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US10064880B2	Silanol based therapeutic payloads Described herein in part are silanol based therapeutic payloads comprising a silanol terminus, a divalent spacer moiety, and a drug moiety capable of effecting a target cell or tissue.
US10064879B2	Method for treating depression and/or depression status with substituted quinoxaline compounds A heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein m, l, and n respectively represent an integer of 1 or 2; X represents —O— or —CH2—; R1 represents hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy-lower alkyl group, a protecting group, or a tri-lower alkylsilyloxy-lower alkyl group; R2 and R3, which are the same or different, each independently represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; or R2 and R3 are bonded to form a cyclo-C3-C8 alkyl group; and R4 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, wherein the aromatic or heterocyclic group may have one or more arbitrary substituent(s).
US10064875B2	Topical formulations comprising a steroid The application provides formulations for the topical administration of an active agent comprising at least one steroid, in the form of topical sprays that are propellant-free, and/or substantially non-foaming, and/or alcohol-free. The present application also provides processes for preparing such compositions and methods of using them in management of skin diseases or disorders such as psoriasis, dermatoses, and other associated skin diseases or disorders.
US10064874B2	Methods of reducing mammographic breast density and/or breast cancer risk The present disclosure is directed to generally methods and/or compositions for treating mammographic breast density and/or breast stiffness in a patient in need thereof, such as a pre-menopausal, a peri-menopausal or a post-memopausal patient, comprising the administration of an effective amount of androgenic agent and an effective amount of an aromatase inhibitor. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for reducing breast pain. The present disclosure is also directed to method and/or compositions for reducing elasticity and/or decreasing mechano-transduction on the genome of breast cells. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for stabilizing and/or increasing the levels of androgen receptor expression in breast tissue.
US10064871B2	Methods of treating skin disorders A method of treating a skin disorder (e.g., an inflammatory or neoplastic skin disorder) in a subject in need thereof is carried out by administering (e.g., topically administering) the subject an active agent in a treatment effective amount. The active agent may be a compound of Formula I: wherein: each R is independently selected substituted or unsubstituted aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkyl; each A is an independently selected hydrogen, an electron-withdrawing group, or electron donating group; M is a metal; and Z− is a counterion; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10064866B2	Treatment of B-cell malignancies by a combination JAK and PI3K inhibitors This invention relates to methods of treating B-cell malignancies using a combination of inhibitors of JAK1 and/or JAK2 and inhibitors of PI3Kδ.
US10064860B2	Pharmaceutical compositions containing clofazimine for inhibiting Clostridium difficile activity Methods for inhibiting the activity of Clostridium difficile in a subject comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition consisting of clofazimine and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Pharmaceutical compositions consisting of clofazimine at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient are provided for treating Clostridium difficile infection and diseases or symptoms associated therewith.
US10064859B2	Crystallization process of aripiprazole derivatives in extended release formulations for treatment of schizophrenia Processes for providing depot injections of recrystallized aripiprazole lauroxil in which particles of the aripiprazole lauroxil have a surface area of about 0.50 to about 3.3 m2/g; and crystals of aripiprazole lauroxil produced by such processes.
US10064858B2	Methods and compositions for treating bacterial infections with iron chelators The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating or preventing bacterial infections, where a pharmaceutically acceptable iron chelator that reduces biological availability of iron for one or more strains of bacteria, such as VK28 or an analog or derivative thereof is administered to a patient in need of treatment. The method also provides methods and compositions where an iron chelator and an antibiotic are administered to a patient in need of treatment for a bacterial infection.
US10064848B2	Pyridic ketone derivatives, method of preparing same, and pharmaceutical application thereof Compounds for the preparation of pyridone derivatives are provided. In particular, compounds of formula (IA) are provided, wherein the variable groups are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula (IA) can be used as intermediates in the preparation of pyridone derivatives useful as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors and therapeutic agents for treating cancer.
US10064846B2	Use of metformin in combination with a glucokinase activator and compositions comprising metformin and a glucokinase activator The present invention provides uses of a glucokinase activator in combination with metformin. Uses include treating type 2 diabetes, lowering blood glucose, improving insulin sensitivity, enhancing phosphorylation of glucose, and improving the therapeutic effectiveness of metformin. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a GK activator and metformin. The invention also provides a salt formed between metformin and a GK activator.
US10064832B2	Kartogenin-conjugated chitosan particles with improved sustained release property and biocombatibility, and use thereof The present invention relates to kartogenin-conjugated chitosan particles with an improved sustained release property and biocompatibility. Effects of increases in biocompatibility, chondrogenic differentiation efficiency and retention time in the joints were confirmed by using kartogenin-chitosan microparticles or kartogenin-chitosan nanoparticles of the present invention, and thus targeted treatment, in the prevention or treatment of bone diseases, is enabled through a more fundamental approach.
US10064830B2	Treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and thrombosis Provided herein are compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and methods of application and use thereof. In particular, the present invention provides treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease with compounds that inhibit the production of TMA in the gut, such as 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol (DMB) or other compounds represented by Formula I or as shown in FIGS. 20-23.
US10064827B2	Method for the production of a molding The invention relates to a method for producing a molded piece (compression molding, molded body) using a compression molding device. The use of special construction features for the compression molding device, such as a spring-loaded punch, an intermediate punch and clamps, allows the advantageous production of molded pieces.
US10064826B2	Direct compression and dry granulation processes for preparing carglumic acid tablets having less impurities than those produced by wet granulation process The invention provides a process for preparing stable, high API content, solid pharmaceutical dosage forms by direct compression or dry granulation, characterized in that the pharmaceutical tablets rapidly disintegrate in water or other aqueous solutions to produce a clear or almost clear solution. Also provided is a pharmaceutical carglumic acid tablet, which has improved manufacturing, dissolution, and stability properties, and is less expensive to produce, compared to the equivalent commercial product.
US10064825B2	Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.
US10064823B2	Nanoparticulate compositions for targeted delivery of acid labile, lipophilic prodrugs of cancer chemotherapeutics and their preparation In one embodiment, the present application discloses synthetic LDL nanoparticles comprising mixtures of components selected from the group consisting of phospholipids, triglycerides, cholesterol ester and free cholesterol; optionally further comprising an agent selected from the group consisting of natural antioxidants, ubiquinol and vitamin E, and methods for preparing the synthetic nanoparticles. The disclosed synthetic LDL nanoparticles are capable of selectively delivering lipophilic drugs and prodrugs to cellular targets expressing LDL receptors after intra venous injection.
US10064822B2	Polypeptide based block copolymer and the process for the preparation thereof, and the polymer micelles using the same The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide based block copolymer having biodegradability due to peptidase, and a process for the preparation thereof, and polymer micelles using the same. The block copolymer according to the present disclosure is a block copolymer of a polyethylene glycol-based compound having properties such that the solubility for water is different depending on the pH, but cannot form micelles due to a self-assembly phenomenon; and a polyglutamic acid-based compound formed using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and tertiary amine in which the end of one alkyl group is substituted with NH2, or using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and triamine. The block copolymer of the present disclosure has advantages in that the block polymer has both pH sensitivity and biodegradability due to peptidase in the body, and thereby a degradation rate related to a drug release cycle is controlled. Therefore, the block copolymer according to the present disclosure is effective in that the block copolymer can be used as a target-oriented drug delivery agent depending on the pH changes in the body, and as a drug delivery agent that can control the rate of degradation.
US10064821B2	Low-temperature inhalation administration of cannabinoid entities A cannabinoid material as active agent containing formulation comprising the active agent, an HFA propellant, and optionally a co-solvent is disclosed. Also disclosed is an inhalation method of administration of the formulation without the use of heat greater than 50° C.
US10064820B2	Antihistamine compositions, combinations, and use thereof Combinations of a first generation antihistamine for a quick onset with a maintenance dosage amount of a second or third generation antihistamine, along with an additional active agent such as a decongestant, a cough suppressant (an antitussive), a leukotriene receptor antagonist, a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, a bronchodilator, an expectorant, or a combination thereof, are disclosed. Methods of using such combinations by concomitant administration, either in the form of a single composition or multiple compositions, are further disclosed.
US10064818B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia. In a preferred embodiment correction of presbyopia occurs without reduction in distance vision acuity. The compositions of the invention preferably contain pilocarpine and tropicamide.
US10064817B2	Compositions comprising azelastine and methods of use thereof The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent. The invention also provides methods of treating or preventing certain disorders, or symptomatic relief therefrom, by administering the compositions of the invention to a patient, e.g., for the symptomatic relief of allergic rhinitis, non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, as well as other disorders.
US10064815B2	Formulations and methods for vaginal delivery of antiprogestins The subject matter of the present invention is pertinent to the field of vaginal delivery of pharmaceutically active agents. Embodiments of the instant invention disclose methods for treating a variety of progesterone related disorders by vaginal administration of a pullulan capsule and a fill formulation comprising one or more antiprogestins dispersed in a mixture of isopropyl palmitate or isopropyl myristate and a polyethylene glycol.
US10064814B2	Use of spider venoms for skin whitening/depigmenting and composition comprising spider venoms molecules or synthetic analogs The use of spider venom, molecules or synthetic analogs thereof for skin whitening. Also, compositions that include spider venom, molecules or synthetic analogs thereof for skin whitening/depigmenting, and a non-therapeutic method for whitening human skin that includes topically applying an effective amount on human skin of the composition.
US10064812B2	Anti-aging composition for vitalization of retinoic acid receptor that contains mixed extract of Chinese matrimony vine and pine needles as effective component Provided are an anti-aging composition that contains a mixed extract of Chinese matrimony vine and pine needles as an effective component and a method of inhibiting aging of skin. The composition is for an external application to the skin, wherein a mixed extract of Chinese matrimony vine and pine needles, which are the natural ingredients, is contained such that excellent anti-aging or wrinkle improvement effects to the skin can be obtained through the vitalization of a retinoic acid derivative.
US10064808B2	Mascara composition and method Cationically-charged particulates and compositions containing the cationically-charged particulates for application to keratinous materials are provided. Methods of preparing the cationically-charged particulates are also disclosed.
US10064799B2	Shaping keratin fibres using carbonate ester A method for shaping keratin fibers comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent is a carbonate ester; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibers, mechanically shaping the keratin fibers with an appliance at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 250° C. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.
US10064794B2	Oral care composition The present invention relates to a tooth whitening oral care composition, the use of abrasives in such an oral care composition, a method of polishing tooth enamel, and an oral care kit comprising the oral care composition.
US10064793B2	Methods of making silver nanoparticles and their applications Disclosed herein is a method of making silver nanoparticles using an ascorbic acid derivative or an alpha-hydroxyl carboxylic acid derivative as a reducing agent. The silver nanoparticles may be coated onto micro particles, embedded in hydrogel particles or coated with polysaccharide. The silver nanoparticles may be used in a wound dressing, a bandage, a fungal treatment product, a deodorant, a floss product, a toothpick, a dietary supplement, dental X-ray, a mouthwash, a toothpaste, acne or wound treatment product, skin scrub, and skin defoliate agent.
US10064790B2	Hair care solid granules that sustain essential oils and or plant herbal extracts that emulsify in water creating therapeutic solution A hair care product comprising 100% plant derived, biodegradable solid granules that sustain beneficial essential oils or herbal extracts that emulsify in water to create an emulsified therapeutic solution is disclosed. The hair care product improves over existing liquids in that its solid granule form is completely plant derived and biodegradable and can sustain essential oils and antioxidants without the requirement of chemical preservatives, and can be packaged in eco-friendly water soluble film and compostable paper. It improves over existing solid forms in that it is a 100% water soluble granule that emulsifies easily in water to form an easy to use liquid product.
US10064788B2	Locking medication containers and methods of use thereof In one exemplary method relating to a lockable medication container, a request from a user may be received by a medication provider for a medication. The medication may be placed in a medication container with a locking mechanism that is operable to lock and unlock the medication container. The medication container may be locked using the locking mechanism. The locked medication container with the medication within may be provided to the user. Subsequent to providing the locked medication container to the user, a request may be received from the user to access the medication in the medication container. A credential may be sent to the user that is usable, via the locking mechanism, to unlock the medication container. The user may then input the credential into the locking mechanism to unlock the medication container and access the medication therein.
US10064786B2	Container-holding tray The present invention relates to a container-holding tray 1 for holding a plurality of bottomed cylindrical medical containers 50 side by side. The container-holding tray 1 includes the bottom surface part 2 and the container holding convex parts 4 formed on the bottom surface part 2 and configured to hold the medical containers 50, wherein each of the container holding convex parts 4 has a tapered shape that is thin on the upper end side thereof, the plurality of the container holding convex parts 4 are configured to a lattice arrangement on the bottom surface part 2, and simultaneously four of the container holding convex parts 4 are integrated, thereby a container housing part 6 corresponding to one of the medical containers is formed, and the medical containers 50 are configured to be brought into contact with any point from the upper end to the lower end of the four convex parts 4 so as to be held.
US10064785B2	Plastic container product The invention relates to a plastic container product, in particular produced by the blow-molding, filling, and sealing method, having a container wall which can be pierced by means of a cannula in predefinable areas for the purpose of access to the container content. Said plastic container product is characterized in that, in order to avoid punched parts which arise when the container wall is pierced with a cannula, the mathematical product of the container wall thickness in the piercing area and the tensile modulus of the plastic material to ISO 527 is less than 400 MPa·mm, in particular preferably less than 300 MPa·mm.
US10064783B2	Collapsible personal wheeled conveyance having a selectively adjustable width A collapsible personal wheeled conveyance comprises a first and second collapsible side frame, each having ground-contacting wheels, and at least one adjustable crossbar configured to physically connect the two collapsible side frames, the adjustable crossbar(s) having a selectively adjustable length. The adjustable crossbar(s) may be lockable or non-lockable. One or more of the adjustable crossbars may comprise seat-supporting adjustable crossbars. A seat can be configured to move laterally along such a seat-supporting adjustable crossbar to permit selective adjustment of the lateral position of this seat with respect to the side frames. One or more locking mechanisms can serve to lock the seat at a particular position. By one approach the aforementioned seat-supporting adjustable crossbar can include spacing indicia to visually indicate when the seat is centrally located between the first and second collapsible side frames for a particular selected length of the seat-supporting adjustable crossbars.
US10064777B2	Lightweight dome-shaped casket lid and method of manufacture A novel technique for the fabrication of a casket dome lid from, for example, Smooth-One-Side (“S1S”) hardboard is disclosed. The invention is also directed to the fabrication of a casket lid which has a domed configuration both in the lateral and longitudinal directions of the lid. The method comprises the steps of providing a lid blank having a first end, second end, and a central region; providing a pair of diagonal voids oriented at corners of the first end of said blank and extending inward toward the central region; placing the lid blank in a vacuum fixture; and flexing the lid blank into a domed configuration via the vacuum fixture, such that the blank is domed in both a longitudinal and a transverse direction.
US10064776B2	Orthopedic hospital bed and surgical table with the functions of traction and reduction Disclosed is an orthopedics hospital bed and surgical table with the functions of traction and reduction comprising a bedstead, and at least one traction holder, wherein, each of the traction holder includes two traction pillars and a traction beam detachably mounted on top ends of the two traction pillars; a sliding rail is provided at each of the two sides of the bedstead and extends in a direction of a length of the bedstead; lower ends of the two traction pillars of each traction holder are slidably mounted in the two sliding rails respectively, and connected into the sliding rail through a rotate shaft or a hinge; the traction pillars are locked forwardly at set-up position, and the traction beam is configured to connect to a traction device.
US10064771B2	Bed with modified foot deck A bed is provided having a non-pivotal actuation mechanism for a foot deck to assist the bed in being converted to a chair bed and lowered close to the floor even when the foot deck is in a generally vertical position. In one embodiment, the bed has a longitudinal gap between the intermediate deck section and the foot deck section. As the foot deck transitions to the generally vertical position from the generally horizontal position the gap between the intermediate frame section and the foot deck section is decreased.
US10064768B2	Y-shaped gauze positioning assembly A Y-type gauze positioning rod is adapted to be disposed in a Y-type gauze so as to position the Y-type gauze to an affected region. The Y-type gauze positioning rod includes a Y-type flexible body having a holder and two supporting branches. The two supporting branches are connected to the holder and separated from each other. A Y-type gauze positioning assembly is further provided.
US10064763B2	Absorbent article with elastic members A pants-type disposable diaper includes a pair of strip projecting parts projecting laterally from a line of connection between front and rear parts located respectively on the belly and back sides of a wearer, a first waist elastic member joined to a first waist region that is an upper part of a waist region extending along a waist opening, and a second waist elastic member joined to a second waist region that is a lower part of the waist region. In a state in which an outer covering sheet is elongated in a right-left direction, a first unit contractile force that is a contractile force in the right-left direction per unit width of the first waist region in an up-down direction is smaller than a second unit contractile force in the second waist region.
US10064761B2	Method of delivering a discrete cord to a transfer member A method of delivering a discrete cord to a transfer member, wherein the method includes providing a supply path fluidly connected to a metered cord supply. The supply path comprises a fluid flow, a transfer member, and a cutting apparatus. The transfer member comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of orifices on the first surface. The method also comprises moving a deployed cord supply towards the transfer member through the supply path by the fluid flow. The method further comprises moving a portion of the deployed cord supply into an orifice of the transfer member and cutting the deployed cord supply to create a discrete cord comprising a first end and a second end; wherein a portion of the discrete cord is in the orifice to the transfer member.
US10064759B2	Reduced-pressure wound dressings and systems for re-epithelialization and granulation Methods for promoting re-epithelialization and granulation as an aspect of wound healing are presented. A method for promoting granulation and re-epithelialization of a wound at the same time involves using a reduced-pressure treatment dressing and applying a moist, water-sensitive barrier to promote re-epithelialization and to inhibit granulation. Other methods are also presented.
US10064758B2	Method, apparatus and computer program for provision of meterological data to assist in timing of remedy to ameliorate physical distress The present invention is directed to a method, apparatus and computer program for provision of meteorological data pertaining to a particular atmospheric condition to assist in the timing of a remedy to ameliorate involuntary physical distress caused by a change in the atmospheric condition. The remedy according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be an earplug including a body having a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, a bore defined within the body and extending from the first end to the second end along the longitudinal axis of the body, and a pressure regulator positioned within the bore and providing an air flow rate of 3.4×10−6 to 7.8×10−5 cc/sec through the bore.
US10064753B2	Device and method for irradiating the eye A device and a method for irradiating the cornea of an eye, wherein the device includes at least the following elements: a ring body, which has a bearing surface embodied concentrically about the longitudinal axis of the device for the purpose of fastening the device on the eye, an irradiation channel for irradiating the cornea, which is located inside the ring body, a light source, which, in the operationally-ready state of the device, is attached inside the ring body for emitting light in the irradiation channel, wherein the bearing surface for fastening the device is arranged outside the irradiation channel, which has the result that the irradiated area itself is not additionally loaded by bearing surfaces of the device.
US10064749B2	Circumferential walker An orthopedic device includes a posterior shell with ankle and foot receiving portions. The foot receiving portion defines a plantar shell portion and side shell portions extending along first and second sides of the plantar shell portion and forming an open-ended toe portion. A toe protector portion is removably attached to the posterior shell at the open-ended toe portion and arranged to protect the toes of the user. The toe protector portion extends between the side shell portions and longitudinally along a length of the side shell portions. At least one inflatable bladder is disposed in at least the ankle receiving portions and at least one pump assembly is in fluid communication with the at least one inflatable bladder.
US10064744B2	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.
US10064740B2	Intervertebral implant An intervertebral implant includes a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The three-dimensional body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes for accommodating fixation elements. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate disposed at the front surface of the three-dimensional body and has a plurality of boreholes. A securing plate can be fastened to the front plate.
US10064739B2	Systems and methods for vertebral disc replacement The present invention provides artificial disc prostheses, methods and instrumentation for implantation and revision thereof. Each prosthesis may comprise superior and inferior end plates and a nucleus positioned between articular surfaces of the end plates. The end plates may have planar bone engagement surfaces with a plurality of self-cutting teeth. The articular surfaces of the end plates may be planar or include a flattened portion. The nucleus includes superior and inferior articular surfaces which may comprise flattened portions such that when the articular surfaces of the nucleus and the end plates are placed in cooperation in a preferred orientation, the flattened and/or planar portions are aligned. Each prosthesis may provide flexion/extension, anterior/posterior translation, lateral bending, and/or axial rotation degrees of freedom. One embodiment comprises a prosthesis with a first joint providing flexion/extension and anterior/posterior translation, and a second joint providing lateral bending and axial rotation.
US10064738B2	Bi-directional fixating/locking transvertebral body screw/intervertebral cage stand-alone constructs having a central screw locking lever, and pliers and devices for spinal fusion A bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus including an intervertebral cage for maintaining disc height, and a method of inserting the same is provided. The intervertebral cage includes a first internal screw guide and a second internal screw guide, a first screw member and a second screw member, and a central screw locking lever coupled to the intervertebral cage, wherein the central screw locking lever prevents the first screw member and the second screw from pulling-out of the first internal screw guide and the second internal screw guide. The central screw locking lever includes a rotatable handle and stem portion, or a screw locking horizontal bracket. A pliers device for inserting and removing the bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus, a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple, and a staple gun for a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple also are provided.
US10064737B2	Implant device for osseous integration An implant device for osseous integration includes a plurality of connection bars and at least one frame bar. These connection bars are connected with each other to form a three-dimensional (3D) grid structure. The frame bar is connected with at least two of the connection bars to define at least one edge of the 3D grid structure. Wherein, the frame bar has a diameter substantially greater than that of these connection bars.
US10064735B1	Method of inserting a surgical implant within a transcorporeal void An implant preshaped before placement anteriorly between a superior endplate and an inferior endplate within a void created by a transcorporeal procedure in a vertebra, the implant having no circular cross-sectional dimension.
US10064734B2	Glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis, and surgical kit A glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis for implantation in the glenoid of a scapula according to embodiments of the present invention includes a central fixation element; an articular body configured for articulation with a humerus, the articular body comprising a plate, the plate comprising a side configured to be oriented toward the glenoid, the side comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central fixation element comprises a means for mechanically engaging with the central protrusion; a first means for locking rotation of the central fixation element with respect to the glenoid; and a second means for locking rotation of the articular body with respect to the glenoid.
US10064731B2	Blade-like shaft of a hip joint prosthesis A blade-like stem of a hip joint prosthesis for anchoring in the femur, including a prosthesis neck portion and a femur-anchoring portion extending therefrom and having a proximal end and a distal end, the femur-anchoring portion including a proximal arcuate portion extending from a location adjacent the proximal end and having a radius of curvature that changes in a distal-to-proximal direction, and the femur-anchoring portion further including a distal tapered portion extending from the proximal arcuate portion toward the distal end.
US10064728B2	Methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint with a threaded joint fixation screw having a plurality of openings therein A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including delivering a joint fixation screw into engagement with the sacroiliac joint, the screw having either: 1) a body including helical spiral threads, an anti-migration surface feature including at least one ridge extending distally from the proximal end at least partially the length, and a plurality of openings extending into the body; or 2) a body including a hollow interior, helical spiral threads and a plurality of openings extending into the hollow interior, wherein the helical spiral threads have a thread cross-section including: a height extending between a connection point with the body and a radial termination, a first thickness at the radial termination extending between opposite thread walls, and a second thickness located between the connection point and the radial termination extending between opposite thread walls, the first thickness being substantially greater the second thickness.
US10064727B2	Methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint with a fluted screw delivered across the sacroiliac joint A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including delivering a screw across the sacroiliac joint and into the sacrum and the ilium, the screw including a body having helical spiral threads and spiral flutes extending into the body of the screw.
US10064725B2	Distal reamer for use during an orthopaedic surgical procedure to implant a revision hip prosthesis Surgical instruments and methods for use in implanting a modular femoral prosthesis during performance of a hip revision procedure are disclosed, and include a distal reamer operable to ream an intramedullary canal of a patient's femur during a surgical procedure. The distal reamer includes an elongated shank having a cutting head formed in a distal end of the elongated shank and a drive connector formed in a sidewall positioned at an opposite, proximal end of the elongated shank. The cutting head has a plurality of helical cutting flutes arranged in a geometry that corresponds with the geometry of the distal stem component. The drive connector has a female drive socket and a number of locking slots formed in the sidewall so as to open into the female drive socket.
US10064717B2	Retinal repair device and method A device which may be formed of suitable elastomeric, biocompatible material is configured to be wedged into Tenon's space between the orbital and scleral walls of the eye at the location of a retinal tear or break. When positioned, the device pushes the eye wall inward to close the tear, and fluid below the retinal wall resorbs.
US10064716B2	Adjustable loop constructs and techniques A device for securing tissue or bone. The device includes a self-locking construct, which includes first and second adjustable loops. The first adjustable loop includes a loop passage portion through which a first portion of the self-locking construct extends. The second adjustable loop extends through a sleeve defined by the self-locking construct. The self-locking construct is configured such that moving the second adjustable loop away from the first loop closes the first adjustable loop, and pulling the first portion further through the loop passage portion closes the second adjustable loop.
US10064707B2	Self-osteotomizing bone implant and related method A bone implant includes a head and a core body extending from the head to a tip. An osteotomy blade extends outwardly from at least a portion of the core body to form a spiral thread. Channels form bone cutting edges of the implant. The implant, and particularly the osteotomy blade, is configured to self-osteotomize and direct cut bone into the channels to facilitate bone growth and grafting and integration of the implant to the bone.
US10064697B2	Vapor based ablation system for treating various indications Ablation catheters and systems include multiple inline chambers for containing and heating an ablative agent. The heating chamber includes one or more channels to increase the contact surface area of the ablative agent with the walls of the heating chamber to provide more efficient heating. Induction heating is used to heat a chamber and vaporize a fluid within by wrapping a coil about a ferromagnetic chamber and providing an alternating current to the coil. A magnetic field is created in the area surrounding the chamber which induces electric current flow in the chamber, heating the chamber and vaporizing the fluid inside. Positioning elements help maintain the device in the proper position with respect to the target tissue and also prevent the passage of ablative agent to normal tissues.
US10064694B2	Locking mechanism for a medical device assembly tray A tray for a medical device assembly includes a tray body, a tray lid, and a connector arm. The tray body and the tray lid each have a first surface, a plurality of walls extending from the first surface, and an open end opposite the first surface. The connector arm is coupled to the tray body or the tray lid, and has a first position that permits the separation of the tray body and tray lid, and a second position that couples the tray body to the tray lid.
US10064689B2	System and method for aligning with a reference target A system and method of aligning with a reference target includes a computer-assisted medical device. The computer-assisted medical device includes an orientation platform, one or more first joints proximal to the orientation platform, one or more second joints distal to the orientation platform, one or more links distal to the orientation platform, a reference instrument coupled to the orientation platform by the second joints and the links; and a control unit coupled to the first joints and the second joints. The control unit determines a pose of the reference instrument. The pose includes a reference point and a reference orientation. The control unit further positions the orientation platform over the reference point using the first joints, rotates the orientation platform to align the orientation platform with the reference orientation using the first joints, and maintains the pose of the reference instrument using the second joints.
US10064686B2	Systems and methods for optimizing parameters of orthopaedic procedures Systems and methods for optimizing parameters of an orthopaedic procedure for a particular patient, including parameters relating to the anatomic and biomechanic fit of an implant or implant system implanted into the patient's joint. These systems and methods may utilize patient-specific information gathered pre-operatively in conjunction with optimization algorithms to determine an optimal implant design and an optimal position and orientation for implantation of the implant into the particular patient's joint.
US10064684B2	Operation-mode indicating system for body support apparatus, and body support apparatus In an operation-mode indicating system, a first light emitting device is located within a peripheral visual field of an operator and is controllably connected to a controller. The peripheral visual field is defined around a center visual field of the operator while the operator is looking at a predetermined site. A body support apparatus is capable of performing an operation to the predetermined site. The controller controls the first light emitting device to emit first light in a first operation mode of the body support apparatus and second light in a second operation mode of the body support apparatus. The first light and the second light are visually distinguishable from each other.
US10064682B2	Collision avoidance during controlled movement of image capturing device and manipulatable device movable arms A system and method for movement control includes a controller coupled to a computer-assisted surgical device having a first movable arm coupled to a manipulatable device having a working end and a second movable arm coupled to an image capturing device. The controller is configured to receive first configurations for the first movable arm; receive second configurations for the second movable arm; receive a plurality of images of the working end from the image capturing device; determine a position and an orientation of the working end; determine a first movable arm position and trajectory for the first movable arm; determine a second movable arm position and trajectory for the second movable arm; determine whether motion of the movable arms will result in an undesirable relationship between the movable arms; and send a movement command to the first or second movable arm to avoid the undesirable relationship.
US10064678B2	Semi-circular pulmonary vein ablation catheter A medical device is disclosed, including a handle assembly; an elongate body coupled to the handle assembly, the elongate body defining a guide wire lumen therethrough; and a substantially semi-circular electrode array coupled to the elongate body. The device may include a substantially rigid shaft extending distally from the elongate body and defining a lumen therethrough, the shaft including a substantially rigid segment, and a flexible coil coaxial with and extending distally from the shaft.
US10064671B2	Instruments and devices for subchondral joint repair Instruments and associated methods are disclosed for treating joints, and particularly bone tissue. In general, the embodiments relate to instruments and associated methods for the surgical treatment of a joint, and particularly to a subchondral bone defect at that joint region. More specifically, the embodiments relate to instruments that allow fast, easy, precise, and controllable subchondral delivery to, or removal of materials from, a bone joint being treated.
US10064669B2	Expanding spinal anchor An anchor for a pedicle screw having an anchor body comprising a proximal end, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a distal end, and a through-hole through the anchor body from the proximal end to the distal end. The through-hole defines a long axis of the anchor, and is provided with undersized female threads in the proximal portion and a reduced inner diameter in the distal portion. The reduced inner diameter causes expansion of at least the distal portion of the anchor body when a screw is inserted into the through-hole. The anchor is further provided with a plurality of ridges on an exterior surface of the anchor body, the ridges configured to reduce the likelihood of pullout when the anchor is inserted into a vertebra and a screw is inserted into the through-hole.
US10064668B2	Bone plate locking cannula and drill guide assembly A bone plate locking cannula and drill guide assembly having a locking cannula detachably mountable onto screw-receiving apertures of a bone plate and a drill guide received within the locking cannula such that pilot holes are drilled through the apertures into bone at the proper angle to receive bone screws. The screw receiving apertures have a proximal bore of greater diameter than a distal bore, and the proximal bore is provided with internal threading to mate with external threading located on the distal end of the locking cannula. The bone screws are inserted through the locking cannula after removal of the drill guide and fastened into the bone to secure the bone plate in position without having to remove the locking cannulas from the bone plate, the internal diameter of the locking cannula bore being greater than the maximum diameter of the screw heads. The locking cannula is detached from the bone plate after the bone plate has been secured in place on the bone.
US10064666B2	Polyaxial bone plate and locking assembly A cervical plate and one or more locking assemblies that help prevent screw backout without impinging on therapeutically valuable settling of the screws. In some cases, the locking assembly is configured to be permanently attached to the plate, to be securely but efficiently locked, to be readily unlocked for revision surgery, and/or to reduce the possibility of operator error in installation by providing simplified visible and tactile indicia of the locked and unlocked positions.
US10064662B2	Minimally invasive screw extension assembly A screw extension assembly for use in minimally invasive spinal surgery, the assembly has an inner slotted shaft and an outer shaft, a rod reducer and a removable nut. The combination when assembled is configured to move a spinal fixation rod into a slotted rod receiving spinal implant where it is seated and affixed thereto. The screw extension assembly further has a locking knob rotationally coupled to a proximal end of the outer shaft, wherein the inner shaft has one or more cam grooves and the locking knob has a pin extending into and guided by said cam groove causing the outer shaft to translate longitudinally upon rotation of the locking knob relative to the inner shaft toward an engaged position locking the deflectable legs in the coupled position to the slotted rod receiving implant.
US10064659B2	Polyaxial bone anchoring device with enlarged pivot angle A bone anchoring device includes a bone anchoring element with a spherical segment-shaped head, a receiving part configured to couple a rod to the bone anchoring element, and having a top end, a bottom end, a first passage at the bottom end with a first longitudinal axis, and a second passage at the top end with a second longitudinal axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis, a compression element, and a locking element. The receiving part also has a recess for the rod, the recess extending from the top end towards the bottom end and having a bottom that extends along an axis that is perpendicular to the second longitudinal axis. The receiving part or the compression element further has a seat. The compression element is configured to move along the first longitudinal axis while the locking element is configured to move along the second longitudinal axis.
US10064658B2	Polyaxial bone anchor with insert guides A polyaxial bone anchor with a receiver, a shank, a pressure insert, a retainer for holding the shank in the receiver, and a closure. The receiver having at least one vertically aligned guide on a surface of an interior shank and insert receiving chamber. The insert having at least one shoulder that aligns with the guide and both properly positions the insert relative to the receiver during assembly and prevents the insert from axially rotating relative to the receiver.
US10064656B2	Spinal fixation construct and methods of use A spinal fixation construct for aligning vertebral bodies includes a bone screw, a spinal rod, a flexible member, and a fixation member. The spinal rod is disposed within a saddle portion of a housing of the bone screw, and includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end. The spinal rod is formed from a first material having a first modulus of elasticity. The flexible member is coupled to the spinal rod, and includes an elongated body having a first end portion and a second end portion. The flexible member is formed from a second material having a second modulus of elasticity that is different from the first modulus of elasticity. The fixation member includes a threaded body portion and a head portion defining a hole therethrough. A portion of the flexible member extends through the hole of the head portion.
US10064654B2	Flexible maxillo-mandibular fixation device A system for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a bone fixation device including a bone fixation body formed from a plurality of links. The links define corresponding crests and valleys so as to impart flexibility into the bone fixation body. Thus, the bone fixation body can be aligned with the dental arch of the mandible and maxilla as necessary, and subsequently fastened to the underlying bone. Each bone fixation device includes at least one securement location on the fixation body that can attach to a securement device, such that the securement device fixes or stabilizes the mandible and the maxilla with respect to each other.
US10064653B2	Intravascular magnetic wire for detection, retrieval or elimination of disease-associated biomarkers and toxins A medical device and method for detection, retrieval or elimination of disease-associated toxins and biomarkers is provided. A plurality of magnets is arranged within a flexible sheath forming a flexible wire. The magnets are magnetically attached to each other, end-to-end, and arranged with their magnetic polarities alternating in direction. The magnetization direction of each of the magnets is orthogonal to the length axis of the flexible wire. The medical device is completely self-contained and does not require a bulky external field source able to maintain strong magnetic field gradients (100-10,000 T/m) along the wire, and at a radial distance (˜1 mm) to attract magnetic particles throughout the entire vein diameter at a range of physiologic velocities (1-10 cm/sec). This technology is a major step forward for the clinical relevance of CTC analysis to personalized medicine and introduces a powerful generalizable strategy for enrichment of other rare blood biomarkers.
US10064652B2	Apparatus for conducting an episiotomy and method of using the same An episiotomy scissors (2) for use in conducting an episiotomy on a subject is provided, the scissors comprising a pair of pivotably connected scissor members; (4a, 4b) each scissor member comprising a handle (6a, 6b) extending in a proximal direction from the pivot connection and a blade (8a, 8b) extending in a distal direction from the pivot connection; and a guide member (20) mounted to a scissor member and having a guide surface (22a, 22b) extending in a distal direction from the scissor member at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the blade of the scissor member.
US10064651B2	Uterine hemorrhage controlling system and method An embodiment of a uterine hemorrhage controlling system comprises a suction module including a suction end coupleable to a pump by a connecting tube, and a sealing module coupled to the suction module. The system may further comprise the pump and a filter coupled to the suction module. A uterine hemorrhage controlling method comprises: shielding a suction module that has been delivered into a uterus; sealing an entrance into the uterus while the suction module is situated within the uterus; applying a negative pressure within the uterus upon activation of a pump; and maintaining the negative pressure within the uterus to induce uterine contraction. The method may further comprise delivering the suction module into the uterus; transmitting bodily fluids, out of the uterus through the suction module, and filtering the bodily fluids.
US10064644B2	Selective tissue removal tool for use in medical applications and methods for making and using The present disclosure relates generally to the field of tissue removal and more particularly to methods and devices for use in medical applications involving selective tissue removal. One exemplary method includes the steps of providing a tissue cutting instrument capable of distinguishing between target tissue to be removed and non-target tissue, urging the instrument against the target tissue and the non-target tissue, and allowing the instrument to cut the target tissue while automatically avoiding cutting of non-target tissue. Various tools for carrying out this method are also described.
US10064638B2	Medical retrieval devices and related methods of use A medical device that may include a plurality of branch members forming a basket movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration is disclosed. Each branch member may include a proximal coil, and a distal coil. Each branch member may also include an uncoiled portion disposed between the proximal coil and the distal coil, and a movable portion.
US10064634B2	Customized arthroplasty cutting guides and surgical methods using the same An arthroplasty system for making resections in a patient knee. The system includes a femoral cutting guide having a patient specific mating region, and a distal planar surface distally spaced from a distal resection surface based on thicknesses of femoral and tibial implants. The distal planar surface may be used to check ligament balance. The system further includes a tibial cutting guide having a patient specific mating region and an anchor pin hole intersecting with a proximal resection slot near a medial or lateral edge of the proximal resection slot. The anchor pin hole being configured to receive an anchor pin that may serve as a sawing stop during a proximal resection.
US10064627B2	Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular defects Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
US10064625B2	Connector The present invention provides a device for connecting at least one biological structure, the device including a tubular member, a first opening at one end of the member, a second opening at a second opposing end of the member and a central cavity within the member for accommodating the at least one biological structure. The member includes a plurality of interwoven lengths configured for reversible radial enlargement of the member when the extremities are pushed inwards and reversible radial contraction of the member when the extremities are pulled outwards. The present invention further provides methods of connecting one or more biological structures.
US10064618B2	Compression bone staple The present invention relates to devices and techniques for securing bone segments across a fracture site, and more particularly relates to bone staples for achieving compression between segments. A method and apparatus for interosseous bone fixation uses a compression staple, generally U-shaped, having a pair of legs with proximal ends interconnected by a bridge portion that is resilient and bowed, the staple having an initial configuration and capable of a tensioned configuration by spreading apart the legs by a certain amount causing the curvature of the bowed bridge to lessen and the legs to move towards each other with certain compressive spring force.
US10064616B2	Variable stiffness suture bridges compatible with various suture patterns A suture bridge to accommodate many common types of sutures, including a first leg and a second leg, where first leg and second leg include a patient contacting surface configured to contact a patient's skin. A first support connects to the first leg and second support connects to the second leg. A traversing member connects to the first support and the second support, and the first support and the second support elevate the traversing member away from the patient contacting surfaces of the first leg and the second leg creating a wound eversion void below the traversing member. This forms a wound eversion void which is a void configured to accept an everting wound. In some examples, the suture bridge includes notches on the first leg and the second leg to accommodate more types of sutures.
US10064613B2	Illuminated surgical retractor system An illuminated surgical retractor system includes an elongate handle having a central channel for receiving a fiberoptic cable therethrough. A trailing end of the fiberoptic cable is operatively attached to a fiberoptic illuminator. The opposite leading end of the fiberoptic cable is releasably secured to an optical coupler positioned within the channel of the handle. A retractor blade assembly releasably supports a light carrier such that an inlet of the light carrier is releasably engageable with the optical coupler and the light carrier communicates with the fiberoptic cable. The light carrier includes a light projecting portion, which conformably engages a blade of the retractor blade assembly and which projects light conducted through the light carrier to illuminate the surgical site.
US10064608B2	Biopsy needle A biopsy needle for collecting a tissue specimen includes an outer cannula that is at least partially received within a handle housing and an inner tube received within the outer cannula and configured to receive a stylet. A snare coil is attached between the inner tube and the outer cannula and a movable base is disposed within the handle housing. The outer cannula is fixedly coupled to the base and the movable base is axially movable within the handle housing. An inner driven structure that is coupled to the inner tube is configured to travel axially across an upper surface of the movable base. The coupling between the inner driven structure and the inner tube is such that the axial driving of the inner driven structure imparts rotation to the inner tube relative to the outer cannula.
US10064600B2	Method for displaying ultrasound image using doppler data and ultrasound medical apparatus thereto Color values of a Doppler image or Doppler data is considered together with a guideline displayed in the Doppler image, and thus a moving direction of a target body may be easily determined. Furthermore, by displaying a marker indicating a moving direction of the target body in the Doppler image, movement of the target body may be easily and efficiently recognized by using the guideline and the marker.
US10064596B2	Controlling X-ray dose of CT scan A method for controlling an X-ray dose of a CT scan includes: setting an initial X-ray dose; performing a first CT scan with the initial X-ray dose to obtain an initial scan image; setting a region of interest (ROI) in the initial scan image; calculating a subsequent X-Ray dose with image values of the ROI in the initial scan image; perform an additional CT scan with the calculated subsequent X-Ray dose to obtain an average image; before receiving an end instruction, repeating the following operations: recalculating a subsequent X-Ray dose with image values of the ROI in the average image and performing an additional CT scan with the calculated subsequent X-Ray dose to obtain a new average image; and saving the average image when receiving the end instruction.
US10064594B2	Characterizing disease and treatment response with quantitative vessel tortuosity radiomics Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with classifying a region of tissue using quantified vessel tortuosity are described. One example apparatus includes an image acquisition logic that acquires an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, a delineation logic that distinguishes nodule tissue within the image from the background of the image, a perinodular zone logic that defines a perinodular zone based on the nodule, a feature extraction logic that extracts a set of features from the image including a set of tortuosity features, a probability logic that computes a probability that the nodule is benign, and a classification logic that classifies the nodule tissue based, at least in part, on the set of features or the probability. A prognosis or treatment plan may be provided based on the classification of the image.
US10064592B2	Computed tomographic mammography apparatus A mammographic CT apparatus includes: a gantry, including a front face plate having an insertion opening for inserting a breast into an accommodation portion; a radiation tube disposed within the gantry; a sensing device disposed within the gantry so as to face the radiation tube, to detect radiation which has been emitted from the radiation tube and been transmitted through the accommodation portion; a driving unit to rotate the radiation tube and the sensing device around a rotation axis set in the normal direction of the insertion opening, at the same angular speed and same direction; and a collimator configured to rotate around the rotation axis synchronously with the radiation tube and sensing device. The collimator is disposed near the accommodation portion, and an irradiation region of radiation emitted from the radiation tube is restricted such that a breast inserted to the accommodation portion is irradiated to the tip.
US10064591B2	System, method and computer readable medium for preview of low-dose x-ray projection and tomographic images A novel method for simulating radiation dose reduction that enables previews of low-dose x-ray projection images, low-dose computed tomography images and/or cone-beam CT images. Given an existing projection or set of projections of the patient acquired at a nominal dose, the method provides a means to produce highly accurate preview images that accurately reflect the image quality associated with reduced radiation dose. The low-dose preview image accounts for characteristics of the imaging system, including blur, variations in detector gain and electronic noise, and does so in a manner that yields accurate depiction of the magnitude and correlation of image noise in the preview images. A calibration step may be included to establish the system-specific relationship between the mean and variance in detector signal, and incorporate an accurate model for system blur such that correlations in the resulting LDP images are accurate.
US10064589B2	Method, apparatus, and article for pet attenuation correction utilizing MRI A method for attenuation correcting a PET image of a target includes locating a radiopaque structure by MRI scan of the target; fitting a model of the radiopaque structure to the MRI scan image; and correcting attenuation of the PET image based on the fitted model.
US10064586B2	Projection data acquisition apparatus The invention relates to a projection data acquisition apparatus (14) for acquiring projection data for being used for reconstructing a computed tomography image. In acquisition intervals projection data are acquired only at certain acquisition rotational positions of a radiation source (2) relative to an object, wherein an acquisition rotational position of a current acquisition interval divides a largest non-acquisition angular region covering rotational positions, at which projection data have not already been acquired, into two smaller non-acquisition angular regions. Because of this acquisition of the projection data, after each acquisition interval the acquisition rotational positions, at which projection data have been acquired already, are relatively homogeneously distributed. This allows for an improved image quality of a computed tomography image which is reconstructed based on the acquired projection data.
US10064582B2	Noninvasive determination of cardiac health and other functional states and trends for human physiological systems This document describes assessment of human physiological systems. Various noninvasive sensors can be used to detect vitals and other parameters and combined with mathematical models to assess the functional state of physiological systems. Conventional techniques can use invasive sensors to monitor cardiac pressures and volumes, along with pressure transit to quantify cardiovascular health. While known to be effective these invasive techniques often require surgery and are resource intensive limiting their use to cases where the risks and costs are of clear immediate benefit. In contrast, noninvasive health monitors present little if any risk and are easy to use. Further, the techniques described herein can determine trends in a person's cardiovascular health. With these trends, a person can know if the effort they expend to improve heart health actually makes a difference. Further, negative trends can be found that can spur people to improve their health or get medical attention.
US10064581B2	Enhancing physical activity measurement An electrode belt includes at least one electrode to measure biometric signals related to heart activity of a user, a non-conductive strip having at least one opening, and a flexible strip to enable placement of the electrode belt against the skin of the user. The non-conductive strip is coupled with the flexible strip such that, when in use, the at least one electrode is in physical contact with the skin of the user.
US10064580B2	System and method for determining antibiotic effectiveness in respiratory diseased animals using auscultation analysis A system and method are provided for diagnosis of animal respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Animal lung sounds are recorded and stored as digitized data. Algorithms are applied to the data producing an output indicative of the health of the animal. Another method determines effectiveness of antibiotics administered to animals based upon observed relationships between lung score categories obtained from auscultation. A comparison is made between sample populations of animals that receive different classifications of antibiotics, and this data is compared to lung score categories observed for each of the animals that received the antibiotics. A statistical analysis is conducted to confirm statistical differences in case fatality rates between lung score categories. Insignificant differences in mortality rates across a range of lung score categories indicates the particular antibiotic administered is not effective, whereas a reduced fatality rate associated with lower lung scores indicates a level of antibiotic effectiveness.
US10064576B2	Systems and methods for phlebotomy through a peripheral IV catheter An apparatus for performing phlebotomy through a peripheral intravenous line. The apparatus includes an introducer and a catheter configured to advance the catheter through a peripheral intravenous line. A y-adapter with a port of larger diameter is configured to receive the catheter and place in fluid communication with the peripheral intravenous line. When advanced the catheter is configured to transport a bodily fluid (i.e. blood) to a volume outside of the body.
US10064575B2	Multi lumen catheter A multi lumen catheter comprising a proximal end and distal end said catheter further comprising; a first lumen for a first fluid said first lumen having a first proximal opening and a first distal opening for receiving a fluid, second lumen for a second fluid said second lumen having a second proximal opening and a second distal opening for delivering a second fluid, a third lumen having a third proximal opening and a third distal opening, wherein the first distal opening is arranged with respect to the second distal opening so that when in use at least part of the first fluid which enters the first lumen through the first distal opening has passed across the second distal opening such that the first fluid which enters the first lumen comprise at least a part of the second fluid.
US10064574B2	Use of automatic flow regulators for flow modulation during blood collection A flow regulator for a blood collection assembly includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, which defines an interior space between the inlet and the outlet. A membrane having a first surface and a second surface is disposed at least partially within the interior space. The membrane has a first position where a flow path between the inlet and the outlet is substantially open, and a second position where the flow path between the inlet and the outlet is at least partially restricted. The membrane is configured to move between the first and second positions in response to a pressure differential acting on the membrane.
US10064572B2	Posture and deep breathing improvement device, system, and method A posture and breathing improvement device, system, and method. The system for improving posture and deep breathing may comprise: a sensor device; posture/breathing improvement software program, comprising one, both, or a combination of a posture improvement system interface and a breathing improvement system interface; and one or more user devices. The sensor device may be physically associated with a user and may communicate with the posture improvement software program. The sensor device may comprise: one or more sensors for monitoring positions and movements of the user. The system may calculate one or more optimum postural positions and breathing exercises for the user, based on data communicated by the sensor device and collected information about the user. The system may monitor a conformance of the user with the optimum postural positions and may display the conformance on the posture improvement system interface. The system may detect and notify the user of one or more non-conformances, such that a user is reminded to maintain at least one optimum postural position and periodically take deep breaths.
US10064559B2	Identification of the dominant nostril using thermal measurements Brain activity, and in particular which hemisphere is relatively more effective, is correlated with the dominant nostril (i.e., the nostril through which most of the air is exhaled when breathing through the nose). Thus, identifying which of the nostrils is dominant may have various applications. Described herein are systems and methods for identifying the dominant nostril. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one inward-facing head-mounted thermal camera (CAM) and a computer. The at least one CAM does not occlude any of the user's mouth and nostrils and is used to take thermal measurements of first and second regions below the right and left nostrils (THROI1 and THROI2, respectively). The computer identifies the dominant nostril based on THROI1 and THROI2. Optionally, the computer detects, utilizing THROI1 and THROI2, the three-dimensional (3D) shape of the exhale stream from at least one of the nostrils.
US10064557B2	Apparatus for acquiring property information on the interior of an object based on an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with light An object information acquiring apparatus, includes: an irradiator irradiating an object with light; a probe having a plurality of transducers which receive an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the light and output a reception signal; and a controller using the reception signal to acquire property information on the interior of the object, and the probe has a plurality of apertures and a surface on which the plurality of transducers are arranged has a spherical surface shape.
US10064553B2	Detection of a movable object when 3D scanning a rigid object Detecting a movable object in a location includes providing a first 3D representation of at least part of a surface; providing a second 3D representation of at least part of the surface; determining for the first 3D representation a first excluded volume in space where no surface can be present; determining for the second 3D representation a second excluded volume in space where no surface can be present; if a portion of the surface in the first 3D representation is located in space in the second excluded volume, the portion of the surface in the first 3D representation is disregarded in the generation of the virtual 3D model, and/or if a portion of the surface in the second 3D representation is located in space in the first excluded volume, the portion of the surface in the second 3D representation is disregarded in the generation of the virtual 3D model.
US10064547B2	Means and method for demonstrating the effects of low cylinder astigmatism correction A new vision test, incorporating textual and non-textual elements in an image, is configured to demonstrate the effects of low cylinder astigmatism and other sources of blur on visual quality. The elements are designed to be noticeable, relevant, important and engaging. The new vision test may be utilized to supplement conventional vision testing.
US10064540B2	Visualization apparatus for transseptal access Visualization apparatus and methods for transseptal access are described herein where intravascular access across a septal wall is facilitated via devices which provide for direct visual viewing of tissue area. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to the tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. Any number of therapeutic tools or a guidewire can be passed through the catheter and into the imaging hood for crossing the septal wall and passing the guidewire or instruments therethrough.
US10064534B2	Cleaning pad having preferred construction A cleaning pad for absorbing liquids from a hard, target surface. The cleaning pad has a hydrophobic floor sheet, and a core joined to the floor sheet. The core has absorbent gelling material therein with a gradient distribution, so that the pad has a particular minimum absorbency as used with water or with common amine oxide cleaning solution. A hydrophilic smoothing strip is joined to the outwardly facing surface of said floor sheet. The cleaning pad provides both good absorbency and a coefficient of friction falling within a specified range judged advantageous for cleaning. The absorbency and coefficient of friction work well with both water and an amine oxide cleaning solution.
US10064533B2	Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.
US10064532B2	Cleaning system utilizing a regenerative blower A cleaning system comprises a power plant, a regenerative blower having a power input shaft, a suction port, and a discharge port, an interface assembly configured for transmitting power from the power plant to the regenerative blower, a pump configured for generating pressurized water, and a heat exchanger system configured for heating the pressurized water.
US10064527B2	Leaf blower vacuum yard cart A leaf blower vacuum cart for mounting, transporting and utilizing an electric leaf vacuum blower and a standard 12″×16″×35″ paper yard waste bag or similar. The invention is a two tiered cart with casters, a bottom shelf and a top shelf. The top shelf has an opening to accommodate a hopper which goes into a standard 12″×16″×35″ paper yard waste bag or similar. The cart can be used with leaf blower vacuums of various makes. A hose is attached to the leaf blower vacuum allowing for extended reach of leaves. A second hose is connected to the exhaust of the leaf blower vacuum and to the hopper. The invention maximizes filling of standard 12″×16″×35″ paper yard waste bags or similar. Full bags are moved on the cart to the desired location.
US10064524B2	Dispenser system for disposable wipes A disposable wipes dispenser system includes a case that houses a disposable wipes container and a cover that is mounted to a mounting hole disposed within a mounting surface. The case engages the cover from below the mounting surface, and the disposable wipes are accessible from above the mounting hole when the case is engaged with to the cover.
US10064519B2	Spike-style toasting device A toasting device includes a housing, a heating spike extending outwardly from an upper surface of the housing, and an insulating spacer connected to a base portion of the heating spike and to the upper surface of the housing by first attachment members. The insulating spacer is composed of a highly heat resistive material to substantially insulate the housing from heat associated with the heating spike.
US10064515B2	Method of operating a coffee maker A coffee maker and method of operating the same is disclosed. The method includes deactivating a heating plate of the coffee maker when a drip pan is positioned thereon, soliciting a user-selection of a serving size from a plurality of serving sizes when the drip pan is positioned on the base, and operating a pump of the coffee maker to advance fluid to a filter basket in accordance with the selected serving size.
US10064512B2	System and apparatus for hanging rods A rod hanging system for use with window blinds, the rod hanging system including a curtain rod brace including an attachment plate and a rod support branch with a rod notch, a mounting clip including a cavity, wherein the cavity removably receives the attachment plate of the curtain rod brace, and wherein the mounting clip further includes an attachment member that removably clasps the window blinds.
US10064510B1	Wine bottle and glass holder The wine bottle and glass holder is an apparatus that presents a bottle of wine and wine glasses in aesthetically pleasing way. It comprises a support bar that rests on the neck of an upright wine bottle and which supports a pair of inverted wine glasses suspended from the ends of the support bar. The wine bottle and glass holder may optionally comprise a marking area for displaying brand logos, advertising, or other textual or graphical information, one or more hooks for suspending items such as gifts, one or more storage wells for keeping items such as candles, and one or more chalkboard areas for writing temporary messages in chalk.
US10064509B2	Spoon with retention means The present invention comprises a spoon (1) with a handle (2) and a rigid central base region (3), wherein the rigid central base region (3) merges at its periphery into an extended portion, which, in the resting condition forms a retaining edge (5) inclined inwards relative to a vertical axis (4), and wherein the retaining edge (5) is embodied to be foldable inwards relative to the base region (3).
US10064500B2	Article moving device and display rack An article moving device includes a plurality of roller members, a base member which has a bottom plate section and a peripheral wall section and accommodates the plurality of roller members, and a plate-shaped cover member which is detachably attached to the peripheral wall section so as to cover an opening section surrounded by the peripheral wall section, wherein the base member is formed of a material having a flexural modulus of 2500 MPa to 4000 MPa, a first parameter of 7.00 to 18.00, as calculated by the formula: flexural modulus (MPa)×yield stress in tension (MPa)×thickness (mm)/density (g/cm3)/100000, and a second parameter of 2.00 to 10.00, as calculated by the formula: first parameter×nominal tensile strain at break (%)/100.
US10064493B2	Flex lumbar support A lumbar support of a chair includes a crossbar member and a first flex member. The crossbar member has a first end and a second end. The first flex member includes a first front portion coupled to the first end, a first back portion coupled to the chair, and a first web portion interconnecting the first front portion and the first back portion. The crossbar member supports a back of a user and the first flex member flexes upon engagement of the crossbar member by the back of the user.
US10064492B2	Removable seat cushion and method The present invention includes a removable recliner seat cushion as well as a method for attaching the removable recliner seat cushion to reclining furniture. The removable recliner seat cushion comprises a seat cushion and at least two attaching flaps. The present invention also includes a method for attaching a removable seat recliner set cushion to reclining furniture.
US10064489B2	Flat panel display wall mounting system A flat panel mounting system includes a TV bracket and a wall bracket. The TV bracket is adapted to be mounted to a flat display. The TV bracket includes a flange extending from an elongate panel thereof and a lip extending from the flange. The wall bracket is adapted to be mounted to a wall and includes a flange extending from an elongate panel thereof. The flange and elongate panel of the wall bracket define a laterally extending channel. The wall bracket also includes a flapper moveable within the channel between forward and rearward positions. When the TV bracket is placed on the wall bracket in an assembled position, the flange and lip of the TV bracket is received within the channel and is prohibited from being removed from the channel by the flapper via coaction between the lip and the flapper while the flapper is in the forward position.
US10064481B2	Cleaning brush for cleaning clothing in a textile machine A cleaning element to be fastened on a cylindrical basic body has a longitudinal axis and is designed as a cylindrical hollow element and comprises a skeleton and a spiked lattice stretched on the skeleton. The skeleton is connected to the spiked lattice by means of a rubber sealing compound, and an inner surface of the cleaning element facing the longitudinal axis is formed by the skeleton or the rubber sealing compound. The skeleton is formed by support rings which are arranged at certain intervals concentric with the longitudinal axis and which are held by means of one or more webs extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
US10064478B2	Rotary ground auger base and feeder stand A feeder stand including a rotary ground auger and base holds a feeder above the ground. An upright elongated rod defines a stand supported by an auger having helical coils removably screwed into the ground. A platform such as a round disc, or wire mesh platform is supported on the top distal end of the rod. At least two opposing legs extend perpendicular to the vertical elongated rod and auger forming a base. The distal end of selected opposing legs are bent or angled upward perpendicular from the ground forming handles for rotating the auger into the ground. The portion of the legs extending outward normal to the elongated support pole provides a base bearing against the ground for increased lateral support.
US10064477B2	Hammock mounted caddy A hammock mounted caddy including a mounting base having a mounting mechanism for supportable engagement on hammock cords, a holding framework for holding a drink container, and an intermediate pivotal mechanism interposed between the mounting base and the holding framework, for supportable engagement of the holding framework between hammock cords. The mounting base, holding framework, and intermediate pivotal mechanism being pivotally connected to one another about two axes orthogonally arranged with respect to each other to provide a user with hands-free and spill-resistant retention of drinks. The mounting base may include an item holding portion.
US10064476B2	Articulated front accessible backpack Backpacks and systems which have at least a portion which is accessible from the front of a wearer. In one illustrative embodiment, a backpack system in accordance with the present invention includes a back portion with shoulder straps. A swing-around portion is formed as a storage compartment that is secured to the back portion in a carrying position. An articulated frame is secured to the back portion and the swing-around portion and allows a user wearing the backpack to pivot the swing around portion around the user's side and access the contents therein. A securing latch is used to secure the articulating frame to retain the swing-around portion in the carrying position. The entire storage compartment of the pack may be a swing-around portion, or the pack may include multiple storage compartments that are either fixed to the back portion or function as swing-around portions.
US10064470B2	Motor and a hair care appliance comprising a motor A hair care appliance including a motor for generating an airflow through the appliance, the motor comprising: a frame for supporting a rotor assembly, the frame including an outer wall; and a rotor assembly including a shaft and an impeller, the impeller including a plurality of blades. An impeller housing portion of the outer wall surrounds the impeller. An inner surface of the impeller housing portion includes at least one groove extending in an axial direction and positioned such that the at least one groove extends along at least the axial extent of the blades of the impeller.
US10064466B2	Removable storage box cover A removable storage box cover having a bottom wall having a fore edge, at least two sidewalls having upper edges, fore edges, and defining a rectangular internal cavity, and a lid hingedly coupled to one of the at least two sidewalls, wherein the lid includes an upper wall portion having lateral side edges and a sidewall portion having lateral side edges and a lower edge separating the lateral side edges of the sidewall portion of the lid. The cover also includes a first track spanning the perimeter of the exposed edges of the at least two side walls and bottom wall and a second track spanning the perimeter of the exposed edges of the lid, wherein the lid, sidewalls and bottom wall are operable to be joined together in a watertight relationship with one another to enclose a box and be opened to insert or remove a box.
US10064465B2	Opening and closing structure for umbrella combining automatic and non-automatic modes An opening and closing structure for an umbrella combining automatic and non-automatic modes including an electric mechanism, a cranking mechanism and a clutch structure is described herein. The electric mechanism includes a screw rod, a motor and a first transmission element. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the screw rod, and the first transmission element is mounted at the screw rod. The cranking mechanism includes a second transmission element and a cranking handle. The second transmission element is engaged with the first transmission element, and the second transmission element is connected with the cranking handle via the clutch structure. The invention overturns a conventional method of using an electric umbrella, and provides a manual lifting-and-lowering function under the premise of maintaining a electric lifting-and-lowering function, that is, in case of insufficient or no power supply, the umbrella can be opened and closed through the cranking handle.
US10064462B2	Rope guiding device and walking stick chair having the same A rope guiding device includes a base seat, two limiting link assemblies connected to the base seat, and a limiting rope. Each of the limiting link assemblies has a retaining space therein, and a guiding groove in spatial communication with the retaining space. The limiting rope includes two head pieces respectively and movably retained in the retaining spaces of the limiting link assemblies, and a rope body having two opposite end portions that respectively extends through the guiding grooves of the limiting link assemblies and that are respectively connected to the head pieces. Each of the head pieces has a width greater than the width of each of the guiding grooves and the width of the rope body.
US10064460B2	Frictional stabilization of band and securement mechanism A band is disclosed which attaches to a portable electronic device. The band includes a flexible length of material which forms a loop into which a pin is inserted. In one embodiment, the loop has an insert with a protrusion therein. The protrusion frictionally contacts the pin. In another embodiment the pin includes an elastomeric surface. The elastomeric surface may include O-rings between two pin portions such that the amount of the elastomeric surface extending beyond the pin may be adjusted. In another embodiment, the elastomeric surface includes a sleeve on the pin.
US10064455B2	Metal one piece slide and pull for slide fastener The present device provides a slide assembly for a zipper, and a method for manufacturing a zipper slide assembly. The slider assembly is formed in a single die cast operation to include the slider and the pull member being formed simultaneously. Whereby the bridge and pull loop are formed with their full geometric shape and without converging flat surfaces caused by tooling limitations found in the prior art.
US10064454B2	Polyamide resin composition for slide fasteners, slide fastener component, and slide fastener provided with same Provided is a polyamide resin composition that is suitable as a material for slide fastener parts having good strength after being dyed. A polyamide resin composition for a slide fastener, comprising a polyamide resin and reinforcing fibers, wherein a total mass of the polyamide resin and the reinforcing fibers is 90% by mass or more of the composition; wherein a proportion of an aromatic polyamide having a melting point of from 200 to 250° C. in the polyamide resin is more than 70% by mass; and wherein a content of the reinforcing fibers in the total mass of the polyamide resin and the reinforcing fibers is from 45 to 70% by mass.
US10064449B2	Reversable strap for an article of footwear A reversible strap for an article of footwear is provided. The reversible strap includes a strap-end and a strap-body. The strap-body includes a first surface on one side thereof and a second surface on the other side thereof, such that the wearer can manually manipulate the strap-body to select between the two surfaces, which are visually distinguishable from each other. The strap-end detachably secures the strap-body to the article of footwear and can complement one or more visual markings on the strap-body.
US10064447B2	Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance The disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof including an outsole having a dispersion present on a ground facing surface of the outsole. The dispersion compositionally includes a polymeric continuous phase and a hydrophilic dispersant, and exhibits a water uptake capacity at 24 hours greater than 40% by weight. The outsoles can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields. When the outsoles are wetted with water, the outsoles can become more compliant and/or can rapidly uptake and/or expel water, which can prevent soil from adhering to the outsole and/or can assist in shedding soil present on the outsole.
US10064446B2	Shoe having an air pump device with a spring element clasping a bellows A shoe has an air pump device for blowing air into the interior of a shoe comprising a bellows formed in the sole structure and surrounding a cavity, an intake channel for transporting air from an intake opening into the bellows, an air supply device formed in the sole structure for forwarding air from the bellows into the interior of the shoe, and a V-shaped or U-shaped spring element which clasps the bellows. An upper leg of the spring element comprises an upper pressure plate arranged above the bellows and below an insole of the sole structure, and a lower leg comprises a lower pressure plate arranged under the bellows and above an outsole layer, so that a connecting section that connects the two legs is arranged beside the bellows in the sole structure. The air pump device is arranged in such manner that when the sole structure is placed under load during a walking movement, the spring element is deformed elastically by pressing the pressure plates together, wherein the deformation takes place substantially at or close to the connecting section, so that the pressure plates substantially keep their shape, and the bellows is compressed.
US10064445B2	Plastic footwear with inner liner and outer liner of woven or non woven fabric A pressure injected plastic footwear is provided characterized in that comprising double liner made of fabric, one on the inside part and one on the outside part; both liners may be identical or different and provide the footwear with special characteristics such as being fire retardant, antifungal, anti-mold and hermetic to moisture and liquid water as well as thermal insulating.
US10064439B2	Temperature regulatory fabrics, systems and applications A temperature regulating fabric formed from micro porous inner and outer layers of fabric laminated around a plurality of totally independent TE devices together with antennae and energy harvesting electronics within, all deposited upon a flexible substrate to form a thermal module. These completely independent thermal modules are positioned at preselected locations intermediate the laminated inner and outer fabric layers to form the temperature regulating fabric, which is used to construct temperature regulating devices powered by harvested ambient RF energy for both cooling and warming applications.
US10064435B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets. The electronic cigarette can also include an air flow diverter which directs incoming air away from a heating zone of the heater.
US10064434B2	Electronic smoking device with heater power control An electronic smoking device comprises a housing accommodating a battery (10) as an electric power source powering an electrically heatable atomizer comprising an electric heater (22) and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer. The heater (22) of the atomizer is controlled by means of control electronics (14). A puff detector (18) indicates an aerosol inhaling puff to the control electronics (14). The control electronics (14) operates, for a puff, the heater (22) of the atomizer with a pre-determined level of electric power. Preferably, the electronic smoking device comprises a voltage sensor (34) measuring the battery voltage, wherein the control electronics (14) distributes the pre-determined level of electric power, for a puff, by pulse width modulation, based on the battery voltage measured by the voltage sensor (34).
US10064432B2	Pod assembly, dispensing body, and E-vapor apparatus including the same An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a vapor precursor compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the vapor precursor compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
US10064431B2	Atomizer and electronic cigarette having same An exemplary atomizer includes a housing and a mouthpiece assembly. The housing defines a liquid chamber for storing tobacco liquid. The mouthpiece assembly is arranged at a first end of the housing. The mouthpiece assembly defines an air passage and a backflow chamber. The backflow chamber includes a closed bottom end away from the housing, and an open near end adjacent to the housing. The open end is in communication with the air passage.
US10064430B2	Smoking article for a water-pipe A smoking article, especially a smoking article in the form of a replaceable cartridge, pellet, or capsule for a water-pipe, includes a body of smoking material, such as tobacco or the like, and a heat source provided in the body for heating the smoking material, wherein the smoking article defines an airflow path for air to be heated by the heat source and to pass through the body of smoking material.
US10064428B2	Adhesive free tobacco product tip assembly A tobacco product tip assembly. The tobacco product tip assembly includes a tip portion comprising a tip wall defining an inhalation chamber; the tip portion extending into a body portion comprising a body wall defining an insertion chamber, the insertion chamber being in communication with the inhalation chamber; the body wall comprising a mechanical fastener. A tobacco product assembly and a process for producing a tobacco product assembly are also included.
US10064421B2	Biologically active food supplement A biologically active food additive comprises an ecdysteroid medicinal herb, such as Rhaponticum carthamoides (5-70 wt. %), drone brood (1-70 wt. %), ascorbic acid (3.6-70 wt. %), vitamin E (0.05-30 wt. %), and vehicles, such as calcium stearate, talc, lactose (the balance). The additive contributes to increasing the muscle weight in athletes, maintaining testosterone level, and demonstrates anabolic, anticatabolic and potency enhancing effects.
US10064412B2	Compositions comprising a biological control agent and an insecticide The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.
US10064410B2	Ophthalmic contact lens solutions containing forms of vitamin B The present invention relates to improved ophthalmic solutions that employ select B vitamins; pyridoxine and its salts; and thiamine and its salts in order to more effectively preserve solutions and to reduce the degree to which cationic preservatives will deposit on contact lenses. Ophthalmic solutions are here understood to include contact lens treatment solutions, such as cleaners, soaking solutions, conditioning solutions and lens storage solutions, as well as wetting solutions and in-eye solutions for treatment of eye conditions.
US10064406B2	Polymeric sorbent for removal of impurities from whole blood and blood products The invention concerns methods of treating blood, blood products or physiologic fluid to maximize shelf life and/or minimizing transfusion related complications such as non-hemolytic transfusion reactions such as fever, transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), transfusion associated dyspnea (TAD), and allergic reactions by removing undesirable molecules in the blood, blood product or physiologic fluid milieu through use of a sorbent.
US10064400B2	Fishing rod with graphene and method of manufacturing A fishing rod comprises a hollow tubular rod blank having a plurality of prepreg layers, where each prepreg layer includes a graphene-resin mixture comprising a resin and a graphene preparation evenly disposed throughout the resin. The rod blank further includes a fiber cloth impregnated with the graphene-resin mixture. The plurality of prepreg layers are applied and pressed together in alternate layers of graphene-resin mixture and fiber cloth to form the rod blank.
US10064396B2	Floating and submersible closed-contained aquaculture farming, and method of rearing fish A fish rearing tank comprising the features of: a) an egg-shaped shell (1) with a generally vertical long axis and gradually narrowing shape towards its tip volume portion; b) said shell (1) forming a generally rigid tank; c) said shell (1) being closed; d) said shell (1) having one or more water inlets (11); e) said shell (1) having one or more water outlets (16, 29); said egg-shaped tank (1) for holding a water volume in its major lower volume portion and enclosing air in its minor, upper tip volume portion (4). Further disclosed is a method of rearing fish providing such an egg-shaped shell (1) and conducting bottom to top or ?reverse?-circulation of water through said egg-shaped shell (1) while maintaining its air-filled volume in said tip (4).
US10064391B1	Behavior-deterring collar with emergency override A pet collar is provided with a collar command unit, which may include a stimulator feature for discouraging undesirable behavior and a sensor for detecting the undesirable behavior. A controller in the collar command unit electronically communicates with the stimulator and the sensor. The collar command unit also includes a receiver for receiving an event signal from a remote device, such as a building occupant protection system or cellular telephone, which is indicative of an emergency situation. When the pet exhibits the undesirable behavior, the controller allows the stimulator to deliver a deterrent stimulus. However, when the event signal is received, the controller overrides the stimulator feature, preventing the delivery of the deterrent stimulus to the pet. Additionally or alternately, the collar may include a transmitter for transmitting a response to the remote device and a tracking chip for tracking the location of the pet during or after the event.
US10064387B2	Squeezable water bottle for pets with attached bowl A one handed squeezable water bottle for pets with an attached water bowl on top. The invention can be used for one hand dispensing of water for a pet. The bowl is adapted to contain a remaining volume of water for the pet to drink when the user releases pressure from the reservoir carrying the water.
US10064382B1	Soybean variety 01064035 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064035. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064035. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064035 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064035 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10064378B2	Soybean variety 01062066 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01062066. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01062066. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01062066 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01062066 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10064365B1	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV739537 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV739537. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV739537, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV739537 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV739537 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV739537.
US10064362B1	Soybean variety 5PPBF43 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPBF43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPBF43, cells from soybean variety 5PPBF43, plants of soybean 5PPBF43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPBF43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPBF43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPBF43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPBF43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43 are further provided.
US10064359B1	Soybean cultivar 56181837 A soybean cultivar designated 56181837 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 56181837, to the plants of soybean cultivar 56181837, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 56181837, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 56181837. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 56181837. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 56181837, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 56181837 with another soybean cultivar.
US10064358B1	Soybean cultivar 58101437 A soybean cultivar designated 58101437 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 58101437, to the plants of soybean cultivar 58101437, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 58101437, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 58101437. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 58101437. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 58101437, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 58101437 with another soybean cultivar.
US10064357B1	Maize hybrid X13K480 A novel maize variety designated X13K480 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13K480 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K480 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K480, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K480. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K480.
US10064348B1	Landscape border system A landscape bordering system is presented herein. In particular, the system is installed on the border or edges of lawn or grass, next to an adjacent sidewalk, walkway, paver, pavement, driveway, patio, fence, etc. The border includes a body defining a substantially flat top surface and an interior portion. A mounting assembly may be disposed on the interior of the body allowing for additional modules, such as sprinklers or lights, to be selectively installed therein. Additional features include a channel continuously disposed longitudinally along an outer exposed side of the top surface of the body. The channel may be disposed substantially proximate to a front edge of the top surface (e.g., adjacent to the edge of the grass or lawn). In this manner, a user may decide to spray, pour, or dispense an amount of herbicide or other chemical into the channel along the length of the border.
US10064345B2	Culture medium for plant cultivation There is provided a medium for plant cultivation comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip. An ethylene content of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer included in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 60 mol %. In addition, a water content in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 300 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. As a result, it is possible to provide a medium for plant cultivation, which is capable of being used instead of the soil or rock wools, and with which it is possible to sufficiently grow crop plants, to have excellent recyclability, to facilitate a process for disposal the medium, and to have a small environmental burden.
US10064341B2	Hedgetrimmer with bendable blade A hedgetrimmer having a blade assembly that converts between a straight blade configuration and a curved blade configuration. The blade assembly includes a support bar for securing a pair of cutting blades. The support bar is made up of a plurality of rotatable support links allowing the support bar to curve. A switch assembly includes a rigid wire fixedly secured to the support bar. The rigid wire extends and retracts, moving the support bar between its straight and curved configuration.
US10064336B2	Sieve arrangements for a cleaning system in an agricultural harvester A cleaning system for an agricultural combine harvester includes a sieve having a periphery and an interference member located at the periphery. A chaffer frame carries the sieve, and includes a clamp with a pair of spring fingers positioned on either side of the interference member, thereby retaining the sieve within the chaffer frame.
US10064335B2	Unloading systems A controller for an unloading system. The unloading system comprises an unloading vehicle having an unloading apparatus and a collection vehicle having a container. The unloading apparatus is configured to direct material to the container driven in the vicinity of the unloading vehicle. The controller is configured to: receive image data representative of at least a portion of the container; receive a path information signal representative of a path that is to be followed by the unloading vehicle or the collection vehicle; and set an attribute of the unloading apparatus, the unloading vehicle, or the collection vehicle in accordance with the image data and the path information signal in order to direct the material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
US10064334B2	Bag assembly for a lawn mower A bag assembly for a utility machine includes a bag for collecting lawn debris and a frame supporting the bag. The frame defines a mouth configured to receive the lawn debris from the utility machine. The frame is expandable to vary a size of the mouth.
US10064333B2	Control method and apparatus for a rotor cage with actuated cage vanes in a harvester A method for controlling crop material speed through a rotor/cage assembly of an agricultural combine. The method includes the steps of monitoring a grain loss of the combine; computing an engine power reserve value; and adjusting an orientation of a vane coupled to the cage responsive to the engine power reserve value and to the grain loss, a cleaning system load and/or a straw length.
US10064332B1	Monitor for slip clutches A system and method for detecting a malfunction in a harvesting machine includes a sensor for mounting to the harvesting machine. The sensor is configured to measure a magnitude of a mechanical wave produced in the harvesting machine, and output a signal based on the magnitude. A controller receives the signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to process the signal and generate an alarm signal when a threshold is exceeded. An alarm unit is configured to receive the alarm signal from the controller when the threshold value is exceeded, and output an alarm to alert the operator of the malfunction. The malfunction can be a slipped clutch caused by a jammed condition, or other anomaly that generates a mechanical wave. The mechanical wave can be a sound wave or mechanical vibration traveling through one or more parts of the harvesting machine.
US10064330B2	Sliding shield for rotary cutter A shield assembly for agricultural equipment. The agricultural equipment can include rotary-power distribution components for distributing rotary power through the agricultural equipment. The shield assembly comprises a sliding shield configured to be selectively positioned in a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the sliding shield is configured to cover at least a portion of the rotary-power distribution components of the agricultural equipment. In the open position the sliding shield is configured to provide access to at least a portion of the rotary-power distribution components of the agricultural equipment. The sliding shield is configured to shift from the closed position to the open position via substantially linear actuation.
US10064329B1	Trimmer head with anti-fouling mechanism A grass and weed trimmer head is provided having a trimmer head body wherein the outside surface has a dome-like contour with the drive shaft of the trimmer centrally fixed to the top of the dome. The bottom of the body is a circular opening having an inside diameter large enough to accommodate the outside diameter of a rotatable bottom plate so as to allow sufficient clearance to permit free rotation of the bottom plate while providing insufficient clearance for debris to enter the clearance. The rotatable bottom plate is disposed in a manner so as to redirect cutting debris away from the crevasses in the trimmer. The dome-like contour encourages the redirection of the cutting debris outwards and away from the central shaft thereby significantly reducing the propensity of wrapping and clumping around the central shaft. Easy removal of the cutting strings aids disentanglement of cuttings from the trimmer.
US10064327B2	Apparatus and method for minimizing the volume of a liquid carrier used for delivering agricultural products into a furrow during planting A method and apparatus for minimizing the volume of a liquid carrier used for delivering an agricultural product into a furrow during planting. In one embodiment, a spray nozzle is mounted on a planter row unit so as to dispense a carrier containing an agricultural product along a dispensing pattern in alignment with the pattern width of the spray nozzle, in the direction of the furrow. In one embodiment a seed cover assembly is operatively connected to a seed tube assembly. A seed cover application tube is mounted to the seed cover assembly. A seed cover brush is mounted to the outlet end of the seed cover application tube configured to contact the carrier containing the product during the dispensing thereof and brush the carrier containing the agricultural product onto the seed being dispensed from the seed tube assembly. In another embodiment, a seed firmer application tube assembly is utilized.
US10064321B2	Agricultural implement with pivotable shanks An agricultural implement includes a chassis; a frame carried by the chassis; and a shank pivotably mounted to the frame which is pivotable about a pivot axis to switch between an operating position and a folding position, the shank pivoting at least 70° about the pivot axis to switch between the operating position and the folding position.
US10070569B2	Method for manufacturing an electronic device A system for assembling electronic devices includes at least one coating element for applying a moisture-resistant coating to surfaces of a device under assembly, or an electronic device under assembly. As components and one or more moisture-resistant coatings are added to the electronic device under assembly to form a finished electronic device, at least one surface on which the coating resides and, thus, at least a portion of the coating itself, is located internally within the finished electronic device. Methods for assembling electronic devices that include internally confined moisture-resistant coatings are also disclosed.
US10070567B2	System for printed circuit board unlocking and automated reflow carrier recycling In embodiments, a PCB reflow process may be carried out by the components of an automated system working together to separate PCBs from reflow carriers and transport the reflow carriers back to a previous station of the PCB reflow system. The automated reflow carrier recycling system that is described herein may include a clip unlocking mechanism, a PCB pickup mechanism, a shifter, one or more lifters, and one or more overhead conveyors.
US10070566B2	Support pin arrangement determination assisting method A support pin arrangement determination assisting method includes: displaying an image including a board image that indicates a shape and an arrangement of an already mounted component on an already mounted surface; inputting an arrangement position of a support pin to the displayed image; superimposing a pin arrangement image indicating the input arrangement position on the board image to create a composite image; and displaying the composite image. The composite image, a first pin arrangement image, and a second pin arrangement image are superimposed on the board image. The first pin arrangement image is generated by inputting an arrangement position in a state that the board is positioned at the first mounting work position, and the second pin arrangement image is generated on the basis of the first pin arrangement image with an assumption that the board is positioned at the second mounting work position.
US10070565B2	Electric power converter An electric power converter includes a laminated body, a capacitor, a case, and a pressing member. The laminated body is formed by laminating semiconductor modules and cooling pipes. The pressing member presses the laminated body in a laminating direction of the laminated body. The case has outer wall portions that form an outer shell, and partition wall portions formed in the case and are connected to the outer wall portions. The capacitor has capacitor elements and a sealing member. The sealing member is filled in a capacitor housing space in a state where the capacitor elements are sealed. Pressing force of the pressing member is applied to an interposing partition wall portion interposing between the laminated body and the capacitor among the partition wall portions. A thickness of the interposing partition wall portion is made thinner than any other parts of the outer wall portions.
US10070563B2	Electronic control unit A substrate is fixed to a housing. Heating elements are mounted on a surface of the substrate on the housing-side. A radiating component is provided between the heating elements and the housing. A surface of the housing on the substrate-side includes accommodating recesses, a partitioning wall part, a peripheral wall part, and buffer parts. In each of the accommodating recesses, a corresponding one of the heating elements is accommodated. The partitioning wall part separates the heating elements from each other. The peripheral wall part surrounds the accommodating recesses and the partitioning wall part. Each of the buffer parts is formed between a corresponding one of the accommodating recesses and the peripheral wall part. Each of the buffer parts is formed to be higher than a bottom part of a corresponding one of the accommodating recesses, and to be lower than the peripheral wall part.
US10070562B2	Method and apparatus for heat-dissipation in an avionics chassis A method and apparatus for heat-dissipation in an avionics chassis can include a housing having an outer surface, defining an exterior of the housing, an inner surface, defining an interior of the housing, and a set of walls at least partially separating the exterior of the housing from the interior of the housing, a heat generating component located within the interior of the housing, and a thermal plane thermally coupled to the heat generating component and configured to direct heat away from the heat generating component.
US10070561B1	Cooling system for data center A data center can include at least one computing room, and at least one rack system disposed in the computing room. The rack system includes a rack housing and a plurality of computing devices mounted to the rack housing. The data center can further include a cooling system that includes at least one surface that is wetted with a liquid, and delivers source air across the at least one surface such that heat is transferred from the source air to the liquid so as to produce cold air. The cold air then flows into a cold air aisle and is received in the computing devices so as to cool the computing devices.
US10070557B2	Electronic device having fan motor An electronic device according to the present invention includes a fan motor disposed at the upper side of a ventilation hole in an upper wall part of a casing containing an electronic component. A fluid receiving part for receiving fluid is positioned beneath lowermost points of vanes of the fan motor.
US10070553B2	Connector replacement methods in a network element chassis A connector replacement method in a network element chassis includes obtaining physical access to a backplane in the network element chassis, while the network element chassis is deployed; powering down backplane connectors for replacement while other backplane connectors remained powered; removing the powered down backplane connectors with a connector removal tool; inserting a new set of backplane connectors in place of the removed, powered down backplane connectors with a connector insertion tool; and powering up the new set of backplane connectors.
US10070551B2	Housing module and electronic device with circuit board quick-assembling function A housing module having a circuit board quick-assembling function is applied to an electronic device with a circuit board having a specific height. The housing module includes a housing, an spacer and two pivoting components. The housing includes a substrate and several lateral boards. The spacer includes a main body, two pivoting portions and a locking portion. The pivoting portions are disposed on corresponding sides of the main body, the locking portion stretches from a lower side of the main body and is fixed on the circuit board via an external fixing component. The pivoting portions pass through the lateral boards and are connected to the pivoting portions. While the circuit board slides relative to the substrate to push the spacer, the main body is rotated inside the housing via the pivoting portions to lift the lower side.
US10070550B2	Fixing device for circuit board and electronic apparatus comprising the same A fixing device for a circuit board and an electronic apparatus including the fixing device, related to the display field, and can be applied for the fixation of circuit boards with different sizes and structures onto a component to be fixed. The fixing device for a circuit board includes: a holding portion, used to hold a circuit board and including a containing space and a top portion including an opening allowing the circuit board to pass through the opening and to be inserted in the containing space; and a fixing portion, connected with the bottom portion of the holding portion and configured to fix on the display device. Also, an electronic apparatus including at least one fixing device for a circuit board is disclosed.
US10070549B2	Removal assembly A removal assembly includes a main body, a positioning element, an elastic element, an actuating element, and a wrench element. The positioning element is movably disposed in an inner space of the main body, including a clasp part and an oblique side surface, and the clasp part extends out of the main body. The elastic element is disposed between the main body and the positioning element. The actuating element is pivotally installed in the inner space of the main body, including a pressing part and an abutting part, the pressing part extends out of the main body, and the abutting part abuts against the oblique side surface of the positioning element. The wrench element is connected to the main body, including a fixing part and a pivoting part.
US10070548B2	Circuit board housing assembly A circuit board housing assembly includes a housing; a circuit board having an opening attached to the housing; and a board removal tool having a holding member, a rivet and a pin. The holding member has an aperture corresponding to the opening and the rivet is inserted in the opening and the aperture. The rivet has a head with a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis, the head has an internal passage extending parallel to the central axis from the proximal end to the distal end, and the distal end is mechanically connected to legs extending distally from the head and having an internal surface facing the central axis. When the pin is inserted into the internal passage along a direction from the proximal end towards the distal end, the pin applies force to the internal surface of the at least two legs in a direction perpendicular to the central axis.
US10070547B2	Control of electric field effects in a printed circuit board assembly using embedded nickel-metal composite materials A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) controls an electrically-initiated device (EID) in an electric field. The PCBA includes a conductive layer, a dielectric layer, and a trans-conductive layer (TCL). The conductive layer of the PCBA designated protected areas. An electrical current with a predetermined current density is impressed in the conductive layer when the PCBA is in the electric field. The TCL is a nickel-metal composite metamaterial positioned between the conductive and dielectric layers and configured to change in shape or thickness in the electric field such that the impressed current is steered away from the conductive layer and into the dielectric layer to prevent premature activation of the EID. A system includes an outer housing, power supply, an EID such as a sonobuoy or medical device, and the PCBA, all of which are encapsulated in the housing. A method is also disclosed for manufacturing the PCBA.
US10070542B2	Electronic-circuit unit and manufacturing method thereof An electronic circuit unit in which a mold exclusion part, having a rear surface side covered by mold resin and a front surface side exposed from an outer case, is provided at a part of a plate surface of a circuit board which is mounted with electronic components and is covered by the outer case formed by the mold resin. The outer case is multi-material molded using plural kinds of resin having different fluidities. A rear wall of the outer case located on the rear surface side of the mold exclusion part is made of one of the plural kinds of the resin having a fluidity higher than a fluidity of another one of the plural kinds of the resin constituting the other portion of the outer case.
US10070541B2	Display device and method of assembling it A display device includes a display module, a rear cover that covers the rear surface of the display module, a main circuit board placed in an internal space formed between the rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, flexible wiring members that mutually connects the display module and the main circuit board, and a male screw having a head exposed to the outside of the rear cover, the male screw passing through the rear cover and engaging a female screw formed in the main circuit board. The main circuit board is fixed to the rear cover with the male screw in a state in which the main circuit board is not fixed to the display module.
US10070538B2	Display device A display device may include a display module and a back cover positioned in a rear of the display module. The display module may include a display panel that includes a front substrate and a back substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, a film attached to a front surface of the front substrate, and a frame positioned in the rear of the back substrate. The film may include a first part that covers the front surface of the front substrate and a second part that extends from the first part and covers the side of the display module. At least a portion of each of the first part and the second part of the film is exposed.
US10070537B2	Formation of dielectric with smooth surface Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for formation of a dielectric with a smooth surface. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a dielectric with first and second surfaces, a conductive feature formed on the first surface, and a laminate applied to the second surface, curing the second surface while the laminate remains applied, and removing the laminate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10070535B2	Waterproof structure for implanted electronic device A waterproof structure for an implanted electronic device is capable of preventing the liquid or moist from entering and damaging the circuit board of the electronic device. The waterproof structure includes a shell, a first material layer, a second material layer, and a third material layer. The first material layer covers at least a part of the implanted electronic device. The second material layer covers the first material layer. The internal space of the shell is configured for accommodating the implanted electronic device. The shell is made of PEEK (polyether ether ketone). The third material layer is disposed between the second material layer and the shell.
US10070517B2	Three-dimensional circuit structure An electronic component (11) is embedded in an end portion of a surface (P1) and an end portion of a surface (P2) adjacent to each other in a three-dimensional base (2). The portion of an electrode (21) exposed from the surface (P1) and an electrode (101) of a packaged IC (41) are connected to each other via a wiring line (201). The portion of the electrode (21) exposed from the surface (P2) and an electrode (25) of an electronic component (15) are connected to each other via a wiring line (202). Accordingly, it is possible to realize a three-dimensional circuit structure requiring no wiring line spanning over or along an end portion thereof.
US10070515B2	Transparent electrode using amorphous alloy and method of manufacturing the same A transparent electrode using an amorphous alloy is provided. The transparent electrode includes a flexible substrate and an amorphous alloy layer configured to have conductivity and to be formed on the flexible substrate so as to have a plurality of voids.
US10070513B2	High-frequency module and communication apparatus A high-frequency module includes: a power receiving terminal; an LNA, a reception switch that switches among a plurality of signals in different bands and outputs the signals to the LNA; a first conduction path spanning from the power receiving terminal to a power source terminal of the reception switch; a second conduction path spanning from a branching point in the first conduction path to a power source terminal of the LNA; a third conduction path branching from at least one of the first conduction path and the second conduction path and spanning to a ground; and a capacitor inserted into the third conduction path. A second inductance of the second conduction path is greater than a first inductance of a part spanning from the branching point in the first conduction path to the power source terminal.
US10070510B2	Method and system for controlling ion beam pulses extraction The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for controlling the extraction of ion beam pulses produced by a synchrocyclotron. The synchrocyclotron comprises electrodes configured to be placed in a magnetic field. An alternating voltage is applied between the electrodes, and the frequency of the alternating voltage is modulated in a cyclic manner. In other embodiments, the method further comprises the steps of starting an acceleration cycle of the synchrocyclotron, generating a reference signal when the modulated frequency reaches a predefined value, communicating the time, at which the reference signal is generated, to the beam control elements, assessing one or more status parameters of the one or more beam control elements, and cancelling or proceeding with the extraction of the beam pulse depending on the results of the assessment.
US10070509B2	Compact SRF based accelerator An accelerator comprising at least one accelerator cavity, an electron gun, at least one cavity cooler configured to at least partially encircle the accelerator cavity, a cooling connector, an intermediate conduction layer formed between the at least one cavity cooler and the at least one accelerator cavity configured to facilitate thermal conductivity between the cavity cooler and the accelerator cavity, a mechanical support connected to the accelerator cavity via at least one endplate and configured for stabilizing the accelerator cavity, and a refrigeration source for providing refrigerant via the cooling connector to the at least one cavity cooler.
US10070503B2	LED-based lighting control network communication An LED based illumination device includes a receiver and a transmitter for communications adhering to a lighting control communications protocol and a high speed communications protocol. The LED based illumination device may be part of a lighting control network, wherein the data transmission rate of the high speed communications protocol is more than twice that of the lighting control communications protocol. The lighting control network may be coupled to a digital communications gateway, including a digital communications interface configured to be coupled to a network operating in accordance with an internet protocol and a lighting control network interface coupled to the lighting control network. A processor determines a summary status value of the LED based illumination device based on information stored in memory of the digital communications gateway. The digital communications gateway may periodically transmit the time of day to the LED based illumination device over the lighting control network.
US10070502B2	Light source control system A light source control system includes a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of light source control devices. The light source control devices include a plurality of main light source control devices that transmits command signals to the other light source control devices. Each main light source control device includes a collision determination circuit that determines whether data of the command signal transmitted through a bus has collided with other data, and a restoration circuit that executes a restoration operation in the case of a collision. The collision determination circuit includes an edge detection circuit that detects change timing of a signal representing the data of the command signal, an area setting circuit that sets a collision determination area in accordance with the detected change timing detected, and a collision detection circuit that detects the presence or absence of a collision in the set collision determination area.
US10070498B2	LED tube lamp with improved compatibility with electrical ballasts An LED tube lamp is disclosed. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube, a first external connection terminal and a second external connection terminal coupled to the lamp tube and for receiving an external driving signal, a rectifying circuit coupled to the first external connection terminal and the second external connection terminal and configured to rectify the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal, a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit and configured to filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal, an LED module coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to receive the filtered signal for emitting light; and a conduction-delaying circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit and comprising a conduction-delaying device, wherein the conduction-delaying circuit is configured such that when the external driving signal is initially input to the LED tube lamp, the conduction-delaying device is in an open-circuit state, and then the conduction-delaying device will enter a conducting state when voltage across the conduction-delaying device exceeds the conduction-delaying device's trigger voltage value, wherein the conducting state of the conduction-delaying device causes the LED module to conduct current for emitting light.
US10070497B2	Smart lighting system and control method thereof The present disclosure discloses a smart lighting system and a control method for the smart lighting system. The smart lighting system includes: an environment acquisition module being configured to acquire environment information and at least one lighting module, and where the environment acquisition module includes: a color detection unit configured to acquire color information in an environment; an auxiliary detection unit configured to acquire auxiliary information in the environment, wherein the environment information is determined by using the color information and/or the auxiliary information; an operational unit and a control unit configured to determine a control signal according to the environment information; and where the at least one lighting module includes: a driving unit configured to determine a driving signal according to the control signal; and at least one light source configured to receive the driving signal and emit light according to the driving signal.
US10070493B2	Lighting device, luminaire, and signboard A lighting device which supplies a light-emitting element with a current modulated based on a visible light communication signal includes: a DC power supply circuit which supplies the light-emitting element with a first voltage that is a DC voltage; and a current control circuit which (i) includes a current control element connected in series to the light-emitting element, (ii) switches the current control element between a first state and a second state based on the visible light communication signal, the first state and the second state differing in electrical impedance, and (iii) adjusts, to a constant current value corresponding to a constant current instruction signal, a current flowing through the light-emitting element in a period in which the current control element is in the first state, by controlling the current control element.
US10070489B1	Driver circuit for automatic detection and synchronization of dynamic loads An example method for preventing overcurrent in light-emitting diode (LED) chains comprises deactivating a current regulation control loop connected to a plurality of LED chains; regulating, via a voltage regulation control loop, a forward voltage of the plurality of LED chains; upon determining that a forward voltage of the plurality of LED chains is equal to a target operating voltage for a subset of the plurality of LED chains, bypassing at least one of the plurality of LED chains such that only the subset of the plurality of LED chains is connected to the current regulation control loop; and upon determining that an output current of the subset of the plurality of LED chains is equal to a target operating current for the subset of the plurality of LED chains: deactivating the voltage regulation control loop; and activating the current regulation control loop.
US10070487B2	Linear post-regulator The invention describes a linear post-regulator (1) realized for use in an LED lighting arrangement (2), which linear post-regulator (1) comprises a control loop cascade (L1, L2, L3) realized for connection between a terminal of an LED lighting load (20) and a power converter (21) of the LED lighting arrangement (2); a transistor (Q) realized to regulate an LED current (ILED) through the LED lighting load (20); a first input (11) for connection to a reference current input (Iref); a second input (12) for connection to a performance parameter input (Vref, Δlref); and an output for connecting a power control output (Pctr) of the linear post-regulator (1) to the power converter (21); wherein the control loop cascade (L1, L2, L3) comprises at least two interconnected control loops (L1, L2, L3) to regulate the LED current (ILED) on the basis of the reference current input (Iref) and to regulate a further performance parameter of the LED lighting arrangement (2) on the basis of the performance parameter input (Vref, Δlref). The invention also describes an LED lighting arrangement (2), and a method of post-regulating the current of an LED lighting load (20) of an LED lighting arrangement (2).
US10070486B2	Over-the-range microwave oven and method of using the same An over-the-range microwave oven including a duct unit configured to direct air from the back of the oven to the front. The duct unit includes a first panel disposed between the housing and the cooking unit of the oven. The first panel forms a bottom wall of the duct unit. The duct unit further includes at least a pair of second panels disposed on both lateral sides of the first panel. The gap between the pair of second panels decreases from one side end toward the other side end.
US10070477B1	Modification of non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearers through wireless repeater chains into guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bearers through the wireless repeater chains A wireless communication network modifies a non-Guaranteed Bit Rate (non-GBR) bearer through a wireless repeater chain into a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) bearer. A wireless access node exchanges user data with User Equipment (UE) over the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain. The wireless node monitors latency of the user data exchange over the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain. When the latency of the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain exceeds a latency threshold, the wireless node transfers a bearer modification request for the UE to a core packet network. The wireless node receives a bearer modification instruction for the UE from the core packet network to modify the non-GBR bearer into a GBR bearer. In response, the wireless node modifies the non-GBR bearer into the GBR bearer and exchanges user data with the UE over the GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain.
US10070472B2	Device to device communication method using partial device control A device to device (D2D) communication method based on a partial device control is disclosed. According to the present invention, the D2D communication method and, particularly, to a partial device control method for D2D communication a relates to, and provides a D2D resource allocation and release method, a D2D HARQ process operating method, a link adaptation method comprising D2D link power control and adaptive modulation and coding (AMC), a D2D control information signaling method, a CSI reporting method for D2D communication, and contents of a CSI report. The present invention can enhance the advantages of and compensate for the disadvantages of both methods through the combination of a base station control a base station control type D2D communication method and a device control type D2D communication method.
US10070466B2	Determining a location of a device for calling via an access point Methods and systems for facilitating a voice over packet (VoP) call involving a VoP device are disclosed.
US10070465B2	Apparatus for reception and detection of random access channel (RACH) data An apparatus for reception and detection of RACH data in an LTE input signal includes a hardware accelerator that has a decimator that filters and down-samples the input signal, a first Fourier transform circuit that transforms the decimated signal from the time domain to the frequency domain, and a second transform circuit that multiplies the resulting signal by a complex Z-C sequence and performs an inverse Fourier transform (iFT) operation to transform the multiplied signal from the frequency domain to the time domain. A DSP performs a delay profile analysis operation on the signal resulting from the iFT operation.
US10070464B2	Signal transmission method, apparatus, communications system, terminal, and base station The present invention provides a signal transmission method and apparatus, a communications system, a terminal, and a base station, where the method includes: determining a repetition factor or an extended sequence of a channel; determining a time domain resource according to the repetition factor or a length of the extended sequence, where the time domain resource is a transmission subframe; and sending a signal by using the transmission subframe of the channel. The signal transmission method, apparatus, communications system, terminal, and base station that are provided by the present invention can solve the technical problem of poor channel coverage in a signal transmission method in the prior art.
US10070461B2	QoS provisioning for LTE-WLAN aggregation LTE-WLAN aggregation (LWA) at the radio access network level promises significant gain in system capacity and user quality of experience (QoE). In order to support QoS over LWA, there is a need to develop mechanisms to ensure that the access category (AC) classification chosen by a wireless device (AP in the case of downlink, and UE in case of uplink) is consistent with the QoS requirements of the EPS bearer/DRB and/or subscriber profile to which the traffic belongs. The cellular LTE network can provision QoS for both downlink and uplink data flows that are transferred using LWA access.
US10070458B2	Resource request and allocation for uplink multi-user communication In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a trigger frame, which may include a trigger indication. The trigger indication may indicate whether a second trigger frame will be transmitted during a time interval. The trigger indication may use a single bit. The trigger frame may also include resource allocation for one or more stations. When the access point transmits the trigger frame, the station(s) may transmit an uplink frame(s) in response to the trigger frame. The access point may transmit a second trigger frame in the time interval. In response to the second trigger frame, the station(s) may transmit additional uplink frame(s) to the access point. The station(s) may save the resource allocation included in the trigger frame and utilize the same resource allocation for the uplink frame(s) and the additional uplink frame(s). Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10070457B2	Scheduling request transmission method and apparatus for decoupled downlink-uplink This disclosure provides a Scheduling Request transmission method (10) for decoupled downlink-uplink in heterogeneous network, where the heterogeneous network comprises at least two cells in charge of downlink and uplink transmission separately and connected with any backhaul, the method comprising: determining (11) a positive Data Scheduling Request, D-SR, is to be transmitted in a current D-SR's subframe together with HARQ-ACK/NACK on PUCCH using PUCCH format 1a/1b/3; transmitting (12) a HARQ-ACK/NACK in the current D-SR's subframe on PUCCH together with a negative D-SR using PUCCH format 1/1a/1b or format 3 while transmitting a Scheduling Request, SR, in a next SR's subframe subsequent to the current D-SR's subframe. In this method, the Scheduling Request (SR) of the UEs can be correctly detected in the Pico base station to trigger UL transmission in decoupled UL/DL scenario in various case and any kinds of backhaul can be supported.
US10070456B1	Selection of resource scheduling mode in an OFDMA base station A base station schedules OFDMA resource blocks for M2M communication devices. The base station exchanges wireless communications with wireless user equipment. From the wireless user equipment, the base station receives transmission error data characterizing the wireless communications transferred from the wireless user equipment. Based on the wireless transmission error data, the base station selects an orthogonal mode or a shared mode for M2M communications. If orthogonal mode is selected, the base station schedules contiguous resource blocks for the M2M devices, so the resource blocks use contiguous frequencies and contiguous timeslots that are not shared with the wireless user equipment. If shared mode is selected, the base station schedules non-contiguous resource blocks for the M2M devices, so the non-contiguous resource blocks use non-contiguous frequencies and non-contiguous timeslots that are shared with the wireless user equipment. The base station receives M2M communications transferred by the M2M devices based on the selected schedule.
US10070454B2	Smart grouping for multi-user multiple-input/multiple-output stations Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. More particularly, an access point (AP) identifies a plurality of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) groups associated with a wireless station (STA). The AP determines a communication metric associated with each of the plurality of MU-MIMO groups. The communication metric provides an indication of the compatibility of the STAs in the MU-MIMO group. The AP prioritizes at least one of the plurality of MU-MIMO groups based at least in part on the communication metric associated with the prioritized MU-MIMO group. The AP creates a preferred group list and/or a blacklisted group list and included the prioritized MU-MIMO group in the appropriate group list.
US10070453B2	Radio base station apparatus and scheduling method A radio base station apparatus has a multimode antenna providing multiple antenna configurations, an acquisition unit configured to acquire channel information of user equipment and at least one of location information of the user equipment and phase difference information between antenna ports of signals transmitted from the user equipment, and a determination unit configured to determine scheduling for the user equipment together with an antenna configuration to be allocated to the user equipment, based upon the acquired information.
US10070451B2	Communication control apparatus A communication control apparatus includes a communication control unit executing a requested communication service via a wireless unit selected from a plurality of wireless units. The communication services are assigned with different priorities; the wireless units are assigned with different priorities. Suppose that a communication service, which is newly requested, has a priority higher than that on a communication service that is being executed. The communication control unit executes the newly requested communication service via a wireless unit having the highest priority among all of usable wireless units.
US10070450B2	Providing airtime fairness in wireless systems Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing airtime fairness in a telecommunications network are disclosed. In one aspect a method includes determining, by an access point, respective transmission rates of multiple stations configured to wirelessly communicate with the access point; determining, by the access point and for each of the multiple stations, a weight of the station that is proportional to the respective transmission rate of the station; and transmitting, wirelessly by the access point and to each of the multiple stations, one or more packets to the station during an airtime allocation to the station, wherein the amount of one or more packets transmitted during the airtime allocation corresponds to the weight of the station and a size of queued packets for the station.
US10070449B2	Multi-phase wireless sounding System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.
US10070448B2	Method for allocating resources in wireless LAN system and wireless LAN system Provided are a method of allocating resources in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and the WLAN system including an access point (AP) to allocate a resource for communication between a relay and a station associated with the relay, the relay to allocate a restricted access window (RAW) or a slot for communication with a station based on the allocated resource, and the station to communicate with the relay based on the allocated RAW or the allocated slot.
US10070445B2	Access point, wireless communication method, and program An access point includes: detection means detecting radar signal; detection notification means notifying other access point of radar signal detection; assessment means assessing whether to own authority to determine channel used among access points; determination means determining channel used among access points when detection means detects radar signal or when other access point notifies of radar signal detection, when owning authority; channel notification means notifying other access point of the channel determined by determination means; and change means changing the channel used between other access point to either the channel determined by determination means or to a channel notified from other access point. When a plurality of access points detect radar signal, entire system is operable through new channel.
US10070442B2	Wireless communication system, and method for connecting RRC for controlling overloads in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system and to a method for connecting RRC for controlling overloads in the wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: a mobile signal processing unit transferring an overload control message including preference priority information for overload control to a base station; the base station storing the preference priority information and receiving an RRC connection request message including service information for performing a service from a UE; the base station determining whether the service information is included in the preference priority information when receiving the RRC connection request message; and the base station transmitting an RRC connection allowance message to the UE when the service information is included in the preference priority information. Accordingly, the base station can efficiently control the overload for each service performed in the UE.
US10070440B2	Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system The present disclosure provides a mobile communications system and method for communicating data to and/or from mobile communications devices. The method includes receiving, by a mobile terminal, a signal on a downlink from a base station, detecting a virtual carrier on the downlink, and receiving downlink communications via the virtual carrier, wherein the virtual carrier is configured to provide a first set of resource elements within first frequency resources that are within and smaller than second frequency resources that are used by a host carrier to provide a second set of resource elements, wherein the virtual carrier is provided in the first frequency resources in a first sub-frame, wherein the virtual carrier is provided in third frequency resources in a second sub-frame after the first sub-frame, and wherein the third frequency resources are within and smaller than the first frequency resources.
US10070439B2	Apparatus and method for managing assignment of time slots An apparatus for assigning time slots refers to a hierarchical structure when a predetermined number of time slots in one of a plurality of communication cycles is assigned to a communication apparatus, identifies an associated frame whose use status is to be changed to used by the assignment of the predetermined number of time slots for a group managed in a layer corresponding to the requested communication cycle, and makes determination to assign a frame belonging to a group in which a number of time slots, in the associated frame, whose use status is changed to used is smaller, to the communication apparatus.
US10070438B2	Soft buffer processing method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a soft buffer processing method, comprising the steps of: first, receiving, by UE, D2D data and PDSCH data; and then performing soft buffer processing on the D2D data, and performing soft buffer processing on the PDSCH data. The present application further discloses a soft buffer processing apparatus. By the present application, the problem of soft buffer processing required for storing soft bits of D2D data and soft bits of PDSCH data can be solved, so that the link performance is improved.
US10070437B2	Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame.
US10070436B2	Method of resolving overlaps in data transmission and user equipment therefor A method of a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE transmits a first subframe. The UE transmits a second subframe following the first subframe consecutively. When the first subframe and the second subframe are overlapped, the first subframe is transmitted completely while the second subframe is transmitted partially.
US10070435B2	Method and apparatus for joint random access control and resource allocation in wireless communication systems The present disclosure relates to a method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the same. A method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes estimating the total number of Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices, and determining at least one of an access control probability and an amount of resources to be allocated in a next frame depending on an amount of resources required to satisfy a random access delay requirement, by considering access control and resource allocation based on the total number of random access MTC devices.
US10070432B1	Wireless devices and systems including examples of configuration modes for baseband units and remote radio heads Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of configuration modes for baseband units (BBU) and remote radio heads (RRH). For example, a computing system including a BBU and a RRH may receive a configuration mode selection including information indicative of a configuration mode for respective processing units of the BBU and the RRH. The computing system allocates the respective processing units to perform wireless processing stages associated with a wireless protocol. The BBU and/or the RRH may generate an output data stream based on the mixing of coefficient data with input data at the BBU and/or the RRH. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US10070430B2	Method for configuring resource to data radio bearer DRB, and apparatus The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and discloses a method for configuring a resource to a DRB, and an apparatus. The method is specifically: first determining, by a first CBS, resource configuration information used by a first DBS to separately allocate a resource to at least one DRB of UE; and then, sending, to the first DBS, a first resource allocation indication that carries the determined resource configuration information, so that the first DBS separately allocates the resource to the at least one DRB of the UE according to the resource configuration information. In this way, effectively implementing resource configuration for a protocol entity in a DBS according to a QoS requirement of a DRB.
US10070429B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information in low latency mobile communication system Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting information in a low latency mobile communication system. Delay time requests are obtained from terminals, and time intervals for transmitting control information for the respective terminals are determined on the basis of the delay time requests. Control information is transmitted to the respective terminals according to the determined time intervals.
US10070427B2	Method and device for transmitting control information in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, in relation to a method for a terminal to transmit ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system, an ACK/NACK transmission method includes: receiving at least one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH); transmitting at least one ACK/NACK corresponding to the at least one PDSCH through a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) formats; and, when the at least one ACK/NACK is transmitted using a first PUCCH format, transmitting at least one ACK/NACK in an antenna port transmission mode set for a second PUCCH format.
US10070426B2	Method for signaling control information, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the invention relates to a method for a terminal to transmit a UCI in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor, wherein the method involves the steps of: forming a first cell group having a PCell; forming a second cell group having one or more SCells; receiving one or more data in the second cell group; and transmitting HARQ-ACK information on the one or more data through a PUCCH, wherein, when the first and second cell groups are managed by an identical base station, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the PCell, and, when the first and second cell groups are managed by different base stations, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted in the second cell group.
US10070415B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and program for randomizing a duration for receiving a probe request Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a notification information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, notification information of the wireless communication device, a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information transmitted from another device, a frequency switching unit for successively switching, at random cycles, a frequency at which the notification information is transmitted or a frequency at which the notification information is received, and a transmission processing unit for performing a data transmission process after transmitting or receiving an acknowledgement to the notification information to/from such other device.
US10070414B2	Method for reporting a channel quality indicator by a relay node in a wireless communication system, and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a method for reporting a channel quality indicator for a relay node-dedicated physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from a base station by a relay node in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the following steps: receiving one or more reference signals from the base station; calculating a channel quality indicator for the R-PDSCH on the basis of one or more reference signals; and reporting the channel quality indicator to the base station. The calculation of the channel quality indicator is performed under the assumption that a specific number (NRE) of available resource elements is included in a subframe in which the R-PDSCH is transmitted. The specific number (NRE) of the available resource elements is determined on the basis of information relating to a last symbol of the R-PDSCH, wherein the starting symbol and the last symbol are set by an upper layer signal.
US10070412B1	Paging based on individual user mobility patterns In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for paging a user endpoint device based on the mobility patterns of the individual user associated with the user endpoint device. For instance, in one example, a method includes determining a paging zone for a user endpoint device. The paging zone includes a first base station to page the user endpoint device, where the first base station is included in the paging zone based at least in part on a historical mobility pattern of the user endpoint device and on present network conditions around the user endpoint device. An instruction is sent to the first base station. The instruction instructs the first base station to send a paging request message to the user endpoint device.
US10070404B2	Synchronization signal sending method, synchronization signal receiving method, and related apparatuses Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a synchronization signal sending method, including: determining, by a transmit end device, a first signal, where the transmit end device operates in a serving cell, the first signal includes a first synchronization sequence, the first synchronization sequence is a sequence obtained after a special ZC sequence is cyclically shifted by a first quantity of digits and then dot multiplication or conjugate multiplication is performed on the cyclically shifted special ZC sequence and a characteristic sequence, the special ZC sequence is a ZC sequence with a root index being +1 or −1, and the characteristic sequence and/or the first quantity of digits are/is corresponding to a cell identity of the serving cell. In the synchronization signal sending method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, signal synchronization can be implemented in an M2M technology by using the ZC sequence.
US10070403B2	Time beacons Technologies are described herein for time-synchronizing multiple remote network nodes concurrently with time beacons. A hub device in the network, at a preconfigured start time, begins to periodically broadcast time beacons containing current time values retrieved from an accurate time source over a beacon period, while other nodes of the network, at the same preconfigured start time, start listening for time beacons. When a node receives a time beacon broadcast by the hub device, the node sets a real-time clock of the node to the current time value in the received time beacon.
US10070400B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a device-to-device (D2D) signal in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication, said method, performed by a terminal, comprising the steps of: transmitting a cellular signal on a first subframe of a first component carrier; transmitting a D2D signal on a second subframe of a second component carrier; and when overlapping occurs between the first subframe and the second subframe, dropping the transmission of the D2D signal or reducing transmit power of the D2D signal in a specific interval.
US10070394B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information about available power of terminal in mobile communication system A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting power headroom information by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, by the terminal, information on an allocated uplink transmission resource; determining whether a path loss has changed more than a threshold, after transmitting last power headroom information, when the terminal has the allocated transmission resource; if the path loss has changed more than the threshold when the terminal has the allocated transmission resource, determining a transmission of the power headroom information; and transmitting an uplink packet including the power headroom information using the allocated uplink transmission resource.
US10070393B2	Control of uplink data transmission A method for control of data transmission in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by an application, from a modem, information indicative of a radio coverage condition, where a user equipment (UE) includes the application and the modem; based on the received information, determining that the UE is in an enhanced coverage state; and in response to the determining, controlling uplink data transmission by the modem to reduce power consumption of the UE.
US10070390B2	Power management of a wireless communication device A power management method of a wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a modem for wireless communication and a battery for supplying power to the modem. The method comprises obtaining information regarding a power consumption of the modem as a function of time (the information being provided by the modem during wireless communication), forming power consumption statistics from the obtained information (wherein the power consumption statistics comprise an average power consumption during wireless communication as a function of one or more time parameters), and controlling use of the modem by one or more applications of the wireless communication device based on the power consumption statistics. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and wireless communication device are also disclosed.
US10070384B2	Method of operating a communication device operable in an active mode and in an idle mode, a computer program product for executing the method, and the communication device operable in an active mode and in an idle mode A method of operating a communication device comprises providing the communication device (T, T1-T5) with a first interface (I1) to connect to a first network (N1), which provides a first bandwidth and a first network idle power consumption at the communication device (T, T1-T5), when being connected to the first network (N1) and providing the communication device (T, T1-T5) with a second interface (I2) to connect to a second wireless network (N2), which provides a second bandwidth, which is smaller than the first bandwidth, and a second network idle power consumption, which is smaller than the first idle power consumption, at the communication device (T, T1-T5), when being connected to the second wireless network (N2).
US10070380B2	Cell access method and cell access apparatus A cell access method and a cell access apparatus are provided. The cell access method includes steps of: measuring pilot signals for each of multiple cells that have been searched out, the pilot signals transmitted on a pilot resource for each cell being beam-formed using a set of beam-forming vectors configured for the cell; and selecting a cell corresponding to an optimum pilot signal measurement result from the multiple cells that have been searched and accessing the selected cell.
US10070373B2	Information processing apparatus, communication system and control method of information processing apparatus Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit and a control unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a predetermined condition for performing a communication process related to a specific service provided by a service provider between an information processing system related to the service provider and a wireless communication apparatus is satisfied. The control unit is configured to perform control when the predetermined condition is satisfied in a manner that a connection right of connecting to a predetermined network using wireless communication is set in the wireless communication apparatus, the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right, and the communication process is performed with the information processing system.
US10070372B2	Multi-mode mobile device A mobile device for communicating with aircraft related systems, a device system comprising a plurality of such mobile devices, a system comprising such a mobile device and one or more aircraft related systems, and an aircraft comprising such a device system. According to a device embodiment, a mobile device comprises: a system interface via which the device is connectable to aircraft-related systems including one or more onboard systems provided onboard an aircraft and one or more off-board systems; and a control unit operable in a first mode to communicate, via the system interface, with the one or more onboard systems and operable in a second mode to communicate, via the system interface, with the one or more off-board systems.
US10070370B1	Apparatus, systems and methods for initiating a cell selection A device, system and method for initiating cell selection. The method is performed at a device connected to a network and camped on a first cell of the network. The method includes determining whether the device has successfully synchronized with the first cell. When the device is unable to synchronize with the first cell, the method includes determining whether at least one further cell satisfies predetermined reselection criteria and determining whether the at least one further cell satisfies initial cell selection criteria. When the at least one further cell satisfies the initial cell selection criteria, the method includes initiating an initial cell selection.
US10070361B2	User terminal for network selection in a communication system A user terminal includes a controller that performs selection of an access network in which the user terminal exchanges traffic from among a cellular RAN (Radio Access Network) and a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network). The controller stores a RAN rule for determining traffic steering to a WLAN having a RAN provided identifier (ID), receives a WLAN ID broadcasted from a cellular base station (BS), applies the WLAN ID to the RAN rule to determine whether to perform traffic steering, roaming from the RAN to another RAN, determines whether to acquire another WLAN ID provided by the other RAN based on a policy established by the RAN, receives the other WLAN ID from a second BS of the other RAN, and applies the other WLAN ID to the RAN rule to determine whether to perform traffic steering to the WLAN having the other WLAN ID, in the second cellular RAN.
US10070360B2	Method and system for device-to-device offloading in LTE networks A method and system is provided for device-to-device (D2D) offloading in long term evolution (LTE) networks. The present application provides a method and system for device-to-device (D2D) offloading in long term evolution (LTE) networks, comprising processor implemented steps of selecting an offloader by a eNodeB (eNB) for a user device out of a plurality of user devices based on location of the user device and other closed proximity user devices, corresponding load and channel conditions upon receiving the offloading request from the user device; exchanging a control messages between the user device and the eNB; and between the eNB and the offloader; and scheduling of resource blocks (RBs) by the eNB for the user device and the offloader in D2D offloading.
US10070359B2	Dynamic generation of per-station realm lists for hot spot connections Per-station realm lists are dynamically generating per-station for hot spot connections to access points by roaming stations. A query for a list of realms is received from a roaming station when connecting to a hot spot. Using an MAC address or other station identity, a list of available realms narrowed to a subset of per-station realms sent to the station. Narrowing is performed on-the-fly with respect to at least one aspects. A last N realms are retrieved from a database record searched by MAC address. The list is further narrowed by removing realms that are inaccessible or otherwise recently shown to have bad link quality. Additional ranking factors can narrow or rearrange the realm list based on financial agreements, popularity, trends, and the like. A selection from the list of realms is received from the station. The access point then authenticates the station with the selected realm. If successful, data traffic concerning the station can be forwarded through the hot spot on behalf of the selected realm.
US10070357B2	Smooth UE transfer within an evolved packet core Techniques described herein may enable Evolved Packet Core (EPC) devices (e.g., Mobility Management Entities (MMEs), Serving Gateways (SGWs), or Packet Data Network Gateways (PGWs)) to transfer a connection with a User Equipment (UE) from one EPC device to another EPC device without a break in service for the UE. The transfer may occur in response to an EPC device being overloaded, an EPC device being added or removed from a logical group of EPC devices, or in response one EPC device becoming more appropriate for the UE than another EPC device (e.g., due to a change in the geographic location of the UE). EPC devices may be implemented as virtual network functions, and the transfer of the UE may occur while the UE is in an active mode or an idle mode.
US10070356B2	Communication device, communication system, communication control method, and communication control program A communication device includes: a first communication module configured to directly communicate with another device using first communication; a second communication module configured to directly communicate with the another device using second communication that is different from the first communication in a standard; a third communication module configured to connect to a public network and perform communication; and a controller configured to relay communication data with the public network to the another device, based on a request from the another device, using the first communication or the second communication, wherein the controller is configured to switch between the first communication and the second communication while maintaining a session with the public network performed by the third communication module.
US10070354B2	Noise floor degradation detection for co-located radios Noise floor degradation detection may be provided. First, an incremental packet loss rate for a secondary radio may be calculated that indicates an impact on packet reception on the secondary radio due to transmissions by a primary radio. The secondary radio and the primary radio may comprise an access point. Next, it may be determined that the incremental packet loss rate is greater than a predetermined value. A configuration of the access point may be changed in response to determining that the incremental packet loss rate is greater than the predetermined value.
US10070353B2	Controlling radio measurements of a user equipment within a cellular network system A method is provided for controlling radio measurements of a user equipment within a cellular network system served by a cell of a first cell type characteristic, the cell being assigned to a base station, wherein the cellular network system comprises the cell and at least one further cell of a second cell type characteristic, the method including providing a configuration to the user equipment indicative for parameters to be applied for radio measurements including different parameters being assigned to different cell type characteristics for a same frequency, and controlling the radio measurements of the user equipment based on the provided configuration, wherein the configuration comprises a list comprising information of the at least one further cell and an associated cell type characteristic of the at least one further cell, and wherein the list comprises information about a plurality of neighboring cells and associated cell types characteristics.
US10070341B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving buffer status information in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support higher data rates after a 4G communication system, such as an LTE system. A method for receiving buffer status information by an access point in a wireless communication system is provided. In the method, a contention sub-slot and a dedicated sub-slot are determined for each station connected to the access point, a data trigger action frame is generated based on a first element including allocation information on the dedicated sub-slot to be used by a related station in a buffer status report (BSR) phase where each of the stations transmits buffer status information to the access point, the generated data trigger action frame is broadcasted to the stations, and a BSR frame transmitted based on the data trigger action frame is received from each of the stations.
US10070337B2	Method for reporting information related to D2D performed by terminal in wireless communication system Provided is a method for reporting information related to device-to-device (D2D) performed by a terminal in wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: receiving configuration information requesting an information report related to D2D of a neighbor cell; acquiring information related to D2D for the neighbor cell indicated by the configuration information; and reporting the acquired information related to D2D to a serving cell.
US10070336B2	Method for coverage determination using predefined paths The present disclosure relates to coverage monitoring and in particular it relates to determining radio coverage, e.g. for small cell deployment in a building. The disclosure relates to methods for coverage determination as well as to corresponding devices and computer programs. According to one aspect, the disclosure proposes a method, performed in a wireless device 10, of determining radio coverage. The method comprises obtaining S1 at least one path along which radio condition measurements are to be performed and performing S2 radio condition measurements along the at least one path. The method further comprises determining S3 position estimates, wherein at least some of the position estimates correspond to the radio condition measurements. The method further comprises determining S4a radio coverage using the radio condition measurements and corresponding position estimates and/or reporting S4b the radio condition measurements and the corresponding position estimates to a radio network node for determination of radio coverage in the radio network node.
US10070334B2	User equipment and a radio network node, and methods therein Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment and a radio network node, as well as to methods therein. The method in the radio network node relates to the control of resource allocation for device-to-device (D2D) communications in a communications network. The network comprises the network node, a first user equipment (UE), and a second UE, wherein at least one of the first and second UEs is a first D2D capable UE. The method comprises configuring the second UE to transmit a reference signal, transmitting configuration information relating to the second UE to the first UE, receiving a measurement result of the measurement performed by the first UE on the transmitted reference signal, and performing one or more radio operation task for a D2D communication between the first D2D capable UE and a second D2D communication capable UE based on the received measurement result.
US10070333B2	Measurement method for channel state information, user equipment and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement method for channel state information, user equipment and a base station. The measurement method includes: selecting one or more coordinated transmission points for coordinated multipoint transmission by the base station for user equipment; and independently configuring a measurement subset used for channel state information feedback for each base station and each coordinated transmission point, so that the user equipment performs measurement according to the measurement subset. With the embodiments of the present invention, channel state information feedback configuration is performed to each cell or transmission point participated in coordination, and a unified structural design for feedback information may be used, so that channel feedback information for multiple transmission points or multiple cells can serve for not only transmission of a single cell, but also transmission of multiple cells.
US10070331B2	Methods and systems for managing bandwidth for user devices on a transportation vehicle Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. One method includes collecting by a processor connection information for a plurality of user devices accessing a wireless network on a transportation vehicle; determining by the processor available bandwidth for the plurality of user devices depending on a connection type; monitoring currently used bandwidth by the plurality of user devices; receiving a request from a user device to access content via the wireless connection; determining by the processor additional bandwidth for accessing the content by the user device; and rejecting the request for accessing the content when the additional bandwidth and the currently used bandwidth equals or exceeds the available bandwidth for the plurality of user devices.
US10070330B2	Method for performing measurement and terminal A method is provided for performing a measurement. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) that selects at least one or more subframes to perform the measurement, and performs the measurement for a discovery signal of a neighbor cell on the selected one or more subframes. For the measurement on the selected one or more subframes, both of a measurement subframe pattern for the neighbor cell and a measurement timing configuration for the discovery signal are applied.
US10070326B2	Scheduling method and apparatus for spatial reuse A scheduling method of giving a chance for transmission to a plurality of terminals in the same time period, and a device therefor are provided. The scheduling method includes: transmitting first scheduling information to terminals in a network, the first scheduling information defining transmitting/receiving terminals and a transmission time period; receiving channel measurement information including inter-terminal interference information from the terminals in the network; and generating second scheduling information defining transmission time periods and a plurality of transmitting/receiving terminals that do not interfere with each other by using the channel measurement information.
US10070325B2	Sub-sampling antenna elements An antenna apparatus for use in a wireless network and method of operating such an antenna apparatus are provided. The antenna apparatus has omnidirectional antenna elements and RF chains, where there are fewer RF chains than omnidirectional antenna elements. A subset of the omnidirectional antenna elements are coupled to the RF chains and sampling circuitry coupled to the RF chains samples the signals received by the subset of the omnidirectional antenna elements. This forms part of a signal detection process in which different subsets of the omnidirectional antenna elements are iteratively coupled to the RF chains. A signal sample spatial covariance matrix for the omnidirectional antenna elements is constructed from the signals sampled by the sampling circuitry at each iteration and a beamforming algorithm applied to the signal sample spatial covariance matrix parameterizes the signals received by the omnidirectional antenna elements.
US10070319B2	Advanced dynamic channel assignment A device for assigning radio channels to radio transceiver devices. The device comprises an interface configured to receive two or more radio communication values, each associated with a radio transceiver device. The device comprises a processor configured to calculate an ordering of two or more radio transceiver devices based on radio communication values and build, according to the ordering, one or more rooted tree representing assignment of available radio channels to first radio transceiver devices according to the ordering. A branch of the rooted tree is selected according to a cost function value calculated along each branch. The processor is configured to assign the available radio channels to the radio transceiver devices according to the selected branch.
US10070318B2	Method, apparatus and system and storage medium for re-establishing radio resource The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method, apparatus and system, and a storage medium for re-establishing radio resource(s). The method may include: when a terminal triggers re-establishing of the radio resource(s), a request indication message is sent by the terminal; the terminal receives a response message sent by a target evolved Node B; the terminal compares a second Packet Data Unit (PDU) number which is locally maintained with a first PDU number to acquire a difference value between the second PDU number and the first PDU number; and when the difference value does not exceed a preset threshold value, the terminal determines that the target evolved Node B is a legal evolved Node B, and the terminal implements re-establishing of the radio resource(s) between the terminal and the target evolved Node B.
US10070317B2	Method and apparatus of notifying of smishing A method and apparatus of notifying of SMiShing-related information is provided. The method of notifying of SMiShing by an electronic device includes: transmitting at least one item of message-related information about a received message to a SMiShing detection server; receiving SMiShing-related information about the message from the SMiShing detection server; and displaying content of the message and the received SMiShing-related information when a request is made to display the message.
US10070310B2	Method and system for provisioning access data to mobile device A method and system for provisioning access data in a second application on a mobile device using a first application on the mobile device. Authentication data may be input into the first application, and an authentication code may be requested from a remote server. After the authentication code is received by the first application in the mobile device, it can pass the authentication code to a second application that initiates an access data provisioning process.
US10070308B2	Systems and methods for protecting mobile contact information The disclosed technology includes techniques for allowing a contact to exercise control over a third party's sharing of the contact's mobile contact information with mobile applications. A contact may create an application contact key containing rules that govern when a third party may share the contact information with mobile applications. The application contact key may be stored in association with the contact information on a third party's mobile device, on a remote server, or as part of a social networking website. The application contact key may instruct the mobile device whether or not to share the contact information with a particular mobile application. Further, an application contact import management system may track all requests from various mobile applications to access the contact information, and may provide for a seamless future on-boarding experience in the event the contact later decides to accept a previously denied request to share the contact information.
US10070307B2	Method for reporting user equipment assistance information reporting, user equipment, and base station The present invention provides a method for reporting user equipment assistance information, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: if a configuration in a user equipment UE for forbidding sending UE assistance information is not started or is closed, sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station; or, if a configuration in a UE for allowing sending UE assistance information is started, sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station. The foregoing method does not increase a signaling overhead of an air interface, and meanwhile, enables a base station to better optimize performance of a UE according to UE assistance information.
US10070302B2	Internet of things (IoT) delay tolerant wireless network service A network device receives signaling associated with a wireless device of a subscriber to a delay-tolerant wireless network service, and downloads a service profile of the subscriber from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) associated with a wireless network. The network device retrieves, from the downloaded service profile, a signaling priority value associated with the subscriber or with the wireless device, and identifies whether the signaling priority value indicates a low priority value. The network device prioritizes the processing of signaling associated with a plurality of wireless devices based on whether the signaling priority value indicates the low priority value, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes the wireless device.
US10070300B2	Information exchange apparatus, base station and communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information exchange apparatus, base station and communication system. The apparatus includes: a first sending unit configured to send a request message to a secondary base station, the request message containing an uplink address of a master base station for receiving uplink data of service(s) of a user equipment in the secondary base station; and a first receiving unit configured to receive a response message fed back by the secondary base station according to the request message, the response message containing a downlink address of the secondary base station for receiving downlink data of the service(s). With this apparatus, the flow of information exchange may be simplified, and signaling overhead may be saved.
US10070298B2	Method and apparatus for efficient and deterministic group alerting Systems and methods are provided for reliable, wireless group messaging or alerting in a system having a database, switch, wireless network, and a plurality of intelligent mobile receivers. A message is broadcast to and received by a selected group of the mobile receivers. The network replies to the sender with detailed information about the individual members in the group. Each of the mobile receivers in the group can acknowledge the group message back to the system such as when the message is received, when the message is read, and a response when sent. The system employs centralized management to provide the sender with response information of the mobile receivers.
US10070295B2	Warning message processing method and device, MME, CBC and base station The present document provides a method and apparatus for processing a warning message, an MME, a CBC and a base station. Herein, the method includes that: a first request message for requesting for broadcasting a warning message is transmitted to a base station, herein a warning area range in the first request message includes Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) information (S402); and a first response message sent by the base station is received, herein the first response message carries the PLMN information corresponding to issuing of the warning message (S404).
US10070294B2	Processing and reporting situational information to emergency service providers A system and method for processing and reporting situational information to emergency service providers in an emergency service communications network is disclosed. An emergency situation is monitored. Responsive to detecting the emergency situation, information relating to the emergency situation is collected. Then, the information is processed and stored in a database. The processed information is then reported to emergency service providers.
US10070292B2	Providing multiple virtual bluetooth low energy devices Multiple virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral devices may be provided via a single Bluetooth low energy radio set. In an embodiment, a method for providing multiple virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral devices may include defining a first Bluetooth low energy packet having a first device attribute. The method may also include defining a second Bluetooth low energy packet having a second device attribute. The method may also include transmitting the first Bluetooth low energy packet as a first virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral device via a Bluetooth low energy radio set. The method may further include transmitting the second Bluetooth low energy packet as a second virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral device via the Bluetooth low energy radio set.
US10070289B1	Client association for provisioning devices in a communication network The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to client association for provisioning devices in a communication network. In some implementations, an association request to associate with a provisioning device is received by a device operating in a sniffer provisioning mode. The device sniffs traffic over a wireless communication channel by listening to the wireless communication channel and capturing traffic on the wireless communication channel in the sniffer provisioning mode. In response to receiving the association request, the device switches to an access point (AP) provisioning mode. An association response to the association request is transmitted by the device over the wireless communication channel. Connection information for establishing a connection with an external AP is received by the device. A connection with the external AP is established by the device based on the connection information.
US10070288B2	Method for dynamically switching mobile network, subscription manager, and user equipment The present invention discloses a method for dynamically switching a mobile network, including: sending, by a subscription manager SM, a mobile network switch message to a first mobile network, where the mobile network switch message is used to indicate that user equipment UE needs network switching; receiving, by the SM, a notification signaling message from the first mobile network, where the notification signaling message is used to notify the SM that the UE connects to the first mobile network; and sending, by the SM, the mobile network switch message to the UE by using the first mobile network, so as to instruct the UE to switch to a second mobile network. The present invention further discloses a subscription manager and user equipment.
US10070287B2	Method and apparatus for energy adaptive resource allocation in energy harvesting network A method and apparatus for energy adaptive resource allocation in energy harvesting network are provided. The method includes: allocating, by an energy adaptive resource allocation apparatus, non-competition slots of a next frame to at least one first wireless communication device whose energy queue state exceeds a predetermined threshold value among wireless communication devices succeeded in data transmission; and allocating, by the energy adaptive resource allocation apparatus, competition slots of the same number as that of at least one third wireless communication device expected to attempt data transmission to the next frame in consideration of a harvested energy amount and an average energy harvesting rate of at least one second wireless communication device.
US10070283B2	Method and apparatus for automatically identifying and annotating auditory signals from one or more parties In one embodiment, a mobile device application automatically identifies and annotates auditory data of a conversation between two or more parties. Digital auditory data is processed to identify mention of specific entities. An identified entity is annotated, based on context and relevance, to list one or more actions possible to perform with or on the identified entity, and the identified entity displayed while the conversation is ongoing. An action is selected by signals from an input interface.
US10070281B2	Method and apparatus for routing short message, and computer storage medium Disclosed are a method and apparatus for routing a short message and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: a short message service gateway acquires, from a short message service center, a short message and identifier information of a called UE used for receiving the short message; after the short message service gateway acquires the short message and the identifier information of the called UE, the short message service gateway acquires a short message delivery domain of the called UE corresponding to the identifier information of the called UE by communicating with a short message delivery domain decision device; and the short message service gateway delivers the short message to the called UE according to the short message delivery domain of the called UE.
US10070280B2	Systems and methods for leveraging text messages in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform The present invention includes a system for providing a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform configured to provide an intuitive and semi-automated means of collecting and managing user-driven data by leveraging text messages. The crowdsourcing platform is configured to leverage a Short Message Service (SMS) communication system for generating and transmitting command text messages to mobile devices of users of the service. The command text messages essentially elicit or otherwise train/educate the user's mobile device to automatically transmit requested data back to the crowdsourcing platform, the requested data including the location or position of the user within a given environment.
US10070275B1	Device and method for deploying a plurality of mobile devices A device and method for deploying a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The device comprises: a communication interface configured to communicate with mobile devices; and a controller having access to a memory storing: respective facial images of users, and relationships between the users. The controller: receives, via the communication interface, a digital image including faces; identifies the users in the digital image, based on: the faces in the digital image, and the respective facial images of the users stored in the memory; determines relationships between the users identified in the digital image using the relationships between the users stored in the memory; assigns the mobile devices to the users in the digital image; and distributes, using the communication interface, respective resources to the mobile devices based on a respective assigned user and the relationships between the users identified in the digital image.
US10070274B2	Methods and systems for controlling communication devices affiliated with talk groups Method and system for controlling a plurality of communication devices. One system includes a server for a communication system in which each of a plurality of communication devices is affiliated with at least one talk group among a plurality of talk groups. The server includes an electronic processor configured to determine whether each communication device of the plurality of communication devices is in a connected state. The electronic processor is further configured to determine that at least one talk group does not include any communication devices affiliated with the at least one talk group that are in the connected state. The electronic processor is further configured to place at least one communication device affiliated with the at least one talk group in an artificially-connected state based on at least one characteristic of the communication devices affiliated with the at least one talk group.
US10070272B2	Shared broadcast A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for delivering content to end user via shared broadcast are provided. The apparatus may be a UE that determines to acquire a MBMS service. The UE tunes to a frequency provided by a first MNO to which the UE is not a subscriber in order to receive the MBMS service via a carrier shared by the first MNO and at least one other MNO. The UE receives the MBMS service on the frequency via the carrier shared by the first MNO and the at least one other MNO. The shared carrier may have a common SFN timing with respect to the first MNO and the at least one other MNO. The shared carrier may include a shared MBMS SDL carrier. The shared carrier may include a standalone shared carrier for receiving the MBMS service and control information associated with the MBMS service.
US10070268B2	Tracking building locations of fixed wireless devices A system for generating a database containing the internal locations (e.g., floor, compass direction, room number, nearest fixed landmark, etc.) of fixed wireless devices within a building. To collect data for the database, a report-provider traverses a building with a mobile reporting device. As the provider traverses the building, the mobile reporting device directs the reports-provider to detected wireless devices (e.g., WiFi access points, Bluetooth beacons, Internet-connected appliances, etc.) and instructs the provider to enter information regarding the internal location of each device. When a walk-thru of a building is complete, the mobile reporting device generates a building report that contains the building's location and the internal locations of the detected wireless device. Multiple such reports may be combined by the system to generate the database of internal locations of wireless devices in various buildings.
US10070267B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for reverse geocoding Some embodiments described herein relate to reverse geocoding using, for example, real estate parcel data. In some embodiments one or more location records can be received, for example, from a location record database associated with a real estate mapping service. Each location record can identify or otherwise be uniquely associated with a closed shape, such as a two-dimensional polygon, circle, or other boundary that can, for example, define the metes and bounds of a real estate parcel. Geolocation data that represents a location of a mobile communication device can also be received. The geolocation data can map to a location within a shape and the location record associated with that shape can be selected. When the selected location record corresponds to a residential location, household data can be associated with that location record and/or the mobile communication device.
US10070265B1	System for selective accuracy of an indoor positioning system A beacon location system includes a plurality of first broadcasters configured to broadcast first broadcasts to be received by a registered receiver device, and includes one or more second broadcasters configured to broadcast second broadcasts to be received by the registered receiver device. The beacon location system includes a controller communicatively and operatively coupled to the plurality of first broadcasters, and the one or more second broadcasters, wherein the controller comprises a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory. The instructions include generating one or more masked correspondences between the first broadcasts and locations of the plurality of the first broadcasters, wherein the one or more masked correspondences comprise one or more levels of accuracies. The beacon location system also includes a website accessible to the registered receiver device to obtain the one or more masked correspondences.
US10070262B2	Device tracking system System and methods for locating radio-frequency-emitting devices. The method may comprise registering, on a downloadable software application on a first locator device, a trackable device, thereby creating a registered trackable device, which emits a radio frequency signal, then detecting, via a radio frequency scan conducted by a second locator device, a sighting of the registered trackable device; determining, at the second locator device, whether the sighting of the registered trackable device meets criteria defining the sighting as a new location of that registered trackable device, the criteria including a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value; communicating, when the sighting of the registered trackable device meets the criteria, a report of the new location to a server, the report including a geographical location of the registered trackable device; and sending a notification from the server to the first locator device that a new location of the registered trackable device has occurred.
US10070259B1	Altitude map for indoor positioning services A method is disclosed comprising: obtaining a plurality of pieces of estimation information, the obtaining comprising receiving or determining the plurality of pieces of estimation information, wherein each of the plurality of pieces of estimation information represents one or more respective absolute values of an altitude, wherein each of the one or more absolute values of an altitude is associated with a respective position information, each of the plurality of pieces of estimation information determined based, at least in part, on a respective relative altitude information and, at least in part, on a respective absolute altitude information associated with a data element of a database comprising map data representing an altitude map; and aggregating the plurality of pieces of estimation information in a spatial grid, wherein the spatial grid is divided into a plurality of grid points. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
US10070253B2	Method, apparatus, and recording medium for radio fingerprint map construction and location tracking A radio fingerprint device implements a radio fingerprint map construction and location tracking method. In this method, the radio fingerprint device receives, from a manager terminal device, radio environment information varying for a predetermined time at a specific referential position in a particular indoor area so as to create a radio fingerprint map. Then the radio fingerprint device extracts a periodic pattern from the received radio environment information, and stores, in the radio fingerprint map, the extracted periodic pattern as a radio fingerprint feature of the specific referential position.
US10070251B1	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for validating user equipment (UE) location A method for validating UE location includes receiving, at a network gateway, a signaling message for updating a location of a UE with a mobile communications network. A first indication of user equipment location is extracted from the signaling message. One of: a cloud-based UE location database containing UE location information obtained from a UE location reporting application resident on the UE, a cloud-based loyalty card transaction database containing loyalty card transaction records indexed by UE identifiers, and a mobile location center (MLC) that obtains UE location information by requesting or receiving the UE location information from a mobility management entity (MME) is queried to obtain a second indication of location of the UE. It is determined from a relationship between the first and second indications of location of the UE that the signaling message is suspicious. In response to determining that the signaling message is suspicious, a policy rule is applied to processing of the signaling message.
US10070249B2	Cell phone emergency mode for location in rubble Mobile phones, phone systems, and emergency location systems are described with features that assist rescue teams in locating survivors in a disaster situation where a phone user and their mobile phone are buried under rubble. To enable the phone's battery charge to last longer, an emergency power conservation mode (E-mode) is activated by either receiving a command from an external source via RF transmission, or by noticing a rapid reduction in signal strength from a tower without changing the phone's physical location. Transmissions are also made by the phone from time to time indicating the user's health condition including providing an indication of life. Portable RF devices may be deployed at grid positions to locate mobile phones by triangulation based on signals received from mobile phones while battery charge still exists for the mobile phones immediately following the disaster.
US10070248B2	Movement detection A motion sensing device includes an attachment mechanism configured to quickly and easily attach to an object, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the object, a short-range wireless communication component configured to communicate motion information related to the detected motion, and an indicator.
US10070245B2	Method and apparatus for personalized audio virtualization A method and apparatus may be used to perform personalized audio virtualization. The apparatus may include a speaker, a headphone (over-the-ear, on-ear, or in-ear), a microphone, a computer, a mobile device, a home theater receiver, a television, a Blu-ray (BD) player, a compact disc (CD) player, a digital media player, or the like. The apparatus may be configured to receive an audio signal, scale the audio signal, and perform a convolution and reverberation on the scaled audio signal to produce a convolved audio signal. The apparatus may be configured to filter the convolved audio signal and process the filtered audio signal for output.
US10070242B2	Devices and methods for conveying audio information in vehicles Various methods and devices for vehicles are provided, wherein directional output of sound is used. In some embodiments, speech signals assigned to different speakers in a telephone conference are reproduced with different directional characteristics. In other embodiments, menu items of a menu are reproduced using different directions. In some embodiments, a loudspeaker arrangement may be provided at a dashboard or in a backrest of a seat of the vehicle.
US10070241B2	Audio signal processing method and apparatus The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesize an object signal and a channel signal and effectively perform binaural rendering of the synthesized signal.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal, which includes: receiving an input audio signal including a multi-channel signal; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for filtering the input audio signal, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least some of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal and the length of the truncated subband filter coefficients being determined based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients; obtaining vector information indicating the BRIR filter coefficients corresponding to each channel of the input audio signal; and filtering each subband signal of the multi-channel signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and subband based on the vector information and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same.
US10070240B2	Methods and apparatuses for controlling an audio system A method of controlling an audio system is disclosed, the method including: obtaining initialization configuration parameters and the identification information of each of the power amplifiers, and initializing the respective power amplifiers by the configuration parameters according to the identification information so as to obtain a corresponding frequency range of each of the power amplifiers; and when the audio data is acquired, transferring the audio data to the respective power amplifiers, so that each of the power amplifiers receives the audio data, performs digital-to-analog conversion of the audio data according to the corresponding frequency range, and further outputs the digital-to-analog converted audio data to the corresponding speaker. An apparatus for controlling an audio system is also disclosed. The present disclosure improves the sound quality of the digital television audio system and reduces the cost of the digital television audio system.
US10070238B2	System and methods for identifying an action of a forklift based on sound detection Described in detail herein are methods and systems for identifying actions performed by a forklift based on detected sounds in a facility. An array of microphones can be disposed in a facility. The microphones can detect various sounds and encode the sounds in an electrical signal and transmit the sounds to a computing system. The computing system can determine the sound signature of each sound and based on the sound signature the chronological order of the sounds and the time interval in between the sounds the computing system can determine the action being performed by the forklift which is causing the sounds.
US10070237B2	Optical and capacitive sensing of electroacoustic transducers Speakers do not always operate linearly. Linearity of the speaker can affect the quality of the sound produced by the speaker, i.e., causing distortions in the sound, if the nonlinearites are not accounted for. To determine nonlinearities of the speaker, the speaker is often modeled and measurements are made to estimate the characteristics of the speaker based on the model. By using an angle sensor and a light source, a speaker manager can make a direct measurement of excursion or displacement of the speaker. Moreover, when the angle sensor, the light source, and the light beam are configured appropriately with respect to the moving cone of the speaker, the measurement can be substantially linear with respect to the amount of excursion or displacement. Such measurements are far simpler to use and in some cases more accurate than measurements made by other types of systems.
US10070233B2	Implantable hearing aid system An implantable hearing aid system is disclosed. The system has an external transmitter device and an implantable receiver device, and includes a skin interface to connect the external transmitter device to the head of a user. There is a transmitter connector on the external transmitter device and an interface connector on the skin interface to form a coupling between the skin interface and the external transmitter device to enable connection and disconnection of the external transmitter device to and from the skin interface. The skin interface has an adhesive surface facing the skin so that it can be adhered to the skin on the head of the user. The implantable receiver device has an implant stimulator to stimulate a hearing organ. Sound information is transmitted from the external transmitter device to the implantable receiver device that stimulates the hearing organ of the user.
US10070231B2	Hearing device with input transducer and wireless receiver The present disclosure regards a hearing device comprising a power source, electric circuitry, a loudspeaker, at least one microphone for sound from an acoustic environment, and at least one wireless receiver for wirelessly received sound signals. The microphone is configured to generate an environment sound signal. The wireless receiver is configured generate a source sound signal. The electric circuitry is configured to estimate at least one parameter of an impulse response from the location of the origin of the wirelessly received signal to the location of a user of the hearing device in dependence on the source sound signal and the environment sound signal. The electric circuitry is further configured to process the environment sound signal in dependence on the estimated at least one impulse-response parameter, thereby generating an output sound signal. The output sound signal is processed into sound by the loudspeaker.
US10070224B1	Crosstalk cancellation for bone conduction transducers Embodiments relate to crosstalk cancellation to reduce crosstalk vibrations during use of multiple bone conduction transducers. A system, for example, a head-mounted display (HMD) for providing audio to a user, uses vibration sensors to detect vibrations caused by the bone conduction transducers. In particular, a vibration sensor may generate an error signal representing residual vibrations due to crosstalk at a given ear region of the user. The system uses estimated transfer functions for noise propagation paths through the user's head to generate an anti-crosstalk signal. In response to the anti-crosstalk signal, a bone conduction transducer transmits anti-crosstalk vibrations that reduce the error signal at the given ear region.
US10070212B2	Wireless audio output devices Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining when to wirelessly communicatively couple together a pair of untethered wireless audio output devices and for determining when to erase a connection history stored on one or both of the wireless audio output devices.
US10070211B2	Digital voice processing method and system for headset computer The invention is a multi-microphone voice processing SoC primarily for head worn applications. It bypasses the use of conventional pre-amp voice CODEC (ADC/DAC) chips all together by replacing their functionality with digital MEMS microphone(s) and digital speaker driver (DSD). Functionality necessary for speech recognition such as noise/echo cancellation, speech compression, speech feature extraction and lossless speech transmission are also integrated into the SoC. One embodiment is a noise cancellation chip for wired, battery powered headsets and earphones, as smart-phone accessory. Another embodiment is as a wireless Bluetooth noise cancellation companion chip. The invention can be used in headwear, eyewear glass, mobile wearable computing, heavy duty military, aviation and industrial headsets and other speech recognition applications in noisy environments.
US10070209B2	Cascade-form wavelength division multiplexing optoelectronic transceiver device, system and method The invention relates to an optoelectronic transceiver device comprising a first optical connector (OC1) capable of connection to a first bidirectional optical fiber (OF1), and a second optical connector (OC2) capable of connection to a second bidirectional optical fiber (OF2), the device further comprising: an insertion-extraction module (ADM) capable of: extracting a wavelength (λRx) from a plurality of wavelengths constituting a first optical signal received by the first optical connector (OC1) and transmitting the first optical signal without the extracted wavelength to the second optical connector (OC2); inserting a wavelength (λTx) into a second optical signal received by the second optical connector (OC2) and transmitting the second optical signal with the inserted wavelength to the first optical connector (OC1); an electric-optical conversion module (EC1) capable of providing the insertion-extraction module with the wavelength (λTx) inserted into the second optical signal from an incoming electric signal (Data Tx); and an optical-electric conversion module (EC2) capable of converting the wavelength (λRx) extracted from the first optical signal by the insertion-extraction module into an outgoing electric signal (Data Rx).
US10070208B2	Distributed control of a modular switching system A large-scale switching system deployed as a global network or a large-scale data center includes a large number of access nodes (edge nodes) interconnected through optical or electronic rotators. The rotators are logically arranged in a matrix and each access node has a channel to each rotator in a respective row and a channel from each rotator of a respective column of the matrix. A dual timing circuit coupled to a diagonal rotator pair exchanges timing data with edge nodes connecting to the diagonal rotator pair to facilitate temporal alignment of data received at input ports of each rotator. Each access node has a path to each other access node traversing only one of the rotators. The rotators may be arranged into constellations of collocated rotators to facilitate connectivity of access nodes to rotators using wavelength-division-multiplexed links.
US10070204B2	Collaborative telemetry A method may include providing one or more telemetry transmission systems, the one or more transmission systems comprising one or more receivers and one or more transmitters. The method may also include transmitting a first synchronization sequence from the one or more telemetry transmission systems, the first synchronization sequence transmitted in a first channel, and the first synchronization sequence being at least a portion of a first telemetry signal. In addition, the method may include transmitting a second synchronization sequence the one or more telemetry transmission systems, the second synchronization sequence transmitted in a second channel, and the second synchronization sequence being at least a portion of a second telemetry signal. The first and second synchronization sequences may be transmitted simultaneously or at a predetermined time difference. The method may include receiving the first synchronization sequence at the one or more receivers, and receiving the second synchronization sequence at the one or more receivers.
US10070202B2	Electromechanical adapter for communicating between interfaces Electromechanical adapter having at least one controller, wherein the adapter comprises at least a first interface for communication with at least one monitoring unit at the battery, a second interface for communication with a monitoring unit that is superordinate to the monitoring unit at the battery, and a third interface for the connection of at least one sensor and/or actuator, wherein the controller converts signals between the first and second interfaces.
US10070201B2	Recognition of images within a video based on a stored representation One embodiment described herein may take the form of a system or method for detecting an image within a video component of a multimedia presentation on a distribution system. In general, the system or method may analyze one or more frames of a video component of a presentation to detect the presence of an image within the one or more frames that matches or approximates one or more images stored in a searchable database. Once detected, the system or method may compare one or more features of the potentially matching image with the collection of images. If the potential image matches or approximates an image within the searchable database, the system or method may provide a selectable link within the multimedia presentation that links the detected image with associated information concerning the image. Such information may be presented on a display device to the viewer of the presentation.
US10070200B2	Targeted television advertising based on profiles linked to multiple online devices A profile provider: (i) associates a primary online device (OD1) with a set-top box (STB); (ii) a location of OD1 at some point in time is estimated to be “near” the STB, thereby establishing a STB proxy location; (iii) one or more secondary online devices (OD2s) are observed to be located “near” the STB proxy location and are associated with the STB; and (iv) a television advertisement is selected to be directed to the STB, which selection is based at least in part on profile information linked to one of the associated OD2s. The method can be particularly advantageous in situations wherein: the STB is not connected to any computer network; the STB is not ever connected to the same local area network as OD1 or OD2; or television service (used by the STB) and online access (used by OD1 and OD2s) are provided by different service providers.
US10070198B2	User feedback based content distribution area A method includes providing, to a user device, an identification of a superset of potential video programs that are available to be scheduled for multicast to a content distribution area that includes a cell associated with the user device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a subset of the potential video programs from the user device and a location associated with the user device. The method further includes generating at least one content distribution area based on the location of the user device and the selection of the subset of the potential video programs.
US10070197B2	Method and apparatus for improved network optimization for providing video from a plurality of sources to a plurality of clients A method for improving quality of experience in a communication between a first plurality of video sources (Cam1, cam2, cam3) to a second plurality of video clients (C1, C2) via a video composing module (VSE) in between said first plurality of video sources and said second plurality of clients, and triggered by a dispatching unit (D) controlling which clients and video sources are participating in said communication, and which respective composed videos (VcompC1, VcompC2) are to be provided from said video composing module (VSE) to respective clients (C1, C2) of said second plurality, comprises the steps of :—receiving from said dispatching unit (D) client related parameters (CP1, CP2) indicating display and layout configuration of said respective composed video (VcompC1, VcompC2) to be provided to said respective client (C1, C2),—identifying a subset of video sources from said first plurality for being coupled to an intermediate video composing module (VSRR)—determining an optimized video feed configuration for the communication of an intermediate composed video (Vcompr) provided by and between said intermediate video composing module (VSRR) to said video composing module (VSE) based on said client related parameters and on network restriction parameters (NC(t)),—adapting the respective video communication session between the intermediate video composing module (VSRR) and the video composing module (VSE) based on the provision of said optimized video feed configuration as a control signal to said intermediate video composing module (VSRR).
US10070192B2	Application for determining and responding to user sentiments during viewed media content There is provided a system and method for a platform for determining and responding to user sentiments during viewed media content. The method comprises displaying on a display, a plurality of user selectable sentiment actions to a plurality of users during broadcast of a media content, receiving a first selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users, and determining a first threshold sentiment level based on the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions. The method may further comprise sharing the first selection of the at least one of the plurality of user selectable sentiment actions from each of the plurality of users using a social media platform. Additionally, the method may also further comprise triggering a sentiment soundtrack corresponding to the first threshold sentiment level.
US10070191B2	Systems and methods for displaying video content relevant to application content Methods, systems and devices for viewing video content are provided. Video content is displayed in a video region of a display, while application content is displayed in an application region of the display. Based on the application content, candidate video content relevant to the application content is determined and, in response to user input, selected video content is displayed in the video region of the display.
US10070190B2	News production system with dynamic character generator output In one aspect, an example method involves: accessing, by a computing device, data associated with an election; using, by a computing device, the accessed data to determine a status associated with a voting option of the election; using, by the computing device, the determined status as a basis to select a content storage-location from among multiple content storage-locations, wherein each of the multiple content storage-locations corresponds with a respective content placeholder of a content template; and storing, by the computing device, in the selected content storage-location, (i) a content item associated with the voting option or (ii) a reference to the content item.
US10070189B2	Electronic support allowing access to remote audio/video assets A physical device, the possession of which may provide access to digital media content in a fashion similar to the possession of a DVD providing access to the media content stored thereupon on a suitable DVD player. The possession of the physical device grants access to digital content stored on a remote server using a suitable device such as e.g., a set-top box or media player having Internet connectivity. The physical device provides for convenient and possibly anonymous access to content stored on a remote server and has certain advantages over known techniques for storing rights to access the content.
US10070187B2	Simultaneous output of multiple television selections Embodiments described herein provide various techniques for receiving, decoding, and simultaneously outputting multiple television programs and channels via television receivers. In various embodiments, one or more multi-video display modes may be provided by television receivers, including, for example, multi-video channel scanning display mode, a multi-video favorite channel scanning display mode, a multi-video swap command, a multi-video electronic programming guide (EPG), a multi-video digital video recorder (DVR) interface display mode, and a multi-video program/channel search display mode. Different multi-video display modes may be associated with different television data sources, and each display mode may have a corresponding layout that determines the number of different television selections (e.g., television channels and/or programs) to be displayed simultaneously. After selection of a multi-video display mode, the number of television selections may be determined based on the corresponding layout, and the specific television selections may be received, decoded, and output simultaneously to one or more presentation devices.
US10070186B1	Method to intelligently monitor, detect and display simultaneous independent videos on a display Methods, systems, and computer readable media are implemented by a decoder associated with a STB to facilitate intelligent monitoring, detecting and displaying simultaneous independent videos on a display. A request is initiated to display a PiP window that presents a second content stream simultaneously with a first content stream. The request includes information as to input parameters and video input characteristics for each of the first and second content streams. Currently available resources, including memory and bandwidth, are monitored and upon initiation of the PiP window request a query is executed to determine if the available resources are sufficient. If yes, allocation of available resources is carried out to simultaneously display the first and second content streams. If no, an adjustment operation is carried out that modifies at least one input parameter or video input characteristic to simultaneously display content streams in optimal formats. User preferences may be considered for viewer consistency.
US10070185B1	Method and system to automatically select data network videos as television shows based on a persona A system includes a television set for displaying a video for a viewer. The television set connects to a persona television system over a data network and sends a request for a television show for a persona to the persona television system. A “persona” includes a character representation of a person other than the viewer, an event, or a group. The persona television system selects a television show based on the persona. The persona television system sends to the television set a show description of the television show. The show description includes video source information about video source such that the television set can obtain television show from video source. In this manner, a data network video is automatically selected as a television show based on a persona and provided to the television set, increasing the ease with which the viewer can identify video choices of interest.
US10070184B2	System and method to remove the date specific information from a broadcast automation playlist Embodiments herein describe a content distribution system that removes time-dependent promotional content before providing a recording of a media presentation (e.g., show or program) to a video-on-demand (VOD) provider. To receive Nielsen credit for a subscriber watching a recording of the media presentation using VOD, the recording must be almost the same as the live version of the media presentation which includes the original program content and the commercial advertisements shown during commercial breaks. However, some shows also include promotional content that a telecommunication or cable provider adds to the media presentation to promote other shows or events being broadcasted later. By the time the user views the recording, however, the promotional content may already be outdated. The embodiments herein describe techniques for removing time-dependent promotional content from a media presentation before the recording of the media presentation is sent to VOD providers.
US10070183B2	Processing techniques in audio-visual streaming systems Techniques are disclosed that generally relate to content delivery techniques in audio-visual systems. In an audio-visual system, a method of using sensors to incrementally present content elements on a display includes presenting a first content element on the display, receiving first data from a sensor, the first data associated with a first distance. An increment coefficient is identified, and a portion size is determined by reducing the first distance by the increment coefficient. Finally, an unseen portion of a second content element is incrementally added to the display, and a presented portion of the first content element is incrementally removed from the display, the size of the portions added and removed being equal to the determined portion size.
US10070182B2	Apparatus and method for preventing switching from a channel during an advertisement display An apparatus and method is disclosed for preventing a viewer from switching from a channel when an advertisement is being displayed on the channel. The apparatus and method comprises an advertisement controller in a video playback device that (1) prevents a viewer of a direct (non-recorded) broadcast from switching channels when an advertisement is displayed, and (2) prevents a viewer of a recorded program from fast forwarding the recorded program in order to skip past advertisements that were recorded with the program. A viewer may either watch the advertisements or pay a fee in order to be able to change channels or fast forward when the advertisements are being displayed.
US10070172B2	Method and apparatus for processing broadcast data by using external device The present invention relates to the provision of a method and/or an apparatus for processing broadcast data by using an external device. The apparatus for processing the broadcast data according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a reception unit for receiving video data and audio data; a decoder for decoding the received video data and the received audio data; an interface unit for transmitting, to an external device, characteristics information of the video data and the audio data, and receiving, from the external device, control information for controlling the display of the decoded video data and the playback of the decoded audio data; a display unit for displaying the decoded video data on the basis of the received control information; and an audio playback unit for playing the decoded audio data on the basis of the received control information.
US10070168B2	Managing data An apparatus, method, and system are provided for binding application data associated with an application with content asset data associated with a content asset. In some embodiments, capacity or bandwidth for each of the application data and the content asset data may be allocated in accordance with one or more profiles. The one or more profiles may include horizontal aspects, vertical aspects, linear and non-linear aspects, and the like. In some embodiments, the binding may take place at a content provider location in accordance with early binding practices, at a central location in accordance with late binding practices, and/or at a user equipment device in accordance with user binding practices.
US10070167B2	Systems and methods for client-based addressable advertising In accordance with the present invention, systems and methods that allow a television broadcast facility or a headend to insert in-band messages, where the inserted message allow receivers to switch to, insert, or otherwise show addressable advertisements to its viewers.
US10070164B2	Predictive allocation of multimedia server resources Disclosed are techniques for dynamic allocation of multimedia server resources among multimedia transmission services of a service provider based on predicted resource usage by each multimedia transmission service. A predictive usage model of the utilization of server resources by one or more multimedia transmission services is generated for various combinations of operating characteristics, such as time of day, day of week, programming event or content, network status, and the like. The predictive usage model can be generated using past resource utilization characteristics of the multimedia transmission services from prior time periods having the same or similar characteristics. The service provider then can use the predictive usage model to more efficiently allocate multimedia server resources among the multimedia transmission services for upcoming time periods, which may be of fixed or variable duration.
US10070163B2	Uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files. A video file corresponding to an entirety of a video content feature encoded at a first quality may be obtained from another client on a local network. A video stream corresponding to the video content feature encoded at a second quality higher than the first quality is then obtained. The video stream is rendered for playback on a display. In response to detecting an unavailability of the video stream at a particular time in the video content feature, the video file is rendered for playback on the display in place of the video stream and commences at the particular time in the video content feature. The video file may then be sent to yet another client on the local network.
US10070160B2	DTV receiving system and method of processing DTV signal A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes an information detector, a resampler, a timing recovery unit, and a carrier recovery unit. The information detector detects a known data sequence which is periodically inserted in a digital television (DTV) signal received from a DTV transmitting system. The resampler resamples the DTV signal at a predetermined resampling rate. The timing recovery unit performs timing recovery on the DTV signal by detecting a timing error from the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence. The carrier recovery unit performs carrier recovery on the resampled DTV signal by estimating a frequency offset value of the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence.
US10070159B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving additional information in a broadcast communication system A method for receiving additional information from a device in a broadcast communication system is provided. The method includes receiving broadcast information provided from a broadcast service provider over a broadcast channel, extracting application information from the broadcast information, acquiring location information for the additional information associated with a broadcast content from the application information, and transmitting the location information for the additional information to a peer device for displaying the additional information.
US10070158B2	Data adaptive compression and data encryption using kronecker products Digital files are compressed using a process including Schmidt decompositions of matrices using an algorithm, termed ‘BSD’ herein, which is based on an algebraic method generalizing QR decomposition. Software analyzes an input file and initially identifies a matrix M, with entries within a predefined set of integers, within the file. Next, essential entries are defined, extracted from M, that contain sufficient information to recover M using BSD. The compressed file includes the essential entries and their positions within M. To achieve an encryption process, software encrypts the pattern matrix that includes the positions of the essential entries of M. To achieve a lossy compression, software identifies essential entries that contain sufficient information to recover an approximation to M for which the quality is determined by an error threshold. For a more efficient lossy compression, software uses singular value decomposition, BSD, and other signal processing of M.
US10070157B2	Methods, systems, and media for generating an advertisement from a video stream Methods, systems, and media for generating an advertisement from a video stream are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a first user device, advertisement parameters associated with an advertisement campaign for placing an advertisement based on the advertisement parameters, wherein the advertisement parameters include one or more keywords; associating the advertisement parameters with an identifier of the first user device; receiving, from the first user device, a live video stream; receiving, from a second user device, a request to present an advertisement; identifying the live video stream based at least in part on the one or more keywords; generating the advertisement using the live video stream and the advertisement parameters; and causing the advertisement to be presented on the second user device as the advertisement.
US10070155B2	Packetized content delivery apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for managing content delivery in a packetized network. The network provide content to a plurality of clients via a plurality of nodes. A security threat associated with one of the nodes is detected and in response the host uses border gateway protocol to communicate non-forwarding table information informing one or more nodes of the network of the threat. In another variant, communication allows the nodes to take local action to protect themselves. This same local action occurs on the host, allowing it to continue serving content. The host utilizes BGP to dynamically inform nodes of changes in the network traffic delivery rules, such as causing traffic to different clients having different levels of reliability and/or provided on a best-effort basis. The BGP may be utilized to add/remove routes or nodes and to identify and respond to potentially malicious activities, changes in network configuration, and/or delivery requirements.
US10070154B2	Client-server communication for live filtering in a camera view Provided are mechanisms and processes for performing live filtering in a camera view via client-server communication. In one example, a first video frame in a raw video stream is transmitted from a client device to a server. The client device receives a filter processing message associated with the first video frame that includes filter data for applying a filter to the first video frame. A processor at the client device creates a filtered video stream by applying the filter to a second video frame that occurs in the video stream later than the first video frame.
US10070150B2	Adaptive coding of a prediction error in hybrid video coding The present invention relates to a method for coding a video signal using hybrid coding, comprising: reducing temporal redundancy by block based motion compensated prediction in order to establish a prediction error signal, deciding whether to transform the prediction error signal into the frequency domain, or to maintain the prediction error signal in the spatial domain for encoding.
US10070148B2	Method and apparatus for bit rate configuration for multi-view video coding A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing bit rate configuration for multi-view video coding. In the video encoder, the method includes encoding image data for at least one picture for at least two joint views of multi-view video content, the at least two joint views including a base view and at least one dependent view. The bit rate configuration for encoding the image data is determined to include an average bit rate and a maximum bit rate for the base view and the average bit rate and the maximum bit rate for the at least two joint views (235, 215, 220).
US10070146B2	Picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding program In a picture coding device for coding picture signals including a brightness signal and a color-difference signal in a block unit using intra-prediction and coding information regarding an intra-prediction mode, when aspect ratios of pixels of the brightness signal and the color-difference signal are different from each other, a bitstream generator converts a mode number of a first intra-color-difference prediction mode used when the aspect ratios are equal to each other into a scaled mode number and derives a second intra-color-difference prediction mode used when the aspect ratios are different from each other.
US10070145B2	Method of coding based on string matching for video compression A method of dictionary coding using coding unit (CU) based processing or using string length coding by taking into account of color component aligned matched sample-strings are disclosed. In the dictionary coding using CU based processing, the pixels in each CU is converted to one-dimensional (1-D) pixel data according to an intra-block scanning pattern. A string search is then performed to determine a match condition regarding whether a current sample-string starting at a current position of the current 1-D packed pixel data matches a previously coded sample-string in the reference 1-D packed pixel data. For string length coding by taking into account of color component aligned matched sample-strings, a flag is signaled to indicate whether the string length of one previously coded sample-string is in a length group corresponding to color-component-aligned previously coded sample-strings.
US10070142B2	Continuous generation of non-displayed reference frame in video encoding and decoding Methods and systems for the transmission of a high quality background reference frame (HQRF). Such a reference frame is sent from a video encoder to a video decoder in a number of portions, or slices. In the context of this description, a slice of a frame is a set of blocks in the frame, where the slice is coded separately from other slices of the frame. The slices are sent at respective intervals, so that the decoder receives the high quality background reference frame over time, in a piecemeal fashion. The slices can be buffered at the decoder, and the buffer may be continuously updated and used for reference at any point.
US10070141B2	Method and apparatus for providing prediction mode scalability In an encoding process, video data are represented as a bitstream of a quantized base layer and at least two enhancement layers, with each picture in each layer identified by a start code. The base layer, plus a number of enhancement layers capable of being transmitted by the communication channel's bandwidth, are transmitted on the communication channel.
US10070140B2	Method and apparatus for quantization matrix signaling and representation in scalable video coding A method and apparatus of scaling list data signaling for inter-layer or inter-view sharing of the scaling list data from a reference layer or a reference view in a scalable or three-dimensional video coding system are disclosed. A first flag may be incorporated in the current bitstream to indicate the scaling list data sharing from a reference layer or view. When the first flag exists and the first flag has a first value, the scaling list data for the current layer or the current view is determined from a reference bitstream for a reference layer or a reference view. When the first flag exists and the first flag has a second value, the scaling list data for the current layer or the current view is determined from the current bitstream.
US10070136B2	Statistical multiplexing with heterogeneous encoder pool A method of statistical multiplexing digital video is provided enabling use of an encoder pool. The method includes loading a mapping curve into memory at a statistical multiplexor controller (SMC) for each of a plurality of encoders in a heterogeneous encoder pool, each mapping curve being specific to a type and/or configuration of encoder and associating target bitrates with need parameter values, receiving a need parameter value at the SMC from each encoder in the heterogeneous encoder pool, determining a target bitrate associated with each need parameter value received at the SMC, by looking up target bitrates for each need parameter on mapping curves specific to each encoder in the heterogeneous encoder pool, and sending the target bitrate from the SMC to each encoder in the heterogeneous encoder pool in a bitrate assignment.
US10070129B2	Image coding apparatus, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and program An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.
US10070128B2	Intra prediction processor with reduced cost block partitioning and refined intra mode selection A hardware processor has a per block size intra mode processor to perform intra mode searches for best intra modes for different block sizes. A cost processor computes cost values for the different block sizes, where the cost values are based upon at least one of a simplified distortion estimate or a simplified bit rate estimate. A selective block merger processor establishes a final partition of blocks.
US10070127B2	Method and apparatus for arithmetic coding and termination The present invention provides arithmetic encoder and decoder, and methods implemented therein for termination of arithmetic coding. The arithmetic encoder first determines whether a bin value indicates termination of arithmetic encoding. If the bin value is determined not indicating termination of arithmetic encoding, no bit is written in a bitstream indicative of the bin value so determined. If the bin value is determined indicating termination of arithmetic encoding, a stop bit is written in the bitstream. The arithmetic decoder determines whether or not the end of a coded slice has been reached, based on a number of bits in the bitstream. More specifically, the arithmetic decoder makes a determination, based on a number of bits preceding a stop bit located in a last byte in the bitstream.
US10070120B2	Optical see-through display calibration Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for calibrating an optical see-through display (OSD). The OSD virtual display size is estimated as a starting point for determining an eye to camera distance. In response to determining the eye to camera distance and comparing the result with a measured eye to camera distance an updated display size may be determined. A user's head movement may be tracked in order to determine when a visual alignment based calibration routine is complete. When a user is not viewing a calibration target a request is sent to prompt the user to realign the OSD. When a user is still after a period of alignment with the OSD, the alignment and calibration procedure may be assumed as complete. A buffer may receive calibration values from before and after the calibration procedure is complete and the values may be averaged or filtered for accuracy.
US10070119B2	Device and method to reconstruct face and body in 3D The device and method are intended for reconstructing in 3-Dimensions comprehensive representations of the head and torso of subject (S) with a portable stereophotogrammetry device which can operate at, at least, two predefined positions (A3, A4).The device is composed of a camera body (1), a double optics (2) and a measuring distance system (34) enabling the repositioning of subject (S) at position (A3) or (A4). The user can operate a switch (5) to select one of these at least two pre-defined positions. The method is further to process the stereo-pairs of the subject to reconstruct 3-Dimensional surfaces (400), match them (500) and then stitch them (600) in a comprehensive representation of the subject. By selecting a distance corresponding to a field of view of respectively approximately A4 dimension the device and method is enabling reconstructing the face and of approximately A3 dimension is enabling reconstructing the torso of subject (S).
US10070116B2	Device and method for optically scanning and measuring an environment A method for scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The method includes providing a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device having a controller. Images of the environment are recorded and a 3D scan of the environment is produced with a three-dimensional point cloud. A video image of the environment is recorded. The video image is displayed on a first portion of a display. A portion of the three-dimensional point cloud is displayed on a second portion of the display, the second portion of the display being arranged about the periphery of the first portion of the display. Wherein a portion of the 3D point cloud displayed in the second portion represents a portion of the environment outside of a field of view of the video image.
US10070111B2	Local white balance under mixed illumination using flash photography Embodiments of the present invention facilitate automatically white-balancing images captured under mixed lighting conditions. More particularly, some embodiments are directed to leveraging flash photography to capture two images in quick succession, one with the flash activated and one without. By combining these two images, a per-pixel white balance kernel can be automatically determined and used to generate a white-balanced image without requiring any user input or user assumptions about the lighting in the scene. In embodiments, the white balance kernels for pixels that lie in the shadow or appear as specular spots are masked and can be interpolated from the white balance kernels at unmasked kernels. Motion effects between the flash and non-flash images may also be reduced.
US10070108B2	Video processing system with layered video coding and methods for use therewith A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream based on a motion vector data or grayscale and color data.
US10070105B2	OR-function illumination in phased bitplanes in a high dynamic range projector OR-function illumination in phased bitplanes in a high dynamic range projector is provided, which can be used to reduce flicker artifacts. The projector comprises: a light source; a premod display; a prime display, the premod display configured to modulate light from the light source to illuminate the prime display; and, a computing device. The computing device drives the prime display according to a phased sequence to transition the prime display from a leading bitplane to a following bitplane. The computing device is further configured to, at least in a time period corresponding to the prime display being driven according to the phased sequence, drive adjacent pixel groups of the premod display according to an OR-function of premod versions of respective portions of each of at least the leading bitplane and the following bitplane.
US10070102B2	Method for video processing using a buffer A method for processing video can include storing input video frame data at a video data buffer and outputting the stored video frame data from the video data buffer at an output video frame rate based on at least an amount of video frame data stored at the video data buffer.
US10070100B2	Imaging service using outdoor lighting networks A system and methods to provide imaging service using outdoor lighting networks. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control video/image sensors connected to the network, e.g. hosted at lighting units, and coordinates the capture of useful video/image data associated with events. The system also provides an information search platform for users to retrieve only the relevant video/image data associated with events of interest. Furthermore, the system controls when and how to retrieve video/image data at lighting units across the whole network according to user requests, the priority of the events, and available bandwidth.
US10070098B2	Method and system of adjusting video quality based on viewer distance to a display A system, article, and method are provided for adjusting video quality based on viewer distance to a display.
US10070096B1	Automatic playback overshoot control system and method An automatic overshoot control system and method can enable a user to more easily terminate a trick mode (e.g., fast forward or rewind) at an intended point in program material. For example, after a trick mode, a user can initiate display of audio or video at a particular intended point in the program material while minimizing a need to manually adjust. The system determines an offset and tracks a preview position within the program material displayed as a trick mode preview incorporating the offset. The system also tracks an actual position within the program material based on the preview position and offset. The actual position corresponds to a predicted location that the user desires upon terminating the preview trick mode. When the preview trick mode is terminated, normal playback of the program material is resumed at the actual location corresponding to the user's intended location in the program material.
US10070094B2	Screen related adaptation of higher order ambisonic (HOA) content Systems and techniques for rendering audio data are generally disclosed. An example device for rendering a higher order ambition (HOA) audio signal includes a memory configured to store the HOA audio signal, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to perform a loudness compensation process as part of generating an effect matrix. The one or more processors are further configured to render the HOA audio signal based on the effect matrix.
US10070090B2	Stacked image sensor pixel cell with selectable shutter modes and in-pixel CDS A pixel cell has a photodiode, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, an amplifier transistor and a readout circuit block. The photodiode, transfer transistor, reset transistor and amplifier transistor are disposed within a first substrate of a first semiconductor chip for accumulating an image charge in response to light incident upon the photodiode and converting the image charge to an image signal. The readout circuit block is disposed within a second substrate of a second semiconductor chip and the readout circuit block comprises optionally selectable rolling shutter and global shutter readout modes through the use of computer programmable digital register settings. The global shutter readout mode provides in-pixel correlated double sampling.
US10070085B2	Image sensors and image capturing apparatus including the same Provided are an image sensor and an image capturing apparatus including the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array including: multiple sensing pixels outputting image signals respectively corresponding to intensities of incident light; and at least one pair of focusing pixels that are adjacent each other, and each outputting a phase difference of the incident light as a focusing signal; wherein each focusing pixel includes: a semiconductor layer including a photodetecting device accumulating electric charges generated according to absorbed light from among the incident light; a wiring layer formed on a first surface of the semiconductor layer and including wirings; a planarization layer having a first surface on a second surface of the semiconductor layer; a shielding layer formed in the planarization layer to block some of the incident light to be incident to the photodetecting device; and a color filter layer and a micro lens layer.
US10070082B2	Radiation imaging apparatus and method of controlling radiation imaging apparatus A radiation imaging apparatus that has a plurality of pixels capable of outputting an image signal in accordance with an irradiation of radiation comprises a photoelectric conversion unit which has a first capacitance and a second capacitance as charge accumulation capacitances and a gain correction unit configured to correct a pixel value in relation to a dose of the irradiated radiation based on an image signal outputted in accordance with a charge accumulated by the photoelectric conversion unit. The gain correction unit changes an interval of gain correction points at which to perform correction in accordance with a switch from a first capacitance to a second capacitance.
US10070074B2	Vector processing architectures for infrared camera electronics Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide infrared imaging systems with improved electronics architectures. In one embodiment, an infrared imaging system is provided that includes an infrared imaging sensor for capturing infrared image data and a main electronics block for efficiently processing the captured infrared image data. The main electronics block may include a plurality of vector processors each configured to operate on multiple pixels of the infrared image data in parallel to efficiently exploit pixel-level parallelism. Each vector processor may be communicatively coupled to a local memory that provides high bandwidth, low latency access to a portion of the infrared image data for the vector processor to operate on. The main electronics block may also include a general-purpose processor configured to manage data flow to/from the local memories and other system functionalities. The main electronics block may be implemented as a system-on-a-chip.
US10070072B2	System and method for detecting high-energy photons A system for detecting high-energy photons includes a pixelated image detector exposed to visible light and high-energy photons, and the pixelated image detector generates one or more images from the exposure to the visible light and high-energy photons. The system further includes one or more processors operably connected to the pixelated image detector and configured to perform operations on the one or more images to discriminate between visible light and high-energy photons. A method for detecting high-energy photons includes exposing a pixelated image detector to visible light and high-energy photons and discriminating between the visible light that interacts with the pixelated image detector and the high-energy photons that interact with the pixelated image detector.
US10070068B2	Image capture apparatus, image processing system, and control method thereof When distribution image data indicating a defocus distribution is generated from a plurality of sets of image data including pupil-divided image data that is captured image data corresponding to part of an exit pupil, reduced image data is used. Further, based on the distribution image data, pixel data that is to be subjected to the image processing is extracted from the pupil-divided image data corresponding to the distribution image data. The extracted pixel data, the defocus distribution image data, and captured image data corresponding to the entirety of the exit pupil are recorded or output to an external device.
US10070056B2	Omnidirectional camera system An omnidirectional camera system includes an omnidirectional camera that acquires an omnidirectional image by capturing using a fish-eye lens and an image processing device which displays the plurality of partial images which are cut out from the omnidirectional image side by side on one screen, in which the omnidirectional camera performs luminance adjustment with respect to the omnidirectional image, and the image processing device performs gradation adjustment processing in each partial image with respect to the plurality of partial images.
US10070052B2	Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control methods thereof An image capturing apparatus provided with an image capturing unit that captures a first image, a scene discrimination unit that discriminates a scene of an object a candidate generation unit that generates a shooting setting candidate, based on a result of the discrimination, an image generation unit that generates, based on the shooting setting candidate, an image reflecting an effect obtained by the shooting setting candidate, and a display device. The candidate generation unit performs at least one of a first operation for generating a plurality of shooting setting candidates in which a predetermined parameter is separated by greater than a threshold value and a second operation for generating at least one shooting setting candidate based on the result of the discrimination, and the display device preferentially displays the shooting setting candidates generated by the first operation.
US10070048B2	Panorama photographing method, panorama displaying method, and image capturing method A panorama photographing method, a panorama displaying method and an image capturing method are used in an electronic device. The photographing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a plurality of predefined target positions required to produce a panoramic image are determined. Then, a navigator comprising a plurality of indications representing the plurality of predefined target positions is shown. A plurality of target photographs corresponding to the plurality of predefined target positions are captured and appearance of the plurality of indications according to a capturing status of the plurality of target photographs is changed. Afterwards, the panoramic image is generated according to the plurality of target photographs.
US10070045B2	Information processing apparatus, electronic apparatus, server, information processing program, and information processing method There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.
US10070039B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device includes a focus adjusting section, a controller, and a track processing section. The focus adjusting section executes imaging operations plural times while moving a focus lens, performs a scanning operation, and moves the focus lens to a focusing position calculated based on the position where the contrast reaches the peak. The controller allows the imaging element to execute a continuous photographing operation of continuously performing the imaging operation for photographing. The track processing section tracks a subject based on the image data in which the contrast reaches the peak.
US10070037B2	Image-capturing apparatus, accessory apparatus and control method therefor The image-capturing apparatus communicates with an accessory apparatus using a clock/communication request channel and first and second data communication channels. The camera controller switches its communication method between a first communication method in which data communication is performed while a clock signal is alternately switched between first and second levels and a second communication method in which data communication is performed in response to a communication request from the camera controller to the accessory apparatus, which is output by switching a signal level of the clock/communication request channel from the first level to the second level. The camera controller, in response to detecting a communication error in the first and second communication methods, transmits to the accessory apparatus through the second data communication channel a specific signal for restoring the communication while keeping the signal level of the clock/communication request channel at the first level.
US10070036B2	Communication apparatus communicating with external apparatus through wireless communication, control method of communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit, a second wireless communication unit, a control unit that remotely controls an imaging apparatus in a mode selected from among a plurality of modes including a first mode for remotely controlling the imaging apparatus via the first wireless communication unit and a second mode for remotely controlling the imaging apparatus via the second wireless communication unit, a display unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display an item for inputting an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to capture an image, wherein, in the first mode, the control unit controls the display unit to display the item in a first size, and wherein, in the second mode, the control unit controls the display unit to display the item in a second size that is larger than the first size.
US10070033B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus that controls an image capturing apparatus configured to obtain a captured image by capturing a target includes a plurality of interface units each configured to receive an operation signal for the image capturing apparatus and a control unit configured to perform, when a first operation signal is received via a first interface unit of the plurality of interface units, exclusive control of not accepting a second operation signal received via the second interface unit. The control unit determines, in accordance with the type of the first operation signal, a period in which exclusive control is performed against the second operation signal.
US10070031B2	Method and device for identifying an object in a search image A method for identifying an object in a search image, in which the object and surroundings around the object are recorded by an optics unit of a camera. The optics unit is swivelled in the surroundings during the integration of a recorded image and an image processing unit back calculates the search image from the recorded image using the point spread function and the swivelling movement of the optics unit. Then the search image is searched and the object is identified in the search image.
US10070030B2	Apparatus and method to maximize the display area of a mobile device The technology disclosed here maximizes the size of the display area associated with the mobile device by various camera placement. In one embodiment, the camera is placed inside the mobile device, and can pop outside the mobile device when the camera is activated. When the camera is inactive the camera retracts inside the mobile device, and becomes unnoticeable to the user. In another embodiment, the camera is integrated into the mobile device display as a camera icon. The integrated camera serves two purposes: to record pictures, and to act as a camera icon, that when selected activates the camera. By removing the camera from the front side of the mobile device, or by integrating the camera into the display screen of the mobile device, the size of the mobile device display screen can be increased.
US10070015B2	Image reading apparatus, image reading method and storage medium for shading correction accounting for dark current influence An image reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an image sensor to read a document; a movement unit configured to relatively move the document and the image sensor by using a motor as a drive source; an output unit configured to output data of a plurality of colors based on accumulated light-receiving signals by accumulating the light-receiving signals from the image sensor for each color in order for each line in a direction of the movement based on an encoder pulse output from an encoder in accordance with rotation of the motor; and a correction unit configured to perform shading correction for each piece of data of the plurality of colors output by the output unit by using a correction value to correct influence on data of the plurality of colors due to a dark current in the image sensor based on shading data.
US10070013B2	Image processing system and user information sharing method An image processing system comprises a master image processing apparatus provided with an image forming section for processing an image and a slave image processing apparatus provided with an image forming section for forming an image. The master image processing apparatus comprises a first user information storage section which stores user information, an acquisition section, a first user information update section which updates the user information stored in the first user information storage section according to the user information acquired by the acquisition section and a sending section which sends the user information acquired by the acquisition section to the slave image processing apparatus. A second user information storage section of the slave image processing apparatus stores the user information. A second user information update section updates the user information stored in the second user information storage section according to the user information received by a receiving section.
US10070012B2	Image forming apparatus control method for the image forming apparatus, and storage medium, that record user identifying information for use in identifying print data as registration information An image forming apparatus which is able to reliably execute a job received from a mobile device. When a job with user information is received from the mobile device connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, it is determined whether or not the received job is a registration job that requires registration of the user information as authentication information. When it is determined that the received job is the registration job, the user information is obtained from the registration job and registered as the authentication information.
US10070011B2	Image reading apparatus and method providing shading correction In accordance with an embodiment, an image reading apparatus comprises a sensor configured to read an image in a main scanning direction; a first reference plate; a second reference plate; and a processor configured to determine a parameter for shifting shading correction data on the basis of first reference data obtained through reading on the first reference plate by the sensor and second reference data obtained through reading on the second reference plate by the sensor, set the shading correction data on the basis of data obtained through the reading on the first reference plate by the sensor, acquire image data at each reading position in the sub-scanning direction by the sensor and carry out shading correction on the image data on the basis of the shading correction data shifted according to a shift amount at the each reading position obtained from the parameter.
US10070010B2	Shade correcting image reading by biasing force of a color reference body in the document width direction An image reading device, which may be incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes an image reader, a color reference body, a biasing body, a reading gap forming device, and a driving device. The image reader reads an image of an original document. The color reference body has a white reference face to position facing the image reader within a predetermined range in a document width direction. The biasing body biases the color reference body to the image reader. The reading gap forming device forms a reading gap while receiving a biasing force from the biasing body on the outside of the predetermined range. The driving device has a force drive transmission body engaged with a center of the color reference body in the document width direction and drives the color reference body in the document width direction at the center via the force drive transmission body.
US10070004B2	Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with an external apparatus includes at least one processor, and at least one memory storing a program which is executed by the at least one processor to cause the communication apparatus to broadcast an advertisement signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with the external apparatus, set an output radio wave intensity for which an advertisement signal is broadcast for a type of error which occurs in the communication apparatus, and determine a type of error that occurred in the communication apparatus. When an error occurs in the communication apparatus, the type of error that occurred is determined and an advertisement signal that includes information indicating that the error occurred is broadcasted at an output radio wave intensity set for the type of error.
US10070002B2	Systems and methods for printing a document using a graphical code image A system comprises a server, a mobile device and an image forming apparatus. The server includes a storage manager for managing storage of documents and associated document identifiers, a mobile device interface for receiving a set request identifying a user from the mobile device and for providing associated document identifiers to the mobile device, and an image forming apparatus interface for receiving from the image forming apparatus a document request containing a document identifier and for providing in response a document associated with the document identifier to the image forming apparatus, the document identifier received by the image forming apparatus from the mobile device as a graphical code image. The image forming apparatus includes a scanner for scanning the graphical code image from the mobile device, and a server interface for sending the document request to the server and for receiving the document.
US10069999B2	Information processing device, information processing system, and method for controlling information processing device Content transmission between devices is to be appropriately performed. An information processing device includes a control unit. In addition, the control unit included in the information processing device performs control to select content to be transmitted from among content recorded on a recording medium and transmit the selected content to a second external information processing device when a contact with or proximity to the second external information processing device is detected by using short-distance radio communication. In this case, the control unit of the information processing device uses selection information, which is information for selecting content to be transmitted from among the content recorded on the recording medium and which is generated by the first external information processing device. Thus, the control unit of the information processing device performs control to transmit content recorded on the recording medium to the second external information processing device on the basis of the selection information.
US10069993B2	Resource management apparatus, resource management method and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a resource management apparatus that comprises a unit configured to obtain upper-limit values of resource usage amounts of applications in executable state; and a unit configured to allocate a requested resource in relation to a resource obtainment request received from a sender application if a sum total of the upper-limit values does not exceed a resource amount that can be allocated to the applications or an resource amount requested by the resource obtainment request does not exceed a reference value, and cause the resource obtainment request to wait and request an application that is not the sender application to release a resource if the sum total of the upper-limit values exceeds the resource amount that can be allocated to the applications and the resource amount requested by the resource obtainment request exceeds the reference value.
US10069989B2	Human body detecting device A disclosed human body detecting device includes a human body detector configured to detect a human body, and an electric power supply status switching part configured to switch a first shifting mode to a second shifting mode when the human body detecting device is not operated, and the human body detector continuously detects the human body for a predetermined time. The first shifting mode indicates a first status shifting to a second status based on a first condition in which the human body is detected by the human body detector, the second status representing electric energy consumption less than electric energy consumption of the first status, and the second shifting mode indicates the first status shifting to the second status based on a second condition other than the first condition.
US10069986B2	Printer interface selection and control A printer includes an interface selector to generate a signal that indicates whether a stylus has been installed with a printer. An interface controller monitors the signal from the interface selector to detect if the stylus has been installed with the printer and generates a first printer interface if the stylus has been detected and generates a second printer interface if the stylus has not been detected.
US10069981B2	File transmission apparatus and image reading apparatus A file transmission apparatus includes a mail producing section that produces an email for transmitting a transmission object file, a file name producing section that produces a file name of the transmission object file based a character string included in the email processed by the mail producing section and that assigns the produced file name to the transmission object file, and a transmission section that attaches, to the email, the transmission object file with the file name assigned at the file name producing section and that transmits the email, to make user's manipulation significantly simplified and the usability further improved.
US10069979B2	Changing a data stream characteristic based on a data usage rate An approach is provided for adjusting a characteristic of a data stream. A rate of data usage provided by one or more data streams within a time period that has not ended is determined. An amount of time remaining in the time period is determined. Based at least in part on the amount of time remaining in the time period and the rate of data usage, an expected amount of data usage within the entire time period is determined. Whether the expected amount of data usage exceeds a limit on data usage within the entire time period is determined. If the expected amount of data usage exceeds the limit, the characteristic of the data stream is adjusted so that actual data usage within the entire time period does not exceed the limit. The actual data usage is based in part on the adjusted characteristic.
US10069976B1	Voice agent forwarding Examples include controlling voice input detection in a voice agent network including a plurality of voice agents. An example voice agent includes an audio sensor, a communication interface, a processor, and a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to detect, via the audio sensor, audio data corresponding to a voice input, and responsive to determining that at least one other voice agent of a voice agent network is detecting audio data corresponding to the voice input determine a signal strength at which the audio data is detected, compare the signal strength to a reported signal strength from the at least one other voice agent, and selectively transmit one or more of an indication of the signal strength and the detected audio data based on comparing the signal strength to the reported signal strength from the at least one other voice agent.
US10069974B1	Call initiated service session A method and system for providing a service session using a call include: initiating a first call between a caller and a callee according to a callee address record; establishing a voice communication session during the call; modifying the caller address record; and initiating a second call between the caller and the callee according to the modified callee address record. A behavior of the second call differs from a behavior of the first call. In one embodiment, the callee address record is modified according to a modification request. In one embodiment, the callee address record includes at least one session initiation entry. The session initiation entry includes a session address attribute with information for establishing the communication session, a session communication method with a protocol used for the communication session, and a session data attribute with data information for sending over the communication session based on the session address attribute.
US10069973B2	Agent-initiated automated co-browse Co-browsing sessions provide a way for one party to see exactly what is being displayed on another party's computer or similar device. Co-browsing is particularly useful to an agent to help a customer solve a problem on a computer. Contact centers may determine portions of a co-browsing session that have been successful, capture the associated inputs, and have them play back to future customers. The agent may then be relieved from portions of the co-browsing interaction that are predictable and provide manual inputs having less predictability. The instructions for the automated co-browsing portions may be executed by the agent's device, the customer's device, and/or a server and may appear to the customer to be originating from the agent.
US10069967B2	Telecommunication call management and monitoring system with voiceprint verification Disclosed is a secure telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users is accomplished by using a personal identification number, preferably in conjunction with speaker independent voice recognition and speaker dependent voice identification. When a user first enters the system, the user speaks his or her name which is used as a sample voice print. During each subsequent use of the system, the user is required to speak his or her name. Voice identification software is used to verify that the provided speech matches the sample voice print. The secure system includes accounting software to limit access based on funds in a user's account or other related limitations. Management software implements widespread or local changes to the system and can modify or set any number of user account parameters.
US10069962B1	Near field communication (NFC) enhanced computing systems Technologies are disclosed herein for utilizing near field communication (“NFC”) to improve the security, performance, and configuration of computing systems. In particular, NFC can be utilized to power an NFC-equipped server computer on or off, to log directly into an operating system executing on the NFC-equipped server computer, to stream firmware debugging data from an NFC-equipped server computer to an NFC-equipped mobile device, to initiate the update or recovery of firmware, to provide hardware inventory data, or to pair hardware devices. Firmware debugging data can also be streamed from a firmware to an NFC-equipped mobile device. NFC can also be utilized to disable functionality provided by a mobile device while the device is in motion, such as when a user of the mobile device is operating a motor vehicle.
US10069960B2	Method, electronic device, and accessory for carrying out functions based on reflected electromagnetic radiation A method, electronic device, and accessory for carrying out functions based on reflected electromagnetic radiation are provided. According to one implementation, an electronic device transmits electromagnetic radiation (“EMR”) to an accessory and detects a reflection of the transmitted EMR off of the accessory. A characteristic of the reflected EMR maps to a predetermined function associated with the accessory, which the electronic device performs.
US10069958B1	Dynamic mobile authorization advancement system Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for dynamic mobile authorization advancement for service providers. The invention solves a technical problem of authenticity, authorization, and security of a transaction and the auditing process associated therewith within a home service providing network. In this way, the system generates confirmation of an authenticity of provider, an authorized service completion, resource deployment confirmation, and reconciliation retention. Thus, establishing an end-to-end holistic service providing network application experience in a four axis system that ties in to service process with smart device integration for insurance of service rendering and material completion.
US10069954B2	Audio device with a stiffening structure An apparatus includes a first portion configured to carry one or more components of the apparatus and at least one wall extending between two or more sides of the first portion; an actuator located in the first portion adjacent to the at least one wall; and a movable section on the first portion and configured to be actuated by the actuator. At least the first portion and the movable section define a speaker.
US10069950B2	Supporting network connectivity for multiple categories of user devices and applications A mobility management entity device (MME) may receive a request from a user device to attach to a network. The request to attach to the network may include a user device identifier for the user device. The MME may receive, from a home subscriber server (HSS) and based on the user device identifier for the user device, information relating to the user device. The information may include at least one connection parameter. The at least one connection parameter may include at least information indicating whether a bearer should be allocated to the user device. The MME may establish a network connection for the user device based on the at least one connection parameter. The MME may cause traffic to be routed from the user device based on the at least one connection parameter.
US10069949B2	System and method for enabling detection of messages having previously transited network devices in support of loop detection A method includes receiving a message having a message header at a network node, where the message header includes a source address field. The method also includes determining whether the message has been previously received at the network node using one or more bits of the source address field. The method further includes, upon a determination that the message has not been previously received at the network node, setting the one or more bits of the source address field to a specified value indicating that the message has been received at the network node. The one or more bits in the source address field are used in a manner that is contrary to original device specifications.
US10069945B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for sharing information for detecting an idle TCP connection A computer-implemented method is provided, comprising causing access to be provided, to a client computer, to code that causes the client computer to operate in accordance with a protocol that is separate from TCP, in order to establish a protocol connection with another server computer, by: receiving a packet, detecting an idle time period parameter field in the packet, identifying metadata in the idle time period parameter field for an idle time period, where, after the idle time period is detected, the second protocol connection is deemed inactive, and creating or modifying, by the client computer and based on the metadata, a timeout attribute associated with the second protocol connection.
US10069944B2	Methods of processing data corresponding to a device that corresponds to a gas, water, or electric grid, and related devices and computer program products Methods of operating a communication node are provided. A method of operating a communication node may include receiving data from an electric grid device via a network interface. The method may include processing the data from the electric grid device at the communication node. Moreover, the method may include transmitting a filtered portion of the data to an electric utility head end system, after processing the data at the communication node. In some embodiments, a method of operating a communication node may include using a message broker controlled by a virtual machine in the communication node to provide a protocol to interface with a field message bus that includes a standards-based or open-source Application Programming Interface (API). Related communication nodes and computer program products are also described.
US10069943B2	Query dispatch and execution architecture Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for providing a query dispatch and execution architecture.
US10069940B2	Deployment meta-data based applicability targetting For applications that are designed to operate across multiple computer environments, an application distribution service may store multiple different versions of application packages, the different versions being applicable to different computing environments. Application targeted metadata associated with the application packages may be utilized to quickly diagnose the applicability of the application packages to a client device with low bandwidth cost, and before any package distribution is commenced.
US10069938B1	Returning identifiers in default query responses Examples are generally directed towards managing query responses. A server receives an unspecified property request associated with a resource. The request identifies a resource and omits a property field parameter. A set of instances associated with the resource is identified. An identifier for each instance in the set of instances is identified to form a set of identifiers. The server returns only the set of identifiers to the client as a response to the unspecified property request. On determining the server has received a types-feed request from the client, the server identifies all possible property types for the resource to form a list of all property types. The server returns the list of all property types to the client as a response to the types-feed request.
US10069924B2	Application programming interfaces for communication systems Among other disclosures, a method may include receiving a trigger identifying a person associated with a communication, the communication being transmitted by a communication application. The method may include retrieving information relating to the person. The method may include providing the information to an interface associated with the communication application.
US10069920B2	Control of an online service by means of a motor vehicle operator control device The invention relates to a method for controlling an online service outside the vehicle by using an operating device of a motor vehicle. The method includes determining an operating input performed by a user on the operating device and selecting one of several service functions of the online service depending on the operating input. This selection capability should be adapted to the vehicle type-dependent operating concept of the motor vehicle. The operating elements available on the operating device are determined and converter data, which contain a control instruction for controlling the selection of the service function depending on operation signals of the determined operating elements, are provided. The selection of the service function then takes place depending on the operating element operated during the operating input and depending on the converter data.
US10069919B2	Method for exchanging information between in-vehicle terminals and in-vehicle terminal A method for exchanging information between in-vehicle terminals, and an in-vehicle terminal is provided. The method includes a first in-vehicle terminal that triggers, by sending a broadcast message, at least one surrounding second in-vehicle terminal to establish a first relationship with the first in-vehicle terminal, and establishes a second relationship with at least one third in-vehicle terminal. The first in-vehicle terminal separately exchanges information about a correspondence type with the at least one second or third in-vehicle terminal so that more vehicles can intelligently exchange in-vehicle information, and exchange different information with different in-vehicle terminals. This can properly protect privacy information.
US10069917B2	Multiple server automation for secure cloud reconciliation In various example embodiments, a system and method for automated data reconciliation processing is presented. The system receives a data movement request with a first status indicator and appends a unique request code to the data movement request. The system causes presentation of the data movement request at a client device and receives a movement response from a second server via a network. The system modifies the first status indicator of the data movement request to a second status indicator to provisionally reflect the receipt of the movement response and verifies the indication of movement from a receiving entity.
US10069914B1	Distributed storage system for long term data storage A distributed storage system for the long-term storage of data objects that is implemented utilizing one or more distinct storage sites that may be comprised of system controllers and object storage systems that act in concert to embody a single distributed storage system. A system may include a one or more types and/or instances of object storage systems in which replicas of objects are stored in at least two of the said object storage systems. A system may further include system controllers associated with logical and/or physical sites that coordinate object, user, device, and system management functionally.
US10069913B2	Maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices as well as maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications without requiring periodic synchronization A method, system and computer program product for maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices and maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications. A server receives a request from a client device to access a shared state scope. A shared state scope is a data store that physically resides on the server, where the data store stores state information. The state information stored in these scopes can be shared among multiple instances of an application residing on multiple client devices. Furthermore, the state information may include common information that is shared among different applications. Upon the server providing access to the requested scope, the server receives an update to the state information stored within the requested scope from the requesting client device. The server then notifies other client devices regarding the update to the state information that have access to the shared state scope.
US10069908B2	Interfaces to manage last-mile connectivity for direct network peerings Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage last-mile connectivity and dynamic reconfiguration for direct network peerings. A system may include a data center, endpoint routers and a connectivity coordinator. The coordinator implements an interface defining connectivity operations. The coordinator receives a request for dedicated connectivity to data center resources, formatted according to the interface. The coordinator determines a connectivity provider to provide last-mile connectivity to the requester, and transmits a notification identifying the selected connectivity provider.
US10069904B2	IP routing pool distribution among forwarding elements in SDN service core deployment An example method for load-balanced IP pool distribution among a plurality of forwarding elements is provided. The method may include assigning a plurality of IP pool chunks to the plurality of forwarding elements, each IP pool chunk comprising a plurality of IP addresses, and receiving, from each of the forwarding elements, information indicative of a load on each forwarding element. The method may further include performing load balancing using the information indicative of the load on each forwarding element to determine whether re-assignment of the plurality of IP pool chunks is needed, and re-assigning at least one IP pool chunk of the plurality of IP pool chunks from a first forwarding element to a second forwarding element based on the load balancing.
US10069903B2	Distributed load balancer A distributed load balancer in which a router receives packets from at least one client and routes packet flows to multiple load balancer (LB) nodes according to a per-flow hashed multipath routing technique. For a given packet flow, the LB nodes randomly select a server node as a target for the packet flow from among multiple server nodes and send a connection request to the server node. A load balancer module on the server node makes the decision on whether to accept or reject the connection based on one or more metrics indicating a respective server's current load. If the module accepts the connection request, a connection is established between the server and the client. Otherwise, the load balancer nodes may select another server node and try again. The connections established between clients and servers pass through the load balancer nodes, but are not terminated at the load balancer nodes.
US10069900B2	Systems and methods for adaptive thresholding using maximum concentration intervals Aspects provide a generic and adaptive approach to adaptive thresholding by using a maximum concentration interval of data to determine one or more adaptive thresholds for any type of operational metric. The generated adaptive thresholds and operational metrics may be used to calculate or otherwise perform a statistical analysis that provides a confidence-level for any changes detected in the operational metric behavior.
US10069899B2	System and method of secure file sharing using P2P A method is provided for sharing a file. A first mobile device can generate a link and the link can enable a second mobile device to send a request to a permission server to access a file from a remote server. The permission server can determine a unique identifier of the second mobile device is associated with sufficient file sharing privileges to receive the file from the remote server. Additionally, the permission server can enable the second mobile device to download the file from the remote server, upon determining that the unique identifier is associated with sufficient file sharing privileges. Once the second mobile device with sufficient file sharing privileges downloads the file from the remote server, the first mobile device can receive a confirmation.
US10069897B2	Increasing an efficiency of a file transfer by using multiple communication resources A device may receive an indication to establish a communication session between a first device and a second device for a file transfer. The device may receive, from the second device, metadata. The metadata may be used to identify files of a set of files. The device may identify the files for transfer from the second device to the first device based on the metadata. The device may cause multiple communication sessions to be established between the first device and the second device. The multiple connections may be used to transfer the files from the second device to the first device. The device may receive, from the second device, the files. The files may be received via the multiple communication sessions.
US10069896B2	Data transfer via a data storage drive Transferring data from a first data storage drive of a first data storage library to a first computer system that is connected to a second data storage drive of a second data storage library. A data transfer request for transferring data accessible by the first data storage drive to the first computer system is received. A network connection is initiated between the first and the second data storage drive. An access to the requested data is initiated by the first data storage drive. A transfer of the requested data from the first to the second data storage drive via the network connection is initiated. A transfer of the requested data from the second data storage drive to the first computer system is initiated.
US10069894B2	Electronic device, storage medium and file transferring method The present invention discloses an electronic device, a storage medium and a method for transferring a file. The method for transferring the file includes: submitting a file segment to be transferred to a target device to a transferring queue in a main process; waiting for an interrupt signal; monitoring whether the main process produces upload traffic during a preset time period, and if the main process does not produce the upload traffic during the preset time period, sending out an interrupt request which comprises information that the main process does not produce the upload traffic during the preset time period; stopping waiting for the interrupt signal when a response from the target device or the interrupt request are received.
US10069886B1	Systems and methods for modulating advertisement frequencies in streaming signals based on vehicle operation data An improved media streaming device and methods are disclosed herein for receiving and modifying a streaming signal to adjust the rate of occurrence of advertisements based on sensor data collected from various sensors associated with a vehicle and a mobile device found within an interior of a vehicle. The improved media streaming device may receive a risk score based on the collected sensor data, and may determine an advertisement tier based on the risk score. Further, the improved media streaming device may select targeted advertisement content based on at least the sensor data, the calculated risk score, the advertisement tier, and other contextual attributes relating to the driver and/or the vehicle. The improved media streaming device may then modify the streaming signal to inject the selected advertisement at the frequency prescribed by the advertisement tier.
US10069880B2	Method and client terminal device for sharing data in a browser Data sharing methods and client terminal devices may be provided by examples of the present disclosure. A data sharing instruction may be received by a first client terminal device. First data in a browser of the first client terminal device may be obtained by the first client terminal device. Graphic coding may be performed by the first client terminal device on the first data to generate second data. The second data may be published by the first client terminal device.
US10069873B2	Virtual area based telephony communications A persistent virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective network nodes connected to the virtual area even after all network nodes have disconnected from the virtual area is maintained. A presence in the virtual area is established for a user of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) terminal device. Transmission of data associated with the virtual area to the PSTN terminal device.
US10069872B2	Architecture to establish serverless WebRTC connections Peer-to-peer connection methods and systems are provided. A first client device receives a request to initiate a peer-to-peer connection with a second client device. Responsive to the request, the first client device presents an offer message that includes first address information associated with the first client device. A first mobile device captures the presented offer message and sends the captured offer message to the second client device via a wireless communication network. The first client device receives, via the first mobile device, a response message over the wireless communication network from the second client device. The response message includes second address information associated with the second client device. The first client device initiates the peer-to-peer connection with the second client device, responsive to the second address information in the received response message.
US10069866B2	Dynamic secure packet block sizing Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and software for handling secure transport of data between end users and content serving devices. In one example, a method of operating a content server includes identifying a content request from an end user device. The method further includes, responsive to the user request, determining a transmission control protocol window size and a secure layer protocol block size. The method also provides scaling the secure layer protocol block size to match the transmission control protocol window size, and transferring secure layer protocol packets to the end user device using the scaled secure layer protocol block size.
US10069860B1	Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates A computing system may be protected from revoked system updates. A computing system receives an object and scans it for revocation updates to a security structure of the computing system. The security structure is a monotonically nondecreasing collection of segments containing data on whether a system update is revoked and a system update's status as revoked signifies the revoked system update can no longer be used by the computing system. Based upon scanning the object, the computing system identifies and validates a revocation update. The computing system resolves the revocation update by applying the revocation update to the security structure, by adding or changing one or more segments of the security structure identified by the revocation update, in response to determining that the revocation update is valid, or by denying application of the revocation update to the security structure in response to determining that the revocation update is invalid.
US10069859B2	Distributed rate limiting Some embodiments provide distributed rate limiting to combat network based attacks launched against a distributed platform or customers thereof. The distributed rate limiting involves graduated monitoring to identify when an attack expands beyond a single server to other servers operating from within the same distributed platform distribution point, and when the attack further expands from one distributed platform distribution point to other distribution points. Once request rates across the distributed platform distribution points exceed a global threshold, a first set of attack protections are invoked across the distributed platform. Should request rates increase or continue to exceed the threshold, additional attack protections can be invoked. Distributed rate limiting allows any server within the distributed platform to assume command and control over the graduated monitoring as well as escalating the response to any identified attack.
US10069855B1	Automated security analysis of software libraries A method for identifying security vulnerabilities in a third party software component includes generating a test application for the third party software component. The test application is generated such that every externally accessible data path in the third party component is called. The test application and the third party software component are analyzed using a static application security testing (SAST) code analyzer. One or more test results are obtained from the SAST code analyzer. The one or more test results are used to identify security vulnerabilities in the third party component.
US10069848B2	Method and system for data security A method for data security is provided. The method may include obtaining a first object which is set as a sensitive object. The method may also include obtaining a second object, whereby there is a first relationship between the second object and the first object. The method may further include setting the second object as a sensitive object, in response to determining that the first relationship represents that there is strict correlation between the second object and the first object.
US10069847B2	Computerized system for complying with certain critical infrastructure protection requirements A computerized system for complying with critical infrastructure protection (“CIP”) standards concerning system configuration changes. The system can be used to automatically identify and track changes to computers on the network, improving system security and CIP compliance reporting. In certain embodiments, the system collects system information on servers and workstations using built-in commands. The configuration profiles of these computers/devices can be archived for audit purposes.
US10069846B2	System, method and computer readable medium for processing unsolicited electronic mail An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze a subscriber's sent e-mail packets to determine a subscriber identity associated with the e-mail packets. A database is then queried to determine a current sending rate of e-mails by the subscriber. A sending rate above an allowed threshold causes the upstream transmission of the e-mail packets to be blocked by injecting connection destroying packets. A subscriber remains blocked from upstream transmission of e-mails until the sending rate as determined by the ISP drops below a second, more stringent threshold. This automatic process is also accompanied by automated messaging to the subscriber with information as to the measures taken and remedial options.
US10069841B2	Computer implemented methods and apparatus for sharing data of an information feed of an online social network Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for sharing data of an online social network. In some implementations, a selection of data of an information feed is received. The information feed includes a plurality of feed items configured to be stored on one or more storage mediums and capable of being displayed in a presentation on a display device. The selected data includes at least a portion of one or more of the feed items. A first network communication including the selected data is generated. The generated first network communication is sent to a designated network address via a network.
US10069837B2	Detection of proxy server Devices, systems, and methods of detecting whether an electronic device or computerized device or computer, is communicating with a computerized service or a trusted server directly and without an intermediary web-proxy, or indirectly by utilizing a proxy server or web-proxy. The system searches for particular characteristics or attributes, that characterize a proxy-based communication session or channel and that do not characterize a direct non-proxy-based communication session or channel; or conversely, the system searches for particular characteristics or attributes, that characterize a direct non-proxy-based communication session or channel and that do not characterize a proxy-based communication session or channel; and based on these characteristics, determines whether or not a proxy server exists and operates.
US10069836B2	Methods and apparatus for premises content distribution Apparatus and methods for protected content access, browsing and transfer over a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a premises (e.g., residential) Local Area Network (LAN), and the apparatus comprises a server and renderer consumer premise equipment (CPE). The renderer CPE scans the network to search for a server CPE that implements a compatible security framework. The renderer authenticates itself with the server, and the server allows content browsing and selection access only to an authorized and authenticated renderer. A negotiation and exchange protocol comprises messages exchanged between the renderer and the server that include one or more of device identification, encryption key exchange, digital certificates and information regarding security package used by each CPE.
US10069835B2	Third party program integrity and integration control in web-based applications Disclosed herein are a resource control service, system, method and architecture. A client device's resource access is limited to an approved resource, or resources. A request for a resource is directed to a resource control service that determines whether or not to grant access to the requested resource. Where a determination is made to grant access to the resource, a response is transmitted to the client device, the response redirecting the client device to a second URI for the approved version of the requested resource. The response can be used by the client device request the resource from the location identified in the response.
US10069834B2	Using mobile devices as gateways for internet of things devices A mobile device may include first and second communication interfaces. The mobile device may receive, from another device, a dispatch message to receive data from an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The mobile device may send, to the other device and based on the dispatch message, a device key. The mobile device may receive, from the other device, a session ticket generated by the other device. The IoT device may have previously received a copy of the session ticket. The mobile device may send the session ticket to the IoT device. The mobile device may receive data, from the IoT device and via the first communication interface, based on the session ticket matching the copy of the session ticket. The mobile device may format the data for transmission via the second communication interface. The mobile device may send, via the second communication interface, the data to a network device.
US10069828B2	Systems, methods, and media for authenticating multiple devices Systems, methods, and media for authentication are provided. In accordance with some implementations, the system comprises: a hardware processor that is programmed to: receive, from a device, a message relating to an authentication status of a user account associated with the device; transmit an authentication request to the device that is transmitted to an authentication server; receive, from the device, a response to the authentication request that includes authentication data relating to a session corresponding to the user account on the authentication server; cause an interface to be presented that requests authorization to authenticate the device with the authentication server using the user account; and transmit the authentication data to the device that causes the device to retrieve a corresponding authentication token from the authentication server, wherein the corresponding authentication token authenticates the user account on the device.
US10069823B1	Indirect access control Indirect access control is performed between a requestor computing device and a requestee computing device. Peer data is transmitted from the requestor to the requestee that asserts that the requestor is trusted by a peer computing device. It is verified that the requestor has a first degree of trust with the peer. Next degree peer data is received from the peer that asserts that the peer is trusted by a next degree peer computing device. It is verified that the peer has a next degree of trust with the next degree peer. A trust score is calculated for the requestor based on the verification of the peer data and the next degree peer data, and an access level is granted to the requestor based on the trust score.
US10069821B2	Operating method for one-time password with updatable seed An operating method for a one-time password with an updatable seed. The method comprises: a one-time password entering a dormancy mode after being powered on and initialized; being woken up when an interrupt is detected; entering an interrupt processing flow; setting a wakeup flag; entering a key processing flow when a key wakeup flag is set; judging a system state and a key manner; and completing the functions of programming seed data and generating a password according to a judgment result. According to the present invention, on the premise of guaranteeing the security, a user is permitted to program and update seed data in a one-time password, thereby facilitating the use of the user.
US10069819B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system An information processing apparatus includes a storage that stores access-limited identification information and access-unlimited identification information, and one or more processors that execute a process. The process includes receiving a login request to log into the information processing apparatus from a terminal and performing a login process based on an account specified by the terminal; when an identification information request is received from a non-logged-in terminal that has not logged into the information processing apparatus, sending the access-unlimited identification information to the non-logged-in terminal; and when the identification information request is received from a logged-in terminal that has logged into the information processing apparatus, sending the access-limited identification information accessible by the account specified by the logged-in terminal and the access-unlimited identification information to the logged-in terminal.
US10069809B2	System and method for secure transmission of web pages using encryption of their content Disclosed are systems and method for secure transmission of web pages using encryption of their content. An exemplary method comprises: receiving from a remote server, by a processor of a proxy server, a web page requested by a user device; analyzing, by the processor, the received web page to select one or more elements of the web page for encryption based at least upon a list of web page elements predetermined by the proxy server to protect against malware attacks; encrypting the code of the one or more selected elements; generating a script containing the encrypted code of the one or more selected elements; and replacing the code of the one or more selected elements in the web page with the script containing the encrypted code of the one or more selected elements prior to transmitting the web page to the user device.
US10069804B2	Tokenization of structured data Structured data, such as email addresses, social security numbers, and the like is accessed for encoding. A set of encoding rules including one or more encoding actions and/or encoding components corresponding to each of one or more structured data components is accessed. The set of encoding rules can include one or more encoding actions and/or one or more encoding components corresponding to each of one or more structured data components. Encoding actions can include tokenization, encryption, data masking, data modification, and the like. The one or more components of the structured data are encoded based on the accessed set of encoding rules. The encoded structured data is stored, processed, or outputted to an external entity.
US10069801B1	Systems and methods for computer network defense Systems and methods of computer network defense using Checksum-Security System (CSS) 10. An embodiment called Header Checksum Security System (HCSS) 22 uses header block checksum of a packet, and may be used in all routers or a subset of routers of a network. Another embodiment called Data Checksum Security System (DCSS) 24 used data block checksum pf a packet and may be used in the host computers. CSS uses randomization of the existing artifacts of a data packet, that of checksums of the packet. The randomization is able to substitute one value of the artifact with another identical value of the artifact, that is, one checksum is replaced by another checksum, where the replaced checksums have no relationship to the original checksums, they having been derived from a randomization process of the original checksum.
US10069797B2	10Gbps line rate stream to disk with fast retrieval (metadata) and network statistics This application discloses a network monitoring method and apparatus. The network monitoring method includes: receiving a packet transmitted on a network, where the packet has flow information that indicates a network flow for transmission of the packet; acquiring the flow information of the packet; detecting whether a metadatabase includes the flow information corresponding the packet, where the metadatabase is used to store metadata and flow information associated with the metadata; generating, according to a detection result about the flow information, metadata related to the transmission of the packet, and associating the metadata with the corresponding flow information; and storing the generated metadata and the flow information associated with the generated metadata into the metadatabase.
US10069796B2	Apparatus and method for providing controlling service for IoT security The present invention provides a technology for controlling an IoT gateway command control based packet, preemptively blocking information leakage by detecting/blocking command not allowed through a DB updated by automatically learning new commands recognized based thereon in real-time, determining whether they correspond to each other through search/comparison in each pattern DB corresponding thereto and selectively processing the corresponding packet according to the determined result, generating a session table based on the processed result and determining whether there is an abnormal act by checking a predetermined item, and blocking access to IoT server of abnormal packet by performing a policy according to packet blocking rule management flow.
US10069794B2	Systems and methods for passing network traffic content A method for transmitting content data includes receiving content data, and passing at least a portion of the content data based on a size of the received content data. A method for transmitting content data includes receiving content data, and passing at least a portion of the content data based on a prescribed rate. A method for transmitting content data includes receiving content data, and passing at least a portion of the content data before performing policy enforcement on the content data.
US10069793B2	Identity verification method, internet of thins gateway device, and verification gateway device using the same An identity verification method, an IoT gateway device, and a verification gateway device using the same are provided. According to the provided method, the IoT gateway device firstly establishes a look-up table including a valid MAC address list and a valid RSSI range of at least one valid client device. When the IoT gateway device receives the connection request sent from the client device, the IoT gateway device may obtain the MAC address and a RSSI value of the client device according to the connection request and compare the received MAC address and the received RSSI value with the valid MAC address list and the valid RSSI range, so as to determine whether the client device is the valid client device.
US10069786B2	Email quota management system A computer receives an out of office status a user has indicated on an email application, the email application using a communications network and determines a quota status of the user based on a previous quota usage pattern and a current quota usage pattern, wherein the quota includes an amount of storage spaced allotted to the user. The computer receives a new email to be delivered to the user and assigns a quota status to the new email. In response to the assigned quota status, the computer determines when the new email should be delivered to the email application of the user. As soon as the sender enters the name(s) of the recipients, the quota usage monitoring engine retrieves the quota status information from the recipients mail box. The engine determines if the new email should be sent out from the senders outbox and dropped to recipients mail box.
US10069785B2	Network messaging for paired devices Messaging between a companion device and an accessory device is controlled such that different modes of communication may be utilized. The different modes can implement different messaging strategies, each of which is intended for efficient power management, in view of the limited electrical power that is typically available at the accessory device. A received request message for sending from the companion device to the accessory device is sent if predetermined conditions apply, and similarly for messages from the accessory device to the companion device.
US10069782B2	Method and system to facilitate electronic communication between internal teams and external contacts A method is disclosed for facilitating electronic communication between an external contact and an internal point person and between the internal point person and one or more internal team members. An internal collaboration network is created based on a first e-mail received from or sent to the external contact. The membership of the internal collaboration network is based on recipient information from the first e-mail and includes the internal point person but excludes the external contact. A message from the internal point person is automatically sent to the members of the internal collaboration network for display in a private collaboration view of an app on a computing device. Later-sent e-mails from the external contact that have subjects matching the subject of the first e-mail are automatically sent to the membership for display in a customer view of the app.
US10069781B2	Observation platform using structured communications with external devices and systems Methods and systems for using an observation platform with an external device are disclosed. A signal is received from a first communication device at a second communication device associated with a computer system. Context information is derived from the signal at the computer system from, a speech to text analysis of the audible source, a policy implemented in the computer system by a controlling enterprise, and inferences calculated by a combination of text analysis, and secondary information contained in the signal. An action is determined to take place at an external device or user device based on the context information, wherein the external device is one of a plurality of external devices and is networked to the second communication device or a plurality of devices. A second signal is sent to the external device to instruct the device to take the action.
US10069778B2	Storage medium, communication terminal, and display method for enabling users to exchange messages An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar12) for each group, avatars (Av1) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av1) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av1). In an avatar display area (Ar12), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av1).
US10069776B1	Network based personal number blocking Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to network based personal number blocking. In particular, the systems, devices, and techniques can be implemented in networks including user equipment (UE) associated with native numbers and alias numbers, and can include blocking native numbers or alias numbers. Further, users can access a user profile or an application via a UE to assign personal number blocking (PNB) preferences to the various native numbers and alias numbers. Indications of such PNB can be transmitted from a UE to a network device to update a user profile in a central repository or database. If a user activates another UE or otherwise associates additional native numbers or alias numbers, the PNB can be seamlessly applied to the new device or numbers.
US10069775B2	Systems and methods for detecting spam in outbound transactional emails Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for detecting unsolicited messages (i.e., spam) and preventing unsolicited messages from being sent. Certain embodiments provide analyzing dynamic information received as part of a request to generate a message. Parts or elements of the dynamic information such as sender, recipient and content are analyzed using filters and configurable constants to determine an abuse score indicative of the likelihood that the dynamic information may generate spam if included in an electronic message. A course of action may be followed dependent on the abuse score determined. For example, if the dynamic information is deemed not likely to generate spam, an electronic message from the information received is generated and sent. Certain embodiments allow implementation of the system and method in a distributed environment comprising of multiple systems or servers performing the same method.
US10069773B2	System and method for enabling dynamic multi-modal communication A system and method that includes receiving a messaging request that includes communication intent parameters and a set of communication destinations, wherein the messaging request is authenticated as a request of a first account; dynamically transforming messages according to individual communication destinations, wherein for the set of communication destinations: selecting a communication mode according to communication intent parameters, transforming content of the messaging request, and transmitting transformed content to a destination endpoint in the selected communication mode.
US10069770B1	Providing data messaging support by intercepting and processing received short message service (SMS) messages at a customer support service A message receiving, intercepting and processing method and corresponding application and device may provide receiving a message at a message processing server, pre-processing the message to determine a particular contextual classification associated with a word included in the message and assigning the message to a predefined message bucket that has a number of automated responses. The method may also include identifying an automated response to the message that includes contextual information that is based on the parsed word from the message and processing the message to determine whether to generate the automated response and transmit the automated response to an end user device based on a confidence score.
US10069769B2	Electronic device and method for providing user preference program notification in the electronic device Provided are an electronic device and a method for providing a user preference program notification in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator, and a controller configured to collect a user viewing history, determine a user preference program according to the collected user viewing history, and selectively output, to a user, a notification indicating a start of the broadcasting of the determined user preference program.
US10069767B1	Method of dynamically allocating buffers for packet data received onto a networking device A method of dynamically allocating buffers involves receiving a packet onto an ingress circuit. The ingress circuit includes a memory that stores a free buffer list, and an allocated buffer list. Packet data of the packet is stored into a buffer. The buffer is associated with a buffer identification (ID). The buffer ID is moved from the free buffer list to the allocated buffer list once the packet data is stored in the buffer. The buffer ID is used to read the packet data from the buffer and into an egress circuit and is stored in a de-allocation buffer list in the egress circuit. A send buffer IDs command is received from a processor onto the egress circuit and instructs the egress circuit to send the buffer ID to the ingress circuit such that the buffer ID is pushed onto the free buffer list.
US10069766B2	Accelerated data transfer using thread pool for parallel operations A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for accelerating network data transfer are provided. In one aspect, a plurality of data streams are received at a local host, combined into a single stream and divided into fragments including one or more segments. The fragments are each stored in buffers and processed in parallel by a plurality of worker threads. Each fragment is encoded and packetized into a data packet. The data packets are transmitted over a network to a remote host as a plurality of parallel data streams over at least one data link. As buffer locations become available, additional fragments are stored in the buffer and processed on a substantially ongoing basis for transmission over the network.
US10069763B2	Method to establish a non-disruptive communications path between multiple devices A method for establishing a communications path is provided. A routing path between a source port on a source switch and a destination port on a destination switch through intermediate switches is identified. A first message is sent to the source switch, the destination switch and the intermediate switches instructing the recipient switches to prepare for establishing a connection. In response to receiving a first set of acknowledgment messages from the recipient switches, a second message is sent to the destination switch and the intermediate switches instructing these switches to establish a connection to the destination port along the identified routing path. In response to receiving a second set of acknowledgment messages from the destination switch and each of the intermediate switches, a third message is sent to the source switch instructing it to establish a connection between the source port and the established connection to the destination port.
US10069761B2	Dynamic allocation of workload deployment units across a plurality of clouds A method of selectively allocating a plurality of deployment units among a plurality of clouds. The method can include identifying a first context of a first deployment unit of a workload and identifying a second context of a second deployment unit of the workload. Based on the first context, a first of the plurality of clouds that satisfies at least one requirement indicated by the first context can be identified and the first deployment unit can be automatically allocated to the first cloud. Based on the second context, a second of the plurality of clouds that satisfies at least one requirement indicated by the second context can be identified, wherein the first cloud does not satisfy the requirement indicated by the second context, and the second deployment unit can be automatically allocated to the second cloud.
US10069759B1	Machine learning resource allocator A method and system for allocation of resources is disclosed. Authenticated and unauthenticated data sources are mined to determine event vectors from a large number of cases that follow a branched processing model. A current event vector is compared to the mined event vectors with machine learning to predict future nodes for the current event vector. Historical resource allocations for the mined event vectors are used to determine resource allocation for the current event vector over time.
US10069751B2	On-demand IOT bandwidth allocation in response to a changing sensor population A method and associated systems for on-demand Internet of Things bandwidth allocation in response to changing sensor populations. An IOT sensor device adds itself to or deletes itself from a cluster of IOT sensors. A physical IOT controller that manages the cluster detects this change, identifies a resulting change in the cluster's bandwidth requirements, and stores this information in a local database. When such a sensor-population change satisfies a triggering condition, the controller requests that a cloud-based application server adjust the controller's bandwidth allocation. The server aggregates this and similar requests from all connected controllers in a global database, and when controller bandwidth requirements satisfy a second triggering condition, the server, using a standard API, asks the cloud-management platform to reprovision the server's virtual bandwidth allocation. The server then distributes the adjusted bandwidth among its IOT controllers, which in turn allocate their adjusted bandwidths among their sensor devices.
US10069749B1	Method and apparatus for disaggregated overlays via application services profiles Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for creating a dynamically composed compute node. The method includes receiving an application characteristic and generating an infrastructure allocation request according to the application characteristic. The infrastructure allocation request then may be forwarded to a management system associated with a disaggregated infrastructure.
US10069744B2	Method and apparatus for managing network congestion A manner of managing congestion in a data-traffic network. In one embodiment a network node such as a bridge, switch, or router includes an AQM having a PI controller configured to calculate p′ using the difference between Q and a Target Q, wherein p′ is p0.5 and p is the probability that a received packet will be dropped or marked, and some drop decision functions are configured to indicate that the node should drop a received packet by comparing p′ to two random values. A marking decision function may also be present and configured to indicate that the node should mark a received packet by comparing p′ to one random value. A congestion control classifier, which is in some embodiments an ECN classifier, is also present to classify a received packet and facilitate making the proper dropping or marking decision.
US10069740B2	System and method for low-overhead interoperability between 4G and 5G networks Techniques described herein may allow for the seamless and efficient use of multiple radio access technologies (“RATs”), such as 4G and 5G RATs. A virtualized base station may be used, which processes traffic sent to and/or received from a user equipment (“UE”) via 4G and 5G RATs. The virtualized base station may include separate protocol stacks for the separate RATs. One RAT may be the “master” RAT, and the protocol stack for the master RAT may communicate with a core network via a General Packet Radio (“GPRS”) Tunneling Protocol (“GTP”) tunnel. In the downlink direction, the virtual base station may determine via which RAT traffic, received from the core network, should be sent to the UE by identifying quality of service class indicators (“QCIs”) associated with the downlink traffic.
US10069738B2	One cellular radio to support multiple phone lines and data at a location A single cellular radio is enabled to support multiple phone lines and data service. The system can be split into two parts: a telephone adapter that receives input from one or more phone lines, and a wireless hot spot communicably coupled to one or more telephone adapters that transmits communications associated with the phone lines and data service to the mobile network. The telephone adapter can include phone jacks, WiFi, and LAN connections and also some traffic management functionality that routes voice traffic to higher class of services than non-voice data. The wireless hotspot can then map communications with higher classes of service to dedicated bearers with guaranteed bitrates, and the lower classes of service to dedicated bearers with non-guaranteed bitrates or even default bearers.
US10069734B1	Congestion avoidance in multipath routed flows using virtual output queue statistics Disclosed are techniques regarding interfaces, each configured to output network packets. The techniques can regard a memory for storing multipath groups, virtual output queues, and a histogram table for storing statistical information associated with network packets to be output by interfaces. The techniques can include generating a shared-interface list including a member that represents a union of interfaces of at least some of the multipath groups, wherein the multipath groups of the member share at least one of the interfaces. The techniques can include associating the histogram table with the member. The techniques can include collecting the statistical information pertaining to network packets indicated by information stored in one of the virtual output queues, populating the histogram table with the statistical information, and determining that one of the interfaces is congested based on the statistical information.
US10069732B2	Techniques for architecture-independent dynamic flow learning in a packet forwarder Exemplary techniques for architecture-independent dynamic flow learning in a packet forwarder are described. A packet forwarder includes a plurality of forwarding threads and a plurality of provisioning threads, and can implement three functional blocks to learn new flows—an admission control block, a forwarding database building block, and a notification path block. An admission control module can control the ability for forwarding threads to place flow operation requests in operation queues. Provisioning threads independently manage particular operation queues, and can update corresponding portions of a control database and a forwarding database. Flow operation notifications can be managed through notification queues, which can be drained back into the operation queues for the provisioning threads to later process. The packet forwarder thus can benefit from a highly-parallel, highly-efficient software-based approach to flow learning operations that does not require specialized hardware support.
US10069728B2	Signaling-less dynamic call setup and teardown by utilizing observed session state information Signaling-less call setup and teardown by employing observed Quality of Experience (QoE) and resource demands. A system provides an environment for supersonic treatment of observed QoE and Quality of Service (QoS) demands for mobile applications. Specifically, a monitoring component is employed to determine session state information associated with a traffic flow, which includes observed QoE and resource demand data. The session state information is stored in a shared memory location and can be analyzed to modify and/or create a network policy for the traffic flow. The network policy is applied to one or more traffic flows to minimize signaling exchanges between a communication network and a mobile station.
US10069726B1	Overlay network identity-based relay Embodiments are directed to a relay that receives packets from a source gateway. associated with a source gateway identifier (GID) and a target GID associated with a target gateway where each GID is separate from a network address or a hostname of the source gateway or the target gateway. The relay determines a connection route based on an association between the connection route and an ingress identifier obtained from the packets The relay provides the connection route based on the source GID and the target GID. The relay determines network address information associated with the target gateway based on the connection route. And, the relay forwards the packets provided by the source gateway to the target gateway based on the network address information.
US10069724B1	System and method for verifying the functionality of network paths The disclosed computer-implemented method for verifying the functionality of network paths may include (1) constructing, at a source node within a network, a test packet that uniquely identifies a network path whose functionality is unverified, (2) sending the test packet to a target node within the network via the network path in an attempt to verify the functionality of the network path, (3) receiving, back from the target node, the test packet sent to the target node via the network path, and then (4) verifying, at the source node, the functionality of the network path based at least in part on the test packet received back from the target node. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10069718B2	Switching of host network traffic through baseboard management controller (BMC) Systems and methods for switching host network traffic through a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) are described herein. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a host processor; a Baseband Management Controller (BMC) coupled to the host processor; and a memory coupled to the host processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: determine that a network path dedicated to the host processor has failed; and route host network traffic to and from the host processor through a network failover path provided by the BMC.
US10069716B2	Methods and apparatus to reflect routes from a remotely located virtual route reflector Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reflect routes from a virtual route reflector are disclosed. An example method includes requesting, at a virtual route reflector remote from an autonomous system, topology information and external route information from the autonomous system. The external route information identifies a plurality of border routers through which a remote destination can be reached. The example method also includes selecting, using the topology information, a first path from among a plurality of paths emanating from a selected node in the autonomous system, the plurality of paths exiting the autonomous system at respective border routers of the plurality of border routers. The example method further includes advertising, from the virtual route reflector to a client router in the autonomous system, a route to the remote destination, the route including a first border router at which the first path exits the autonomous system.
US10069714B2	Optimization of packet transmission path A method is disclosed for optimizing packet transmission paths in a mobile communication network (400) in which packets are transmitted and received between mobile stations (10-14) or between a mobile station and a fixed network (120) by way of a plurality of packet transmission device (60-64, 70-72, 80, and 81) and radio base stations (50-57). When a mobile station uses a service that is provided by a fixed network (300), imposed are applied on the packet transmission path such that packets pass by way of specific packet transmission devices (80 and 81) depending on the fixed network (external network) 300. When the mobile station uses a service that is provided by the mobile communication network (400), on the other hand, no restrictions are imposed on the packet transmission path, and the packet transmission path is thus set such that the link costs are a minimum.
US10069708B2	Monitoring through S-BFD (seamless bidirectional forwarding detection) In one embodiment, a method includes assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device, identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session, and transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator. The response packet includes information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the target. The target may comprise a plurality of entities. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US10069703B2	Methods and systems for monitoring and/or managing device data Computationally implemented methods and systems include monitoring one or more properties of a device configured to carry out one or more services, determining one or more services that require access to a particular portion of the device, said determining at least partly based on the monitored one or more properties of the device, and facilitating presentation, to the device, of the determined one or more services that require access to the particular portion of the device, and are configured to be carried out by the device, wherein the one or more services are presented along with a request for access to the particular portion of the device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10069701B2	Flexible allocation of packet buffers Communication apparatus includes multiple ports configured to serve as ingress ports and egress ports for connection to a packet data network. A single memory array is coupled to the ports and configured to contain both a respective headroom allocation for each ingress port and a shared buffer holding data packets for transmission in multiple queues via the egress ports. Control logic is configured to adjustably allocate to each ingress port a respective volume of memory within the single memory array to serve as the respective headroom allocation, and to queue the data packets in the multiple queues in the single memory array for transmission through the egress ports.
US10069697B2	Routing actions to user devices based on a user graph A routing system is described herein for intelligently routing actions directed to any one of a collection of user devices that are associated with a user. In operation, the routing system receives a request from a source entity to perform an action. The routing system determines a mode of carrying out the action that involves use of one or more user devices, selected from the collection of user devices. It then instructs the selected user device(s) to carry out the action. In this manner of operation, requests that are directed to an individual user device are no longer necessarily carried out by that individual user device. The routing system chooses the user device(s) to carry out the action based on current context information together with relationship information extracted from a user graph.
US10069692B2	Electronic device and method for providing information thereof Various embodiments relate to an electronic device and method for providing information. The electronic device receives status information of an external device and then displays a combination of the received status information and stored user information, e.g., phonebook, of the external device. The external device creates or updates the status information thereof and delivers the created or updated status information to the electronic device. The electronic device displays the received status information of the external device on a specific region.
US10069687B2	Configuration module for automatically configuring the communication capabilities of an intelligent electronic device A configuration module for automatically configuring the communication capabilities of an Intelligent Electronic Device of a Substation Automation system for an electric power distribution network. The configuration module comprises: —first computerized means configured to obtain first data indicative of the logical power/data flow between said Intelligent Electronic Device and one or more further Intelligent Electronic Devices; —second computerized means configured to generate a configuration description file for said Intelligent Electronic Device on the base of said first data, said configuration description file comprising a communication description data set including information, which has been generated on the base of said first data to describe the logical power/data flow between said Intelligent Electronic Device and said further Intelligent Electronic Devices; —third computerized means configured to store said configuration description file in said Intelligent Electronic Device, so that said configuration description file is used by said Intelligent Electronic Device in substitution of a previously existing configuration description file.
US10069685B2	Configuration management for a resource with prerequisites Embodiments are directed towards employing a configuration management system to report one or more assumptions based on whether or not prerequisites for a resource are satisfied. The configuration management system may determine at least one prerequisite that corresponds to a provided resource. The prerequisites may indicate what the resource requires in order to put the system into the target state. If the prerequisites are unsatisfied, then assumptions regarding the system may be determined and reported to a user of the system. The assumptions may include at least a state transition that upon occurrence puts the system into the target state. If the system is in a non-operational mode, such that state actions and state transitions are simulated, rather than being executed, the system may be enabled to perform other actions as if the prerequisites were satisfied and the state transition occurred, even if it is not.
US10069684B2	Core network analytics system A method may include determining first network data corresponding to a first time period, including alarm data and incident data collected by a set of network devices of a core network during the first time period. The method may include creating, based on the first network data, an incident prediction model. The method may include receiving second network data, associated with the core network, corresponding to a second time period. The second network data may include alarm data and incident data collected by a network device, of the set of network devices, during the second time period. The method may include generating, based on the second network data and the incident prediction model, an incident prediction that includes a prediction whether the network device will experience an incident during a third time period.
US10069682B2	Systems and methods for proactively recommending input/output redirection using management controller In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a plurality of information handling resources a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of information handling resources, and a software-based controller. The controller may be configured to monitor for environmental factors associated with the plurality of information handling resources, calculate a health ranking of the plurality of information handling resources based on the environmental factors, and communicate the health ranking to a software-based controller for managing communication to the information handling resources. The software-based controller may include executable instructions configured to, when read and executed by a processor, redirect communication associated with the plurality of information handling resources based on the health ranking.
US10069680B1	Dedicated virtual computing system servers A virtual computer system service receives a request from a customer to provision a dedicated server for the exclusive use of the customer. The dedicated server may be used to launch one or more virtual machine instances. The virtual computer system service subsequently selects, from a pool of available servers, a server that can be dedicated to the customer and that does not have capacity allocated to any other customer. The virtual computer system service may update a database to specify, in an entry corresponding to the selected server, that the server has been dedicated for the exclusive use of the customer. Once the database has been updated, the virtual computer system service will enable the customer to launch a virtual machine instance using the dedicated server.
US10069671B2	Method and apparatus for processing abnormality of application proxy client A processing method and apparatus for an application proxy client are provided. The method includes determining, on a terminal, that an application proxy client is uninstalled; and sending an uninstallation indication message from the terminal to a proxy server corresponding to the application proxy client, where the uninstallation indication message indicates that the application proxy client has been uninstalled from the terminal.
US10069667B1	Systems and methods for data transfer using self-synchronizing quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed.
US10069665B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving signal by using modulation techniques in wireless communication system Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.
US10069664B2	Spiral polynomial division multiplexing A method for communicating using polynomial-based signals. In such a method, a set of basis polynomial functions used to generate waveforms may be identified, wherein each of the basis polynomial functions in the set of basis polynomial functions is orthogonal to each of the other basis polynomial functions in the set of basis polynomial functions in a coordinate space. The set of basis polynomial functions may be combined into a message polynomial. The message polynomial may be convolved with a reference polynomial to produce a transmission polynomial. From the transmission polynomial, a sequence of amplitude values may be generated. Finally, a signal may be transmitted based on the sequence of amplitude values, which may be further modified based on, for example, instantaneous spectral analysis. In some embodiments, orthogonal polynomials may include Chebyshev or Cairns polynomials.
US10069663B1	System and method for device characterization A characterization system includes a signal detector. The signal detector includes a first conversion unit configured to receive, from a first device, a first device output signal including N possible discrete pulse amplitudes and generate a plurality of detected signals based on a plurality of threshold amplitudes respectively. The signal detector further includes a second conversion unit configured to generate a first conversion output signal and a second conversion output signal based on logic values included in the plurality of detected signals and provide first and second conversion output signals to an analysis unit for generating one or more measurements of the first device. The first and second conversion output signals include M1 and M2 possible discrete pulse amplitudes respectively. M1 and M2 are integers less than N.
US10069661B2	Communication method and communication node for device-to-device direct communication Embodiments of the present application disclose a communication method and a communication node for device-to-device (D2D) direct communication, and relate to the field of D2D technologies. The method comprises: receiving, by a first node, an interference signal from an interference node; and sending, by the first node, the interference signal and a to-be-sent signal in a manner in which the interference signal and the to-be-sent signal can be received by at least one second node. The communication method and the communication node in the embodiments of the present application can effectively reduce interference of a cellular network on D2D communication. By using the communication method and the communication node in the embodiments of the present application, a base station resource does not need to be consumed, and signaling interactions are fewer, which help to improve the resource utilization.
US10069655B2	Half-rate integrating decision feedback equalization with current steering Apparatuses and method relating to DFE include a decision feedback equalizer with first and second integrating summers configured to receive an input differential signal. A bias current circuit is configured to alternate biasing of the first and second integrating summers. The first and second integrating summers alternately integrate, during clock signal phases of a clock signal and its complement, for transconductance of the input differential signal to a first output differential signal and a second output differential signal, respectively. The first and second integrating summers alternately drive, during other clock signal phases of the clock signal and its complement, residual voltages of the first output differential signal and the second output differential signal, respectively, to a same voltage level. A first clock signal and a second clock signal are out of phase with respect to one another for interleaving the first output differential signal and the second output differential signal.
US10069654B2	Methods to minimize the recovered clock jitter A circuit according to an embodiment includes a first slicer connected to an input port and a threshold circuit connected to a threshold port of the first slicer and configured to generate a first threshold voltage according to at least a first magnitude of a nominal value of a leading bit in a signal received at the input port. The first slicer is configured to slice the signal according to the first threshold voltage. In some embodiments, the threshold circuit calculates the first threshold voltage according to at least the first magnitude of the nominal value of the leading bit in the signal and a second magnitude of an interference voltage caused, in the leading bit, by a preceding bit.
US10069653B1	Blind partial response equalization An equalizer and an equalization method. The method includes receiving a data signal over a channel. The method further includes equalizing the data signal, by a blind partial response equalizer circuit, to provide an equalized output of the data signal. An estimation of partial response equalizer taps employed to determine the equalized output, by the blind partial response equalizer circuit, is carried out independently of true channel input symbols and detected symbols corresponding to the data signal.
US10069646B2	Distribution of tunnel endpoint mapping information Some embodiments provide a method for a controller for mapping and sharing up to date configuration information for a logical network comprising managed forwarding elements having multiple tunnel endpoints. The method identifies a data compute node for operation on a host machine that includes a managed forwarding element (MFE) having multiple tunnel endpoints. The data compute node belongs to a particular logical network. The method identifies multiple other data compute nodes belonging to the particular logical network. The method distributes to the MFE (i) a mapping of each data compute node of the other data compute nodes to an identifier for a group of tunnel endpoints associated with the data compute node and (ii) a mapping of each of the identifiers to a list of tunnel endpoints. The MFE uses the mappings to encapsulate packets sent from the data compute node for transmission to other MFEs.
US10069644B2	Method and program for controlling portable information terminal Address information of a mail to be transmitted by a mail communication function is extracted from the mail to be transmitted; a transmission time of the mail to be transmitted is extracted from a portable information terminal; and judgment is made as to whether the address information matches predetermined address information and whether the transmission time belongs to a predetermined time zone. When the address information matches the predetermined address information, and the address information belongs to the predetermined time zone, an activation time at which a household appliance is to be activated is determined on the basis of the transmission time, and a control command for activating the household appliance at the activation time is transmitted to a network.
US10069638B2	Light controlling system and registration method thereof A touch panel according to the embodiment includes a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate in a first direction and including a plurality of sensor parts and connection parts connecting the sensor parts with each other; and a second electrode formed in a second direction crossing the first direction while being insulated from the first electrode and including a plurality of sensor parts and connection parts connecting the sensor parts with each other. The sensor parts and the connection parts include transparent conductive materials, and the connection parts have resistance lower than resistance of the sensor parts in at least one of the first and second electrodes.
US10069634B2	Apparatuses and methods for certificate generation, certificate revocation and certificate verification Apparatuses and methods for certificate generation, certificate revocation and certificate verification are provided. The certificate generation and revocation apparatus includes: a key set computation unit receiving a secret value and a hash function set and generating a key set of an entity; a hash function unit generating the hash function set; a certificate generation unit generating certificates corresponding to the public/private key pairs and the key set; a certificate revocation unit acquiring derived secret key corresponding to a revoked certificate set and updating a certificate revocation list; and a certificate revocation list broadcast unit broadcasting the certificate revocation list; wherein the secret value corresponds to a root of a key tree, wherein the key set is generated by leaves of the key tree, wherein each node of the key tree is generated by a randomly selected hash function.
US10069625B2	System and method for automatic key generation for self-encrypting drives Embodiments generally relate to data security in a computing system. The present technology discloses techniques that can enable an automatic generation of encryption keys using a service controller in communication with a key management server. By enabling an automatic mechanism for encryption key generation, the present technology can achieve data encryption efficiency for a large number of servers.
US10069624B2	Autonomous and seamless key distribution mechanism A satellite system comprises first and second devices, one of the first and second devices being a satellite and the other one of the first and second devices being a device arranged to send signals to the satellite. A session key can be distributed in the satellite system by obtaining the session key at the first device, protecting the session key at the first device, based on a private key of the first device and a public key of the second device, and transmitting the protected session key from the first device to the second device. Replay detection information can be transmitted with the protected session key, for determining whether the session key has been transmitted previously.
US10069623B2	Method and system for exchanging cryptographic keys with an unauthenticated device The present teaching relates to exchanging a key with a device. In one example, a secret value is generated. A message is transmitted to the device. The message includes information related to the secret value based on which the device is to create a cryptographic key. A visual code displayed on the device is captured. The visual code includes a first piece of information and a second piece of information. A key value is generated based on the first piece of information and the secret value. A test value is calculated based on the key value. It is determined whether the device is securely connected based on the test value.
US10069622B2	Cryptographic operation by applying sub-keys to multiplication units in accordance with galois-field arithmetic A cryptography apparatus includes multiple multiplication units and logic circuitry. The multiplication units are arranged in two or more multiplication levels, and are configured to operate in accordance with Galois-Field (GF) arithmetic over respective Galois fields. The logic circuitry is configured to receive input data whose word-size exceeds a maximal input word-size among the multiplication units, to hold a cryptographic key including multiple sub-keys whose number does not exceed a number of the multiplication units, and to perform a cryptographic operation on the input data by applying the sub-keys to the multiplication units.
US10069620B2	Overclocked line rate for communication with PHY interfaces A system side interface of a PHY chip used in conjunction with a 100GBASE backplane, sends and receives data using an NRZ signal format, but at a data rate of between about 26.5 Gbps/per lane to 27.2 Gbps/per lane, which is consistent with the PAM 4 signaling protocol. Thus, chip-to-chip communications between a PHY chip and a switch or controller chip can use an “overclocked” NRZ signaling format, reducing the amount of logic needed, which in turn can reduce signal latency, and reduce the chip area and power consumption required to implement the logic.
US10069618B2	Single RF PA chain for CA FDD-TDD and TDD TX RF circuitry, which includes RF RX circuitry, an RF PA, RF TDD switching circuitry, and RF TX switching circuitry, is disclosed. The RF TX switching circuitry is coupled between the RF PA and the RF TDD switching circuitry. The RF PA receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF TX signal. During a first CA FDD-TDD operating mode, the RF TX signal has a first FDD TX carrier frequency, the RF TDD switching circuitry forwards a first filtered RF TDD RX signal to the RF RX circuitry, and the RF TX switching circuitry provides isolation between the RF PA and the RF TDD switching circuitry. During a first TDD TX operating mode, the RF TX signal has a first TDD TX carrier frequency and the RF TX switching circuitry forwards the RF TX signal to the RF TDD switching circuitry.
US10069608B2	Method and system for MIMO transmission in a distributed transceiver network A transmitting device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a baseband processor and a network management engine. Data streams are generated at baseband by the baseband processor. Diversity coding such as space-time coding may be performed over the generated data streams in the baseband. The transmitting device concurrently transmits each of the coded streams in a same radio frequency (RF) band to a receiving device over the entire distributed transceivers through associated antennas. When needed, the network management engine may identify one or more auxiliary devices providing available transceivers and antenna beamformers to the transmitting device for sharing. Beam patterns and antenna orientations may be determined for associated antennas of the available transceivers for the transmitting device. Each of the coded data streams in the same radio frequency band may be transmitted to the receiving device over the entire available transceivers for the transmitting device through the associated antennas.
US10069606B2	Transmitter noise in system budget One embodiment provides an apparatus. The example apparatus includes a root mean square (RMS) distortion determination module configured to determine an RMS distortion error and a signal to noise and distortion ratio (SNDR), the RMS distortion error determined based, at least in part, on a portion of a transmitted pulse centered at or near a transmitted pulse maximum amplitude and the SNDR determined based, at least in part, on the RMS distortion error.
US10069605B1	System and method for the detection and remediation of non-responsive customer premises equipment In a cable network, embodiments detect and remediate a non-responsive customer premise equipment (CPE) device in a customer's premise with minimal or no interaction with a customer. Embodiments may detect and remediate a non-responsive CPE device without rebooting the non-responsive CPE device or the associated cable modem. Embodiments include troubleshooting a data link layer (e.g., Open System Interconnection (OSI) layer 2, or media access control (MAC) layer) and a network layer (e.g., OSI layer 3, or Internet layer) between a service operator network and the non-responsive CPE device. Embodiments include a guided integration and a proactive integration method, computer program product, and system to reduce and/or eliminate the need for a customer service representative to reboot a cable modem, and/or for a customer to reboot a non-responsive CPE device resulting in a fast and less disruptive service experience for the customer.
US10069603B2	Efficient HARQ feedback Systems and methods are disclosed for providing efficient downlink Hybrid Automatic Request (HARQ) feedback. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications system comprises receiving downlink control information from a radio access node in a first subframe T. The downlink control information comprises an indication of a HARQ timing offset K. The method further comprises transmitting downlink HARQ feedback to the radio access node in a subframe T+K. In this manner, HARQ feedback can be directly scheduled by the network, which in turn enables efficient HARQ feedback.
US10069597B2	Aggregated metadata transfer at a data storage device A memory control circuit includes a metadata aggregate buffer configured to store a first plurality of consecutive metadata packets. The memory control circuit also includes control circuitry configured to send aggregated metadata to a memory via a first packet. The aggregated metadata includes at least two metadata packets of the first plurality of consecutive metadata packets.
US10069596B1	Systems and methods for error detection and correction In an example of this disclosure, a method may include receiving, by a bit error location analyzer, a split information signal at a second data rate derived from an information signal at a first data rate. In this example, the second data rate is less than the first data rate, and the bit error location analyzer may be incapable of performing error analysis at the first data rate The method may include performing error analysis, by the bit error location analyzer, on information represented by the split information signal. In some examples, performing error analysis may include comparing the information represented by the split information signal to an information seed to determine a plurality of bit error locations in the information represented by the split information signal relative to the information seed.
US10069594B2	Apparatus and a method for processing a signal depending on a received radio frequency signal An apparatus for processing a signal depending on a received radio frequency signal is provided. The apparatus includes a first semiconductor circuit including a first part of a radio frequency receiver and a second semiconductor circuit including a second part of the radio frequency receiver. The apparatus further includes a digital interface configured to transmit data related to the signal depending on the received radio frequency signal from the first semiconductor circuit to the second semiconductor circuit. The first semiconductor circuit includes a first data converter configured to convert a data value of the signal depending on the received radio frequency signal from a first data format to a second data format and provide data representing the data value in the second data format to the digital interface. The second semiconductor circuit includes a second data converter configured to convert the data representing the data value in the second data format to the first data format.
US10069591B2	Method and apparatus for distributed spectrum sensing for wireless communication Methods and apparatus for determining if a signal of interest, for example, a licensed signal having or exceeding a predetermined field strength, is present in a wireless spectrum and/or which facilitates such a determination are described. The signal of interest maybe, e.g., a television signal or a wireless microphone signal using licensed television spectrum. The predetermined field strength may be specified or by a government regulation or rule.

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