channel content may be generated based on a channel configuration to incorporate identified content and the channel content may be provided to transceiver devices. Alert messages may be pushed to channels, and takeovers of transceiver devices to stream a particular channel may be performed. |
| US10244022B2 |
Media streams from containers processed by hosted code
Described is a technology by which code, such as an untrusted web application hosted in a browser, provides content through an interface for playback by an application environment, such as an application environment running in a browser plug-in. Content may be in the form of elementary video, audio and/or script streams. The content is in a container that is unpackaged by the application code, whereby the content may be packaged in any format that the application understands, and/or or come from any source from which the application can download the container. An application environment component such as a platform-level media element receives information from an application that informs the application environment that the application is to provide media stream data for playback. The application environment requests media stream data (e.g., samples) from the application, receives them as processed by the application, and provides the requested media stream data for playback. |
| US10244019B2 |
Method and devices for negotiating bandwidth in a peer-to-peer network
Method for distributing bandwidth between a plurality of devices in a system having bandwidth limitations, and in particular to a method for negotiating bandwidth in such a system wherein the plurality of devices are interconnected in a peer-to-peer network. |
| US10244011B2 |
Multiplexing sessions in telecommunications equipment using interactive connectivity establishment
A data processing method comprising receiving, at a proxy associated with a plurality of ICE endpoint computers, a datagram from a client computer for a specific ICE endpoint computer of the plurality of ICE endpoint computers, wherein the datagram comprises a username generated by the specific ICE endpoint computer, and wherein the username has been sent to a server computer by the specific ICE endpoint computer for use in establishing a session between the specific ICE endpoint computer and the client computer, in response to attributes of the datagram not matching an entry in a table of the proxy, extracting an identifier from the username, forwarding, by the proxy, the datagram to the specific ICE endpoint based on the identifier. |
| US10244010B2 |
Data processing apparatus configured to recover a network connection, a method, a system and a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform same
In at least some example embodiments, a data processing apparatus is configured to recover a network connection within an application framework that hides sockets by separating acquisition and processing into different threads of the same process, and, thus, when the processing thread is unable to retrieve a frame from the acquisition thread, the data processing device may terminate the acquisition thread with impunity since all important application state may safely remain within the processing thread. |
| US10244004B2 |
Managing interaction constraints
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for providing a non-registering endpoint with non-registration services (such as the ability to make a call) in an IMS network without requiring the non-registering endpoint to register. A request for a non-registration service is received and processed by an entity in the IMS network that is configured to handle such requests. The entity requires information about the non-registering endpoint itself before it can process the request. Since the non-registering endpoint is part of the network, a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) knows some information about the non-registering endpoint, but can only provide this information to the entity if the non-registering endpoint is registered or being registered by the entity. Consequently, in embodiments, the entity makes it look like the non-registering endpoint is registering, in order for the entity to obtain the information from the HSS. |
| US10244003B2 |
Media session between network endpoints
A media session between an initiating endpoint and a responding endpoint is effected, there being a plurality of available paths through a communication network via which the media session could be established. Type metrics associated with the available paths convey the directness of the available paths and are for making a selection of an available path for the media session. Network information indicative of the quality of the available paths and collected from a plurality of network nodes comprises contributions from network nodes other than the initiating and receiving endpoints which have current and/or have had past visibility of at least parts of the available paths. Said selection is influenced so as to cause the endpoints to select for the media session a higher quality but less direct available path in favor of a more direct but lower quality available path. |
| US10244002B2 |
Secure application zones for cloud burst environments
A cloud infrastructure security assurance service is enhanced to facilitate bursting of cloud applications into other cloud infrastructures. The security assurance service provides a mechanism to enable creation and management of secure application zones within a cloud infrastructure. When the security assurance service receives an indication that a workload associated with a cloud application triggers a cloud burst, the service is extended into a new cloud infrastructure. Once the security assurance service is instantiated in the new cloud infrastructure, it identifies the broad security requirements of the application, as well as the security capabilities of the new environment. Using this information, the security assurance service computes a minimal security environment needed by the cloud application for the burst operation. The security assurance service then configures the necessary topology in the new cloud environment, and the burst operation is then completed by having the cloud application deployed in that topology. |
| US10244000B2 |
Apparatus and method for establishing seamless secure communications between components in an industrial control and automation system
A method includes establishing, using a connection policy at a first device, a security association with a second device of an industrial process control and automation system. The method also includes, once the security association is established, activating a process data policy at the first device. The security association is established during first and second types of negotiations. The process data policy is activated during the second type of negotiation without the first type of negotiation. The second type of negotiation is faster than the first type of negotiation. The connection policy defines a communication channel between the devices using a non-process communication port of the first device. The process data policy defines a communication channel between the devices for real-time industrial process data. The first type of negotiation could include an IKE main mode negotiation, and the second type of negotiation could include an IKE quick mode negotiation. |
| US10243998B2 |
Metadata supporting cyber content sharing and governance and application method thereof
A method for identifying metadata for cyber content sharing and governance (abbreviated as an MDCCSG method) and application method thereof. The MDCCSG method is proposed based on the requirements of big data sharing and governance under a big data and pan media environment, and is applicable for generating unified identifications on various categories of content resources; and the application method matched with the MDCCSG method can effectively support high-efficient sharing and governance of the big data, wherein the MDCCSG method comprises a unified description framework of metadata, a unified specification method of metadata, and a definition of the core MDCCSG identification element; and the MDCCSG method not only can describe rich semantics of contents in detail, but also has a built-in content trust authentication and security assurance ability. |
| US10243991B2 |
Methods and systems for generating dashboards for displaying threat insight information
Dashboards for displaying threat insight information are provided herein, as well as systems and methods for generating the same. According to some embodiments, methods for providing a threat dashboard include locating metrics regarding a malicious attack against a targeted resource; the metrics indicating instances where users were exposed to the malicious attack or instances where a cloud-based threat detection system prevented the user from being exposed to the malicious attack. The method may also include rendering a threat dashboard for a web browser application of a client device, where the threat dashboard includes the located metrics. |
| US10243989B1 |
Systems and methods for inspecting emails for malicious content
An email inspection system receives emails that are addressed to recipients of a private computer network. The emails are inspected for malicious content, and security information of emails that pass inspection is recorded. When an email is detected to have malicious content, the recorded security information of emails is checked to identify compromised emails, which are emails that previously passed inspection but include the same malicious content. A notification email is sent to recipients of compromised emails. The notification email includes Simple Mail Transfer Protocol headers that facilitate identification of the recipients, blocking of incoming emails with the same malicious content, and identification of public Mail Transfer Agents that send malicious emails, i.e., emails with malicious content. |
| US10243986B2 |
Runtime protection of web services
Protecting a runtime Web service application. A web service application is instrumented to log its operation and allow recreation of its execution trace. Trace point vulnerabilities are identified using one or more data payloads. Candidate trace point operations associated with the trace point vulnerabilities are identified. Supplementary candidate operations are computed based on the existing trace point operations and the one or more data payloads. The Web service application is further instrumented with the one or more supplementary candidate operations. |
| US10243982B2 |
Log analyzing device, attack detecting device, attack detection method, and program
A device including: a parameter extracting unit that extracts each parameter from an access request, a character-string class converting unit that, with regard to each parameter, compares each part of a parameter value with a previously defined character string class, replaces the part with a longest matching character string class, and conducting conversion for a class sequence that is sequentially arranged in order of replacement, a profile storing unit that stores, as a profile in a storage unit, a class sequence with the appearance frequency of equal to or more than a predetermined value in the above-described group of class sequences with regard to the access request of the normal data as learning data, and a failure detecting unit that determines the presence or absence of an attack in accordance with the degree of similarity between the above-described class sequence and the profile with regard to the access request. |
| US10243980B2 |
Edge-based machine learning for encoding legitimate scanning
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives an indication that a network anomaly detected by an anomaly detector of a first node in the network is associated with scanning activity in the network. The device receives labeled traffic data associated with the detected anomaly that identifies whether the traffic data is associated with legitimate or illegitimate scanning activity. The device trains a machine learning-based classifier using the labeled traffic data to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate scanning activity in the network. The device deploys the trained classifier to the first node, to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate scanning activity in the network. |
| US10243979B2 |
Protecting network devices from suspicious communications
According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may comprise generating a profile that is based on monitoring a communication pattern associated with a device. Subsequent communications associated with the device may be monitored. Based on the profile and the subsequent communication, a security status may be associated with the device. |
| US10243977B1 |
Automatically detecting a malicious file using name mangling strings
Automatically detecting a malicious file using name mangling strings. In one embodiment, a method may include (a) identifying a file, (b) identifying name mangling strings in the file, (c) concatenating the name mangling strings together, (d) hashing the concatenated name mangling strings to generate a signature for the file, (e) clustering the file with other files with matching signatures into a cluster, (f) determining that any of the files in the cluster is malicious, (g) adding the signature to a list of signatures of files known to be malicious, (f) identifying a network device file stored on a network device, (g) repeating (b)-(d) on the network device file, (h) determining that the signature for the network device file matches any signature in the list of signatures of files known to be malicious, and (i) performing a security action on the malicious file on the network device. |
| US10243968B2 |
Signed envelope encryption
Clients within a computing environment may establish a secure communication session. Sometimes, a client may trust another client to read, but not modify, a message. Clients may utilize a cryptography service to generate a message protected against improper modification. Clients may utilize a cryptography service to verify whether a protected message has been improperly modified. |
| US10243964B2 |
Zero knowledge reputation service
A reputation service running on a server, for example as a cloud server, includes receiving a request from a first user device and a second user device. The reputation management for both internet services and service providers, as well as the individuals who provide reputation feedback on those services and providers and each other. The service operates in zero-knowledge verifiable computing in order to enable strong assurance of anonymity among all participating parties. The method includes receiving, from a user using a zero-knowledge protocol to ensure privacy of the user, a rating with a unique token associated with the user, and identifier of a party to be rated. The party in one example is a person or a business entity. The unique token in one example is one or more of a tax identifier, an e-passport, or a private key of a DNS Domain registered with a certificate authority. |
| US10243963B1 |
Systems and methods for generating device-specific security policies for applications
The disclosed computer-implemented method for generating device-specific security policies for applications may include (1) installing, onto a computing device, an application requested by the computing device, (2) while the application is running on the computing device, monitoring interactions between the application and a computing environment in which the computing device operates to identify (A) computing resources within the computing environment required by the application and (B) potential security concerns related to the application within the computing environment, and then (3) generating, based on the monitored interactions, a set of device-specific security policies to enforce for the application while the application runs on the computing device that allow the application to access the required computing resources while mitigating the potential security concerns. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10243958B2 |
Systems and methods for device push provisoning
Techniques for provisioning access data may include receiving, by a first application installed on a communication device, user input selecting an account to provision to a second application installed on the communication device. The first application may invoke the second application and send a session identifier (ID) to the second application. The second application may send a user ID associated with the second application, a device ID, and the session ID to the first application. The first application may then generate encrypted provisioning request data and send the encrypted provisioning request data to the second application. The second application may send the encrypted provisioning request data to a remote server computer to request access data that can be used to access a resource. The second application may receive the access data provided by the remote server computer based on validation of the encrypted provisioning request data. |
| US10243955B2 |
Securely establishing time values at connected devices
A system and method of establishing a secure time value in a connected device. The method includes: receiving a hash of a pinset at the connected device from each independent time server in a federation, wherein the pinset is stored at the connected device as well as at the independent time servers remotely located from the connected device; receiving at the connected device a time value along with each hash of the pinset; attempting to verify the hashes of the pinset received from each of the plurality of independent time servers at the connected device; and determining at the connected device which time values received from the plurality of independent time servers are valid based on validity of the hashes. |
| US10243953B2 |
Systems and methods for secure resource access and network communication
Systems and methods for secure resource access and network communication are provided. A plurality of policies are received on a client device, each policy comprising a respective resource and a respective permission for a respective action that can be performed by a user of the client device in regards to the resource. A first application, which is configured to store data in an encrypted repository on the client device, receives a request to open a resource. The first application determines that one of the policies prohibits access by the resource to the encrypted repository and, based thereon, selects a different second application to open the resource that does not have access to the encrypted repository. The second application then opens the resource. |
| US10243945B1 |
Managed identity federation
Managed identity federation provides numerous options for authentication to access one or more services. A user authenticates with an identity verification provider and provides proof of authentication to a service of a service provider. The service of the service provider is configured to verify the user's identity using a centrally managed identity provider configuration. This configuration is distributed without intervention of the service's administrators. This centrally-managed configuration allows a variety of enterprise and third-party services to utilize the service provider's billing, security, and other administrative services. |
| US10243943B2 |
Displaying the accessibility of hyperlinked files
The accessibility of a hyperlinked files is displayed. A hyperlink that references a resource is extracted from a target file. An attempt to acquire the resource is made by performing a first authentication operation. A first object is received in response to performing the authentication operation. A second object is acquired by performing a second authentication operation using pre-determined authentication information. The first object and the second object are compared to determine if the first object is the same as the second object. Information indicating the accessibility of the resource is presented via a display apparatus. |
| US10243942B2 |
Displaying the accessibility of hyperlinked files
The accessibility of a hyperlinked files is displayed. A hyperlink that references a resource is extracted from a target file. An attempt to acquire the resource is made by performing a first authentication operation. A first object is received in response to performing the authentication operation. A second object is acquired by performing a second authentication operation using pre-determined authentication information. The first object and the second object are compared to determine if the first object is the same as the second object. Information indicating the accessibility of the resource is presented via a display apparatus. |
| US10243938B2 |
Rewritable blockchain
A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a validity-preserving operation. In some cases, using a key secret held by a trusted party. In some cases, the blockchains may include a series of blocks secured integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. In some cases, the key may allow valid but tamper-evident rewrites of the blockchain by trusted entities. In some cases, integrity outputs may be generated from the integrity codes based on the content of the previous blocks in the series such that attempts by untrusted parties to replace a block may be detected through coding-inconsistencies with other blocks. |
| US10243936B2 |
Automatic security parameter management and renewal
A method of automatic security parameter renewal includes determining if the security parameter satisfies a renewal condition, the determining including automatically detecting a time when a security parameter is going to expire, and automatically updating the security parameter when the renewal condition is satisfied. The automatically updating the security parameter includes modifying a certificate upon receipt of a new certificate. |
| US10243925B2 |
Cloud based firewell system and service
A cloud-based firewall system and service is provided to protect customer sites from attacks, leakage of confidential information, and other security threats. In various embodiments, such a firewall system and service can be implemented in conjunction with a content delivery network (CDN) having a plurality of distributed content servers. The CDN servers receive requests for content identified by the customer for delivery via the CDN. The CDN servers include firewalls that examine those requests and take action against security threats, so as to prevent them from reaching the customer site. The CDN provider implements the firewall system as a managed firewall service, with the operation of the firewalls for given customer content being defined by that customer, independently of other customers. In some embodiments, a customer may define different firewall configurations for different categories of that customer's content identified for delivery via the CDN. |
| US10243919B1 |
Rule-based automation of DNS service discovery
Systems and methods are described to enable automation of service discovery records, such as domain name system (DNS) records, based on rules. An administrator of a hosted server, such as a virtual machine instance, may submit a rule to a rule-based DNS resolution system for generating DNS records to assist in discover of the hosted server. The rule may include criteria specifying servers to which the rule applies, as well as criteria for generating a domain name to associate with the server within a DNS record. The rule-based DNS resolution system can integrate with a hosting system providing the hosted server to obtain configuration information of the hosted server and generate DNS records in accordance with the rule. Rules may also be utilized to automate other aspects of the rule-based DNS resolution system, such as health checking and load balancing. |
| US10243915B2 |
Method and system for managing flat and routed clients in a cluster using single type of VIPs
A method and a system for managing flat and routed clients in a cluster using single virtual IP (VIP) are provided herein. The method includes broadcasting an ARP request from a client to a cluster of nodes; monitoring the broadcasted ARP request at one of the nodes and ignoring the ARP request at all other nodes; in a case that the monitored ARP requests is associated with a different target VIP for same client IP, determining the client associated with the ARP request as a routed client, otherwise the client is determined as a flat client; applying at least one load balancing logic for assigning one of the nodes to the client associated with the ARP request, wherein both flat clients and routed clients are treated as independent clients counted separately; and notifying the client associated with the ARP of a MAC address of the assigned node. |
| US10243909B2 |
Electronic device, server, and control method and location information providing method for the electronic device
An electronic device of the present invention is enclosed. An electronic device in one embodiment of the present invention periodically transmits current location information to the location information service providing server in case of executing grouping applications, produces group including at least one member, selected by a user, of address list information received from the location information service providing server, requests messages requesting group participation to the member included in the group through the social network service providing server in case of generating predetermined events, and periodically receives the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displays the received location information on a map. |
| US10243904B1 |
Determining authenticity of reported user action in cybersecurity risk assessment
An electronic device will identify an electronic message received by a messaging client that is associated with a first recipient, and it will analyze the electronic message to determine whether the electronic message is a simulated malicious message. Upon determining that electronic message is a simulated malicious message, the device will identify an actuatable element in the electronic message. The actuatable element will include a service address. The device will modify the electronic message by appending a user identifier of the first recipient to the service address of the actuatable element. Then, when the actutable element is actuated, the system may determine whether the first recipient actuated the actuatable element or an alternate recipient did so based on whether the user identifier of the first recipient is still appended (or is the only user identifier appended) to the actuatable element. |
| US10243898B2 |
Message delivery management based on device accessibility
A processor may receive an electronic message for delivery to a user on a first device. The electronic message may have a first format. The processor may identify one or more features of the first format of the electronic message. The processor may determine whether the one or more features of the first format are supported by a second device. The processor may transform the first format of the electronic message to a second format used by the second device. |
| US10243894B2 |
Handheld electronic device and associated method providing time data in a messaging environment
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which time data regarding certain aspects of a messaging conversation on a handheld electronic device are made available to a user. Such time data is provided, for instance, in situations where an interruption has occurred during a messaging conversation. Time data can also be provided to a user on demand in certain circumstances. |
| US10243893B2 |
Interface for managing messages in a mobile terminal
An interface method for a mobile terminal includes: receiving in the order of time and saving two or more types of messages corresponding to two or more types of first applications; integrating and configuring the two or more types of messages using a second application, which integrates and manages the two or more types of first applications; and displaying the two or more types of messages with the identification information on the type of each of the messages using the second application. |
| US10243891B2 |
Cross-device integration system and method
A cross-device messaging integration capability is disclosed, which allows a user using a first device to indicate, using a first user computing device, an intent to perform one or more messaging actions at one or more second user computing device(s). The first and second devices may be different devices. The user may receive a reminder or other notification of the user's intent at the second device(s). |
| US10243889B2 |
Keyword based automatic reply generation in a messaging application
The present application discloses a method of generating an automatic reply (auto-reply) message. A server receives a text message directed to a content provider, and obtains content information of a webpage associated with the content provider. The content information of the webpage includes predetermined tags and information concerning content items of the webpage. The server then composes an auto-reply message according to a specific keyword of the text message, and specifically, information of at least one content item is extracted according to an auto-reply rule. The auto-reply rule is included in an auto-reply rule database that further includes a plurality of keywords and the content items of the webpage semantically correlated with the keywords based on the set of predetermined tags. The server then returns the auto-reply message including the information of the at least one content item corresponding to the specific keyword for display on the client device. |
| US10243878B2 |
Fog computing network resource partitioning
Various implementations disclosed herein enable improved allocation of fog node resources, which supports performance driven partitioning of competing client applications. In various implementations, methods are performed by a fog orchestrator configured to determine allocations of fog resources for competing client applications and partition the competing client applications based on the fog resource allocations. Methods include receiving reservation priority values (RPVs) associated with a plurality of client applications competing for a contested fog node resource, transmitting, to a subset of client devices, a request to provide updated RPVs, and awarding the contested fog node resource to one of the plurality of client applications based on the received RPVs and any updated RPVs. In various implementations, methods also include determining, for each of the plurality of client applications, a respective mapping for a respective plurality of separable components of the client application based on the awarded contested fog node resource. |
| US10243876B2 |
Chip-based data transmission method, device and system, and computer storage medium
Disclosed is a chip-based data transmission method for a data sending side. The method includes that protocol layer processing is performed on input data, and the data after the protocol layer processing is mapped to each physical channel for transmission; meta-frame layer processing is performed on the data transmitted by each physical channel, and the data after the meta-frame layer processing is sent. Another chip-based data transmission method for a data receiving side is provided which includes that meta-frame layer processing is performed on data received by each physical channel, the data after the meta-frame layer processing is mapped to a protocol layer for transmission, and the protocol layer processing is performed on the data transmitted by the protocol layer, and the data after the protocol layer processing is sent. A chip-based data transmission device and system, and a computer storage medium are also provided. |
| US10243875B2 |
Cloud service management system
A system includes a cloud computing system. The cloud computing system includes a continuous delivery system to enable design and deployment of a cloud service in the cloud computing system. The cloud computing system also includes a cloud services system to enable access and consumption of a service offering associated with the cloud service by a user. The cloud computer system further includes a cloud service management system that is executed on a non-transitory computer readable medium. The cloud service management system can integrate the continuous delivery system and the cloud services system over the cloud computing system to provide the design and the deployment of the cloud service and publication of the cloud service to the cloud services system. |
| US10243873B2 |
Dynamic management of computing platform resources
Embodiments of the invention provide for systems and computer program products for the management of logically partitioned computing resources of a data processing system configured with a plurality of hypervisors that each manages one or more logical partitions of the computing resources. Each hypervisor and logical partitions managed thereby are allocated to a domain of a plurality of domains. Logical partitions and hypervisors allocated to a first domain are monitored to determine whether additional computing resources are needed for the first domain. Responsive to determining that additional computing resources are needed for the first domain, a second domain having available computing resources is determined. At least a portion of the available computing resources of the second domain are used by the first domain. |
| US10243872B2 |
Management of storage cluster performance with hybrid workloads
Embodiments relate to management of hybrid workloads in a shared pool of configurable computer resources. Resource utilization in the shared pool is dynamically tracked, and employed for assessing a set of servers a parallel access protocol should utilize for one or more I/O requests in conjunction with any serial workload optimizations. Accordingly, the load balancing embodies a diverse set of workloads to support dynamic and equitable allocation. |
| US10243870B1 |
Distributed computing system node management
Techniques for distributed computing system node management are described herein. In some cases, internal compute nodes (i.e., compute nodes that are allocated to the distributed system) may be mutually trusted such that they may freely establish communications with one another. By contrast, external compute nodes (i.e., compute nodes that aren't allocated to the distributed computing system) may be untrusted such that their access to the distributed system may be regulated. In some cases, one or more of the compute nodes within the distributed computing system may maintain respective collections of system view information. Each respective collection of system view information may include, for example, information associated with the corresponding compute node's view of the distributed computing system based on information that is available to the corresponding compute node. |
| US10243865B2 |
Combined hardware/software forwarding mechanism and method
A network device includes (i) a software forwarding engine, and (ii) a hardware forwarding engine, wherein the software forwarding engine is implemented using a processor executing machine readable instructions. The network device analyzes a header of a received packet to determine i) whether the received packet belongs to any flows of packets already known to the network device, and ii) a packet type of the received packet. The network device selects one of the software forwarding engine or the hardware forwarding engine to process the received packet based on i) whether the received packet belongs to any flows of packets already known to the network device, and ii) the determined packet type, including selecting the software forwarding engine when it is determined that the received packet does not belong to any flow of packets already known to the network device. |
| US10243860B2 |
Method and apparatus for end-to-end QoS/QoE management in 5G systems
Various methods are provided for providing dynamic and adaptive QoS and QoE management of U-Plane traffic while implementing user and application specific differentiation and maximizing system resource utilization by, for example, providing utilizing a system comprised of a policy server and one or more enforcement points. In one example system, the policy server may be a logical entity configured for storing a plurality of QoS/QoE policies, each of the plurality of policies identifying at least one of a user, service vertical, application, or context, and associated QoE targets. The policy server may be further configured to provide one or more of the plurality of QoS/QoE policies to the one or more enforcement points. In some embodiments, the QoS/QoE policies may be configured to provide QoE targets, for example, at a high abstraction level and/or at an application session level. |
| US10243859B2 |
Communications-capability-based SDN control system
A communications-capability-based SDN control system includes an SDN controller device coupled to first and second communication capability SDN switch devices. The SDN controller device sends the first communication capability SDN switch device a first SDN protocol communication including a first feature request message, and receives back a second SDN protocol communication including a first feature response message having first communications capability information about the first communication capability SDN switch device. The SDN controller device then determines a first communication capability of the first communication capability SDN switch device using the first communication capability information. The SDN controller device then performs, based on the first communication capability, first communication capability action(s) to cause a control result in the first communication capability SDN switch device that may also be caused in the second communication capability SDN switch device without performing the at least one first communication capability action. |
| US10243858B2 |
Load balancing with flowlet granularity
A first flowlet of a flow from a source network device to a destination network device is assigned to a first path of a plurality of paths between the source device and the destination device. The assignment of the first flowlet to the first path is made by a network connected device. A second flowlet is detected in response to an interruption in transmission of the flow due to congestion along the first path, wherein the interruption is longer in duration than a difference in a transmission time between the source network device and the destination network device along each of the plurality of paths. The second flowlet is assigned to a second path of the plurality of paths by the network connected device. According to some example embodiments, the second path is randomly selected from the plurality of paths. |
| US10243857B1 |
Method and apparatus for multipath group updates
A method for updating multipath groups of a network device is described. A first table defining a first multipath group of multiple egress interfaces is created. A change in network path availability at one or more egress interface members of the first multipath group is identified. The first multipath group includes at least some egress interfaces that remain available and that support at least some active packet sessions. A second table defining a second multipath group is created and coexists with the first multipath group. The second multipath group includes the remaining network paths that remain available. The first multipath group and the first table are selected for forwarding a packet from the active packet sessions. The second multipath group and the second table are selected for forwarding a packet from new packet sessions that are established after the change in the path availability. |
| US10243854B2 |
Persistent connection rebalancing
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of rebalancing persistent client connections to a cluster of servers. The method comprises identifying an increase in a total client connection capacity of the cluster of servers with a network connection balancing component; and for each server in a selection of servers in the cluster of servers calculating a current client connection capacity utilization of the server from the number of persistent connections to the server and the current capacity of the server; comparing the current client connection capacity utilization with the target client connection capacity utilization; and terminating a selection of its persistent client connections by a server based on its current client connection capacity utilization exceeding the target client connection capacity utilization. Also disclosed are a computer program product and a computer system for utilizing the computer-implemented method. |
| US10243852B2 |
Look-up table creation method and query method, controller, forwarding device, and system
Embodiments of the present disclosure discloses a look-up table creation method and query method. The creation method includes: receiving a look-up table create message sent by a controller, where the look-up table create message includes an identifier of a look-up table and a look-up mode of the look-up table; creating a look-up table according to the look-up table create message and setting a look-up mode of the look-up table; receiving an entry add message sent by the controller, where the entry add message includes a to-be-added forwarding action and an index parameter of the forwarding action; and adding, according to the entry add message, an entry corresponding to the entry add message to the look-up table. |
| US10243846B2 |
Defining routing domain for distributed packet processing
For a managed network including multiple host machines implementing multiple logical networks, some embodiments provide a method that reduces the memory and traffic load required to implement the multiple logical networks. The method generates configuration data for each of multiple host machines including (i) data to configure a host machine to implement a set of logical forwarding elements that belong to a set of routing domains and (ii) identifiers for each routing domain in the set of routing domains. The method then receives data regarding tunnels endpoints operating on each of the host machines and an association with the routing identifiers sent to the host machines. The method then generates a routing domain tunnel endpoint list for each routing domain based on the data received from each of the host machines including a list of the tunnel endpoints associated with the routing domain which the host machines can use to facilitate packet processing. |
| US10243845B2 |
Middlebox tracing in software defined networks
At an SDN controller executing using a processor and a memory, a tracing packet is configured with a default value in a tag field. The tracing packet is inserted from the SDN controller into the SDN at a switch in the SDN. A returned packet and a port identifier is received at the controller, from the switch, the returned packet including a modified content in a location of the tracing packet that is different from the tag field. The port identifier corresponds to a port of the switch on which the switch received the returned packet from an middlebox. A function of the middlebox is identified by analyzing a modification applied to the modified content by the middlebox. The function of the middlebox and a location of the middlebox in the SDN are saved. The location includes the port identifier and an identifier of the switch. |
| US10243843B1 |
Preferential loading in data centers
Infrastructure is disclosed for optimizing performance and minimizing errors during normal operation of replicated data centers. In some implementations, systems that are replicated in each data center under a common IP address may have service requests routed to them using routing tables that favor one of the systems. The routing tables may prefer the system that resides in the data center where the service requests originated, or they may prefer the system that meets other criteria. Other systems replicated in the data center may have service requests routed to them using configuration tables that favor one of the systems. The configuration tables may also prefer the system that resides in the data center where the service requests originated, or they may prefer the system that meets other criteria. This arrangement helps optimize performance during normal operation and minimize potential for disruption of service should one of the data centers fail. |
| US10243841B2 |
Multicast fast reroute at access devices with controller implemented multicast control plane
In one embodiment, a method includes computing at a controller, a primary path and a backup path for transmittal of multicast data from service nodes in communication with the controller and a multicast source to access nodes in communication with multicast receivers, and transmitting from the controller, information for the primary path and the backup path to the access nodes for use by the access nodes in receiving the multicast data on the primary path and the backup path, and switching transmittal of the multicast data to the multicast receivers from the primary path to the backup path upon identifying a failure in the primary path to provide fast reroute at the access nodes. A multicast control plane runs in the controller without operating in the access nodes. An apparatus is also disclosed herein. |
| US10243840B2 |
Network interface card switching for virtual networks
In some examples, a computing device comprises a virtual network endpoint; a network interface card (NIC) comprising a first hardware component and a second hardware component, wherein the first hardware component and the second hardware component provide separate packet input/output access to a physical network interface of the NIC, wherein the NIC is configured to receive a packet inbound from the physical network interface; and a virtual router to receive the packet from the NIC and output, using the first hardware component, in response to determining a destination endpoint of the packet is the virtual network endpoint, the packet back to the NIC, wherein the NIC is further configured to switch, in response to receiving the packet from the virtual router, the packet to the virtual network endpoint and to output, using the second hardware component, the packet to the virtual network endpoint. |
| US10243837B2 |
Enabling split sessions across hybrid public safety and LTE networks
A special data splitter and data combiner is shown for low latency emergency and data intensive services so that multiple broadband and wireless networks can be utilized along with public safety networks. Any data session, multimedia or non-multimedia, is split into multiple packet streams with each stream having an identifier wherein some packet streams are sent via the secure public safety network and other streams are sent via other networks of varying characteristics and performance, and a combiner at the other end receiving multiple streams from different networks combines them into a single session. |
| US10243831B2 |
Linked network scoring update
A method of updating a score in a network of linked nodes is provided. Scoring information including a node identifier and a score value for a node in a network of nodes is received. The score value is determined using an analytic model and a parameter value. An anchored network record for which the node is an anchor is identified using the node identifier. A node record for the node is identified in the identified anchored network record. A network score value is computed based on the score value. The identified node record is updated with the score value and the computed network score value. A next anchored network record that includes the node is identified using the node identifier. A second node record for the node is identified in the identified next anchored network record. The second node record is updated based on the updated, identified node record. |
| US10243826B2 |
Diagnosis and throughput measurement of fibre channel ports in a storage area network environment
An example method for diagnosis and throughput measurement of FC ports in a SAN environment is provided and includes generating, by a control processor at a generator in the SAN, a control packet requesting a link test to be performed with a reflector in the SAN, sending the control packet to the reflector through a media access controller (MAC) of the generator, receiving, at the MAC of the generator, an acknowledgement from the reflector indicating ability to perform the requested link test, generating, at the MAC of the generator, a test data packet for the link test, performing the link test with the reflector, and analyzing, at the generator, network parameters based on results of the link test. |
| US10243823B1 |
Techniques for using frame deep loopback capabilities for extended link diagnostics in fibre channel storage area networks
One embodiment is a method including configuring a first network element of a fiber channel (“FC”) network as a generator element, wherein the generator employs a link diagnostic protocol to cause a second network element comprising a peer of the first network element as a reflector element, wherein the first and second elements are connected via a link; entering a first diagnostic phase, wherein in the first diagnostic phase, diagnostic capabilities of the first and second elements are determined; and subsequent to completion of the first diagnostic phase, entering a second diagnostic phase in which a deep loopback test is performed, wherein the deep loopback test comprises a frame level loopback test for exposing an issue in a path between the first and second network elements beyond a Media Access Control (“MAC”) layer. |
| US10243821B2 |
OAM mechanisms for EVPN active-active services
A method and network device to execute an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) protocol to configure the network device to participate as one of a plurality of customer edge (CE) routers that provide an active-active configuration for an Ethernet segment coupling the CE routers to a plurality of provider edge (PE) routers, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether a packet that is to be forwarded is an operations, administration, and management (OAM) packet; in response to determining that the packet comprises an OAM packet, replicate the OAM packet for one or more interface links of an Ethernet segment associated with the CE router; configure forwarding instructions to the one or more interface links of the Ethernet segment associated with the CE router; and forward the OAM packet and the replicated OAM packets to the PE routers. |
| US10243820B2 |
Filtering network health information based on customer impact
An occurrence of a network health impairment event associated with a service of a provider network is detected using metrics corresponding to one or more data sources. Based on an analysis of a list of services being utilized on behalf of a customer, a determination is made that the probability of a negative impact of the impairment on an application of the customer is below a threshold. A network health state message indicating a healthy state of resources allocated to the customer is transmitted to a destination associated with the first customer. |
| US10243817B2 |
System and method of assigning reputation scores to hosts
A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host. |
| US10243816B2 |
Automatically optimizing network traffic
An apparatus for optimizing network traffic which includes a host computer having virtual machines (VMs); a monitoring module to collect network traffic data from the VMs; an analysis engine to receive the network traffic data from the monitoring module and to calculate metric values pertaining to the network traffic data; a pattern module to store network traffic patterns having metric values and to provide the network traffic patterns to the analysis engine, the analysis engine compares the calculated metric values to the network traffic pattern metric values and provides an output of a result of the compare of the calculated metric values to the network pattern metric values; and responsive to receipt of the output from the analysis engine, an optimization module processes the output and provides an optimization action to the VMs to improve the flow of the network traffic between the VMs. |
| US10243815B2 |
Methods and systems to evaluate data center resource allocation costs
This disclosure is directed to methods and systems to evaluate resource allocation costs of a data center. Methods and systems compute resource allocation costs of a cloud computing industry to obtain industry benchmarks that are compared with the resource allocation costs of the data center. The comparisons enable IT managers to objectively identify computational resource shortages, resource over investments, and where future investment in computational resources should be made for the data center. |
| US10243814B2 |
Deep packet inspection virtual function
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing and using a deep packet inspection virtual function. A control system can detect a service request. The control system can analyze a policy to determine a function of a service to which the service request relates, a virtual machine that will host the function, and a deep packet inspection virtual function associated with the service. The control system can trigger loading of an image to the virtual machine and instantiation of the virtual machine. The image can include the function of the service and the deep packet inspection virtual function. The control system can validate the service and the deep packet inspection virtual function. |
| US10243813B2 |
Software-based packet broker
Techniques for implementing a software-based packet broker in a visibility network are provided. According to one embodiment, the software-based packet broker can comprise a network device and a cluster of one or more processing nodes. The network device can receive a control or data packet replicated from a core network and forward the control or data packet to the cluster of one or more processing nodes. At least one processing node in the cluster can then execute, in software, one or more packet processing functions on the control or data packet, where the one or more packet processing functions are operable to determine an egress port of the network device through which the control or data packet should be forwarded to a probe/tool of the visibility network for analysis. |
| US10243811B1 |
Lattice-based inference of network services and their dependencies from header and flow data
Described is system for automatically detecting network services and their dependencies. The system generates a first context table having rows of packet headers and columns of header field values. A first concept lattice is generated from the first context table, and network services and corresponding packet headers are identified. A second context table is generated using the networks services data, and a second concept lattice is generated from the second context table. Network service dependencies are identified using the second concept lattice. The context tables are used to monitor the plurality of network service dependencies. |
| US10243809B2 |
Centralized troubleshooting tool for distributed virtual network
Some embodiments provide a method for troubleshooting a virtual network that is implemented over multiple computing devices, which include first and second host machines that host virtual machines (VMs). Each VM interfaces the virtual network through a set of virtual network interface controllers (VNICs). The method provides a command line interface (CLI) for debugging and monitoring the virtual network. In response to receiving a first command at the CLI that identifies a first VNIC, the method retrieves from the first host machine a first set of network service status data associated with the first VNIC. In response to receiving a second command at the CLI that identifies a second VNIC, the method retrieves from the second host machine a second set of network service status data associated with a second VNIC. The method presents the retrieved first and second sets of network service status data through the CLI. |