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US10653694B2	Cytotoxic compounds which are inhibitors of the polymerisation of tubulin The invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the polymerization of tubulin, to the methods for the production thereof, and to the uses of same.
US10653692B2	Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitor for use in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases The present invention relates to a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor: (hereinafter referred to as Compound A) for use in the treatment of subjects suffering from or having an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, in particular hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of subjects suffering from or having an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, wherein the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of said Compound A CETP inhibitor.
US10653680B2	Treatment of impulsivity-related disorders The invention relates to the treatment of impulsivity-related disorders, such as a substance-related addiction, a behavioural addiction, relapse to a substance-related or behavioural addiction, a habit or impulsive disorder, an emotional unstable personality disorder, intentional self harm, an eating disorder, a dopamine agonist-induced impulse control disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by administering a compound of Formula I or a salt thereof to a subject; Formula (I) wherein: E is S or Se; R1 and R2 are optional substituents, and are at each occurrence independently selected from: (1) a halogen, which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; (2) C1-C4 alkyl, such as C1-C2 alkyl or C1 alkyl, optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, each of which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; and (3) C1-C4 alkoxy, such as C1-C2 alkoxy or C1 alkoxy; optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, each of which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; m is an integer in the range of from 0 to 5; and n is an integer in the range of from 0 to 4. The compound can also be used to treat or control impulsivity control disorders in patients undergoing dopamine agonist treatment, for example in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease or ADFID.
US10653674B2	Multisubstituted aromatic compounds as inhibitors of thrombin There are provided inter alia multisubstituted aromatic compounds useful for the inhibition of thrombin, which compounds include substituted pyrazolyl or substituted triazolyl. There are additionally provided pharmaceutical compositions. There are additionally provided methods of treating and preventing a disease or disorder, which disease or disorder is amenable to treatment or prevention by the inhibition of thrombin.
US10653665B2	Method of treatment Embodiments of the invention relate to the treatment of sleep disturbances in individuals with Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS).
US10653661B2	Treatment of allergic rhinitis using a combination of mometasone and olopatadine The present invention relates to a method of treating allergic rhinitis in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof comprising nasally administering to the subject an effective amount of a fixed-dose pharmaceutical composition comprising mometasone or its salt and olopatadine or its salt.
US10653660B2	Methods of improving the pharmacokinetics of doxepin Methods of improving the pharmacokinetics of doxepin in a patient.
US10653659B2	Compositions comprising a compound from the family of avermectins and an agonist compound for at least one of the retinoic acid receptors for treating acne Compositions including a compound of the family of avermectins, preferably ivermectin, and an agonist compound for at least one of the retinoic acid receptors are described. The compositions are in particular used in the treatment of acne.
US10653656B2	Topical pharmaceutical compositions for treating skin conditions In one aspect, topical pharmaceutical compositions for treating a skin condition or disorder are provided. In some embodiments, the topical pharmaceutical composition is formulated as a lotion and comprises a therapeutically effective amount of an active agent; a viscosity increasing agent; a polymeric emulsifier; and an oil component. In some embodiments, the topical pharmaceutical composition comprises tretinoin.
US10653651B2	Kit for treating cancer with low molecular weight components of aurin tricarboxylic acid complex A method of preventing and/or treating cancer in a subject is provided. The method includes administering to the subject a composition comprising an effective amount of an active agent selected from the group consisting of aurin tricarboxylic acid (ATA), aurin quadracarboxylic acid (AQA), aurin hexacarboxylic acid (AHA), aurin tricarboxylic acid complex (ATAC), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The method excludes administration of components of crude aurin tricarboxylic acid greater than or equal to 1 kilodalton in molecular weight.
US10653649B2	Imaging composition and uses thereof The invention discussed in this application relates to hydroxamic acid-based compounds that are useful as imaging agents when bound to an appropriate metal centre, particularly for the imaging of tumours.
US10653645B2	Method for enhancing folding and transport of misfolded glucocerebrosidase Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of late-onset Gaucher disease are described herein. The compositions comprise compounds having activity as pharmacological chaperones for mutant forms of the beta-glucocerebrosidase. Methods of treatment involve providing therapeutically effective amounts of such compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US10653642B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of tauopathies Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also provided herein are methods of reducing or disrupting tau aggregation in a subject, and methods of reducing tau protein in a subject. The methods may include administering to the subject a therapeutic amount of hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of a tauopathy in a subject.
US10653641B2	Use of cannabinoids in the treatment of mental disorders This invention relates to the use of CBD to treat mental disorders. For example it can be used as an adjunct therapy to treat positive symptoms in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as an adjunct therapy in combination with olanzapine to treat both positive and negative symptoms in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as an adjunct therapy in combination with olanzapine to treat negative symptoms in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as an adjunct therapy to treat anhedonia/asociality in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as an adjunct therapy to treat avolition/apathy in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as an adjunct therapy to treat disturbance of attention in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders; or as a monotherapy or as an adjunct therapy to treat one or more distinct sub-domains of negative symptoms selected from: i) avolition/apathy; ii) anhedonia/asociality and iii) disturbance of attention; or as an adjunct therapy to treat cognitive symptoms, particularly working memory, motor speed and executive function in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and related disorders. There may additionally be provided compositions comprising CBD in combination with one or more antipsychotics such as olanzapine and quetiapine. In particular the invention relates to the treatment of schizophrenia or related psychotic disorders, more particularly still those which are considered to be treatment resistant.
US10653636B2	Medical active substance patch with reduced optical conspicuousness on the skin A medical active substance patch comprising a matrix of monolayer or multilayer configuration with at least one active substance-containing layer and comprising a backing layer connected with the matrix. The active substance patch is transparent or at least translucent, and in the state of having been applied to the skin of a first person, the patch has a lightness colour value L1 at a place of the skin covered by the patch which is not less than 50% and not more than 200% of a lightness colour value L2, L2 being the lightness value of the region of the skin of the same person which surrounds the applied patch. The same is true of the skin of a second or any other person, provided that for all the persons mentioned L2 is in the range from 5° to 100°, namely from 20° to 90°.
US10653632B2	Binder powders The present disclosure relates generally to binder powders for use in powder material processing and processes for their preparation. The disclosure further relates to binder powders for use in making solid powder compact forms, solid powder compact forms containing said binder powders and methods for making solid powder compact forms.
US10653625B2	Production of dosage forms comprising a solid dispersion of a microcrystalline agent A method is described for the production of dosage forms, which comprise a solid dispersion of a microcrystalline active substance, in which a thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg of at least 40° C. is melted and an active substance is dissolved homogeneously in the melt; crystallization of the active substance is initiated in the mass obtained; and the mass is cooled. Crystallization of the active substance can be initiated by adding a nonsolvent, seed crystals of the active substance or a derivatization reagent. In addition, crystallization can be initiated by holding the mass for a sufficient length of time at a temperature that is below the temperature at which the active substance is completely soluble in the mass.
US10653622B1	Individualized solid dosage products and a system and method for the globally integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing and its monitoring thereof A solid dosage product having a tailored dissolution profile comprises a carrier block defining a plurality of compartments where each respective compartment is configured to receive one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient and the carrier block being digestible within an animal such that each respective active pharmaceutical ingredient is controllably released; and one or more coating layers applied to the carrier block. A method for manufacturing a solid dosage product having a tailored dissolution comprises manufacturing a digestible carrier block where the carrier block defines a plurality of compartments with each respective compartment configured to receive an active pharmaceutical ingredient; filling a respective compartment with a respective active pharmaceutical ingredient; and coating the carrier block with one or more coating layers.
US10653620B2	Method for treating dry eye syndrome A method of preventing or treating an eye condition includes administering a sterile aqueous ophthalmic solution to an eye for the prevention or treatment of dry eye syndrome or dry eye sign and/or dry eye symptom. The sterile aqueous ophthalmic solution includes about 0.05% to about 0.5% (w/w) of N—(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a carrier solution, wherein the N—(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan has a content of free thiol groups in an amount of from 80 μmol/g polymer to 280 μmol/g polymer.
US10653619B2	Drug depots for treatment of pain and inflammation Effective treatments of pain and/or inflammation are provided. Through the administration of a porous biodegradable drug depot film, patch, strip or sponge being implantable within a nasal or sinus cavity and having pores sized to prevent the depot from functioning as a scaffold for tissue growth, one can reduce, prevent or treat pain and/or inflammation and prevent cells from infiltrating the drug depot and laying down scaffolding cells.
US10653616B2	Composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, containing ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles Disclosed in the present specification are: a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, containing ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles; and a method for preparing the composition. The ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles can have a diameter of 20-500 nm and can be isolated from ginseng root. The composition contains ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles as active ingredients, thereby having an effect of inducing hair growth by activating dermal papilla cells (DPCs).
US10653614B2	Coffee cherry cosmetic composition and methods A cosmetic composition comprises a coffee cherry preparation, and most preferably an extract from a sub-ripe quick-dried coffee cherry. Particularly contemplated cosmetic compositions are formulated as a shampoo, lotion, cream, balm, or ointment, and will have at least one of an antioxidant effect, an anti-inflammatory effect, a UV-protective effect, an antimutagenic effect, a chemoprotective effect, a scar reducing effect, a skin-lightening effect, a moisturizing effect, a wrinkle reduction effect, and an antibacterial effect.
US10653613B2	Compositions comprising lysozyme hydrolysate for use in keratin-containing tissue Trp-containing peptides, preferably from hen's egg hydrolysate can increase the Cys levels in blood serum. This results in increased keratin production, and enhances growth, appearance, and/or volume in keratin-containing tissue including skin, hair, and/or nails.
US10653611B2	Hair care composition comprising amino silicone, fatty alcohol and paraffin oil The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, especially a haircare composition for conditioning the hair, which comprises an amino silicone, a cationic surfactant, a fatty alcohol comprising 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and a hydrocarbon-based oil. The invention also relates to a treatment process for keratin substances, in particular for conditioning hair, implementing said cosmetic composition.
US10653610B2	Essentially anhydrous hair-treatment compositions comprising a bis-urea derivative and silica aerogel The instant disclosure relates to anhydrous hair-treatment compositions. The anhydrous hair-treatment compositions typically include one or more bis-urea derivatives, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and one or more solvents, for example, ester oils and non-ester oil solvents. Additional components such as silicones, etc., can also be included. Kits comprising the hair-treatment compositions and methods of using the hair-treatment compositions are also disclosed.
US10653609B2	Method of cleaning hair using a low pH hair care composition A method of using a hair care composition that cleans the hair and removes dirt and product build up, while also leaving the hair feeling clean, lightly conditioned and/or untangled, as demonstrated by the wet combing and hair feel tests. The hair care composition includes a surfactant, a rheology modifier, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition has a pH ranging from about 2 to about 4 as measured by taking a direct pH measurement using a standard hydrogen electrode of the composition at 25° C. Additionally, the viscosity of the aqueous composition is from about 3,000 cP to about 15,000 cP.
US10653608B2	Agents and methods for the temporary shaping of keratin-containing fibers The invention relates to a cosmetic product, comprising a) a cosmetic preparation, containing, in relation to its total weight, a1) about 45 to about 98 wt. % of at least one polar solvent; a2) about 0.5 to about 15 wt. % of at least one copolymer from the monomers i) n-tert-octylacrylamide, ii) acrylic acid, iii) tert-butylamino ethyl methacrylate, iv) and optionally other monomers; b) a device for flash evaporation of the cosmetic preparation a), and to a method using corresponding products and to the use of the cosmetic preparation a) as process material in a device for flash evaporation.
US10653605B2	Dentifrice composition A dentifrice, such as toothpaste, containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions, for use against erosive tooth demineralization, and kits containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions, wherein one of the two active agents is comprised in a dentifrice, are described. The dentifrice in the form of toothpaste may furthermore comprise dissolved tin, in particular stannous ions. Toothpastes containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions are tested in the treatment or prevention of erosive tooth demineralisation caused by citric acid.
US10653602B2	Foam boosting saccharide blend Disclosed is a foam booster that is capable of producing or increasing the amount of foam in any given composition. The foam booster includes a saccharide blend having 30 wt. % to 50 wt. % of an aldohexose or mixture of aldohexoses, 20 wt. % to 55 wt. % of a ketohexose or mixture of ketohexoses; and 10 wt. % to 20 wt. % of a disaccharide or mixture of disaccharides.
US10653598B2	Decoloring of dyed keratin fibers A multi-component packaging unit (kit of parts) for reductively decoloring dyed keratin fibers, includes(I) a container (A) containing a cosmetic agent (a) and(II) a container (B) containing a cosmetic agent (b) and(III) a container (C) containing an aqueous, cosmetic agent (c)produced separately from each other, wherein agent (a) in container (A) includes a reductant (a1) as defined herein and agent (c) in container (C) includes (c1) one or more compounds of formula (I), A method for reductively decoloring dyed keratin fibers includes using the multi-component packaging unit.
US10653597B2	Antimicrobial composition comprising thymol, terpineol and a cationic phospholipid The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and more particularly an antimicrobial composition for leave-on applications. The present invention discloses an antimicrobial composition comprising; a) 0.01 to 2% by weight of thymol; b) 0.01 to 2% by weight of terpineol; and c) 0.1 to 2% by weight of a cationic phospholipid complex.
US10653596B2	White charcoal toothpaste composition and method The present invention relates to a method of producing white activated charcoal (having a white-to-light-grey appearance) employing high temperatures and a hydrogen peroxide solution. The present invention further relates to one or more oral care compositions utilizing white activated charcoal, including a whitening toothpaste compound minimally comprising white activated charcoal and a dental abrasive in a solvent base. The present invention further relates to a highly effective whitening toothpaste compound further comprising one or more of: a humectant, a thickener, a foaming agent, a protective surface polish, an extrinsic stain remover, a sweetener, a flavoring and a white colorant—a complete whitening, polishing and cleaning toothpaste.
US10653593B2	Shell-structured particles for sunscreen applications Shell-structured particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A method includes selecting one or more particles to serve as a core material in a sunscreen composition, wherein each of the one or more particles comprises a band gap within a predetermined range, and wherein said selecting is based on a desired absorption spectrum of the sunscreen composition; coating the one or more particles with at least one layer of zinc oxide.
US10653592B2	Microcapsules and compositions providing controlled release of actives According to the present invention, there are provided microcapsules comprising an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the microcapsules, as well as formulations comprising the same. The present invention further provides for certain consumer products comprising: an adjunct material; and a plurality of microcapsules, said microcapsules comprising: an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material.
US10653590B2	Concentrated shampoo dosage of foam for providing hair care benefits comprising an anionic/zwitterionic surfactant mixture Described herein is dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.04 g/cm3 to about 0.23 g/cm3; and a bubble size distribution having an R32 of from about 30 μm to about 60 μm.
US10653585B2	Palladium based alloys A palladium-based alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of about 12.0 to about 13.0 and having one or more of the following additive metals: platinum, gallium, chromium, molybdenum, tin, silicon, ruthenium, rhenium, indium, tungsten, niobium, boron and lithium.
US10653583B1	Programmable pill box assembly A programmable pill box assembly includes a pill box that has a plurality of compartments therein for containing pills. A plurality of doors is each hingedly coupled to the pill box. Each of the doors is aligned with a respective one of the compartments for opening and closing the compartments. A sensing unit is coupled to the pill box to sense when each of the doors is opened or closed. A transmission unit is removably coupled to the pill box and the transmission unit transmits an alert signal when the sensing unit senses that a respective one of the doors has not been opened at a predetermined time. A bracelet is worn on a wrist of the user and the bracelet is in wireless communication with the transmission unit. The bracelet vibrates to remind the user to take the pills in one of the compartments in the pill box.
US10653582B2	Toe corrector A toe corrector is provided including: a floor part; correction protrusions protruding between each toe from an upper surface of the floor part to correct the toes; a connection part for connecting the upper ends of the correction protrusions so that correction protrusions are put on toes to be fixed; and light emitting units for emitting light by independently generating electricity, which are provided inside the correction protrusions and on the floor part.
US10653576B1	Apparatus for assisting toilet user in standing up An apparatus for aiding a user of a toilet in standing up, includes a movable seat movably mounted to the toilet; and a seat actuator arranged adjacent to the toilet and actuating the movable seat to move having at least one of lifting movement and pivoting movement, the seat actuator including: a base frame adjacent to and stationarily mounted to the toilet; a driver mounted to the base frame; a driving frame driven to reciprocate by the driver; and a link assembly including a first side connected to the driving frame and a second side connected to a connection link coupled to the movable seat and producing lifting movement and pivoting movement of the movable seat in accordance with reciprocation of the driving frame.
US10653573B2	Fitting system and method for modular pressure relief cushion A high-performance, low-cost modular cushion using range of novel dynamically responsive materials has been designed and developed for use in seating pressure relief. The use of individual contained spheres creates a localized area of gel to minimize both flattening under pressure, and inflating in areas without contact while the elastic nature of the polymers creates a durable system that recovers rapidly from deformation. Gel balls of varying densities have been developed to optimize performance. Quantification of individual ball mechanical properties has been completed which provides load-deflection curves to inform optimal ball array layout based on user interface pressure distributions. A fitting algorithm is proposed which will employ the patient's seating interface pressure distribution to design a personalized modular cushion layout which will evenly distribute contact pressure across seating support interface and maximize contact pressure area.
US10653571B2	Article comprising odor control composition Absorbent articles comprising odor control compositions that are not visible from the outside of the article due to placement on or next to the absorbent core wrap.
US10653566B2	Method and apparatus for controlling and advancing an absorbent article A converting apparatus operates to control and transfer a folded absorbent article from a first carrier apparatus to a second carrier apparatus. The converting apparatus includes a transfer apparatus and a fluid supply member located adjacent to the transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus includes a frame that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a transfer member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation. The transfer member defines a receiving surface. The receiving surface includes a plurality of apertures that may operate in cooperation with the fluid supply member to remove any waist region folds in the absorbent article such that a substantially flat absorbent article may be transferred from the transfer apparatus to the second carrier apparatus.
US10653563B2	Bra liners Bra liner including a substantially planar body including a left triangular portion, a right triangular portion and a central portion between the left and right triangular portions. The central portion includes a flap separated from the left and right triangular portions and optionally one or more apertures. The left and right triangular portions also optionally include one or more apertures. The flap is foldable about a center line of the body. The body includes absorbent material. To form the left and right triangular portions, an elongate slit is present between the central portion and each of the left and right triangular portions. The slits extend downward from an upper edge of the body and inward toward the center line.
US10653561B2	Tympanostomy tube delivery device with replaceable shaft portion A tympanostomy tube delivery device comprises a shaft assembly and a handpiece. All or a portion of the shaft assembly is selectively coupleable and removable from the handpiece. The handpiece includes a housing defining an opening that can receive a portion of the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly comprises a cannula, a piercer/dilator tube, a shield tube, and a pusher tube operable to translate relative to the cannula. The pressure equalization tube is positioned within the shield tube of the shaft assembly. The piercer/dilator tube and the shield tube are operable to pierce the tympanic membrane and dilate an opening formed therein. The pusher tube is operable to drive the pressure equalization tube out of the shield tube of the shaft assembly and into the opening formed in the tympanic membrane. Upon completion of the procedure, all or a portion of the shaft assembly may then be removed and replaced.
US10653560B2	Transparent laminate A transparent laminate including: transparent substrate; and structure layer which contains protrusion portions, depression portions, or both on a surface thereof, average distance between the protrusion portions adjacent or the depression portions adjacent being equal to or less than wavelength of visible light; the structure layer including polymerized product of active-energy-ray-curable resin composition including composition of (meth)acrylate-based-polymerizable compound; the composition including at least any of the following (A) and (B), and the following (C) and (D): (A) ester (meth)acrylate of trihydric alcohol having main and side chain each including alkyl chain; (B) ester di(meth)acrylate of ethylene-oxide-modified bisphenol A; (C) polyalkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate; and (D) ester di(meth)acrylate of dihydric alcohol having main chain including linear alkyl chain; water contact angle on the surface of the structure layer being 26° or more and 74° or less; and storage elastic modulus at 180° C. of the structure layer being less than 0.5 GPa.
US10653559B2	Shading goggles having function of double protection Shading goggles having a function of double protection comprises a goggle body having an LCD lens panel therein for protecting the eyes of a worker by blocking harmful light, and a soft skirt coupled to the rear side of the goggle body and being worn on a worker with an end being in close contact with the face of the worker to for an inside space, the goggles further comprises a protective lens having a gasket continuously disposed around the edge of the front side thereof and pressed on the rear side of the LCD lens panel and having an anti-fogging coating layer on the rear side exposed to the space.
US10653553B2	Thermal control system with fluid cartridges A thermal control system for controlling a temperature of a fluid delivered to a patient is provided. The thermal control system includes a cavity that removably receives a cartridge housing the fluid. The thermal control system includes a heat exchanger in thermal contact with at least one of the opposing walls of the cavity. The cartridge includes opposing surfaces defining a chamber therebetween for housing the fluid, the cartridge adapted to be removably received within the cavity. A biasing element is incorporated into the cartridge and adapted to bias the opposing cartridge surfaces away from one another and into contact with the opposing cavity walls. Contact between the cartridge surfaces and the cavity walls facilitates the transfer of thermal energy between the heat exchanger and the fluid housed within the cartridge.
US10653552B2	Device and method for opening an airway A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper respiratory passages. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.
US10653551B2	Methods and apparatuses for ostomy gas management A gas management system for use with an ostomy pouch includes an insert port defining an insert-receiving passage in communication with an inner chamber of an ostomy pouch and an exterior of the ostomy pouch. The insert port may be integrated into one or more walls of the ostomy pouch. An insert is selectively received in the insert-receiving passage of the insert port, the insert including at least one vent therein. An odor adsorbent element is disposed in the insert. The insert-receiving passage and the vent of the insert defining a pathway for gases passing from the inner chamber of the ostomy pouch and through the adsorbent material to pass out of the gas management apparatus. A guard may be supplied to carry a used insert upon removal from the insert port, as well as a replacement insert. The guard may have a wall to seal the used insert and the replacement insert. In certain embodiments, an applicator may be used to facilitate insertion of replacement inserts.
US10653550B2	External penile erection system A system for affecting, augmenting, or enhancing erection of the penis includes an elastomeric sleeve designed to comfortably and securely encircle the base of the penis. The sleeve is provided with a pair of inflatable chambers, a dorsal insert, and a ventral insert which are configured to apply focal pressure on the dorsal penile veins, while avoiding undue constriction of the corpora cavernosa or compression of the urethra, dorsal penile arteries, or nerves. The system includes fluid transfer apparatus having a reservoir for pressurized fluid, a pump, and valves for controlling the flow of fluid to the inflatable chambers. The system also includes an inflatable sealing apparatus which, when used in combination with a conventional vacuum erection tube, forms an airtight seal between the sleeve and the open end of the inflatable sealing member.
US10653543B2	Apparatus for treating GERD The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising two or more movement restriction device segments adapted to form an implantable movement restriction device with an elongated shape that maintains cardia in the correct position. The movement restriction device has proximal and a distal end, wherein the distal end is adapted to stabilize and hold the proximal end. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The distal end can be further adapted to treat obesity, for example by stretching the wall of the stomach or filling out a volume of the stomach.
US10653540B2	Bifurcated highly conformable medical device branch access The present disclosure comprises a highly conformable stent graft with an optional portal for a side branch device. Said stent graft comprises a graft being supported by a stent, wherein said stent comprises undulations each which comprise apices in opposing first and second directions and a tape member attached to said stent and to said graft such that the tape member edge is aligned to the edge of the apices in the first direction of the each of the undulations, thus confining the apices in the first direction of the undulations to the graft and wherein the apices in the second direction of the undulation are not confined relative to the graft; wherein said graft forms unidirectional pleats where longitudinally compressed and wherein said apices in the first direction of said undulation is positioned under an adjacent pleat when compressed.
US10653538B2	Fluid-driven bubble actuator arrays This disclosure includes bubble actuator arrays and methods for making and using the same. Some bubble actuator arrays include a first flexible layer having a substantially flat first portion and a plurality of second portions that protrude away from the first portion to define chambers, a flexible second layer sealed to the first layer to define a plurality of cells in the chambers and between the layers, and where the array can be coupled to a fluid source such that the internal pressures of the cells can be varied. Some of the present methods include adjusting with a processor and fluid source the pressure in the cells of an array. Others of the present methods include placing sacrificial material into chambers of a molded first layer such that a plurality of cells is formed when a second layer is molded coincident to the first and the sacrificial material is removed.
US10653529B2	Joint arthroplasty systems, methods and components Surgical implant systems, methods, and components are described herein. More particularly, the disclosure relates to joint arthroplasty systems, methods, and components. Particular embodiments described herein can be used to modify the subtalar joint (e.g., posterior facet of the subtalar joint), calcaneocuboid, talonavicular, and any other suitable joint. An exemplary implant system comprises a first implant component, a second implant component, and an insert.
US10653527B1	Ceramic with metal/alloy coating Fired magnesium oxide stabilized zirconia ceramic body having a highly smooth, polished or otherwise equivalent surface has, on at least part of the surface, a metal/metal alloy coating. The fired ceramic body can be a magnesium oxide stabilized tetragonally toughened zirconia. The coating can be from a metal or metal alloy other than by tantalum vapor deposition, and can include a titanium metal or alloy. The coating can be a macro coating, up to less than about 0.015 of an inch in thickness. The coated magnesium oxide stabilized zirconia ceramic can be a tool or an orthopedic implant or component for an orthopedic implant, which can be a load bearing implant or component for a load bearing implant having an articular surface and a nonarticular surface where the metal or metal alloy coating is on at least part of the nonarticular surface. Plasma arc spraying under vacuum may be employed.
US10653526B2	Prosthetic implant support structure A prosthetic system that includes a prosthetic implant and a support structure secured to an inner surface of a cavity of a bone is disclosed. The support structure defines a channel that extends through the length of the support structure. The prosthetic implant is received in the channel, and a portion of the prosthetic implant is secured to an inner surface of the support structure by an adhesive. The support structure may comprise a pair of partially hemispherical components arranged in spaced apart relationship thereby defining the channel between the pair of components.
US10653525B2	Penile implant According to an aspect, an implant includes a sheath defining a lumen, a cable member disposed within the lumen defined by the sheath, and a tensioner. The tensioner is configured to engage the cable to apply tension to the sheath.
US10653524B2	Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation The invention relates to a device for use in the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, specifically a coaptation assistance element for implantation across the valve; a system including the coaptation assistance element and anchors for implantation; a system including the coaptation assistance element and delivery catheter; and a method for transcatheter implantation of a coaptation element across a heart valve.
US10653523B2	Systems, methods and devices for delivery systems, methods and devices for implanting prosthetic heart valves Embodiments of delivery systems, devices and methods for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device to a heart chamber for expanded implementation are disclosed. More specifically, methods, systems and devices are disclosed for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic mitral valve device to the left atrium, with no engagement of the left ventricle, the native mitral valve leaflets or the annular tissue downstream of the upper annular surface during delivery, and in some embodiments with no engagement of the ventricle, mitral valve leaflets and/or annular tissue located downstream of the upper annular surface by the delivered, positioned and expanded prosthetic mitral valve device.
US10653522B1	Proximal tab for side-delivered transcatheter heart valve prosthesis The invention relates to a transcatheter heart valve replacement (A61F2/2412), and in particular Compression Capable Annular Frames for a side delivered transcatheter prosthetic heart valve having a annular support frame having compressible wire cells that facilitate rolling and folding the valve length-wise, or orthogonally to the central axis of the flow control component, allowing a very large diameter valve to be delivered and deployed to the tricuspid valve from the inferior vena cava or superior vena cava, or trans-atrially to the mitral valve, the valve having a height of about 5-60 mm and a diameter of about 25-80 mm, without requiring an oversized diameter catheter and without requiring delivery and deployment from a catheter at an acute angle of approach.
US10653512B2	Electrospun PTFE coated stent and method of use A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.
US10653511B2	Electrospun PTFE coated stent and method of use A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.
US10653510B2	Stent including displacement capabilities An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold positionable within a body lumen wherein the body lumen has an inner surface. The medical device also includes a support member extending circumferentially around and attached to an outer surface of the expandable scaffold. The support member is configured to be positioned between the outer surface of the expandable scaffold and the inner surface of the body lumen and at least a portion of the support member is configured to shift relative to the inner surface of the body lumen. Further, shifting the support member shifts the scaffold longitudinally from a first position within the body lumen to a second position within the body lumen with the scaffold in an expanded state to accommodate peristalsis.
US10653509B2	Holder for heart valve prostheses, corresponding storage arrangement, delivery instrument and kit A holder for a heart valve prosthesis, the holder including a hub portion having a longitudinal axis, an engagement portion coupled to the hub portion and including plural finger members variably positionable relative to the hub portion between a collapsed condition wherein the finger members are closed onto the hub portion and an expanded condition wherein the finger members radially protrude with respect to the hub portion to engage a heart valve prosthesis.
US10653508B2	Textile-based prosthesis for treatment of inguinal hernia The invention relates to a prosthesis (1) for the repair of an inguinal hernia comprising: a textile (2) of elongate shape, a resilient frame (3) connected to said textile, characterized in that said frame comprises a convex cranial segment (3c), a caudal segment (3d), a lateral corner segment (3b) joining together the convex cranial segment and the caudal segment, and a folding segment (5) joining a medial end of said convex cranial segment to a point located on the caudal segment while leaving the region of the medial end of the textile free of any frame, said frame being able to adopt an unstressed configuration, in which said textile is deployed, and a stressed configuration, in which said convex cranial segment, said caudal segment and said folding segment are substantially collected together and aligned on one folding direction, said textile forming thereby at least one fold along said folding direction.
US10653505B2	Self-ligating bracket A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.
US10653504B2	Electromechanical systems, methods, orthodontic brackets, and tools for adjusting orthodontic prescriptions of orthodontic brackets with adjustable archwire passages Electromechanical systems, methods, orthodontic brackets, and tools for adjusting orthodontic prescriptions of orthodontic brackets with adjustable archwire passages are disclosed herein. The methods include operatively engaging an orthodontic bracket with an engagement structure of an electronic orthodontic adjustment tool, electronically determining a present orientation of an archwire slot of the orthodontic bracket, displaying a displayed orientation of the archwire slot, and adjusting the orientation of the archwire slot based on the displayed orientation. The orthodontic brackets include a base, a body, a retention structure, an orientation-determining structure, and a transmitter. The tools include an engagement structure, an orientation-determining structure, and an orientation indicator.
US10653503B2	Digital dental modeling Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.
US10653501B2	Dental articles and methods of using same A dental article includes a shell defining a volume, the shell including a circumferential base and an incisal/occlusal region distal from the circumferential base. A hardenable dental composition is located within the volume of the shell, and an isolation film is located at the circumferential base of the shell.
US10653500B2	System and method for preventing reuse of medical device Provided is a medical system comprising a controller unit configured to be capable of generating a first code or coded message; and a medical device unit configured to be capable of generating a second code or coded message, the medical device unit configured to be in electronic communication with the controller unit, wherein the controller unit is configured to lock the medical device unit from being used or reused if the first code or coded message does not match or is not identical to the second code or coded message. Also provided is a method of preventing use or reuse of a medical device unit as described herein.
US10653499B2	Integrated surgical implant delivery system and method Systems and methods for an incentive system are provided. One embodiment relates to a system including a processing circuit and a communications interface. The processing circuit includes an inventory module configured to track an inventory of medical devices, a usage module configured to generate usage data in response to use of one or more of the medical devices, an ordering module configured to generate a purchase order based on the usage data, the purchase order involving two or more parties, and a billing module configured to determine whether each party is eligible to use an incentive system, determine incentive options available to each eligible party, provide the associated incentive options to each eligible party, receive at least one incentive option selection, and generate transaction details for the purchase order based on the at least one selection.
US10653490B2	Chain for transmitting movement between actuators and the base of a member for driving a movable element Disclosed is a movement transmission chain including: a base of a driving member for driving a movable element; and three actuators controlling the base of the driving member in three movement directions orthogonal to one another, by element of three interfaces with the base of the driving member, the mid-surfaces of the three interfaces intersecting in a central region of the base of the driving member.
US10653486B2	Remote control apparatus for medical equipment A remote control apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a manipulator that supports surgical equipment; a display configured to display an image captured by an endoscopy; a display supporting arm that includes a joint and a locking mechanism and supports the display, the locking mechanism is configured to lock the joint; an operation handle that allows an operator to operate the manipulator; and an unlocking mechanism configured, in response to an operation by the operator, to unlock the locked joint of the display supporting arm.
US10653485B2	System and method of intraluminal navigation using a 3D model A method for implementing a dynamic three-dimensional lung map view for navigating a probe inside a patient's lungs includes loading a navigation plan into a navigation system, the navigation plan including a planned pathway shown in a 3D model generated from a plurality of CT images, inserting the probe into a patient's airways, registering a sensed location of the probe with the planned pathway, selecting a target in the navigation plan, presenting a view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway and indicating the sensed location of the probe, navigating the probe through the airways of the patient's lungs toward the target, iteratively adjusting the presented view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway based on the sensed location of the probe, and updating the presented view by removing at least a part of an object forming part of the 3D model.
US10653483B2	Reconfigurable handheld laser treatment systems and methods In one embodiment, a handheld laser treatment apparatus comprises: a handset including a treatment chamber, the treatment chamber having an open treatment aperture; a laser array arranged to project optical energy into the treatment chamber and coupled to a power source; at least one vacuum channel positioned within the treatment chamber and coupled to a vacuum source; a trigger sensor coupled to logic that controls activation of the laser array and the vacuum channel; an attachment sensor arranged to detect which of a plurality of attachments are inserted into the treatment chamber through the treatment aperture. The logic enables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a first attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture. The logic disables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a second attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture.
US10653479B2	Enhanced ablation and mapping catheter and method for treating atrial fibrillation A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends. An electrode assembly is provided at the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode assembly including a porous electrode arrangement that is generally transverse to the catheter body. The porous electrode arrangement comprises one or more electrodes electrically connected to a suitable energy source and a porous sleeve mounted in surrounding relation to the one or more electrodes and defining an open space between the porous sleeve and the one more electrodes. One or more irrigation openings fluidly connect the open space to a lumen extending through the catheter through which fluid can pass. In use, fluid passes through the lumen in the catheter, through the one or more irrigation openings, into the open space and through the porous sleeve.
US10653477B2	Electrosurgical device An improved surgical instrument having an end effector mounted on the end of an elongate shaft extending from a handle. The end-effector is capable of several different operations, including grasping, cutting, and sealing and/or coagulating tissue, and one of the operations is controlled by a trigger mechanism contained within the handle. In some embodiments, the end effector includes a blade assembly, the trigger mechanism being formed of a three pivot slider-crank mechanism arranged to drive the blade assembly longitudinally along a rotatable drive shaft contained within the elongate shaft. As such, the mechanism is configured so as to drive the blade assembly with enough force that the cutting blade is able to cut through tissue without the user needing to apply any additional force to the trigger, the me. Such an arrangement is particularly advantageous when the blade is being used to cut thick tissue.
US10653471B2	Systems and methods for arc detection and drag adjustment Controlling a level of electrosurgical energy provided to tissue based on detected arcing patterns or impedance changes. The drag force imposed on an electrode or blade of an electrosurgical instrument may be controlled by adjusting the level of electrosurgical energy based on the arcing patterns or impedance changes. The arcing patterns or impedance changes may be detected by sensing and analyzing voltage and/or current waveforms of the electrosurgical energy. The current and/or voltage waveform analysis may involve calculating impedance based on the voltage and current waveforms and calculating changes in impedance over time. The waveform analysis may involve detecting harmonic distortion using FFTs, DFTs, Goertzel filters, polyphase demodulation techniques, and/or bandpass filters. The waveform analysis may involve determining a normalized difference or the average phase difference between the voltage and current waveforms.
US10653469B2	Orthopedic implant installation using magnetically driven screws An orthopedic implant for insertion into a bone includes an implant body and one or more magnetically activated self-tapping screws. The one or more magnetically activated self-tapping screws are prepositioned in the implant body transversally to a longitudinal axis of the implant body. The prepositioned self-tapping screws are configured to rotate under an influence of an externally applied magnetic field so as to protrude into the bone and lock the orthopedic implant in place.
US10653467B2	Intra-osseous plate system and method An intra-osseous support structure can be used to fixate opposed portions of bone. In some examples, the intra-osseous support structure is positioned in openings formed in adjacent portions of bones. Fasteners are inserted through the bone portions to secure the intra-osseous support structure in the bones. Depending on the application, one or more external bone plates may also be applied to the bone portions. The external bone plate may be in compression while the intra-osseous support structure is in tension under load in situ.
US10653466B2	Bone plate The present invention is directed to a bone plate and its method of use for reducing a bone fracture, the bone plate having a longitudinal axis, the bone plate comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a first hole for engaging a head of a first bone anchor. The first hole is configured and adapted to fix a shaft of the first bone anchor along a first axis. A second hole is spaced apart from the first hole along the longitudinal axis. The second hole is for engaging a head of a second bone anchor, and is configured and adapted to fix a shaft of the second bone anchor along a second axis. The first hole and the second hole are configured such that the first axis and the second axis define a single plane and intersect at a point below the lower surface. The shafts of the first and second bone anchors may touch or nearly touch at the point of intersection, such that the first and second bone anchors form a truss.
US10653458B2	Methods for implanting a bone screw A method for implanting a bone screw in a vertebra may first involve inserting the bone screw and a bone screw delivery mechanism through a proximal end of a guide tube along a first trajectory. A proximal end of the bone screw is attached to a distal end of the bone screw delivery mechanism, and a distal end of the guide tube is positioned adjacent the vertebra. The method may next involve advancing the bone screw and the bone screw delivery mechanism through a bend in the guide tube to cause the bone screw to exit the distal end of the guide tube along a second trajectory and contact the vertebra. The method may further involve rotating the delivery mechanism to cause the bone screw to screw into the vertebra and detaching the bone screw delivery mechanism from the bone screw.
US10653455B2	Spinal implant system and methods of use A bone fastener comprises a first member defining an implant cavity. A part is connectable with the first member. A second member is configured to penetrate tissue and includes a mating surface engageable with the part. The part is engageable to selectively translate the implant cavity relative to the second member. Implants, spinal constructs, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US10653449B2	Cannula sealing A surgical access device comprises a seal assembly (51) having a plurality of part circular sealing members (55) each attached to a common ring (53) which is held within the device about its longitudinal axis. In use, the sealing members are located radially inwards of the ring in a stacked relationship. When not within the device, the sealing members are movable from a position radially outwards of the ring to a position radially inwards of the ring. A seal core comprises the seal assembly and a protective member which, in use, is located on the proximal side of the seal assembly. A method of assembling the surgical access device is also provided.
US10653438B2	Automated image-guided tissue resection and treatment A system to treat a patient comprises a user interface that allows a physician to view an image of tissue to be treated in order to develop a treatment plan to resect tissue with a predefined removal profile. The image may comprise a plurality of images, and the planned treatment is shown on the images. The treatment probe may comprise an anchor, and the image shown on the screen may have a reference image marker shown on the screen corresponding to the anchor. The planned tissue removal profile can be displayed and scaled to the image of the target tissue of an organ such as the prostate, and the physician can adjust the treatment profile based on the scaled images to provide a treatment profile in three dimensions. The images shown on the display may comprise segmented images of the patient with treatment plan overlaid on the images.
US10653434B1	Devices and methods for removing obstructive material from an intravascular site A system for removing embolic material from an intravascular site is disclosed. The system includes an elongate, flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a tubular side wall defining at least one lumen extending axially there through; an axial restraint carried by the side wall and exposed to the lumen; a rotatable core wire extendable through the lumen, the core wire having a distal end; a limit carried by the core wire, the limit having a bearing surface for rotatably engaging the restraint; and an agitator tip on the distal end of the core wire. The limit and the restraint are engageable to permit rotation of the core wire but limit distal advance of the tip relative to the tubular body.
US10653423B2	Catheters for emergency endovascular surgery and associated devices, systems, and methods Catheter systems configured for emergency blood-vessel occlusion and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. A catheter system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a catheter, a sheath, and an extracorporeal proximity sensor. The catheter includes an elongated body having a tip, a sealing portion, and a main shaft proximal to the sealing portion. The tip is configured to dilate a blood vessel ahead of the distal end portion of the sheath as the catheter and the sheath are advanced together through the blood vessel. The distal end portion of the sheath is configured to fit snugly around the sealing portion. The catheter further includes a balloon and a proximity-sensor target less than about 10 centimeters from the balloon. The proximity sensor is configured to receive a signal from the proximity-sensor target to aid in positioning the balloon without fluoroscopic guidance.
US10653420B2	Compliant compensation features for end effector of surgical stapling instrument An apparatus includes a body assembly, a shaft extending distally from the body assembly, an end effector attached to the shaft, and a cartridge. The end effector includes a jaw and an anvil pivotable relative to the jaw. The cartridge includes a deck, a plurality of staples, a compressible buttress, a peripheral member, and a pinching surface. The deck has an upper surface facing toward the anvil. The staples are located within openings formed through the deck. Each staple has a pair of legs extending above the upper surface of the deck. The buttress is located on the upper surface of the deck. Portions of the legs of the staples are disposed the buttress. The peripheral member extends above the upper surface of the deck, laterally adjacent to the buttress. The pinching surface is located at a height extending above a height of the legs of the plurality of staples.
US10653416B2	Powered surgical instrument A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion.
US10653414B2	Anvil assembly with sliding sleeve An anvil assembly is provided. The anvil assembly includes an anvil center rod, a head assembly pivotally secured to the anvil center rod assembly from an operative position to a tilted position, and a sleeve slidably disposed about the anvil center rod. The sleeve is associated with the head assembly such that movement of the head assembly from the operative position towards the tilted position effects proximal movement of the sleeve about the anvil center rod.
US10653413B2	Surgical instruments with an end effector that is highly articulatable relative to an elongate shaft assembly A surgical instrument that comprises an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is pivotally coupled to the elongate shaft assembly for selective pivotal travel about an articulation axis that extends transversely relative to the shaft axis. An articulation driver is supported for selective longitudinal travel relative to the elongate shaft assembly in a distal direction and a proximal direction. A central articulation link is movably coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft assembly. The central articulation link is operably coupled to the articulation driver and an end effector driver link. The end effector driver link is operably coupled to the surgical end effector for selective pivotal and axial travel relative thereto.
US10653408B2	Multiple spinal surgical pathways systems and methods A method facilitates the treatment of the spine of a patient by providing simultaneous access through at least a first opening and a second opening formed in the patient. For example, the method can include the acts of positioning the patient on a surgical table, providing the first opening into a posterior portion of the patient, providing the second opening into a lateral portion of the patient, inserting a first device through the first opening into the patient to contact the spine in a first direction that is transverse to the coronal plane of the patient, and inserting a second device through the second opening into the patient to contact the spine in a second direction that is transverse to the sagittal plane of the patient, where the first and second openings are accessible simultaneously, and, when the first and second devises are inserted into the patient, the position of the patient is stationary with respect to a portion of the table.
US10653404B2	Bidirectional cross-midline retractor/stabilizer for excessive and/or redundant tissue A die-cuttable retractor/stabilizer for repositioning and stabilizing excessive and/or redundant tissue comprises a top layer and a backing layer. An adhesive on the top layer is exposed when the backing layer is separated from the top layer to enable the top layer to be applied to a surface. The retractor/stabilizer comprises a body having a top edge, side edges and a bottom edge. A tab portion is associated with the removable panel, such that the backing layer remains with the tab portion and the tab portion can be used to remove at least a portion of the backing layer from the retractor/stabilizer body. The retractor/stabilizer additionally includes at least one protected grasping/holding area located at an edge or corner of said retractor/holding area as the backing layer is removed from the body to provide a protected holding area once the backing layer has been removed from the body.
US10653394B2	Measuring oxygenation changes in tissue as a marker for vascular function A method and system for processing imaging data of a tissue in an individual following a change in oxygenation or blood flow in tissue, for assessing tissue function. Test images are registered with a baseline image, providing registered images. The registered images may be compared to assess variations in the change in the tissue in response to changes in oxygenation or blood flow of the tissue shown in the images. The change in oxygenation or blood flow in the tissue may be quantified and plotted in a parametric plot or displayed in a parametric map to assess whether the change in oxygenation or blood flow, corresponding to a change in signal intensity, is abnormal following a stress event or under other conditions, to assess microvascular or macrovascular function.
US10653385B2	Tube alignment functionality for mobile radiography systems An X-ray imager has a navigation-aid subsystem including one or more transmitters (TX), one or more receivers (RX) and one or more reflectors (RFL). A radio signal is transmitted by transmitter (TX), is then reflected off reflector RFL and is then received at receiver (RX). The received signal is then resolved into positional correction information that can be used to guide a motion of the imager's tube (S) and or detector (D) to position and/or align the tube (S) and/or detector (D) relative to each other in a desired spatial configuration to ensure optimal imaging results. The imager may be a mobile imaging system with the detector (D) portable.
US10653383B2	Computed tomography device and method for determining an operating state of sliding contacts in a computed tomography device A computed tomography device includes a slipring for rotational transmission and a feed line. The slipring is arranged to be rotatable relative to the feed line. Two sliding contact elements are further included, forming sliding contacts between a slideway of the slipring and the feed line, the two sliding contacts being connected in parallel with one another and electrically conductively connected together via at least one portion of the slideway and via at least one portion of the feed line. Finally, the computed tomography device includes a measuring apparatus, configured to acquire a measured value dependent on a resultant inductance between the two sliding contact elements; and at least one processor, configured to determine an operating state of the two sliding contacts based upon the measured value.
US10653376B2	X-ray imaging system An x-ray imaging system includes an x-ray source, a beam-splitting grating having a plurality of structures arranged in a two-dimensional periodic array, a stage configured to hold an object to be imaged, and an x-ray detector having a two-dimensional array of x-ray detecting elements and positioned to detect x-rays diffracted by the beam-splitting grating and perturbed by the object to be imaged.
US10653374B1	Portable positron emission tomography scanner having a rotatable detector ring which can be rotated 90 degrees for imaging a patient in a vertical or horizontal configuration A portable positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes a rotatable scan detector ring which can be rotated 90 degrees for imaging a patient in a vertical or horizontal orientation. In the vertical orientation, a patient can be standing or seating such that the aperture of the scan detector ring is raised to allow the patient to be within the scanning region and lower to perform the image scanning on the patient. In the horizontal orientation, a patient must be lying down on a platform whereby the platform is moved within the aperture of the scan detector ring to perform the image scanning on the patient. In this horizontal orientation, the scan detector ring is also stowed and secured to be moved to other scanning locations.
US10653372B2	Radiation imaging system A radiation imaging system includes pixel array, scanning circuit to scan rows of the pixel array, and readout circuit to read signals from the pixel array. Each pixel includes converter to generate electric signal corresponding to radiation and transistor connected to the converter. The readout circuit reads signal from the converter via the transistor. The system performs image capturing modes and conditioning mode of conditioning a threshold voltage of the transistor. In the conditioning mode, the scanning circuit supplies, to a gate of the transistor, an OFF voltage different from OFF voltages in the image capturing modes. The scanning circuit scans the rows in units of at least one row in the image capturing modes, and scans the rows in units of at least two rows in the conditioning mode.
US10653371B2	Grated collimation system for computed tomography A collimator for a computed tomography imaging device can include first and second leaves positioned on opposing sides of a primary radiation delivery window. The first and second leaves can include first and second gratings having a plurality of attenuating members with a plurality of secondary radiation delivery windows extending between adjacent attenuating members.
US10653361B2	Breath sensory on a mobile communication device Various embodiments provide a mobile communication device, such as a mobile communication device, with functions including telecommunications capabilities, breath sensory functions and, in some instances, environmental air sensing functions. The breath sensory functions can be used to measure alcohol levels, as well as to detect properties that pertain to various health conditions and issues. The environmental air sensing functions can, in at least some embodiments, be provided along with the breath sensory functions.
US10653358B2	Method and system for monitoring intoxication A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.
US10653353B2	Monitoring a person for indications of a brain injury Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring a person for a traumatic brain injury. Aspects include monitoring a gait of the user with one or more accelerometers embedded in the uniform and analyzing, by a processor, one or more characteristics of the gait of the user. Aspects also include determining whether the one or more characteristics of the gait indicate that the user may have suffered the traumatic brain injury and creating an alert that the user of the helmet may have suffered the traumatic brain injury.
US10653352B2	Feedback device for improved balance control A feedback device for measuring pressure related information, and for providing that information in a way that is useful to the wearer of the device. At least one sensor detects pressure information and transmits at least one pressure information signal to a signal processing subsystem. The signal processing subsystem converts the received pressure information signal into at least one stimulation control signal. The signal processing subsystem then transmits the stimulation control signal to at least one stimulator, which provides stimulation to a wearer of the device reflecting the stimulation control signal received from the signal processing subsystem.
US10653349B2	Diagnostic apparatus A diagnostic patch apparatus has a sampling module that includes sampling means for sampling fluid from a patient's skin when the sampling module is placed against the patient's skin, and a sample chamber coupled in fluid communication with the sampling means. The apparatus also has an analysis module that includes a fluid conduit coupled in fluid communication with the sample chamber of the sampling module and a plurality of sensors coupled in fluid communication with the fluid conduit. The apparatus also may have a reader module that includes at least one optical sensor coupled in optical communication with the analysis module, a microcontroller coupled in electrical communication with the at least one sensor of the analysis module, and a wireless communication package coupled in electrical communication with the microcontroller.
US10653345B2	Blood processing apparatus comprising a holder device for a measurement device A blood processing apparatus includes a measurement device having at least one chamber element extending along a longitudinal axis and including a circumferential wall extending about the longitudinal axis, a bottom wall and a top wall together defining a flow chamber. The blood processing apparatus further includes a holder for the measurement device, the holder including a base having a reception opening for receiving the measurement device and a closure element movably arranged on the base for locking the measurement device in an inserted position in the reception opening. An ultrasonic sensor of the holder is arranged on the base. The ultrasonic sensor, in the inserted position of the measurement device, faces the bottom wall of the at least one chamber element, wherein the bottom wall extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US10653343B2	System and method for non-invasive glucose monitoring using near infrared spectroscopy A method for noninvasively measuring blood concentration of a substance, such as, for example, blood glucose levels, is described herein. The method may comprise measuring an initial absorption data using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR), and obtaining a second set of absorption data. The initial absorption data, along with the second set of absorption data, may then be adjusted by applying a convolution function and a Monte Carlo simulation to the raw data. In a step, an initial estimate of the level of the substance in the blood, such as, for example, initial blood glucose level, may be calculated based on the adjusted data and pulse oximetry information using a mixing model equation.
US10653338B2	Sensing device A sensing device including a sensor, a triggering mechanism is provided. The sensing device is attachable to a covering positioned in contact with a body such that the triggering mechanism extends between first and second segments of the body. Movement of at least one of the first and second segments activates the triggering mechanism to provide an input to the sensor, actuating the sensor to generate an output defining at least one measurement of the movement. The measurement may be one or more of rotation, translation, velocity, acceleration, and joint angle. An intermediate mechanism may be interposed between the triggering mechanism and the sensor. The sensing device may include a means to process or record measurements corresponding to movement. A system and method of measuring the movement is also provided.
US10653336B2	Subcutaneously implantable sensor devices and associated systems and methods Methods of using subcutaneously implantable sensor devices and associated systems having a communication module that is controlled based upon the detection of a predetermined chemical agent.
US10653335B2	Magnetic resonance imaging device and RF coil assembly with matching switch circuit and tuning switch circuit In a magnetic resonance imaging device provided with a deformable RF coil permanently mounted on a patient table, the RF coil can constantly maintain a matching state and a tuned state in a state of being flat on a top plate and in a state of being wound around a test object. Coil-side connectors 306-2 and 306-3 provided in a deformable RF coil 300 form a detector in cooperation with any one of fixture-side connectors 506-1 to 506-6, in which the detector detects a fitted state therebetween. A tuning circuit and a matching circuit of coil elements of the RF coil 300 are switched by an output of the detector to change tuning and matching parameters, and to maintain a matching state and a tuned state with respect to a state change indicating that the RF coil 300 is in a wound state.
US10653330B2	System and methods for processing neural signals Systems and methods for processing neural signals are provided. A neural data analysis system may comprise a feature extraction module configured to extract a plurality of features from neural signal waveforms obtained by an implanted neural interface probe with a plurality of channels or electrodes, and transmit the extracted features as a plurality of discrete outputs. The neural data analysis system may also comprise a feature-event coalescence module configured to receive the plurality of discrete outputs from the feature extraction module, and construct a model-based inference of bioelectric activity based on feature event statistics, prior knowledge of bioelectric signals, and/or a behavioral model of the feature extraction module. The neural data analysis system may further comprise an approximator module configured to receive a plurality of coalesced events from the feature-event coalescence module, and apply a series of transformations to the coalesced event data to generate a higher entropy neural code.
US10653319B2	System, apparatus and method for utilizing optical dispersion for fourier-domain optical coherence tomography An apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement which can be configured to provide a laser radiation, and can include an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical first arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation. Such cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The optical cavity can further include a dispersive optical third arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. For example, actions by the first, second and third arrangements can cause a spectral filtering of the fourth electro-magnetic radiation(s) relative to the first electro-magnetic radiation(s). The laser radiation can be associated with the fourth radiation(s), and a wavelength of the laser radiation can be controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions by the first, second and third arrangements.
US10653316B2	Roll-to-roll manufacturing method of wireless nanosensor A roll-to-roll printing process for large scale manufacturing of nanosensor systems for sensing pathophysiological signals is disclosed. The roll-to-roll manufacturing process may include three processes to improve the throughput and to reduce the cost in manufacturing: fabrication of textile based nanosensors, printing conductive tracks, and integration of electronics. The wireless nanosensor systems can be used in different monitoring applications. The fabric sheet printed and integrated with the customized components can be used in a variety of different applications. The electronics in the nanosensor systems connect to remote severs through adhoc networks or cloud networks with standard communication protocols or non-standard customized protocols for remote health monitoring.
US10653310B2	Imaging apparatus, control method for an imaging apparatus, and program An imaging apparatus including: a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit, subjecting a measuring beam, which is obtained by splitting a light source beam, to a back-and-forth scan in a predetermined area on a fundus in a first direction and a second direction, respectively; a scanning control unit controlling the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit so as to simultaneously execute scans; a depth information acquisition unit obtaining information on the fundus in a depth direction based on interference beam between return beam from the fundus and a reference beam; an image generation unit generating a tomographic image in the predetermined area through use of output from the depth information acquisition unit and a control signal supplied by the scanning control unit; and a display unit displaying the generated image.
US10653309B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus, and ophthalmologic imaging method Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire tomographic information of an eye to be examined using information on interference light between return light from the eye to be examined, which is irradiated with measurement light, and reference light; and a vitreous structure detection unit configured to detect a vitreous structure of the eye to be examined using tomographic information of the eye to be examined that is acquired after at least one of the difference in optical path length between the measurement light and the reference light and the in-focus position is controlled, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire tomographic information of the vitreous structure.
US10653306B2	Electronic circuit unit, imaging unit, and endoscope An electronic circuit unit includes: a cable having a core of stranded thin wires, the core being covered with an outer surface, the outer surface at one end of the cable being removed to expose the core; a metallic tube that is tubular, the exposed core being inserted into an opening portion of the metallic tube; and a substrate including a connection land for connecting the core. The exposed core is connected to the connection land via the metallic tube by diffusion joining or ultrasound joining, the core has a diameter of 0.02 to 0.50 mm, the metallic tube has a thickness of 10 to 50 μm, and the metallic tube has an inner diameter that is larger than the diameter of the core by equal to or more than 1.1-fold and equal to or less than by 1.5-fold.
US10653299B2	System and method for treatment of gastroesophageal varices The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to delivery systems and methods for coagulating sites of bleeding within mucosal tissues, and in particular, for eradicating esophageal varices.
US10653296B2	Insertion device An insertion device includes a thin and elongated insertion section, a rotating body which is rotated to advance or retreat the insertion section, a driving force supply source which supplies a driving force to the rotating body, a variable stiffness section provided for the insertion section and permitting stiffness of the insertion section to be varied, a stiffness detector which detects the stiffness of the insertion section varied by the variable stiffness section, and a controller which controls the driving force supply source in accordance with the stiffness of the insertion section detected by the stiffness detector.
US10653294B2	Rotating door mat assembly In described embodiments, a door mat assembly includes a base frame having a top surface. A first mat insert is removably attached to the base frame. The first mat insert has a first inner surface and a first outer surface. A second mat insert is removably attached to the base frame and hingedly connected to the first mat insert. The second mat insert has a second inner surface and a second outer surface. A first frame pivot assembly is rotatably inserted in the base frame and is adapted to allow the first mat insert and the second mat insert to rotate about the first frame pivot assembly.
US10653293B1	Drying and draining multi-leveled shoe rack system A drying and draining multi-leveled shoe rack system including a modular storage rack having a base including a base-tray, and a base-rack, a plurality of tiers each having a rack, a drainage collection tray, and a pipe system in connection with the plurality of drainage collection trays. The base includes the base-tray and the base-rack, the base-tray is configured to collect water and debris filtered through the base-rack and from the plurality of tiers via the pipe system. The plurality of tiers each has a respective the drainage collection tray being substantially horizontal and positioned below the rack. The modular storage rack provides the drying and draining multi-leveled shoe rack system for collecting and removing the water and the debris from footwear placed thereon. The water and the debris is collected in the drainage collection tray and directed towards the base-tray via the pipe system.
US10653290B2	Pump and dishwasher including the same A pump (8) is disclosed. The pump (8) includes a partition wall (84) configured to divide the interior of a body into two spaces, a first chamber (C1) located under the partition wall (84), the first chamber (C1) having an introduction portion (841), through which water is introduced, a second chamber (C2) located above the partition wall (84), the second chamber (C2) having a discharge portion (849), through which water is discharged, a communication hole (86) formed through the partition wall (84) to allow the first chamber (C1) and the second chamber (C2) to communicate with each other therethrough, an impeller (85) provided in the second chamber (C2) to move water to the discharge portion (849), a housing configured to define the bottom surface of the first chamber (C1), the housing being made of a conductor, a heater (H) configured to heat the housing (81), and a steam discharge (843) port formed through the first chamber (C1) to allow steam to be discharged therethrough.
US10653288B2	Tool for cleaning floors, walls and individual items A versatile flexible cleaning apparatus including a removable and reusable pad and a core having a central spine. The pad has an opening for insertion or removal of the core. A spacer provides support for the central spine. A connector is a two-part device attachable to a tool, such as the flexible cleaning apparatus, for the addition of a selected handle. A swivel having a locking feature is also attached to the connector. The connector allows for the tool to be quickly and easily converted from a handheld dusting apparatus to a floor mop.
US10653286B2	Cleaning article with preferential coating A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has a coating of soy oil, to improve debris capture and retention. The soy oil is substantially un-hydrogenated, which further improves processability, without sacrificing debris capture and retention over commonly used and more highly hydrogenated soy oil.
US10653284B2	Cleaning implement with mist generating system A mist generating system for a cleaning implement is adapted to generate a finely atomized liquid mist for suppressing dust, allergens, and other airborne particulates. The mist generating system can be adapted to fit many cleaning implements such as vacuum cleaners, wet extraction cleaners, floor mops, and dusters to suppress airborne dust and particulates generated during operation and the cleaning process.
US10653279B2	Massaging and scrubbing device A massaging and scrubbing device for massaging and cleansing a user includes a housing that defines an internal space. A plurality of brushes is rotationally coupled to a front of the housing. A handle is coupled to and extends from the housing. The handle is hollow. A rotator is coupled to the housing and is positioned in the internal space. The rotator is selectively operationally couplable to the plurality of brushes. The rotator is positioned to rotate the brushes to massage the user. At least one orifice is positioned through the front of the housing. A dispenser is coupled to and positioned in the handle. The dispenser is fluidically coupled to the at least one orifice. The dispenser is configured to selectively compel liquid soap through the at least one orifice to lather the user.
US10653270B2	Cooking device and components thereof Disclosed herein is a cooking system including a housing defining a hollow chamber. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container is receivable within said hollow chamber. A lid, movable relative to said housing, contacts the upper portion of the housing in a closed position to close the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a conductive cooking mode and a convective cooking mode. In the conductive cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a conductive cooker and in said convective cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker. The cooking system is operable in the conductive cooking mode and then is operable in said convective cooking mode without removing said food container from said hollow chamber.
US10653266B1	Coffee grounds stirring device A coffee grounds stirring device comprising a stirring basket and a stirring assembly is disclosed. The stirring basket comprises a basket rim, a side wall, and a basket floor, and is releasably coupled to the stirring assembly. The stirring assembly is contained within the stirring basket and comprises a motor, at least one blade, a control circuit, and a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect a liquid inside the coffee grounds stirring device. The at least one blade is operatively coupled to the motor such that the control circuit drives the at least one blade with the motor to rotate above the basket floor in response to the sensor detecting liquid inside the coffee grounds stirring device. The coffee grounds stirring device may be sized to be entirely contained within a coffee basket from a 12-cup-capacity coffee maker. The at least one blade may be driven to rotate intermittently.
US10653265B2	Manually operated coffee machine An improved manually operated coffee machine. The improved manually operated coffee machine includes a cup body, a water-pressing base body, and a coffee brewing base body that are detachably connected together, and a water storage cavity in communication with the cup body is disposed in the water-pressing base body. Technical essentials are: The water-pressing base body includes an inner housing and an outer housing sleeved over the inner housing, the water-pressing base body is provided with a lock sleeve that inserts from the outer housing into the inner housing and locks the outer housing and the inner housing, and a hand-pressing power rod that extends into the water storage cavity is disposed in the lock sleeve. The present invention is simple in structure, and may be equipped with multiple outer housing accessories for customers to select and use.
US10653264B2	Method and device for controlling heating temperature of electric rice cooker, and electric rice cooker A method and a device for controlling a heating temperature of an electric rice cooker and the electric rice cooker. The control method comprises: when determining that the electric rice cooker is in a boiling state, according to a temperature of a bottom temperature sensing bulb and a temperature of a top temperature sensing bulb, judging whether a bottom temperature of the electric rice cooker rises too fast (S110), when determining that the bottom temperature rises too fast, controlling a heating plate to temporally stop heating the bottom of the electric rice cooker (S120); and after the temperature of the bottom temperature sensing bulb falls to a first preset temperature, controlling the heating plate to reheat the bottom at a heating power in the boiling stage (S130).
US10653262B1	Parcel securing assembly A parcel securing assembly includes a box that is positionable on a horizontal support surface proximate an entrance to a building. The box has a delivery opening therein for receiving a delivered parcel. A door is hingedly coupled to the box and the door is aligned with the delivery opening for opening and closing the delivery opening. A locking unit is coupled to the box, and the locking unit is operationally coupled to the door. The locking unit is urgeable into a locked condition when the door is opened such that the locking unit locks the door when the door is subsequently closed. In this way the locking unit secures the delivered parcel in the box until an authorized user unlocks the locking unit.
US10653257B2	Wine bottle and glass carrier A wine bottle and glass carrier has an arch-shaped handle and a housing attached to the arch-shaped handle, the housing having an outside surface, the outside surface comprising a plurality of concave cavities with a centralized protrusion, the protrusion configured for retaining a mouth of a glass and the concave cavity configured for retaining the body of a glass.
US10653255B1	Container cap with integrated straw A container cap with integrated straw includes a cap body which carries a drinking straw and is attachable to a beverage container. The container cap engages a neck of the beverage container in a watertight seal to prevent spillage of the beverage from the beverage container during use. A cap retainer can embrace the container cap for enhancing the watertight fitting of the container cap against the neck of the beverage container. The drinking straw can include a distal closed end that opens in the event of user aspiration on the straw. The distal closed end can be provided on the straw or on a disconnectable straw extension.
US10653251B1	Child carrier having selectively adjustable side panels for inward facing and outward facing child carrying positions A baby carrier is described, which beneficially includes multiple positions for carrying a baby, including inwardly and outwardly facing positions. The baby carrier includes a main panel having cut-outs on both sides of the main panel, and two selectively adjustable side panels. The side panels may be connected in an inward-facing position where they cover the cut-outs, or an outward-facing position where they fold down and expose the cut-outs such that a baby's legs may pass through. In some examples, padding or foam is selectively placed within the selectively adjustable side panels and/or the main panel to support the baby in a spread-squat position in the outward-facing position.
US10653248B2	Upholstered furniture with integrated back rest portion webbing support A upholstered sofa covered by a form fitting upholstery sack where the upholstery sack incorporates a supportive material panel that has integrated support webbing into the material panel. The support webbing comprising a plurality of webbing straps. With the upholstery sack properly positioned on the back rest portion, the supportive material panel is positioned on the front of the back rest portion frame. The material panel with webbing is incorporated as a component of the upholstery sack where the upholstery sack is pre-formed to snugly fit over the back rest portion of a furniture frame. The back rest portion or the frame is inserted into the sack and the material panel with integrated webbing is attached to the frame. Once the material panel is positioned and fastened, the remaining components, for example, the back panels and side panels, of the upholstery sack are attached to the frame at the back rest portion. Due to the construction of the material panel with webbing, installation time is decreased when compared to the time required for conventional webbing and upholstery installations.
US10653246B2	Dual-use footrest A dual-use footrest is disclosed. The dual-use footrest comprises a bottom frame and a flip frame. The bottom frame includes a shaft part disposed at a side of the two side plates, and a support disposed a side of the shaft part, and the flip frame includes a shaft coupling part disposed at a side of the two side frames and pivotally connected to the shaft part, and a pedal part disposed on a side of the shaft coupling part. When the back surface of the flip frame is abutted on the bottom frame, the user with the sitting posture can step on the pedal part; and, when the flip frame is outwardly flipped about the shaft coupling part and the shaft part, to abut on the support of the bottom frame by the top surface thereof, the user with the standing posture can step on the footrest.
US10653239B2	Suspension system The present disclosure relates to a suspension system (1) comprising first and second support elements (3), configured to be vertically arranged, and first and second brackets (5), which are attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion. The system further includes a frame (7, 27), with side portions (27) that are attached to a respective one of the brackets by means of fastening arrangements, such that the frame with a container attached thereto becomes slidable as a drawer. Each fastening arrangement has a mid-section attachment device including a centre cut-out (19) in the mid third of the bracket, an attachment tongue (23) on the side portion (27), which is configured to be inserted into the centre cut-out to clasp its edge, and a bulb (25) which snaps into the cut-out, and a front attachment device with a front cut-out (17) in the bracket, a front attachment tongue (31) on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the front cut-out to clasp its edge, and a support tongue (33) which abuts the lower art of the bracket, such that a nose portion (37) of the bracket is wedged in between the front attachment tongue and the support tongue.
US10653236B2	Methods and systems for calibrating an oral cleaning device A method (500) for calibrating a pressure sensor (28) of an oral cleaning device (10). The method comprises the steps of: providing an oral cleaning device comprising a body portion (12), an elongated member (14, 720) extending from the body portion and comprising a head (16, 770), a pressure sensor (28) configured to obtain a measurement of a force applied to the head by the user during a cleaning session, and a processor (32) configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, the measurement of force applied to the head; obtaining a non-zero load calibration parameter; and calibrating, by the processor using the non-zero load calibration parameter, the measurement of force received from the pressure sensor.
US10653235B2	Toothpaste droplets A droplet for delivering toothpaste to a user can be provided. The droplet can include a dissolvable outer membrane defining a volume with toothpaste inside the volume. The outer membrane can be formed from dissolvable film strip technology and include a tail or corner portion, which is configured to be embedded into the bristles of a toothbrush. In one aspect of this embodiment, the outer membrane of the droplet can form a pillow-like shape. The droplet further can include one or more extensions coupled to the outer surface of the outer membrane, where the one or more extensions can have a triangular shape, a barb shape or the like. In one aspect of this embodiment, the droplet further can include a logo, a cartoon character, a word or the like printed on the outer membrane. The plurality of extensions can form irregularities on the outer surface of the body section of the outer membrane.
US10653232B1	Hand sanitizer holster The hand sanitizer holster is a garment. The hand sanitizer holster comprises a belt, a fastening structure, and a plurality of primary holsters. The fastening structure secures the belt to a healthcare worker. The plurality of primary holsters attach to the belt. Each of the plurality of primary holsters contains a chemical container filled with a sanitizer. The sanitizer is an anti-microbial chemical used for cleaning the hands of the healthcare worker. Each holster contained within the plurality of primary holsters is configured such that the sanitizer dispenses from the chemical container without removing the chemical container from the holster. In a second potential embodiment of the disclosure, the hand sanitizer holster further comprises a shoulder harness. The shoulder harness further comprises one or more straps and one or more secondary holsters.
US10653231B2	Retention accessory A retention device includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and defined by a perimeter wall. The second surface is configured to be coupled to an article of clothing. A first retention element is releasably coupled to the body and is configured to be coupled to a weapon system to maintain the weapon system in a fixed position with respect to the body.
US10653230B1	Convertible backpack A portable container includes a first storage component and a second storage component with each of the first and second storage components having a body with a plurality of sides for defining a periphery. The first and second storage components are connected to each other along one of their sides such that they are pivotally rotatable with respect to one another. A first elongated connector extends along at least a portion of the remaining sides of the first storage component. A second elongated connector extends along at least a portion of the remaining sides of the second storage component and is configured to be selectively matingly engaged with the first elongated connector. At least one of the first and second storage components includes an adjustable storage space.
US10653228B2	Method for manufacturing cosmetic product capsules, specifically lipsticks, and relating manufacturing machine Method and machine (10) for producing capsules of cosmetic products, preferably lipsticks. The method includes a step of introducing (2000) a base volume of a cosmetic product into a melting and preparing the machine to melt and prepare cosmetic products, and a subsequent step of injecting (2020) a predetermined and melted portion of the base volume of cosmetic product by injecting elements (160) of the machine (10) into a containment capsule (200) of the predetermined portion of the base volume of cosmetic product; the containment capsule and the predetermined portion of cosmetic product making up a semifinished product of the cosmetic product designed to be subjected to subsequent steps of working and morphological processing before its final use by an user.
US10653219B2	Tectonic origami device A tectonic origami device (100) is disclosed, which includes a flexible supporting substrate (102); and a plurality of substantially rigid planar members (104) arranged on the supporting substrate, the planar members configured in a non-overlapping cooperative arrangement to permit assembly of the device to form an enclosure. The device is configured to be transformable between a collapsed form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively in a planar arrangement and an assembled form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively assembled as the enclosure.
US10653218B1	Umbrella with projector lighting device An illumination providing umbrella with two water sealing cable pulleys and an LED projector. The umbrella having a canopy, upper and lower ribs, foldable rib joints respectively attached to the upper ribs, an umbrella pole, and a cable pulley with a counter wright. An upper hub attached to the top of the umbrella pole for housing the two rotatable pulleys and for preventing rainwater from entering the umbrella pole. The LED projector having an interchangeable image which can be magnified on a surface below and being attached to the umbrella pole.
US10653207B1	Pliant layer peelably adhered to an outsole of a shoe A shoe including a pliable layer conformably peelably adhered in generally matched engagement with the outsole periphery of the ground engageable surface of the outsole of the shoe.
US10653200B1	Head and neck restraint for automobile occupants A protective device and method of use includes a collar portion for positioning behind the neck of a wear and a right leg and a left leg connected to the collar portion that extend over the chest of a wearer. The collar portion and legs may be constructed of a single piece. An upwardly extending portion extends upwardly behind the head of a wearer and is movably affixed to the collar portion. A shock absorber has a first end attached to the collar portion and a second end attached to the upwardly extending portion to resist forward motion of the upwardly extending portion. A connector, such as a strap, communicates the upwardly extending portion to a helmet. Therefore, deceleration of the upwardly extending portion and a connected helmet is affected by the shock absorber, thereby mitigating the effects of a sudden deceleration as is often experienced during an auto accident.
US10653199B2	Data collecting head guard systems and methods thereof A head guard is provided. The head guard includes one or more sensors as part of an sensory input and communications system. The head guard wirelessly communicates data to remote computing devices for intelligent data collection.
US10653194B1	Half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot The half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot is configured for use with a controlled motion boot. The controlled motion boot is further defined with an upper, a sole, a vamp a quarter, and a toe guard. The toe guard is a perimeter structure that: 1) protects the interior of the vamp section of the half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot from impact injuries; and, 2) follows the perimeter of the sole. The half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot comprises a sleeve, an impact cushion, and a plurality of hook and loop fasteners. The sleeve is a covering placed over the toe guard. The impact cushion is a pad that attaches to the superior side of the sleeve. The plurality of hook and loop fasteners: 1) attach the sleeve to the toe guard; and, 2) attach the impact cushion to the sleeve.
US10653193B2	Impact force dampening and defusing structure An impact force dampening and defusing structure includes a plurality of components arranged in a grid array. A component has a three-dimensional geometric shape that includes an impact receiving surface area and an impact defusing surface area. The impact defusing surface area is larger than, and a distance “d” from, the impact receiving surface area. The component includes a material composition and, when an impact force strikes the impact receiving surface area of the component and the impact force dampening and defusing structure is in position to protect a body part, the component contributes to reducing pressure on the body part based on the material composition, the distance “d”, the impact receiving surface area, and the impact defusing surface area.
US10653192B2	Article of self-light emitting clothing An article of self-light-emitting clothing includes an article of clothing, a driver device and a group of electric coupling switches. The article of clothing includes a light-emitting component, and first and second arrangement areas, and when the article of clothing is folded, the first and second arrangement areas can contact each other; otherwise, the first and second arrangement areas are separated. The driver device includes a battery and a switch circuit. The group of electric coupling switches includes first and second couplers disposed on the first and second arrangement area, respectively. When the first coupler and the second coupler are electrically coupled to each other, the switch circuit is in open-circuit status to disconnect the battery and the light-emitting component. When the first coupler is not electrically coupled to the second coupler, the switch circuit is conducted to enable the battery to supply power to the light-emitting component.
US10653191B2	Garment, particularly a protective vest, and zipper arrangement A garment, preferably a protective vest, which is adjustable in its size is provided. According to one approach, at least one outer zipper having two rows of teeth is provided, wherein the garment has a first size in a closed state of the outer zipper and a second size in an opened state of the outer zipper, wherein the first size is smaller than the second size, and wherein, in the opened state of the outer zipper, the rows of teeth are held together at a distance by material covered by the outer zipper in the closed state of the outer zipper. Other embodiments include a zipper arrangement.
US10653187B1	Electronic vaporizer with automated thermal profile control Vaporization devices, systems, and methods with automated thermal profile control are disclosed. Thermal profile information for a particular vaporizable material is encoded to control the operation of the vaporizer. The thermal profile is defined by a plurality of set points specified by power/temperature setting for a specified time. The thermal profile may be configured to be applied during a single or multiple inhalations. A thermal profile recipe code containing thermal profile information associated with the vaporizer cartridge and/or vaporizable material contained therein may be used to control the thermal profile. The thermal profile information may be automatically read by or communicated to the vaporizer and used thereby to automatically control the vaporizer heating element to implement the desired thermal profile associated with the vaporization material. User controls/inputs and sensors are provided to facilitate adjustment or adaptation of a thermal profile, including to particular use conditions.
US10653186B2	Vaporizer, charger and methods of use Vaporizer and/or electronic cigarette chargers useful for the recharging of rechargeable vaporizer or electronic cigarette power supplies such as batteries, compatible vaporizers and/or electronic cigarettes, their components, charging contacts, methods of their use and kits containing such chargers are disclosed.
US10653183B2	Power source for an aerosol delivery device An aerosol delivery device is provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises at least one housing that defines a reservoir configured to retain aerosol precursor composition, and contains a heating element and power source within the at least one housing. The heating element is controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The power source is configured to power to heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The power source comprises a supercapacitor having a corrugated graphene-based structure.
US10653181B2	E-vapor devices including pre-sealed cartridges An e-vapor device may include a cartridge configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein. The e-vapor device may additionally include a dispensing body including a ratchet assembly and configured to receive a vaporizer to interact with the ratchet assembly. The vaporizer is configured to access the pre-vapor formulation in the cartridge via a coupling action and to heat the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. The ratchet assembly is configured to undergo a mechanical incrementation with each coupling action to facilitate a simultaneous removal of the cartridge with the vaporizer coupled thereto after a designated number of coupling actions. Accordingly, the overuse of the vaporizer and the adverse sensory effects associated therewith can be reduced or prevented.
US10653179B2	Cartridge and non-burning type flavor inhaler This cartridge is provided with a flavor source housing which houses a flavor source, and a mesh body which is arranged on at least one end of the flavor source housing. The mesh body has multiple openings. Each of the openings has a polygonal shape with interior angles of less than or equal to 180°. As lengths that pass through the center of gravity of each opening, each opening has a minimum length that is shortest and a maximum length that is longest. The minimum length is less than the smallest size of the raw material pieces, and the maximum length is greater than the minimum length.
US10653177B2	Cartomizer structure for automated assembly A cartomizer assembly of an electronic cigarette which is formed from automated assembly compatible parts comprises a container assembly including a container and a heater coil surrounding a wick in an airflow space of the container. The entire coil of the heater coil is inside the container and the heater coil is configured to heat liquid on the wick to generate an aerosol mist during a vaporization process. A liquid storage space is in liquid communication with the wick and is operable to supply liquid to the wick. The heater, the wick, and the container are shaped such that the heater and wick can be dropped into the container during automated assembly thereof and be directed to and located at a desired location in the container.
US10653176B2	Apparatus for manufacturing of multi-element rods of tobacco industry An apparatus for manufacturing of multi-element rods of the tobacco industry comprising a feeding apparatus, a transferring apparatus, and a forming apparatus, comprising a first rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the first rotational element, a second rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the second rotational element, a third rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the third rotational element, used to convey rod-like elements. The rotational elements having notches between the lugs adapted to receive and convey the rod-like elements, whereas the rotational elements are arranged and adapted to guide the rod-like elements successively through the rotational elements. The apparatus comprises the forming apparatus designed to form a continuous multi-element rod, and a cutting apparatus. The apparatus according to the invention is characterised in that the third lugs have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first lugs.
US10653175B2	Flavored packaging insert for smokeless tobacco A package of smokeless tobacco includes a flavor patch located in the package to provide flavor to smokeless tobacco. Also disclosed is a method of packaging smokeless tobacco by combining a package with a flavor patch disposed inside the package, the flavor patch comprising a flavor and an adsorbent, so that the flavor patch resides in an interior of the package; and adding smokeless tobacco to the package with the flavor patch.
US10653172B2	Natural stilbenes as sweeteners or sweetener enhancer Suggested are compositions comprising natural stilbenes as a sweetener or sweetener enhancer in preparations and compositions, especially oral edible compositions comprising them.
US10653170B1	Systems and methods for inhibiting spoilage of stored crops Systems and methods for treating large quantities of potatoes, other tubers, vegetables, produce, and/or other crops are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a crop storage facility configured in accordance with the present technology includes a treatment system configured to distribute a treatment agent configured to inhibit spoilage of the crops. The treatment system can include a combination of two or more chemical compositions configured to release different concentrations of the treatment agent to produce a desired level of the treatment agent in the storage facility.
US10653168B2	Oral rehydration solution with improved taste Oral rehydration solutions (ORSs), methods of preparing ORSs and methods of delivering rehydration therapy are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an ORS includes a non-starch viscosity enhancing polymer and a sodium salt. The ORS may include at least approximately 50 millimoles of dissolved sodium per liter. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10653167B2	Gel based livestock feed, method of manufacture and use A method of making a gel-type livestock feed includes initially forming a feed mixture by mixing feed nutrient components, water, alginate, and a calcium component insoluble in water or a sequestrate to inhibit the calcium component from reacting with the alginate. Once the feed mixture is formed, the calcium component is solubilized or the sequestrates affecting the reactivity between the alginate and the calcium component is removed such that a gel feed is formed that includes a gel matrix containing the feed nutrient components. The gel feed may then be fed to the livestock. In another aspect of the present invention, piglets are weaned by feeding the gel feed for at least seven days directly after weaning. The gel feed may also include protein derived from blood with or without egg protein.
US10653166B2	Non-grain ecological feed as well as preparation method and feeding method thereof A complicated enzyme system and microorganisms are used for acting on straws and food industrial residues to convert the straws and the food industrial residues into glucose and part of oligosaccharide, amino acids, small peptides, inositol and nucleic acids and to supply mineral substances, trace elements and nutritional substances such as vitamins in the straws and the food industrial residues to monogastric animals for use. Through adding of Chinese herbal medicines, the digestion function of a monogastric animal may be enhanced, and the immune function of the monogastric animal may be enhanced, thereby reducing occurrence of diseases. In addition, the complicated enzyme system supplements exogenous enzymes in a digestive tract of the monogastric animal to reduce protein and phytic acid residues in excrements, reduce odor and improve the environment of a hog house, thereby obviously reducing drug and treatment costs.
US10653162B2	Oil-in-water structured emulsion composition for use as a fat substitute A product in the form of an oil in water emulsion is provided. The emulsion includes an oil phase which is an admixture of about 30-60% oil by weight, 0.01-15% wax by weight and a surfactant component, a combination of non-ionic and ionic surfactant in a ratio of at least about 10:1 to 30:1; and an aqueous phase comprising about 30-50% by weight of the emulsion. The product is useful as a fat substitute.
US10653158B2	Transporting station and method for transporting fish in a transporting direction, which is transverse to their longitudinal extent, and fish-processing machine having such a transporting station The invention relates to a transporting station (10), designed and configured for transporting fish transverse to their longitudinal extent in a transport direction T, comprising a conveying device (11) for transporting individual, separated fish in a lying position along a transport path TL from an entry region E of the conveying device (11) to an exit region A of the conveying device (11), wherein the conveying device (11) comprises a rotationally driven transport element (12) which is characterised in that the conveying device (11) is assigned a change-over device (13) which is designed and configured and is in operative connection with the conveying device (11), in such a manner that the fish can be transferred automatically from the lying position on the transport path TL of the conveying device (11) into a suspended position on a transport path TH of the change-over device (13). The invention is also concerned with a fish processing machine (47) having such a transporting station (10), and with a corresponding method.
US10653156B2	Shackle for suspending viscera packs of slaughtered poultry in a processing line A shackle for suspending viscera packs of slaughtered poultry in a processing line comprises a frame; a coupling, connected to the frame, at a first end of the frame; a clamping part, connected to the frame, at a second end of the frame, opposite to the first end of the frame. The clamping part comprises a first clamping element and a second clamping element, wherein the second clamping element is rotatable regarding the first clamping element, between an open position and a closed position. An actuator, such as a rod, is arranged to move, the second clamping element regarding the first actuator. The actuator is moveable between an open position and a closed position. A spring has one end arranged on the first clamping element, and another end arranged on the second clamping element.
US10653150B2	Shelf life and color profile of resin compositions with silver nanoparticles Methods of forming antimicrobial resin compositions comprising silver nanoparticles are disclosed, wherein the resin compositions that are generated exhibit lower initial color, reduced color shift upon storage and reduced levels of spontaneous polymerization. Such methods generally comprise: combining a silver-containing material with a self-cure and dual-cure base resin in situ wherein the base resin does not contain a catalytic amine; and adding a catalytic resin to the mixture of the resin and silver-containing material in order to form the final cured resin. Antimicrobial polymeric materials formed by said methods are also disclosed.
US10653147B2	Agrochemical composition and dispersal method therefor Provided are an agrochemical composition containing pyribencarb which has good blendability with an agrochemical composition containing etofenprox, and a method for spraying the composition. The agrochemical composition which contains pyribencarb (A) and a surfactant (B), characterized in that as the surfactant (B), a lignin sulfonic acid salt having purity of 85% by mass or more, wherein the content of reducing sugars is less than 5% by mass and the content of sugar sulfonic acids is less than 6% by mass (B1), and a monoalkylarylsulfonic acid salt formalin condensate and/or a polycarboxylic acid salt having mass average molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000 (B2) are exclusively included; and the method for spraying the composition.
US10653146B2	Microbiocidal oxadiazole derivatives Compounds of Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined claim 1, useful as pesticides, especially as fungicides.
US10653143B2	Herbicidal compounds The invention relates to substituted di-hydro-hydantoin derivatives of the formula (I) wherein X, A, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control or inhibit plant growth.
US10653139B2	Device for stored products protection and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to a method for protecting stored agricultural dry products during storage, consisting of a controlled release system of essential oils and a shell for allowing oil diffusion in vapour phase towards the outer atmosphere without direct contact of the support material with stored products. This system is characterized by being suitable for use within containers for protecting stored dried agricultural plant products for a long period of time, in particular more than 4 weeks, more preferably more than 8 or 12 weeks.
US10653137B2	Arthropod pest control composition and method A composition to affect an arthropod is described that may include a fatty alcohol, a surface active agent, and a carrier. The composition may include substantially no oil and interrupts production of adipokinetic hormones (AKH) in the arthropod. The composition is introducible to the arthropod via contact or via a liquid application such as a spray. A method of using the composition is described that may include introducing the composition to an environment, causing the arthropod be introduced to the composition, and affecting production of peptides in the arthropod via the composition that affect energy regulation of the arthropod.
US10653133B2	Antimicrobial solid and methods of making and using same A solid material adapted to kill bacteria in planktonic, spore and biofilm states is lethal toward a wide spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as other microbes. The solid material includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants entrained in a crosslinked polymeric network.
US10653130B2	Compositions and methods for improving seed quality Compositions and methods are disclosed for improving seed quality. For example, treating a stand of seed crops with a seed crop treatment that includes an effective amount of cyanate, thiocyanate, an acceptable salt of cyanate or thiocyanate, an ester of cyanate or thiocyanate, an isocyanate or isothiocyanate, or a combination thereof results in one or more improved seed qualities compared to a control. The improved seed qualities may include, but are not limited to, enhanced seed vigor, increased quantity of saleable seed, increased proportion of saleable seed, increased uniformity of seed shape and size, and desirable bag weight.
US10653128B2	Spray system for a self-propelled agricultural machine having adjustable tread width and rear wheel nozzles A self-propelled agricultural sprayer can be configured with a spray boom, adjustable width wheels and rear wheel spray nozzles arranged over rear wheels of the adjustable width wheels, so that the rear wheel nozzles ensure proper coverage of an agricultural field behind the rear wheels according to location. A control system can determine front wheel nozzles disposed on the spray boom that are counterpart spray nozzles to the rear wheel nozzles based on a width of the wheels, and implement activation/deactivation states of the rear wheel nozzles based on the counterpart front spray nozzles. The activation/deactivation states of the spray nozzles can be determined by geographic location of the machine using a UPS location. The rear wheel nozzles can be arranged with respect to fenders of the rear wheels, so that the rear wheel nozzles move laterally with the rear wheels.
US10653127B2	Insect sensing systems and methods One example insect sensing system includes a light emitter configured to emit light; a structured light generator positioned to receive the emitted light and configured to generate structured light from the emitted light; a plurality of light sensors arranged in a line, each of the light sensors oriented to receive at least a portion of the structured light and output a sensor signal indicating an amount of light received by the respective light sensor; a processing device configured to: obtain the sensor signals from each of the light sensors, and determine a presence of an insect based a received sensor signal from at least one light sensor, the sensor signal indicating a reduced amount of received light by the at least one light sensor. Another example insect sensing system includes a camera comprising an image sensor and a lens having an aperture of f/2.8 or wider; and a processor configured to obtain an image from the camera and detect an insect in the image.
US10653125B2	Ice fishing apparatus An ice fishing apparatus for allowing the use of the natural wind to operate, the ice fishing apparatus comprised mainly of a base, a spring action bar, a flat cross bar, a spring-loaded signal flag, an air foil, a rod holder and a trigger mechanism.
US10653123B2	Methods and compositions for perturbing gene expression in hematopoietic stem cell lineages in vivo The invention provides methods and compositions for perturbing gene expression in hematopoietic cell lineages in vivo.
US10653122B2	Waterless keep-alive apparatus and refrigeration appliance provided with the waterless keep-alive apparatus The present invention provides a waterless keep-alive apparatus and a refrigeration appliance having the same. The waterless keep-alive apparatus is provided in an inner tank of a refrigeration appliance, and comprises: a keep-alive box allowing pulling inward and outward; a temperature controlling module and a humidity controlling module which are connected with the keep-alive box; and an air controlling module having an air hole provided on a side wall of the keep-alive box and an air duct fixed on the inner tank of the refrigeration appliance. The air duct is hermetically connected with the air hole when the keep-alive box is pushed into the inner tank of the refrigeration appliance. The air duct is disconnected from the air hole when the keep-alive box is pulled out. The waterless keep-alive apparatus realizes convenient article fetching while the oxygen concentration in the keep-alive box can meet the survival needs of aquatic products.
US10653121B2	Decorative ant farm An ant farm with an internal light source to front or backlight a decorative background image within a frame to maximize the easthetic beauty of the ant farm.
US10653111B2	Wildlife baiting assembly A wildlife baiting assembly for attracting game to a desired location includes a cylinder that has a top and a bottom, which both are open. The cylinder is tapered proximate to the bottom and defines a cone and a reservoir. A base that is coupled to the cylinder is positioned to elevate the cylinder above a surface upon which the base is disposed. A battery, which is rechargeable from a plurality of solar cells, is coupled to the cylinder. A disbursing unit, which is coupled to the cylinder and positioned below the cone, is operationally coupled to the battery. A plurality of sensors is coupled to the cylinder and is configured to detect motion proximate to the cylinder. The disbursing unit is configured to broadcast the feed that drops from the cylinder to an area proximate to the base, at specified intervals and for specified lengths of time.
US10653107B2	Reconfigurable pet potty system with automatic locking joint and method of manufacture A reconfigurable pet potty system that is selectively configurable between use and storage configurations. In the use configuration, the system is operable to be used as a toilet by a pet. In the storage configuration, the system is collapsed, with its footprint minimized, thereby facilitating transport and/or storage of the system. The system includes a plurality of different types of joints including a pivot joint that is operable to automatically lock the system in either of the configurations to prevent unintentional transformations of the system between the different configurations.
US10653104B2	Lighting device for use in lighting of cheese The invention provides a method of selecting the suitability of a lighting device (100) for use in cheese lighting, the method comprising (a) defining a normalization factor (k) for a spectral power distribution (SPD(λ)) of lighting device light (101) of said lighting device (100) in a wavelength range of 380-780 nm, (b) defining the lighting device (100) suitable for use in cheese lighting when a cheese damage function value (CDFV) is equal to or below 2, wherein the cheese damage function value (CDFV) is defined as: (I) wherein: (II) wherein y (λ) is a 2-degree color matching function, and wherein DF(λ)=1 for 380 nm≤λ<410, and wherein for 410≤λ≤780: (III). CDFV = k × ∑ λ ⁢ SPD ⁡ ( λ ) · DF ⁡ ( λ ) · Δλ ( I ) k = 100 ∑ λ ⁢ SPD ⁡ ( λ ) · y _ ⁡ ( λ ) · Δλ ( II ) DF ⁡ ( λ ) = 0.95 × e - ( λ - 410 22 ) 2 + 0.05 × e - ( λ - 410 105 ) 2 ( III )
US10653102B2	Robotic arm An apparatus includes a carriage, a foundation, a pivot coupler, a platform, a coupler, a linear actuator, an extension member, a spray tool member, and a controller. The carriage moves along the track. The foundation is coupled to the carriage. The pivot coupler is coupled to the foundation. The coupler is coupled to the platform. The coupler couples the platform to the pivot coupler. The extension member is coupled to the linear actuator. The spray tool member is coupled to the extension member. The controller is configured to cause the carriage to move along the track, the platform to pivot, and the extension member to move in the lengthwise direction to position a spray tool coupled to the spray tool member at a spray position from which the spray tool may discharge a solution to a teat of a dairy livestock.
US10653087B1	Wheat cultivar 01071495 The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01071495. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01071495. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01071495 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01071495 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US10653086B1	Barley cultivar BG katana A barley cultivar, designated BG Katana, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to seeds, plants, and derivatives of barley cultivar BG Katana, and methods for producing a barley plant by crossing BG Katana with itself or another barley variety. The disclosure also relates to barley varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from barley BG Katana, to methods for producing other barley varieties, lines, or plant parts derived from barley BG Katana, and to the barley plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The disclosure further relates to hybrid barley seeds and plants produced by crossing barley cultivar BG Katana with another barley cultivar. The disclosure relates to methods for developing other barley varieties or breeding lines derived from variety BG Katana, including cell and tissue cultures and haploid systems.
US10653085B1	Hemp plant named ‘CW1AS1’ The present disclosure provides a new and distinct hemp cultivar designated ‘CW1AS1’. The present disclosure relates to seeds of the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1,’ to plants and parts of the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1,’ and to methods for producing a hemp plant by crossing the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1’ with itself or other cannabis plants. The disclosure further relates to the morphological and physiological characteristics of the new and distinct hemp cultivar and its uses.
US10653083B1	Maize inbred PH42M1 A novel maize variety designated PH42M1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42M1 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42M1 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH42M1 or a locus conversion of PH42M1 with another maize variety.
US10653080B2	Hybrid irrigation tubing Features of relatively low pressure microporous (and preferably plant-responsive) irrigation tubes are combined with features of relatively high pressure drip emitter tubes to produce a hybrid irrigation tube. Methods for using and manufacturing the hybrid irrigation tube are also disclosed.
US10653078B2	Animal-incursion-resistant raised bed gardening system Disclosed is a system having a base and a screened enclosure for disposition on the ground for growing plants. The base forms a hollow enclosure into which a growing medium can be disposed. The screened enclosure is mounted on the base and is in the form of a plurality of elongated frame members, plural upper screen members and plural lower screen members. Each of the screen members has an opposed pair of side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge. The frame members extend upward from the base and are spaced apart from one another. Each of the frame members includes a first respective section arranged to slidably receive a respective side of a respective lower screen member therein and a second respective section arranged to slidably receive a respective side of a respective upper screen member therein. Each of the upper and lower screen members are arranged to be individually removed from their respective sections of their associated frame members to enable each of the screen members to be individually removed from the frame members.
US10653077B2	Plant purification device and control method thereof The present disclosure relates to a plant purification device and control method thereof. A plant purification device includes a plant purification unit and a physicochemical purification unit with adjustable use efficiency, wherein, the physicochemical purification unit is communicated with the plant purification unit; the plant purification device further includes a control module, a contaminant concentration sensor for detecting concentration of indoor contaminants, an air speed detector for detecting air speed of gas entering the plant purification unit, and a fan for driving gas to be supplied into the plant purification unit from the physicochemical purification unit, wherein, the control module is used to adjust the use efficiency of the physicochemical purification unit according to the concentration of indoor contaminants, adjust rotating speed of the fan according to a detection signal of the air speed detector, and further control the air speed of the gas entering the plant purification unit.
US10653073B2	Plant illumination system An improved method to produce artificial light for plant cultivation, an illumination device with a semiconductor light emission solution and device suited for plant cultivation in a greenhouse environment are described. The best mode is considered to be a lighting device with binary alloy quantum dots (110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160) made by colloidal methods to produce a size distribution of quantum dots that produces an emission spectrum similar to the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spectrum. The methods and arrangements allow more precise spectral tuning of the emission spectrum for lights used in plant (310, 311) cultivation. Therefore unexpected improvements in the photomorphogenetic control of plant growth, and further improvements in plant production are realized.
US10653070B2	Dual auger baler A baler including a frame a feed assembly coupled to the frame, an auger housing coupled to the frame and in operable communication with the feed assembly, the auger housing having an exterior wall including a first open end, a second open end opposite the first open end, and defining a volume therein. The baler also including a first auger at least partially positioned within the volume and rotatable with respect to the auger housing about a first axis, and a second auger at least partially positioned within the volume and rotatable with respect to the auger housing about a second axis.
US10653065B2	Grain loss gauging system for combine harvester A grain loss gauging system for a combine harvester uses a collection pan for releasable attachment to a combine harvester in which the collection pan defines a receptacle having an open top for receiving material blown out of the combine harvester when deposited on the ground. A pair of electromagnets and a controller for selectively supplying electrical power to the electromagnets from a battery are supported on the collection pan to electromagnetically retain pan on a vehicle body of the combine harvester. A remote used remotely from the collection pan can be triggered to generate a wireless trigger signal received by the controller to interrupt the electrical power to the electromagnets and release the electromagnets, the controller, and the battery together with the collection pan from the body of the combine harvester. The combine harvester is adjusted to reduce the amount of grain collected in the pan.
US10653062B2	Electric power equipment In one aspect, electric power equipment includes: a horizontally extending left rotary shaft operably connected with a cutter blade operation lever; a horizontally extending right rotary shaft operably connected with a travel operation lever; and a cutter blade on/off switch and a potentiometer for setting a travel speed arranged at a laterally central position substantially between the left and right rotary shafts, such that the cutter blade on/off switch is operated by the left rotary shaft and the potentiometer is operated by the right rotary shaft.
US10653056B2	Seed metering system and method of operating the same A seed metering system includes a seed tank including a seed tank outlet, and a number of row units. Each and every row unit of the number of row units comprises a singulating meter in selective communication with the seed tank outlet, a bypass conduit in selective communication with the seed tank outlet, and an outlet. The seed metering system further includes a volumetric metering system positioned upstream of the number of row units and operable to volumetrically meter the plurality of seeds. The seed metering system is operable in a first mode of operation in which the seed tank outlet communicates with each singulating meter via the volumetric metering system to singulate the plurality of seeds. The seed metering system is operable in a second mode of operation in which the seed tank outlet communicates with each bypass conduit via the volumetric metering system and seeds are not singulated.
US10660248B2	Electromagnetic shield structure and wire harness A first braided wire and a second braided wire that are two cylindrical flexible shield members are fixed with a crimp member at different positions in the circumferential direction on a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe. Thus, the cylindrical end portions of the braided wires are loosened, and each of sheet-like portions is formed on the end portion, and the sheet-like portions of the end portions of the braided wires are disposed at different positions in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe and fixed with the crimp member on a metal layer of the electromagnetic shield pipe. That is, the braided wires are fixed in a section crimped by the crimp member without being overlapped with each other in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe.
US10660247B2	Electromagnetic shielding module and display device An electromagnetic shielding module and a display device are disclosed. The electromagnetic shielding module includes an electromagnetic shielding film and a temperature adjusting circuit, and the temperature adjusting circuit is configured for adjusting a temperature of the electromagnetic shielding film.
US10660246B1	Electronic device and electromagnetic shielding assembly thereof An electromagnetic shielding assembly configured to be disposed on a circuit board with at least one electronic component includes a plurality of shielding housings. The shielding housings form a gap therebetween. Each of the shielding housings has a first opening adjoining the gap. The shielding housings are configured to accommodate part of the electronic component. The electronic component is configured to pass through the first openings of the shielding housings and the gap.
US10660233B2	Protective apparatus usable with a forced air cooling system and electrical enclosure An electrical enclosure apparatus includes a protective apparatus that permits forced-air cooling of the interior of the enclosure while resisting structures that are within in the interior from being blown out of the electrical enclosure as a result of an arc event or other event. The protective apparatus includes a flow apparatus formed from one or more blocks of ceramic material having foamed therein a plurality of elongated flow channels. The flow apparatus is supported inside a duct with the use of a support apparatus. The ceramic material from which the flow apparatus is formed is configured to withstand the heat that may be experienced in an arc event and is additionally configured to be sufficiently rigid and tough to retain within the duct any structures within the enclosure from being blown out of the protective apparatus, thereby protecting personnel who may be in the area.
US10660226B2	Card tray for electronic device and tray carrier assembly using the same A card tray for use in electronic devices is disclosed that can improve tray durability, eliminate the occurrence of resin flash during insert molding, and simplify the tray mold structure. The card tray for electronic devices according to a preferred embodiment may be a card tray for electronic device use for insertion into and withdrawal from a card socket of an electronic device with a card loaded thereon, comprising a tray body made of a nonmetallic material whereon is formed a card mounting hole or mounting recess for mounting the card, and a metal frame part that is coupled to the tray body so that the cross section protrudes from the front of the tray body.
US10660220B2	Frame-type optical member with optical fiber and multi-panel display device with same In a multi-panel display device in which plural individual display devices are joined, it is possible to guarantee image continuity in panel junction areas of the multi-panel display device by disposing a frame-type optical member, which includes a frame section having plural optical fibers and a central light-transmitting area, on the front surface of the multi-panel display device and optimizing structures of an inner inclined surface of the frame section of the frame-type optical member and optical fibers included in the frame section.
US10660218B2	Method of manufacturing multilayer circuit board A multilayer circuit board comprises an inner circuit unit having at least one solder portion, and at least one outer circuit board coupled with the inner circuit unit. The inner circuit unit connects with the outer circuit board by an insulation colloid. At least one side of the inner circuit unit does not extend to edges of the multilayer circuit board. The at least one outer circuit board forms at least one through-hole and at least one conductive hole. The at least one conductive hole which is internally-plated with copper extends from the at least one outer circuit board to the inner circuit unit. A method of manufacturing the multilayer circuit board is also disclosed.
US10660216B1	Method of manufacturing electronic board and mounting sheet A method of manufacturing an electronic board includes: preparing a substrate in which substrate-side solder parts are provided on electrodes; preparing a mounting sheet having a resin layer in which a plurality of voids is formed in accordance with positions of the electrodes; attaching the resin layer to at least one of a first electronic component and the substrate so that interfaces of the first electronic component or the substrate-side solder parts are located inside the respective voids; causing the interfaces and the substrate-side solder parts to face each other at positions of the respective voids; and melting the substrate-side solder parts by heating to join the interfaces and the electrodes.
US10660215B2	Stencil frames Stencil frames for tensioning stencils of an angular shape are provided. The stencil frame comprises corner elements (2), edge elements (1), fastening elements (13) and tensioning devices with a tensioning device being associated with each edge element (1). The corner elements (2) each have two, mutually perpendicular, guiding profiles (12) which joined at an intersection of their axes and the edge elements (1) each have a uniaxial reception profile (11). Each reception profile (11) is connectable to two guiding profiles (12) by loose fit. Each tensioning device has at least one elastic element (5) and connects between two neighbouring corner elements (2). A line of force exerted by each tensioning device is parallel to the axis of its corresponding reception profile (11).
US10660211B2	Method for manufacturing an electromechanical structure A method for manufacturing an electromechanical structure includes producing conductors and/or graphics on a substantially flat film, attaching electronic elements on the film in relation to a desired three-dimensional shape of the film, forming the film into the substantially three-dimensional shape, and using the substantially three-dimensional film as an insert in an injection molding process by molding substantially on said film.
US10660210B2	Flexible circuit board A flexible circuit board includes a substrate including a base layer and a bonding layer formed on each of opposite sides of the base layer. Each of the two bonding layers is formed by coating a bonding solution and drying the bonding solution. The bonding solution is composed of an adhesive and a solvent. A viscosity of the adhesive is 5000 millipascal-seconds. The adhesive is composed of a precursor having a mass fraction of 35%-65%, carboxyl modified polyphenylene oxide having a mass fraction of 10%-15%, bisphenol-F-epoxy resin having a mass fraction of 10%-15%, a silane coupling agent having a mass fraction of 0%-1.5%, silica filler having a mass fraction of 5%-20%, and a flame retardant filler having a mass fraction of 10%-20%.
US10660207B2	Circuit module and method for manufacturing the same A circuit module includes a substrate on which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, a first electronic component, and a first resin layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode base body and a first plating film. The second electrode and the first electronic component are covered with the first resin layer. The second electrode includes a second electrode base body, a metal column, whose one end is directly connected to the second electrode base body and another end is positioned in an inner side relative to an outer surface of the first resin layer, a second plating film with a cylindrical shape covering a side surface of a connection body of the second electrode base body and the metal column, and a covering portion connected to the other end of the metal column.
US10660203B2	Display and circuit board structure thereof A display and a circuit board structure thereof are provided. The circuit board structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a connection structure. The connection structure is disposed on the first circuit board, the second circuit board has gold fingers, the connection structure has pins corresponding to the gold fingers, and the connection structure conducts the first circuit board and the second circuit board by connecting the pins with the gold fingers. Therefore, an extra FFC and a connector disposed on the second circuit board for connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board are saved to achieve cost reduction and assembling process simplification.
US10660202B1	Carrier structure and manufacturing method thereof A carrier structure including a glass substrate, a buffer layer, and an inner circuit layer is provided. The glass substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one through hole penetrating through the glass substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate. The inner circuit layer is disposed on the buffer layer and in the through hole of the glass substrate. The inner circuit layer exposes a part of the buffer layer.
US10660200B2	Archimedean spiral design for deformable electronics The invention provides an electronic device that includes a first functional body, a second functional body, and at least one connection member connecting the first functional body to the second functional body. The at least one connection member has a spiral pattern, and is suspended in air to allow for stretching, flexing or compressing.
US10660199B1	Microfluidic channels and pumps for active cooling of circuit boards Microfluidic channels and pumps for active cooling of circuit boards are described. One circuit board includes a substrate and a microfluidic channel structure disposed on the substrate, the microfluidic channel structure comprising liquid metal disposed in a microfluidic channel. Liquid metal is disposed in the microfluidic channel and a pump pumps the liquid metal through the microfluidic channel to actively cool at least a portion of the circuit board.
US10660193B2	Multilayer substrate A multilayer substrate includes a first metal plate forming a first coil; a second metal plate facing the first metal plate in a coil-winding axis direction and forming a second coil; a first insulating layer having therein the first metal plate; and a second insulating layer having therein the second metal plate. A metal foil is connected to the first metal plate through a plurality of via holes. An electronic component embedded in the first insulating layer is connected to a pattern formed on the metal foil.
US10660192B2	Flexible driver laser for inertial fusion energy Embodiments of a laser system having an extremely large number of small pulsed lasers for irradiating small targets in inertial confinement fusion experiments, high energy density physics experiments, and inertial fusion power plants is more flexible than existing laser systems. Embodiments facilitate finer control of critical features of laser pulses for inertial fusion, as well as significant reduction in development costs and expansion of the community involved in the research relative to existing laser systems. Embodiments produce smooth intensity profiles at the target, large bandwidth that is over two orders of magnitude greater than existing laser systems, and fine control over laser wavelengths, focal properties, temporal pulse shape, and illumination geometry. Properties of each of the small pulsed lasers are individually selectable.
US10660189B2	X-ray diagnosis system and anode-rotating coil driver An X-ray diagnosis system comprises an inter-capacitor terminal, a first inter-switching-element terminal, a second inter-switching-element terminal, and a third inter-switching-element terminal, wherein the first inter-switching-element terminal, the second inter-switching-element terminal, and the third inter-switching-element terminal are configured to supply three-phase alternating current power, and the inter-capacitor terminal and two of the first inter-switching-element terminal, the second inter-switching-element terminal, and the third inter-switching-element terminal are configured to supply two-phase alternating current power.
US10660187B1	Smartphone controlled accent lighting system and associated method of operation A lighting system and its method of operation that enables multiple independent light assemblies to be simultaneously controlled. The light assemblies contain a matrix of LEDs that are capable of generating different color profiles throughout a range of intensities. The light assemblies also contain a control module that controls the color profiles and the range of intensities being produced by the LEDs. A custom software application is run on a smartphone. The software application enables manual selection of the color profiles and the range of intensities, and the smartphone generates command signals that are transmitted to the light assemblies for execution. The software application generates a control screen on the smartphone that plots the color profiles against the range of intensities. The color profiles and the range of intensities are selected by touching a point on the control screen.
US10660184B2	Solid-state lighting with multiple time delays A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire comprising a normally operated portion and an emergency operated portion is used to replace a luminaire operated only in a normal mode with alternate-current (AC) mains. The normally operated portion comprises LED arrays and a power supply whereas the emergency operated portion comprises a rechargeable battery, a charging circuit, an LED driving circuit, a self-diagnostic circuit, and a charging detection and control circuit. According to availability of the AC mains, the LED luminaire can auto-select to work in an emergency mode when a line voltage from the AC mains is unavailable. The self-diagnostic circuit comprises multiple timers and is configured to provide multiple sequences and to auto-test battery discharging current according to the multiple sequences. During an auto-test period, a terminal voltage on the rechargeable battery and an LED forward voltage across the LED arrays are examined with test results displayed in a status indicator.
US10660182B2	Display system, electronic device, and lighting system To provide a display system such as a smartphone, a game console, a personal computer, or a liquid crystal television, including a light-emitting element that irradiates light having a specific wavelength toward a user. The above-described problem is solved by a display system (1) including a first light-emitting element (6) that emits light used for image display, a second light-emitting element (3) that irradiates light (7) within a wavelength range of 360 nm to 400 nm, inclusive, toward a user, and a control unit (10) that controls irradiation of the light (7) from the second light-emitting element (3).At this time, the second light-emitting element (3) may be a single light-emitting element integrated with the first light-emitting element (6) or a light-emitting element provided separately from the first light-emitting element (6). When separately provided from the first light-emitting element (6), the second light-emitting element (3) is preferably provided to a peripheral frame (4) of a display screen (2), in the display screen (2), or as an accessory (5).
US10660179B1	Solid-state lighting with multiple controls and tests A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire control gear comprising a rechargeable battery and a control and test circuit is adopted to provide an emergency power to operate a luminaire that works only in alternate-current (AC) mains. The luminaire comprises LED arrays and a power supply. The LED luminaire control gear further comprises a current-fed converter circuit, a control and test unit, and a relay switch. When a line voltage from the AC mains is unavailable or when a battery discharging test is initiated, the LED luminaire control gear is automatically started to provide a high DC voltage within an input operating voltage range of the luminaire and a low-voltage conversion circuit to control the power supply to operate the LED arrays without strobing. The relay switch is configured to couple either the line voltage or the high DC voltage to the power supply to operate thereon.
US10660173B2	System and method using switch to realize light fixture dimming and state restoration A system and method using a switch to realize light fixture dimming and state restoration. The system comprises a switch, a line voltage sampling module, a switching action judging module and a dimming control module. The switch connects to at least one light fixture. The line voltage sampling module samples a rectified line voltage output and outputs a corresponding voltage level signal. The switching action judging module identifies and determines a current switching action and outputs a corresponding control instruction to the dimming control module. The dimming control module regulates the lighting state of each light fixture or controls each light fixture to return to its initial lighting state. By identifying and judging switching actions to realize light fixture dimming and state restoration control, the invention can realize a regular dimming function, and can quickly restore the light to a preset initial lighting state.
US10660171B2	Discharge lamp drive device, light source device, projector, and discharge lamp drive method A discharge lamp drive device includes a discharge lamp driver adapted to supply a drive current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode, a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp driver, and a storage section adapted to store a plurality of drive patterns of the drive current. The control section is configured to select one drive pattern of the plurality of drive patterns based on machine learning, and execute the selected drive pattern. In a case in which a predetermined condition is fulfilled, the control section executes a predetermined drive pattern of the plurality of drive patterns without selecting and executing the drive pattern based on the machine learning.
US10660169B1	Digital standby control of a lighting driver using peak detection of pulse width modulated output reference control signal Provided is control method and a lighting system having a plurality of lighting elements that includes a power supply for supplying power, a lighting driver having a microcontroller and configured to receive power from the power supply and output power to the plurality of lighting elements for operation thereof, a control system in electrical or wireless communication with the microcontroller, and configured to communicate with the microcontroller, to control an operational mode of the plurality of lighting elements via the lighting driver, wherein the microcontroller is configured to transmit an output reference signal as a control signal, and a peak detection circuit that receives the output reference control signal from the microcontroller, and generates a standby control signal from the output reference control signal received, to thereby operate the plurality of lighting elements in an on or standby mode.
US10660168B2	Lighting device A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage at a light emission reference voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a light emission reference voltage (VH12) higher than the light emission reference voltage (VH2), the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a light emission reference voltage (VHa); a semiconductor chip (IC1) including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to perform light emission control to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a drive voltage (Vk) is higher than the light emission reference voltage (VHa), and to perform light emission stop control to stop the light emission if the drive voltage (Vk) is lower than the same; and a semiconductor chip (IC2) including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to perform light emission control to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HSa) if the drive voltage (Vk) is higher than the light emission reference voltage (VHa), and to perform light emission stop control to turn off the emitting element group (HSa) if the drive voltage (Vk) is lower than the same.
US10660167B2	Light emitting diode module, light emitting diode driver, and light emitting diode lighting apparatus A light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus includes an LED driver that outputs a driving current, a switch circuit that selects at least one division terminal among a first division terminal to a fourth division terminal and electrically connects the selected at least one division terminal with a driving current terminal receiving the driving current, a first resistor circuit that is connected with the first and second division terminals, a second resistor circuit that is connected with the third and fourth division terminals, a first LED light source that is electrically connected with the first resistor circuit and emits a first light having a first color temperature, and a second LED light source that is electrically connected with the second resistor circuit and emits a second light having a second color temperature higher than the first color temperature.
US10660166B2	Microwave heating apparatus for uniformly heating objects based on near-cutoff condition The microwave heating apparatus of the present invention enables microwaves to be propagated onto an object to be heated through a waveguide such that the microwaves propagate to a microwave space reduced by a wavelength controller which is arranged, as a solid-state object, to occupy a predetermined space in the waveguide. Thus, the microwave heating apparatus of the present invention heats the object to be heated which has been placed in the reduced space. The microwave heating apparatus of the present invention utilizes the effects of lengthening the wavelength of the microwaves propagating to the reduced space so as to be longer than the wavelength before entering the reduced space by a predetermined multiple depending on a near-cutoff condition.
US10660165B2	Cooking system particularly for pasta, rice and bread A cooking system for preparation of foods, comprises an oven with a microwave source and a convection heater, and a bowl with a stirrer; the system further comprises at least a couple of interchangeable bowls, a plastic bowl being configured to be used when microwave source is in an activated configuration and a metal bowl being configured to be used when heater is in an activated configuration.
US10660164B2	Cooktop device A cooktop device, in particular an induction cooktop device, includes a base component and an articulated arm having a first arm part and a second arm part, with the articulated arm bearing exactly one heating element. A joint supports the second arm part for movement relative to the first arm part, and a suspension connects the first arm part to the base component.
US10660162B2	Power delivery system for an induction cooktop with multi-output inverters A power delivery system and method for an induction cooktop are provided herein. A plurality of inverters are each configured to apply an output power to a plurality of induction coils electrically coupled thereto via corresponding relays. A selected inverter is operable to momentarily idle to enable commutation of a relay connected thereto. An active inverter is operable to increase its output power for the duration in which the selected inverter is idled in order to lessen power fluctuations experienced on a mains line.
US10660157B2	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.
US10660155B2	Collecting and analyzing data in a distributed sensor network Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for collecting and analyzing data in a distributed sensor network. The distributed sensor network can include a number of distributed sensor systems having data sources such as sensors, communication equipment, and/or other systems and components. The distributed sensor systems also can include lighting systems, if desired. The distributed sensor systems can collect data from the data sources and provide the data to a local or remote entity such as a data analysis engine. The data analysis engine can request data from the distributed sensor systems, receive the data, and analyze the data for various purposes.
US10660151B2	Radio terminal, base station, and method therefor A radio terminal (1) determines (201) (a) a pathloss level between the radio terminal (1) and a base station (2), (b) a coverage enhancement level based on the pathloss level, or (c) a coverage enhancement mode configured in the radio terminal (1). The radio terminal chooses (202) between non-truncated first information and truncated first information, having a smaller bit length than the non-truncated first information, to be included in an initial uplink Radio Resource Control (RRC) message transmitted within a random access procedure, based on the determined pathloss level, the determined coverage enhancement level, or the determined coverage enhancement mode. This contributes to, for example, enabling a base station to easily know the Msg3 size desired by a radio terminal.
US10660150B2	System and method for flexible user equipment identification A system and method is introduced for flexible user equipment (“UE”) identification. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a first message from a user equipment (110) to a radio access node (120) to resume a passive user equipment context. The message includes a UE identifier (400) having a flag (410) indicating if the user equipment (110) is resuming connectivity to the radio access node (120) and a first local UE identifier (420) for the radio access node (120).
US10660142B2	Device and method of handling a radio resource control connection A communication device for handling a radio resource control (RRC) connection comprises at least one storage device and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: communicating with a base station (BS) in a first bandwidth part (BWP) at a first carrier; receiving a RRC Connection Release message from the BS, wherein the RRC Connection Release message configures the communication device to enter an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state; and camping on a second BWP at the first carrier.
US10660140B2	Method and apparatus for contention-based uplink data transmission A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted.
US10660139B2	Wireless communication method using TXOP and wireless communication terminal using same Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates. the wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor is configured to perform a transmission based on a transmission opportunity (TXOP) limit which is a maximum value of a TXOP, which is a time interval in which a wireless communication terminal has a right to initiate a frame exchange sequence in a wireless medium.
US10660136B2	Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for multi-user uplink transmission The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling multi-user uplink transmission.To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, by the transceiver, a trigger frame that triggers a multi-user uplink transmission, perform a multi-user uplink transmission in response to the received trigger frame, and receive, by the transceiver, an ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission, wherein when the multi-user uplink transmission is performed on a resource unit in which a temporary association identifier (AID) is assigned by the received trigger frame, the processor obtains ACK information for the terminal from the ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission based on the temporary AID and a wireless communication method using the same.
US10660128B1	Systems and methods for carrier sensing and symbol timing based on multi-antenna eigen-vector combining Systems and methods for carrier sensing and symbol timing in a multiple-antenna communication system are provided. A wireless receiver receives two or more signals from two or more antennas, respectively. A set of column vectors comprising time samples obtained from each of the received signals at the two or more antennas are generated. A multiple-antenna eigen-combining (MAEC) vector is computed based on the set of column vectors. The respective received signals are multiplied with a corresponding combining coefficient of the MAEC vector to obtain a respective weighted signal. A combined signal is generated by adding the respective weighted signals and carrier sensing and symbol timing is performed on the two or more received signals based on the combined signal.
US10660122B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method thereof To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of efficiently performing retransmission control for small size data in grant-free multiple access where the base station apparatus accommodates a large number of terminal apparatuses. A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus including: a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink grant indicating a resource for transmitting uplink data to the terminal apparatus; and a receiver configured to receive the uplink data transmitted from the terminal apparatus based on the uplink grant, and the uplink data transmitted from the terminal apparatus without being based on the uplink grant.
US10660121B2	Sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus A sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus are provided. A sequence meeting a requirement for sending a signal by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined, where the sequence is a sequence {fn} consisting of N elements, fn is an element in the sequence {fn}, and the determined sequence {fn} is a sequence meeting a preset condition; then, the N elements in the sequence {fn} are respectively mapped to N subcarriers to generate a first signal; and the first signal is sent. By using the determined sequence, when a signal is sent by using a PUCCH, a low sequence correlation can be maintained, and a relatively small peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value and cubic metric (CM) value can also be maintained, thereby meeting a requirement of a communication application environment in which a signal is sent by using a PUCCH.
US10660116B2	False scheduling request prevention The invention relates to a scheduling node and a method at the scheduling node in a wireless communication network of scheduling mobile terminals submitting Scheduling Requests (SRs) in SR resources. The invention further relates to a computer program performing the method according to the present invention, and a computer program product comprising computer readable medium having the computer program embodied therein. A method at a scheduling node in a wireless communication network of scheduling mobile terminals submitting Scheduling Requests (SRs) in SR resources is provided. The method comprises detecting that an SR received from a first mobile terminal in a first SR resource is indicated to interfere with at least a second SR resource, scheduling the first mobile terminal at a first scheduling occasion and awaiting scheduling of a second mobile terminal associated with the second SR resource at least until a second scheduling occasion.
US10660108B2	Method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting information acquired by a terminal to a base station A communication method for a terminal is disclosed, including creating a radio link failure (rlf)-report including information associated with an rlf with a first base station; connecting to one base station from among base stations including the first base station; and transmitting the rlf-report to the one base station. Furthermore, a communication method for a base station is also disclosed, including connecting to the terminal; and receiving an rlf-report including information associated with a previous rlf between the terminal and another base station. In an aspect, information including channel information is transmitted to a base station to which a terminal is initially connected even when the terminal has failed in performing random access thereto, to thus enable the efficient transmission of information, and the base station may control scheduling or the like in accordance with the information reported by the terminal, thereby enabling efficient communication.
US10660098B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal by terminal supporting dual-connectivity between E-UTRA and NR and terminal performing the method Provided is a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a terminal supporting dual-connectivity between evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) and new radio (NR). In the method, when the E-UTRA uses at least one of E-UTRA operating bands 1, 3, 5, and 7, when the NR uses one of NR operating bands n77, n78, and n79, when an uplink center frequency of a first operating band among the E-UTRA operating bands and the NR operating bands is a first value, and when a downlink center frequency of the first operating band is a second value, a predetermined maximum sensitivity degradation (MSD) is applied to reference sensitivity used for reception of the downlink signal.
US10660096B2	Method and device for identifying basic service set A method for accessing a channel in a wireless local area network is provided. An access station receives a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in a channel. The access station determines a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) sensitivity level based on a basic service set for the received PPDU and determines whether the channel is idle or busy based on the determined CCA sensitivity level.
US10660095B1	Method and system for controlling in-band carrier use based on capacity-mode of service on host carrier A base station dynamically controls whether or not to serve a WCD on an in-band carrier defined within occupied bandwidth of a host carrier, with the dynamic controlling being based on whether the base station is operating in a capacity-mode on the host carrier, such as whether the base station has beamforming enabled on the host carrier and/or the base station is serving one or more relay nodes on the host carrier. If the base station is operating in a capacity-mode on the host carrier, then the base station could responsively transition a WCD from being served on the in-band carrier to instead being served on a guard-band carrier defined within a guard-band of the host carrier, or to being served on another carrier that is not an in-band carrier defined in the occupied bandwidth of the host carrier.
US10660093B2	Base station and method for controlling radio resources allocation The invention relates to a base station, comprising: a transceiver for multi-carrier radio transmission within a radio frequency band, the transceiver being adapted to receive service quality requests of a plurality of users requesting service from the base station; and a radio resource controller being adapted to allocate subcarriers of the multi-carrier radio transmission to the users and configure the subcarriers in the radio frequency band according to the service quality requests of the users.
US10660092B2	Transmission apparatus and transmission method It is an object to provide a sequence allocating method that, while maintaining the number of Zadoff-Chu sequences to compose a sequence group, is configured to make it possible to reduce correlations between different sequential groups. This method includes the steps of setting a standard sequence with a standard sequence length (Nb) and a standard sequence number (rb) in a step (ST101), setting a threshold value (Xth(m)) in accordance with an RB number (m) in a step (ST103), setting a sequence length (N) corresponding to RB number (m) in a step (ST104), judging whether ¦r/N−rb/Nb¦=Xth(m) is satisfied in a step (ST106), including a plurality of Zadoff-Chu sequences with a sequence number (r) and a sequence length (N) in a sequence group (rb) in a step (ST107) if the judgment is positive, and allocating the sequence group (rb) to the same cell in a step (ST112).
US10660089B2	Protection for multi-user transmissions Aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms for protection of MU transmissions, such as UL MU MIMO and UL OFDMA. The mechanisms may allow for various NAV setting options for UL MU MIMO or UL OFDMA. Aspects of the present invention relate to a processing system configured to generate a first frame configured to trigger multiple transmissions from multiple devices, wherein the first frame has a duration field set to a value corresponding to a duration that covers at least the multiple transmissions, and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.
US10660088B2	ACK/NACK feedback method in wireless communication system Embodiments of the present invention disclose an ACK/NACK feedback method in a wireless communication system, including: determining, by a UE, number of public sub-frames, all of which are uplink sub-frame in PCC and any SCC sub-frames of any radio frame in frame structure configurations according to the frame structure configurations of the PCC and any SCC; selecting, by the UE, a configuration, uplink sub-frames of which merely include sub-frames corresponding to the determined number of public sub-frames from existing seven kinds of frame structure configurations; and feeding back, by the UE, to a eNB ACK/NACK information corresponding to PDSCH in the SCC on the PCC adopting a timing relationship between the PDSCH and the ACK/NACK corresponding to the selected configuration. With the ACK/NACK feedback method of the present invention, the UE may adaptively feed back the ACK/NACK according to the configured frame structure configuration of the CC, the carrier aggregation between Bands of different frame structure configurations is effectively supported and the coexistence and performance optimization of different communication systems is implemented without limiting the number of amplifiers of the UE.
US10660087B2	Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus, radio communication method, and computer program An autonomously dispersed type wireless network is suitably formed with communication stations avoiding collision of beacons transmitted one to another. In the event that the range of reach of airwaves change and a receivable state is created and beacons collide, a communication station changes the beacon transmission position of itself in response to receiving a beacon from another station at a timing immediately prior to transmission to its own beacon. Also, in the event that beacon collision is exposed due to emergence of a new communication which can perform reception from two systems out of airwave range of each other, the newly-participating station requests one of the communication stations of which the beacons are colliding to change the beacon transmission timing.
US10660086B2	Method and apparatus for processing scheduling information in mobile communication system A method and an apparatus for processing scheduling information in a terminal into which a plurality of forward carriers and reverse carriers are aggregated are provided. The method includes receiving a control message from a base station, the control message including information on a reverse carrier added by the carrier aggregation, and determining a new buffer state table to be used for reporting the state of buffers to the base station, based on the information included in the control message.
US10660084B2	Terminal device, base station device, and communication method [Object] To provide a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other.[Solution] A terminal device that communicates with a base station device, including: a higher layer processing unit configured to perform SPDSCH setting through signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a PDSCH in a case in which the SPDSCH setting is not performed and receive an SPDSCH in a case in which the SPDSCH setting is performed. The SPDSCH is mapped to any one of one or more SPDSCH candidates set on a basis of the SPDSCH setting. A number of symbols of a resource used for mapping of the SPDSCH is smaller than a number of symbols of a resource used for mapping of the PDSCH.
US10660080B2	Transmission/reception method for MTC apparatus A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is discussed. The method is performed by a wireless device and includes receiving downlink control information (DCI), which is repeated on a plurality of downlink subframes, identifying a last subframe on which the repetition is completed, determining that the identified last subframe is not used for determining a start subframe to repeatedly transmit the PUSCH, substituting the last subframe with a first subframe usable for determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH after the identified last subframe, based on the determination that the identified last subframe is not used for determining the start subframe; determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH, based on the first subframe other than the last subframe, and transmitting the PUSCH repeated over a plurality of subframes starting from the determined start subframe.
US10660075B2	Channel state information CSI sending method, channel state information CSI receiving method, terminal, and base station Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a channel state information (CSI) sending method, a CSI receiving method, a terminal, and a base station. The terminal selects a target CSI process from N CSI processes. The terminal sets a CSI reporting mode corresponding to the target CSI process, and sends, based on the CSI reporting mode, a CSI corresponding to the CSI process. The terminal can set a CSI reporting mode corresponding to a CSI process, and send, based on the set CSI reporting mode, a CSI corresponding to the CSI process. However, in the prior art, only the base station configures a CSI reporting mode corresponding to each CSI process. Therefore, flexibility is increased.
US10660067B2	Systems and methods for efficient signaling of IoT devices in a wireless telecommunications network A system described herein may provide a mechanism for efficiently delivering messages to a User Equipment (“UE”) associated with a wireless telecommunications network, such as a UE that is frequently in an inactive state. A message for the UE may be received and buffered. Once the network determines that the UE has transitioned from the inactive state to the active state (e.g., as detected by a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”) or an Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”)), the buffered message may be provided to the UE using control plane signaling.
US10660066B2	Apparatus and method for paging user equipment and communications system An apparatus and method for paging a UE and a communications system. The method includes: calculating a first-grade paging group index based on an inherent identity of the UE, or based on an inherent identity of the UE and a network configuration parameter; calculating a second-grade paging group index based on a network identity allocated by an MME; receiving indication information for indicating paging group indices transmitted by a base station; determining whether the information contained in the indication information is consistent with the first-grade paging group index and the second-grade paging group index; and decoding a downlink data channel to determine whether the UE is paged when it is consistent. Hence, different paging groups may have identical or approximate numbers of UEs, which may reduce a probability of “false paging” of the overall cell.
US10660060B1	Systems and methods for precise radio frequency localization of a wireless arbitrary device Systems and apparatuses for determining location of a wireless arbitrary device are disclosed herein. In one example, an asynchronous system for localization of a wireless arbitrary device in a wireless network architecture includes a plurality of wireless anchor nodes each having a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture. The one or more processing units of at least one wireless anchor node are configured to receive instructions to prepare for localization of the wireless arbitrary device, to change a RF channel to be the same as an RF channel of the wireless arbitrary device based on the received instructions, to receive a communication including data traffic from the wireless arbitrary device, and to obtain ranging information including a receive timestamp and channel sense information (CSI) from the data traffic.
US10660054B2	Synchronization signal transmission method using synchronization subframe in wireless communication system A synchronization signal transmission method and a base station are disclosed, the method comprising: generating a PSS group by applying an OCC to a combination of mutually different PSS sequences to be transmitted across multiple time intervals; disposing a SSS in a region that is adjacent, on a frequency axis, to a resource region assigned to the PSS group; generating a synchronization signal comprising the PSS group and the SSS; and transmitting the synchronization signal across multiple time intervals.
US10660051B2	Holistic slot position-TPC command combining period for reduced TPC frequency operation A method and system for mapping a transmit power control, TPC, command in a time slot of a radio frame to be transmitted to at least one wireless device on a downlink are provided. According to one aspect, a method includes transmitting a TPC command in one of a first and second slot within a slot cycle of the radio frame, the TPC symbol position used being for performing the mapping of the TPC command based on a configured slot format.
US10660046B2	Systems and methods for network adaptation support in wireless network Embodiments are provided for implementing network adaptation schemes, including small cell on/off adaptation and transmission power control. In an embodiment method for supporting network adaptation, a network component receives a discovery reference signal (DRS) from a network controller that is in a switch-off transmission mode. The network component then performs measurements according to the DRS, and reports the measurements to a network associated with the network controller. In return, the network component receives a radio resource control (RRC) signaling from the network. The RRC signaling includes configuration information allowing a connection between the network component and the network controller. The network component then connects with the network controller in accordance with the configuration information.
US10660044B2	Power control configuration for uplink transmissions Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission power control. One method includes receiving a first configuration indicating a plurality of bandwidth parts on a first serving cell and configuration information corresponding to the plurality of bandwidth parts. The configuration information comprises an open-loop power control configuration, a closed loop power control configuration, or a combination thereof corresponding to each bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method comprises receiving scheduling information for a first uplink transmission on a first bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method comprises determining a first transmission power for the first uplink transmission based on the configuration information and the scheduling information. The method comprises performing the first uplink transmission with the first transmission power.
US10660043B2	Transmit power control command handling across multiple downlink control information A user equipment (UE) may apply transmit power control (TPC) commands and transmit uplink information based on received downlink control information (DCI). A UE may receive multiple DCI messages including multiple TPC commands for an uplink transmission. The power level for the uplink transmission may be adjusted based on the combination of TPC commands. For example, the TPC commands may be considered together (e.g., added, averaged, etc.), the latest TPC command may be used, etc. In some cases, a change in TPC command for an uplink transmission (e.g., from a previous TPC command for the uplink transmission indicated via other DCI) may indicate a change in one or more transmission attributes for the uplink transmission. In some cases, a UE may receive a grant for a prioritized transmission, resulting in discontinuous transmission (DTX) of a previous transmission, which may result in TPC modification by the UE.
US10660042B2	Techniques and apparatuses for polled-mode power saving A method, a user equipment, a 5G core network device, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. Battery life and network efficiency of the user equipment are improved through the usage of a polled-mode power saving technique, wherein the user equipment periodically awakens to poll the 5G core network device regarding whether a communication is available for the user equipment. If the communication is available, the user equipment receives the communication. If the communication is delayed, the user equipment performs discontinuous reception to save power until the communication is available. If the communication is unavailable, the user equipment resumes a sleep mode.
US10660041B2	Apparatus and method for controlling operation cycle of electronic device in wireless communication system An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, a processor configured to be electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory configured to be electrically connected with the processor. The memory includes instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain location information of the electronic device, transmit a first message for requesting to change a state of the electronic device to a network, receive a first response message to the transmitted first message from the network, transmit a second message for requesting a parameter for an operation cycle of the second communication circuit to the network, receive a second response message to the second message from the network, and change the operation cycle of the second communication circuit to a value corresponding to a current state of the electronic device.
US10660035B2	Method for dynamically scheduling clustering operation An improved method of dynamically scheduling clustering operations in a network includes determining if one or more conditions for reclustering are met before deciding to perform the next reclustering operation. Therefore, to achieve load balancing for a network, the method of dynamically scheduling clustering operations schedules reclustering operations only at required times. This may be based on various factors such as remaining node energy, node movements, the number of nodes in the clusters, and/or other conditions of the nodes in the network. Therefore, by, tuning the reclustering time dynamically, the method effectively controls the clustering overhead throughout the network lifetime and handles the mobility of nodes.
US10660030B2	System and method for controlling uses of wireless points of access during testing of radio frequency (RF) devices under test (DUTS) A system and method for controlling uses of respective tester points of access (PoAs) during wireless testing of one or more radio frequency (RF) signal transceiver devices under test (DUTs) in which one or more device identifiers are used to determine whether a DUT requesting access to one of multiple wireless PoAs is eligible to interact with the PoA receiving such request or, instead, eligible to interact with another one of the multiple PoAs and is to be redirected to such other PoA. Access by the requesting DUTs to respective PoAs may be predetermined so as to control loading of the PoAs during testing.
US10660023B2	Apparatus and method for acquisition of on-demand system information in wireless communications A wireless terminal communicates over a radio interface with an access node of a radio access network (RAN), and method of operating same. The wireless terminal comprises receiver circuitry, processor circuitry, and transmitter circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to initiate a first type system information block (SIB) acquisition process to receive a first type SIB. The first type SIB comprises scheduling information of a system information (SI) message, the SI message comprising at least one second type SIB, and an indication of broadcast status for the SI message, the indication indicating on-demand delivery. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive the first type SIB. The transmitter circuitry configured to transmit an SI request message to request the SI message. The processor circuitry is further configured to initiate an SI message acquisition process to receive the SI message and, in a case that a stored version of one of the at least one second type SIB is not valid, the first type SIB acquisition process is initiated upon a failure of the SI message acquisition process.
US10660021B2	Sidelink UE information reporting method by UE in wireless communication system and UE using same Provided are a sidelink UE information reporting method by a UE in a wireless communication system and a UE using same. In the method, a threshold value is received from a network and sidelink UE information is transmitted only when the variation in the number of distinguished discovery messages to be transmitted is equal to or higher than the threshold value.
US10660007B2	Cellular communication system with moving base stations and methods and apparatus useful in conjunction therewith A mobile communication network system comprising a core network including a core device and at least one static base station; base stations; and Mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations; The base stations including at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and has a physical e.g. Ethernet back-connection to a co-located radio manager having a physical connection with a co-located mobile station communicating via antennae with at least one selectable static base station, wherein each individual co-located radio manager comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for receiving information from, and sending information to, other respectively co-located radio managers regarding qualities of their respective connections back to the core network, quality of its own connection back to the core network and channel quality which other base stations are able to provide and which its own base station is able to provide, to mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio manager, and for using the information to determine whether to reject at least one mobile station seeking to be served by an individual base station associated with said individual co-located radio manager.
US10660006B2	Bearer handover control device and control method Embodiments of the present invention disclose a bearer handover control device and control method. The method includes: receiving, by a network side device, a bearer handover message; and determining, by the network side device according to the bearer handover message, a bearer needing to be handed over in all bearers, so that an end marker End Marker message is sent to a source base station only for the bearer needing to be handed over. By using the foregoing solutions, for a multi-connection scenario, a network side device can determine a bearer needing to be handed over, so that an end marker message is sent only for the bearer needing to be handed over, which can prevent discarding of subsequent data of a bearer that is not to be handed over, and ensure multiple connections between a UE and base stations, thereby improving stability of a system.
US10660005B1	Cellular network handoff planning Planning cell site handoffs using a navigation route. The navigation route is compared to the location of cell sites to predict the arrival time of a mobile device into each cell. Cell sites are selected based on the navigation route and user activity. Handoff between cells sites are scheduled in advance based on the navigation route.
US10660004B2	Method for controlling heterogeneous network handover and apparatus therefor Provided are apparatus and methods for controlling a handover of a user equipment between base stations each belonging to a network different from the other. The method includes: i) determining whether the user equipment should be handed over to a target base station belonging to a heterogeneous network based on measurement information received from the user equipment, ii) transmitting a handover required message containing identification information of the target base station to a core network entity linked to the source base station, when it is determined that the user equipment should be handed over, iii) receiving a handover command message containing evolved packet system (EPS) bearer setup list information of the target base station from the core network entity, and iv) transmitting the handover command message to the user equipment.
US10660003B2	Methods and related devices for optimizing a mobile edge computing (MEC) system A method performed by an MEC orchestrator includes: acquiring MEC computation-related information and User Equipment (UE) mobility-related information from an MEC system including a plurality of MEC entities, performing a classification procedure, based on the MEC computation-related information and the UE mobility-related information, to determine a behavior type of a UE, wherein the behavior type indicates whether to trigger a handover (HO) in the MEC system and whether to trigger a Virtual Machine (VM) migration in the MEC system, and providing an instruction table in response to the behavior type, wherein the instruction table including routing information for routing MEC traffic among one or more of the plurality of MEC entities.
US10660002B2	System and method for differentiated system continuity when changing networks A method for transferring a communication session from a first network to a second network. The method includes receiving, on the first network, a first request associated with a first user device to transfer a first communication session to a second network and a second request associated with a second user device to transfer a second communication session to the second network, accessing profile information associated with the first user device and the second user device, accessing subscription information associated with the first user device and the second user device, accessing performance requirements associated with each application running on each of the respective first user device and second user device, determining a priority of each of the respective requests based on the accessed profile information, subscription information, and performance requirements; and transferring one or more of the communication sessions to the second network based on the determining step.
US10660001B2	Device handover in a wireless network A first base station in a network initiates handover of a wireless device in connected mode to a second base station. The first base station initiates a handover employing a first criterion, if the wireless device is in an active call from a first call category with the first base station. The first base station initiates a handover using a second criterion, if the wireless device is not in an active call from a first call category with the first base station.
US10659999B2	Intersystem change between different radio access networks A wireless terminal can communicate with two radio access networks (RAN) (304, 306) of different types. The wireless terminal can register simultaneously with a RAN of the first type and a RAN of the second type and can wirelessly connect to a RAN of either the first type or the second type in a connected state. The wireless terminal when registered with both a first RAN and a second RAN and when wirelessly connected to the first RAN in the connected state, receives a mobility signal via the first RAN indicating a RAN of the second type and, in response to receiving the mobility signal and in response to being so registered with the first RAN and second RAN, transmits an access trigger signal (417). The access trigger signal indicates that the wireless terminal is to be connected to the second RAN in the connected state.
US10659988B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving data in mobile communication system The present specification relates to a communication method and a communication device, and a random access method of a user equipment (UE), according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: sensing a random access trigger in a connected state; determining the type of the random access trigger when the random access trigger is sensed; and performing congestion control if the type of the random access trigger is a preset type.
US10659986B2	Radio base station and measurement information transmission/reception method A radio base station is disclosed including an extension station and a central aggregate station, wherein the extension station includes a processor that determines whether a resource used when a user equipment transmits an uplink reference signal is allocated, a first receiver that receives the uplink reference signal from the user equipment based on a determination result of processor, wherein the processor calculates measurement information based on the uplink reference signal received by the first receiver, and a transmitter that transmits the measurement information calculated by the processor to the central aggregate station, and the central aggregate station includes a receiver that receives the measurement information from the extension station.
US10659985B2	Base station side device and method for wireless communication, and user side device and method for wireless communication The disclosure provides a base station side device and method for wireless communication, and a UE side device and method for wireless communication. The base station side device for wireless communication includes: a determination unit configured to dynamically determine, on the basis of a transmission characteristic relevant to a user equipment, a reference signal to be used by the user equipment from a reference signal set available for a base station; and a generation unit configured to generate reference signal configuration information for the user equipment, wherein the configuration information includes an indication for indicating the sequence number of the reference signal to be used by the user equipment, and the sequence number of the reference signal is relevant to the sequence number of an antenna port.
US10659984B2	Measurement reporting method of terminal and terminal using same Provided are a measurement reporting method of a terminal in which a primary cell is set and a terminal apparatus using the measurement reporting method. The method comprises: a step for adding a secondary cell; a step for determining whether the secondary cell is applicable to related measurement; and a step for determining whether the secondary cell is included in a cellsTriggeredList, wherein when the secondary cell is not applicable to the related measurement and the secondary cell is included in the cellsTriggeredList, the secondary cell is removed from the cellsTriggeredList.
US10659983B2	Beam failure detection and recovery A user equipment (UE) is configured with at least one bandwidth part (BWP) specific configuration information. The UE receives a configuration information specific to the bandwidth part (BWP). The configuration information configures an initial value of a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold. The UE starts or re-starts the BFD timer from the initial value when receiving a beam failure indication (BFI) from a lower sublayer, and counts a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter. The UE resets the BFI counter to zero when receiving a reconfiguration information. The reconfiguration information, that is specific to the BWP, re-configures at least one of the initial value of the BFD timer and the BFI count threshold.
US10659980B2	Methods and systems for monitoring an access network utilizing mobile network equipment Methods and systems for monitoring the performance of an access network utilizing mobile network equipment are provided. In some aspects, a network performance monitoring unit is installed within a vessel receiving network service from a network service provider. The network performance monitoring unit measures various aspects of network performance experienced by the vessel as it moves and provides the information to an aggregation facility. The aggregation facility aggregates the network performance data collected from a plurality of vessels and organizes the information based on one or more network service areas associated with the plurality of vessels. By aggregating the vessel specific performance data for vessels associated with a particular network service area, insight into network performance particular to a network service area is improved.
US10659979B2	Method and device for handling cell outage Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for handling a cell outage. The method for handling a cell outage includes: receiving, by a first base station, an energy saving activation message sent by a second base station when a cell outage happens to a second cell, where the energy saving activation message is used to disable the energy saving function; transferring, by the first base station, the first cell from the energy saving state to the normal state according to the energy saving activation message, or keeping a third cell in the normal state until learning that the cell outage of the second cell is solved. This method prevents a coverage blind area in the network when a cell outage happens to a second cell that covers the area of a first cell which is in the energy saving state.
US10659978B1	Use of UE type as basis to control whether to use blind addition or rather threshold-based addition when configuring dual connectivity A mechanism for controlling configuration of dual connectivity for a UE that has a first connection with a first access node. The first access node could make a determination what type of UE the UE is, such as whether the UE is a relay-UE or rather an end-user UE for instance. Based on the determined type, the first access node could then control whether to apply blind addition or rather threshold-based addition in adding for the UE a second connection with a second access node. For instance, if the UE is an end-user UE rather than a relay-UE, then the first access node could apply blind addition rather than threshold-based addition, and if the UE is a relay-UE rather than an end-user UE, then the first access node could apply threshold-based addition rather than blind addition.
US10659971B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing selection of radio channel frequency and geographic location for WLAN access points A system and method includes selecting an optimal geographic location of a WLAN AP via execution of code instructions of a WLAN AP base transceiver location optimization system to determine a first weighted potential interference between the WLAN AP and each of a plurality of neighboring base transceiver systems, associated with a WLAN AP operating at a first geographic location and determine a second weighted potential interference between the WLAN AP and each of a plurality of neighboring base transceiver systems, associated with the WLAN AP operating at a second geographic location that is a candidate optimal geographic location, wherein the determination of the first or second weighted potential interference is based on a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile for a plurality of wireless links operating on the WLAN AP and neighboring base transceiver systems, and if the second weighted potential interference is lesser than the first weighted potential interference, defining the second geographic location as the optimal geographic location of the WLAN AP and determining and displaying the direction of the optimal geographic location from the first geographic location.
US10659964B2	Projection via a device In a first device including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the first device to perform functions of receiving, from a second device via a signal connection, a request to project visual content from the second device, the first device being in a locked state to restrict access to the first device that requires valid authentication to transition from the locked state to an unlocked state; determining that the second device has a permission to project the visual content to the first device; receiving, from the second device via the signal connection, data for projecting the visual content to the first device; and based on the received data, displaying, on a display, the visual content.
US10659959B2	Enhanced cell broadcast service via secure group broadcast A secure cell broadcast method entails defining a group of mobile devices, reserving a channel for the group, associating cryptographic key material with the group, notifying the mobile devices of the channel for the group, securely providing the key material to the mobile devices of the group, and broadcasting on the channel a secure broadcast message that is encrypted such that the mobile devices of the group receiving on the channel can receive and decrypt the secure broadcast message using the key material.
US10659958B2	Attaching visible networks for synchronous local search results Aspects of the technology employ an integrated location identification and query processing technique. Network scan information is attached to or otherwise combined with a query at a client device and is sent to a web server or other entity for processing. When a query is initiated, the client device determines whether location services are enabled. If not, upon authorization they are enabled and visible network scan data is quickly obtained for transmission with the query. The server may include both a location identification service and a search service, and can split the received information accordingly among these elements in an efficient manner that minimizes data transfers and latency. From the client device's perspective, only one query is transmitted. Relevant results based on the resolved location are received quickly by the client device. This reduces system latency and power consumption, and also minimizes network overhead by eliminating unnecessary packet transmissions.
US10659955B2	Apparatus and method for installing and managing eSIM profiles An apparatus and method for safely providing a profile to a terminal in a communication system are provided. The apparatus and method include a communication technique that combines a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond fourth generation (4G) system with Internet of technology (IoT) technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services.
US10659954B2	ESIM subscription management system A system for use with a mobile cellular device comprising an Internet browser and an embedded subscriber identity module (“eSIM”) card. The eSIM card stores an application and a first profile. The system includes a web server configured to generate a web portal comprising a plurality of service plans. The first profile establishes communication over a first network with the web server, which transmits the web portal to the Internet browser over the first network. The web portal receives a selection of one of the service plans from the Internet browser. The web server sends the selection to a subscription manager configured to select an operational profile based on the selection and cause the operational profile to be transmitted to the application. The mobile cellular device is configured to communicate over a second network using the operational profile after the operational profile has been received and activated by the application.
US10659951B2	Location area management method and device A location area management method and a device, the location area management method including receiving, by a single radio controller, a first request message, where the first request message is used by user equipment UE to request a location update, generating, by the single radio controller, a paging area list of the UE according to the first request message, where the paging area list includes a location area identity of a location area of at least one network standard, adding, by the single radio controller, the paging area list of the UE to a first response message, and sending the first response message to the UE.
US10659948B2	Method and apparatus for performing data exchange by NAN terminal in wireless communication system The present specification may provide a method for performing data exchange by NAN terminal in a wireless communication system. In this instance, the method in which the NAN terminal performs data exchange may comprises the steps of: discovering a first service by a first NAN terminal using at least one of a publish message and a subscribe message; transmitting a data request message associated with the discovered first service to a second NAN terminal by the first NAN terminal; receiving a data response message from the second NAN terminal by the first NAN terminal; and performing data exchange relating to the first service with the second NAN terminal by the first NAN terminal. In this case, the data request message may be transmitted on the basis of a data request method called by the first NAN terminal, and service protocol type information and port number information, which are returned as a return value, may be included in the data request message and may be transmitted on the basis of the data request method.
US10659945B2	Broadcast receiving device and operating method thereof Provided is a broadcast receiving device receiving a broadcast service interoperating with a companion device. The broadcast receiving device includes: an IP communication unit configured to establish a pairing session with the companion device; a broadcast communication unit configured to receive an emergency alert message including an emergency alert alerting a disaster situation on the basis of the broadcast service; and a control unit configured to transmit information on the emergency alert message to the companion device.
US10659943B2	Short-range wireless communication based on indirect transmission of communication parameters Embodiments of wireless audio systems and methods for wirelessly communicating audio information are disclosed herein. In one example, a wireless audio system includes a first and a second wireless headphones and a charging case. The first wireless headphone is configured to establish, with an audio source, a first short-range wireless connection and transmit communication parameters associated with the first short-range wireless connection to the charging case. The charging case is configured to receive the communication parameters associated with the first short-range wireless connection and transmit the communication parameters associated with the first short-range wireless connection to the second wireless headphone. The second wireless headphone is configured to receive the communication parameters associated with the first short-range wireless connection and establish, with the audio source, a second short-range wireless connection based on the communication parameters associated with the first short-range wireless connection.
US10659940B2	Method and apparatus for context aware neighbor discovery in a network The present application describes a computer-implemented device on a network including a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon for registering a node with a router on the network. The device also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, configured to execute the instructions of receiving, from the node over the network, a solicitation with context information including a registration start time request. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of evaluating, at the router, whether to accept the solicitation based upon neighbor space and the received start time request. The processor is even further configured to execute the instructions of sending, to the node, an advertisement including an approved registration start time based upon the determining step.
US10659937B2	Agent controller and agent coordination method An agent controller controls an agent that provides driving assistance information to a driver who drives a first vehicle. The agent controller includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit is configured to store vehicle recognition information of a second vehicle located around the first vehicle. The processor is configured to acquire an image around the first vehicle, captured by a camera. The processor is configured to identity a vehicle included in the captured image as the second vehicle that matches the vehicle recognition information. The processor is configured to transmit information to the second vehicle or receive information from the second vehicle by coordinating the agent of the first vehicle with an agent of the second vehicle identified by the processor.
US10659935B1	Collective objects management system with receptacle for random deposit of addressable objects A collective objects management system using addressable object tracking devices attached to objects without the need for specially constructed cabinets having mounting pegs or locking apertures. Receptacles are slidably stored in ordinary cabinet cavities. Each receptacle has a first Bluetooth® antenna mounted on an outside wall surface and a second Bluetooth® antenna mounted on an inside wall surface. Each antenna communicates with a supervisory MCU via a separate Bluetooth® unit. An electronic lock and a visible indicator mounted on the receptacle front wall are controlled by the MCU. The MCU communicates with an outside host requesting device via the first antenna, and communicates with any object tracking devices in the receptacle via the second antenna. The object tracking devices have a battery and a battery management components which are powered by a transmitting array located in the receptacle.
US10659933B2	Electronic device and information processing system including the same An information processing system includes a first electronic device configured to collect data, a second electronic device configured to obtain at least a portion of the data from the first electronic device and process the at least the portion of the data, and a server configured to support a sharing service that obtains the processed data from the second electronic device and posts the processed data in a designated method. The second electronic device is configured to transmit account information on at least one account joined to the sharing service to the first electronic device. The first electronic device is configured to analyze the account information to verify the at least one account, generate an object supporting posting the processed data on the sharing service, and output the object to a display of the first electronic device.
US10659932B2	Client device access to data based on address configurations Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe mechanisms that enable client devices to have access to data based on various address configurations. A smart phone system may be configured to receive a request. The smart phone system may also be configured to determine an address based at least on the request received, where the address provides access to data on a website. The smart phone system may also determine the address based on a receipt of the address generated by a server system. The smart phone system may also determine a timestamp associated with a transfer of the address at a geolocation. The smart phone system may also determine one or more time periods from the timestamp associated with the transfer of the address at the geolocation. The address may provide access to the data on the website during the one or more time periods.
US10659931B2	Method and apparatus for providing an enhanced text messaging service A method and apparatus for providing a text messaging service are disclosed. For example, the method receives a text message destined to a customer, and determines a preference of the customer for forwarding the text message, wherein the preference comprises a plurality of customer endpoint devices for receiving the text message. The method forwards the text message in accordance with a sender input, if the preference of the customer allows for processing of the text message in accordance with the sender input, and forwards the text message in accordance with the preference of the customer; if the preference of the customer does not allow sender input.
US10659929B2	Facilitating user interactions based on proximity Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.). In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.
US10659928B2	Techniques for communicating entity references in a messaging thread Techniques for communicating entity references in messaging groups are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client messaging component operative to receive a message at a recipient client device from a messaging system, the recipient client device associated with a recipient user account, the message comprising an entity reference, the message addressed to a message thread; and extract an augmentation element for the entity reference from the message; and a user interface component operative to display the augmentation element in a message thread display for the message thread on the recipient client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10659923B2	Condition based accurate indoor positioning A method is disclosed including determining an indicator information indicative of one or more indicators of a current usage of an electronic device, determining a condition information indicative of if the electronic device is rigidly positioned with respect to a user, wherein the condition information is determined based, at least in part, on the determined indicator information. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
US10659922B2	Method and mobile transceiver for asset tracking A method and mobile transceiver for asset tracking is provided. In one aspect, a method of operating a mobile transceiver comprising a processor, a memory, a satellite receiver, and at least one wireless transceiver is provided. The method comprises activating a wireless transceiver associated with a last used wireless service from a low power mode, searching for a wireless signal for the last used wireless service, and selecting an alternate wireless service when the last used wireless service is not available. Different approaches for selecting the alternate wireless service are provided.
US10659920B1	Efficient discovery of survivors in disaster area using robotics and mobile networks Systems and techniques for the quickly and efficiently locating survivors in a disaster area are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of robots distributed into a disaster area where each robot comprises at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive discover packets broadcast by one or more mobile devices located in the disaster area. Each discover packet comprises information indicating how many other mobile devices in the disaster area are associated with the broadcasting mobile device. The at least one processor is further configured to determine a path along which to move the robot responsive to receiving one or more of the discover packets. The path is determined based at least in part on the received one or more of the discover packets. The at least one processor is further configured to cause the robot to move according to the determined path.
US10659917B2	Tracking for badge carrier A tracking system is disclosed that enables the tracking of a beacon device and a credential device being held by the beacon device. The beacon device may communicate with readers of an access control system using a first communication protocol whereas the credential device being held by the beacon device may communicate with readers of the access control system using a second communication protocol. As the beacon device and the credential device being held by the beacon device may also communicate with readers at different times, a beacon device may be associated with a credential device being held thereby such that tracking of one device enables inferred tracking of the other device.
US10659916B2	Retrospective path analysis To determine whether a mobile device has entered a geo-fenced region, a first geo-location of the mobile device at a first time is identified. Also, a second geo-location of the mobile device at a second time is identified. A potential travel path of the mobile device is determined between the first geo-location and the second geo-location. The potential travel path is in at least two dimensions. A determination is made as to whether the potential travel path intersects with the predetermined geo-fenced region. If the potential travel path intersects the predetermined geo-fenced region by an amount that satisfies an intersection requirement, a determination is made that the mobile device entered the predetermined geo-fenced region.
US10659913B2	Location based access control for artificial conversational entities Systems, methods, and software technology for providing access control with respect to bots is disclosed herein. In an implementation, an access control service monitors a location of a device with respect to a geographic area. In response to when the device has entered the geographic area, the service grants a bot associated with the geographic area with access to the device. The service may grant the bot with continued access to the device if an end-user conversed with the bot while it had access. However, the service may deny the bot the continued access to the device if the end-user did not converse with the bot.
US10659909B1	Systems and methods for providing contextual recommendations A method may include receiving, from a customer device, contextual location information about a customer and an interaction type, determining a location-based recommendation and an urgency level for the customer using the contextual location information, generating a routing protocol for communication with the customer based on the interaction type and the urgency level, and providing a communication to the customer according to the routing protocol, the communication including the location-based recommendation.
US10659908B2	System and method to capture image of pinna and characterize human auditory anatomy using image of pinna An image of a pinna is captured. Based on the image of the pinna, a non-linear transfer function is determined which characterizes how sound is transformed at the pinna. A signal is output indicative of one or more audio cues to facilitate spatial localization of sound via the pinna, where the one or more audio cues is based on the non-linear transfer function.
US10659907B2	System for distraction avoidance via soundscaping and headset coordination A system can include a headset and a host device for use in a soundscape environment in which audio tracks are played. Logic in communication with an audio driver on the headset causes an audio sample to be played, and coordinated with the soundscape audio track being played in the soundscape environment. Memory can store one or more audio samples having audio content coordinated with corresponding one or more audio tracks of the soundscape environment. A Don/Doff sensor generates a Don signal indicating that an individual has put on the headset.
US10659904B2	Method and device for processing binaural audio signal An audio signal processing device for processing an audio signal may include a receiving unit configured to receive an audio file including the audio signal, a processor configured to simultaneously render a first audio signal component included in a first track of the audio file and a second audio signal component included in a second track of the audio file, and an output unit configured to output the rendered first audio signal component and the rendered second audio signal component.
US10659903B2	Apparatus and method for weighting stereo audio signals A signal generator has a filter bank that provides weighted versions of audio signals to speakers. The weights were derived by identifying a first constraint that limits a weight that can be applied to an audio signal to be provided to a first speaker. A characteristic of a second speaker that affects how a user will perceive audio signals output by that speaker relative to audio signals output by the first speaker was also determined. A second constraint was determined based on the determined characteristic and the first constraint. The weights were then determined so as to minimize a difference between an actual balance of each signal that is expected to be heard by a user and a target balance. The signal generator can achieve sweet spot correction and sound stage widening simultaneously. It also achieves a balanced sound stage, particularly when the speakers are asymmetric.
US10659902B2	Method and system of broadcasting a 360° audio signal A system and method of processing a sound signal. The method of processing a sound signal that includes the following steps: Synchronous reception of an input sound signal (Sinput) of N microphones, N being a natural number greater than or equal to three; Encoding of the input sound signal (Sinput) in a data format (D) of sound, the encoding including a sub-step of transforming the input signal into an ambisonic format of order R, R being a natural number greater than or equal to one, the sub-step of transformation into an ambisonic format is carried out by a Fast Fourier Transform, a matrix multiplication, an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform and by a band pass filter; and Return of an output sound signal (Soutput) by digital processing of the sound data (D).
US10659900B2	Apparatus and method for low delay object metadata coding An apparatus for generating one or more audio channels is provided. The apparatus comprises a metadata decoder for generating one or more reconstructed metadata signals from one or more processed metadata signals depending on a control signal, wherein each of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals indicates information associated with an audio object signal of one or more audio object signals, wherein the metadata decoder is configured to generate the one or more reconstructed metadata signals by determining a plurality of reconstructed metadata samples for each of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. The apparatus comprises an audio channel generator for generating the one or more audio channels depending on the one or more audio object signals and depending on the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. The metadata decoder is configured to receive a plurality of processed metadata samples of each of the one or more processed metadata signals. The metadata decoder is configured to receive the control signal.
US10659894B2	Personal communication device having application software for controlling the operation of at least one hearing aid A hearing system includes at least one hearing aid (10) and a personal communication device (17) both having a short range radio transceiver for providing a short range radio communication link. The personal communication device includes application software for controlling the operation of said at least one hearing aid. The at least one hearing aid has a user operable control for opening the user interface of the application software on said personal communication device.
US10659889B2	Microphone package and method for generating a microphone signal A microphone package for providing a modified microphone signal includes a microphone and an equalizer device coupled to the microphone.
US10659885B2	Systems and methods for generating damped electromagnetically actuated planar motion for audio-frequency vibrations A vibration module for applying vibrational tractions to a wearer's skin is presented. Use of the vibration module in headphones is illustrated for providing tactile sensations of low frequency for music, for massage, and for electrical recording and stimulation of the wearer. Damped, planar, electromagnetically-actuated vibration modules of the moving magnet type are presented in theory and reduced to practice, and shown to provide a substantially uniform frequency response over the range 40-200 Hz with a minimum of unwanted audio.
US10659883B2	Magnetic bowl and sounding device The present disclosure provides a magnetic bowl, including: a main body made of a first magnetic material and a reinforcing portion made of a second magnetic material, wherein the reinforcing portion is superposed and fixed on the main body, and the second magnetic material has a higher magnetoconductivity than the first magnetic material. The present disclosure further provides a sounding device using the magnetic bowl. Compared with the related art, the magnetic bowl of the present disclosure has a simple forming process and low production cost, and the sounding device using the magnetic bowl has excellent acoustic performance.
US10659881B2	Mobile audio mesh distribution system and method A mobile audio mesh distribution (MAD) system/method allowing synchronized audio distribution to modular audio modules (MAMs) and/or drone delivery aircraft (DDA) in mesh audio network (MAN) is disclosed. The system/method utilizes a computer control system (CCS) that communicates wirelessly using a plurality of RF transceivers (RFT) over a RF mesh network (RMN) with one or more MAM that are configured to independently communicate with each other and automatically determine if audio updates are required from the CCS. The MAM are configured to query other MAMs in the RMN to determine if a connected MAM has updated audio/text (UAT), and if so, to download the UAT and schedule audio playback on a speaker. Messages may be transmitted to the MAM in the event of an emergency, terrorist event, or a physical event detected (PED) using prerecorded or updated audio that trigger immediate or scheduled playback by the MAM.
US10659878B2	Speaker device and sound output method A speaker device according to an embodiment includes a vibration element, a driving unit, and a panel. The driving unit applies, to the vibration element, a driving signal where a carrier wave in an ultrasonic wave band is modulated by a sound signal in an audible wave band. The panel is provided with the vibration element and arranged in such a manner that a driving signal is applied to such a vibration element by the driving unit to form a vibration region and first and second ultrasonic waves that are generated from such a vibration region and travel in mutually different directions travel toward respectively different users.
US10659877B2	Combined audio signal output According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to determine a reference frame from a plurality of frames received at multiple different times, in which each of the plurality of frames includes audio signal data, and in which the reference frame includes audio signal data that identifies a highest audio signal level among audio signals identified in the plurality of frames. The reference frame may be time-aligned with each of the plurality of frames other than the reference frame to obtain respective time-aligned frames. The audio signals identified in each of the respective time-aligned frames may be added together to generate respective added audio signals. The respective added audio signals may be combined together to obtain a combined audio signal and the combined audio signal may be outputted.
US10659874B2	Audio I O headset plug and plug detection circuitry A single prong, multiple signal conducting plug and plug detection circuitry is provided. The plug may be electrically coupled to a stereo headset including a microphone. The plug may include four signal conducting regions arranged in a predetermined order along the length of the prong. Detection circuitry may be operative to determine whether a microphone type of plug (e.g., a four region plug including a microphone region and two audio regions, or a three region plug including microphone region and only one audio region) or a non-microphone type of plug (e.g., stereo plug) is inserted into the jack of an electronic device (e.g., mobile phone). Detection circuitry may also detect user activated functions performed in response to user activation of one or more switches included with the headset. For example, the headset may include a single switch for performing a function with respect to a microphone (e.g., end-call function).
US10659872B2	Speaker apparatus A speaker apparatus includes a sound guide and a pair of speakers mounted to the sound guide. The sound guide includes a first guide portion configured to guide a sound generated from any one of the pair of speakers in a first direction; and a second guide portion configured to guide a sound generated from the other speaker in a second direction that is plane-symmetric with respect to the first direction. Each of the first and second guide portions includes an opening forming portion formed in an end portion of the corresponding portion and including an opening configured to output a sound generated by the pair of speakers, and a slit forming portion including a slit configured to output a sound, together with the opening, wherein the slit is extended from one side of the opening.
US10659871B2	Display apparatus Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a rear surface structure configured to surround lateral and rear surfaces of the display panel, a vibration generating device connected with the rear surface structure and configured to vibrate the display panel, a rear sound emitting portion between the display panel and the rear surface structure, a rear sound guide between the display panel and the rear surface structure to surround the vibration generating device in a spiral shape and configured to connect with the rear sound emitting portion.
US10659870B2	Audio device and operating method of audio device An audio device includes a jack slot detachably connectable with an audio jack; a detection and monitor unit constantly supplying a first voltage and a second voltage to the jack slot and detecting whether a conductive material is attached to the jack slot depending on changes in the first and second voltages, in a first detection mode; and a determination unit determining whether the conductive material is the audio jack depending on a change in at least one of the first and second voltages in response to detecting attachment of the conductive material. In response to determination by the determination unit that the conductive material is not the audio jack, the detection and monitor unit in a second detection mode monitors a change in the at least one of the first and second voltages while periodically supplying the first and second voltages to the jack slot.
US10659865B2	Headset and method for automatic reduction of ear pressure and barotrauma A headset and method for controlling pressure in the ears of a user is disclosed. The headset includes a headband, a control earpiece connected to the headband, an earpiece connected to the headband, and a control system housed in the control earpiece and the earpiece to manually and/or automatically control the pressure in each of the control earpiece and the earpiece. In one embodiment, the pressure in each of the control earpiece and the earpiece is manually controlled by increasing and/or decreasing the pressure in each of the control earpiece and the earpiece. In another embodiment, the pressure in each of the control earpiece and the earpiece is automatically adjusted in a ground pressure mode, an ascent mode, and/or a descent mode.
US10659863B2	Sound output device and sound guiding device Provided is a sound output device worn on an ear of a listener and used, and having listening characteristics of an ambient sound in a wearing state. A sound output device 100 includes a sound generating portion 110 that generates a sound, a sound guiding portion 120 that takes in the sound generated in the sound generating portion 110 from one end 121, and a holding portion 130 that holds the sound guiding portion 120 in the vicinity of the other end 122. The holding portion 130 is engaged with an intertragic notch, and supports the sound guiding portion 120 such that a sound output hole of the other end 122 of the sound guiding portion 120 to face a depth side of an ear canal. Even in a state where the listener wears the sound output device 100, the sound output device 100 does not block an ear cavity of the listener, and the listener can listen to the ambient sound.
US10659858B2	Display apparatus Disclosed is a display apparatus that may include a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a supporting member disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a sound generating device disposed between the supporting member and the display panel, and a plurality of partitions at a predetermined interval from the sound generating device, wherein the partitions have different compression force deflections.
US10659857B1	Rapidly mountable ceiling loudspeaker device The invention discloses a rapidly mountable ceiling loudspeaker device comprising a loudspeaker housing, a ceiling locking assembly, a woofer module and a dustproof assembly. The loudspeaker housing comprises a basket, a speaker inner frame and a surface frame ring body; the ceiling locking assembly comprises a locking sleeve body, a ceiling locking piece and a locking member; the woofer module is arranged in the basket; and the dustproof assembly is arranged on the speaker inner frame. After the scheme is employed, the ceiling loudspeaker device can be efficiently assembled and disassembled without the aid of a mounting tool.
US10659847B2	Frame dropping method for video frame and video sending apparatus A frame dropping method for a video frame and a video sending apparatus are used to perform frame dropping processing on video frames in order to reduce a quantity of dropped frames, enhance video playing smoothness, and improve user experience. A specific solution includes obtaining a video frame sequence of a to-be-sent video, establishing a reference relationship between video frames in the video frame sequence according to a preset criterion, and detecting a data occupation length of buffered video frames in a video sending buffer during a process of sending the video frame sequence, dropping a current to-be-buffered video frame when the data occupation length is greater than a preset threshold, and dropping all video frames in the video frame sequence that reference the current to-be-buffered video frame according to the reference relationship.
US10659846B2	System and method for transmitting data in a satellite system A method and a system for transmitting data in a satellite system comprising at least one satellite, a gateway and a user terminal, comprises at least the following steps: transmitting a data content request Rq sent by a user to the gateway, upon receipt of the content of the request Rq, the gateway sends an order to the satellite so that the satellite transmits the content requested by the user to the user, the user acknowledges receipt of all or of at least a portion of this content to the gateway.
US10659837B2	Storing multiple instances of content Content receivers may simultaneously record multiple instances of content for multiple programming channels based on content provider instructions. Systems and methods utilize the content receivers to record these multiple instances from at least a single transponder. In some instances, multiple transponders may have a common control word so that content carried on each such transponder may be simultaneously received, decoded and recorded. Further, a single demodulator may be associated with multiple tuners, so that the single demodulator processes all content received from transponders with common control words and/or other encryption mechanisms.
US10659827B2	Transmission of applications with content Provided are methods and systems for controlling data such as content and/or application data transmitted to one or more user devices. One method can comprise receiving a request for first content and generating, in response to the request for the first content, a first transport stream comprising the first content and application data relating to a first application. At least a portion of the first transport stream is transmitted to a recipient device. An interruption in the transmission of the first transport stream is detected and a determination is made that only a first portion of the application data has been transmitted to the recipient device. A second transport stream including second content and a second portion of the application data is generated and transmitted.
US10659817B2	Method of sample adaptive offset processing for video coding A method of modified SAO (sample-adaptive offset) processing for a reconstructed picture in a video coding system to improve the performance is disclosed. In one example, a SAO-sign threshold is introduced to determine the sign of the difference between a current reconstructed pixel and a neighboring reconstructed pixel. A range of difference values greater than the negative SAO-sign threshold and smaller than the positive SAO-sign threshold is assigned to have a sign value of 0. In another example, the SAO-offset value is derived by multiplying the SAO-offset sign with a result from applying left shift by the SAO-bit-shift value to the absolute SAO-offset value. In yet another example, the absolute SAO-offset value is coded by truncated Rice (TR) codes and a maximum TR value is indicated by a syntax element.
US10659816B2	Point cloud geometry compression A system comprises an encoder configured to compress a point cloud comprising a plurality of points each point comprising spatial information for the point. The encoder is configured to sub-sample the points and determine subdivision locations for the subsampled points. Also, the encoder is configured to determine, for respective subdivision location, if a point is to be included, not included, or relocated relative to the subdivision location. The encoder encodes spatial information for the sub-sampled points and encodes subdivision location point inclusion/relocation information to generate a compressed point cloud. A decoder recreates an original or near replica of an original point cloud based on the spatial information and the subdivision location inclusion/relocation information included in the compressed point cloud.
US10659811B2	Inter prediction method and apparatus for same According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.
US10659808B2	Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the maximum value of a pre-stored parameter TR and the parameter TR1 according to the comparison result by the comparison unit; a multiplier parameter table (for multipliers); and a multiplier parameter table (for divisors) for associating the parameter TR1 with a value approximate to the inverse value (1/TR1) of this parameter TR1.
US10659804B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images using adaptive motion vector resolution The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors.
US10659802B2	Video encoding and decoding There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding and decoding. In some embodiments for encoding a block of samples is obtained for motion prediction (900). At least one translational base motion vector component for the block of samples is calculated by defining a prediction for said translational base motion vector component (902, 904). A first differential motion vector component using a first precision is defined (906). Said first differential motion vector component is added to said prediction for said translational base motion vector component. At least one higher order motion vector component is calculated by defining a prediction for said higher order motion vector component (908) and defining a second differential motion vector component using a second precision different from the first precision (910). Said second differential motion vector component is added to said prediction for said higher order motion vector component. A motion compensation operation is performed for said block of samples using the at least one translational base motion vector component and the at least one differential motion vector component (912, 914).
US10659800B2	Inter prediction method and device When performing an inter predictive encoding on any image frame x is required, a reference image frame is determined for image x; image x is a P-frame image or a B-frame image; for each reference image frame, following processes are respectively performed: whether resolution of a reference image frame is the same as resolution of image x is determined; if resolution of the reference image frame is different from resolution of image x, resolution of reference image frame is adjusted to be the same as resolution of image x; if resolution of each reference image frame is the same as resolution of image x, inter predictive encoding is performed on image x based on each reference image frame.
US10659799B2	Video coding system with temporal layers and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a video coding system includes: receiving a video bitstream; extracting a video syntax from the video bitstream; extracting a temporal layer from the video bitstream based on the video syntax; and forming a video stream based on the temporal layer for displaying on a device.
US10659798B2	Sample array coding for low-delay The entropy coding of a current part of a predetermined entropy slice is based on, not only, the respective probability estimations of the predetermined entropy slice as adapted using the previously coded part of the predetermined entropy slice, but also probability estimations as used in the entropy coding of a spatially neighboring, in entropy slice order preceding entropy slice at a neighboring part thereof. Thereby, the probability estimations used in entropy coding are adapted to the actual symbol statistics more closely, thereby lowering the coding efficiency decrease normally caused by lower-delay concepts. Temporal interrelationships are exploited additionally or alternatively.
US10659792B2	Image processing device and method An image processing device for encoding a video signal including circuitry configured to perform an arithmetic encoding process on a top block of a current block line of the video signal using a context used in the arithmetic encoding process for a previous block of a previous block line.
US10659786B2	Methods and systems for decoding a video bitstream A video bitstream is decoded by decoding, in a slice header associated with a picture, a first syntax element indicating a number of entropy slices defining a first slice. Each slice contains plural largest coding units (LCUs). A second syntax element indicates an offset with an index, and a third syntax element indicates a slice type of the first slice. When the third syntax element indicates a B slice, a flag indicating one of two coding context initialization methods to be used is decoded. When the third syntax element indicates a P slice, the coding context is initialized using one of two initialization methods. When the third syntax element indicates an I slice, the coding context is initialized using a third initialization method.
US10659785B2	Apparatus, system and method of video compression using smart coding tree unit scanning and corresponding computer program and medium It is provided an apparatus for encoding an image frame, wherein the image frame being partitioned into non-overlapping units (1002, 1008), the partitioned units being included in a first region, a second region and a third region of the image frame (1008, 1012), each of the first region, the second region and the third region being associated with an indicator indicating a raster scanning order; comprising means for encoding the third region of the image frame, based on the indicator of the third region, starting at a first unit from the right and the top in the third region using a raster scan technique (1002, 1008, 1012, 1016); means for encoding the second region of the image frame, based on the indicator of the second region, starting at a first unit from the right in the second region (1002, 1008, 1012, 016); and means for encoding the first region, based on the indicator of the first region, starting at a first unit from the top or the bottom in the first region (1002, 1008, 1012, 1016).
US10659781B2	Concatenated coding units in flexible tree structure A method of partitioning a parent coding unit (CU) in a tree structure for encoding a video sequence includes splitting the parent CU into more than two CUs including a first CU and a second CU, and generating a concatenated CU by concatenating the second CU to the first CU.
US10659778B2	Method for enabling random access and playback of video bitstream in media transmission system The present invention relates to a method of playing back a bitstream for transferring a group of pictures, the method comprising the steps of: parsing, when a random access occurs in a first picture, a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header of at least one second picture following the first picture and determining a NAL unit type of the at least one second picture; removing the at least one second picture from the bitstream on the basis of the determined NAL unit type; and decoding and displaying the bitstream from which the at least one second picture has been removed.
US10659771B2	Non-planar computational displays A near-eye display system includes one or more non-planar display panels and a lenslet array to display a near-eye lightfield frame. The near-eye display system further includes a rendering component to render, based on a stereoscopic focus volume associated with a set of display geometry data of the one-or more non-planar display panels, the array of elemental images in the near-eye lightfield frame such that objects within the stereoscopic focus volume are perceived to be in focus by the user's eye. A method of operation of the near-eye display system includes receiving display geometry data for one or more non-planar display panels of the near-eye display system and rendering, based on a stereoscopic focus volume, an array of elemental images at a position within a near-eye lightfield frame such that the non-planar display panels presents objects within the stereoscopic focus volume to be in focus.
US10659769B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain virtual viewpoint information indicating a position and/or a direction of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image generated based on images captured by a plurality of cameras which capture images of a subject from different directions, and a display controller configured to display, while a first virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtaining unit is displayed on a display unit, a second virtual viewpoint image having an angle of view larger than an angle of view of the first virtual viewpoint image being displayed on the display unit, when an instruction for switching to a virtual viewpoint having a position and/or a direction which are/is not set by a user is received.
US10659767B2	Method for performing out-focus using depth information and camera using the same A camera and a method for extracting depth information by the camera having a first lens and a second lens are provided. The method includes photographing, by the first lens, a first image; photographing, by the second lens, a second image of a same scene; down-sampling the first image to a resolution of the second image if the first image is an image having a higher resolution than a resolution of the second image; correcting the down-sampled first image to match the down-sampled first image to the second image; and extracting the depth information from the corrected down-sampled first image and the second image.
US10659763B2	Stereo camera system with wide and narrow interocular distance cameras A stereographic camera system and method of operating a stereographic camera system. A camera platform may include a first camera head including first left and right cameras separated by a first interocular distance, the first camera head providing first left and right video streams, and a second camera head aligned with the first camera head, the second camera head including second left and right cameras separated by a second interocular distance, the second camera head providing second left and right video streams. An output selector may select either the first left and right video streams or the second left and right video streams to output as a 3D video output. The first interocular distance may be settable over a first range, and the second interocular distance may be settable over a second range, at least a portion of the second range smaller than the first range.
US10659762B2	Stereo camera The present invention provides a stereo camera in which it is possible to improve the precision of correcting vertical offset between a first image captured by a first image-capture unit and a second image captured by a second image-capture unit. In the present invention, an image-capture system unit 100a captures a benchmark image. An image-capture system unit 100b captures a reference image. A geometry correction unit 125 generates a plurality of geometry-corrected reference images having differing amounts of vertical-direction movement from the reference image. A parallax calculation unit 126 generates a plurality of parallax images from the combination of the benchmark image and each of the reference images. A parallax image evaluation unit 131 calculates evaluation values pertaining to the reliability of each of the parallax images. A vertical offset correction unit 132: calculates, on the basis of a correspondence relationship between vertical offset and the evaluation values pertaining to reliability, an evaluation value pertaining to the maximum reliability and a vertical offset that corresponds to this evaluation value; and sets the vertical offset that corresponds to the evaluation value pertaining to the maximum reliability as a vertical offset correction amount.
US10659761B2	Method for transmitting 360 video, method for receiving 360 video, apparatus for transmitting 360 video, and apparatus for receiving 360 video According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention may relate to a method for transmitting a 360 video. The method for transmitting a 360 video may include processing a plurality of circular images captured by a camera having at least one fisheye lens; encoding a picture to which the circular images are mapped; generating signaling information about the 360 video data; encapsulating the encoded picture and the signaling information into a file, and transmitting the file.
US10659757B2	Light field capture This disclosure pertains to operations, systems, and computer readable media to capture images of a scene using a camera array and process the captured images based on a viewer's point of view (POV) for immersive augmented reality, live display wall, head mounted display, video conferencing, and similar applications. In one implementation, the disclosed subject matter provides a complete view to a viewer by combining images captured by a camera array. In another implementation, the disclosed subject matter tracks the viewer's POV as he moves from one location to another and displays images in accordance with his varying POV. The change of the viewer's POV is inclusive of movements in the X, Y, and Z dimensions.
US10659754B2	Multi-view coding with efficient residual handling A gain in multi-view coding is achieved as follows: the residual signal involved with coding a dependent view of the multi-view signal is predicted from a reference residual signal of the current picture of the reference view using block-granular disparity-compensated prediction, i.e. using disparity compensated prediction with a disparity defined at, and varying with, block granularity so that each block of the current picture of the dependent view has its own disparity displacement such as its own disparity vector, associated therewith. In other words, a remaining similarity between the residual signal involved with predictively coding the reference view is used in order to predict the residual signal involved with predictively coding the dependent view.
US10659750B2	Method and system for presenting at least part of an image of a real object in a view of a real environment, and method and system for selecting a subset of a plurality of images The disclosure relates to a method and system for presenting at least part of an image of a real object in a view of a real environment, comprising providing a first image of at least part of a real object captured by a first camera, determining at least part of the real object in the first image as an object image area, determining a first 3D plane relative to the first camera, the first camera being at a position where the first image is captured, providing at least one image feature related to the real object in the first image, providing at least one first ray passing an optical center of the first camera being at a position where the first image is captured and the at least one image feature, determining, according to a first plane normal direction of the first 3D plane, at least one first angle between the first 3D plane and the at least one first ray, providing a second image of a real environment captured by a second camera, determining a second 3D plane relative to the second camera, the second camera being at a position where the second image is captured, mapping at least part of the object image area to a target space in a view of the real environment captured at a viewpoint, wherein the at least one image feature is mapped to at least one target position in a coordinate system of the view, determining at least one second angle between the second 3D plane and at least one second ray passing the viewpoint of capturing the view and the at least one target position according to a second plane normal direction of the second 3D plane, wherein the at least one image feature is mapped to the at least one target position such that a difference between the at least one first angle and the at least one second angle is minimized.
US10659746B2	Image processing device and image processing method The image processing device of an embodiment, to which multiple inputted pixels forming an inputted image are inputted in a raster scan order, includes a written pixel position calculating circuit configured to convert the position of each of the inputted pixels to a first pixel position in an outputted image, a read-out pixel position calculating circuit configured to convert the position of an outputted pixel near the first pixel position in the outputted image to a second pixel position in the inputted image, and a pixel interpolating circuit configured to calculate the pixel value of the second pixel position through interpolation with surrounding pixels in the inputted image.
US10659742B2	Image generating apparatus and image display control apparatus An image generating apparatus generates a panoramic image by transforming at least one divided area including a range onto which a scene viewed from an observation point is projected, out of eight divided areas obtained by dividing the surface of a sphere having at least a partial range onto which the scene is projected, with three planes that pass through the center of the sphere and are orthogonal to each other, into such an area that the number of pixels corresponding to mutually equal latitudes is progressively reduced toward higher latitudes, and placing the transformed area on a plane, and outputs the generated panoramic image.
US10659737B2	Method for monitoring occupancy in a work area One variation of a method for monitoring occupancy in a work area includes, at a sensor block: transitioning from an inactive state into an active state when an output of a motion sensor indicates motion in a work area; during a scan cycle in the active state, recording an image through an optical sensor at a time, detecting a set of humans in the image, detecting a second set of human effects in the image, predicting a second set of humans occupying but absent the work area based on the second set of human effects, and estimating a total occupancy in the work area at the time based on the set of humans and the second set of humans; and transmitting the total occupancy to a remote computer system for update of a scheduler for the work area.
US10659730B2	Systems and methods for improved video call handling Systems and methods for providing video subtitling and text communications (e.g., real time text (RTT) and conventional text messaging) during video calls. The system can include video calling with voice recognition based subtitles. The system can also include a call log to provide a textual record of the audio portion of the video call. The system can utilize embedded or online (e.g., cloud-based) voice recognition systems to provide the subtitles and call log. The system can enable users to send RTT, standard text, or other messages to multiple users participating in a video call via a public text interface. The system can also enable users to send private RTT, standard text, or other messages to specified participants during video calls using parallel interfaces.
US10659728B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method Provided is an information processing apparatus including a receiving section that receives a captured image of a video communication partner from a communication destination apparatus and a control section that controls a display of the received captured image on a display section. The control section executes image processing to display the captured image such that a line of sight of a communication partner appearing in the captured image appears to point towards a user looking at the display section, on a basis of information indicating that the communication partner appearing in the captured image is looking at the user being displayed on the communication destination apparatus.
US10659721B2	Method of processing a sequence of coded video frames A method of processing a sequence of coded video frames conveyed by a digital data stream, where each frame represents an image, includes receiving the sequence of coded video frames at a recording device, determining a frame interval between presentation of an ith coded frame of the sequence and an (i+1)th coded frame of the sequence, calculating a stream time stamp for the ith coded frame, and calculating a stream time stamp for the (i+1)th coded video frame based on the stream time stamp for the ith coded video frame and the previously determined frame interval.
US10659719B2	Mounting structure A mounting structure for removably mounting a cover body to an external component of the cover body includes a limiting member, a latching member, and a positioning member. The limiting member is coupled to the cover body. The latching member is coupled to the limiting member and configured to latch with the external component. The positioning member defines a positioning slot and a releasing slot continuous with the positioning slot. The latching member is received in the positioning slot or the releasing slot. The latching member is movably coupled to the positioning member. When the latching member is received within the positioning slot, the latching member is locked by the positioning member and latched with the external component. When the latching member is received within the releasing slot, the latching member is released by the positioning member and released from latching with the external component.
US10659718B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display including a first electrode and a second electrode, for wireless power reception, a signal processor disposed apart from the display, and including a third electrode and a fourth electrode, for wireless power transmission, and a first bridge electrode and a second bridge electrode, including one ends apart from the first electrode and the second electrode, facing the first electrode and the second electrode, and the other ends apart from the first bridge electrode and the second bridge electrode, facing the first bridge electrode and the second bridge electrode.
US10659714B2	Image sensor and electronic device with active reset circuit, and method of operating the same An image sensor including a pixel circuit and an active reset circuit. The pixel circuit includes a light sensing element, a storage node selectively connected to the light sensing element, an output transistor configured to, during a readout operation, output a signal that is based on a potential of the charge storage node to an output line, and a selection transistor that controls the readout operation. The active reset circuit includes a first current path and a second current path, the first current path extending from a power supply node to the output line via the selection transistor and the output transistor, and the second current path extending from the power supply node to the output line via a first transistor and a second transistor. The active reset circuit is configured to, when the selection transistor and the first transistor are both ON, set a potential of the charge storage node based on a potential of a gate of the second transistor.
US10659713B2	Image sensing device An image sensing device includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels each including first and second photoelectric converters that share a microlens, a plurality of column signal lines, and a readout circuit including a plurality of column circuits each configured to receive a signal of a corresponding column signal line. Each pixel includes first and second driving elements respectively configured to output signals corresponding to charges respectively generated by the first and second photoelectric converters to a corresponding column signal line. In a state in which signals are output from both the first and second driving elements included in a selected pixel to a column signal line corresponding to each of the plurality of column circuits, the readout circuit reads out a signal of the column signal line corresponding to the column circuit.
US10659710B2	A/D conversion device, gray code generation device, signal processing device, imaging element, and electronic device An A/D conversion device includes a phase-difference clock generation unit configured to use a plurality of phase interpolators to generate multi-phase clock signals, of which phases are shifted with respect to an input clock signal, from the input clock signal and a signal obtained by delaying the input clock signal; and an A/D conversion unit configured to perform A/D conversion on an input analog signal using the multi-phase clock signals generated by the phase-difference clock generation unit.
US10659709B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus An AD conversion part has a comparator for performing comparison processing comparing a voltage signal read out by a photoelectric converting and reading part and a reference voltage and outputting a digitalized comparison result signal, the comparator, under the control by a reading part, performs first comparison processing for outputting a digitalized first comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing from a photodiode PD1 to a floating diffusion FD1 in an integration period and second comparison processing for outputting a digitalized second comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an accumulated charge of the photodiode PD1 transferred to the floating diffusion FD1 in a transfer period after the integration period. Due to this, it becomes possible to substantially realize a broader dynamic range and higher frame rate.
US10659702B2	Image capturing apparatus that matches an imaging range with an irridation range An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units arranged in a circumferential manner and movable in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of illumination units arranged in such a manner that each of the plurality of illumination units corresponds to a different one of the plurality of imaging units. In a case where the plurality of imaging units moves in the circumferential direction, each of the plurality of imaging units integrally moves with a corresponding one of the plurality of illumination units.
US10659698B2	Method to configure a virtual camera path A computer-implemented system and method of configuring a path of a virtual camera. The method comprises receiving user steering information to control the path of the virtual camera in a scene; determining a primary target based upon a field of view of the virtual camera; and estimating a future path and a corresponding future field of view of the virtual camera, based on the received steering information. The method further comprises determining a secondary target of the scene proximate to the estimated future path of the virtual camera based on a preferred perspective of the secondary target; and configuring the path to capture the secondary target from the preferred perspective.
US10659695B2	Gimbal control method, gimbal control system and gimbal device A gimbal control method, a gimbal control system and a gimbal device are provided. The method includes steps of: obtaining simulation position information, measurement position information and simulation angular velocity information of a Pitch axis of a gimbal in real-time; calculating a first position error between the simulation position information of the Pitch axis and the measurement position information of the Pitch axis; processing the first position error with proportional-derivative calculation, wherein the first position error is compensated with the simulation angular velocity information during the proportional-derivative calculation; and, according to a result of the proportional-derivative calculation after compensating, generating a first torque control instruction for controlling a torque of a Pitch axis motor, so as to enable the Pitch axis to reach a position corresponding to the simulation position information of the Pitch axis. According to the present invention, a brush motor is adopted.
US10659691B2	Control device and imaging apparatus A control device includes: a correction control unit configured to acquire a blur detection signal detected by a blur detection unit to calculate a correction amount of an image blur and control an image blur correction unit configured to correct the image blur; a subject detection unit configured to detect a position of a subject in a photographed image and acquire position information of the subject in the photographed image; a tracking control unit configured to perform tracking control of the subject based on the position information of the subject acquired by the subject detection unit to; and a setting unit configured to set a control state of the tracking control unit. The setting unit sets the control state of the tracking control unit by selecting the set control state from a plurality of control states including a first state in which a tracking subject selectable mode is not set and a second state in which the mode is set and a tracking subject is not selected. The correction control unit acquires information on the control state selected by the setting unit and performs control to change characteristics of calculating the correction amount so that an image blur correction effect in the second state is higher than an image blur correction effect in the first state.
US10659690B2	Systems and methods for mobile platform imaging A method of image stabilization includes obtaining movement data for an imaging device mounted to a mobile platform, adjusting an input image acquired by the imaging device according to the movement data to obtain a stabilized image, and displaying the stabilized image according to a selected viewport.
US10659689B2	Image capture apparatus and control method An image capture apparatus capable of charging a battery. The image capture apparatus includes a connection unit that receives power from a power supply device, a charging control unit that charges the battery by using power received from the power supply device, a power supply control unit that supplies power to components of the image capture apparatus by using power received from the power supply device, and a control unit that controls charging of the battery and power supply to the components of the image capture apparatus by using power received from the power supply device, according to whether or not an operating mode of the image capture apparatus is restricted due to heat from the battery.
US10659683B2	Rolling shutter synchronization A camera system configuration generates 2D or 3D images capable of being stitched together to create panoramic images. The configuration detects a communication coupling of at least two cameras for capturing a sequence of images. The cameras themselves are configured such that their rolling shutters mitigate field of view artifacts from adjacent cameras (2D panoramas) and adjacent 3D camera pairs (3D panoramas) by allowing for the substantially temporally-aligned capture of light in overlap regions between adjacent cameras.
US10659679B1	Facial location determination A method of determining facial location and orientation may include receiving a location of a first radio frequency (RF) tag on a subject; receiving a location of a second RF tag on the subject; determining a location and orientation of a face of the subject using at least the location of the first RF tag and the location of the second RF tag; and sending commands to one or more camera units. The commands may cause the one or more camera units to capture the location and orientation of the face of the subject.
US10659674B2	Imaging device, control method, and program An imaging device, a control method, and a program with automatic power-on control in response to contactless communication are disclosed. An imaging preparation operation is performed after the completion of a transmission of connection information for a wireless communication connection. In one example, an imaging device includes a contactless communication part configured to perform contactless communication with an external device, and a control part configured to control power-on/off of the imaging device and an imaging preparation operation. The control part performs control to set the power of the imaging device ON upon detecting a polling command transmitted by the contactless communication from the external device, transmits connection information for wireless communication connection with the external device to the external device after the imaging device is powered on, and performs control such that the imaging preparation operation is performed, when the transmission of the connection information is completed.
US10659672B2	Systems and methods to control camera operations Systems and methods to control operations of a camera based on one or more sensors attached to one or more actors. Sensor data collected from the sensors is analyzed to identify a state of an actor. The state of the actor is used to determine an operation parameter of the camera, such as the zoom level of the camera and/or the direction of the camera, and control the operation of the camera. For example, an actor who is in a state about to perform an interesting action can be selected from a plurality of actors; and the direction and the zoom level of the camera can be adjusted to focus on the selected actor in capture one or more subsequent images.
US10659671B2	Accessory device, imaging apparatus, and communication control program An imaging apparatus that provides, between itself and an accessory device, a notification channel used for notification from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device, a first data communication channel used in data transmission from the accessory device to the imaging apparatus, and a second data communication channel used in data transmission from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device. An accessory control unit executes switching of communication methods while notifying the imaging apparatus of a communication standby request for keeping data communication from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device from being performed, via the notification channel.
US10659667B1	Electronic device having retractable camera An electronic device includes a main body, a camera mechanism, a latching mechanism, and a buffer mechanism. The camera mechanism is slidable to extend out of the main body. The main body includes an ejecting member mounted within the main body. The ejecting member is configured to eject the camera mechanism out of the main body. The latching mechanism is mounted within the main body. The latching mechanism is configured to limit movement of the camera mechanism. The buffer mechanism is coupled to the camera mechanism. The buffer mechanism is configured to buffer movement of the camera mechanism.
US10659664B2	Camera module and molded circuit board assembly and manufacturing method thereof A camera module and its molded circuit board assembly and manufacturing method are disclosed, wherein the molded circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and a molded base integrally formed with the circuit board through a molding process. The molded base forms a light window disposed corresponding to a photosensitive element of the camera module, wherein the light window is configured to have a trapezoidal or multi-stair trapezoidal shape cross section which has diameters increasing from bottom to top to facilitate demoulding, so as to prevent damage to the molded base, and to avoid stray light.
US10659662B2	Wearable camera A wearable camera includes a casing that hoses an imaging unit and includes a front surface in which a lens is exposed, and a rear surface in a direction along a vertical surface serving as a surface on a mounting side, an attachment surface that is formed on the rear surface and on which a casing holding member is detachably attached without screwing, and a protrusion that comes in contact with a magnet protruding from the casing near an upper end of the attachment surface and attached to the attachment surface to restrict downward movement of the casing with respect to the magnet.
US10659661B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and storage medium An image processing method includes the steps of acquiring a captured image generated through image capturing using an optical system, performing first shaping processing so as to reduce a difference between a maximum value and a non-maximum value for data generated using information of a point spread function of the optical system corresponding to an image capturing condition of the captured image, performing rotating processing according to a position of the captured image for the data after the first shaping processing, and performing sharpening processing of the captured image using the data after the rotating processing.
US10659660B2	Determination of tone value increase from a printed image Systems and methods for analyzing printed images are provided. One system includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a set of one or more locations on the printed image on the substrate to measure color values; determine a set of input tone values for the at least one ink; receive a set of measured color values corresponding to the set of locations on the printed image from a sensor; and determine a tone value increase error based on the set of measured color values and the set of input tone values. The at least one processing circuit is configured to determine the tone value increase error without requiring measured color values from an area having solid ink.
US10659659B2	Image decoloring apparatus and method setting password to access difference of image data read before and after heating An image decoloring apparatus includes a reader configured to read an image on a sheet to acquire image data, a storage section configured to store the image data acquired by the reader, and a first heater configured to heat the sheet. The apparatus further includes a difference extractor configured to extract difference image data based on first image data read from the sheet before it is heated by the first heater and second image data read from the sheet after it is heated by the first heater. The apparatus additionally includes a setting section configured to set a password required to access the difference image data.
US10659656B2	Three-dimensional halftoning area coverage vectors for pixels in each slice of object using selected sub-matrix According to examples, area coverage vectors for each pixel on each slice of a digital representation of an object may be determined and a two-dimensional halftone matrix including threshold values may be subdivided into a plurality of sub-matrices, each sub-matrix including threshold values of the halftone matrix in a respective value sub-range. In addition, for each of the slices, a sub-matrix of the plurality of sub-matrices may be selected and the area coverage vectors for the pixels in the slice may be halftoned using respective threshold values of the selected sub-matrix.
US10659650B2	Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and control method An image forming apparatus includes a CPU. According to user operations, the CPU causes an image reading unit to read, at once, the front surfaces of documents placed on the respective area divisions of a document platen, and obtains individual front surface images. The CPU causes the image reading unit to read the back surfaces of the documents at once, and obtains individual back surface images. The CPU generates image files, each including a front surface image and a back surface image, for the respective area divisions. The CPU determines whether or not a read error is present in each of the obtained images. When an image file includes an image having a read error, the CPU stores, in an HDD, the image file with a file name indicating presence of a read error.
US10659648B2	Printing apparatus and text input program In S210, a character size and an inter-column size are calculated using a virtual body size in S206, and the character size and an inter-character size (inter-column size) are reflected in properties of each text box. In step S301, a position and a size of each text box are set, in step S302, the character size is set in the property of each text box, and in the following step S304, the inter-character size is set in the property so that characters do not overlap in each text box. Thereafter, in S306, the text boxes are superimposed so that reference frames of adjacent characters are in contact with each other.
US10659647B1	Systems and methods of processing a document in an imaging device An imaging device and a method of processing a document at the imaging device which includes receiving a message associated with the document, transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device, receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server, converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device, and adding the image to an output page of the document. An input language and an output language of the message associated with the document may be predetermined or may be received from a user of the imaging device.
US10659643B2	Out-of bounds detection of a document in a live camera feed Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for processing a digital image of a document, for example, to determine whether the document is a long document. An exemplary method generally includes obtaining a plurality of digital images of the document, segmenting at least a first digital image of the plurality of images into pixels associated with a foreground of the first digital image and pixels associated with a background of the first digital image, detecting a plurality of contours in the segmented first digital image, deciding, for each detected contour of the plurality of contours, whether that contour is an open contour or a closed contour, and determining that one or more sides of the document is out-of-bounds based, at least in part, on the decisions.
US10659640B2	Image forming apparatus with a detector that detects a type of sheet Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of detecting a type of a sheet accommodated in a sheet feeding tray in advance. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyor, an image former, a fixer, a detector, and a processor. The conveyor conveys the sheet accommodated in the sheet feeding tray along a conveying path. The image former forms an image on the sheet. The fixer fixes the image onto the sheet. The detector is arranged on the conveying path and detects the type of the sheet. The processor executes a sheet type detection mode which is a mode for causing the detector to detect the type of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor before executing an image forming mode which is a mode for causing the image former to form the image and causing the fixer to fix the image.
US10659639B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a document sheet table, an image reading portion, a detection processing portion, and a determination processing portion. A document sheet is placed on the document sheet table. The image reading portion reads linear image data representing an image of a linear area that extends along a main scanning direction of the document sheet that is placed on the document sheet table. The detection processing portion detects, based on the linear image data, a size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction. The determination processing portion determines, when the size of the document sheet in the main scanning direction detected by the detection processing portion meets a specific condition, that the document sheet is a predetermined card-shaped document sheet.
US10659636B2	Image forming apparatus including a charge processing section and an operation section Provided is an image forming apparatus including a charge processing section and an operation section that are brought closer in height to each other, thus improving the operability of a user. The image forming apparatus (100) includes a coin insertion processing section (110), an operation panel (120) and an electrophotography printer (130). The coin insertion processing section (110) is configured to accept money and then execute charge processing so as to permit image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The operation panel (120) is configured to, when the coin insertion processing section (110) executes the charge processing, accept setting of image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The electrophotography printer (130) is configured to form an image of the read image data based on setting at the operation panel (120). The coin insertion processing section (110) is disposed at a height equal to a height of the operation panel (120).
US10659634B2	Terminal device and non-transitory computer-readable medium for terminal device A terminal device may register first device information of a first image processing device in a memory; specify by using the first device information, N applications corresponding to one or more types of image processes that the first image processing device is capable of executing from among M applications; display a first menu screen on a display unit, the first menu screen including N icons indicating the specified N applications, each of the N icons having a first type of displaying state that is capable of accepting a selecting operation for using an application, the first menu screen not including each of (M−N) icons having the first type of displaying state, the (M−N) icons indicating (M−N) applications; send an execution instruction to the first image processing device by using a target application indicated by a target icon selected from among the N icons in the first menu screen.
US10659633B2	Image processing device, method of controlling image processing device, non-transitory computer readable recording medium therefor, and image processing system An image processing device is provided with a user interface, a wireless communication interface and a controller. The controller is configured to transmit UI information via the wireless communication interface to a mobile device, the UI information being to cause the mobile device to assume a function of the user interface, and lock the user interface when the UI information has been transmitted to the mobile device.
US10659628B2	Processing apparatus and communication method An embodiment of the invention has been made to solve a problem that it is impossible to store externally transmitted job information if a printer apparatus is in a hard-off state and it is, therefore, necessary to store the job information in an external apparatus on the transmission side. In the embodiment, a wireless communication unit which can transmit/receive data even if no power is supplied receives job information from an external terminal, and stores it in a non-volatile memory. When an information processing apparatus is supplied with power, and enters a normal activation state, it executes the job stored in the non-volatile memory.
US10659626B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a storage unit configured to store a template group for assigning image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information of a photographing area in which the image data is photographed inside a facility, and a selection unit configured to select a template with a design corresponding to the identification information of the photographing area inside the facility from the template group stored in the storage unit.
US10659624B2	System and method for controlling the printing of documents, and performing analytics regarding documents printed, in a distributed enterprise environment Embodiments of a print analysis system are disclosed herein. Embodiments of these print analysis systems may include a print analyzer deployed on one or more printers within an enterprise environment and executing on the printers themselves. The print analyzer on the printer may then apply one or more print analysis rules to a document. Additionally, or alternatively, the print analyzer may send the document to a content management system for storage in a workspace or other storage area corresponding to printed documents of the enterprise. The documents in the workspace on the content management system may be evaluated or analyzed to provide understanding or insight into the documents printed in the enterprise environment.
US10659619B2	Method and apparatus for managing resources in a software defined network Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including determining, according to quality of service requirements associated with available services of a communication network, first quality of service parameters associated with facilitating providing a first service to a first communication device, determining, according to the first quality of service parameters, a first allocation of a first resource of a plurality of resources of the communication network to facilitate providing the first service to the first communication device, determining aggregated quality of service requirements associated with the plurality of resources to facilitate providing the available services to the communication devices via the plurality of resources, and directing the first resource to facilitate the first service to the first communication device according to a priority of the first allocation of the first resource based on the aggregated quality of service requirements. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10659617B2	Building controller and interphone system In an intercom system to be used in an apartment complex configured by residential buildings and a centralized building that can communicate with the residential buildings, the residential buildings includes: residential room master devices disposed in residential rooms, collective entrance devices which can communicate with the residential room master devices; and a building controller. The building controller has: a building controller ID that, when the centralized building is called by one of the residential room master devices via the building controller, is used in recognition in which the centralized building recognizes the building controller; and a collective entrance device ID that, when the centralized building is called by one of the residential room master devices via the building controller, is used in recognition in which the one residential room master device recognizes the building controller as a virtual collective entrance device that is different from the collective entrance devices.
US10659616B2	IP carrier peering with DNS recursion zone Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and system to interconnect a first communications carrier to a second communications carrier by receiving a request to connect a communication from a first carrier to a second carrier; filtering the request to identify a specific name authority pointer (NPA-NXX) number from a plurality of specific name authority pointer (NPA-NXX) numbers; when the filter identifies the specific name authority pointer (NPA-NXX) number, modifying a private ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping) domain of the request to include an intercarrier ENUM apex based domain with a DNS (domain name server) recursion zone; retrieving a routing record using a domain name server (DNS) indicated by the intercarrier ENUM apex based domain; and routing the communication to the second carrier using the routing record. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10659608B2	Method, device and system for communicating with call center A method for communicating with a call center, is performed at a device having one or more processors and memory. The device establishes, by an audio and video client, a network session connection to the call center by using an audio and video server. The device receives, through the network session connection, a first-level voice menu sent by the call center. The device obtains a correspondence between visualized menus and voice menus of the call center. The device searches for a first visualized menu corresponding to the first-level voice menu according to the correspondence. The device presents the first visualized menu in a user interface of the audio and video client.
US10659607B2	Real-time speech feed to agent greeting A process for updating a second agent about a call in a contact center comprises receiving a call at the contact center and connecting the call to a device associated with a first agent of the contact center. A processor is used to configure a list of keywords to detect during the call, and when a key word is detected (e.g., using a speech analyzer), a snippet of the call based on the detected keywords is identified. The snippets are presented to a second agent through a device associated with the second agent. The call is then connected to the device associated with the second agent.
US10659606B2	Filtering unsolicited incoming calls A mechanism for filtering communication including receiving an incoming call from a calling party, the incoming call being directed to a called party. The mechanism further comprises obtaining calling party information comprising a value of at least one descriptive parameter of the calling party and obtaining historical called party information relating to past activities of the called party. One or more call-handling rules are generated based on the historical called party information, each call-handling rule defining how to handle an incoming call based on a descriptive parameter of a calling party. The calling party information is processed according to the one or more call-handling rules to determine how to handle the received incoming call.
US10659605B1	Automatically unsubscribing from automated calls based on call audio patterns The disclosure herein describes automatically unsubscribing from automated calls based on automated call audio patterns. Audio data of an incoming call is accessed and an incoming call audio pattern is generated based on the audio data of the incoming call. The incoming call audio pattern is compared to an automated call audio pattern set by a call screening engine. Based on the comparison, the user is prompted for a call response instruction. Based on the call response instruction from the user, the call screening engine identifies an unsubscribe operation indication in the incoming call audio pattern, performs an unsubscribe operation associated with the identified unsubscribe operation indication, and updates the automated call audio pattern set based on the incoming call audio pattern. The disclosure enables efficient handling of automated calls and reduces user interaction necessary to unsubscribe from associated call lists.
US10659601B2	System and method for integrated CX-AX contact center testing A system comprising a call center, contact system test engine, plurality of networks, at least one remote server, at least one remote database, which allows users to automate call center testing and combine synchronized results for agent-customer calls (AX-CX test synchronization). The system is further accomplished with methods, using different techniques for synchronizing the testing for both customer and agent results, and producing these test results in a mobile dashboard and web-accessible dashboard.
US10659594B2	Context aware mobile personalization system and methods of use A context aware mobile personalization system is disclosed for a software development environment with plug-in capabilities for providing personalized phone capabilities based on the automated detection of user context.
US10659592B2	Switching a communication mode based on recipient preference For switching a communication mode based on the preference of the communication recipient, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. Here, the processor determines that a user is initiating communication with a recipient via a first communication channel and receives a communication channel preference of the recipient. Additionally, the processor prompts the user to switch to a second communication channel in response to the first communication channel not matching the communication channel preference.
US10659591B2	System and method for managing calls A computer-implemented method for managing calls in a collaboration environment is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a call into a collaboration session of the collaboration environment. The method also includes identifying, by the processor, a user from a plurality of users associated with the collaboration session, based on at least one of contextual information regarding the call and information regarding the plurality of users. The method further includes providing, by the processor, an interface on a device associated with the identified user, wherein the interface enables the identified user to instruct the device to handle the call within the collaboration session.
US10659585B1	System and method for calling a service representative using an intelligent voice assistant A system and method for making a call to a service provider on behalf of a user is disclosed. The system and method include using an intelligent voice assistant to call the service provider and having the intelligent voice assistant navigate an interactive voice response system to reach a representative. The system and method also include using the intelligent voice assistant to reconnect a user with a representative after an interrupted call.
US10659583B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a housing having a front side, a rear side and lateral sides; a cover window disposed on the front side of the housing and defining a display area and a bezel area, wherein the bezel area includes printed color under an edge of the cover window; an OLED display unit disposed between the cover window and the front side of the housing; and a sensing unit disposed under the OLED display unit. Further, the OLED display unit includes a substrate having a hole below the display area of the cover window; a transistor layer including thin film transistors and being disposed on the substrate and having a hole corresponding to the hole of the substrate; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the transistor layer and having a hole corresponding to the hole of the transistor layer; and an encapsulation layer disposed on the organic light emitting layer and having a hole corresponding to the hole of the organic light emitting layer. In addition, the sensing unit senses a light transmitted through the holes.
US10659578B2	Data communications backpack A data communications backpack apparatus is disclosed having a backpack carrier. A power supply can be positioned in the backpack carrier. A router device can be positioned in the backpack carrier, the router device in electrical communication with the power supply. An antenna array can be positioned in the backpack carrier, the antenna array in electrical communication with the router device, the antenna array including one or more cellular antennas and one or more wireless networking antennas. The backpack carrier can include an upper opening extending into a central storage area, a first side pocket, a second side pocket, and a lower compartment positioned below the central storage area. The power supply can be positioned in the first side pocket, the router device can be positioned in the second side pocket, and the antenna array can be positioned in the lower compartment.
US10659575B2	Wireless communication apparatus and processing method thereby deciding a providing apparatus for providing a communication parameter for a wireless network When a wireless network is constructed, a wireless communication apparatus in the wireless network constructed of a plurality of communication apparatuses decides whether to function as a providing source of communication parameters or as a provision destination that receives communication parameters. In a case where it has been decided that this apparatus is to function as the provision destination that receives communication parameters, the apparatus requests authentication when it participates in the wireless network using communication parameters. In a case where it has been decided that this apparatus is to function as the providing source of communication parameters, the apparatus execute authentication processing in response to an authentication request.
US10659573B2	Correlating packets in communications networks A computing system may identify packets received by a network device from a host located in a first network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device. The computing system may identify packets transmitted by the network device to a host located in a second network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device. Utilizing the log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device and the log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device, the computing system may correlate the packets transmitted by the network device with the packets received by the network device.
US10659568B2	Method for the secure and dynamic reloading of additional software from a WebRTC server to a WebRTC client A computer system and a computer-implemented method for secure and dynamic downloading of add-on software from a server to a client, characterized in that a specific data channel can be used to transfer the software.
US10659567B2	Dynamic discovery and management of page fragments Techniques to dynamically discover and manage page fragments, e.g., to provide a dynamic application user interface, are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page is received. The fragment to be added is determined, in response to the indication, and added dynamically to the current application page.
US10659564B2	Role differentiation for task servicing in computing platforms Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for computing platforms. In one example, a computing device is configured to maintain attribute scoring metrics that rate target computing devices in competency among at least a portion of roles defined at least by presently provisioned software elements and hardware elements. The computing device is configured to identify tasks to be serviced using one or more of the roles, and based at least in part on the attribute scoring metrics, determine one or more target computing devices that satisfy the one or more of the roles to handle the tasks. The computing device is configured to transfer at least task instructions for delivery to the one or more target computing devices for performing the tasks using at least one among the presently provisioned software elements and hardware elements associated with the one or more of the roles.
US10659561B2	Service state preservation across nodes According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to receive, from a first node, a client request and a response corresponding to the processed client request, in which the first node is configured to generate the response by processing the client request on a service and processed client request is configured to change a state of the service. The instructions are also to cause the processor to receive, from the first node, a response corresponding to the received request, generate an entry including the received request and response, commit the generated entry into a journal, and send an acknowledgement of the received request and response to the first node after the generated entry is committed into the journal.
US10659560B2	Mobile device display preference In various embodiments, the systems, methods and computer-readable mediums (collectively “system”) discussed herein may be configured to enable a single mobile application to receive dynamically customized content. The criteria and/or preferences that influence the dynamically customized content may be defined by a user and/or may be automatically detected by a user device. The criteria and/or preferences may be associated with the mobile application and/or a mobile device operating the mobile application. The criteria and/or preferences may be provided as part of a request for content to a content distribution system.
US10659558B2	Saving bandwidth in transmission of compressed data A method, system and computer program product for transmitting content across a link in a communications network. In an embodiment, the method comprises examining traffic in the network at a sender end of the link to determine if the traffic is carrying compressed content; when the traffic is carrying compressed content, decompressing at least one portion of the compressed content; and checking a cache to determine if the cache has content matching the at least one decompressed portion of the content. In an embodiment, the method further comprises when the cache has content matching the at least one decompressed portion of the content, determining an identifier associated with the at least one decompressed portion of the content; and using the identifier to reconstruct, at a receiving end of the link, the at least one decompressed portion of the content. In one embodiment, the at least one decompressed portion of the content from the traffic is replaced with an index, the index is compressed to form the associated identifier, and the associated identifier is sent to the receiving end of the link.
US10659555B2	Network interface device and host processing device A network interface device has an input configured to receive data from a network. The data is for one of a plurality of different applications. The applications may be supported by a host system. The network interface device is configured to determine which of a plurality of available different caches in a host the data is to be injected. The network interface device will then inject the determined cached with the received data.
US10659546B2	Controlling usages of channels of a user experience ecosystem Various embodiments describe controlling usages of channels of a user experience ecosystem. A computer system provides a user interface to a computing device, generates data entries based on user interactions with the user interface, and stores the data entries in a data store. The data entries identify the channels and specify dependencies between the usages of the channels. The computer system adds, to the data store, identifiers of storage locations of content. The computer system provides, to channel systems, access to the data entries and the identifiers of the storage locations in the data store. A usage of a channel by a channel system includes a content publication based on the data entries and the identifiers of the storage locations. The usage of this channel is coordinated with a usage of a different channel by a different channel system based on the dependencies specified in the data entries.
US10659544B2	Opt-out compliance Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for improving opt-out compliance are disclosed. A method includes identifying an opportunity to transmit a digital component to a client device that is identified by a given unique identifier, accessing a database, identifying, within the database and based on the accessing, an opt-out timestamp specifying when a given user corresponding to the given unique identifier was presented the opt-out opportunity, determining, whether the timestamp indicates that the user was presented with the opportunity within a specified amount of time, and processing the opportunity by submitting the opportunity to transmit the digital component to third party digital component sources in response to determining that the given user was presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time, or refraining from submitting the opportunity in response to determining that the given user was not presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time.
US10659540B2	[5G next generation Wi-Fi] on the fly traffic steering for collocated multi-band aggregation Simultaneous dual band operation (2.4 and 5 GHz) is common in APs on the market today, and tri-band devices are expected in the market soon. Link aggregation can also be applicable to multiple air interfaces in the same band (for instance 2 independent IEEE 802.11ac/ax air interfaces at 5 GHz on 2 different 80 MHz channels). One exemplary aspect provides technology that enables significantly higher throughput and/or higher reliability for two stations (STAs) or a STA and the access point (AP) when the devices support simultaneous multi-band operation.
US10659539B2	Independent internet connection generation A method and system for generating an automated Internet connection is provided. The method includes receiving from a first communication hardware device of a first user, a first telephone number and a first Internet protocol (IP) address. A second telephone number and a second Internet protocol (IP) address are received from a second communication hardware device of a second user. A request for connecting the first communication hardware device to the second communication hardware device via an Internet connection is received and it is determined that the second communication hardware device is currently connected the first communication hardware device. The request is transmitted to the second communication hardware device. Based on the second user approving the request, the second IP address is automatically transmitted to the first communication device and a secure private Internet link between the first communication hardware device and the second communication hardware device is generated.
US10659536B2	Method of controlling inverters In some embodiments, an inverter system may include a plurality of inverters. In some embodiments, a method of controlling the plurality of inverters may include one inverter among the plurality of inverters set as a communication master to control other inverters set as communication slaves, may include the steps of generating a communication master signal in the communication master to transmit to the communication slaves, may verify whether or not the communication master signal is designated to be received by the communication slaves when the communication slaves receive the communication master signal, and may transmit a response signal with respect to the communication master signal to the inverters of the inverter system according to the verification result.
US10659534B1	Memory sharing for buffered macro-pipelined data plane processing in multicore embedded systems Disclosed are an apparatus and method of operating and allocating a shared memory between various applications operating via a processing computing platform. One example may include receiving a first buffer context switch request message from a first application operating via a processor, transmitting a first buffer context switch flag to the processor operating the application confirming the first buffer context switch request was received, receiving a second buffer context switch request from a second application with a different processing cycle operating via the processor and transmitting a second buffer context switch flag to the processor operating the second application confirming the second buffer context switch request was received. Once the applications have been identified and confirmed, a synchronization operation may be performed to create a shared number of memory units between at least two different buffers and provide the shared memory units to the first application and the second application.
US10659530B2	Apparatus and method for network based operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle Embodiment includes of a method and a system of network based operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed. One system includes a drone user machine, a drone control machine, and a drone control console. The drone control machine is interfaced with the drone user machine through a network, and the drone control machine is interfaced with a drone through the drone control console. The drone control machine operates to receive user commands from the drone user machine through the network, generate drone control commands which are provided to the drone control console for controlling the drone, wherein the drone control commands are generated based on the user commands, receive video from the drone control console that was generated by a camera located on the drone, and communicate the video to the drone user machine over the network, wherein the video is displayed on a display associated with the drone user machine.
US10659528B2	Cloud enabled cognitive radio adhoc vehicular networking with security aware resource management and internet of vehicles applications A vehicular hybrid network system includes a cognitive radio ad hoc vehicular network (CRAVENET) configured to provide information services to a plurality of vehicles in the CRAVENET. The CRAVENET includes a first plurality of cloud networks interconnecting a set of vehicles from the plurality of vehicles. The set of vehicles shares a set of resources. The CRAVENET further includes a second plurality of cloud networks interconnecting two or more of the first plurality of cloud networks using a short-range communication system. The CRAVENET also includes one or more central cloud network interconnecting the second plurality of cloud networks using a long-range communication system. The vehicular hybrid network system further includes an IoV application management system configured to control the set of resources available to the CRAVENET and a CRAVENET communication system configured to provide distributive communication to the sets of vehicles via a secure communication protocol.
US10659527B2	Opportunistic crowd-based service platform A method and apparatus for providing an opportunistic crowd based service platform is disclosed. A mobile sensor device is identified based on a current location and/or other qualities, such as intrinsic properties, previous sensor data, or demographic data of an associated user of the mobile sensor device. Data is collected from the mobile sensor device. The data collected from the mobile sensor device is aggregated with data collected from other sensor devices, and content generated based on the aggregated data is delivered to a user device.
US10659526B2	Edge compute systems and methods An exemplary system includes a cloud server configured to provide a service to a client device by way of a network. The cloud server implements a batch layer of a data-processing architecture. The system further includes an edge computing device configured to provide a latency-sensitive task of the service to the client device by way of the network in response to a request from the client device to offload the latency-sensitive task. The edge computing device is separate from and communicatively coupled to the cloud server, is located at an edge of the network such that a latency of data communications between the edge computing device and the client device is lower than a latency of data communications between the cloud server and the client device, and implements a speed layer of the data-processing architecture at the edge of the network.
US10659524B2	Preferred contact decision service In an approach for determining a preferred communication channel, the computer receives a query that includes a unique client identifier. The computer retrieves one or more communication channels from an entry within a data repository, wherein the entry is associated with the received query. The computer determines one or more communication channel results based, at least in part, on one or more success rates respectively associated with the retrieved one or more communication channels within the data repository. The computer creates a first ordered list of communication channel results in which the determined one or more communication channel results are ordered based, at least in part, on the one or more success rates of the determined one or more communication channels. The computer selects a preferred communication channel from the created first ordered list of communication channel results. The computer initiates a communication via the selected preferred communication channel.
US10659522B2	Sharing application local environment Cloning a local environment is described. Cloning a local environment can enable sharing the environment during pair programming. Cloning can have other uses as well. A server or other computer may maintain a clone environment of a first client apart from a second client such that the cloned computing environment, mimicking the environment of the first client, may be maintained on behalf of and used by a second client.
US10659519B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving content A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving content is provided. A method for transmitting content in a transmitter includes generating a file with one or more packages including at least one asset, and transmitting the generated file to a terminal.
US10659518B2	Contextual remote control This application is directed to enabling interaction between computer devices. An application is executed at a first computer device to access Internet-based media content sources and display media items provided thereby on a display device coupled to the first computer device. The first computer device transmits an information item and a command to a second computer device. In some implementations, the information item includes a selectable display element corresponding to one of the Internet-based media content sources, and the second computer device is configured to display the selectable display element of the information item. In response to a user selection of the selectable display item at the second computer device, the first computer device receives the command from the second computer device, and executes the command in relation to the Internet-based media content sources.
US10659513B2	Apparatus, system, and method for multi-bitrate content streaming An apparatus for multi-bitrate content streaming includes a receiving module configured to capture media content, a streamlet module configured to segment the media content and generate a plurality of streamlets, and an encoding module configured to generate a set of streamlets. The system includes the apparatus, wherein the set of streamlets comprises a plurality of streamlets having identical time indices and durations, and each streamlet of the set of streamlets having a unique bitrate, and wherein the encoding module comprises a master module configured to assign an encoding job to one of a plurality of host computing modules in response to an encoding job completion bid. A method includes receiving media content, segmenting the media content and generating a plurality of streamlets, and generating a set of streamlets.
US10659496B2	Insertion and configuration of interface microservices based on security policy changes Systems, methods, and apparatuses enable to enable the insertion and configuration of interface microservices at servers or other types of computing devices in a computing environment in response to changes to security policies affecting one or components of the computing environment. In one embodiment, a security application detects servers in a computing environment and generates profile data for the detected servers. The security application assigns detected servers to security policy groups by applying a set of filters to the generated profile data for each server in an order specified by a set of precedence rules. The security policy groups are each associated with one or more security policies that define security rules and other configurations used to provide security services to servers that are members of the corresponding security policy group.
US10659493B2	Technique for detecting malicious electronic messages A method of detecting malicious electronic messages transmitted from at least one message sending device to at least one message receiving device includes: generating at least one signature for an electronic message; storing the generated signature in a data storage unit; determining whether the electronic message is malicious; if the electronic message is determined to be malicious, determining on the basis of the generated signature, whether electronic messages comparable to the determined malicious message were classified as non-malicious and transmitted to the message receiving device in the past; and if it is determined that electronic messages comparable to the determined malicious message were classified as non-malicious and transmitted to the message receiving device in the past, notifying the message receiving device about a potential threat. Also disclosed are a messaging server and a messaging system implementing the above described method.
US10659485B2	Communications methods and apparatus for dynamic detection and/or mitigation of anomalies The present invention relates to communications methods and apparatus dynamically detecting and/or mitigating anomalies in communications systems/networks. An exemplary embodiment includes the steps of: processing a set of call detail records (CDRS), each CDR in said set of CDRs corresponding to an individual call and including multiple information fields providing information about the individual call to which the CDR corresponds, said processing including: generating from said CDRs, on a per CDR basis one or more Field GroupIDs using a hash function; generating for CDRs corresponding to a first Field GroupID a first set of key performance indicators (KPIs), said first set of (KPIs) including one or more KPIs corresponding to the first Field GroupID, said one or more KPIs including at least a first KPI; and determining that a first KPI violation has occurred for the first Field GroupID when the first KPI exceeds a dynamic performance threshold.
US10659483B1	Automated agent for data copies verification The implementation of an automated agent for data copies verification. Specifically, the implementation entails the execution of an intelligent, machine-learning based method and system for determining the integrity of data copies (i.e., for identifying whether data copies of a same data set have been impacted by malicious activities).
US10659481B2	Network operation application monitoring Systems and methods that determine an anomaly in a network are provided. A monitoring engine is installed on a computing device that monitors network information and application information for data flows generated on the computing device and transmitted over a network and for data flows received by the computing device from the network. The network information includes an internet protocol (IP) source address, a source port, an IP destination address, a destination port, and a transport protocol, and a number of bytes sent or received by the flow. The application information includes a process identifier (ID), the threads ID, an application ID and/or a function call, arguments passed to the function, a stack trace of the function, etc., that application used to generate the data flows. The network information and application information can be used to identify the application, thread and/or a function that caused an anomaly in the network.
US10659478B2	Identifying stealth packets in network communications through use of packet headers A host computer system contains a software module that monitors and records network communications that flow through the legitimate network channels provided by the operating system and reports this information to a central processing server. A computer system acting as a central processing server compares network communications data received from the host computer system with the overall network traffic. Network traffic that is not reported from the host computer system is likely the result of stealth network traffic produced by advanced malware that has hidden its communications by circumventing the legitimate network channels provided by the OS. Detection of this stealth network traffic can be accomplished by using just the packet header information so the data payload does not need to be recorded, thereby reducing the memory requirements and reducing the need to save any potentially sensitive information.
US10659475B2	Method of detecting attacks in a cloud computing architecture A method and a detection entity for detecting attacks in a system including at least two host servers. Each host server hosts a set of virtual machines. The detection entity performs acts of: detecting that a number of migrations of virtual machines from one server to another during a current time period is greater than a threshold value; partitioning the virtual machines of the system into a first subset having a stable profile of consumption of at least one resource, and into a second subset having a fluctuating profile; calculating, for the pairs of virtual machines of the second subset, a value of temporal correlation between the two profiles of the pair; and identifying in the second subset the virtual machines for which the correlation value is greater than or equal to a threshold correlation value, the machines being identified as constituting the origin of the attack.
US10659473B2	Method and apparatus for blockchain powered integrity protection system Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for using blockchains as an integrity tracking tool for network elements, the method including the steps of receiving, by a blockchain network, a patch request from a patch initiator, validating, by the blockchain network, the patch request and writing the patch request on the blockchain, transmitting, by the blockchain network, the patch request to a network element, receiving, by the blockchain network, a patch report from the network element, and validating, by the blockchain network, the patch report and writing the patch report on the blockchain.
US10659469B2	Vertically integrated access control system for managing user entitlements to computing resources A vertically integrated access control system may store in a database data records corresponding to the interfaces, access control rules, and computing resources of an information system, as well as data records for entity capabilities. Data records for related interfaces, access control rules, computing resources, and entity capabilities may be linked. Using the database, the system may determine the entity capabilities that can be performed based on an existing user entitlement. If the entity capabilities include a flagged combination of entity capabilities, the system may perform an information security action to remediate the flagged combination. The system may use the database to form vertically integrated access units. The vertically integrated access units may be used to form user entitlements. The system may continuously monitor whether any proposed configurations would create a flagged combination of entity capabilities, and if so take an action to prevent such flagged combination.
US10659465B2	Advanced proofs of knowledge for the web Embodiments described herein relate to a server computer operable to provide a proof of knowledge service. In some embodiments, the server computer includes processor(s) and memory containing instructions executable by the processor(s) such that the server computer is operable to authenticate a user on behalf of a relying party server. The server computer is further operable to obtain results of one or more tests from a client device of the user. The server computer is further operable to send one or more instructions to the relying party server in accordance with the results of the one or more tests, where the one or more instructions have been predefined by the user and define one or more actions to be taken by the relying party server in an event where the user does not pass the one or more tests.
US10659463B2	Delivering anonymous communication between customers at customer care site A customer care site includes a content item posted by a first user. The content item is associated with a first contact link for requesting communication with the first user. When a second user tries to contact the first user by selecting the first contact link, a computing system associated with the customer care site identifies contact information of the first user using information associated with the first contact link. The computing system can establish a communication session between the first user and the second user without revealing contact information of the first user and the second user to each other during the communication session.
US10659461B2	System, method, and recording medium storing program for authentication An authentication system includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; and an authentication subsystem, wherein the first terminal transmits first identification information and a first request for push authentication to the authentication subsystem, the authentication subsystem matches the first identification information against second identification information stored in association with a unique ID of the second terminal, and if the second identification information matching the first identification information exists, transmits a push authentication operation start request to the second terminal based on the stored unique ID of the second terminal, and upon receiving the push authentication operation start request, the second terminal prompts a user to perform a predetermined operation other than inputting any of knowledge authentication information, ownership authentication information, and biometric authentication information, and when the predetermined operation is performed by the user, transmits a push authentication operation completion notification to the authentication subsystem.
US10659460B2	Two factor vehicle authentication Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for a multi-factor authentication of a user via a vehicle recognition of the user. In this way, the invention may identify a user co-located to a vehicle and authenticate that user via communicable linkages between a user device and automobile system. The invention may authenticate the user via the communicable linkage, vehicle biometrics, user vehicle preferences, and/or third party authentication. Based on a number of authentication points identified, the system may identify a level of authentication for accessing authentication locations. The system may then allow user access to various locations from his/her vehicle without requiring authentication into those locations.
US10659456B2	Method, device and computer program for authenticating a user A device and method for authenticating a user of a wearable biometric device. The method involves performing an initial biometric authentication of the user, the authentication being based on biometric features extracted from one or more image frames corresponding to a first portion of the user's hand and/or wrist, captured with a camera of a wearable device. A second part of the authentication method involves either re-confirming the initial biometric authentication of the user or verifying the liveness of the user or both re-confirming the authentication and verifying the liveness. The second step of the method is based on at least a measure of a second portion of the user's hand or wrist taken when the wearable device is worn against the user's hand or wrist. A notable part of the method is that the initial biometric authentication is performed by temporarily moving the camera away from the first portion of the user's hand and/or wrist.
US10659451B2	System and method for injecting a tag into a computing resource In certain embodiments, a system determines to assign a computing resource to one or more users that are affiliated with an institution. The system pre-injects a first tag into a first portion of the computing resource and then assigns the computing resource to the one or more users. The first tag is associated with the institution and requires a first token to access the first portion of the computing resource. The system mid-process or post injects a second tag into a second portion of the computing resource. The second tag is associated with one of the users and requires a second token to access the second portion of the computing resource. The system controls access to the first and second portions of the computing resource based on whether subsequent requests to access the computing resource comprise the first token, the second token, or both.
US10659449B2	Application managed service instances A request is received from a deployer associated with an application to create an instance broker service instance. A request is received from the deployer to bind the instance broker service instance to the application. Instance broker credentials associated with the instance broker service instance are received and provided to the application. The application uses the instance broker credentials to access the instance broker service instance and determines whether to create a new service instance using the instance broker service instance.
US10659448B2	Out-of-band remote authentication In an embodiment a single user authentication event, performed between a trusted path hardware module and a service provider via an out of band communication, can enable a user to transparently access multiple service providers using strong credentials that are specific to each service provider. The authentication event may be based on multifactor authentication that is indicative of a user's actual physical presence. Thus, for example, a user would not need to enter a different retinal scan to gain access to each of the service providers. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10659443B2	Methods and apparatus for obtaining a scoped token A method, performed by a server, for determining token scope information so that a client can obtain a scoped token for a cloud service is disclosed. The method comprises requesting and receiving data of a cloud service from another server, receiving a token scope information request for an operation of the cloud service from a client and deriving token scope information based on the data for said operation. The method further comprises sending token scope information to the client so that the client can request a scoped token with capabilities enabling them to access the operation of the cloud service.
US10659442B1	Security in smart configuration for WLAN based IOT device Provided is a method in a device under configuration (DUC) for communicating with a remote device over a wireless local area network. The method comprises transmitting a beacon to a remote device, providing a first security key to the remote device using first security measures, authenticating the remote device using second security measures, receiving encrypted secrets from the remote device, and obtaining network access using the secrets. Also, provided is a method of providing network access information over a wireless network. The method comprises identifying a device under configuration (DUC) from information contained in a beacon transmitted by the DUC, retrieving a public KEY from the DUC, authenticating the DUC using first security measures, encrypting secrets, and transmitting encrypted commands to the DUC.
US10659441B2	Dynamically managing, from a centralized service, valid cipher suites allowed for secured sessions A service interface of an SSL application hosted on at least one computer system in a hosted network selecting at least one authorized cipher suite. An SSL socket of the SSL application negotiating with another SSL socket of another SSL application in the hosted network for a mutual cipher from among the at least one authorized cipher suite and a shared key to encrypt information exchanged during a secure session. Responsive to establishing a security connection between the SSL socket and the another SSL socket using the selected mutual cipher, the service interface sends to a centralized service an identifier of the selected mutual cipher. Responsive to the service interface receiving a revoked cipher alert from the centralized service, the service interface revokes one or more sessions of the SSL application using a revoked cipher in the revoked cipher alert matching the selected mutual cipher.
US10659438B2	Policy based message cryptographic expiry A method of managing messages in a messaging system, the method including: identifying a policy associated with the messaging system, the policy including directives associated with the privacy and integrity of messages; applying the policy to a message, the policy including configuration data that determines when the message should be expired; sending the message to the messaging system; using the configuration data to calculate the expiry of the message and passing the calculated expiry of the message to the messaging system; determining whether the expiry has been reached; responsive to the expiry being reached, sending a report message to the message producer; and responsive to the expiry not being reached, attempting to deliver the message to the message consumer.
US10659436B2	Method and system for data processing A method for data processing comprises: S100. if a to-be-sent email needs to be saved cryptographically or sent cryptographically, automatically converting a main body of the mail into an html file, the html file including an attachment link for linking a mail attachment; S200. compressing a filename of the html file and a filename of the mail attachment into a new html filename and a new mail attachment name using a first open source algorithm based on a first password preset between a sender and a recipient, thereby obtaining a renamed html file and a renamed mail attachment; S300. compressing the renamed html and the renamed mail attachment using a second open source algorithm based on a second password preset between the sender and the recipient, thereby obtaining a compressed file; and S400. releasing a memory space and/or a hard disk space occupied by the to-be-sent mail, encrypting the to-be-sent mail and then saving it to a draft box or sending it in a manner in which a mail has a null mail body and the compressed file is used as the mail attachment. In this way, a method and a system for data processing are implemented, which utilize open source algorithms and have a wider applicability.
US10659434B1	Application whitelist using a controlled node flow The disclosed embodiments relate to securely transferring data between a source node and a destination node using an application whitelist. A control flow may be established between a source node and a perimeter gateway. The perimeter controller may receive a request to establish a node flow between an application executing on the source node and the destination node. The perimeter controller may determine whether the first application is included in an application whitelist that includes applications allowed to transfer data to nodes in a private network via a node flow. A node flow between the source node and destination node may be established upon determining that the first application is included in the application whitelist to facilitate secure data transfer between the source node and destination node.
US10659431B2	Implementing logical network security on a hardware switch Some embodiments provide a method for applying a security policy defined for a logical network to an MHFE that integrates physical workloads (e.g., physical machines connected to the MHFE) with the logical network. The method applies the security policy to the MHFE by generating a set of ACL rules based on the security policy's definition and configuring the MHFE to apply the ACL rules on the network traffic that is forwarded to and/or from the physical machines. In order to configure an MHFE to implement the different LFEs of a logical network, some embodiments propagate an open source database stored on the MHFE, using an open source protocol. Some embodiments propagate a particular table of the database such that each record of the table creates an association between a port of an LFE stored in a logical forwarding table and one or more ACL rules stored in an ACL table.
US10659429B2	Information processing apparatus including a DHCP server function, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus which can reduce the trouble of operation since a user does not have to irregularly operate a reconnection operation.A printing device 100 as the information processing apparatus includes a DHCP server function and distributes different IP addresses to external devices respectively. If a number of external devices connected to the printing device 100 in the IP layer level has reached a first connection number, when an IP address distribution request is sent from a first external device after a connection to the first external device in the wireless link layer level is established, an IP address is not controlled to be distributed to the first external device. If not, the IP address is controlled to be distributed to the first external device so that the connection to the first external device in the IP layer level becomes available.
US10659425B2	Network monitoring and control system and method A method of controlling the distribution of content in a network is described. The content traverses the network in packets comprising a packet header including an address associated with the content, and a packet payload including the content. The method includes obtaining the address associated with the content from the packet traversing the network and analysing the address to extract information associated with the content carried in the packet payload.
US10659424B2	Determining status of domain name registration A registrar may determine a registration status for a domain names. The registrar may determine whether the domain name is in a zone file downloaded from a registry. Upon determining that the domain name is not in the zone file, the registrar may determine whether the domain name is in a DNS zone file created by the registrar. Upon determining that the domain name is not in the DNS zone file created by the registrar, the registrar may transmit an EPP command for the domain name to the registry. The registrar may receive a first EPP element comprising an error indicating the domain name is available or a value indicating the domain name is not available. Upon receiving the value indicating the domain name is not available, the registrar may transmit an EPP command for the domain name to the registry. The registrar may receive a second EPP element from the registry comprising an expiration date and a state of the domain name.
US10659421B2	Messaging centre for forwarding e-mail A method for forwarding an e-mail message from an e-mail server to a mobile terminal is provided. An e-mail address of the mobile terminal is associated with an identifier and encryption information, receiving the e-mail message associated with the e-mail address and sent by the e-mail server. The method includes encrypting the e-mail message using the encryption information associated with the e-mail address and transmitting the encrypted e-mail message to the mobile terminal.
US10659415B1	System processed emojis An example operation may include one or more of determining appropriate emojis on at least one user's originating device by interfacing with the application and data of the user's originating device, performing a search of the at least one user's data to obtain actions relevant to the at least one user of the system, determining an action associated with the emoji, setting at least one of the determined emojis as a system emoji, and transmitting the determined emojis from the user's originating device to a system network as an emoji stream.
US10659414B2	Methods, systems, and devices for generating a unique electronic communications account based on a physical address and applications thereof A unique electronic communications account is generated and linked to a physical address of a user. A network of electronic mail addresses linked to physical addresses can be used for the transmission of information in electronic or physical form. Users can send information to a single recipient or multiple recipients by selecting the recipient or an area of recipients on a map generated by the system. A plurality of users can use a single e-mail address linked to a physical address through creation and storage of user profiles. Users can deactivate and transfer their unique electronic mail address upon relocation to a new physical address. The communication platform can overcome technical problems and limitations of electronic mail existing today. The communication platform can create a transparent global communication that can be achieved via an electronic communications account that can be created for every physical address in the world.
US10659412B2	Method and device for saving chat record of instant messaging A method for saving chat records of instant messaging (IM) includes when an instant message transmitted or received by an IM chat window comprises non-text information, acquiring a content summary of the non-text information, and saving the instant message, and saving the non-text information as a data object comprising the non-text information and the content summary of the non-text information.
US10659411B2	Notification forwarding An online system determines a client device associated with a user that is to receive a new notification. The client device presents the notification and receives an input to forward the notification to a different client device and/or a different application. The client device sends a request to the online system to forward the notification. The online system determines a list of available client devices and/or available applications that are able to receive a forwarded version of the notification and provides the list to the client device for selection. Upon receiving a selection, the client device sends the selection to the online system which generates the forward notification that is appropriate for the selected client device and/or selected application. Thus, the online system avoids over-notifying a user, while also enabling the user to consume the content of the notification according to his/her preferences.
US10659400B2	Automated population of deep-linked interfaces during programmatically established chatbot sessions The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and processes that automatically populate deep-linked interfaces based n programmatically established chatbot sessions. For example, an apparatus may determine a candidate parameter value for a first parameter of an exchange of data based on received messaging information and on information characterizing prior exchanges of data between a device and the apparatus. The apparatus may also generate interface data that associates the first candidate parameter value with a corresponding interface element of a first digital interface, and may store the store interface data within a data repository. In some instances, the apparatus may transmit linking data associated with the stored interface data to the device, and an application program executed by the device may present a representation of the linking data within a second digital interface.
US10659399B2	Message analysis using a machine learning model A method includes receiving a received message and a draft reply message to the received message, the received message including a received message component, the received message component representing one or more of a question, a request, and a subject. The method also includes parsing the received message to detect the received message component and parsing the draft reply message into one or more reply message components, identifying, using one or more machine learning models, informational components associated with the received message component and the one or more reply message components by at least applying the machine learning module to the received message component and each reply message component of the one or more reply message, and identifying, based on the one or more informational components, one or more deficient components in the subject draft reply message, and outputting, for display, information about the one or more deficient components.
US10659395B2	Automatic zoning of virtual local area networks in a fibre channel fabric A network where FC and Ethernet storage traffic share the underlying network. The network extends FC SAN storage specific attributes to Ethernet storage devices. The network is preferably formed of FC switches, so each edge switch acts as an FCoE FCF, with internal communications done using FC. IP packets are encapsulated in FC packets for transport. Preferably, either each outward facing switch port can be configured as an Ethernet or FC port, so devices can be connected as desired. FCoE devices connected to the network are in particular virtual LANs (VLANs). The name server database is extended to include VLAN information for the device and the zoning database has automatic FCOE_VLAN zones added to provide a mechanism for enhanced soft and hard zoning. Zoning is performed with the conventional zoning restrictions enhanced by including the factor that any FCoE devices must be in the same VLAN.
US10659391B1	Methods and apparatus to preserve packet order in a multi-fabric virtual network An example to preserve packet order in a multi-fabric network includes: a migration detector to, after a first host sends a first packet of a first packet flow via a first active link between a first host and a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch, detect a migration of the first active link to a second active link between the first host and a second TOR switch, the first packet destined to a second host connected to the second TOR switch; and a migration notifier to, in response to the migration, send a migration notification message to cause configuration of the second TOR switch to send a second packet of the first packet flow to the first TOR switch via an inter-switch link between the first and second TOR switches, the second packet destined to the second host.
US10659386B2	Cloud compute scheduling using a heuristic contention model Technologies for contention-aware cloud compute scheduling include a number of compute nodes in a cloud computing cluster and a cloud controller. Each compute node collects performance data indicative of cache contention on the compute node, for example, cache misses per thousand instructions. Each compute node determines a contention score as a function of the performance data and stores the contention score in a cloud state database. In response to a request for a new virtual machine, the cloud controller receives contention scores for the compute nodes and selects a compute node based on the contention score. The cloud controller schedules the new virtual machine on the selected compute node. The contention score may include a contention metric and a contention score level indicative of the contention metric. The contention score level may be determined by comparing the contention metric to a number of thresholds. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10659385B2	Provisioning insight services in a data provider landscape The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for provisioning insight services in a data provider landscape. A method includes presenting an algorithm description of an algorithm provided by an algorithm provider that is to be executed in a landscape of a data provider. Selection of the algorithm is received from a data consumer. The selected algorithm is provided to an agent at the data provider. The agent is configured to provision resources in the landscape of the data provider, according to the algorithm description, to enable execution of the selected algorithm in the landscape of the data provider. The agent is configured to execute the selected algorithm in the landscape of the data provider, using data included in the landscape of the data provider, producing one or more outputs. The agent is configured to enable monitoring of the execution of the selected algorithm.
US10659384B2	Bandwidth management method for network switch and network system thereof The disclosure is related to a bandwidth management method performed in a network switch and a network system. In the method, a total bandwidth usage is firstly metered, and it is determined if the total bandwidth usage reaches a threshold for triggering a flow-limit process. This threshold acts as a bandwidth-usage threshold obtained by multiplying a total bandwidth by a meter-triggering threshold. The flow-limit process is triggered if the total bandwidth usage reaches the threshold; otherwise, the system will not intervene with the usage of bandwidth if the total bandwidth usage does not reach the threshold. In the flow-limit process, the class of a user is identified. Guaranteed bandwidth is provided for a prioritized user. A normal user will be restricted to using the bandwidth aside from the guaranteed bandwidth. The bandwidth provided for the normal user may exceed the available bandwidth based on an adjustable system parameter.
US10659382B2	Vehicle security system Systems and methods for addressing a vehicle condition are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving data indicative of a condition associated with an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is associated with a service provider that provides a service to a plurality of users of the service. The method includes identifying at least a subset of the plurality of users of the service based, at least in part, on a respective location associated with each user of the subset of users and a location of the vehicle. The method includes determining a selected user from the subset of users to address the condition associated with the vehicle based at least in part on one or more parameters. The method includes providing, to the selected user, a communication. The communication including a request that the selected user address the condition associated with the vehicle.
US10659377B2	Methods and apparatus to negotiate flow control for a communication session Methods and apparatus are disclosed to negotiate flow control for a communication session between peer devices. An example first peer device disclosed herein is to send a request message to a second peer device via an existing communication session that is subject to a first type of flow control, the request message to initiate a request for a second type of flow control for the existing communication session, the second type of flow control different from the first type of flow control. The disclosed example first peer device is also to change to the second type of flow control for the existing communication session in response to a reply message from the second peer device via the existing communication session, the reply message indicating acceptance of the request for the second type of flow control for the existing communication session.
US10659376B2	Throttling backbone computing regarding completion operations A computer-implemented method for message handling between a receiver and a sender of a throttling system is provided. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a first message that includes a completion queue element by the receiver from the sender. The computer-implemented method includes detecting that a number of outstanding completion queue elements in a completion queue meets or exceeds a high mark and instructing the sender to enter a throttle mode. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a second message without a completion queue element by the receiver from the sender. The computer-implemented method includes detecting that the number of the outstanding completion queue elements in the completion queue meets or is below a low mark and instructing the sender to exit the throttle mode.
US10659373B2	Processing packets according to hierarchy of flow entry storages Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet received by a managed forwarding element. The method performs a series of packet classification operations based on header values of the received packet. The packet classifications operations determine a next destination of the received packet. When the series of packet classification operations specifies to send the packet to a network service that performs payload transformations on the packet, the method (1) assigns a service operation identifier to the packet that identifies the service operations for the network service to perform on the packet, (2) sends the packet to the network service with the service operation identifier, and (3) stores a cache entry for processing subsequent packets without the series of packet classification operations. The cache entry includes the assigned service operation identifier. The network service uses the assigned service operation identifier to process packets without performing its own classification operations.
US10659372B2	Multi-core lock-free rate limiting apparatus and method An apparatus, such as a network element, comprises a receiver to receive a plurality of packets. A memory stores instructions and forms a first and second set of virtual queues to store the plurality of packets. A processor having one or more cores with one or more packet classifiers provides a classification of a packet in the plurality of packets. The processor in communication with the memory executes instructions to transfer the packet from the receiver to a virtual queue in the first set of virtual queues based on the classification. The processor also transfers the packet from the virtual queue to a transmitter based on a demand rate value and supply rate value associated with the virtual queue.
US10659371B1	Managing throttling limits in a distributed system Systems and methods for manage throttling limits in a distributed system are disclosed herein, according to some embodiments. A system includes a plurality of server nodes to perform a service. The system includes one or more processors a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving a request for the service. The operations also include calculating whether accepting the request would exceed a service throttling limit for the plurality of server nodes for the service and whether accepting the request would exceed a node throttling limit for a server node of the plurality of server nodes. The operations also include accepting the request for processing at the server node responsive to calculating that the service throttling limit and the node throttling limit would not be exceeded.
US10659366B1	Load balancer metadata forwarding on secure connections Network devices, such as load balancers may be configured to forward client metadata to back-end nodes using defined fields of a security protocol. For example, client metadata may be inserted into an extension field or certificate defined by a security protocol that is used for a secure connection between the load balancer and the back-end node. In some instances, a source IP address based on a received request may be inserted into the extension field or certificate defined by the security protocol before the request is forwarded to the back-end node. The back-end node may extract the client metadata and use the client metadata for any of a number of processes (e.g., billing, tracking, security, logging, etc.).
US10659361B2	Packet processing After receiving the packet, an operation type of an operation to be performed for a packet is identified, a key value is extracted from the packet and Hash calculation is performed for the extracted key value; a calculation result of the Hash calculation is taken as a Hash entrance, and at least one Hash index table entry is found from a local Hash index table; match operation is performed between the identified operation type and the at least one Hash index table entry; the packet is processed according to a matched Hash index table entry if the matched Hash index table entry is found.
US10659360B2	Routing method, near field communication controller, device host, and terminal Embodiments of the present invention provide a routing method, a near field communication controller, a device host, and a terminal, where the method is used in a first terminal, the first terminal includes a device host DH, a near field communication controller NFCC, and at least one near field communication execution environment NFCEE, and the method includes: receiving, by the NFCC, a data frame sent by a second terminal; determining, by the NFCC, whether a default-NFCEE-based routing manner is used to search for a matched routing entry for the data frame; if yes, determining, by the NFCC, a target NFCEE according to the default-NFCEE-based routing manner, so that the NFCC routes the data frame to the target NFCEE.
US10659358B2	Method and apparatus for advanced statistics collection Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide for collection of statistics relating to network traffic between virtual machines (VMs) in a network. In an example embodiment, a virtual switch hosted on a physical server provides network address information of VMs deployed on the physical server to a virtual switch controller. The controller collects this network address information from each virtual switch under its control, and distributes the aggregate address information to each switch. In this manner, the controller and each switch within the controller's domain can learn the network address information of each VM deployed on physical servers hosting switches under the controller's control. Each virtual switch can determine a classification of a frame passing through the switch (e.g., intra-server, inter-server and intra-domain, or inter-domain traffic), and statistics relating to the traffic. In an example embodiment, the virtual switch controller can collect the statistics from each switch within its domain.
US10659355B2	Encapsulating data packets using an adaptive tunnelling protocol Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method of tunneling data packets. The method establishes a tunnel between a first forwarding element and a second forwarding element. For each data packet directed to the second forwarding element from the first forwarding element, the method encapsulates the data packet with a header that includes a tunnel option. The method then sends the data packet from the first forwarding element to the second forwarding element through the established tunnel. In some embodiments, the data packet is encapsulated using a protocol that is adapted to change with different control plane implementations and the implementations' varying needs for metadata.
US10659354B2	Processing data packets using a policy based network path Provided are methods and systems for processing data packets in a data network using a policy-based network path. The method may commence with receiving the data packet associated with a service session from a client. The method may continue with determining data packet information associated with the data packet. The method may further include determining the policy-based network path for the data packet based on the data packet information and one or more packet processing criteria. The method may continue with routing, based on the determination of the policy-based network path, the data packet along the policy-based network path.
US10659353B2	Dynamic scriptable routing Embodiments are directed to a sender side of a network communication, being sent from a sender to a destination over a network path, expressing certain conditions and actions in a form of a script and encoding the script into network packets, thus enabling routing decisions to be made. Routing devices along the network path are equipped with an execution environment and an application program interface (API) to allow the script to execute and intervene (i.e., “talk” with the routing device) in the routing process. Embodiments provided herein may be implemented to coexist with other existing routing protocols or may completely replace other existing routing protocols.
US10659352B2	Signaling private context forwarding tables for a private forwarding layer In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first network device, a private label route message from a second network device, the private label route message specifying a private label as a destination, a route distinguisher of an egress network device for the private label, a context protocol next hop address that identifies a private Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) forwarding layer, and a next hop for the private label, determining, by the first network device and based on the private label route message, a label stack having a plurality of labels to use for forwarding traffic to the next hop for the private label, and storing, in a context forwarding table associated with the private MPLS forwarding layer, a private label destination with the label stack as a next hop for reaching the private label.
US10659348B2	Holding of a link in an optical interface by a lower level processor until authorization is received from an upper level processor A lower level processor holds a link, in response to detecting a link down condition of the link. In response to the holding of the link, the lower level processor transmits a command to an upper level processor indicating the link down condition of the link. The lower level processor initiates a process of link recovery for the link, in response to receiving an authorization from the upper level processor.
US10659341B2	System for dynamic election of route reflectors A first route reflector client manager determines identifies that a distributed lock has been released, wherein the first route reflector client manager corresponds to a first route reflector client. In response to the determining that the distributed lock has been released, the first route reflector client manager retrieves the distributed lock. In response to retrieving the distributed lock the first route reflector client manager provisions the first route reflector client into a first route reflector. The first route reflector client manager advertises information corresponding to the provisioning of the first route reflector client into the first route reflector, wherein the advertising causes at least a second route reflector client to identify the first route reflector client as the first route reflector.
US10659339B2	Enhancing transmission control protocol (TCP) performance and scalability on multicore processor architectures A transmission control protocol (TCP) session processing architecture for conducting numerous TCP sessions during testing of a network-under-test: multiple processor cores running, allocated to TCP session handling, and program instructions configured to distribute processing of each TCP session across multiple cores with a first set of cores allocated to handle TCP control, a second set of cores allocated to handle TCP packet transmission, and a third set of cores allocated to handle TCP packet receiving. The TCP session processing architecture also includes a shared memory accessible to the first, second and third sets of cores, that holds PCBs for each of numerous TCP sessions during the testing with update access controlled by an atomic spinlock processor instruction that each TCP state machine running on a core must engage to secure the update access to a respective PCB, in order to proceed with state processing of its respective TCP session.
US10659336B1	Server access times Example implementations relate to server access times. A computing device may comprise a processing resource; and a memory resource storing non-transitory machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to: determine a media access control (MAC) address of a server; poll a top of rack (TOR) switch connected to the server to capture a packet; determine a source MAC address using the captured packet; determine, based on the source MAC address, an identity of a user computing device; and log, based on a time included in the captured packet, a time the user computing device last accessed the server.
US10659335B1	Contextual analyses of network traffic Systems and methods for analyzing network traffic are provided. An exemplary system may include a plurality of network nodes distributed in multiple geographical regions. The plurality of network nodes may be configured to collect mass scanning network traffic data. The system may also include at least one processor configured to receive, from the plurality of network nodes, the collected mass scanning network traffic data. The processor may also be configured to generate an omnidirectional network traffic database based on the received mass scanning network traffic data. The processor may further be configured to receive a query against the omnidirectional network traffic database. The query may include information of a source of a network scanning activity. Moreover, the processor may be configured to determine whether the source matches any record in the omnidirectional network traffic database and generate an indication based on the determination.
US10659334B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for distributed packet traffic performance analysis in a communication network Network packet traffic in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is analyzed by associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in the LTE network and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent.
US10659331B2	Network system, device management method, network device, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable medium A network device in a network system which includes a plurality of network devices and a management system managing information collected from the plurality of network devices, the network devices comprising, a memory storing instructions; and a processor which is capable of executing the instructions causing the network device to: receive, from the management system, token information for another network device which is managed in the management system in the same management group as the network device; try communication with the another network device by using the received token information; and send information regarding the communication to the management system, wherein the token information is sent from a management application executed by the another network device to the management system, before a detection of an abnormality in the another network device by the management system.
US10659327B2	Network traffic analysis In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a network endpoint device, a traffic analysis query from a network controller, the traffic analysis query including one or more query parameters, where the one or more query parameters are provided to select portions of traffic analysis data. The method also includes identifying a portion of traffic analysis data stored in a buffer that satisfies the one or more query parameters, where the traffic analysis data characterizes traffic data that has traversed the endpoint device, and where the endpoint device provides network access to one or more client devices. The method further includes providing the identified portion of the traffic analysis data to the network controller in response to the traffic analysis query.
US10659324B2	Application monitoring prioritization An approach for establishing a priority ranking for endpoints in a network. This can be useful when triaging endpoints after an endpoint becomes compromised. Ensuring that the most critical and vulnerable endpoints are triaged first can help maintain network stability and mitigate damage to endpoints in the network after an endpoint is compromised. The present technology involves determining a criticality ranking and a secondary value for a first endpoint in a datacenter. The criticality ranking and secondary value can be combined to form priority ranking for the first endpoint which can then be compared to a priority ranking for a second endpoint to determine if the first endpoint or the second endpoint should be triaged first.
US10659322B2	Monitoring system, facility management device, monitoring method, and program A monitoring system comprises an equipment management device, a relay server, and monitoring terminals. The equipment management device is configured to establish with the relay server first communication for notifying the monitoring terminals of the states of equipment items. Furthermore, the equipment management device is configured to establish with the relay server second communication, which is different from the first communication, for monitoring equipment information regarding the equipment items from each of the monitoring terminals. The monitoring terminals establish the first communication and second communication with the relay server. The relay server is configured to relay the first communication and second communication.

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