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US10124042B2	Methods and products for nucleic acid production and delivery The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids, including nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics and cosmetics comprising nucleic acids, methods for delivering nucleic acids to cells, tissues, organs, and patients, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, therapeutics, and cosmetics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules, including cells present in vivo. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
US10124039B2	FGF21 derivatives and uses thereof The invention relates to a derivative of a FGF21 protein having a cysteine residue at a position corresponding to position 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175 and in particular position 180 or position 181 of mature human FGF21 and derivatives thereof having a side chain attached to this cysteine. The FGF21 derivatives of the invention display high potency towards the FGF receptors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such FGF21 derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, as well as the medical use of the FGF21 derivatives.
US10124037B2	Trefoil family factor proteins and uses thereof The invention provides for methods for treating an inflammatory disease of the digestive system in a subject by administering a trefoil family molecule. The invention provides for methods for treating a digestive system cancer in a subject by administering a trefoil family molecule. The invention provides for methods for cell proliferation in a subject by administering a trefoil family molecule.
US10124036B2	Liquid nutritional formula for tyrosinemia patients Liquid metabolic formulas for dietary management of tyrosinemia, including nutritional formulas and hydration beverages (sport drinks).
US10124032B2	Seven-star tea without excipient and method of preparing the same The present invention relates to a seven-star tea without excipient comprising Coicis Semen, Oryzae Fructus Germinatus, Triticum Aestivum, Herba Lophatheri, Fructus Crataegi, Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis, Periostracum Cicadae and Radix Et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, wherein the Triticum Aestivum is used as a forming agent in the seven-star tea, and methods for the preparation thereof. The seven-star tea of the present invention is specially suitable for children, since it has the effects of promoting appetite and removing food stagnation, clearing heat and arresting convulsion, and long-term intake of sucrose or other excipients which are not beneficial for their health is avoided.
US10124027B2	Therapeutic bacteriophage compositions The present invention provides methods of designing panels of bacteriophages as therapeutic compositions against bacterial infections. The present invention also provides panels of bacteriophages for use in the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections.
US10124025B2	Compositions and methods comprising bacteria for improving behavior in neurodevelopmental disorders Some embodiments include bacterial species for use in treatment of one or more autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and/or schizophrenia symptoms in a subject in need thereof. The bacterial species can include Bacteroides (e.g., B. fragilis, B. thetaiomtaomicron, and/or B. vulgatus), and/or Enterococcus (e.g., E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. hirae, E. avium, E. durans, E. gallinarum, or E. casseliflavus). Upon treatment, one or more ASD-related behaviors can be improved in the subject.
US10124023B2	Compositions and methods for immunotherapy The present invention provides for methods and compositions for enhancing the immune response toward cancers and pathogens. It relates to immunoresponsive cells bearing antigen receptors, which can be chimeric antigen receptors (CARS), which express introduced ligands for immunomodulatory molecules. In particular embodiments, engineered immunoresponsive cells are antigen-directed and resist immunosuppression and/or have enhances immune-activating properties.
US10124022B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing the effectiveness of systemic, HIPEC, IP, and related cancer treatments Methods for treating cancers, tumors, and neoplasms using a composition comprising one or more generally regarded as safe (GRAS) compounds selected from the group of components consisting of vitamins, selenium, fatty acids, fatty acid salts, and fatty acid esters, and mixtures of two or more said components, either as a stand-alone treatment or in combination with one or more anti-cancer drugs or devices or other anti-neoplastic agents, treatments, or devices are provided. In some instances, concomitant hyperthermia therapy is employed. Also provided are compositions and kits containing the compositions, for implement various aspects of the invention.
US10124019B2	Compositions and their use for removing cholesterol The invention is directed to compositions that function to remove cholesterol from a mammal suffering from an elevated cholesterol level. The composition includes a polysaccharide having attached thereto at least one cyclic oligosaccharide. In a particular embodiment, the foregoing composition further includes at least one cell-targeting agent. The invention is also directed to methods that utilize these compositions for removing or reducing cholesterol and other lipids in a mammal suffering from an elevated level of cholesterol and/or other lipid.
US10124016B2	Immune system stimulating nutrition Disclosed is a nutritional composition comprising a combination of non-digestible oligosaccharides and a product obtained by incubating an aqueous substrate by bifidobacteria and optionally a product obtained by incubating an aqueous substrate by S. thermophilus. Said combination synergistically improves the immune system by stimulating the Th1 response, and/or decreasing the Th2 response, improving the vaccination response, improving the resistance against infections and/or decreasing allergy.
US10124015B2	Surfactant composition The disclosure describes a composition comprising a lipidaceous carrier and a peptide complex formed from poly-L-lysine or a salt thereof; and either poly-L-glutamic acid or poly-L-aspartic acid, or a salt thereof. The composition can be used to prevent or treat a disease related to pulmonary surfactant dysfunction, such as hyaline membrane disease (HMD), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), hydrocarbon poisoning, near-drowning, HIV/AIDS-related lung diseases, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or acute lung injury (ALI), asthma, tuberculosis (TB) or severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Alternatively, the composition can be used to increase the permeability of a pharmaceutical compound or composition across a membrane of a subject or to act as a carrier. The poly-L-lysine or salt thereof is longer than the poly-L-glutamic acid or poly-L-aspartic acid so that the complex that forms has a charge-neutralized region and a positively-charged region. The charge-neutralized region of the peptide complex interacts with the lipidaceous carrier, while the positively-charged region interacts with an aqueous and/or polar environment.
US10124013B2	Methods and compositions for treating psoriasis Method and composition for treating psoriasis and other skin disorders.
US10124011B2	Methods of treating erectile dysfunction An active agent for use in a method of, or for use in the preparation of a medicament for, treating or inhibiting the development of erectile dysfunction and/or incontinence following pelvic radiation treatment in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering said subject an active agent in a treatment effective amount, is described. The active agent has the general structure of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10124008B2	Use of inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase to treat acquired and inherited retinal degenerations A method of treating retinal diseases is disclosed that includes the step of administering an effective amount of a composition including an ASMase inhibitor to a retinal disease patient, wherein at least one disease symptom is either lessened or progression of the symptom is delayed.
US10124006B2	Use of Sigma-1 receptor agonist compounds The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for the prevention, inhibition, and/or treatment of progressive fibrosis present in various fibroproliferative disorders. In particular, embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of Sigma-1 receptor agonists for use in the treatment or prevention of progressive fibrosis characterized by the overproliferation of ECM producing cells, e.g. myofibroblasts and by the excessive deposition of ECM components in a medical or disease condition. Preferred Sigma-1-receptor agonists are disclosed.
US10124002B2	Crystalline forms of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and their salts The invention relates to various polymorphic forms and amorphous form of sodium 4-((3-(4-cyclohexylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-oxo-6H-anthra[1,9-cd]isoxazol-5-yl)amino)benzate, including the polymorphic form A, mixtures of the polymorphs, process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in a pharmaceutical composition containing thereof.
US10123998B2	Kinase modulation, and indications therefor The present disclosure provides methods of using protein kinase inhibitors for treating diseases and conditions, including diseases and conditions associated with activity of any protein kinase selected from Fms protein kinase including any mutations thereof, Kit protein kinase any mutations thereof, Flt-3 protein kinase any mutations thereof and combinations thereof.
US10123995B2	Factor XIa inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.
US10123993B2	Cyclic ureas as inhibitors of rock The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective ROCK inhibitors. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating cardiovascular, smooth muscle, oncologic, neuropathologic, autoimmune, fibrotic, and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
US10123986B2	Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) formulations Provided herein are compositions comprising eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and polar lipids (e.g., glycolipids and phospholipids), and which do not contain any docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or esterified fatty acids.
US10123980B2	Compositions, methods and devices for forming implants from injected liquids A method of forming an implant in the tissue can include: providing an injectable composition having a neat liquid carrier, wherein the neat liquid carrier is substantially liquid at room temperature and/or about body temperature; and injecting the neat liquid solution into the tissue at the rate of 10-12000 injections per minute and/or at an amount of 1.0E-02 ml to 1.0E-16 ml per needle per injection. The neat liquid carrier can be polymeric or non-polymeric. The neat liquid carrier can be biodegradable. The neat liquid carrier can include a viscosity-modifying agent. The injecting can form an implant with area greater than or equal to 5 mm2. The neat liquid carrier can be injected at a depth of 10 microns to 5 mm. The neat liquid solution can include a drug or other agent.
US10123976B2	Dispersion of poloxamer-protein particles, methods of manufacturing and uses thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing poloxamer-protein particles. It also relates to poloxamer-protein particles obtainable by this method, dispersion thereof, and their use in methods of encapsulation, in particular of microencapsulation.
US10123974B2	Sustained release formulation of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Disclosed are formulations comprising multivesicular liposomes and one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which minimize the side effects of unencapsulated non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs while maintaining or improving efficacy. Methods of making and administering the formulations comprising multivesicular liposomes and one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their use as medicaments are also provided.
US10123973B2	Liposome composition for cancer treatment Disclosed is a liposomal composition for treatment of cancer, which includes at least one PEG-Phospholipid conjugated molecule, cholesterol, and at least one phospholipid.
US10123971B2	Heterogeneous implantable devices for drug delivery The present invention comprises compositions, methods and kits for delivering drugs. The invention provides an implantable device for delivery of a pharmaceutical substance to a patient, comprising a core comprising a core polymeric material optionally containing a core pharmaceutical substance, surrounded by a first layer comprising a first-layer pharmaceutical substance and a first-layer polymeric material, optionally surrounded by one or more additional layers comprising an additional pharmaceutical substance and an additional polymeric material, where the core, first, and optional additional polymeric materials may be the same or different, and where the optional core pharmaceutical substance, first-layer pharmaceutical substance, and optional additional pharmaceutical substances are the same or different. Implantation of the device allows a controlled release of drug for an extended period of time. The device may be implanted subcutaneously in an individual in need of continuous treatment with a drug.
US10123968B2	Cosmetic compositions and methods of their use Described herein are compositions useful for moisturizing and/or improving the appearance of skin by evening skin tone and/or reducing the appearance of dark spots or hyperpigmentation. The compositions comprise cosmetic ingredients such as lactobacillus ferment; Ferula foetida root extract; Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract; Terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, and niacinamide.
US10123966B2	Hair thickening compositions and methods of use Provided is a method for increasing hair shaft diameter, the method including applying a hair care composition to a region of the hair, wherein the hair care composition includes from about 0.01% to about 10% of hops, wherein the hops is first extracted in glycerin; and from about 0.1% to about 10% of a rheology modifier.
US10123962B2	Cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition, in particular intended for care or for makeup A composition includes from 40 to 80% by weight of at least one non-volatile hydrogenated polyalkylene oil; from 10 to 50% by weight of at least one tertiary-amide-terminated polyamide (ATPA) polymer; and further at least one fatty acid ester having at least one free hydroxyl group, and preferably a hydroxystearate ester. The composition is translucid.
US10123961B2	Personal care compositions with modified guar derivatives The disclosure provides personal care composition comprising guar derivative, wherein the guar derivative is chemically modified on the galactomannan polymer through an ethoxyl, propoxyl, or hydroxypropoxyl linking group with a tertiary cyclic amine compound.
US10123957B2	Transparent cosmetic and personal care compositions A transparent cosmetic or personal care composition comprising: a) a polymeric thickener, b) a protein, c) an active material, which is selected from disaccharides, lactones, inorganic salts, diacids and mixtures thereof, d) a solubilizer, e) a pH adjuster, f) a dye g) water wherein the solubilizer comprises a mixture of at least two components, said mixture comprising at least one high HLB component having an HLB value of from 10 to 20 and at least one low HLB component having an HLB value of from 1 to less than 10, and wherein the dye comprises violet, blue, red or mixtures thereof.
US10123955B2	Malodour counteracting compositions A malodor-counteracting composition comprising (i) a salt of general formula (I) R1R2R3R4N+X− (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently selected from C1-4 alkyl, or R1, R2, R3, R4 may together constitute a nitrogen-containing cyclic system in which the nitrogen is part of a pyridinium or an imidazolinium ring; and X− is a counterion characterized by its protonated form having an acidity constant (pKa) lying between 1 and 6; and (ii) an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compound of the general formula R5R6C═CR7C(═O)YR8 (II) wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-10 hydrocarbyl residues which may be saturated, unsaturated, aromatic, cyclic, branched or unbranched, and are optionally substituted, or R5, R6, R7 and R8 may together constitute a cyclic system and Y is oxygen or a single covalent bond, with the proviso that Y is a covalent bond when R8 is hydrogen. The composition may be incorporated into consumer products and is able to remove malodors from the air or from surfaces.
US10123952B2	Personal care compositions Described herein, are aqueous soluble tin phosphate complexes formed from a mixture comprising tin (II) fluoride or tin (II) chloride and a tripolyphosphate salt, e.g., sodium tripolyphosphate (Na5P3O10), and external personal care compositions comprising the complexes, and uses thereof.
US10123940B2	Bag assembly and system for use with a fluid A bag assembly includes a pliable housing having a first panel secured to a second panel by a seam so that a cavity is formed between the first panel and the second panel, the seam encircling the cavity. A first tufting couples together the first panel and the second panel at a location spaced apart from the seam so that the cavity encircles the first tufting. In one embodiment the first tufting can circular. A first port is coupled with the pliable housing and communicating with the cavity.
US10123935B2	Automatic billing system for remote Internet services A system for establishing and maintaining an account for Web based Internet services between a website operator having access to the operator's bank account and a customer for interactive adult website service where the customer has access to the customer's bank. The system includes a transaction server, a website server, website administration apparatus and service performance apparatus with the transaction server facilitating electronic communication between the customer, the website administration apparatus, the customer's bank and the website operator's bank.
US10123931B2	Magnetic conveyance system A magnetic conveyance system comprising a support structure having a ferromagnetic capacity and a trolley moveable upon the support structure in a plurality of directions. The trolley may include a trolley frame and at least one attractor cell disposed on the trolley frame. The at least one attractor cell may comprise a housing and at least one magnet, at least one friction reducing load spreading device, and a load transfer member disposed within the housing. The magnet may provide a magnetic attraction force between the trolley and the support structure. The friction reducing load spreading device may comprise a plurality of bearing balls circulating within a reservoir and a channel formed by the load transfer member disposed within the housing. The load transfer member may also include a bearing surface wherein a portion of the plurality of bearing balls is disposed between the bearing surface and the support structure.
US10123929B2	Wrist and forearm exoskeleton An exoskeleton device and method of using the same is provided that helps rehabilitate limbs such has the lower arm. Embodiments of the exoskeleton device have multiple degrees of freedom so that a limb such as the lower arm may flex or rotate in multiple directions to establish or re-establish neural connections in the brain. With the lower arm example, a person may grasp a handle in the exoskeleton and then flex the lower arm about a pronation/supination axis, a flexion/extension axis, and/or an abductor/adductor axis. The exoskeleton device has several modes of operation where actuators can aid the person's motion, resist the person's motion, or passively allow free motion of the person's limb.
US10123927B2	Knee joint rehabilitation assist device A knee joint rehabilitation assist device includes a rigid, generally rectangular frame, a heel rest attached across one end of the frame to accommodate a heel of a user, an adjustable knee sling attached at an adjustable distance spaced from the heel rest for accommodating the upper surface of a knee to be rehabilitated, and optionally, an auxiliary thigh strap for controlling pressure applied by the device.
US10123926B2	Biodegradable urn planting system The biodegradable urn planting system, also called a LIVING URN, is an apparatus capable of rapid degradation in soil that the user can fill with cremated remains, a pH neutralizing and sodium diluting material, soil, planting mix, wood chips, and a living plant (seedling or bare root stock). When one loses a loved one, it is often difficult to discern what to do with the remains (be they human or animal). Many towns and cities do not allow for burial, and storage of cremated remains can be problematic. The present invention seeks to provide a meaningful and tangible way for one to remember the loved one when the cremated remains are buried with a seedling that may be drop shipped and is appropriate for the environment of use. Thus, the seedling grows into a tree, providing comfort and a reminder of the deceased.
US10123924B2	System and method for automatically adjusting the height of a patient support A system for adjusting the height of a patient support surface on a bed includes one or more height adjustment actuators operable to adjust a height of the patient support surface above a floor surface; a controller connected to the one or more height adjustment actuators, the controller including a memory; and one or more user interface units connected to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to record as a stored actuator state a current state of the one or more height adjustment actuators in the memory in response to a first input signal from the one or more interface units, and is configured to operate the one or more height adjustment actuators to automatically return them to the stored actuator state in response to a second input signal from the one or more interface units. Alternatively, or in addition, the controller may be configured to provide an indication to a user when the one or more height adjustment actuators have returned to the stored actuator state during a subsequent height adjustment operation.
US10123922B2	Wheelchair seat assembly A seat assembly for wheelchair of the type having a structure expandable from a contracted condition to an expanded position comprises a pair of tubular members connected to the structure. Each tubular member has a main tubular body, a secondary tubular body parallel to and inside the main tubular body, and an elongated slit extending along both the main tubular body and the secondary tubular body and common to both the main tubular body and the secondary tubular body. The slits open into an inner channel of the secondary tubular body. The main tubular body and the secondary tubular body form a hollow integral piece of composite material. A panel, e.g., of non-rigid material has rods on its opposite edges, the rods having a diameter smaller than that of the secondary tube and larger than a width of the slit to be held captive in the secondary tube, whereby the panel extends through the slit.
US10123919B2	Absorbent articles with hook and loop fastening system A disposable absorbent article having a fastening system with male and female components is disclosed. The female component may include a fibrous material having an overall thickness and an overall fiber cross-sectional dimension. The male component may include a plurality of hooks configured to engage the female component, the hooks having features with dimensions relating to the overall thickness and/or the overall fiber cross-sectional dimension of the fibrous material.
US10123917B2	Disposable diaper An absorber 40 of a disposable diaper 10 includes a first region extending from an end at the side of the front waistline region of the absorber towards the side of the crotch region, and a second region arranged adjacent to the first region at the side of the crotch region from the first region, and having a lower bending rigidity than the first region. A boundary between the first region and the second region is arranged at the side of the front waistline region from the end at the side of the front waistline region of the leg stretch units, and is arranged at the side of the crotch region from the end at the side of the crotch region of the target unit.
US10123914B2	Underwear-style absorbent article In this diaper (1A), both lateral side edge portions (2a, 2b) of an outer cover (2) to which an absorbent assembly (3) is fixed are bonded together, so as to form a pair of side seals (4). In a fixing part (7) where the outer cover (2) and the absorbent assembly (3) are fixed, the outer cover (2) has a weak-functioning region (WT) in which the elastic function is reduced. In each outer lateral side of the weak-functioning region (WT) and in each side seal (4), a lateral-side adhesion region (IT) and a side-seal adhesion region (OT) are formed, respectively, in each of which elastic members (24) are fixed between an outer sheet (22) and an inner sheet (23) by an adhesive (8). In each lateral-side adhesion region (IT) and each side-seal adhesion region (OT), the basis weight of the adhesive (8) in a section (IP, OP) where the elastic member (24) is arranged is higher than the basis weight of the adhesive (8) in a section (IN, ON) between a pair of adjacent elastic members (24), and sections with high and low basis weights in adhesive (8) alternate repeatedly in the Y direction.
US10123913B2	Pull-on diaper In a pull-on diaper, a first distance dimension between outer end portions of front and rear waist panels is in a range of 300 mm to 400 mm as measured on the diaper flatly developed after coupling of the front and rear waist panels in seam regions has been released. A second distance dimension between the waist elastic closest to an inner end portion of the front waist panel among waist elastics extending in the front waist panel across the respective seam regions in the front waist panel and the waist elastic closest to an inner end portion of the rear waist panel among waist elastics extending in the rear waist panel across the respective seam regions is at least 55% of the first distance dimension between outer end portions of the front and rear waist panels.
US10123909B2	Wound dressing A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises a sealing layer comprising at least one orifice, an absorbent layer over the sealing layer, absorbing wound exude and a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer.
US10123908B2	Method of preparing a wound care device The present invention relates to method of preparing an absorbent wound care device comprising an active agent on a wound contacting surface, such as e.g. a protein or an enzyme, by the use of electrospraying, and a wound care device obtained by said method. The invention further relates to a wound care device comprising Thrombin and a polyurethane foam, and a method of treating bleeding.
US10123906B2	Femtosescond laser system for the exact manipulation of material and tissues A device for the exact manipulation of material, especially of organic material, includes a pulsed laser system with a radiation source, said radiation source being a cavity-dumped fs oscillator.
US10123904B2	Preservative removal from eye drops A BAK removal device is constructed as a plug of microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel that displays a hydraulic permeability greater than 0.01 Da. The polymer hydrophilic polymeric gel comprises poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The particles are 2 to 100 μm and the plug has a surface area of 30 mm2 to 2 mm2 and a length of 2 mm to 25 mm and wherein the microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel has a pore radius of 3 to 60 μm.
US10123901B2	Method and apparatus for vacuum-formed dental appliance An appliance and methods are described that include embodiments of a mandibular advancement or positioning device which can use elastic bands to pull the jaw forward. The appliance has an upper plastic tray conforming to the patient's upper teeth and including a set of retention hooks coupled to the upper plastic tray via being encased in plastic, one on the right and one on the left anterior buccal portion of an upper plastic base. The appliance also has a lower plastic tray conforming to the patient's lower teeth and has a set of bite pads integrated with a second set of plastic retention hooks encased in plastic extending outwardly from the teeth. The appliance includes the upper and lower plastic trays and specially formed elastic bands of a plurality of lengths and strengths replaceably attached to the retention hooks on both sides of the trays to pull the mandible forward for treatment.
US10123900B2	Devices, kits, and methods for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea Devices, kits, and methods useful in the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are described. Example devices include a jig, a first needle, a second needle, and a third needle. An example jig comprises a drill guide and a tongue depressor. A first needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a bend and a curve. A second needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve. A third needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve.
US10123899B1	Orthopedic device and method of use An orthopedic device can be worn by a person having a waist, a shoulder, and an arm including an upper arm and a forearm. The orthopedic device holds the arm of the person in an abducted immobilized position to promote healing. The orthopedic device includes a sling which is shaped and dimensioned to receive the arm of the person, the sling includes a shoulder strap which is positionable over the shoulder of the person. The orthopedic device also includes a belt which is shaped and dimensioned to encircle the waist of the person. An arm support for supporting the person's arm is removably connectable to the belt. The belt includes an arm support connector to which the arm support is removably and fixedly connected so that the arm support projects upwardly from the belt. The arm support is positionable to extend different heights above the belt. The sling is connectable to the arm support so that the arm of the person is abducted.
US10123896B2	Apparatus and methods of inducing weight loss using blood flow control Methods and apparatus for inducing weight loss using blood flow control are described herein. The apparatus and methods operate by controlling blood flow to the stomach and/or small bowel.
US10123890B2	Preform produced by electrospinning, method for producing the same and use of such a preform The invention relates to a method for producing a preform by means of an electrospinning process. The present invention also relates to the use of the present preform as a substrate for growing human or animal tissue thereon. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for growing human or animal tissue on a substrate, wherein the present preform is used as the substrate.
US10123889B2	Liner for prosthetic and orthopedic systems A liner is arranged for use in prosthetic and orthopedic devices. The liner defines first and second end portions, and inner and outer surfaces. The liner includes an inner layer having a frictional component and forms at least part of the periphery of the inner liner surface. The inner layer defines a plurality of apertures. A porous element is in communication with the inner liner surface and is connected to the inner layer such that the apertures permit a transfer of air from the inner surface to the porous element. A base layer adjoins the porous element and extends between the first and second end portions of the liner.
US10123885B2	Biomechanical finger brace assembly The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a biomechanical finger brace assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a coupling tip, a proximal ring configured to concentrically receive a user's finger, a distal ring configured to concentrically receive the finger, and a rocker formed in an H-shape. The distal ring and the rocker are pivotally suspended between a proximal coordinated pivot point anchored on the proximal ring and a distal coordinated pivot point anchored on the coupling tip, such that movements of the finger within the proximal ring articulate the distal ring together with the rocker to articulate the coupling tip. The coupling tip may include an open end or an enclosed recess to accept a minimally-amputated or non-amputated finger. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10123883B2	Length/offset reproducing device for total hip arthroplasty A guide device for assessing the length and offset of a hip of a patient is disclosed. The guide device includes an overlay portion and an alignment portion. The overlay portion is configured to enable assessment of the relative location of the guide device to the original femoral head of a patient using a marking on the overlay portion. Reference points for positioning the guide device are created on the femur. When the guide device is positioned at the reference points it can be used to position a replacement femoral head in the same position as the patient's original femoral head by aligning the replacement femoral head with the marking on the overlay portion.
US10123881B2	Electronically controlled artificial intervertebral disc with motor assisted actuation systems An electronically assisted artificial vertebral disc having an upper disc plate and a lower disc plate is disclosed. An actuator imparts movement to at least one of the upper and lower disc plates. A control device controls the actuator and the amount of movement between the disc plates. The actuator includes a plurality of either linear actuators or rotary actuators that are driven by electric motors in response to the control device. The control device includes at least a first sensor for detecting the position of the actuator and at least a second sensor for detecting the spatial orientation of at least one of the upper and lower disc plates. The control device also preferably includes a microprocessor that calculates the desired positions of the upper and lower disc plates and provides a control signal to the actuator to drive the upper and lower disc plates to their desired positions.
US10123880B2	Expandable spinal interbody device A bone graft or spinal interbody device includes a frame member having two end segments for forming a chamber in the frame member, and two arms each include an outer end portion hinged to the outer end portion of the end segments of the frame member, and the inner end portions of the arms are hinged together for allowing the arms to be pivoted toward the frame member at an innermost folding position or away from the frame member to an outermost working position, and the arms are sprung away from the frame member to the outermost working position when the arms are pushed away from the frame member for a selected distance to an inner dead center (D).
US10123878B2	Ankle prosthesis Ankle prosthesis (400) comprising a tibial component (100), a talar component (200) and an intermediate component (300) interposed between said tibial component (100) and said talar component (300). The prosthesis has an anatomical shape and enables restoration of articular functionalities. Also described are a tool for the shaping of a talus, which shaping is aimed at the implant of the talar component (200) of said prosthesis (400), and a surgical tool for enabling a shaping of the tibia aimed at the implantation of the tibial component (100).
US10123877B2	Spacer device for treating infections of the shoulder articulation Spacer device for the two-phase treatment of infections of anatomic and reverse shoulder prostheses, including a humeral component equipped with a stem, a head component and means for connecting or articulating the humeral component with the head component.
US10123870B2	Alignment of an implantable medical device A transcatheter valve delivery system includes a longitudinal member extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and having a compartment adjacent the distal end for holding a medical device in a collapsed condition. An alignment element is connected to the longitudinal member and is movable relative to the longitudinal member between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the alignment element is configured to urge against an anatomical surface to position the longitudinal member at a desired location relative to the anatomical surface.
US10123864B2	Vascular filter and anchoring arrangement thereof A vena cava filter includes a plurality of filter legs with distal ends. Each distal end is a tip which curves radially outwardly and ends in a spherical or part spherical enlarged head element. A biodegradable barb is attached to the enlarged head element and is made of a biodegrade material, such that after degradation the enlarged head element also is left embedded in the vessel wall. The degradation of the barb will prevent further penetration of the distal end of the filter legs into the vessel wall and avoid any risk of piercing through the vessel wall. The enlarged head element also ensures that the distal ends of the filter legs remain firmly attached into the vessel wall in order to ensure correct long term placement of the filter in the vessel.
US10123860B2	Closed system mouthpiece with light and heat generation to activate a formulation to increase its volume A method employs a closed system mouthpiece using light and heat generation to activate a gel formulation to increase its volume. The gel formulation is coated into the mouthpiece, which is inserted into the user's mouth. Application of heat above a threshold temperature causes the gel to transform into foam and expand out of the mouthpiece and into the oral cavity. The mouthpiece creates a hermetic seal such that the foam expands out throughout the oral cavity into nooks and crannies that are normally difficult to access. Activation of a light source embedded within the mouthpiece enhances the bacteria killing properties of the foam material. The pH balance of the mouth is restored by the inventive method and apparatus to a neutral level in the range of 6.75 to 7.25.
US10123859B2	Firing furnace and press furnace The invention relates to a firing furnace or press furnace for dental restoration parts, having a control device for the control of the furnace on the basis of at least one firing/press program; a display device, at least for displaying operating instructions based on symbolic representations; an input device, at least for selecting a firing/press program; wherein the control device is configured to be able to switch the furnace after selection of a control program to a security mode in which it displays one or several operating instructions and in which the input of firing or press parameters of the control program and/or the selection of a firing or press program is disabled.
US10123857B2	Dental expansion assembly An assembly for expansion of tissue according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body extending between proximal and distal ends. The body includes a head portion at the proximal end, and at least two arm portions extending between the head portion and the distal end to define an actuation cavity. Each of the at least two arm portions are configured to abut tissue. An actuation member is received in the actuation cavity. The actuation member is moveable to vary a distance between the at least two arm portions at the distal end.
US10123852B2	Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to axes of appliance placement The present disclosure provides computing device implemented methods, computing device readable medium, and molds for filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can include calculating an undercut area of a tooth relative to an axis of placement of part of a dental appliance over a number of teeth and a height of contour that is defined based on the axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can also include filling in a part of the undercut area of the tooth with a virtual filler wherein the undercut is filled to within a threshold distance from the tooth that is defined relative to the axis of placement and the height of contour.
US10123851B2	Dental irrigation, cleaning and debridement system, device and instrument A device for irrigating a canal during a root canal treatment or retreatment provides a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with at least one pump for delivering an irrigant under pressure. A hand-held wand has a proximal end for receiving the irrigant under pressure, permitted to flow through the wand head by an actuator. An irrigant delivery needle which affixed to the working end of the wand delivers irrigant through at least one irrigant dispersion orifice at a selected delivery angle and pressure. Aspirating means and/or shielding may optionally be provided.
US10123849B2	Bone graft delivery system and method for using same A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube and a handle having a trigger and a ratcheting mechanism. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The bone graft delivery system can further include a distal tip at a distal end of the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location.
US10123848B2	EUS fiducial needle stylet handle assembly A safety-catch mechanism for a fiducial-deployment system, having a main handle, a stylet, a guide sleeve, and a grasping handle for moving adjacent to the guide sleeve. One of the guide sleeve or grasping handle has a threaded surface, and the other has one or more protruding tabs to rotatably engage between the threads. A safety-catch structure is located between the threads and configured to resist rotation of the grasping handle when one of the protruding tabs contacts this structure, unless the user applies a threshold amount of mechanical force to overcome this safety-catch structure, permitting distal movement of the stylet.
US10123847B2	Surgical device having multiple receptacles A surgical device comprising a first receptacle having a first mouth and a second receptacle having a second mouth, wherein the first mouth is in open communication with the second mouth via a joint joining the first receptacle with the second receptacle, and wherein the first mouth and second mouth open in a common direction. The surgical device can be used to effectively collect fluid during surgery in a first receptacle while simultaneously and independently retaining equipment and other medical supplies, such as tubes, wires, and/or tools, in a second receptacle. A drape sheet for covering at least a portion of a patient, the drape sheet optionally having a fenestration therein, with the surgical device being attached to the drape sheet.
US10123846B2	User-interface control using master controller A system for controlling a user interface of a teleoperated surgical system, the system comprises a first master controller communicatively coupled to the teleoperated surgical system; and a display device communicatively coupled to the teleoperated surgical system and configured to display a graphical user interface; and wherein the first master controller is configured to transmit a first input signal to an interface controller, the first input signal caused by manual manipulation of the first master controller, the interface controller to use the first input signal to update a graphical user interface presented by the display device.
US10123844B2	Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
US10123843B2	Input device for controlling a catheter An input device includes a plurality of orientation blocks each representing a portion of a catheter assembly and a controller configured to determine an orientation of the plurality of orientation blocks relative to one another. The controller is further configured to output a control signal that causes a tip of a catheter assembly to adopt the orientation determined by the controller. A system includes an actuator configured to manipulate a position and orientation of the catheter assembly. The controller of the input device is configured to output a control signal to the actuator to make a tip of a catheter assembly adopt the orientation determined by the controller. The input device can be virtually represented on a computing device.
US10123838B2	Drapes with circumferential and longitudinal breakaways The present invention is a surgical drape that has several circumferential and longitudinal breakaway sections that can be easily removed to facilitate quick customization during surgery. The removable sections are fastened to the drape in a manner that reduces debris, which could cause contamination of the surgery field, as well as limit the potential injury to patients caused by the current use of scissors to customize drapes while in surgery.
US10123837B2	Energy-delivery devices with flexible fluid-cooled shaft, inflow / outflow junctions suitable for use with same, and systems including same An energy-delivery device suitable for delivery of energy to tissue includes an antenna assembly, a chamber defined about the antenna assembly, and a cable having a proximal end suitable for connection to an electrosurgical energy source. The energy-delivery device also includes a flexible, fluid-cooled shaft coupled in fluid communication with the chamber. The flexible, fluid-cooled shaft is configured to contain a length of the cable therein and adapted to remove heat along the length of the cable during delivery of energy to the antenna assembly.
US10123832B2	Surgical forceps system A surgical instrument for fixing bone fragments is provided. The surgical instrument comprises a positioning member with two pad holding portions, two pad members each having a bone contacting surface and each configured to be releasably held at one of the pad holding portions of the positioning member so that the bone contacting surfaces of the two pad members face each other, and two guiding channels configured to receive a flexible elongated member, each guiding channel being formed in a region between the bone contacting surface of one of the pad members and the associated pad holding portion.
US10123831B2	Bone compression device and method In one form, a bone compression device is provided having a shape-retentive bone plate with an initial, unflexed configuration and a flexed configuration. The bone plate may be shifted to the flexed configuration and secured to bones using bone screws of the bone compression device. Once the bone plate has been secured to the bones, the bone plate returns toward its unflexed configuration which compresses the bones.
US10123830B2	Hybrid bone plate A hybrid bone plate has a first plate portion, having a first top surface and a first bottom surface and comprises a hard titanium alloy. A second plate portion has a second top surface and a second bottom surface and comprises a pure titanium or a soft titanium alloy. The first plate portion has a higher material yield strength than the second plate portion. The first plate portion and the second plate portion are connected to each other at a transition region by for example welding wherein in the transition region the first top surface and the second top surface together form a closed top integral surface and the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface together form a closed bottom integral surface.
US10123828B2	Implantable device with pivotable fastener and self-adjusting set screw An intramedullary device to repair a bone in a mammalian body and comprising an elongate nail having a stem and a head. The head is provided with a transverse aperture adapted to receive a fastener. An adjustment mechanism is carried by the head for pivoting the fastener from a first angled position relative to the head to a second angled position relative to the head. A set screw is carried by the head. The distal end of the set screw is movable relative to the proximal end of the set screw from a first position for lockably engaging the fastener in the first angled position and a second position for lockably engaging the fastener in the second angled position. A sealing cap and an apparatus having a cap and a set screw are additionally provided.
US10123826B2	Instruments for use during spine surgery Surgical instruments and devices including drivers, inserters, and reducers. The driver includes a ratcheting mechanism configured to provide uni-directional motion when engaged. The inserter includes a rack, pinion, and cam system designed to secure an implant and release an implant in-situ. The reducer includes a geared system for persuading together surgical components and aligning misaligned vertebrae.
US10123823B2	System and method for dental implant surgery A method for performing an inferior lift in the sinus includes preparing an initial opening in the bone that is drilled to a depth just prior to reaching a sinus floor. Using a sonic drilling device, a final portion of the sinus floor is removed until a schneiderian membrane is reached. A bone graft is inserted into the opening, lifting said schneiderian membrane. After ossification of the bone graft, an implant is inserted into the opening and graft.
US10123816B2	Arthroendoscopical surgical method using ultrasonic treatment tool In an arthroendoscopical surgical method, a resection target area, and a freshening treatment area which becomes repair surfaces with bleeding, are identified, and a resection line and a freshening line are drawn on a tear site in a meniscus, which is emphasized by fluorescence with use of a fluorescent medicine under excitation light. Using an ultrasonic treatment tool and an arthroscope, the resection target area is resected by a probe which generates ultrasonic vibrations, based on the resection line and freshening line under visible-light illumination. Thus, an inclined resection surface is formed, and planar repair surfaces with bleeding are joined and repaired.
US10123815B2	Surgical knife A surgical knife is provided. The knife has a blade, a handle, an elongated tube connected to the blade and the handle, and a sheath slidable over the tube and blade. The sheath is moveable from a first position that exposes the blade to and second position that conceals the blade. The blade, handle, and tube are in a fixed rigid relationship with each other while the sheath is movable.
US10123811B2	Anatomic femoral guide An anatomic femoral guide positions bone tunnels corresponding to the AM and PL bundles in ACL repair and reconstruction procedures. A template guide disposed in a surgical field proximate to a surgical member such as a femur or tibia defines a surgical footprint of the resulting bone tunnel. The template includes apertures corresponding to the size of the bone tunnels for the respective (AM or PL) bundles, and allows positioning at the drilling site to identify the size and location of the bone tunnel, as well as the relative distance between tunnels for double bundle procedures. An offset angle in the template provides differing orientations of the template apertures for visualizing the actual bone tunnel placement. The template has an aperture positionable parallel to a tibial plateau formation on the tibia, and the template orients a second aperture angled by the offset angle for positioning the second tunnel.
US10123809B2	System for use in treatment of vertebral fractures Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devices also allow for creating a path or cavity in bone for insertion of bone cement or other filler to treat a fracture or other condition in the bone. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of bone or hard tissue where the tissue or bone is displaced to define a bore or cavity instead of being extracted from the body such as during a drilling or ablation procedure.
US10123808B2	Surgical, torque transferring instrument including associated tool A surgical torque-transferring instrument includes a preferably universal handpiece to which a handpiece shaft having an internal torsion rod or an internal tool shaft can be connected. The torsion rod can be connected to a torque transmission train or drive within the handpiece via a plug-type coupling which includes a male and female coupling piece which can be axially plugged into each other. The cross-sectional shape of the two coupling pieces approximately corresponds to a four-leaved cloverleaf.
US10123805B2	Space filling devices A device frame includes a plurality of elongate frame members, first and second hub members substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the device frame, and a coupling element that couples the first hub member to the second hub member. The device frame includes a face section, a laterally facing skirt section, and an inverted section. First portions of the elongate members define the face section and extend radially from the first hub member. Second portions of the elongate members define the laterally facing skirt section and extend in a distal, axial, and helical direction along a first rotational direction from the face section. Third portions of the elongate members define the inverted section and extend in a generally proximal direction from a distal portion of the laterally facing skirt section to the second hub member along a rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
US10123802B2	Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
US10123801B2	Means to prevent wound dressings from adhering to closure device A wound dressing for use with a closure device is disclosed. The first and second base panels of the closure device are positioned on opposite lateral sides of a wound or incision. The base panels are coupled together to maintain wound or incision closure. A release liner is removed from a bottom surface of the wound dressing. The wound dressing is positioned over the closure device and the wound or incision. Exudate is absorbed by an absorbent material of the wound dressing through a porous strip of the wound dressing. The wound dressing is slightly larger than the closure device so that its perimeter area is adhered to the skin area around the closure device. Alternatively or in combination, the wound dressing is lightly adhered to the closure device and wound or incision area so that it can be removed without harming the underlying device and tissues.
US10123799B2	Adapter assembly for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
US10123798B2	Tissue thickness compensator comprising controlled release and expansion A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first biocompatible material sealingly enclosed in a water impermeable material and a second layer comprising a second biocompatible material comprising at least one encapsulation, wherein the first biocompatible material expands when contacted with a fluid. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a haemostatic agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic agent, anti-microbial agent, an anti-adhesion agent, an anti-coagulant agent, a medicament, and/or pharmaceutically active agent. The encapsulation may comprise a biodegradable material to degrade in vivo and/or in situ. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a hydrogel. The reaction product may comprise a fluid-swellable composition. Articles of manufacture comprising the tissue thickness compensator and methods of making and using the tissue thickness compensator are also described.
US10123795B2	Minimally invasive surgical technique to perform vaginal ostioplastic and anus tightening A method to perform mini-invasive vaginal ostium plastic surgery and anal tightening procedures, includes: using at least one barbed cylindrical suture with barbs divided into two divergent groups, the sharp ends of the barbs being inclined in the direction of the respective ends, so as to oppose the traction of the thread exerted on both ends, each end being provided with a needle; preparing insertion and emergence cuts in the working plane of the female perineum; introducing the barbed suture thread by inserting needles placed at its ends, at different times, into the same starting hole, in order to emerge from the same outlet hole, thus completing the path in different anatomical planes of the female perineum; tying together the two ends of the at least one suture after having emerged from the same outlet hole, then closing the loop with at least one knot.
US10123793B2	Method and apparatus for re-attaching the labrum to the acetabulum including the provision and use of a novel suture anchor system A method for securing a first object to a second object comprising providing apparatus comprising an elongated body having a lumen; an enlargement; a first elongated element, the distal end of the first elongated element being connected to the enlargement and the proximal end of the first elongated element extending through the lumen; and a second elongated element connected to the first elongated element external to the elongated body; inserting the elongated body into the second object; moving the second elongated element proximally so as to cause proximal movement of the first elongated element so as to cause the enlargement to move into a second portion of the lumen, whereby to laterally expand the elongated body; and securing the first object to the second object with the second elongated element.
US10123792B2	Soft tissue fixation devices and methods Filamentary fixation devices may be used in a variety of surgical procedures to secure soft tissue to bone. The present invention provides various devices, systems, kits and instrumentation for performing such surgical procedures including preparation of soft tissue and bone, preparation and manipulation of such filamentary fixation devices, and insertion and utilization of the fixation devices within a patient's anatomy. In one embodiment, a method for securing soft tissue to bone, the method includes accessing the soft tissue and the bone, passing a filament through the soft tissue, preparing a bore hole in the bone, loading the filament into a filamentary fixation device, implanting the filamentary fixation device, with the filament, into the bore hole, and tensioning the filament so that the filamentary fixation device and filament are secured within the bore hole.
US10123787B2	Combination introducer and stylet The elongated substantially tubular introducer extends along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a sharpened distal end. The introducer includes at least one side window positioned at a predefined location along the longitudinal axis from a distal tip. The elongated stylet is adapted to be received in a lumen of the tubular introducer to provide structural support for the introducer during insertion and removal. The introducer can be inserted as part of a procedure that includes generating a first image to identify target tissue for biopsy, inserting the introducer into the location of the target tissue based on the first image and then taking a second image, in a substantially transverse or orthogonal direction from the first image in order to ensure proper alignment of target tissue in relation to the at least one side window or to allow for repositioning of the introducer.
US10123780B2	Medical image diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a lumen image generating unit, a running line generating unit, an image synthesizing unit and a control unit. The lumen image generating unit generates a lumen image depicting a shape of a lumen having a branch based on volume data. The running line generating unit generates a plurality of running lines based on the shape of the lumen. The image synthesizing unit generates a synthetic image by superimposing, on the lumen image, the plurality of the running lines indicating moving paths of a viewpoint in a virtual endoscopy image. The control unit displays the synthetic image and controls the image synthesizing unit to perform depiction that distinguishes between a range of a running line along which a virtual endoscopy image is displayed and a range of a running line along which no virtual endoscopy image is displayed.
US10123778B2	Diagnosis aiding apparatus and method to provide diagnosis information and diagnosis system thereof A diagnosis aiding apparatus and method to provide diagnosis information is provided. The diagnosis aiding apparatus includes an information display unit configured to display a reference cross-section of an image, display diagnosis information belonging to the reference cross-section, and display diagnosis information corresponding to a different cross-section within the reference cross-section displayed.
US10123769B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and data processing method In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver transmits and receives an ultrasonic beam to a subject to generate reception data; the delay correction unit corrects a delay time of the reception data to align a phase of the reception data; the reception aperture level setting unit sets two or more reception aperture levels of reception data from reception data after correction of the delay time; the image producer produces ultrasound images corresponding to the set reception aperture levels, by performing phase matching addition on the reception data after correction of the delay time; and the image quality determination unit determines image qualities of the ultrasound images corresponding to the set reception aperture levels and selects an ultrasound image having a predetermined image quality.
US10123768B2	MRI compatible 3-D intracardiac echography catheter and system An intracardiac imaging system has an intracardiac echography catheter with an internal volume, a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter includes an atraumatic tip disposed on the distal end of the catheter, a pair of inductively coupled coils proximal the atraumatic tip, at least one CMUT on CMOS volumetric imaging chip disposed between the pair of coils, and a cable lumen disposed within the volume and configured to small number of electrical connections due to significant multiplexing in the CMUT on CMOS chip. The catheter can be made of MRI compatible materials and can include active cooling channels. The CMUT on CMOS chip has a plurality of Tx elements transmitting imaging pulses, a plurality of Rx elements, disposed on the chip to have a large aperture and a plurality of electronics interfacing with the Tx elements for beamforming and the Rx elements to produce radio frequency output signals.
US10123767B2	Ultrasonic guidance of multiple invasive devices in three dimensions An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of the insertion of multiple needles into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.
US10123766B2	Ultrasound stylet A stylet (100) includes a handle assembly (102) with an indicator display (112) and a stiff wire assembly (120) extending distally from the handle assembly (102) having a non-imaging ultrasonic device on a distal end. The stylet includes a circuit assembly having one or more of a pulser (120), a transmit/receive chip (132), a bandpass filter (134), a differential amplifier (136), an ADC (138), and an MCU (140), operable to control the operation of the ultrasonic device and to receive and analyze data from the ultrasonic device to facilitate implantation of a device such as a catheter.
US10123765B2	Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus The present embodiment relates to an ultrasound probe having a first ultrasound vibrator group and a second ultrasound vibrator group, comprising a plurality of matrix switches and an adder. The ultrasound probe has a mode to send ultrasound to a predetermined observation point within a subject by the first ultrasound vibrator group, and to receive ultrasound echoes reflected within the subject by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The plurality of matrix switches extract, based on the distance between the second ultrasound vibrator group and the observation point, a plurality of ultrasound echoes having substantially the same phase from a plurality of ultrasound echoes output by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The adder adds the plurality of ultrasound echoes extracted by the plurality of matrix switches for each of the matrix switches and outputs them.
US10123762B2	System and method for adjusting dental X-ray exposure An x-ray imaging system and a method for retrofitting existing x-ray generators to allow those generators to be controlled by a digital x-ray imaging system are disclosed. The x-ray imaging system includes an imaging array and an image controller. The imaging array is configured to be positioned within a patient's mouth, the imaging array acquiring an image of the patient's teeth when the patient's head is illuminated with x-rays. The imaging array includes an x-ray dosimeter that provides an x-ray exposure signal indicative of an x-ray exposure received by the imaging array. The image controller is coupled to the imaging array and receives the x-ray exposure signal, the image controller includes a first wireless link that controls an x-ray generator by initiating a pre-programmed x-ray exposure. The wireless controllable switch can be used to replace an existing manually controlled switch in an existing x-ray generator.
US10123759B2	Systems, compositions, and methods for local imaging and treatment of pain Pain factors are labeled with targeted agents or markers delivered into the body. The labeled pain factors are imaged with appropriate imaging tools in a manner allowing selective identification and localization of areas of pain source or transmission. The labeled pain factors allow spatial differentiation in the imaging sufficient to specify the location of the pain so as to drive therapeutic decisions and techniques in order to treat the pain. Pain factors labeled and imaged in this manner may include one or more of nerve factors, blood vessel factors, cellular factors, and inflammation factors. Labeled markers may include for example radioactive materials (e.g. tritiated or iodinated molecules) or other materials such as metal (e.g. gold) nanoparticles. Intermediary binding materials may be used, such as for example bi-specific antibodies.
US10123758B2	Methods and systems for determining breast density Various embodiments are described herein for methods, devices and systems that can be used to determine a breast density value from an input image of patient's breast. In one example embodiment, the breast density value is calculated by receiving an input image corresponding to the digital mammogram, removing metadata information from the input image to generate an intermediate image, generating a region of interest (ROI) image based on the intermediate image, extracting values for predictor variables based on the metadata information, the intermediate image and the ROI image, and calculating breast density based on the values of the predictor variables. The breast density value is calculated based on a breast density model.
US10123754B2	Wrappable sterile radiation shield drape, combination of a radiation shield and sterile drape therefor and method of providing a sterile drape about a radiation shield A wrappable sterile radiation shield drape, a wrappable sterile radiation shield drape in combination with a radiation shield, and a method of providing a sterile surface about a suspended radiation shield is provided. The drape includes a flexible wall having a sterilized outer surface. The wall has opposite side edges extending between upper and lower ends and an upper fastener adjacent its upper end. The upper fastener is configured to releasably fix the upper end of the wall relative to the radiation shield. The wall further includes an edge fastener adjacent at least one of its side edges. The edge fastener is configured to releasably maintain the wall in a wrapped configuration about the radiation shield. The wall further includes at least one flap attached adjacent the upper end, wherein the flap includes a pocket configured to receive a shoulder extension portion of the radiation shield.
US10123753B2	Haptic feedback and interface systems for reproducing internal body sounds In various embodiments, a haptic system comprises at least one acoustic sensor; an amplifier for receiving electronic signals from the acoustic sensor and amplifying the received signals; at least one actuator, operatively connected to the amplifier, for vibrating in accordance with the amplified signals; and a support including at least one actuator, operatively connected to the amplifier, for vibrating in accordance with the amplified signals and conferring vibrotactile sensations corresponding thereto.
US10123751B2	Systems and devices for motion tracking, assessment, and monitoring and methods of use thereof A system includes a wearable sensor configured to be worn by a person and to record sensor data during an activity performed by the person; an analysis element configured to receive the sensor data from the wearable sensor, determine sensor orientation data of the wearable sensor during the activity based on the sensor data, translate the sensor orientation data of the wearable sensor to person orientation data of the person during the activity, determine, for the person during the activity, (a) a lift rate, (b) a maximum sagittal flexion, (c) an average twist velocity, (d) a maximum moment, and (e) a maximum lateral velocity, and determine a score representative of an injury risk to the person during the activity based on such data; and a tangible feedback element configured to provide at least one tangible feedback based on the score so as to reduce the injury risk.
US10123742B2	Methods and devices combining multiple cardiac rate measurements with interval correction and arrhythmia decision bypass In some examples, cardiac cycle detection may be used as an approach to cardiac activity tracking, with one or more second approaches to cardiac activity tracking also available for use. Additional rate measurement relying on different sources or analyses may require extra power consumption over the cycle detection methods. Therefore, new methods and devices are disclosed that selectively activate a second cardiac rate measurement. In some illustrative methods and devices, decisions are made as to whether and which previously collected data, if any, is to be discarded, replaced, or corrected upon activation of the second cardiac rate measurement. In some illustrative methods and devices, a cardiac cycle detection approach to cardiac activity tracking may be bypassed by a second cardiac rate measurement.
US10123736B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring compliance with physical therapy regimes A system for monitoring use of knee joint flexibility rehabilitation apparatus comprises a knee joint flexibility rehabilitation apparatus, a sensor and a monitor configured to receive and display a signal from the sensor.
US10123735B2	Electronic device for determining sleep state and method of controlling same Disclosed is a method for an electronic device. The method may include: acquiring a galvanic skin response; generating a first parameter for a first interval and a second parameter for a second interval based on the galvanic skin response, the second interval being an interval before the first interval; determining a first threshold corresponding to the first interval based on the second parameter; and determining an activity state of the first interval based on the first threshold and the first parameter corresponding to the first interval.
US10123731B2	Wireless sensors for nerve integrity monitoring systems A sensor including electrodes, a control module and a physical layer module. The electrodes are configured to (i) attach to a patient, and (ii) receive a first electromyographic signal from the patient. The control module is connected to the electrodes. The control module is configured to (i) detect the first electromyographic signal, and (ii) generate a first voltage signal. The physical layer module is configured to: receive a payload request from a console interface module or a nerve integrity monitoring device; and based on the payload request, (i) upconvert the first voltage signal to a first radio frequency signal, and (ii) wirelessly transmit the first radio frequency signal from the sensor to the console interface module or the nerve integrity monitoring device.
US10123728B2	Catheter connection and stabilization device and methods of using same A catheter stabilization device includes a medical connector and a docking pod. The medical connector is configured to connect to a medical implement. The docking pod has an internal fluid path, a first opening, and an inlet opening. The first opening may be placed in fluid communication with a catheter. A docking pod adhesive layer that is located at least partially beneath at least a portion of the docking pod secures the docking pod to a patient. The device also includes an adherent substrate with a first film layer and at least a second film layer. The first and second film layers at least partially define a fluid pathway that extends through the adherent substrate and fluidly connects the medical connector and the inlet opening of the docking pod.
US10123727B2	Passive detection of pulse A body-mountable light sensing device includes a photodiode configured to receive light from a portion of subsurface vasculature and electronics configured to operate the photodiode to measure the received light. The electronics include a photodiode voltage source configured to reverse bias the photodiode, a current mirror, and a sigma-delta modulator configured to generate a digital output related to the received light and having a high resolution while using low power. The digital output could be used to determine a pulse rate or other properties of blood in the portion of subsurface vasculature by detecting absorption of ambient light by blood in the portion of subsurface vasculature. Components of the body-mountable device could be embedded in a polymeric material configured for mounting to a surface of an eye. The digital output and/or related information could be wirelessly communicated by the body-mountable device.
US10123725B2	Hearing prosthesis efficacy altering and/or forecasting techniques A method of forecasting subjective efficacy of a hearing prosthesis implanted in a recipient, including subjecting a recipient to a plurality of temporally spaced aural training tasks, the aural training tasks evoking hearing percepts with the hearing prosthesis, obtaining first data indicative of the recipient's ability to hear with the hearing prosthesis based on performance by the recipient of the temporally spaced aural training tasks, and forecasting second data based on the first data, wherein the second data are indicative of the recipient's ability to hear with the hearing prosthesis at one or more temporal locations in the future.
US10123713B2	Patient data sensor device A patient data sensor device has an implantable patient data sensor and an implantable data transmission mechanism, which is in signal connection with the patient data sensor. The data transmission mechanism has an antenna for telemetric data transmission to an external data collection unit. In addition, the data transmission mechanism has a carrier plate for electronic components. The latter are covered on the carrier plate, at least to one side, by a cover. The antenna is configured in an edge region of the carrier plate and running around the latter and around the electronic components. The result is a patient data sensor device which is more tolerable for the patient.
US10123711B2	Heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring system An integrated circuit device includes an insulating body provided with a number of electrically conductive leads and having a surface provided with a red LED aperture, an IR LED aperture and a photodetector aperture. The insulating body also includes an optical isolator optically separating the photodetector aperture from the red LED aperture and the IR LED aperture. A red LED is aligned with the red LED aperture, an IR LED is aligned with the IR LED aperture, and a photodetector is aligned with the photodetector aperture.
US10123710B2	Optical pulse-rate sensor pillow assembly A sensory-and-logic system comprises an illumination source configured to emit a blood-sensing light, a window through which the blood-sensing light passes en route to human tissue, an illumination receiver configured to measure the blood-sensing light reflected back through the window from the human tissue, a frame surrounding the window and elevating away from the window, and a pillow surrounding the frame and recessing from the frame and the window.
US10123709B2	Pulse wave measurement device, pulse wave measurement system and signal processing method A pulse wave measurement device includes a storage unit and a subtracter. When a light emitting element alternately switches between a lighting state in which the light emitting element emits light into a body and a non-lighting state in which the light emitting element does not emit light, the storage unit stores a value of a first digital signal representing an output state of a light receiving element that receives light transmitted through or reflected by the body at timing of the lighting state, and a value of a second digital signal representing an output state of the light receiving element at timing of the non-lighting state. The subtracter subtracts the second digital signal value stored in the storage unit from the first digital signal value stored in the storage unit.
US10123705B2	Deep optical imaging of tissue with less scattering in the second, third and fourth NIR spectral windows using supercontinuum and other laser coherent light sources Coherent light is used to image cells/molecules at wavelengths in the near-infrared (NIR) region in second, third and fourth spectral windows. Optical attenuation from thin tissue slices of normal and malignant breast and prostate tissue, and pig brain are placed between matched bandpass filters, within desired windows and measured within an NIR spectral window at wavelengths selected to highlight the desired cells/molecules. Due to a reduction in scattering and minimal absorption, longer attenuation and clearer images can be seen in the second, third and fourth NIR windows compared to the conventional first NIR window. The spectral windows have uses in microscope imaging one or more collagens, elastins, lipids and carotenoids in arteries, bones, breast, cells, skin, intestines, bones, cracks, teeth, and blood due to less scattering of light and improved signal to noise to provide clearer images.
US10123700B2	Ophthalmic apparatus and alignment method for ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus and method is provided for quickly and accurately aligning a measurement optical system with the vertex of the cornea of a subject's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus comprises a main body, an infrared detection system, a support portion, a driving unit, a visible light irradiation system placed coaxially with the apparatus main body and configured to irradiate the subject's eye, at least two photographing devices configured to substantially simultaneously photograph the subject's eye from different directions, a first alignment detection unit configured to acquire Purkinje images of the subject's eye, originating from infrared light, from at least two photographed images of the subject's eye and detect a position of the subject's eye from the Purkinje images, a second alignment detection unit, and a drive control unit to align the apparatus with the subject's eye.
US10123695B2	Diagnosis supporting device and method of supporting diagnosis A display, imaging units that capture a subject, an eye gaze detector that detects an eye gaze direction of the subject, from the captured image captured by the imaging units, a gaze point detector that detects a gaze point of the subject in a display region of the display, based on the eye gaze direction, an output controller that displays any of a plurality of diagnosis images on the display, selects the diagnosis image to be displayed next according to a position of the gaze point detected when the diagnosis image is displayed, from the plurality of diagnosis images, and further displays the selected diagnosis image on the display, and an evaluator that calculates an evaluation value of the subject, based on the gaze point detected by the gaze point detector when the diagnosis image is displayed.
US10123691B1	Methods and systems for automatically identifying the Schwalbe's line Various methods for automatically identifying the Schwalbe's line location in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of the anterior chamber of an eye are described. In one example method, the posterior corneal surface in the ROI is segmented by using one or more segmentation approaches to produce a segmented output. A curvature is computed at each segmented point to identify a set of local curvature maxima locations. Features at each local curvature maxima location are evaluated. The Schwalbe's line location is identified using the evaluated features at each maxima location. Other methods for identifying the Schwalbe's line location discussed in the present application are based on identification of a location of maximum curvature in the curvature function and identification of a maximum distance to the convex-hull of a model fit.
US10123690B2	System and method for measuring dysphotopsia Systems and methods for measuring dysphotopsia are provided. These systems and methods can be used to objectively quantify positive and negative dysphotopsia. One embodiment provides a system and method for determining dysphotopsia that uses a first light source configured to provide light energy to illuminate a model eye, a refractor for refracting the light energy from the first light source and directing it into the model eye, a first electronic light sensor for measuring an amount of light in the model eye; a second light source configured to provide light energy to illuminate the model eye, wherein the light energy from the second light source is introduced at an angle from the first light source; and a second electronic light sensor for measuring the amount of light in the model eye, wherein the second electronic light sensor is capable of taking measurements from various points around the model eye. Data from these measurements can then analyzed to provide an objective measurement of dysphotopsia.
US10123688B2	Information processing apparatus, operation method thereof, and computer program An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images of an eye, including a confocal image and a non-confocal image of the eye; a deciding unit configured to decide a saving format for saving the confocal image and non-confocal image in a storage region; and a saving unit configured to save at least one of the acquired plurality of types of images in the storage region, based on the decided saving format.
US10123687B2	Method for optimizing the selection of the IOL to be implanted in an eye A method for selecting an intraocular lens (IOL), to optimize the results of refractive procedures on the eye. According to the invention, the method for selecting the IOL includes: a) determining the required biometrical parameters of the eye; b) using the parameters for a corresponding eye model; c) evaluating, using ray tracing, the data of an IOL to be implanted; d) selecting, on the basis of said data, an IOL to be implanted; and e) repeating the method steps c) and d) for further suitable IOLs. To optimize the method, different measuring methods are used to determine the biometrical parameters, a corresponding patient-specific eye model is identified, and, when selecting the IOL, additional retinal image metrics are taken into consideration alongside the determined data. The method according to the invention permits the optimized selection of a spherical, aspheric, toric or multifocal IOL for implantation.
US10123686B2	Drowsiness detection method and system for determining the degree of eye opening and closure An eye detection method for detecting a degree of eye opening and closure of a testee includes detecting a location of an eye pupil, a location of an inner eye corner and a location of an outer eye corner of an eye of the testee; calculating an eye width according to the location of the inner eye corner and the location of the outer eye corner; multiplying the eye width by a specific ratio to obtain an eye height; generating a region of interest with a center on the location of the eye pupil, a length equal to the eye width, and a width equal to the eye height; and determining a ratio of the eye occupying a detection area in the region of interest, and determining the degree of eye opening and closure of the testee accordingly.
US10123684B2	System and method for processing video images generated by a multiple viewing elements endoscope An endoscope video processing system applies a blooming control feature to image frames of video data signals generated by viewing elements in the endoscope tip. A reduced digital gain is applied to a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal. An average luminance value of pixels neighboring a pixel of the attenuated signal is calculated and a function of the average luminance value is determined to generate a smoothly transitioning digital gain. The smoothly transitioning digital gain is conditioned using weights to generate a customizable digital gain, and the customizable digital gain is applied to the attenuated signal. This Local Blooming Control (LBC) facilitates a higher luminance digital gain in darker portions while maintaining a low or no luminance digital gain in brighter portions, within the same image frame.
US10123683B2	Variably flexible insertion device and method for variably flexing an insertion device A torque-transmitting, variably-flexible device, comprising a hollow body having a proximal end, a distal end and a given length, a torque-transmitting element that extends substantially entirely over the given length of the hollow body, a steering element that steers the distal end of the hollow body, the steering element being comprised of steering tendons disposed within the hollow body, and stiffening tendons disposed within the hollow body to selectively maintain the hollow body in a relatively stiff condition, wherein the stiffening tendons are unassociated with the steering element of the device.
US10123682B2	Articulating torqueable hollow device An articulating mechanism for use in a medical device, such as an endoscope or a catheter, includes a series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other. Each link includes a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link. Pull-wires provide tension and hold the staked links together while also allowing for controlled bending of the distal portion by movement of one or more of the pull-wires.
US10123681B2	Endoscope insertion shape observation apparatus having a controller to drive bending of insertion portion of endoscope An endoscope insertion shape observation apparatus includes an endoscope, a magnetic field generation coil provided at an insertion portion of the endoscope and configured to generate a magnetic field, an antenna unit configured to receive a coil signal from the magnetic field generation coil, a bending portion configured to bend the insertion portion, a bending drive section configured to drive the bending portion to bend, an insertion shape processing circuit configured to generate an insertion shape of the endoscope inserted into a subject according to a signal received from the antenna unit, a touch panel configured to display a generation result of the insertion shape processing circuit and be able to perform touch operation, and a drive section control circuit configured to control a drive amount of the bending drive section based on the touch operation on a desired location of the insertion shape displayed on the touch panel.
US10123679B2	Device for cleaning and disinfecting footwear Devices, systems and methods for cleaning and disinfecting footwear items are disclosed herein. In an aspect a cleaning belt element is configured to rotate a cleaning belt in a continuous loop around a first rotating cylinder and a second rotating cylinder wherein the first rotating cylinder and the second rotating cylinder are connected by the cleaning belt. In another aspect, a containment element is configured to receive the footwear item wherein the containment element comprises a shroud, one or more bristle protruding from at least one inside wall of the shroud, and a transparent floor layer wherein the received footwear item rests. In yet another aspect, an ultraviolet light element is configured to emit ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source wherein the ultraviolet light source is located below the transparent floor layer.
US10123678B1	Rack assembly for a dishwasher appliance A dishwasher appliance is provided having an upper rack assembly that includes a rack that defines a vertical support structure and a manifold base. A manifold cap is attached to the rack over the manifold base such that the manifold cap and the manifold base define a spray manifold. A docking port is defined in a rear wall of the rack for providing fluid communication between the spray manifold and a fluid circulation assembly when the rack is positioned within the wash chamber.
US10123673B2	Dust collecting apparatus A dust collecting apparatus includes a dust separation unit to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust storage unit to store the dust separated in the dust separation unit; a pressing member to compress the dust stored in the dust storage unit, and having a pressing plate support part, and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a fixing member disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit and the pressing plate support part; and a path formed by a part of the fixing member, located between the pressing plate support part and the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit, and through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes, wherein one or more holes through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes are formed at the pressing plate.
US10123671B2	Hand-held pneumatic vacuum A portable pneumatic vacuum cleaner is disclosed that includes a venturi vacuum generator disposed downstream of a primary filter. The primary filter is disposed in filter chamber that is disposed downstream of a collection chamber. Both chambers are disposed in a canister and the collection chamber is separated from the filter chamber by a partition filter. A vacuum conduit extends through a wall of the canister and into the collection chamber and has a collection end positioned tangentially to the wall of the canister for generating cyclonic flow in the collection chamber. The filter chamber is connected to the vacuum generator by an outlet conduit. The vacuum generator also connects to a pressurized air source and an exhaust.
US10123670B2	Manufacturing byproduct collection systems and methods A byproduct collection system is configured to collect byproducts of a manufacturing operation on a workpiece. The byproduct collection system includes a collection shroud defining a collection chamber, and a securing mount coupled to the collection shroud. The securing mount is configured to removably secure the byproduct collection system to a surface of the workpiece so that the collection shroud is proximate to a working location of the workpiece during a working operation on the workpiece.
US10123669B2	Multi-purpose toilet footrest A multi-purpose toilet footrest has a first foot platform, a second foot platform, and a receptacle interposed between the first and second foot platforms. A user places their legs on the foot platforms when using the toilet to place their body in a squatting position and may store or dispose items in the receptacle.
US10123660B2	Shower door assembly A shower door assembly includes a header, a door, and an elongated member. The header includes a track and a channel disposed above the track. The door is in moving engagement with the track. The elongated member is received within and slidably coupled to the channel and is configured to be moved within the channel between a first position to allow for removal of the door from the track, and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the door when the door is moved along the track between an open and a closed position.
US10123658B2	Collapsible grab bars for bath tubs and/or showers A walk-in bathing environment is used by people who may have trouble getting in and out of standard bathtubs or showers. Grab bars are positioned in and around the bathing environments to aid in entering the environments, exiting the environments, sitting, standing, and otherwise moving relative to the bathing environment. The grab bars may be placed on the walls, top, external, or generally on and around the bathing environment such that a user can grab the one or more grab bars in order to provide support for moving relative to the bathing environment. The grab bars are connected to the environment such that they can be moved between a use and a non-use configuration, such that the bars are extending from a portion of the housing only when desired by the user.
US10123656B2	Three-dimensional stirring/mixing utensils The invention provides stirring and/or mixing utensils such as pots, pans and the like, for preparing foodstuffs for consumption by mixing and possibly also heating them in an environment in which they can be tumbled or otherwise moved in three-dimensions. Utensils in accordance with some embodiments of the invention comprise cooking or frying utensils incorporating a food chamber that is mounted for rotation about three orthogonal axes. Utensils in accordance with other embodiments of the invention use, in combination, a food chamber mounted for rotation about two mutually orthogonal axes and a stirring device driven about the third axis.
US10123653B2	Three wire, wire chafing stand A chafer wire stand of three lengths of wire has one length of wire as an upper loop and the other two substantially identical to each other, as well as being mirror images of themselves. These two lengths of wire are laid out perpendicular to each other, and each end thereof attaches to the upper loop. These two lengths are connected to the upper loop, then have a vertical drop to the bottom followed by a section acutely angled back upwards, then an acute angled drop to the bottom again in a second vertical section. Then a right angle connection from the vertical section to a horizontal section forms the outline or exterior of a receptacle for a heat source. This half wire section is repeated three more times (two wires, two half wire sections each) forming an economical wire chafing stand which only requires four or five weld points.
US10123652B2	Method of operating a tankless beverage brewing apparatus A method of operating a tankless beverage brewing apparatus that includes a digital controller for dynamically varying the water temperature and/or the brew flow rate of the dispensed beverage is shown. In some embodiments, a main supply line of the tankless beverage brewing apparatus includes a pressure reducer, a pressure sensor, a linear heater, a temperature sensor, and a spray valve; all supplying a hot water spray head and/or a hot water spigot. The inlet of the main supply line of the tankless beverage brewing apparatus may be connected directly to the local cold water supply. The controller uses feedback from the temperature sensor and/or the pressure sensor to dynamically vary the water temperature and/or the brew flow rate depending on the type of beverage being brewed.
US10123651B2	Coffee maker with moving water dispersion A coffee maker provides a controlled release of heated water into brewing material. In one embodiment the coffee maker includes a spiraling nozzle releasing heated water over brewing material held in the coffee maker. The nozzle provides a single release point at each instant providing improved exposure of the brewing material to the heated water. In another embodiment the coffee maker includes a rotating sprinkler arm releasing heated water into the brewing material. In either embodiment motion may be provided by the flow of heated water, or by an electric motor.
US10123648B2	System and method for cooking A system and method for cooking. The system includes a sealable bag and a bag seal located on the sealable bag. Coupled to the sealable bag is a snorkel which has a top end and a bottom end. The snorkel also has a cap. The snorkel is coupled to the sealable bag such that when the sealable bag is immersed in a fluid, the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid causes the air to be purged from the sealable bag. The resulting purged bag is then cooked in the bath of fluid for a desired time and temperature. The removal of air provides several benefits including more uniform cooking.
US10123645B2	Hanger device and key holder Described is a hanger device and key holder. The key holder is coupled to the hanger device and includes a key ring for holding keys. The hanger device is configured for office use by coupling to the top of an office divider wall. The hanger device is both a coat hanger for hanging apparel and a key holder for holding keys. The hanger device has several common office use electronic devices integrated into the hanger device, such as a laser pointer, a remote access device, and a portable memory device. The hanger device has a battery to feed the included electronic devices and a display to provide data and information related to the electronic devices. The hanger device provides functions needed by office workers and helps keep items used by office workers from getting lost.
US10123642B2	Handheld hydration holder A hydration holder and method for manufacturing the same from a single sheet of stretchable fabric is disclosed. The hydration holder comprises a bottle holder and has an elongated strip extending therefrom and fastening to the bottle holder in multiple locations to form an upper loop, an inner handle member, and an outer handle member, wherein the outer handle member reversibly fastens to the inner handle member. Cutouts in the center and lower sections increase the capacity of the hydration holder to accommodate large bottles.
US10123640B2	Cover for outdoor furniture A cover is for a furniture item defining a recess at an upper end. The cover may include a cover layer extending over the furniture item and over the recess and having an inner surface adjacent the recess, and a bladder coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer adjacent the recess and configured to inflate. The bladder is for preventing depressions on an upper surface of the cover layer.
US10123638B2	Pillow A pillow comprises a substantially U-shaped body defining a recess adapted to house the neck of a user. The U-shaped body has a rear portion and first and second side portions that define a rear wall and first and second side walls of the recess and define a shoulder-contacting base and an upper surface. The pillow has a first inflatable headrest having a lower part housed in the recess adjacent the first side wall of the recess and a second inflatable headrest having a lower part housed in the recess adjacent the second side wall of the recess. The first and second inflatable headrests are each alterable between a first configuration wherein they are deflated and a second configuration wherein they are inflated such that respective upper parts of the headrests extend upwardly from the recess so as to cover respective ears of a user.
US10123636B2	Merchandise display system An apparatus comprising a center slot and a plurality of openings. The center slot may physically connect to a support structure. The plurality of openings may be positioned around a periphery of the apparatus. Each of the openings (a) has a vertical slot and an elongated cavity and (b) removably accepts an attachment device. The elongated cavity is tapered from top to bottom. An insertion member that is tapered from a top of the attachment device to a bottom of the attachment device is accepted by one of the plurality of openings to fit in the elongated cavity. A segment of the attachment device is configured to pass through the vertical slot when the insertion member is inserted into the elongated cavity.
US10123633B2	Refrigerated display case A refrigerated shelf unit includes a housing, shelves arranged stair-like within the housing, an access opening arranged in the housing, and a night time cover assembly which closes the access opening. The night time cover assembly includes a shutter tube fastened to the housing, an insulating film with an upper end fixed to the shutter tube and a lower end, a tensioning rail arranged at the lower end of the insulating film, and a pivot arm. The insulating film is rolled on the shutter tube when the night time cover assembly is open and is rolled off the shutter tube to span the access opening when the night time cover assembly is closed. An upper and lower end of the pivot arm are hinged to hinges which are inclined so that a pivot plane of the pivot arm is inclined by 10° to 70° with respect to a vertical plane.
US10123630B2	Single cover passive mattress spinner A system is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. Surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in engagement with each other. The surfaces may be provided by two separate covers; a single cover and the inherent surface roughness of the box spring or fixed or adjustable platform; a single cover with an embedded surface or no covers with embedded surfaces in both the mattress and the box spring or platform. In the latter embodiment, the mattress and the box spring or platform are secured together in a normal mode of operation to prevent unintended movement of the mattress.
US10123626B2	Manual operating unit, manual operating system, furniture control system, bed and armchair A manual operating unit for a furniture control, which is provided in particular for seating or lounging furniture, has a housing with a top side and a bottom side. A first and a third operating panel are defined on the top side and a second and a fourth operating panel are defined on the bottom side, which are located opposite to the first and third operating panels. Actuating the first and second operating panels triggers a first operating signal in each case, whereas actuating the third and fourth operating panels triggers a second operating signal in each case. The housing is movably mounted over push-buttons arranged in the housing at least in the region of the first and third operating panels in such a way that a first of said push-buttons is actuated by moving the housing in the region of the first operating panel and a second of said push-buttons is actuated by moving the housing in the region of the third operating panel.
US10123625B2	Reversible headrest tilt, lumbar mechanism A reversible adjustable lumbar support and headrest tilt mechanism is provided for installation on a chair. A side bracket is coupled to each side of the back frame, and a back bracket is pivotably coupled to each side bracket. An actuator is pivotably coupled to the back frame that has an extendable and retractable shaft. In a first orientation, with the actuator shaft extending toward the upper end of the back frame, a headrest back insert is couple-able to and between the back brackets, such that extension and retraction of the actuator shaft rotates the headrest back insert. In a second orientation, with the actuator shaft extending toward the lower end of the back frame, a lumbar push bar is couple-able to and between the back brackets, such that extension and retraction of the actuator shaft rotates the lumbar push bar.
US10123622B1	Barber chair with auxiliary seat The barber chair with auxiliary seat is configured for use with a client hydraulic salon chair. A hair stylist sits on the barber chair with auxiliary seat. The elevation of the barber chair with auxiliary seat is adjustable. The position of the barber chair with auxiliary seat relative to the client hydraulic salon chair is adjustable. The barber chair with auxiliary seat comprises a client hydraulic salon chair, a stylist hydraulic salon chair, a pedestal, a track system, and a control circuit. The client hydraulic salon chair and the stylist hydraulic salon chair mount on the pedestal. The track system attaches the stylist hydraulic salon chair to the pedestal. The control circuit controls the elevation of the stylist hydraulic salon chair. The control circuit controls the position of the stylist hydraulic salon chair relative to the client hydraulic salon chair.
US10123621B2	Furniture system recliner assembly with sled rails A furniture system with a reclining assembly including a modular furniture assembly and a reclining assembly. A passageway in the reclining assembly allows coupling to a slit in the modular furniture assembly with a coupler. The reclining assembly includes a housing and a footrest assembly that moves with respect to the housing. An additional base can be coupled to the front end of the footrest assembly, with one or more (e.g., two) sled rails mounted on an underside of the additional base, such that the additional base slides on the sled rails as the footrest assembly moves from the compressed non-reclined position to the extended position.
US10123619B2	Canvas holding assembly A canvas holding assembly for holding large and small canvases includes a base that is tripoidal. A first plate is coupled to and extends from the base. The first plate is substantially parallel to a surface upon which the base is positioned and is configured to position items of a user. A first bar is selectively extendable from a top of the base. A second bar is coupled to and extends from the first bar distal from the base. A first coupler is pivotally coupled to the second bar distal from the first bar. The first coupler is positioned above the first plate. Each of a plurality of holders is configured to couple to a canvas. Each holder comprises a second coupler that is complementary to, and positioned to couple to, the first coupler, such that the holder is configured to couple to the canvas.
US10123616B2	Tall cabinet quick release structure A cabinet quick release structure includes an upper sliding rail assembly, a bracket having front and rear positioning blocks, a tray, left and right latch devices and a lower sliding rail assembly arranged so that when dismounting a wooden cabinet from a cabinet housing, a user pulls a latch block of the front positioning block, and then pushes an inner sliding rail of the upper sliding rail assembly backward to move front and rear positioning rods of an inner sliding rail respectively out the front and rear positioning blocks, and then disengages the left and right latch devices from a bottom locating frame of the lower sliding rail assembly. When mounting the wooden cabinet, the front positioning rod of the inner sliding rail is locked by the latch block while the rear positioning rod is located in the rear positioning block and the latch devices engage the bottom locating frame.
US10123612B2	Retractable support member A support member that is retractable and then can be extended and locked into place in order to support such item. The locking mechanisms for the support member include at least two push button assemblies. In order to retract the support member, a user pushes in the first push button and slides a first telescoping portion of the support member over a second telescoping portion of the support member, which then automatically pushes in the second push button to complete the retraction of the support member.
US10123609B2	Replacement brush head for an electric toothbrush A replacement head for an electric toothbrush has a simplified drive construction and desired bristle carrier retention. The replacement head includes a neck with a head at one end and a brush shaft disposed within the neck. An eccentric extension extends from the brush shaft parallel with the longitudinal axis and an axial extension extends parallel to the eccentric extension. The eccentric extension engages an angled slot in the bristle carrier to drive the bristle carrier. The brush shaft, including the eccentric extension and the axial extension, may be formed together as a single unitary piece.
US10123608B2	Wearable band including magnets A wearable band may include a first strap portion including a loop, and a second strap portion positionable through the loop of the first strap portion. The second strap portion may include a multi-pole magnet assembly, the multi-pole magnet assembly including two or more magnets arranged in a multi-pole magnet structure and at least one discrete shunt positioned over a surface of the multi-pole magnet structure.
US10123600B1	Pumpkin-shaped travel bag assembly A bag assembly comprising of any number of detachable and re-attachable, wedge-shaped, independent, bag segments, that when collectively joined together, form a pumpkin-shape. The wedge-shaped, independent bag segments can be joined, at their top ends and their bottom ends, by each attaching to a detachable rings at the top and the bottom.An inner pocket is included within each of the wedge-shaped, independent, bag segments. One or more detachable shoulder or hand straps can be applied and connect at either of the ends of the bag assembly for carrying purposes, or the strap can be attached directly to the bag segment. The detachable rings also serve as quick grab handles. Each of the wedge-shaped, independent bag segments have an exterior access entry.
US10123595B2	Interchangeable jewelry setting system An interchangeable jewelry setting system that allows for the insertion, removal and replacement of ornamental elements onto a jewelry piece is provided. The jewelry piece may comprise any type of or piece of jewelry onto which an ornamental setting may be fitted such as, for example, a ring, necklace, earring, bracelet, broach, pin, etc. Likewise, any ornamental element may be disposed on the interchangeable setting of the invention, such as, for example, a metallic engraving, ornamental design element, etc.
US10123594B2	Slider elements for articles of jewelry A slider for an article of jewelry is disclosed. The slider includes a body defining a securing channel and a sliding channel. The slider also includes a securing flap extending from the body and configured to be pressed from a first position to a second position such that the securing flap is pressed at least partially into the securing channel to restrain the band when the band is disposed therein. Articles of jewelry utilizing such sliders are also disclosed herein.
US10123590B2	System and assembly for securing a buckle housing to a component A buckle assembly is configured to securely attach to a component and may include a buckle housing and a securing member. The buckle housing may include a first connecting protuberance or first protuberance-retaining structure, and a second connecting protuberance or the second protuberance-retaining structure. The securing member may include the other of the first connecting protuberance or the first protuberance-retaining structure, and the other of the second connecting protuberance or the second protuberance-retaining structure. The first protuberance-retaining structure is configured to slidably receive the first connecting protuberance in a sliding direction. The second protuberance-retaining structure is configured to securely retain the second connecting protuberance so that the buckle housing is secured with respect to the securing member.
US10123586B2	Independently movable sole structure An article of footwear and method of making an article of footwear are disclosed. The article includes an outsole having an outsole member. The outsole member includes a first piece and a second piece. The first piece is spaced from a base by a first vertical distance. The second piece is spaced from the base by a second vertical distance, the first vertical distance being greater than the second vertical distance.
US10123585B2	Sole for a shoe Soles for a shoe have a midsole with a base body and a plurality of deformation elements, and an outsole with a first outsole region and a plurality of first outsole elements. Pressure load on one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements leads to a deformation of at least one of the plurality of deformation elements which are associated with the one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements.
US10123571B2	Clothing fashioned to facilitate finding a partner in public for strap-on sex RABBUTT HOLE PANTS™, fashioned with a crotch opening for a lady to wear to arouse sexual interest. RABBUTT HOLE PANTS™ compliment two RABBUTT™ platform assemblies where the placement of a dildo in relation to a clitoral stimulator is provided for a lady's simultaneous stimulation while fornicating with the dildo, so the lady giver “gets” while “giving.”RABBUTT HOLE PANTS™ hold common dildos or RABBUTT™ in place for fornicating. With discretion, RABBUTT HOLE PANTS™ may be worn without an erect prosthetic in public to raise interest in sex.
US10123569B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
US10123568B1	Vaporizers having multiple heating elements and electronic cigarettes having the same Present disclosure relates to a vaporizer assembly having multiple heating elements, and electronic cigarettes having the vaporizer assembly with multiple heating elements. In certain embodiments, the vaporizer assembly includes a heating element assembly. The heating element assembly includes an E-liquid storage tank internal wall defining multiple E-liquid openings to allow an external E-liquid storage medium and an internal E-liquid storage medium to receive E-liquid from an E-liquid storage tank. The heating element assembly also includes multiple heating elements. These heating elements are in direct contact with surface of the internal E-liquid storage medium to heat the E-liquid received from the E-liquid storage tank. When a user uses the electronic cigarette with multiple heating elements, the user turns on one or more of the heating elements to adjust the vaporization of the E-liquid. When all heating elements are in use, the electronic cigarette generates great amount E-liquid vapor.
US10123567B2	Electronic smoking articles An electronic smoking article, a method of manufacturing an electronic smoking article, and a method of achieving a smoking experience without combusting tobacco are disclosed. The electronic smoking article includes an authenticated first section, which includes an aerosol generation unit having at least one heater; an authenticated second section, which includes a power supply operable to apply voltage to the at least one heater for heating a liquid in at least a portion of the aerosol generation unit to form an aerosol; and a conductive ink circuit embedded within the first and second sections, and wherein the power supply and the aerosol generation unit are electrically connected upon joining the first and second sections, and wherein each of the first and second sections has a portion of the conductive ink circuit.
US10123564B2	Electronic vapor devices configured to dispense colored vapor An apparatus is disclosed comprising a vapor outlet, a first container for storing a first vaporizable colorant, a second container for storing a non-colorant vaporizable material, a mixing chamber coupled to the first container for receiving the first vaporizable colorant and the second container for receiving the non-colorant vaporizable material, configured for mixing the first vaporizable colorant and the non-colorant vaporizable material, and a vaporizer component configured for vaporizing the mixed first vaporizable colorant and the non-colorant vaporizable material to generate a colored vapor and for providing the colored vapor to the vapor outlet.
US10123563B2	Portable humidity control device with a separate compartment for humidity control materials A humidity control device designed to fit inside a pocket, purse, or other small enclosure which contains a space to store materials in the humidity control device. The humidity control device is designed with a separate compartment within the space into which humidity control materials can be placed. The separate compartment within the humidity control device is designed with a lid which has an opening covered by a semi-permeable membrane which permits water vapor to travel from the separate compartment into the body of the humidity control device, thereby permitting materials which require some constant level of humidity to retain their ideal properties while being transported in the humidity control device.
US10123562B2	Equipment for insertion of objects into smoking articles An apparatus for providing rods for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements, each rod having individual objects placed at predetermined spaced intervals along the length thereof, comprises means for providing a continuous supply of rod filter material, a first hopper means for providing a reservoir for objects, and a second hopper means for providing a plurality of individual objects. The second hopper means is positioned to receive objects from the first hopper means. The apparatus also comprises a reciprocating screen means between the first hopper means and the second hopper means, means for positioning individual objects from the second hopper to within the supply of filter material at pre-determined spaced intervals, means for forming the filter material into a continuous rod having individual objects positioned at pre-determined spaced intervals within that rod, and means for subdividing the continuous rod at pre-determined intervals.
US10123559B2	Ozone rain pan Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for combing ozone and water to deliver ozonated water in a rinse stream. The ozone rain pan finds particular use for rinsing food products traveling along a conveyor line with ozonated water.
US10123555B2	Method, apparatus and system for producing a food product A method and system for producing fried food pieces is disclosed. The food pieces are immersed in a first edible fluid as a product bed, monolayered, and immersed in a second edible fluid. The food pieces may also be drained in vertical orientation on a draining belt having at least one vertical orientation member.
US10123554B2	Method for manufacturing a feed product The present invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a feed product comprising the steps of: providing a lactylate product, wherein the lactylate product comprises at least 30 wt, % of C10-C16-fatty acid lactylates, in liquid form at a first location; transferring lactylate product in the liquid form to a transport unit; transporting the lactylate product in the transport unit to a second location, with the lactylate product being in solid form, in liquid form, or in an intermediate state during transport; if the lactylate product is solidified or partly solidified, converting the lactylate product to the liquid form in the transport unit; removing the lactylate product from the transport unit in liquid form at the second location; and, contacting the lactylate product in liquid form with a feed product.
US10123551B2	System and method for the preparation of cooled edible products A novel system, machines and consumables, and method for preparation of cooled edible products from their ingredients, e.g. in a portioned amount constituting a defined number of servings which may be 1, 2, 3, etc. are provided. One example of such an edible product is ice cream.
US10123545B2	Method, processing device and processing line for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry A method and processing device for processing an organ package taken out from slaughtered poultry is provided. At least two cooperating rollers that define a nip between the rollers selectively allow preselected organs from the organ package to pass through the nip. The rollers during operation rotate in opposite directions in order to convey the organ package and simultaneously promote that the preselected organs pass through the nip, wherein the rollers have a cross-sectional diameter, the value of which varies as seen in the longitudinal direction of the rollers and depends on the location of the cross-section between an entrance portion and an exit portion of the rollers so as to provide each of the rollers with a superficial curved contour.
US10123540B1	Disinfectant material A disinfectant material may be used to kill bacteria, viruses, mold and fungal contaminants while minimizing toxic risks to humans. The disinfectant material may be effective in killing pathogens and more on numerous types of surfaces including on the skin of mammals. Exemplary embodiments include a copper halogen, such as copper iodide. Exemplary materials may also include a pH stabilizer, a preservative, humectants, or other constituents. Exemplary disinfectant materials may be used as a liquid or a gel, applied via a wipe, sprayed or in other forms.
US10123536B2	Fungicidal composition comprising a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative and a compound capable of inhibiting the ergosterol biosynthesis A composition comprising at least a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (I) (a) and a compound capable of inhibiting the ergosterol biosynthesis (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 0.01 to 20.A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound.
US10123530B2	Method for treating blood, blood products and organs The invention relates to the treatment of blood, blood products and organs for the removal and/or detoxification of amyloid-beta oligomers.
US10123527B1	Winch pole for use on an ATV A winch pole unit that is attached to an ATV four wheeler rack and swivels on a 2 inch receiver ball. It is designed to pick up and load deer on the rear rake, can be loaded by one person.
US10123524B2	Active system for optimization and plugging avoidance of seed/fertilizer in transport conducts An agricultural implement has a product supply chamber, and a pair of transversely extending product delivering booms, each with a plurality of conduits of varying lengths terminating in product distributing nozzles. A fan supplies air to a mixing chamber which also receives product from the supply chamber providing an air entrained flow of product to each conduit. A controller monitors product delivery and controls implement operation. Each conduit has a pressure tap near the nozzle for providing the controller with a pressure differential indication. The controller initiates a corrective action modifying the operation of the delivery system when a predetermined pressure differential threshold is exceeded. The corrective action may include an increased air flow volume, an additional burst of higher pressure air into the conduit, a temporary increase in air flow from the air flow source, or a reduction in the rate of product flow from the supply chamber.
US10123520B2	Jig head One object is to provide a jig head including a sinker head and a hook readily replaceable with new one. A jig head includes: a sinker head including an eye to which a fishing line is to be attached; and a hook portion including a shank fixed on the sinker head at one end thereof, and a bend continuous to the other end of the shank and bent in a predetermined direction. The hook portion includes a wide portion widened to form a plane at the one end of the shank. The sinker head includes: an intermediate member having a hook engagement portion configured to be removably engaged with the wide portion; an intermediate member-receiving hole portion configured to receive therein the intermediate member; and an intermediate member-fixing means configured to removably fix the intermediate member in the intermediate member-receiving hole portion.
US10123519B2	Torsion spring fish hook A fishing hook assembly that is either self-setting or initiated upon the fisherman setting the hook. A torsion spring placed at the head of the assembly which is interconnected by two shafts that are terminated by hooks. The hooks used on the first shaft termination can consist of a single hook, treble hook, or jig hook. The first shaft also consists of a latch placed at the end of the selected hook before the hook bend. The shafts are bent outward at 15 to 30 degrees at the torsion spring to allow closer proximity when compressed.The second shaft terminates with a single hook element and is the shaft where the release element is slide onto the shaft adjacent to the latch. The release element has a connection point where the fishing line is directly connected to the release element. The torsion spring is compressed bringing the first and second shafts together with the release element on the second shaft slide onto the latch located at the hook bend on the first shaft. The fishing assembly is engaged by the fish striking the assembly or by the fisherman setting the hook which slides the release element forward off the latch which expands the assembly.
US10123516B2	Aquaculture rearing enclosure and circulation induction system A system for efficiently circulating water in a large volume of rearing space for aquatic organisms, comprising an impervious enclosure for containing the water and aquatic organisms and a pump for pumping water from an intake duct through intake ducting to a flow diverter, which then directs a flow of water radially outward within the enclosure to directly induce a circulation of water within the enclosure. The ‘center drive’ circulation pattern is sufficiently uniform to provide optimum rearing conditions for cultured finfish, while also ensuring that solid wastes are swept toward the central drain, even in a very large tank.
US10123514B1	Pet retention device A device is configured so as to restrain the movements of a pet. The device has a material which can be extended so that the device can function as a leash or which can be compressed so that the device can be secured around the neck of the pet.
US10123504B1	Maize inbred PH443D A novel maize variety designated PH443D and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH443D with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH443D through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH443D or a locus conversion of PH443D with another maize variety.
US10123493B2	Intelligent environmental sensor for irrigation systems The invention provides a regulator system for regulating the operation of an irrigation system which is responsive to user programmed information. It has a control element for issuing watering control signals to an irrigation system, having at least one of (i) a duration programming device for programming a minimum amount of time and a maximum amount of time for the suspension of watering by the irrigation system, and (ii) a user adjustable temperature programming device for programming a minimum allowed temperature for initiating a watering period by the irrigation system. It further has an irrigation system interface for connecting said control element with the irrigation system. It also has a switch for conveying the control signals from the control element to the irrigation system via the irrigation system interface, for either permitting or prohibiting watering by the irrigation system, responsive to the control signals generated by and received from the control element.
US10123492B2	Center pivot irrigation system with variable application of water under the corner arm A center pivot irrigation system adapted for variable depth application of water under the corner sprinkler arm. The system includes a pivot sprinkler arm with a first set of nozzles, and a first set of control valves each provided on the pivot sprinkler arm upstream of a nozzle. The irrigation system includes a corner sprinkler arm pivotally coupled to an end of the pivot sprinkler arm, and the corner sprinkler arm includes a second set of spaced apart nozzles and a second set of control valves. The irrigation system includes a controller transmitting control signals to the first and second sets of control valves to open and close in a pattern that includes a valve pulsing pattern for the corner sprinkler arm, whereby input water is applied at a variable rate under the corner sprinkler arm to apply different depths to various user-defined zones.
US10123490B2	Bottomless in-ground water conservation and contamination prevention garden-plant watering-well An in-ground plant container with watering-well that is open at both ends and is functional and decorative. The above ground portion in this present embodiment has a round bowl shaped water well and broad rounded lip for ease of gripping and placing in an appropriate sized hole. The bowl of the watering-well keeps the plant container above ground. The bottom, below ground portion, has vertical fins for lateral stability in the soil. This embodiment also has an outer horizontal flange at its base for prevention against vertical lifting due to soil movement and for permanent placement. The above ground portion of the plant container watering-well can be wider than the base and replaces the organic soil-watering-well. This in-ground plant container with watering-well is for conserving water, and the containment of water contaminated by pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
US10123488B2	Variable rate discharge system for crop accumulator A system for controlling the speed of harvested crop as it is discharged from a crop accumulator onto a field comprising a discharge mechanism for imparting a desired rearward travel speed to the harvested crop as it is being discharged from the crop accumulator and a speed measurement device for measuring forward travel speed of the crop accumulator. A processor is in communication with the discharge mechanism and the speed measurement device and is operable to adjust the discharge mechanism for imparting the desired rearward travel speed or the forward travel speed of the crop accumulator, to discharge harvested crop with a rearward travel speed that is substantially equal to the forward travel speed such that the harvested crop has a substantially net zero speed as it contacts the ground.
US10123486B2	Frame for agricultural harvester cleaner An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a sieve assembly. The sieve assembly includes right and left frames interconnected by a cross member. The cross member has end castings securable to the right and left frame members. An elongated U-shaped sheet metal member extends between the castings. An elongated slot at each of the U-shaped sheet metal member terminates in a circular hole. The slot and circular hole accommodate variations in forming tolerances for the U-shaped sheet member and dissipate stresses.
US10123484B2	Adjustable vanes for use in a cylindrical rotor cage of an agricultural harvester An adjustable vane system for use with a rotor cage of a threshing system of an agricultural harvester. The vane system includes a vane having a generally helically curved inner profile; a surface being an outer profile that is opposite the inner profile and is generally helically curved over a portion of the vane; a first flat portion proximate an end of the vane on the outer profile; and a second flat portion proximate to another end of the vane on the outer profile.
US10123480B2	System and method for converting cutting and gathering system of a corn head A system for modifying a row unit of a harvesting head, the system including at least one cutting disk adapted for being rotatably mounted to the frame of the row unit between a gathering chain drive sprocket and idler sprocket. The cutting disk includes a sprocket attached thereto for being engaged and driven by the gathering chain in order to rotate the cutting disk. Two counter-rotating cutting disks may be provided, each being driven by a separate gathering chain. A method for modifying a row unit includes loosening the gathering chains, removing existing stalk rolls and housings, installing a cover plate over a gearbox to which the housings were mounted, removing existing trash knives, drilling holes in the row unit frame for mounting the cutting disks, installing the cutting disks, and tightening the gathering chains such that the gathering chains engage sprockets attached to the cutting disks.
US10123475B2	System and method for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness A method for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness as a ground-engaging operation is being performed within a field may include receiving pre-operation surface roughness data associated with a given portion of the field and receiving post-operation surface roughness data associated with the given portion of the field. In addition, the method may include analyzing the pre-operation and post-operation surface roughness data to determine a surface roughness differential associated with the performance of the ground-engaging operation and actively adjusting the operation of at least one of an associated work vehicle and/or implement when the surface roughness differential differs from a target set for the surface roughness differential.
US10123472B1	Position aided inertial navigation system for a farming implement not requiring an additional GNSS receiver Systems, apparatus, and methods for informing an on-tractor navigation system of position of a towed implement. In one aspect, a non-GNSS sensor mounted on the implement provides heading information to the navigation system. Knowledge of the geometry of the implement along with navigation coordinate frame position information from the navigation system, allows a relatively economical and flexible way to derive implement position information without the expense of a GNSS receiver on the implement Adding inertial sensors on the implement can allow position determination of any point on the implement relative to the ground. This can be advantageously used for swath and rate control for implements.
US10130018B2	Compute node cooling with air fed through backplane A computing system includes a chassis, one or more backplanes coupled to the chassis. Computing devices are coupled to the one or more backplanes. The one or more backplanes include backplane openings that allow air to pass from one side of the backplane to the other side of the backplane. Air channels are formed by adjacent circuit board assemblies of the computing devices and the one or more backplanes. Channel capping elements at least partially close the air channels.
US10130015B2	Electronic circuit unit An electronic circuit unit (1) comprising at least one electrical or electronic device (8) with at least one terminal contact (101), the at least one terminal contact (101) being connected in an electrically conducting manner to at least one terminal pad (100), at least one terminal contact (101) and at least one terminal pad (100) are surrounded in the region of the electrical point of contact by an electrically insulating compound (9), the electrical or electronic device (8) being arranged outside the electrically insulating compound (9).
US10130013B1	Cooling electronic devices in a data center A data center cooling system includes an outer container that defines a first volume; an inner container that defines a second volume and is positioned within the first volume, the inner container including an air outlet that includes an airflow path between the first and second volumes; a liquid seal to fluidly isolate a liquid phase of a non-conductive coolant that fills at least a portion of the first and second volumes from an ambient environment; and a plurality of electronic heat-generating devices at least partially immersed in the liquid phase of the non-conductive coolant to transfer a heat load to the non-conductive coolant.
US10130010B2	Internal heat-dissipation terminal The disclosure provides an internal heat-dissipation terminal, wherein the terminal comprises at least one cavity in which heat-storage material is arranged. The cavity is located in an area without a device in the terminal. The technical solution of the disclosure can be applied to substantially enhance the heat storage capability of the terminal.
US10130008B2	Immersion cooling systems and methods An immersion cooled electronic arrangement includes a sealed housing, a coolant contained within the housing, and an electronic device submerged within the coolant. An agitator is disposed within the housing to control passive heat transfer between the electronic device and the coolant. An immersion cooling system and related method are also described.
US10130007B2	Fan control system for a computer system based on a time variable rate of current A fan control system includes a fan and a target device. The fan control system includes a controller to control the rotation speed of the fan. The controller controls the rotation speed according to a time-variable rate of current consumed by the target device. Particularly, when the time-variable rate of current exceeds a threshold, the controller controls the fan to operate at a maximum rotation speed.
US10130006B2	Thermal control within an enclosure with circular cross-section A thermal control system includes an enclosure configured to contain a thermal mass. A baffle plate is disposed in the enclosure. A heat exchanger is coextensive with and cooperates with the baffle plate to divide the enclosure into a first chamber and a second chamber. An air circulation element cooperates with the baffle plate and the heat exchanger to define an air circulation path and to cause air to flow through the air circulation path. The heat exchanger exchanges thermal energy with the air flowing through the air circulation path.
US10130000B2	Power connector for electronic equipment supported by a rack assembly An electronic system includes a rack assembly including a first rail and a second rail defining a first width therebetween and a chassis that supports electronic components and is insertable between the first rail and the second rail. The chassis includes a first side and a second side defining a second width therebetween that is less than the first width. The electronic system further includes a power connector coupled to the chassis and movable between a first position and a second position. The power connector and the second side define a third width when the power connector is in the first position. The power connector and the second side define a fourth width when the power connector is in the second position. The third width is greater than the first width and the fourth width is less than the first width.
US10129999B2	Slam latch A slam latch includes a retaining screw that is held in position by a distal upper support that constrains a distal portion of the retaining screw from moving upward, a middle lower support that constrains a middle portion of the retaining screw from moving downward, and a proximal upper support that constrains a proximal portion of the retaining screw from moving upward. The slam latch further comprises one or more L-shaped retaining members on the side that allow sliding the one or more L-shaped retaining members into a corresponding slot(s) of a device being secured, thereby preventing the slam latch from torqueing and bending with respect to the device.
US10129998B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board arranged to have their first main surfaces facing each other, and a casing containing the first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board has the first main surface having a first electronic component with a mounting height from the first main surface toward the second circuit board greater than a distance between the first and second circuit boards. The second circuit board has an opening or a cutout as a first hollow portion facing the first electronic component. The first hollow portion receives a part of the first electronic component.
US10129997B2	Guide assembly for proper electrical blind mating of a module in an enclosure A guide assembly an enclosure-based device such as a computer provided in a rack-mountable chassis. The guide assembly is configured to facilitate blind connector mating such as electrical interconnection between a receiving connector on a previously-mounted board and an edge connector on a circuit board supported in a housing of a module that is slid or inserted into the interior space of the enclosure or chassis. The guide assembly (and devices that include a guide assembly) address the two design challenges discussed above of increasing numbers of circuits in devices that need to be connected and of decreasing pitch between the connectors. The guide assembly is configured, with its mechanical features, to decouple the degrees of freedom (DOFs) between the module being inserted into the chassis and the receiving/mating connector on the previously-mounted board. The guide assembly constrains five out of the six DOFs, which effectively ensures proper connector mating.
US10129991B2	Foldable electronic device and linking assembly A foldable electronic device and a linking assembly are provided. The foldable electronic device includes a host and a foldable display attached to the host. The host has a first portion, a second portion and a linking assembly connected therebetween. The linking assembly includes N+1 blocks (wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and a plurality of linking sets. Each block has a body and a pair of fitting portions disposed at two opposite sides of the body in a sliding mirror symmetry manner along a first direction, and the fitting portion of the Nth block is fitted with the fitting portion of the N+1 block. Each linking set has two links, and two ends of the two links overlapping each other lean against the Nth block and can move relative to the Nth block. Other two ends of the two links without overlapping each other are respectively fixed to the N−1th and N+1th blocks. When the link assembly is bent, a virtual center of any two adjacent blocks locates within a scope of the foldable display.
US10129989B2	Electronic device including glass housing An electronic device may comprise a housing including two opposite open ends and at least a portion comprising a light-transmitting material, a bracket disposed inside the housing and having a shape corresponding to the housing, a flexible display device disposed between the housing and the bracket and configured to display information to an outside through the light-transmitting portion of the housing, and a plurality of covers closing the open ends of the housing and supporting two opposite ends of the bracket, wherein the bracket may include an inner space for mounting electronic parts, and the bracket is length-adjustable in at least one direction. The housing may be formed of a glass tube. Thus, the housing may be formed into a desired shape by processing the glass tube. A stretchable bracket structure may be implemented inside the housing to come in tight contact with the housing.
US10129985B2	Substrate cover A substrate cover has a conductive frame body covering a surface circumference edge region and an upper circumference region of a substrate drawn with a charged particle beam, the conductive frame body comprising a notch portion provided at part of an inner circumference of the conductive frame body, and a recessed portion provided on the outer circumference side of the upper surface of the conductive frame body, such that the recessed portion is arranged adjacent to the notch portion in a direction of a frame width of the conductive frame body, and a conductive member provided on the recessed portion so as to pass through the notch portion to project inward to the inside of the frame of the conductive frame body, the conductive member comprising a contact portion electrically connected to the surface of the substrate, and a brim portion covering an upper portion of a gap.
US10129983B2	Optical module and flexible printed circuit board A base material includes a pair of end regions located on both sides in a first direction, and an intermediate region located between the pair of end regions. The intermediate region includes a pair of side edges on both sides in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Both the pair of side edges do not project outward in the second direction from the pair of end regions. At least one of the pair of side edges has a shape recessed inward in the second direction from the pair of end regions. Terminals include end pads and a side pad. The end pads are located in each of the pair of end regions of the base material and arranged in the second direction. The side pad is located at at least one of the pair of side edges of the base material.
US10129980B2	Circuit board and electronic component device A circuit board includes an insulating layer having a protrusion on a surface, and a connection pad formed on an upper surface of the protrusion. A peripheral portion of a lower surface of the connection pad is exposed from the protrusion.
US10129979B2	PCB assembly with molded matrix core Methods and devices related to the design and fabrication of molded cores for printed circuit board assemblies and system-on-package (SIP) devices are discussed. The discussed printed circuit board assemblies may have multiple electrical components embedded in a molded core matrix and forming electrical connections with one or more printed circuit boards attached to the molded core matrix. Methods for sourcing of electrical components and production of the molded cores and printed circuit board assemblies are also discussed. The methods and devices may increase a volumetric density of electrical components in printed circuit board assemblies and provide improved mechanical properties to the electrical circuit device.
US10129977B2	Semiconductor device mounting structure, backlight device, and mounting substrate A semiconductor device mounting structure includes a semiconductor device and a mounting substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first external connection terminal and a device-side mounting insulating region. The first external connection terminal is provided at a first end and has a metal region on a semiconductor mounting surface of the semiconductor device. The device-side mounting insulating region is defined by the metal region on the semiconductor mounting surface. The semiconductor mounting surface faces a substrate mounting surface. The mounting substrate has on the substrate mounting surface a land pattern made of an electrically conductive material to be electrically connected to the first external connection terminal. The land pattern is provided in a first shape to surround the device-side mounting insulating region and includes a land-side insulating region which has a second shape to correspond to a periphery of the device-side mounting insulating region.
US10129975B1	Liquid metal interfaces for flexible and reconfigurable electronics A reconfigurable electronic component comprising a channel having first and second ends and outer walls defining a lumen; a liquid phosphonic acid within the lumen; and a liquid metal within the lumen. A first electrical contact at the first end of the channel and a second electrical contact in communication with the lumen at the second end of the channel. A predetermined amount of a solvent and a liquid metal may be within the lumen, and the solvent may comprise ethanol. The liquid metal may be selected from the group consisting of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) and eutectic gallium-indium-tin alloys. The phosphonic acid may be selected from the group consisting of decylphosphonic acid (DPA), fluorobenzylphosphonic acid (FPA), and difluorobenzylphosphonic acid (DFPA). The first and second electrical contacts comprise copper. An overflow channel and a reservoir for the liquid metal and phosphonic acid may be in fluid communication with the lumen.
US10129973B2	Voltage divider circuit assembly and method A voltage divider circuit assembly includes resistors, an external electrostatic shield, and internal electrostatic shield(s). The resistors are in series with each other between input terminals that receive an input voltage. An external resistor is disposed between sensing terminals that conduct an output voltage that is the input voltage divided by the resistors in the series. The external shield is conductively coupled with the series of the resistors with the external resistor disposed outside of the external shield and the other resistor(s) inside the external shield. The internal shield(s) are conductively coupled with the resistors and disposed inside the external shield. A first internal resistor is disposed inside the external shield and outside of the internal shield(s). One or more remaining resistors are inside the internal shield(s). The shields divide parasitic capacitances to enable the measurement of dynamically changing high voltage input signals.
US10129972B2	Frame elements for package structures comprising printed circuit boards (PCBs) An apparatus, includes a substrate, an electronic component disposed over the substrate, and a frame element disposed over the substrate. The frame element provides structural rigidity to the apparatus. The apparatus also includes an encapsulating material disposed over an upper surface of the substrate, the electronic component and the frame element. An electrically conductive layer is disposed over the encapsulating material.
US10129969B2	Arc cutting system, including coolant tubes and other consumables, and related operational methods A method of using a coolant tube in a liquid cooled plasma arc torch is provided. The method includes installing the coolant tube and a first electrode in the plasma arc torch. The method also includes biasing, by a first coolant flow, a biasing surface of the coolant tube against the first electrode, such that the coolant tube translates axially along the longitudinal axis to contact the first electrode. The biasing by the first coolant flow defines a first distance in an axial direction between the O-ring of the coolant tube and a proximal end of the first electrode. The method further includes removing the first electrode from the plasma arc torch and installing a second electrode in the torch. The method includes biasing, by a second coolant flow, the biasing surface of the coolant tube against the second electrode, such that the coolant tube translates axially along the longitudinal axis to contact the second electrode. The biasing by the second coolant flow defines a second distance in an axial direction between the O-ring of the coolant tube and a proximal end of the second electrode. A difference between the first distance and the second distance is at least about 0.25 inches.
US10129967B2	Inner static electricity eliminating control valve for organic solvent delivery pipelines An inner static electricity eliminating control valve for organic solvent delivery pipelines is disclosed. The inner static electricity eliminating control valve is to be installed on and connected to an organic solvent delivery pipeline, to eliminate the inner static electricity generated by the organic solvent inside the organic solvent delivery pipeline. The inner static electricity eliminating control valve includes a valve casing, a main valve chamber, a pneumatic valve, a subsidiary valve chamber, a check valve, a static electricity export mechanism and a solvent export portion, wherein, the pneumatic valve can periodically apply pressure toward the organic solvent inside the main valve chamber, so that the organic solvent inside the main valve chamber can be delivered periodically through the check valve to the subsidiary valve chamber, and during this process, the static electricity export mechanism will export and eliminate the static electricity existing in the organic solvent.
US10129966B2	Backlight module, display device and method for manufacturing the display device Embodiments of the present invention relate to a backlight module, a display device and a method for manufacturing the display device. The backlight module includes: a backlight module body and a conductive light-shielding adhesive for bonding the backlight module body and a display panel, the backlight module body is provided with a connecting wire for electrically connecting to the display panel circuit board arranged on the display panel, the display panel circuit board is provided with a ground terminal. According to the present invention, static electricity on the display panel may flow to the ground terminal through the conductive light-shielding adhesive, the backlight module body and the display panel circuit board, by providing the conductive light-shielding adhesive and the connecting wire on the backlight module, such that the effects of increasing the static electricity protection capability to the backlight module and the life of the display panel are achieved.
US10129963B2	Lighting system, lighting devices, and terminal A lighting system includes lighting devices and a terminal. The terminal includes a display screen, an input unit, a wireless transmitter which transmits a radio signal, a communication unit which wirelessly transmits a control command to one of a communication address and a logical address for at least one of the lighting devices, specifying the one of the communication address and the logical address, and a controller which displays, on the display screen, icons respectively corresponding the lighting devices, and when an instruction for selecting any one of the icons has been received by the input unit, causes the wireless transmitter to transmit a radio signal indicating predetermined information. When one of the lighting devices which corresponds to the selected icon has received the radio signal, the lighting device transmits the communication address assigned to the lighting device itself to be used for communication with the communication unit.
US10129961B1	Consolidation of lamp power conversion and external communication control A lighting system includes one or more methods and systems to control an input switching stage of a power converter to provide power for a lamp and modulate a line current supplied to the power converter to carry data related to a state of the lamp. In at least one embodiment, a single controller consolidates the functions of controlling an input stage of the power converter and communicating to an external device by modulating the line current supplied to the power converter to carry data related to a state of the lamp. The particular type of current modulation and communication protocol utilized by the consolidated power conversion-communication controller is a matter of design choice. In at least one embodiment, the lamp includes one or more electronic light sources, such as one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and/or one or more compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).
US10129960B2	Antenna arrangement for a solid-state lamp An antenna arrangement for a solid-state lamp is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide for improved performance by positioning the antenna for radio frequency (RF) control of the lamp non-parallel to the main driver board and/or the LED board. This positioning can provide distance from the main board circuitry and a ground plane for the antenna. An RF daughter card can be used for the antenna and also possibly for other RF components. In some embodiments, the antenna is substantially perpendicular to the main board. In some embodiments, the lamp is dimensioned as a replacement for a standard incandescent bulb, such as an A, BR, or PAR bulb. In some embodiments, an optically transmissive enclosure and/or a base define the interior cavity of the lamp. A plurality of LEDs can be disposed within the optically transmissive enclosure.
US10129953B2	Controlled lamp device A controlled lamp device (1), comprising: a lamp housing (2) with a light exit opening (3), a sensor unit (4) for detecting a contactless manual intervention (15, 16-1, 16-2, 17) of an operator of the lamp device in an intervention region (5, 5-1, 5-2), and an evaluation and control device (6) for evaluating the intervention of the operator detected by the sensor unit and for influencing a control parameter for the operation of the lamp device depending on a result of the evaluation, wherein the sensor unit (4) is provided in and/or on the light housing (2) laterally adjacent to the light exit opening (3), and the evaluation and control device (6) is designed such that it only influences the control parameter if the evaluation carried out by the evaluation and control device (6) shows that a predefined path in an intervention region has been covered in a gesture-like manner during the intervention of the operator.
US10129947B2	Light-emitting device using organometallic complex Light-emitting elements having high emission efficiency and long lifetime can be provided. By forming light-emitting devices including the light-emitting elements, the light-emitting devices having low power consumption and long lifetime can be provided. A light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having a hole-transporting property, a second organic compound having an electron transporting property, and an organometallic complex. A central metal of the organometallic complex is an element belonging to one of Group 9 and Group 10, and a ligand of the organometallic complex is a ligand having a pyrazine skeleton.
US10129946B2	High-efficiency, wide dynamic range dimming for solid-state lighting A solid-state lighting system includes a light-emitting device connected in series with a variable dim setting resistor, an adjustable regulator, and a current sensor disposed in a feedback loop between an adjust input of the adjustable regulator and the variable dim setting resistor. The voltage dropped across the variable dim setting resistor is forced to remain constant irrespective of the resistance setting of the dim setting resistor. The current sensor measures or senses the current flowing through the variable dim setting resistor and causes the adjustable regulator to adjust its output voltage and the forward voltage drop across the light-emitting device so that the current flowing through the light-emitting device matches the current set by the variable dim setting resistor. Controlling the current in this manner allows dimming to be performed over an extremely wide dimming range, to very low light levels, and without producing light flicker at any dim level.
US10129943B2	Dimmable LED module and method of using same A dimmable LED module configured for electrical connection with an AC mains power supply via a switch (9), the dimmable lighting module including a plurality of activatable LED light sources configured for emitting a corresponding lighting characteristic when activated, and, a control unit (4) configured for selectably activating at least one of the plurality of LED light sources in response to a control signal generated by a predetermined switching operation of the switch (9) that is received by the control unit (4) such that a plurality of lighting modes are able to be selectably output from the dimmable LED module corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of LED light sources that are selectably activated by the control unit (4), the plurality of lighting modes being indicative of a resulting lighting characteristic emitted by the at least one of the plurality of selectably activated LED light sources corresponding to the lighting modes, wherein the plurality of lighting modes include at least a first lighting mode and a second lighting mode whereby the second lighting mode is indicative of a resulting lighting characteristic that is relatively dimmed compared to that of the first lighting mode.
US10129942B2	Electronic circuit for driving LED strings so as to reduce the light flicker LED strings cascaded to one another are driven by an electronic circuit that includes regulation modules and a brightness-compensation module. The regulation modules carry out in sequence a current-regulation phase, in which they regulate the current that flows in the corresponding LED strings. The regulation module includes: a compensation regulator coupled to a compensation LED string and to a capacitor and a generator that generates an electrical quantity indicating the luminous flux emitted by the LED strings and by the compensation LED string. The compensation regulator regulates a current that flows in the compensation LED string as a function of the electrical quantity, discharging the capacitor through the compensation LED string.
US10129941B1	LED driver gate clamp systems and methods Aspects of the subject technology relate to display circuitry such as backlight control circuitry for operating light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The backlight control circuitry may include a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) transistor and a current regulation transistor coupled in series with at least one LED. The current regulation transistor may have a gate terminal that receives a feedback-controlled gate voltage. The backlight control circuitry may include a gate clamp circuit coupled to the gate terminal of the current regulation transistor that clamps the gate voltage during a portion of a PWM on pulse.
US10129933B2	Induction coil unit According to the invention, for shrinking and expanding a tool in the bush part (3) of a tool holder, an induction coil unit (1), in which several polar parts (25) made of a soft magnetic material are radially adjusted in the yoke ring made of a soft magnetic material, is provided. Said polar parts have end faces (29) which are inclined in relation to the axis of rotation (7) of the bush part (3) and can be kept in a linear contact with a conical peripheral surface (31) of the bush part (3) which holds a the tool (11) in a press fit manner. In order to avoid possible local overheating of the bush part (3), the area (39) of the end face (29) parallel to the axis is connected on the output side of the tool to an area (33) of the end face (29) inclined in relation to the axis of rotation (7).
US10129932B2	Sensing element A sensing element for sensing a temperature of an electrically heated window includes a coil of filament wire having a first end and a second end, the coil having a resistivity that changes based on temperature, a first substantially flat conductive material electrically coupled to the first end of the coil, a second substantially flat conductive material electrically coupled to the second end of the coil, a first lead wire electrically coupled to the first substantially flat conductive material and extending outwardly, and a second lead wire electrically coupled to the second substantially flat conductive material and extending outwardly.
US10129931B2	Electrical resistance heating element A silicon carbide heating element is provided having one or more hot zones and two or more cold ends in which:— the cross-sectional areas of the two or more cold ends are substantially the same or less than the cross-sectional areas of the one or more hot zones; and part at least of at least one cold end comprises a body of recrystallized silicon carbide material coated with a conductive coating having an electrical resistivity lower than that of the recrystallized silicon carbide material.
US10129930B2	Multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) indication This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for enabling Multiple BSSID functionality. In some implementations, each BSS of the multi-BSS AP may transmit management frames with a Multiple BSSID element (MBE). Multiple BSSID-capable STAs may interpret the MBE information and implement corresponding Multiple BSSID functionality, whereas legacy STAs may ignore the MBE and interpret such frames as legacy management frames. In some other implementations, a multi-BSS AP may configure one or more of its BSSs to transmit management frames without the MBE. These legacy management frames may include a multi-BSS indicator (MBID) to advertise that the corresponding AP is a multi-BSS AP. The MBID also may provide information regarding a transmitted BSS of the multi-BSS AP. Multiple BSSID-capable STAs may search for a transmitted BSS based on the presence of the MBID, whereas legacy STAs may ignore the MBID and interpret such frames as legacy management frames.
US10129928B2	System and method for UE fountain relay based network System and method embodiments are provided for enabling flexible and reliable UE-to-UE based relay. The embodiments include using fountain codes for combining signals at a suitable network layer higher than a media access control (MAC) sub-layer and using a MAC sub-layer hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission scheme. When a relay UE in a UE group for joint reception receives, from a network access point, a data packet intended for a destination UE in the UE group and including fountain code at the higher network layer, the relay UE sends the data packet to the destination UE and returns a HARQ ACK message at the MAC sub-layer to the access point. The destination UE then receives and decodes the data packet. Subsequently, upon receiving the entire data, the destination UE sends an ACK message at the higher network layer to the access point.
US10129919B2	Video headset Methods and apparatuses for video headsets are described. In one example, both a Bluetooth link and a Wi-Fi link are established between a video headset and a computing device, the Bluetooth link and the Wi-Fi link in operation concurrently. A user speech is received at a video headset microphone during a voice call, and a far end call participant speech is output at a video headset speaker during the voice call. A video is captured with a video headset video camera during the voice call. The user speech is transmitted over the Bluetooth link from the video headset to the computing device and the video is transmitted over the Wi-Fi link from the video headset to the computing device.
US10129918B2	Methods, wireless device, base station and candidate relay station for supporting D2D communication over relay A methods, base station, wireless device and candidate relay device for supporting a D2D communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device over a relay. The base station receives (302) from the first device an identity of a candidate relay wireless device and a first quality metric (Geq) pertaining to a first relay link between the first device and the candidate relay device and to a second relay link between the second device and the candidate relay device. The base station also obtains (304) a second quality metric (G12) pertaining to a D2D link between the first and second devices, and a third quality metric (G1 BS) pertaining to a cellular link between the base station and the first device. When the first quality metric (Geq) indicates a better link quality than both the second metric (G12) and the third metric (G1 BS), the base station selects (310) a relay mode for the D2D communication with the candidate relay device as the relay and instructs the involved devices accordingly.
US10129917B2	Device to device communication method and user equipment The present invention discloses a D2D communication method and user equipment. The D2D communication method includes: determining, by first user equipment, a value of a scrambling code parameter, where the scrambling code parameter includes at least one of the following parameters: a common scrambling code parameter and a specific scrambling code parameter; scrambling, by the first user equipment, a to-be-sent bit according to the value of the scrambling code parameter; and sending, by the first user equipment, a scrambled to-be-sent bit. According to the D2D communication method and the user equipment disclosed in the present invention, transmission information can be scrambled and descrambled in a D2D communication process, thereby improving feasibility of a D2D communication scheme and improving user experience.
US10129912B2	Sensor based configuration and control of network devices A mobile device, such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, can execute functionality for configuring a network device in a communication network and for subsequently controlling the operation of the network device with little manual input. The mobile device can detect sensor information from a network device. The mobile device can determine device configuration information based, at least in part, on decoding the sensor information. The mobile device can provide the device configuration information to an access point of a network. The mobile device can receive communication link information from the access point. The mobile device can provide the communication link information to the network device. The mobile device can receive a message indicating a communication link between the network device and the access point is established.
US10129911B2	Method and apparatus for processing an uplink unit in a wireless LAN system A method for processing an uplink PPDU in a wireless LAN system is proposed herein. The uplink PPDU may correspond to a PPDU that is received from multiple users. In the receiving device, a first uplink MU PPDU may be received from a first user, and a second uplink MU PPDU may be received from a second user. In this case, CSD of an enhanced method may be applied to LTF signals respective to each of the first uplink MU PPDU and the second uplink MU PPDU. Additionally, an orthogonal mapping matrix may be applied to the LTF signals respective to each of the MU PPDUs as a method ensuring orthogonality between the streams.
US10129906B2	Partial port hybrid CSI feedback for MIMO wireless communication systems The method comprises receiving periodic CSI feedback configuration information including a periodicity value and an offset value corresponding to a first CSI report, and at least one periodicity value and at least one offset value corresponding to a second CSI report, measuring a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second CSI-RS configured for a periodic CSI reporting based on at least two different enhanced MIMO types (eMIMO-Types), generating the first CSI report and the second CSI report for the first eMIMO-Type and the second eMIMO-Type, respectively, determining a periodic reporting interval for each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, and reporting the first and second CSI reports based on the determined periodic reporting intervals using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 2 or a PUCCH format 3 or a combination of the PUCCH format 2 and the PUCCH format 3.
US10129903B2	Dynamic configuration of uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) frame resources for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform adaptive time division duplexing (TDD) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACKnowledgement (ACK) reporting is described. The UE can implement an adaptive uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration received from an eNodeB. The UE can process a downlink (DL) HARQ reference configuration received from the eNodeB for a serving cell. The DL HARQ reference configuration can be for the implemented adaptive UL-DL configuration. The UE can format HARQ-ACK feedback for transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the serving cell in accordance with the DL HARQ reference configuration.
US10129900B2	Wireless resource scheduling method and device for NAN A wireless resource scheduling method and device for NAN are disclosed. The wireless resource scheduling method for NAN can comprise the steps of: determining switching from a WiFi mode to a NAN mode by a NAN terminal of an AP function; when the NAN terminal of the AP function determines the switching to the NAN mode, transmitting a CTS-to-self frame on the WiFi mode by the NAN terminal of the AP function; switching from the WiFi mode to the NAN mode by the NAN terminal of the AP function; and transmitting, by the NAN terminal of the AP function, a NAN frame to a NAN terminal on the NAN mode, wherein the WiFi mode supports communication on the basis of a BSS and the NAN mode can support communication on the basis of a NAN cluster.
US10129899B2	Network apparatus A traffic amount measuring unit measures the traffic amount of frames received in each of cycles, and outputs the measured traffic amount for each cycle. A plurality of frequency counters are provided so as to correspond to a plurality of ranges, and retain frequencies of each of the plurality of ranges, respectively. A frequency counter updating unit determines in which of the plurality of ranges the traffic amount output for each cycle is included, and updates the frequency of the frequency counter corresponding to the range obtained by the determination result.
US10129896B2	Method and system for optimizing channel access in a wireless local area network A method and apparatus for optimizing channel access by an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network is provided, the method comprises transmitting first information to a station, and receiving second information from the station while transmitting the first information to the station, wherein the first information and the second information includes at least one of a request to send (RTS) frame, clear to send (CTS) frame, acknowledgement information, and data, respectively.
US10129887B2	Wireless system with configurable radio and antenna resources A wireless access device, system and method are disclosed for provisioning multiple concurrent radio services and adaptive management of multi-radio access points or multi-radio small cell base stations.
US10129886B2	Control method of frequency band switching and wireless communication apparatus In a frequency band switching by Fast Session Transfer (FST), a timeout value (link loss timeout: LLT) is determined based on a change in a communication state, a switching setup sequence including a step of transmitting the determined timeout value to a peer wireless station is performed, and frequency switching to the second frequency band is performed when time of the timeout value elapses from when the switching setup sequence is completed. For example, a large timeout value (LLT=T1) is set at time of connection establishment, and the LLT is changed (LLT=T2 to T4) based on, for example, a state of transmission data or a change in a channel state.
US10129885B2	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method A wireless communication apparatus includes an indirect wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication that involves an access point; a direct wireless communication unit that performs direct wireless communication that does not involve the access point; and a control unit that controls a search for the access point that is performed sequentially on a plurality of channels, in which the control unit controls the number of channels that are used by the indirect wireless communication unit for the search for the access point, according to a communication state of the direct wireless communication.
US10129882B1	Systems and methods for allocating resource blocks based on uplink transmission parameters Systems and methods are described for allocating resource blocks based on uplink transmission parameters, resulting in beneficial coverage and capacity of a wireless system. A headroom report that comprises a transmission power headroom for a wireless device may be received. Potential resource block allocations for the wireless device may be generated based on channel information for a plurality of frequency bands, the generated potential resource block allocations comprising a frequency band and a time slot. A potential resource block allocation may be selected from among the potential resource block allocations based on a maximum power reduction for the allocation and the reported transmission power headroom for the wireless device. The selected resource blocks may then be allocated for the wireless device.
US10129880B2	Aggregation groups for aggregating heterogeneous carriers A network node provides cells serving uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) resources for wireless communications between the network node and a user equipment node (UE). The network node forms a primary aggregation group of cells that contains a primary cell (PCell) and operates the UL and DL resources of the PCell in the primary aggregation group to communicate with the UE. The network node configures the UE to connect to a serving cell, and assigns the serving cell to a secondary aggregation group of cells. The network node sets up the UL and downlink resources of the serving cell as a group PCell in the secondary aggregation group for communication with the UE. Related user equipment and methods by network nodes and user equipment are disclosed.
US10129877B2	Paging for machine type communication devices Methods, systems, devices, or apparatuses may support paging for machine type communication (MTC) devices. In one example, a base station may identify a mode of operation to be used for MTC. Based on the identified mode of operation, the base station may determine a subframe to be used for a paging occasion for a user equipment (UE) with which the base station communicates using MTC. A base station may also repeat a page in a number of subframes according to a repetition level for a paging occasion. The page may be for one or more UEs using MTC. The base station may identify the starting subframe for the paging occasion. The base station may then transmit the page based at least in part on the repetition level, where the page may be scrambled by the base station based at least in part on the starting subframe.
US10129871B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting enhanced uplink data using a H-ARQ process A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to configure a set of hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes. The WTRU is configured to receive information which limits a particular MAC-d flow to accessing a limited set of H-ARQ processes. The WTRU is configured to determine whether a first H-ARQ process from the set of H-ARQ processes is available for transmitting EU data in a transmit time interval (TTI). The WTRU is configured to determine whether the particular MAC-d flow has access to the first H-ARQ process, based on the information received. The WTRU is configured to transmit data from the particular MAC-d flow in the TTI using the first H-ARQ process, on a condition that the first H-ARQ process is available for transmitting EU data in the TTI and that the particular MAC-d flow has access to the first H-ARQ process.
US10129870B2	Separation of control and data subbands in unlicensed spectrum A wireless device may identify a first subband in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band used to communicate control traffic. The wireless device may identify a second subband in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band used to communicate data traffic. The first subband and the second subband may be different. The wireless device may reserve the first subband for a first duration of time for a plurality of wireless devices. The reservation may be based at least in part on an enhanced self-clear-to-send (self-CTS) transmitted over the first subband.
US10129867B2	Universal peer-to-peer signaling network virtualization and orchestration Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to universal peer-to-peer signaling network virtualization and orchestration. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a universal DIAMETER orchestrator can determine DIAMETER peer nodes to be utilized to handle DIAMETER signaling traffic for a service. The universal DIAMETER orchestrator can allocate transport resources over which a transport connection between the DIAMETER peer nodes can be established. In some embodiments, the universal DIAMETER orchestrator can allocate the transport resources on-demand. The universal DIAMETER orchestrator can allocate DIAMETER resources to provision DIAMETER signaling interfaces to handle the DIAMETER signaling traffic between the DIAMETER peer nodes. In some embodiments, the universal DIAMETER orchestrator can allocate the DIAMETER resources in accordance with a rule to override a traditional DIAMETER routing agent.
US10129866B2	Blind decoding for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) Technology for a user equipment (UE) configured for blind decoding downlink control information (DCI) from an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) is disclosed. The UE can receive, from a base station, the EPDCCH that includes the DCI. The UE can attempt one or more times to decode the DCI from enhanced control channel elements (ECCE) of the EPDCCH from physical resource block (PRB) region candidates in a PRB set using a selected set of enhanced resource element group (EREG) index maps for the ECCE until the DCI is successfully decoded.
US10129865B2	Method and terminal device for allocating resources in a plurality of subframes A method operating a telecommunications system including a base station and plural terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices. The control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective of the terminal devices. The radio interface is based on a radio frame structure including plural subframes each including a control region supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region supporting the downlink shared channel. The method uses the control region of a first radio subframe to convey an indication of a physical resource allocation for a first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe subsequent to the first radio subframe.
US10129863B2	Enhanced physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus This application provides an enhanced physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: in a physical resource block set, separately arranging first resource groups in each physical resource block pair PRB pair, where the first resource groups are enhanced resource element groups eREGs or REGs, and the physical resource block set includes at least one of the physical resource block pairs; numbering second resource groups according to a correspondence between the first resource groups and the second resource groups in the physical resource block set, where the second resource groups are control channel element eCCE groups or control channel candidates; determining numbers of the second resource groups for transmitting an E-PDCCH; and mapping, according to the determined numbers, the E-PDCCH to the corresponding first resource groups for transmission. The technical solution of this application resolves an E-PDCCH transmission problem.
US10129862B1	Methods, devices, apparatus, and systems for medium access control in wireless communication systems utilizing spatial focusing effect A base station of a time reversal communication system is provided. The base station receives a set of channel probing signals from a set of terminal devices, determines channel impulse responses based on the channel probing signals, and determines location-specific signature waveforms based on the channel impulse responses, in which each of the location-specific signature waveforms is associated with a particular location of the respective terminal device. The base station generates a set of medium access layer parameters, in which each medium access layer parameter is associated with a particular one of the terminal devices. For each terminal device, the base station generates transmit data signals based on data intended for the terminal device, and the medium access layer parameter and the location-specific signature waveform associated with the terminal device. The base station transmits the transmit data signals wirelessly to the terminal devices.
US10129860B2	Mobile communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus and communication method A mobile station (MS) receives a parameter used for configuring PUCCH resources, the PUCCH resources being configured on an uplink component carrier (UCC) on which HARQ control information is transmitted on a PUCCH; determines a first PUCCH resource on the UCC for a first PDSCH transmission indicated by a detection of a first PDCCH in a sub-frame on a first downlink component carrier (DCC), the first PUCCH resource being determined based on a control channel element of the first PDCCH; determines a second PUCCH resource on the UCC for a second PDSCH transmission indicated by a detection of a second PDCCH in the sub-frame on a second DCC, the second PUCCH resource being determined from the PUCCH resources which are configured; and transmits information bits using one of the first or the second PUCCH resource, the information bits being used for indicating the HARQ control information.
US10129857B2	Band occupancy techniques for transmissions in unlicensed spectrum A method and apparatus for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals. The first assignment includes a first resource assignment and a first interlace assignment. The UE may determine that a size of a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold. The UE may transmit the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to the determination. The one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over a contention-based spectrum. Additionally, the UE may receive a second assignment for the payload of the uplink transmission. The second assignment includes a second resource assignment and a second interlace assignment. The UE may transmit the payload of the uplink transmission according to the second resource assignment on the second interlace assignment.
US10129856B2	Uplink control information transmission method, base station, and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink control information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by UE in a downlink subframe N, a downlink control channel sent by a base station; sending, by the UE, a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement corresponding to the downlink control channel to the base station in an uplink subframe N+4 by using a PUCCH, where when the uplink subframe N+4 belongs to a first uplink subframe set, the PUCCH is carried on a second serving cell of the UE, and when the uplink subframe N+4 belongs to a second uplink subframe set, the PUCCH is carried on the first serving cell, where a duplexing mode of the first serving cell is different from a duplexing mode of the second serving cell.
US10129852B2	Method for broadcasting to unspecified entity in wireless communication system and device for the same Provided is a method for transferring a broadcast message to an unspecified entity in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a device for transferring a broadcast message and comprising creating a resource for receiving the broadcast message in accordance with a request, received from an application device, for creating the resource for receiving the broadcast message, storing a content of the broadcast message in a specified attribute of the created resource if the broadcast message is received, and if an event trigger condition of a subscription resource for the created resource is satisfied, transmitting a notification message, which includes the stored content of the broadcast message, to an address or a device indicated by a notification target attribute of the subscription resource.
US10129848B2	System and methods for locating a mobile device A system for locating a mobile device emitting a radio frequency signal. A wireless access point device of a wireless local area network is configured to communicatively connect to a wide area network. The system comprises a first access device for wirelessly communicatively detecting a first signal strength of the radio frequency signal in relation to the first access device, a media access control (MAC) address, and a first timestamp of the first signal strength, of the mobile device; a second access device for wirelessly communicatively detecting a second signal strength of the radio frequency signal in relation to the second access device, the MAC address, and a second timestamp of the second signal strength, of the mobile device; a third access device for wirelessly communicatively detecting a third signal strength of the radio frequency signal in relation to the third access device, the MAC address, and a third timestamp of the third signal strength, of the mobile device.
US10129843B2	Synchronization signal sending method and apparatus, and synchronization signal receiving method and apparatus The present invention provides a synchronization signal sending method and apparatus and a synchronization signal receiving method and apparatus. The synchronization signal sending includes: a sending module, configured to send a first-type subframe, where the first-type subframe includes a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a first synchronization channel, the first synchronization channel includes a first primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a first secondary synchronization signal (SSS); and a processing module, configured to control the sending module to switch from sending the first-type subframe to sending a second-type subframe. The sending module is further configured to send the second-type subframe under the control of the processing module, where the second-type subframe includes a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a second synchronization channel, the second synchronization channel includes a second PSS or a second SSS.
US10129840B2	Method, device, and system for notifying terminal type supported by current cell The present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for notifying a terminal type supported by a current cell, so that a UE can identify the terminal type supported by the current cell as soon as possible. The method includes: carrying preset indication information in a downlink signal, where the indication information is used to indicate the terminal type supported by the current cell, the preset indication information is agreed upon by a network side and a terminal in advance, and the indication information is a synchronization sequence or a first indicator bit used to indicate the supported terminal type; and sending the downlink signal to the terminal.
US10129836B2	Network node and method for managing maximum transmission power levels for a D2D communication link A network node and a method therein for managing a device-to-device, D2D, communication link between a first device and a second device are disclosed. The network node determines a threshold value based on interference information relating to interference of the first device. The threshold value indicates an upper limit for allowable transmit power of the first device when transmitting on the D2D communication link. Then, the network node sends the threshold value to the first device. Subsequently, the network node receives, from the first device, a message indicating that power of transmission, by the first device, on the D2D communication link exceeds the threshold value.
US10129835B2	Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
US10129834B2	Transmission power control methods and devices Transmission power control methods and devices are described. In a transmission power control method, a specific absorption rate (SAR) is calculated based on a transmission power of the communication device and a proximity distance of the communication device with an external object. A time average specific absorption rate can be calculated based on the SAR. A power absorption budget value can be calculated based on the time average specific absorption rate and a time average specific absorption rate threshold value. Further, the transmission power of the communication device can be adjusted based on the power absorption budget value.
US10129827B2	UE and method thereof for applying common discontinuous reception configuration Embodiments herein provide a method applying a common Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration at a User Equipment (UE) in a multi-connectivity mode. The method includes detecting, by the UE, a common DRX criterion. Further, the method includes forcing, by the UE, the DRX ON state of the first DRX cycle to a DRX OFF state. Further, the method includes forcing, by the UE, the first DRX cycle to wake up when one of a second DRX cycle transits from the DRX OFF state to the DRX ON state and a common DRX time period expires.
US10129826B2	Implicit power management mode and state transitions A station (STA) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) transitions implicitly between power management (PM) modes or PM states, without providing an explicit indication of the PM mode/state change to an access point (AP) of the WLAN. Transitions include changes between an active mode and a power save (PS) mode, or between an awake state and a doze state of the PS mode. Transitions occur immediately after receipt of a beacon indicating pending data for the STA, after an offset time indicated in the beacon, or at a specific wake time negotiated with the AP. After data reception is complete, the STA transitions implicitly to the PS mode or a doze state of the PS mode, after a power save inactivity timeout period or after receiving an indication that data transmission is complete.
US10129824B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data by using plurality of carriers in mobile communication systems The method for transmitting and receiving data at a base station in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving a performance report from a terminal, determining whether the addition of a serving cell is necessary, when the addition of the serving cell is necessary, transmitting a request for receiving a cell identifying signal to one or more other base stations on the basis of the received performance report and transmitting a request for transmitting the cell identifying signal to the terminal. According to the embodiment, in a network in which a small cell and a macro cell are overlapped and operated, the terminal can minimize battery consumption and quickly recognize the small cell.
US10129819B2	System and method for common attributes in HESSID and the associated queries Mobile stations can query independent basic service set (BSS) parameters of a group of Access Points (APs) by setting a Pre-Association Message Exchange BSSID Independent (PAME-BI) bit during Wi-Fi discovery. The PAME-BI bit may be included in a Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) request to indicate that an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) request carried by the GAS request is querying both independent and dependent BSS parameters. In some embodiments, the PAME-BI bit is included as a field in the ANQP query, rather than the GAS request message.
US10129814B2	Method and apparatus for joining centralized cluster A method and an apparatus for joining a centralized cluster is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a DMG Beacon frame sent by a first S-AP, where the DMG Beacon frame includes cluster information of the first S-AP; measuring, according to the cluster information of the first S-AP, signal quality and a state of each Beacon SP included in a BI of the first S-AP; if a Beacon SP whose state is an idle state is obtained by means of measurement, associating the Beacon SP with the first S-AP as a non-PCP/non-AP station, and receiving an Announce frame sent by the first S-AP; selecting one S-AP from the first S-AP and the second S-AP as a to-be-joined S-AP; and joining a centralized cluster of the to-be-joined S-AP.
US10129812B2	Uplink transmissions for type 2 relay A method for providing user agent data. The method includes an access node receiving an indicator sent from a relay node as an indication that the relay node has received data from the user agent.
US10129811B2	Multi-RAT heterogenous carrier aggregation A network node for facilitating data transfer is disclosed, comprising: a routing module configured to receive network link capacity information; a first radio interference operating on a first radio access technology and coupled to the routing module; and a second radio interface operating on a second radio access technology and coupled to the routing module, wherein the routing module is configured to receive packets directed to a third virtual radio interface and route the packets to one or both of the first and the second radio interfaces to provide throughput at the third virtual radio interface that is greater than throughput available via either the first or the second radio interfaces independently.
US10129808B2	Reducing communication silence when performing inter-technology handoff To perform an inter-technology handoff, an indicator in a service request message is received by a mobile switching center (MSC). The indicator is to indicate to the MSC that an inter-technology handoff from a packet-data wireless access network to a circuit wireless access network has been requested. The behavior of the MSC is modified in response to the indicator to reduce the communication silence during the inter-technology handoff.
US10129807B2	System and method for using mobility information in heterogeneous networks Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to reducing or making more efficient handovers from one cell to another cell in a communications network. The method includes receiving mobility data for a device being serviced by a first cell, classifying the device based on the mobility data to yield a classification and making a handoff decision when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the classification. An example of the mobility data is a speed at which the device is moving.
US10129806B2	Method to assign IP traffic to desired network elements based on packet or service type Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a demand for real-time services to a first mobile device, by way of a base station of an LTE system. In response, utilization of a first wireless channel of a first radio of the base station is evaluated. The first radio supports a first wireless service that includes the real-time service and a non-real-time service to a second mobile device within the same cellular region. A handover of the second mobile device to a second radio of the base station is facilitated in response to the utilization. The second radio is configured to support a second wireless service that excludes the real-time service within the same cellular region. Responsive to the handover, the second radio supports the non-real-time service over the second wireless channel to the second mobile device within the cellular region. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10129803B2	Cell selection A technique including detecting respective pairs of primary and auxiliary priority indicator values for a plurality of radio resources of a radio access network in one or more transmissions by said radio access network; and selecting a cell to adopt as a serving cell based at least partly on both said primary indicator values and said auxiliary indicator values; wherein the primary priority indicator values for said plurality of radio resources provide an indication of the priority order for said plurality of radio resources to a first degree of resolution; and the combinations of primary and auxiliary priority indicator values for said plurality of radio resources provide an indication of the priority order for said plurality of radio resources to a second degree of resolution higher than said first degree of resolution.
US10129796B2	Dynamic RAT selection According to techniques described herein, a UE (which may be link budget limited) may be connected to a network using a first RAT. The UE may be configured to determine a first resource requirement for communication on the network using the first RAT and a second resource requirement for communication on the network using a second RAT. The UE may be further configured to trigger a re-selection to the second RAT in response to the UE determining that the second RAT is preferred over the first RAT based, at least in part, on a comparison of the first and second resource requirements.
US10129787B2	Shared communication links in an electronic trading system Certain embodiments provide methods, tangible computer storage medium, and systems of shared communication links in an electronic trading system. An example method includes determining a first network service state of a first communication network established between a first wireless trading device and an exchange and receiving a second network service state of a second communication network established between a second wireless trading device and the exchange. The first wireless trading device receives the second network state from the second wireless device via a shared communication link. The example method also includes determining an active communication network based on a quality-of-service metric calculated between the first communication network and the second communication network by comparing the first network service state and the second network service state. The example method also includes communicating market information related to one or more markets with the exchange utilizing the active communication network and distributing the market information via the shared communication link.
US10129786B2	Methods, access point and wireless device for communicating downlink data An access point of a radio network, a wireless device and methods therein, for controlling a radio communication of data from the access point to the wireless device. When detecting that the number of wireless devices in a user group for which downlink data is pending exceeds the number of wireless devices that can receive downlink data during an upcoming time period reserved for the user group, the access point selects a subset of the wireless devices to which it is possible to send downlink data during the upcoming time period, and transmits a beacon indicating that the subset of the wireless devices have pending data to receive. Thereby, any unsuccessful requests transmitted from devices for pending data may be avoided and the risk for collision of requests may also be reduced.
US10129784B2	MME overload or underload mitigation by MME VNF apparatus and method Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses and methods for mobility management entity (MME) overload or underload mitigation using an MME virtual network function (VNF). Various embodiments may include one or more processors to execute instructions to process a notification from a virtual network function manager (VNFM) to determine instantiation of a MME as a VNF, add the MME to an MME pool, and assign a value to an application parameter of the MME VNF. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10129778B2	SDN-based channel estimation for multiplexing between LOS mmWaves NLOS sub-6 GHz and FSO A system for providing small cell backhaul communication includes a small cell backhaul network including a plurality of small cell network nodes. At least one mmWave transceiver at each of the plurality of small cell network nodes establishes communication links with other small cell network nodes within the small cell backhaul network. A software defined network (SDN) controller for controls communication link configuration by the at least one mmWave transceiver between the plurality of small cell network backhaul nodes of the small cell backhaul network. The link configurations are established by the SDN controller using mmWave communications.
US10129777B2	Device-driven intelligence and feedback for performance optimization and planning of a service network A subscriber device reports network operation conditions, such as network performance incidents, to receive feedback from the network related to the incident and available or possibly available solutions, and to produce network intelligence suitable for network planning and network performance enhancement. Reporting of network performance incidents can be characterized by location and time of occurrence, wherein this intelligence is provided by the user device. Feedback provided by the network is based on the network performance data received as part of reporting an incident. The reporting described herein enables a network operator to generate network planning intelligence based on actual network performance as experienced at the subscriber level.
US10129776B2	Method and device for displaying isolation or recovery of base station in wireless communication system The present specification provides a method and device for displaying the isolation or recovery of a base station in a wireless communication system. The second base station receives information indicating the state of a link with a first base station and an evolved packet core (EPC) from the first base station or a mobility management entity (MME), and determines whether to perform a handover on the basis of the received information.
US10129772B1	Anticipatory networking Embodiments for performing an anticipatory networking are provided. These embodiments include detecting an action taken by a user of a wirelessly-enabled device, an automated action of the wirelessly-enabled device, or a current condition of the device; learning what future operations the wirelessly-enabled device will likely need to perform in order to carry out the desired user action or device action; creating a user profile based on the learned information; and proactively performing, based on the user profile, certain downstream operations before the data corresponding to those operations is actually needed. In some embodiments, the anticipatory networking techniques disclosed herein essentially represent the confluence of networking concepts and machine learning concepts, and as such, enable wireless communications having reduced latency, while also improving network reliability and device performance.
US10129771B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing wireless communication program In a wireless communication system (1), a hard AP (10) including a station function (15) activates a soft AP function (22) of a wireless LAN device (20) included in a first combination composed of one or a plurality of wireless LAN devices (20) to check scan responsiveness, activates the soft AP function (22) of the wireless LAN device (20) included in other combination, and activates the soft AP function (22) of the wireless LAN device (20) included in a combination having higher scan responsiveness from between that of the first combination and that of the other combination.
US10129768B1	Determining potential interference in a wireless network A potential interference is determined for specific geographic locations of a wireless network based on signal measurements performed by wireless devices at said specific geographic locations. Obtaining power measurements of reference signals sensed at a wireless device at a specific location, and determining a potential interference caused at the specific location based on the power measurements. The power measurements comprise measurements of a reference signal power (RSRP) performed by a wireless device at the specific location. The wireless device may perform multiple measurements of signal power at various locations, and submit to the network measurements recorded at each location. The measurements may be performed periodically or triggered by the network.
US10129766B2	Quality of service management methods, quality of service management devices and quality of service management system The present disclosure provides QoS management methods, QoS management devices and a QoS management system. According to the present disclosure, with respect to a terminal in a dual-connectivity scenario, QoS parameter thresholds corresponding to a QoS parameter may be re-allocated to an MeNB and an SeNB for the terminal in accordance with an initial value corresponding to the QoS parameter of the terminal, so as to ensure that a QoS parameter value finally acquired by the terminal and corresponding to the QoS parameter does not exceed a numerical range defined by the initial value of the QoS parameter. As a result, it is able to match services provided to the terminal with the QoS that should have been possessed thereby in the case that the terminal is served by the MeNB and the SeNB, thereby to control the QoS of the terminal.
US10129761B2	Management of community Wi-Fi network Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device. Community Wi-Fi network coverage can be analyzed to detect geographic locations at which network coverage is desirably added; network coverage can be added by incentivizing a potential sharer computing device to opt in to share network bandwidth capacity or controlling beamforming of sharer computing device(s).
US10129759B2	Dual band LTE small cell A dual band LTE small cell base station communicates on both licensed bands and unlicensed bands. The small cell base station modifies the communication protocol utilized by the licensed band to enable communication over an unlicensed band. This modification involves replacing the physical (PHY) layer of the licensed band communication protocol with the PHY layer of a to-be-used protocol in an unlicensed band.
US10129758B2	Regulating operation of 60 GHz devices Embodiments of a wireless station and method for controlling use of the 60 GHz band are described. The station (STA) can include memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to decode a packet received from a second STA via a microwave wireless channel. The packet includes information indicating that a millimeter wave wireless channel is unavailable for communication. A current geographic location and a mobility status for the second STA may be determined based on an authentication message originating from a third STA. The mobility status may indicate whether the second STA is moving or is stationary. The second STA may be authenticated based at least on the mobility status. Upon authenticating the second STA, usage of the millimeter wave wireless channel may be suspended for a pre-determined period of time.
US10129757B2	Transceiver architecture for license assisted access systems Methods and devices useful in concurrently receiving and supporting Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) and Long Term Evolution Licensed Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) wireless data signals are provided. By way of example, an electronic device includes a network interface configured to allow the electronic device to communicate over one or more channels of a wireless network, and a transceiver configured to transmit data and to receive data over the one or more channels. The transceiver is configured to receive licensed cellular signals and unlicensed cellular signals over the one or more channels.
US10129755B2	Deauthenticating and disassociating unauthorized access points with spoofed management frames A spoofed management frame is sent to an unauthorized access point (AP) on behalf of a station from an authorized AP, using a media access control (MAC) address of the station. The spoofed frame triggers a security association (SA) query from an unauthorized AP to reestablish valid communications. An acknowledgment (ACK) frame sent from the client to the unauthorized AP responsive to the SA query request is detected by the AP. A probe response is sent to the client. The probe response includes a channel switching element. The channel switching prevents the client from completing the SA process before a time out.
US10129754B2	Real time digital issuance of resources Systems and devices are provided for real-time digital issuance/provisioning of digital resources. In accordance with embodiments of the invention, real-time provisioning of the digital resources occurs through access to a mobile application. In specific embodiments in which the user does not currently have authorization to use the mobile application, an authorization code is issued to a user and inputted via the mobile application as a means for verifying the identity of the user prior to provisioning the digital resource to the digital storage.As such, by having the provisioning occur electronically via the mobile application provisioning of the digital resource is highly secure, in that, provisioning occurs without the user possessing or having knowledge of the digital resource credentials prior to provisioning.
US10129749B2	Method and device for acquiring response message, method and device for routing response message, and system for acquiring response message and routing response message A method and device for acquiring a response message, a method and device for routing the response message, and a system for acquiring the response message and routing the response message are disclosed. The method includes steps that: a source node sends a service request message to a second group of nodes via a first group of DRA nodes; and the source node acquires the service response message returned by the destination node via the second group of DRA nodes.
US10129743B2	Method and apparatus for establishing a secure communication link between a mobile endpoint device and a networked device A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for establishing a secure communication link between a mobile endpoint device and a networked device are disclosed. For example, the method scans an optical code, wherein the optical code contains configuration information and an encryption key, configures the mobile endpoint device in accordance with the configuration information, sends a request to the networked device to establish the secure communication link, wherein the request is encrypted using the encryption key and receives a confirmation from the networked device that the secure communication link is established between the mobile endpoint device and the networked device once the networked device has authenticated the mobile endpoint device based upon the request, wherein the confirmation is encrypted using the encryption key.
US10129740B2	Establishing a connection based on position Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit capable of wireless communication with another wireless communication apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether the communication unit is in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, and a control unit for performing, in a case the communication unit is determined to be in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, a connection procedure between the communication unit and the other wireless communication apparatus.
US10129731B2	Neighbor discovery and neighbor selection of mesh network devices in a mesh network Network hardware devices organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN) in which one network hardware devices includes multiple radios. A processing device of a first network hardware device scans a channel of the first radio for access point (AP) beacon frames that each contains information identifying a mesh network device in a WMN. The processing device creates a list of a plurality of mesh network device from the AP beacon frames and transmits a location probe transmission by each of the plurality of radios one sector at a time in a neighbor discovery process. The processing device receives metrics of the location probe transmissions received by the plurality of mesh network devices in the neighbor discovery process and configures each of the plurality of radios to communicate with one of a set of neighbor mesh network devices using the metrics in a neighbor selection process.
US10129729B2	Smartphone Bluetooth headset receiver Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user with a Smartphone to pair the Smartphone with another Bluetooth device to receive audio that is played to the user over headphones or through speakers on the Smartphone. Further, an audio processing module is used to modify the audio presented to the user, extract closed captioning text to be displayed to the user, find information relevant to the audio to be displayed to the user, and pause audio content sent to the Smartphone when phone calls or other Smartphone interruptions occur.
US10129727B2	Information interaction method and system applying to electronic cigarette The present invention provides an information interaction method and system applying to electronic cigarettes, used for at least two electronic cigarettes transmitting information by using electromagnetic wave signals to perform information interaction within a preset distance. Beneficial effects of implementing the present invention are: the information interaction can be performed between the electronic cigarettes, thereby greatly facilitating information exchange and obtaining between each other and helping in establishing social communication between users; statistics collection and processing on electronic cigarette information can offer a help for the users to select the electronic cigarettes suiting themselves. In addition, a vibration sensor is used to detect vibration signals of the electronic cigarettes themselves, thereby proving beneficial effects of easy use and flexible operations.
US10129722B2	Service processing method and network device A network device executes a method including receiving a request message for a first service sent by a user equipment; determining a first service requested by the request message for the first service; and sending the request message for the first service to a first value added service server.
US10129715B2	Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service A method and apparatus for receiving at least one IP-based registration message from a first UE is disclosed. The at least one IP-based registration message may indicate support for short message reception and may include security association data of the first UE, a MSISDN identifier of the first UE, and an IP address of the first UE. Reception of capability information of the first UE is further disclosed. A database may be configured to store the security association data of the first UE, the MSISDN identifier of the first UE, the IP address of the first UE, and the capability information of the first UE. Transmitting, to a second UE, an indication of whether the second UE is or is not capable of IP based short message communication with the first UE is further disclosed.
US10129712B2	Floor control method and apparatus A floor control method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a floor control method includes receiving, by a server over Long Term Evolution network, a first message sent by user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request, generating, by the server, a second message according to a floor control policy and the first message, wherein the second message comprises a parameter indicating that an event type is floor granted and sending, by the server, the second message to the UE, wherein the second message is used to instruct the UE to notify a user of the UE that a floor is granted.
US10129710B2	Method and apparatus for indicating stopping MBMS transmission in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for stopping receiving of a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), which is receiving a MBMS data of group communication from a network, receives an indication of stopping receiving the MBMS data from the network, and stops receiving the MBMS data based on the indication.
US10129707B2	Automatically navigating a mobile device to a particular electronic page based on a user's location within a venue A location of a user within a venue can be determined by determining a location of a mobile device of the user within the venue. A user interaction with the mobile device while the user is located within the venue can be detected. Responsive to detecting the user interaction with the mobile device while the user is located within the venue, a sub-section within the venue at, or within a predetermined distance to, the location of the user within the venue, or at least one event that takes place in the sub-section within the venue at, or within a predetermined distance to, the location of the user within the venue, can be identified. The mobile device can be automatically navigated to an electronic page containing information for the sub-section within the venue or information for the at least one event that takes place in the sub-section within the venue.
US10129704B1	First responder tracking breadcrumbs Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for tracking emergency responders. An emergency responder tracking system may comprise a beacon comprising a radio frequency module; a portable device, wherein the portable device is configured to receive a wireless signal from the beacon and transmit the wireless signal to a computer system, wherein the computer system comprises a user interface and is configured to receive the wireless signal from the portable device and provide a map, in the user interface, of a location of the beacon; wherein the wireless signal comprises a unique identifier, a location of the beacon, a last detected location of an emergency responder, and/or current time.
US10129698B2	Internal location address and automatic routing of intra-facility movement Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating movement within a facility by providing internal navigation instructions to a user, and/or for automatically operating various transportation mechanisms within the facility to move the user therein. Various embodiments thus comprise a computing entity configured to receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a user and destination information/data indicative of a desired destination for the user, generate a recommended route for the user, and transmit one or more signals to location devices along the recommended route to provide navigations cues to the user, or to one or more transportation mechanisms to enable the user to board the transportation mechanism at a first location, and disembark the transportation mechanism closer to the desired destination.
US10129695B2	System and method for communication with a tracking device A system and method for providing communication with a tracking device are disclosed. An example tracking device includes a location detector, a communication device, memory, a processor, and a configuration routine. The location detector is operative to determine locations of the tracking device. The communication device is operative to communicate with a remote system. The memory stores data and code, the data including location data determined by the location detector and configuration data. The processor is operative to execute the code to impart functionality to the tracking device. The functionality of the tracking device depends at least in part on the configuration data. The configuration routine is operative to modify the configuration data responsive to communications from the remote system. Thus, functional access to the tracking device is provided to the remote system.
US10129691B2	Systems and methods to determine a location of a mobile device Systems and methods to determine a location of a mobile device by combining a radio frequency navigation system and an inertial navigation system, where the radio frequency navigation system determines a location of the mobile device in reference to a map of radio frequency signals and the inertial navigation system based on dead reckoning the position of the mobile device based on measurements from motion sensors and/or magnetic field sensors. The mobile device combines the position determination results from the radio frequency navigation system and the inertial navigation system to determine two successive locations. A heading of the user of the mobile device is computed from the two successive locations without using the orientation of the mobile device.
US10129689B2	Systems and methods for machine-type communication Systems and methods are provided for managing machine-type communication and for mobile network memory conservation. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a machine-type communication gateway including a centralized policy engine and a device trigger storage may be communicatively connected to control nodes of a mobile network and to trigger providers of a fixed network. The machine-type communication gateway may be configured to receive device triggers from the trigger providers, store the device triggers in the device trigger storage in queues, and providing the device triggers to the control nodes at rates determined by the centralized policy engine. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a non-transitory storage memory may store bearer information. The mobile network may be configured to receive an indication to establish a data session, retrieve the stored bearer information from the storage memory, and commit memory resources by establishing one or more bearers for the data session using the stored bearer information.
US10129687B2	Compressed sensing with machine-to-machine communication Some examples include a plurality of secure low-power compressive sensing sensor blocks able to communicate with each other and with a computing device to perform spatial and/or temporal compressive sensing. As one example, a first sensor block may obtain data by randomly sampling a sensor signal from a first sensor coupled to the first sensor block. The first sensor block may send the data obtained from the randomly sampled sensor signal to at least one other sensor block of the plurality of sensor blocks, wherein the data is distributed to the plurality of sensor blocks. In addition, at least one of the first sensor block or another sensor block may process the data to at least one of packetize or encrypt the data. The first sensor block and/or the other sensor block may send the processed data to the computing device.
US10129684B2	Systems and methods for audio creation and delivery Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of delivering an audio signal from a device toward a user's ear includes, for example, transmitting a filtered audio signal from a transducer positioned at a location on the device that is longitudinally spaced apart from an entrance of an auditory canal of the user's ear when the device is worn on the user's head.
US10129681B2	Calibrating listening devices Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.
US10129680B2	Methods and systems for rendering binaural audio content Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments receiving audio content in a multi-channel sound format over a communication network resulting in multi-channel audio content. Further embodiments can include identifying a compression ratio of the audio content. Additional embodiments can include determining a rendered sound externalization for rendering the audio content according to the compression ratio of the audio content. Also, embodiments can include rendering the audio content in a binaural audio format for headphone playback on an audio device according to the rendered sound externalization. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10129676B2	MEMS microphone, apparatus comprising a MEMS microphone and method for fabricating a MEMS microphone A MEMS microphone and a method for manufacturing a MEMS microphone are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a MEMS microphone including a MEMS microphone structure having at least one counter electrode structure and a diaphragm structure deflectable with respect to the counter electrode structure and a thermocouple arranged at the MEMS microphone structure.
US10129665B2	Distributed resonator A device, including a vibratory apparatus having an actuator configured to generate vibrations upon actuation of the actuator, including plurality of lever arms, wherein the vibratory apparatus is configured such that at least a respective portion of respective lever arms of the plurality of lever arms move about at least one of a single or a respective hinge when the vibratory apparatus is generating vibrations.
US10129661B2	Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids The signal processing functions of a hearing aid as described above necessarily cause some delay between the time the audio signal is received by the microphone or wireless receiver and the time that the audio is actually produced by the output transducer. In some situations, signal processing incorporating longer delays may be better able to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or other functional parameters for a hearing aid wearer, but a balance should be struck between these positive effects of delay and other negative effects. The techniques described herein address the problem of balancing the positive and negative effects of delay.
US10129658B2	Method and apparatus for recovering audio signals from images A method of recovering audio signals and corresponding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention using video or other sequence of images enables recovery of sound that causes vibrations of a surface. An embodiment method includes combining representations of local motions of a surface to produce a global motion signal of the surface. The local motions are captured in a series of images of features of the surface, and the global motion signal represents a sound within an environment in which the surface is located. Some embodiments compare representations of local motions of a surface to determine which motions are in-phase or out-of-phase with each other, enabling visualization of surface vibrational modes. Embodiments are passive, as compared to other forms of remote audio recovery that employ active sensing, such as laser microphone systems. Example applications for the embodiments include espionage and surveillance.
US10129652B2	Audio speaker surround geometry for improved pistonic motion An audio speaker having a suspension system including a surround to support a diaphragm within a frame and to reduce non-pistonic motion of the diaphragm at several resonant frequencies is disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the surround include a film that undulates in a peripheral direction around the diaphragm and includes several undulations above and below a radial gap between the diaphragm and the frame. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10129651B2	Center-fixed MEMS microphone membrane A MEMS microphone having a backplate, a spring, and a membrane. In one embodiment, the membrane is supported in an approximate center of the membrane via a support. The support is connected to the approximate center of the membrane and an approximate center of the backplate. The membrane is connected to a spring that provides an electrical connection. The membrane may be electrically biased via the electrical connection. One or more overtravel stops are fixed to the backplate and pass through an aperture of the membrane. The overtravel stops are configured to prevent movement of the membrane in a radial direction opposite to the backplate. The membrane includes a stress gradient, a corrugation, or another structure that sets or determines a stiffness of the membrane.
US10129650B2	Vibration unit for acoustic arrangement A vibration unit for an acoustic arrangement includes an encircling frame, a vibration member, and a weaving suspension extended between the vibration member and the encircling frame for enabling the vibration member to be reciprocatingly moved. The weaving suspension includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs radially and outwardly extended from the vibration member to the encircling frame to form a weaving-like structure, such that the vibration member is prohibited to move along a rib extending direction of each of the reinforcing ribs to ensure the vibration member to be reciprocatingly moved in a linear direction.
US10129649B2	User-programmable, head-supportable listening device with WiFi media player A user-programmable, head-supportable listening device with built-in WiFi media player is configured to provide user custom application programmability with higher fidelity sound provided by resident audio electronics and conduction speakers, in stereo and HD audio surround sound, the listening device having a user programmable electronics system assembly providing the ability to scan, detect, select and play audio and video from wired and wireless sources of audio and video signals, and from both residential media sources and online streaming music services, an audio media storage device to provide storage of user-selected media for accessing from the listening device or by an external wired and wireless device, which provides the user with control of speakers, wireless interfaces, automatic scanning capability and playing of audio-video media.
US10129647B2	Wireless sound equipment There is disclosed a wireless sound equipment including a body which is wearable on a user's body, a first hole formed in an upper portion of the body, a second hole formed in a lower portion of the body toward the user's body when the user wears the wireless sound equipment, a first speaker configured to output sound via the first hole, and a second speaker configured to output sound via the second hole.
US10129646B2	Panel vibration type sound generating display device Disclosed is a display device that includes a display panel, sound generating actuators including a first sound generating actuator in a first area of the display panel and a second sound generating actuator in a second area of the display panel, the first and second sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition between the first sound generating actuator and the second sound generating actuator.
US10129643B2	Autonomous vehicle ingress and egress A vehicle system includes a plurality of speakers and a processor. Each of the plurality of speakers is associated with one of a plurality of vehicle components. The processor is programmed to select at least one of the plurality of speakers to play a sound associated with one of the plurality of vehicle components and in accordance with a location of a passenger relative to at least one of the plurality of vehicle components.
US10129641B2	Audio reproduction device target sound signature A system for tuning an audio reproduction device is disclosed. The system includes an audio signal generator for generating an audio signal to be played back in an audio reproduction device and sending the audio signal to the audio reproduction device; a microphone signal module for receiving a microphone signal from a microphone, the microphone signal recording a sound wave reproduced by the audio reproduction device when the audio signal is played back in the audio reproduction device; a comparison module for determining whether the microphone signal matches target sound signature data; and a filter module for applying a digital filter to emulate a target sound signature responsive to determining that the microphone signal does not match the target sound signature data.
US10129640B2	Suppressing a modal frequency of a loudspeaker An example provides an apparatus to receive an audio input signal, generate, from the audio input signal, a filtered audio input signal to suppress at least one modal frequency of a flat loudspeaker diaphragm, and output the filtered audio input signal to at least one actuator to cause a vibration of the flat loudspeaker diaphragm.
US10129639B2	Headphones, audio device, audio system and method for transmitting signals A set of headphones includes a connector with a first connection contact and a second connection contact as well as a loudspeaker, which is connected to the first connection contact in order to supply a loudspeaker signal. The set of headphones also includes a first and a second digital microphone, each of which is set up to generate a digital microphone signal, in particular with a binary bit stream. A multiplexer, which is coupled, at an output, to the second connection contact, is set up to generate a coded multiplex signal at the output on the basis of the microphone signals.
US10129637B2	Phase plug for compression driver having improved assembly This invention provides a phase plug for loudspeakers of the compression driver type having a body characterized by a plurality of channels, each channel constituting a wave passage for acoustic waves from an input surface (that receives acoustic waves) to an output surface (that transmits acoustic waves), the input surface being provided by an integral member. The positions and widths of the channel openings are determined in order to reduce acoustic resonances in the compression chamber. The acoustic channels are characterized by the fact that their openings towards the input surface depart in the axial direction. The width of the acoustic channels is computed in order to guaranteed that there will be no loss of acoustic intensity in the channels.
US10129627B2	Wireless digital audio music system A wireless digital audio system includes a portable audio source with a digital audio transmitter operatively coupled thereto and an audio receiver operatively coupled to a headphone set. The audio receiver is configured for digital wireless communication with the audio transmitter. The digital audio receiver utilizes fuzzy logic to optimize digital signal processing. Each of the digital audio transmitter and receiver is configured for code division multiple access (CDMA) communication. The wireless digital audio system allows private audio enjoyment without interference from other users of independent wireless digital transmitters and receivers sharing the same space.
US10129625B2	Headphone eartips with internal support components for outer eartip bodies Headphone eartips with internal support components and methods for making the same are provided. Different support components may provide specific amounts and types of additional rigidity at specific portions of an exterior surface of an outer eartip body that may be expected to interface with specific portions of an ear canal geometry when an eartip subassembly is positioned within the ear canal, such that the eartip subassembly may conform to the various shapes of the ear canal while maintaining an acoustic seal.
US10129624B2	Method and device for voice operated control At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method and device for voice operated control with learning. The method can include measuring a first sound received from a first microphone, measuring a second sound received from a second microphone, detecting a spoken voice based on an analysis of measurements taken at the first and second microphone, learning from the analysis when the user is speaking and a speaking level in noisy environments, training a decision unit from the learning to be robust to a detection of the spoken voice in the noisy environments, mixing the first sound and the second sound to produce a mixed signal, and controlling the production of the mixed signal based on the learning of one or more aspects of the spoken voice and ambient sounds in the noisy environments.
US10129621B2	Connection device for loudspeaker boxes, arrangement of loudspeaker boxes suspended below one another, and method and transport cart for setting up the arrangement A connection device for setting up an arrangement of a plurality of loudspeaker boxes that are suspended beneath one another comprises a first assembly rail which is provided for assembly on a first loudspeaker box and to which a latching part is attached, and a second assembly rail which is provided for assembly on a second loudspeaker box and to which a retaining element that interacts with the latching part is attached. Herein, a free path length of a longitudinal displaceability of the latching part in relation to the first assembly rail is preselectable. Furthermore, the position of the retaining element in relation to the second assembly rail is preselectable.
US10129620B2	Multilayer approach to hydrophobic and oleophobic system and method An earpiece may include an earpiece housing, an electronics package associated with the earpiece housing, a hydrophobic barrier on the earpiece, and an oleophobic barrier on the earpiece. The hydrophobic barrier may be applied directly to the electronics package. The oleophobic barrier may be distal to the electronics package. The oleophobic barrier may be an oleophobic nano-coating applied to a mesh or screen. The hydrophobic barrier may be distal to the electronics package. The oleophobic barrier may be distal to the hydrophobic barrier. The hydrophobic barrier may be a nano-coating applied directly to a mesh or screen. The oleophobic barrier may be a nano-coating applied directly to a mesh or screen.
US10129619B2	Receiver The present invention discloses a receiver comprising an outer housing that consists of a first housing, a second housing and a third housing fitting to each other from top to bottom. The third housing is an integral structure, and includes a magnetic conductive piece and a plastic piece integrally injection-molded therewith. The magnetic conductive piece is bonded and fixed with a magnet and a washer. The magnetic conductive piece, the magnet and the washer together form a magnetic circuit system of the receiver, and the third housing is fixed with the second housing by ultrasonic welding through the plastic piece. The receiver of the present invention can realize one-step assembly of the rear cavity housing of the product, simplify the production process of the product, save the production time, and further reduce the production cost of the product.
US10129614B2	Passive optical network communications method, apparatus and system The present invention discloses a passive optical network communications method: reporting, by an optical network unit, ONU, a calibration record of the ONU, where the calibration record includes an ID of a calibrated wavelength channel; sending a first message to the ONU when the OLT determines, according to the calibration record, that a target wavelength channel ID corresponding to a target wavelength channel to which the ONU needs to switch is not in the calibration record, where the first message includes a forced wavelength switching flag; and instructing the ONU to switch to the calibrated target wavelength channel. In this way, the ONU can implement wavelength switching quickly after calibrating a new wavelength channel so as to perform data communication over the calibrated new wavelength channel.
US10129613B2	Optical switch, optical switching apparatus An optical switch includes a first optical absorbing layer sensitive to a first light and having a first superlattice structure and a first bandgap; a second optical absorbing layer sensitive to a second light and having a second bandgap smaller than that of the first bandgap; and a barrier layer having a second superlattice structure. The first optical absorbing layer, the second optical absorbing layer, and the barrier layer are arranged in a direction of an axis to form an arrangement with a first band-offset in a conduction band of the first optical absorbing layer, a second band-offset in a conduction band of the barrier layer, and a well in a conduction band of the second optical absorbing layer.
US10129612B2	Signal sending device, signal receiving device, and signal sending and receiving system and method A signal sending device, a signal receiving device, and a signal sending and receiving system and method are presented. The devices and system combine a plurality of sense data into a data packet to transmit the data packet. Through the method, the data packet is processed, received, and sent under a transmission mechanism based on independent data packets. Therefore, the plurality of sense data and overhead data are combined into a data packet, and thus the redundant overhead data is reduced, so as to reduce the time spent on sending actual data to a transmission channel, thus improving the efficiency of data exchange and saving electrical energy.
US10129611B2	System and method for monitoring sensor output A monitoring system can receive sensor measurements from a select sensor of a group of sensors. The sensor measurements are compared to group alert condition or an individual alert condition. Based on the comparison, an alert state can be identified and a user notified of the alert state. The system can automatically determine the individual alert condition, which can be uniquely associated with the select sensor and can be associated with a domain of time.
US10129610B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor media Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a network interface to obtain media monitoring information from a content publisher. The apparatus further includes a media identifier to determine a first media identifier based on the obtained media monitoring information corresponding to media presented at a media device, map the first media identifier to a second media identifier in a look-up table, the second media identifier based on an audience measurement entity (AME) media analyzer obtaining the media before the media device accessed the media, and credit the presentation of the media to the media device based on the mapping. The apparatus further includes a report generator to generate a media crediting report based on the crediting.
US10129609B2	Method for transceiving media files and device for transmitting/receiving using same A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file.
US10129604B2	Analytic system for automatically combining advertising and content in media broadcasts An analytic platform, article of manufacture, system, computer-readable medium, and method for selecting and inserting advertisements for delivery to a content viewing device. A plurality of advertising metrics are generated from data originating from a plurality of content viewing devices. Then, an advertisement is selected for presentation along with content directed to one of the content viewing devices, the advertisement being selected based on the advertising metrics. Once selected, the advertisement is added to the content for delivery to said one of the content viewing devices.
US10129602B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal A method for generating and processing a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: encoding broadcast data for one or more broadcast services; encoding first level signaling information including information describing properties of the one or more broadcast services; encoding second level signaling information including information for listing the one or more broadcast services; and generating a broadcast signal including the encoded broadcast data, the encoded first level signaling information and the encoded second level signaling information.
US10129601B2	Shared spectrum access for broadcast and bi-directional, packet-switched communications Techniques are disclosed relating to spectrum sharing between different radio access technologies. In some embodiments, a broadcast base station is configured to wirelessly broadcast audio and video data to a plurality of broadcast receiver devices using a particular frequency band. In these embodiments, the broadcast base station is configured to discontinue broadcasting in the particular frequency band during a scheduled time interval, to enable one or more cellular base stations to perform bi-directional packet-switched wireless data communications using the particular frequency band.
US10129599B2	Media preference database Example techniques for populating a preference database affiliated with a media playback system with preferences received for media items are provided. A preference may be associated with a media item from a service provider account, and may be stored in the preference database in association with the service provider account. The service provider account may be associated with multiple user profiles used to access a media playback device, and the preference may be associated with one of the user profiles associated with the service provider account, and stored in association with the user profile. Further, the preference may be received from a user account different from a user account used to access the media item. In this case, the preference may be stored in association with the user account providing the preference. The stored preferences may be used to manage media content playback by the media playback system.
US10129593B2	Time-based dynamic secondary content placement calls in time-shifted content Apparatus and methods for enabling time-based secondary content scheduling and dynamic placement for users of a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a managed network, and the secondary content comprises advertising which was scheduled at the time the primary content was stored/recorded. A management process is adapted to identify the originally scheduled advertisements and utilize a temporal reference (e.g., time stamp) or other data associated with the original recording provided to the management process when an advertisement call is made dynamically, thereby preserving such relationship when the recorded content is requested for playback with a certain period of time, without having to store the advertisements with each recording. In another embodiment, a Campaign Management System (CMS) is used to associate campaigns based on a time period “in the past” (e.g., via use of one or more historic records regarding the advertisement placement for each user individually).
US10129586B2	Detecting and isolating television program content from recordings of television airings Various implementations process a television content stream to detect program boundaries such as the starting point and ending point of the program. In at least some implementations, program boundaries such as intermediate points between the starting point and ending point of the program are also detected. The intermediate points correspond to where a program pauses for secondary content such as an advertisement or advertisements, and then resumes once the secondary content has run. Once program boundaries are detected, primary content is isolated by removing secondary content that occurs before the starting point and after the ending point. In at least some implementations, secondary content that occurs between detected intermediate points is also removed. The primary content is then recorded without secondary content that originally comprised part of the original television content stream.
US10129584B2	Display component activation A device configuration for determining whether to send an activation notification based on whether a signal can be decoded by a tuner or codec are described herein. For example, a device may include a tuner, activated in response to receiving the user indication, to attempt to decode a signal corresponding to a channel, and a processor to execute instructions that: detect, prior to a start of a delay period, that the tuner is required to decode the signal, determine, during the delay period, whether the signal can be decoded by the tuner, deactivate the tuner after the delay period without sending a tuner activation notification, in response to a determination that the signal cannot be decoded by the tuner, and send the tuner activation notification to a remote server after the delay period, in response to a determination that the signal can be decoded by the tuner.
US10129583B2	Automated program guide scrolling A user device may receive one or more signals in a particular sequence and within a threshold period of time from an accessory; determine a scrolling instruction corresponding to the one or more signals received in the particular sequence and within the threshold period of time; and execute the scrolling instruction to continuously scroll through a program guide, displayed by the user device, based on determining the scrolling instruction.
US10129573B1	Identifying relevance of a video Techniques for identifying relevance of a video are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: causing a video to be played on a device of a user; receiving, from the device, an instruction to share the video with another user, the instruction corresponding to a point-in-time in the video; identifying text in a transcript of the video based on the point-in-time; causing the identified text to be displayed on the device based on the instruction to share the video; receiving, from the device, an instruction to include user-approved text along with the video in the sharing of the video with the one or more other users, the user-approved text comprising at least a portion of the identified text; and causing the user-approved text to be displayed on a device of the other user in association with the video based on the instructions to share and include.
US10129570B2	System and method for stream fault tolerance through usage based duplication and shadow sessions Embodiments of the present invention: provide, from a first VOD server having a first cache, a first media presentation to a first group of user devices and a second media presentation to a second group of user devices; provide, from a second VOD server having a second cache, a third content to a third group of user devices; measure a first popularity corresponding to the first media presentation and a second popularity corresponding to the second media presentation; store a copy of the first media presentation on the second cache based on the first popularity and the second popularity; determine when the first VOD server fails to continue to provide the first media presentation; and provide, from the second VOD server, the first media presentation to the first group of user devices, wherein the first cache has the first media presentation stored therein, and wherein the second cache has the second media presentation stored therein.
US10129569B2	Wireless transmission of sports venue-based data including video to hand held devices Venue-based data including video from cameras located at a sports venue can be provided to hand held devices authorized by at least one casino. A casino patron's hand held device can enable to view sporting events provided to a hand held device from a server and placement of wagers with the server. Venue-based data including video and statistics are received from server including camera views captured as video by at least one camera located within at least one sports venue. Venue-based data is processed at server for display on a display associated with at least one hand held device operating within a casino. Venue-based data is displayed on hand held devices, enabling casino patrons to view event video. Portable devices can be authorized only when moving about a casino. Casino patrons can also gamble using said hand held device while viewing selected sporting events within the casino.
US10129565B2	Method for processing high dynamic range video in order to improve perceived visual quality of encoded content A method for processing High Dynamic Range (HDR) video in order to improve the perceived visual quality of encoded content. An encoder receives an original image, wherein a contrast analysis is performed on said original image in order to highlight potential problematic areas. The original image is reduced to a decreased bit depth image in order to compute a predicted image, wherein the predicted image is then magnified to an increased bit depth image. A residual image is then computed from the original image and the increased bit depth image, and the residual image is transformed into a frequency signal. Quantized coefficients determined through the contrast analysis are then applied to the frequency signal to produce a reduced frequency signal. The encoder then inserts high-frequency components into the reduced frequency signal before encoding a compressed image from the reduced frequency image and the predicted image.
US10129563B2	Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding video using temporal motion vector prediction A method of encoding a video into a coded video bitstream with temporal motion vector prediction comprises: determining a value of a flag for indicating whether temporal motion vector prediction is used or not used for the inter-picture prediction of a sub-picture unit of a picture; and writing the flag having the value into a header of the sub-picture unit or a header of the picture; wherein if the flag indicates that temporal motion vector prediction is used, the method further comprises: creating a first list of motion vector predictors comprising a plurality of motion vector predictors including at least one temporal motion vector predictor derived from at least one motion vector from a collocated reference picture; selecting a motion vector predictor out of the first list; and writing a first parameter into the coded video bitstream for indicating the selected motion vector predictor out of the first list.
US10129560B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a video signal. The present invention can acquire an inter-view motion vector of a current block, acquire a first corresponding block by using the inter-view motion vector, identify a prediction method of the first corresponding block, acquire a second corresponding block when the first corresponding block is not coded by a time inter prediction, acquire a time motion vector of the second corresponding block, acquire a time motion vector of the current block by using the time motion vector of the second corresponding block, and decode the current block by using the time motion vector of the current block.
US10129559B2	Image compression A method for compressing images includes identifying a set of image blocks from a plurality of digital images. For each image block from the set, image features of the image block are extracted. The set of image blocks is sorted into an ordered sequence of image blocks based on an average image feature difference between sequentially sorted image blocks. The set of image blocks is compressed into compressed image data based on inter block correlations between image blocks in the ordered sequence.
US10129557B2	Tiling in video encoding and decoding Implementations are provided that relate, for example, to view tiling in video encoding and decoding. A particular method includes accessing a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture (826), accessing information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined (806, 808, 822), decoding the video picture to provide a decoded representation of at least one of the multiple pictures (824, 826), and providing the accessed information and the decoded video picture as output (824, 826). Some other implementations format or process the information that indicates how multiple pictures included in a single video picture are combined into the single video picture, and format or process an encoded representation of the combined multiple pictures.
US10129554B2	Method and apparatus for processing video Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data, a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image, a block dividing module that is configured to divide the filtered image frame into a plurality of blocks, a compression module that is configured to compress each of the plurality of blocks, package the compressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined unit, and generate lookup table information corresponding to each of the packaged plurality of blocks, and a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data and the lookup table information.
US10129553B2	Dynamic digital image compression based on digital image characteristics Systems and techniques are disclosed for dynamically and automatically selecting an appropriate compression technique and/or compression parameters for digital images in order to reduce or prevent loss of significant information that may negatively impact the utility or usefulness of the digital images. For example, based on various image characteristics associated with a digital image, the system may dynamically compress the image using particular compression techniques and/or by adjusting compression parameters, to maintain significant information of the image. The system may select compression techniques and/or compression parameters based on one or more compression rules, which may be associated with image characteristics, patient characteristics, medical history, etc. Further, the system may, based on the one or more compression rules, compress the image to a maximum degree of compression while maintaining the significant information of the image.
US10129550B2	Inter-layer syntax prediction control An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a base layer, an enhancement layer, or both. The processor is operationally coupled to the memory unit and is configured to provide a first indicator configured to enable or disable inter-layer syntax prediction and to provide a second indicator configured to enable or disable inter-layer texture prediction. The first and second indicators can be provided separately from each other. In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to disable inter-layer syntax prediction based at least in part upon information indicative of a codec associated with the base layer.
US10129548B2	Arithmetic decoding device, image decoding device, and arithmetic coding device To reduce the amount of processing related to coding and decoding of transform coefficients, a sub-block coefficient presence/absence flag indicating whether or not at least one non-zero transform coefficient is included is decoded for each of two or more sub-blocks obtained by dividing a unit region, and a context index of a target sub-block is derived on the basis of transform coefficient presence/absence flags each indicating whether or not a transform coefficient is 0. In accordance with the sub-block coefficient presence/absence flags of adjacent sub-blocks that are adjacent to the target sub-block, the context index of the target sub-block is derived.
US10129542B2	Reference pixel selection and filtering for intra coding of depth map A video codec configured to receive a current block and a plurality of neighboring pixels, wherein the current block comprises a first partition and a second partition, select one or more reference pixels from the plurality of neighboring pixels, and predict a plurality of pixels located in the second partition based on the reference pixels.
US10129534B2	Transparent LED display device A transparent LED display device structure having an image tape formed having a small width by a thin plate and in which an image is formed by the unit of a line in a horizontal direction; an image division structure provided below an image plate line, in which oblique surfaces formed by a first prism bar and a second prism bar having a reflection surface as a rectangular oblique side are coupled with each other, and as a result, a front image and a rear image straightly penetrate and light of the image tape, which vertically incidents in the oblique surface is reflected at a right angle at 90°; a blocking plate provided on the bottom of the image division structure; and a transparent image plate configured by sequentially stacking the blocking plate, the first and second prism bars, and the image tape upwards.
US10129532B2	3D display device and driving method thereof Embodiments of the present invention disclose a 3D display device and a driving method thereof, and the 3D display device comprises: a display panel, comprising sub-pixel units arranged in a matrix and defined by data lines and gate signal lines, and each gate signal line being located between two adjacent columns of sub-pixel units; a lenticular lens grating, provided at a light exiting side of the display panel, splitting light emitted from the display panel, and comprising lens units, wherein each lens unit corresponds to at least two adjacent columns of sub-pixel units; in a 3D display mode, columns of sub-pixel units alternatively display a left/right eye image and a right/left eye image, and each lens unit comprises, in a region corresponding to each column of the sub-pixel units, a lens structure matching the left or right eye image currently displayed by the column of the sub-pixel units.
US10129531B2	Imaging apparatus and image sensor array An imaging apparatus including an imaging lens, and an image sensor array of first and second image sensor units, wherein a single first image sensor unit includes a single first microlens and a plurality of image sensors, a single second image sensor unit includes a single second microlens and a single image sensor, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each first image sensor unit passes through the first microlens and forms an image on the image sensors constituting the first image sensor unit, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each second image sensor unit passes through the second microlens and forms an image on the image sensor constituting the second image sensor unit, an inter-unit light shielding layer is formed between the image sensor units, and a light shielding layer is not formed between the image sensor units constituting the first image sensor unit.
US10129529B2	Method and apparatus for taking and displaying multi-view orthostereoscopic 3D images An imaging system includes a camera, a display panel and a processor for providing image data to the display panel. The camera has a sensor with pixel rows for capturing an image taken by a camera lens through a lenticular sheet with first lenticules, such that each first lenticule covers at least two pixel rows. The display panel is used to show a displayed image based on the image data. The display panel is covered by a viewing lenticular sheet with second lenticules. The displayed image has a plurality of segments, with each segment under a second lenticule and each segment has sub-segments corresponding to pixel rows under a first lenticule. Image data provided to the image display panel is arranged such that image contents in the sub-segments under each second lenticule and image contents in the pixel rows under each first lenticule have different arrangement orders.
US10129526B2	Methods for interfacing with an interactive application using a controller with an integrated camera A computer implemented method for using a controller with at least one integrated camera is provided. The method includes identifying fixed points associated with objects disposed in a three-dimensional space using a depth camera that is part of with a controller. The method includes analyzing the identified fixed points captured by the depth camera and determining changes in position of the controller based on changes in position of the fixed points as determined from depth data captured by the depth camera. The method further includes triggering an input command when the controller is determined to in a particular positon based on the determined changes in position.
US10129525B2	Broadcast transmitter, broadcast receiver and 3D video data processing method thereof A broadcast transmitter, a broadcast receiver, and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. A 3D video data processing method includes processing, by a video formatter, 3D video data, encoding, by an encoder, 3D video data, generating, by a system information processor, system information having 3D video composition information including information about the processing and encoding of 3D video data, multiplexing, by a multiplexer, the system information and the 3D video data, and transmitting, by a transmitter, a broadcast signal. In a 3D video data processing method, a receiver receives a broadcast signal including 3D video data and system information, a system information processor obtains 3D video composition information by parsing the system information, a decoder decodes the 3D video data according to the 3D video composition information, and an output formatter formats and outputs the decoded 3D video data according to the 3D video composition information.
US10129524B2	Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced virtual reality images According to various embodiments of the invention, a system and method are provided for enabling interaction with, manipulation of, and control of depth-assigned content in depth-enhanced pictures, such as virtual reality images. Depth-assigned content can be assigned to a specified depth value. When a depth-enhanced picture is refocused at a focus depth substantially different from the specified assigned depth value, the depth-assigned content may be omitted, grayed out, blurred, or otherwise visually distinguished. In this manner, content associated with an in-focus image element can be visually distinguished from content associated with an out-of-focus image element. For example, in at least one embodiment, depth-assigned content is visible only when an image element associated with the content is in focus (or nearly in focus). According to various embodiments of the invention, many different types of interactions are facilitated among depth-assigned content, depth-enhanced virtual reality images, and other content.
US10129523B2	Depth-aware reprojection Examples are disclosed that relate to depth-aware late-stage reprojection. One example provides a computing system configured to receive and store image data, receive a depth map for the image data, processing the depth map to obtain a blurred depth map, and based upon motion data, determine a translation to be made to the image data. Further, for each pixel, the computing system is configured to translate an original ray extending from an original virtual camera location to an original frame buffer location to a reprojected ray extending from a translated camera location to a reprojected frame buffer location, determine a location at which the reprojected ray intersects the blurred depth map, and sample a color of a pixel for display based upon a color corresponding to the location at which the reprojected ray intersects the blurred depth map.
US10129521B2	Depth sensing method and system for autonomous vehicles In one aspect, an image processing method for processing images is provided, comprising the steps of: obtaining, from an optical sensor, at least two images, determining an image warping function at least partially compensating the distortion, applying the determined image warping function to the image including the distortion, and calculating by a processing unit, and outputting, a depth and/or disparity image from the at least two images.
US10129519B2	Naked-eye three-dimensional display processing method, naked-eye three-dimensional display processing device and display device A naked-eye 3D display processing method includes: receiving source display data for naked-eye 3D display; modifying the source display data, so as to acquire target display data including data corresponding to at least one subpixel separation sequence consisting of one or more consecutive subpixels in a dark state, two subpixels, which are arranged in a row identical to and adjacent to the subpixel separation sequence, corresponding to different views; and outputting the target display data to a display panel so as to display the target display data.
US10129518B2	Vehicle vision system with customized display A vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras and a processor operable to process image data captured by the cameras to generate images derived from image data captured by at least some of the cameras. The processor is operable to generate a three dimensional vehicle representation. A display screen, viewable by a driver of the vehicle, is operable to display the generated images and the three dimensional vehicle representation as would be viewed from a virtual camera viewpoint exterior to and higher than the vehicle itself. A portion of the three dimensional vehicle representation is rendered as displayed to be at least partially transparent to enable viewing at the display screen of an object present exterior of the vehicle that would otherwise be partially hidden by non-transparent display of that portion of the three dimensional vehicle representation.
US10129515B2	Display control device, recording control device, and display control method There is provided a display control device including a related content acquisition unit that acquires related content that relates to predetermined video content, and a display controller that applies control to display the related content after the predetermined video content is recorded.
US10129512B2	Self-adjusting portable modular 360-degree projection and recording computer system The present disclosure relates to an innovative projection system that comprises a camera that records images and videos, and sends the recorded images and videos to a computing device, a projector that projects output images or videos received from the computing device, a rechargeable battery that provides power to the camera and the projector and a communication unit that establishes connections between the camera, the projector and the computing device. The projection system has at least one motor that rotates the camera and the projector in at least one axial direction, where the camera rotates and searches for images and videos projected by another projector, and the projector then projects images and videos adjacent to or on top of the images and videos projected by another projector, or projects images and videos that merge with the images and videos projected by another projector.
US10129510B2	Initiating human-machine interaction based on visual attention A device for interacting with a user is presented. The device includes a target area, a sensor coupled to the target area, wherein the sensor detects whether a human is present in a predefined proximity region and detects a direction of visual attention given by the human in the predefined proximity region, a processor coupled to the sensor and making a determination that the user's visual attention is in a direction of the target area for a minimum visual contact period, and an input engine that is activated based on the determination.
US10129506B2	Advanced transparent projection communication terminals Enterprise communication display systems enable life-like images for videoconferencing and entertainment productions. Life-like images appear in a 3D environment where imaged people are visible through specially configured see-through displays. Imaged people can be viewed amongst a reflected foreground. Methods for enterprise-wide deployments for corporate, healthcare, education, and government communications, including hotel properties and a property management system are shown. Direct projection see-through screen configurations are created that eliminate unwanted secondary images in the room, conceal exposed projector lenses, reduce lens flare, makes practical multi-use room installations, images conferees among a room environment, enables touch screen interactivity, and utilizes extreme short throw projectors to reduce cost and bulk of common throw projectors. Further, a multi-format VR/AR production system is disclosed enabling several formats to be created simultaneously. Further, a camera through a transparent OLED for eye contact videoconferencing is disclosed. Additionally, an imaged map projected interior environment that produces the rooms ambient light is disclosed.
US10129503B1	Image-capturing watch An image-capturing device is disclosed. The image-capturing device may include two cameras, a watch body, and a watch band coupled to the watch body. The two cameras may simultaneously capture images. A processor of the image-capturing device may combine image data of the simultaneously-captured images from the two cameras into resultant image data representing a single continuous image. The images captured by the cameras may be moving images (i.e., video). The processor may identify a tracking target within the captured images and may continuously output target image data representing a target area of the image including the tracking target. Where the tracking target is a face captured from a low angle, the processor may angle-adjust the image so that the output target image data represents the face from a different angle (e.g., a front angle).
US10129500B2	Multi-display apparatus The multi-display apparatus of the present disclosure is a multi-display apparatus for displaying a single image by combining a plurality of displays. The multi-display apparatus includes the plurality of displays connected to a network. Each of the plurality of displays includes a communication unit that communicates via the network and a controller. The controller determines whether a video signal can be reproduced at a predetermined display frame rate. When the video signal cannot be reproduced at the predetermined display frame rate, the controller changes a display frame rate from the predetermined display frame rate, and notifies other display of the display frame rate changed. When the display frame rate changed is notified from the other display, the controller changes the display frame rate to the display frame rate notified to reproduce the video signal.
US10129496B2	Imaging device and imaging system An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a reference signal generation unit, m (m is an integer of 3 or more) number of column delay units, and a plurality of column AD conversion units. The plurality of column delay units is arranged so as to correspond to two or more and less than m of the column AD conversion units. Each of the plurality of column delay units includes a first delay circuit. The first delay circuit generates a plurality of first delay clocks. The column AD conversion unit includes a comparison unit, a latch unit, and a counter unit. The comparison unit compares a pixel signal with a reference signal, and outputs a control signal corresponding to a comparison result. The latch unit includes a plurality of latch circuits that latches the plurality of first delay clocks on the basis of a state change of the control signal.
US10129488B2	Method for shooting light-painting video, mobile terminal and computer storage medium A method for shooting a light-painting video and a mobile terminal. The method includes steps as follows. After shooting begins, light-painting images are continuously collected by means of a camera. The light-painting images are read at intervals, and a composite image is generated from a current light-painting image and a previously collected light-painting image. Composite images are captured, the captured composite images are video-encoded, and a light-painting video is generated from the video-encoded composite images.
US10129483B2	Methods and apparatus for implementing zoom using one or more moveable camera modules Methods and apparatus for implementing a camera device including multiple camera modules and which supports zoom operations are described. A plurality of moveable camera modules are included with the position of the moveable camera modules being controlled as a function of a zoom setting. One or more fixed camera modules are also included to facilitate image combining. A fixed camera module having a smaller focal length than the movable camera modules is used in some embodiments to capture a scene area including scene area portions which will be captured by movable camera modules. The image captured by the fixed camera module, with the small focal length, is used in aligning images captured by the movable camera modules during generation of a composite image. The camera may also include another fixed camera module, e.g., having the same focal length as the movable camera modules, for capturing the center of a scene.
US10129482B2	Imaging apparatus and display control method for self-portrait photography A display controller includes circuitry configured to cause a display device to display self-portrait photographing information in response to receiving an indication that the display device and an imaging unit are in a predetermined positional relationship.
US10129480B2	Specimen observation device It is possible to readily observe pathology specimens without spending much time and suspected pathology specimens in detail. A specimen observation device comprises an image capturing unit acquiring a partial image representing at least a part of one of multiple pathology specimens mounted on an accommodating section and a whole image of the multiple pathology specimens mounted on the accommodating section; an input unit inputting identification information of the accommodating section; a display unitdisplaying an enlarged version of the partial image acquired by the image capturing unit); an image designating unit designating the partial image displayed on the display unit; and a storage unit storing the identification information input via the input unit and a position of the partial image designated via the image designating unit in relation to the whole image such that the position and the identification information are associated with the whole image.
US10129475B2	Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling an image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor includes an imaging plane that receives an image of a shooting target field through color filters according to two or more wavelength regions and outputs a signal of the image of the shooting target field. The processor is configured to set a larger weight for a wavelength region having a higher image forming performance than for a wavelength region having a lower image forming performance in accordance with a high-resolution direction determined in the image of the shooting target field, generate image data based on the signal output by the image sensor, and detect an object in the generated image data.
US10129474B2	Observation apparatus, measurement system and observation method An observation apparatus includes an imaging unit, a driving mechanism and a control unit. The imaging unit takes images of a target object. The driving mechanism moves the imaging unit to change an observation position of the target object. The control unit controls the driving mechanism and the imaging unit while switching between a first mode in which the imaging unit takes images while simultaneously being moved at a high speed by the driving mechanism, and a second mode in which the imaging unit takes images having a higher resolution than the images taken in the first mode while simultaneously being moved at a speed lower than that of the first mode.
US10129470B2	Apparatus and method for generating an output video stream from a wide field video stream System and methods are disclosed for generating an output video stream from a wide field video stream. The wide field video stream may be created from compiling a plurality of video stream capturing different viewpoints of the same environment simultaneously. Upon selecting a wide field video stream, a first geometric function may be utilized to generate individual intermediate points that correspond to locations in a wide field video stream to be displayed on a particular display space. A second geometric function may be further utilized to generate reference points so that a the pixel on the output video stream are determined from the intermediate points of the wide field video stream of the first geometric function. Upon the execution of the first and second geometric function, an output video stream is generated for display on the determined display space.
US10129467B2	Video photographing processing method and apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a video photographing processing method and apparatus, and relate to the field of information technologies. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to automatic generation of a photo during video photographing. Various embodiments provide a video photographing processing method, including acquiring at least one piece of behavior information of a photographed person when a camera is turned on; determining whether behavior information for which a photo needs to be generated exists in the at least one piece of behavior information; and if the behavior information for which a photo needs to be generated exists in the at least one piece of behavior information, configuring a target video frame as a photo that needs to be generated.
US10129457B2	Control apparatus, method of controlling shooting apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium A control apparatus includes: an acquisition unit adapted to acquire annotation information input by a user with respect to a first image shot by a shooting unit; a conversion unit adapted to convert the annotation information into a camera command defining an operation of the shooting unit; and an execution unit adapted to cause the shooting unit to execute an operation based on the camera command when shooting a second image shot after the first image.
US10129456B1	Apparatus for adjusting focus of camera and control method thereof Disclosed are an apparatus and method for adjusting the focus of a camera. The apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an image acquirer; a neuromorphic hardware including a plurality of neurons; and a controller configured to generate input vectors by vectorizing image data, input each of the generated input vectors to the neuromorphic hardware, select neurons, receive an edge pattern type value between the input vector and one corresponding edge pattern from each of the selected neurons, calculate a focus parameter value of the image frame on the basis of the received edge pattern type values, compare the focus parameter value of a current image frame and a focus parameter value of a previous image frame, determine a moving direction of the focus lens according to a comparison result, and move the focus lens on the basis of the determined moving direction.
US10129454B2	Imaging device, endoscope apparatus, and method for controlling imaging device The imaging device includes an imaging optical system that includes a movable lens that simultaneously adjusts the angle of view and the in-focus object distance, an image sensor, a plurality of phase sensors, an acquisition section (A/D conversion section) that acquires phase information from the plurality of phase sensors, a lens control section that controls the position of the movable lens, and a moving amount calculation section that calculates the moving amount of the movable lens necessary for implementing an in-focus state of an image formed on the image sensor due to light beams that have passed through the imaging optical system, based on a phase difference that is based on the phase information, the lens control section controlling the position of the movable lens based on the moving amount calculated by the moving amount calculation section.
US10129453B2	Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, control method of image capturing apparatus, and computer readable storage medium An image capturing apparatus includes: an encoding unit configured to perform encoding processing on an image output from an image capturing unit for obtaining an image; a communication unit configured to receive designation of a resolution of the encoding unit from an information processing apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a resolution which is associated with the resolution set for the image capturing unit, and is settable for the encoding unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the designated resolution is the resolution obtained by the obtaining unit and settable for the encoding unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit an error response to the information processing apparatus, if the determination unit determines that the designated resolution is not the resolution obtained by the obtaining unit and settable for the encoding unit.
US10129452B2	Camera module and array camera module based on integral packaging technology A camera module and an array camera module based on an integral packing process are disclosed. The camera module or each of the camera module units of the array camera module includes a circuit board, an integral base, a photosensitive element operatively connected to the circuit board, a lens, a light filter holder installed at the integral base and a light filter installed at the light filter holder. The light filter is not required to be directly installed to the integral base, so that the light filter is protected and the requiring area of the light filter is reduced.
US10129450B2	System and method for ophthalmological imaging adapted to a mobile processing device A system and method for ophthalmological imaging is provided for use with a mobile processing device, wherein the mobile processing device comprises a camera lens, light source, and processor configured to process images captured, received, and/or delivered by the mobile processing device. The mobile processing device adapted ophthalmological instrument system comprises housing segments, circuitry, lights, and a frustum cone, wherein the frustum cone comprises reference lines of a plurality of circular, frusto-conical, alternating transparent and opaque concentric rings in the conical surface in optical alignment with the mobile processing device's camera lens and subject's central cornea and/or tear-film layer(s). Reflections of the reference lines off the cornea and/or tear-film layer are imaged by the mobile processing device and analyzed by software applications downloaded to and/or accessed by the smart-phone's processor(s), wherein data of shape, structure, composition, function, and/or power of the cornea and/or tear-film layer(s) are determined by methods comprising one or more image processing and/or computer vision functions configured to produce topographic data. The processor of the mobile processing device can provide and/or receive specific information to/from other instruments and/or users through a communications network.
US10129446B2	Telecommunication unit that enables communication between image pickup apparatus and interchangeable lens, as well as lens adapter A telecommunication unit which ensures high reliability of electric connection with a simple structure and enables satisfactory communication between an apparatus main body of an image pickup apparatus and an interchangeable lens. A first electric connecting unit has contact portions that are electrically connected to the interchangeable lens when the interchangeable lens is mounted on the lens adapter. A second electric connecting unit has contact portions that are electrically connected to the apparatus main body when the lens adapter is fixed to the apparatus main body. The contact portions of the first electric connecting unit are arranged in the form of an arc with an optical axis of the interchangeable lens at its center. The contact portions of the second electric connecting unit are arranged in a linear fashion in a width direction of the apparatus main body perpendicular to the optical axis of the interchangeable lens.
US10129443B2	Imaging device An imaging device of the present invention includes: a first case having an opening; a substrate on which a first terminal electrically connected to an imaging element is mounted, the substrate being provided in the first case; a second case covering the opening of the first case; and a connector. A first terminal accommodation portion accommodating the first terminal is fixed to the substrate. The connector includes a second terminal accommodation portion accommodating a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal. The second case has a through hole. The first and second terminals are configured so that, in a process in which the first terminal accommodation portion and the second terminal accommodation portion are inserted to be accommodated in the through hole, the first and second terminals come into contact with each other while sliding on each other and the first and second terminals are elastically deformable upon contact with each other.
US10129442B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a sound information obtaining unit, and a sound synthesizer unit. The sound information obtaining unit is configured to obtain a plurality of sound information items, the plurality of sound information items being on sounds indicating a plurality of user-selectable candidates, respectively. The sound synthesizer unit is configured to synthesize the plurality of sound information items such that output sounds indicating the plurality of candidates, respectively, at least partially overlap one another.
US10129434B2	Generation of images at lower resolution Examples include acquisition of an input image, generation of a first output pixel and a second output pixel based on a first set and a second set of input pixels, selective reassigning of a gray value of at least one of the first and second output pixels, and generation of an output image based on the output pixels at a second resolution lower than the first resolution.
US10129432B2	Point of sale platform and associated methods A point-of-sale terminal that generates a radio frequency (RF) field through a flat panel display and touchscreen is disclosed. The point of sale device includes a touchscreen, a display positioned behind the touchscreen, and an antenna located behind the display. The antenna can be entirely within the lateral extent of the touchscreen. The antenna can be mounted to the display via a layer of adhesive or mounted to a support frame. The antenna generates the RF field above the touchscreen.
US10129431B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and recording medium for communicating with an external device using a first and second communication method Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a communication apparatus capable of preventing a decrease in the speed of communication with an external device due to execution of a handover when the communication apparatus is connected to the external device, and also directed to a control method and a recording medium. A communication apparatus provides, by using a first communication portion that uses a first communication method, communication information for performing communication based on a second communication method to an external device, and causes a second communication portion that uses the second communication method to connect with the external device using the second communication method, and performs control in such a manner that, in a case where the second communication portion connects with the external device, the first communication portion is used to provide communication information to no other external devices.
US10129426B2	Image forming apparatus having display screen with position configurable icons, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a main body and an operation unit. The main body includes: a first storage storing device information of the apparatus; and a notifying unit notifying the operation unit of the device information when the apparatus starts up. The operation unit includes: a second storage storing placement information of display information associated with an instruction to process an application for the apparatus, and correspondence information of the device information and the placement information; an acquiring unit acquiring the device information; a selecting unit selecting placement information corresponding to the device information from the placement information; a checking unit checking whether an application of placement display information placed based on the placement information, has been installed on the apparatus; a placing unit placing the placement display information on a display information screen; and a display control unit displaying the display information screen with the placement display information.
US10129425B2	Communication apparatus capable of shifting to at least one of a first state and a second state in which less power is consumed than in the first state, and a control method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use with same A communication apparatus includes a control unit configured, when the communication apparatus is in a first state and when a receiving unit receives a request, from an external device, for data for a predetermined screen that is among a plurality of screens for remotely using the communication apparatus, not to execute control for delaying execution of a shifting process, and when the communication apparatus is in the first state and when the receiving unit receives a request, from the external device, for data for display of a screen that is not the predetermined screen and that is among a plurality of screens for remotely using the communication apparatus, to execute the control for delaying execution of the shifting process.
US10129424B2	Image reading device, image forming apparatus, method of displaying document image, and non-transitory recording medium An image reading device includes an imaging device to capture an image of a document placed below the imaging device to generate a document image and output an image signal based on the document image, circuitry to determine a size of a fed-sheet based on information on the fed-sheet, the fed-sheet being a sheet to be formed with the document image, generate a frame image for the document image, the frame image having a size equal to the size of the fed-sheet, and synthesize the frame image with the image signal output from the imaging device to generate a synthesized image, and a display to display the synthesized image.
US10129418B2	Image forming apparatus having translation data application and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing translation data application An image forming apparatus includes an installer portion, the installer portion being capable of installing a translation data application and an add-on application on the image forming apparatus, the add-on application for customizing functions of the image forming apparatus. The translation data application is capable of storing at least one of plural translation data files, the translation data files classified into groups each containing one or more terms in one or more languages. The translation data application includes: a program for the image forming apparatus to install the translation data file from a server; and a definition file specifying an access method for the add-on application to access the translation data application. Upon activation, the add-on application performs the following operations: accessing the translation data application by the access method; extracting a target term in a target language from the translation data file; and generating a display screen.
US10129417B2	Ad hoc transmission of scanned documents to computing devices The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs document scanning. The system includes a scanner and a computing device. To enable detection of the computing device in proximity to the scanner, the computing device may be configured to advertise a scan-receiving capability using a discovery protocol. Next, the scanner may use the discovery protocol to identify a set of computing devices in proximity to the scanner, including the computing device. The scanner may then provide the set of computing devices to a user of the scanner and obtain, from the user of the scanner, a selection of the computing device as a recipient of the scanned document. Finally, the scanner may send the scanned document to the computing device over a network connection with the computing device.
US10129414B2	Systems and methods for detecting transparent media in printers A printer that includes systems for detecting transparent medium may include a medium dispenser for transporting print medium along a transport pathway to a print station which receives the print medium. Transmitters and receivers may be positioned on opposite sides of the transport pathway for scanning the print medium with a light beam. The sensor arrangement may be configured to detect deflection of the light beam when a transparent print medium is transported on the transport pathway between the transmitter and the receiver. The results of the scan may be communicated to a controller to facilitate proper print settings.
US10129412B1	Establishing and maintaining a VOIP call A system, apparatus, and methods are provided for establishing and supporting a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) call from one computing/communication device to another. The system receives a call offer from a caller, forwards it to the callee, and identifies to each party multiple candidate relay entities for relaying their digitized voice communications. Each device binds with one or all relays, and either or both of them select one of the relays to use in a relay mode of operation of the call, if necessary. One or more of the relays inform the devices of their external network addresses, and each device passes its (internal and external) addresses to each other, through the system. The devices attempt to establish a direct connection to conduct their call in a peer-to-peer mode of operation, but may dynamically switch between peer-to-peer and relay modes as necessary.
US10129403B1	Systems and methods for routing cross-channel communications Activities performed by a client at a site of an organization are monitored and stored in an activity database. A call is thereafter received from the client at a telephone system of the organization, which performs an identification of the client. The identification is provided to a cross-channel router as a request for a prediction on where the call from the client should be routed, and the router indexes into the activity database based on the identification of the client to obtain the monitored activity of the client. The router employs predicting rules and the obtained activity to generate a prediction of client needs, and returns the generated prediction to the telephone-based system, which presents prioritized telephone prompts to the client according to the returned prediction to help in routing the call.
US10129401B1	Methods and systems for customizing interactive voice response calls Methods and systems described in this disclosure allow customers to personalize their phone experience when calling into an organization. In some embodiments, customers who may benefit from this service are identified based on the content of the customer's previous or current phone calls to the organization. The identified customers may be invited to enroll and to provide preferences for a customized Interactive Voice Response experience. In some embodiments, the customer can elect to hear the balances of one or more of his accounts without going through a phone menu or asking a representative to look up the relevant amounts. Once enrolled, when the customer dials into the organization and upon successful authentication, the organization proactively states the customer's account balances with no further customer request.
US10129400B2	Automated response tool to reduce required caller questions for invoking proper service A language processor includes a parser and an invoker. The parser parses a spoken statement to detect a plurality of words in the spoken statement and generates a parse tree based on the detected plurality of words. The invoker determines, based on the parse tree, a plurality of potential services to invoke to respond to the spoken statement, calculates a confidence score for each potential service of the plurality of potential services, wherein each confidence score indicates a likelihood, that a potential service is a service requested by the spoken statement, and determines, based on the calculated confidence scores, to invoke a potential service of the plurality of potential services in response to the spoken statement. This helps reduce a number of questions that a caller associated with the spoken statement has to answer before the language processor determines a service to invoke to respond to the caller.
US10129397B1	Inbound calls to intelligent controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications devices An inbound controlled-environment facility resident call server may route a non-resident inbound call to a controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications device. The called resident device may confirm that the non-resident is associated with an Address Identifier (AID) of that resident device. The resident device may also receive data for verifying authentication of the resident operating the device, verify authentication of the resident operating the device, and verify that the resident operating the device is associated with the AID. The inbound resident call server, or the called resident device itself, may connect the inbound call to the called resident device in response to the device authenticating the non-resident is associated with the AID, verifying authentication of the resident operating the device, and verifying that the resident operating the device is associated with the AID.
US10129393B2	Caller identification using communication network information In one embodiment, a social networking system determines a user identifier of a caller placing a call to a receiving user based on the call's phone number, accesses one or more data stores for information associated with the caller, and present to the receiving user the information associated with the caller.
US10129388B1	Systems and methods for restricting operation of a mobile device while operating a vehicle A method may include receiving, by a mobile device, signals periodically output by a plurality of beacon devices, wherein the beacon devices are positioned at known locations within a motor vehicle interior. The mobile device also receives vehicle operating condition information from a vehicle interface device operatively coupled to one or more electronic systems of the motor vehicle. The mobile device determines a position of the mobile device within the motor vehicle interior based on the received signals and determines whether a user of the mobile device is a driver of the motor vehicle based on the position of the mobile device and the vehicle operating condition information. When it is determined that the user of the mobile device is the driver of the motor vehicle, the mobile device restricts one or more features of the mobile device.
US10129387B2	Terminal anti-lost method and terminal Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a terminal anti-lost method and a terminal, to resolve a problem that a lost terminal is difficult to find when a user discovers in a timely manner that the terminal is lost. The method in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: first detecting, by the terminal when receiving a specific instruction, whether the terminal is currently in a lock screen state, where the specific instruction represents an instruction of controlling the terminal to decrease volume and/or an instruction of preventing the terminal from receiving a carrier signal; and skipping executing, by the terminal, the instruction when it is determined that the terminal is in the lock screen state, and controlling the terminal to increase the volume and/or play an alarm tone by using a loudspeaker.
US10129381B2	Disablement of lost or stolen device The restricted use of a cellular network to facilitate disablement of a device that is suspected lost or stolen. Accordingly, even if the device is not capable of general use of the cellular network, disablement communications are still permitted across the cellular network. Accordingly, the device may receive a disable command from the disablement service over the cellular network, and acknowledge processing of the disable command to the disablement service also over the cellular network. Thus, efforts by an unauthorized possessor of the device to prevent disablement by removing the physical authentication module are thwarted. Likewise, turning the cellular service off using software settings at the device also does not prevent the device from being disabled via cellular network communication.
US10129376B2	Mobile terminal The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. Provided is a mobile terminal comprising: a display unit having a window; a main body on which the display unit is seated, wherein an internal space is formed between the main body and the display unit; a sliding unit having a first battery accommodated therein, wherein the sliding unit implements a first state where the sliding unit is inserted into the internal space and a second state where the sliding unit is extracted from the internal space; and a second battery provided in the internal space to supply electric power when the first battery is extracted, wherein in the first state, wireless communication for mobile communication and an operation by software are performed using the first battery, and in the second state, the wireless communication for mobile communication is interrupted, and the operation by the software is performed using the second battery.
US10129374B2	Mobile communications device A mobile communications device. The mobile communications device has a rectangular housing and a touchscreen. The housing has a bonding surface configured to bond with the touchscreen, one end of the bonding surface that is provided with a control button and the other end opposite to the end that is provided with a control button are each provided with a supporting surface, the touchscreen is adhered to the supporting surfaces, and two opposite side surfaces of the housing are each connected to the touchscreen in a sealed manner using a sealing piece. The two opposite side surfaces are side surfaces that are perpendicular to a frame line of the end of the bonding surface that is provided with a control button.
US10129372B2	Transferring multiple data sets using a multipath connection Example methods are provided for a first endpoint to transfer a first data set and a second data set to a second endpoint using a multipath connection. The method may comprise detecting the first data set and the second data set from an application executing on the first endpoint for transfer to the second endpoint. The method may comprise, in response to determination that in-order transfer is not required for the first data set and the second data set, establishing a first subflow of a multipath connection with the second endpoint to send the first data set and establishing a second subflow of the multipath connection to send the second data set. The method may further comprise sending the first data set on the first subflow and the second data set on the second subflow to the second endpoint.
US10129366B2	Callee condition based communication with mobile devices For location-based communication with mobile devices, a set of callee conditions is received at a caller's device, which has to be satisfied by a callee according to information descriptive of a condition of the callee. The state information is distinct from the location and a time of the callee's presence at the location. An evaluation is made that each device associated with each potential callee in a first subset has been present at the location at a specified time, and that each potential callee in the first subset satisfies the set of callee conditions. At the caller's device, an instruction is received for making a telecommunication call to a device of a potential callee in a first subset. The call is initiated from the caller's device to mobile devices associated with the first subset of potential callees.
US10129360B2	Unified data networking across heterogeneous networks A system is provided for unified data networking across a plurality of heterogeneous networks different ones of which include a source network node and a querying network node. The system may receive a data packet having a payload and a tag that includes a unified identity code (UIC) for a category of information. Content of the payload may be stored in a cache memory based at least in part on the UIC. In at least one instance, a query including the UIC may be received from the querying network node, and the system may retrieve the content from the cache memory based on the UIC. The system may then generate and transmit, to the querying network node, a reply data packet having a payload with the content and a tag that includes the UIC.
US10129359B2	Methods and apparatus to selectively provide cached and presently compiled applications Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to selectively provide cached and presently compiled applications are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a request for an application from a device, querying a cache of pre-compiled applications based on the request for the application, if a pre-compiled version of the requested application is found in the cache, sending the pre-compiled requested application to the device; and if a pre-compiled version of the requested application is not found in the cache, thereupon compiling the requested application, and sending the compiled requested application to the device.
US10129352B2	Information management method An information management method includes receiving an appliance identifier of an unregistered target appliance among at least one of appliances, a gateway identifier of a home gateway, and biological information regarding a user of the unregistered appliance, determining whether among the registered appliances associated with the gateway identifier, management information regarding at least one of the appliances associated with the user of the biological information is registered in a database, registering, if the determination is yes, the management information regarding the at least one of the registered appliances in the database as management information of the unregistered appliance in association with the user of the biological information, and sending, to an information terminal of the user, display information indicating that the management information regarding the at least one of the registered appliances is registered as management information of the unregistered appliance in association with the user of the biological information.
US10129348B2	Method and apparatus for modifying behavior of a user via a network A method and apparatus for modifying a behavior of a user are disclosed. For example, the method determines a baseline of a behavior to be modified for a user, the baseline comprising at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified and at least one action to be taken when the at least one triggering event is detected, detects the at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified for the user, identifies the at least one action to be performed when the at least one triggering event is detected, and performs the at least action that is identified.
US10129347B2	Procedure, apparatus, system, and computer program for collecting data used for analytics A procedure for operating a communication network including a network device that is in communication in the network with at least one user communication terminal and at least one server that server that provides content. The procedure includes receiving a message from one of the user communication terminal and the server, inserting at least one of an identifier of the user communication terminal and an identifier of the server in the message, and forwarding the message, including the at least one identifier inserted in the inserting, towards another of the user communication terminal and the server. A computer program, apparatus, and communication network also operate in accordance with the procedure.
US10129343B2	Method for searching for docking service and peripheral function by using direct communication and apparatus for same Disclosed are a method and an apparatus capable of searching for a docking service and a peripheral function incidental to the docking service in a direct communication system. To this end, a method by which a first wireless device searches for a peripheral function provided by a second wireless device can comprise the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame to the second wireless device by the first wireless device; and receiving a probe response frame from the second wireless device as a response to the search request, wherein the probe response frame can include a bitmap for indicating a name of the peripheral function supported by the second wireless device or the peripheral function supported by the second wireless device.
US10129341B2	Automated configuration of endpoint security management Systems and methods for managing configuration of a client security application based on a network environment in which the client device is operating are provided. According to one embodiment, a network connection state of a client device with respect to a private network is determined by a client security application running on the client device. The client security application, then selects a configuration based on the determined network connection state. Finally, the client security application launches one or more functions of the client security application that are designated by the selected configuration.
US10129340B2	Method and apparatus for performing multiple forms of communications in one session An approach is provided for performing multiple and hybrid forms of communication in the same communication session. A communication manager receives a to establish a communication session using a first form of communication, wherein the communication session supports multiple and simultaneous forms of communication. Next, the communication manager selects a second form of communication to conduct the communication session. Then, the communication manager transcodes the second form of communication to the first form of communication. The different forms can be converted to facilitate and enrich the communication capability, according to an embodiment of the invention.
US10129339B1	Communication system configured for transmitting sensor values from N sensing sources to a control unit A communication system for transmitting sensor values to an Electronic Control Unit (“ECU”) includes a chain of ASICs (sensor interface devices). Each ASIC is coupled to sensors. All sensors connected to an ASIC are measured by said ASIC to obtain sensor values for transmission via a SENT stream in the direction of an ECU. An ASIC is further able to read and decode a Single Edge Nibble Transmission (“SENT”) stream from a previous ASIC in the chain. The ASIC combines its own measurements with the measurements received via the SENT stream to one SENT output stream carrying the sensor values of all sensors connected to said ASIC and all previous ASIC in the chain for transmission to a subsequent ASIC in the chain or the ECU. Only one SENT-input is needed at the ECU to receive measurements from multiple sensors, wherein the number of sensors can easily be changed.
US10129338B2	Associating dialysis accessories using wireless communication A method comprising: establishing a wireless connection between a first medical device and a second medical device, comprising: receiving, by the first medical device, via a short-range wireless technology protocol, connection information related to the second medical device; and establishing, by the first medical device, a wireless connection with the second medical device based on the connection information.
US10129337B2	Service and APIs for remote volume-based block storage Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for providing a volume-based block storage service and application programming interfaces (APIs) to the service. A block storage service and block storage service APIs may allow processes (applications or appliances) on the service client network to leverage remote, volume-based block storage provided by the service provider. The APIs may provide a standard interface to volume-based block storage operations on a remote data store. The service provider, the service clients, and/or third parties may develop various applications and/or appliances that may, for example, be instantiated in service clients' local networks and that leverage the block storage service via the APIs to create and manage volumes and snapshots on the remote data store and to upload and download data from the volumes and snapshots on the remote data store.
US10129325B2	Systems and methods for controlling a device via gestures received by a remote device A method and system for sharing a user interface of a first device with a second device and enabling a user of the second device to interact with the user interface via gestures received by the second device. The first device (e.g., a smartphone) can host an application and generate a graphical user interface, which it transmits to the second device (e.g., a tablet computer) for display by the second device. The second device can receive input from a user, such as a touch input via a touchscreen of the second device, and transmit a representation of the input to the first device for providing input to the application hosted by the first device.
US10129324B2	Contextual, two way remote control Methods and systems for allowing interaction between devices are described. At a first device, an application is executed. The application operates interactively with a remote control application executing on a second device. One or more information items are transmitted to the second device for display as one or more selectable display items. Each respective information item is associated with an action definition. The action definition includes a command to be sent by the second device to the first device in response to a user selection of the respective information item. A command is received from the second device in response to a selection of a first one of the selectable display items by the user. A predefined action is performed in response to receiving the command.
US10129323B1	Sharing data across partner websites Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. An indication of receipt of a request is received from a user device to navigate to a first web based resource. The request includes an appended cookie when one is available on the requesting device. Partner web based resources are identified in a co-operative that includes the first web based resource. A code segment is provided that is configured to send, to respective entities associated with the identified partner web based resources, a second request to share user data with the first web based resource. The shared user data is data collected by a respective partner web based resource and is associated with the user device. The shared data is data that was collected by an entity associated with the respective partner web based resource and associated with the user device.
US10129322B2	Method and system for determining browser compatibility A method and system for determining browser compatibility are provided. The method includes: receiving a request for electronic content from a user device; determining browser data associated with the user device; determining accepted browser versions associated with the requested content; determining whether the browser data is compatible with the accepted browser versions; if the browser data is compatible, loading the electronic content; otherwise, determining user factors associated with the user device; generating a notification; and transmitting, the notification. The system includes: a connection module configured to receive a request for electronic content; a compatibility module configured to determine browser data, determine accepted browser versions, determine whether the browser data is compatible with the accepted browser versions and if the browser data is compatible, allow for the loading of the electronic content; and a notification module configured to determine user factors associated with the user device, and generate a notification.
US10129319B2	Use of webRTC apis for improving communication services Devices, server nodes and associated methods related to communication services applying webRTC are disclosed. The method performed by a device includes creating an RTCPeerConnection object and instructing the RTCPeerConnection object to create a RTCSessionDescription, SDesc_1, for a session containing audio and video components. The method further includes determining which capabilities that are supported by the device based on information in the SDesc_1, and further indicating information related to the determined capabilities to a first user on a user interface. A first user, when using the service, is enabled to select a type of user communication, based on the indicated information, that can be provided by the device.
US10129318B2	Media stream data and control parameter synchronization Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmitting or receiving a media stream and associated control parameter over different physical channels. The transmitter transmits a media stream over a first physical channel and at least one associated control parameter along with a time parameter associated with a part of the media stream over a second physical channel. The associated control parameter along with the time parameter is sent before the media stream to the receiver. The receiver processes the media stream, by extracting the control parameter and time parameter associated with a part of the media stream, and at least applying the extracted control parameter to the part of the media stream.
US10129312B2	Dynamic video streaming based on viewer activity In some examples, techniques and architectures for modifying resolution of video displayed on a display device include receiving information from a distance sensor and one or more image sensors, detecting an activity of a viewer of the display device based, at least in part, on the information received from the distance sensor and the one or more image sensors, and transmitting a request to a remote server to adjust bandwidth of media content streaming to the display device to a new bandwidth. The new bandwidth may be based, at least in part, on one or more of the activity of the viewer, size of the display device, or an ability of the viewer to resolve images displayed on the display device.
US10129310B1	In-application demonstration using video and data streams Techniques for in-application demonstration using video and data streams are described herein. A video stream comprising video data that includes an instructional video may be received and played. A data stream associated with the video stream may be received at least partially concurrently with, or during, receiving of the video stream. It may then be determined when the playing of the video stream proceeds to a first data location, and the playing of the video stream may be stopped. A first portion of data within the data stream that is associated with the first data location within the video stream may then be identified. The first portion of data may include an indication of at least one operation performable within an executing application. Instructions may then be provided, based at least in part on the first portion of data, for performing the at least one operation within the executing application.
US10129306B1	Shared applications including shared applications that permit retrieval, presentation and traversal of information resources Techniques are described to support shared applications, including a shared application that permits retrieval, presentation and traversal of information resources. The innovative techniques enable multiple participants at different locations to both see and interact with assets such as a web-based content. The innovative techniques centralize the functionality of an application that is to be shared. A shared application is executed, during a collaboration, at a centralized location in a manner that does not require any local resources to create an application instance.
US10129304B2	Systems and methods for making common services available across network endpoints Systems and methods are disclosed for providing access to common services in a communication session. According to certain embodiments, a request to initiate a communication session is received. The communication can include a plurality of endpoints. An inventory of available services can be determined for each of the plurality of endpoints. At least one service that is commonly available to at least a subset of endpoints can be identified from the inventories of available services. Access can be provided to the at least one common service to the subset of endpoints during the communication session.
US10129300B2	Communications methods, apparatus and systems for conserving media resource function resources Communications methods, apparatus and systems for conserving Media Resource Function (MRF) resources by identifying streams of sessions, for example, non-real time streams, which can be routed to avoid use of MRF resources. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving by a SBC a session initiation request from a first device directed to a second device for a session including a plurality of streams; establishing a plurality of routes to the second device, said routes including at least a first route and a second route, the first route not including a media content processing entity and the second route including a media content processing entity; identifying from the streams for the session a first set of streams; said first set of streams including one or more streams that do not require media content processing; and routing one or more of the streams of the first set of streams via the first route.
US10129297B2	System and method thereof for multi-tiered mitigation of cyber-attacks A method and system for controlling multi-tiered mitigation of cyber-attacks. The method comprises monitoring at least availability and load of each protection resource in a multi-tiered communication network, wherein each tier in the multi-tiered communication network includes a plurality of protection resources having capacity and security capabilities set according to the respective tier; for each protection resource, computing a current aggregated load metric (ALM); determining based on at least one of the computed ALM and security capabilities of a respective protection resource, if the respective protection resource assigned to a protected entity can efficiently handle a detected cyber-attack against the protected entity; and selecting at least one new protection resource to secure the protected entity, upon determining the protection resource cannot efficiently handle the detected cyber-attack, wherein the selection is based on at least one of the computed ALM and a security capabilities of the at least one protection resource.
US10129292B2	Front-end protocol for server protection The present invention provides for protecting against denial of service attacks. A request is sent by a client, the request comprises client indicia. The request is received at a server. A request count is incremented by the server. A sequence number is assigned as a function of the client indicia. A problem is selected by the server. The problem is sent by the server to the client. A solution to the problem is sent to the server. It is determined if the solution by client is correct. If the solution is correct, a session is performed. If the solution is not correct, the request is discarded. This can substantially decrease the amount of attacks performed by a rogue client, as the session set-up time can be substantial.
US10129291B2	Anomaly detection to identify malware Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to monitor activities of objects in a system, compare the monitored activities to metadata for the system, and identify low prevalence outliers to detect potentially malicious activity. The monitored activities can include an analysis of metadata of the objects in the system to identify polymorphic threats, an object reuse analysis of the system to detect an object reusing metadata from another object, and a filename analysis of the system.
US10129285B2	End-to-end taint tracking for detection and mitigation of injection vulnerabilities in web applications The embodiments described in this disclosure may be adapted to detect and mitigate tainted content in network communications across client-server boundaries using a pair of complementary taint engines at both ends of the network. Methods, systems and computer readable storage media are adapted to receive request from a web application of a client system and generate standard responses. The header of the request can include a request taint value that can be evaluated to determine whether the request is a standard network transfer protocol request (e.g., HTTP request) or a multipart network transfer protocol request (e.g., a CTTP request). If the request is a multipart network transfer protocol request, a multipart network transfer protocol response can be constructing based on the generated standard network transfer protocol response, and client systems can be configured to detect tainted content based on the multipart network transfer protocol response.
US10129284B2	System and method for automated configuration of application firewalls In a system for configuring a web application firewall, one or more parameters of the firewall are adjusted such that a test configured for exposing a vulnerability of an application protected by the application firewall is blocked by the firewall and another test configured to invoke functionality of the application but that does not expose or exploit any security vulnerability is not blocked by the firewall. A notification is provided to a user if such a firewall configuration is not found after a specified number of attempts.
US10129283B1	Detection of a rogue base station A device observes base station signals and identifies those that are suspicious and those that are normal. The device avoids communication with the sources of suspicious signals. A rogue base station may be the source of suspicious signals. A system operated by a mobile network operator is a source of normal signals. A rogue operator and the mobile network operator have different goals and those differences are the basis of embodiments provided herein to detect the rogue base station. The observations are characterized by message rates, waveform accuracy, cell parameters, and synchronization level.
US10129281B2	Latency-based detection of covert routing A method and apparatus for detecting covert routing is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, data addressed to a remote computer system are forwarded over a first network path, whereby the data is associated with a computer system of a plurality of computer systems. Further, a plurality of first network performance metrics is obtained. A likelihood of covert routing is determined based at least in part on the plurality of first network performance metrics.
US10129275B2	Information processing system and information processing method An information processing device and method that monitor a behavior of malware (program), and generate a log which associates identification information of an invoked library function, input data to the library function, output data from the library function and a taint tag for uniquely specifying output data every time the program invokes a library function. Further, the information processing device and method refer to a taint tag set to output data from an information processing device and a log, track a dependent relationship between items of data input and output to and from libraries and specify a library function which has generated the output data from the information processing device.
US10129273B2	System and methods for computer network security involving user confirmation of network connections Systems and methods for detecting anomalies in network traffic and providing notification to the users of the computers that generated the network traffic for confirmation of the activities that resulted in the network traffic are described herein. According to particular embodiments, the system is configured to collect data regarding network activity (e.g., via sensors), generate inquiries to users regarding that activity, receive the user's response to those inquiries, and provide the user's response along with the network activity to a security analyst.
US10129271B2	Tracking users over network hosts based on user behavior A method of tracking users over network hosts based on behavior includes analyzing data representing behavior of active network hosts during two or more time windows at a computing apparatus having connectivity to a network. Based on the analyzing, a profile is generated for each network host active in the network during the two or more time windows. Similarity between the profiles for the two or more time windows are determined and, based on the similarity, it may be determined that an identity associated with one of the active network hosts during a time window of the two or more time windows has changed.
US10129270B2	Apparatus, system and method for identifying and mitigating malicious network threats Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method for identifying and mitigating malicious network threats. Network data associated is retrieved from various sources across a network and analyzed to identify a malicious network threat. When a threat is found, the system performs a mitigating action to neutralize the malicious network threat.
US10129268B2	Registry apparatus, agent device, application providing apparatus and corresponding methods A method for verifying trusted communication between an agent device and an application providing apparatus using a registry apparatus. The registry apparatus maintains a device registry comprising authentication information for uniquely authenticating at least one agent device. The method includes the steps of obtaining from the device registry the authentication information for the agent device identified by a device identifier specified in an the authentication request from the agent device, performing verification of the agent device using the authentication information obtained from the device registry, and if the verification is not successful, transmitting to at least one of the agent device and the application providing apparatus revocation information for denying the trusted communication between the agent device and the application providing apparatus.
US10129267B1	Using space-filling curves to fingerprint data A file is received. Contents of the file are transformed using a space-filling curve. One example of a space-filling curve that can be used for the transformation is a Hilbert curve. The result of the transformation is down-sampled. One example way of down-sampling is using a blur operation with anti-aliasing. A hashing operation is performed on the down-sampled result. One example of a hashing operation is locality sensitive hashing.
US10129266B2	Identity information systems and methods A computer implemented method of providing candidate information comprises: obtaining a challenge code from a verification service at a first device associated with an ID candidate; capturing the challenge code from the first device at a second device associated with an ID checker; verifying the challenge code between the second device and the verification service and, if the challenge code is verified, providing the candidate information from the verification service, such that the candidate information is accessible to the ID checker.
US10129264B2	Method and apparatus for implementing document sharing between user groups Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for implementing document sharing between user groups. The method comprises: receiving document sharing request information sent by a user in a first user group, the document sharing request information carrying an identifier of a target shared document and an identifier of a second user group; sending a shared document instruction to the second user group according to the identifier of the second user group, the shared document instruction carrying an identifier of a to-be-created shared document and an index of the to-be-created shared document and being used for instructing the second user group to create a shared document corresponding to the target shared document, the index of the to-be-created document being the same as the identifier of the target shared document, for associating the to-be-created document with the target shared document. A document is shared by applying the solutions provided by embodiments of this application, and after a user in a first user group edits a target document, the shared document can be synchronously updated in a second user group.
US10129262B1	Systems and methods for secure device management In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes receiving base attribute values of a registrant device. The method further includes determining similarities of the base attribute values to a reference string to yield base similarity values. The method also includes registering the registrant device for policy enforcement using the base similarity values. Furthermore, the method includes, responsive to a trigger, determining target attribute values of a target device. Also, the method includes determining similarities of the target attribute values to the reference string to yield target similarity values. Moreover, the method includes, responsive to the target similarity values satisfying a similarity threshold in relation to the base similarity values, configuring policy enforcement such that the target device is treated as the registrant device.
US10129255B1	Device authentication with MAC address and time period In an approach to device authentication, one or more processors receive a security policy comprising at least a first media access control (“mac”) address and a corresponding time period for determining network access for a device. One or more processors receive a second mac address and a corresponding time of connection of the second mac address for authentication of the device. One or more processors determine the second mac address is the first mac address and, responsive to determining the second mac address is the first mac address, one or more processors determine to grant network access to the device based on whether the time of connection of the second mac address is within the time period.
US10129251B1	System and method for verifying liveliness A machine-assisted method for verifying a video presence that includes: receiving, at a computing device of an identity provider, an authentication request initially sent from a requester to access an account managed by a relying party, different from the identity provider; retrieving, from the authentication request, at least a portion of a video stream feed initially from the requester, to the computing device, the portion of video stream feed portraying a face of the requester; extracting the face of the requester from the portion of the video stream feed; providing a directive to the requester soliciting a corresponding gesture; and receiving a response gesture from the requester.
US10129248B2	One-time-password generated on reader device using key read from personal security device An authentication system is provided using one-time passwords (OTPs) for user authentication. An OTP key may be stored on a different device than the device on which the OTP is generated. In an embodiment, the system described herein enables a combined authentication system, including the two separate devices communicating over a non-contact interface, to provide advantageous security features compared to the use of a single device, such as a hardware OTP token. One device may be a personal security device and the other device may be a reader device coupled to a host device via which access is being controlled.
US10129246B2	Assignment and distribution of network configuration parameters to devices A method, system and network element are disclosed which allows securing, customizing and generally improving network equipment (device) configuration and DHCP network address identification, assignment and distribution mechanism, such that network address and parameter configuration, assignment and distribution in a communications network is performed in a more optimum and secure manner. The DHCP protocol is improved using policies based on roles (profiles) directly linked to the physical identification of the device (for example, to its MAC address).
US10129243B2	Controlling access to traversal using relays around network address translation (TURN) servers using trusted single-use credentials Embodiments disclosed provide access to Traversal Using Relays around Network Address Translation (TURN) servers using trusted single-use credentials, and related methods, systems, and computer-readable media. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a TURN authentication agent, a request for a TURN server credential. Responsive to determining that the request is authorized, the agent generates a trusted single-use credential and transmits it to the requestor. Using this trusted single-use credential allows untrusted clients to access a TURN server without exposing a userid/password combination. In another embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by the TURN server, a request for a TURN service. The server challenges the request, and receives a userid and a password. Responsive to determining that the userid and the password constitute a trusted single-use credential and responsive to determining that the request is authorized, the server provides the TURN service for the requestor.
US10129241B2	Hypervisor agnostic bidirectional secure channel for guest agent transport Systems, methods, and computer readable medium for virtualized computing environments. A method for providing a connection between a guest virtual machine and a service virtual machine uses driver code functions to establish a listening port on the service virtual machine without providing a listening port on the guest virtual machine. The guest virtual machine initiates a remote procedure call socket between itself and the service virtual machine over a secure, hardened port. The service virtual machine presents an authority certificate by encoding into the authority certificate identifying information received from the guest virtual machine. The service virtual machine makes available (e.g., as an ISO image) the authority certificate, which is used to establish new secure connections. Communications continue, where some communications are initiated by the service virtual machine over the hardened port, and some communications are initiated on-demand by the guest virtual machine over newly-established and authenticated secure RPC connections.
US10129239B2	Systems and methods for performing targeted scanning of a target range of IP addresses to verify security certificates The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for scanning of a target range of IP addresses to verify security certificates associated with the target range of IP addresses. Network traffic may be monitored between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers over an IP address space. Traffic monitors positioned intermediary to the plurality of client and the plurality of servers can identify a target range of IP addresses in the address space for targeted scanning. The target range of IP address may be grouped into a priority queue and a scan can be performed of the target range of IP addresses to verify a security certificate associated with each IP address in the target range of IP addresses. In some embodiments, a rogue security certificate is detected that is associated with at least one IP address in the target range of IP addresses.
US10129238B2	System for control of secure access and communication with different process data networks with separate security features A distributed block chain network having at least a private block chain portion, and in some cases a public block chain portion, allows users to take actions (e.g., accessing, viewing, storing, disseminating, validating, or the like) with respect to event information associated with events. In some aspects of the invention the distributed block chain network with the private block chain portion may be utilized to verify events and separate the private information associated with the events from the public information associated with the events. As such, the present invention provides systems for centralized control of secure access to process data networks by utilizing a private block chain; and moreover, provide systems for control of secure access and communication with different process data networks with different security requirements by utilizing one or more block chains with private block chain portions and/or public block chain portions.
US10129236B2	Determination apparatus, determination method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A determination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit, an acquisition unit, and a determination unit. The receiving unit receives a request for authentication of identity of a user who uses a terminal device. The acquisition unit acquires context information that is information indicating a context of the terminal device. The determination unit performs determination related to authentication requested by the terminal device, on the basis of the context information acquired by the acquisition unit. For example, the determination unit determines whether an authentication procedure for an authentication request received by the receiving unit is needed on the basis of a change between context information that is acquired upon reception of an authentication request by the receiving unit and context information that has been acquired upon reception of a past authentication request.
US10129233B2	Method, device and system for network-based remote control over contactless secure storages A typical system environment comprises a terminal device, a secure storage subsystem, and an interconnectivity component. The terminal device has a network connectivity subsystem enabled for data connectivity with a wireless communications network. The secure storage subsystem has a secure storage memory for securely storing contents and is enabled for local RF connectivity through a local RF communication subsystem. The secure storage subsystem is operable as a contactless smartcard in accordance with any contactless technology. The interconnectivity component is adapted to enable communication of the secure storage subsystem through the network connectivity subsystem with the network. The interconnectivity component is further configured to detect that messages received from the network are destined for the secure storage subsystem and is configured to supply that identified messages to the secure storage subsystem. The messages enable exercising control over the secure storage subsystem in that the messages comprise one or more instructions to be processed by a secure memory controller of the secure storage subsystem.
US10129229B1	Peer validation The present disclosure describes systems and methods for authenticating a called party during the initialization stage of establishing a secure telecommunication channel to provide assurances to the initiator that they are communicating with whom they intended. A first user issues a challenge that includes a nonce to one or more second user devices. The second user's secure collaboration application receives the challenge, signs the nonce included in the challenge, and sends the response with the signed nonce to the first user. The first user receives the response and determines whether the signature of the first nonce is valid. If the signature is not valid, the first user's secure collaboration application terminates the secure telecommunication. However, if the signature received in the response is valid, the first user's secure collaboration application begins exchanging encrypted telecommunication data with the second user over a secure telecommunication channel.
US10129221B1	Transport facilitation system implementing dual content encryption A transport facilitation system can manage a transportation arrangement service that links requesting users with available drivers throughout a given region. In doing so, the transport facilitation system can receive pick-up requests from users and transmit invitations to drivers to service those requests. For each ride, the transport facilitation system can initiate one or more recording mechanisms to record content within a passenger interior of the vehicle as the driver transports the requesting user from a pick-up location to a destination location. After the vehicle arrives at the destination location, the transport facilitation system can dual encrypt the content utilizing a first public key associated with the driver and a second public key associated with the requesting user, and store the dually encrypted content in a storage device. Decryption can require a pair of private keys associated with the rider and the driver.
US10129220B2	Application and data protection tag According to one embodiment, a system includes a processing circuit and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processing circuit. The logic is configured to cause the processing circuit to generate a multi-context ADPL tag unique to a pair of data socket descriptors on which data is to be received and/or transmitted by a first application instance operating on the system and a second application instance operating on a second host. The logic is also configured to cause the processing circuit to embed the ADPL tag as part of an application payload in response to the first application instance calling an API configured to transmit the application payload out from the system via a sender data socket descriptor. More systems, methods, and computer program products are described in accordance with other embodiments.
US10129216B2	Low latency server-side redirection of UDP-based transport protocols traversing a client-side NAT firewall Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for low latency server-side redirection of User Datagram Protocol (UDP)-based transport protocols traversing a client-side Network Address Translation (NAT) are provided. A request may be sent from a client for a data resource to a first server. The data resource may be received from a second server that has not been previously connected to the client. Receiving the data resource from the second server may be facilitated by the first server through redirecting the request to the second server and providing for the second server to connect to the client and directly respond to the request. The first server may lack at least one of the requested data resource or resources for providing the requested data resource.
US10129210B2	Registrant defined limitations on a control panel for a registered tertiary domain Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: receive, from a sub domain registration settings control panel displayed on a client computer, form elements to be displayed on a sub domain settings control panel, and store these form elements in a database. The server(s) may then display an HTML form on the sub domain settings control panel, where each HTML for element corresponds to a database record defining features for updating an email, tertiary domain or record modification to a zone file for a registered sub domain.
US10129209B2	Method and communication device for network address translation traversal A method and a communication device for network address translation (NAT) traversal is provided. The method includes following steps. A NAT device information is exchanged between a communication device and another communication device. A relay connection is established between the communication device and the another communication device through a relay server. Whether it is feasible to establish a P2P connection between the communication device and the another communication device is determined according to the NAT device information. When it is feasible to establish the P2P connection between the communication device and the another communication device, an attempt to establish the P2P connection between the communication device and the another communication device is made. If the P2P connection is not established successfully, an attempt to establish the P2P connection between the communication device and the another communication device is made again.
US10129207B1	Network address translation within network device having multiple service units A network device having multiple service units receives an outbound packet of a communication session, where the service units can perform network address translation (NAT) on the outbound packet. The outbound packet includes a private source network address and source port. The network device applies a service unit selection function to a header of the outbound packet to produce a first result, and selects, based on the first result, a service unit to perform NAT for packets of the communication session. The network device determines a port for network address translation that produces a second result equal to the first result when the service unit selection function is applied to the portion of the header when the portion includes a selected public network address and determined port. The service unit can thereby perform session-aware services on packets of the communication session without redirecting the packets between the service units.
US10129205B2	Address management in an overlay network environment Embodiments of the invention relate to overlay network address management. One embodiment includes an overlay gateway including an overlay network manager associated with a physical network. The overlay network manager prevents duplicate address assignment for overlay domains having a first sharing status and performs address translation for overlay domains having a second sharing status. Address translation is avoided for overlay domains having the first sharing status.
US10129201B2	Management of domain name systems in a large-scale processing environment Systems, methods, and software described herein facilitate the management of virtual clusters in a large-scale processing environment. In one implementation, a method of operating a control node includes receiving a request to configure a virtual cluster with one or more data processing nodes, and identifying a tenant associated with the request. The method further provides identifying a namespace for the tenant, and identifying internet protocol (IP) addresses for the one or more data processing nodes. The method also includes generating namespace to IP address pairs for the one or more data processing nodes based on the namespace and the IP addresses, and configuring a domain name system (DNS) for the virtual cluster with the namespace to IP address pairs.
US10129199B2	Ensuring that a composed message is being sent to the appropriate recipient A method, system and computer program product for ensuring that the composed message is being sent to the appropriate recipient. A message being composed by an author is detected. The intended recipient(s) to receive the composed message are identified. The composed message is then analyzed to identify one or more of the following characteristics: a topic, a greeting, a dialect, a conversation pattern and a language pattern. A profile for the intended recipient storing information regarding the characteristics of the recipient (e.g., social group, historical topics discussed, conversation pattern) is obtained. A score is generated based on the consistency between the characteristics of the analyzed message with the characteristics of the recipient obtained from the recipient's profile. A notification may then be issued to the author if the score is less than a threshold value to ensure that the intended recipient is the correct recipient to receive the composed message.
US10129196B2	Handling various scenarios where an email recipient is not available A method for sending a plurality of alternate contact information associated with an online communication system. The method may include receiving an electronic message associated with the online communication system, wherein the electronic message is addressed to a recipient from a sender. The method may also include identifying a recipient inbox using a plurality of directory information associated with the received electronic message. The method may further include determining the identified recipient inbox satisfies at least one of a plurality of alternate contact criteria. The method may also include transmitting a plurality of alternate recipient contact information within a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) response to the sender based on the plurality of determined alternate contact criteria being satisfied.
US10129190B2	Method and apparatus for messaging service internetworking A method and system for converting data message formats in a message server is provided. The message server receives a first data message including origin format information from a first user. The message server then sends the first data message including origin format information to a second user. The message server receives a second data message from a second user, the second data message including the origin format. The second data message is converted to the origin format if the first user is unable to receive the second data message. The message server then sends the converted second data message to the first user.
US10129189B2	Computerized system and method for automatically communicating conditional messages within a mobile application environment Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide an improved messaging platform that enables the creation and communication of locked electronic messages to recipients, where the message is automatically unlocked for recipient viewing only upon satisfaction of a real-world condition set by the sending user. Upon creating the message, the sender sets time, date and/or geographical restrictions for viewing the message, such that only upon those set restrictions being satisfied is the message delivered and viewable on the recipient user's device.
US10129183B2	Connection apparatus and connection apparatus management method A method for managing a connection apparatus and a connection apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment the connection apparatus includes a first connector configured to be connected to a service processing unit, a second connector configured to be connected to a first switching unit, a third connector configured to be connected to a second switching unit, wherein the third connector is further configured to be disconnected from the second switching unit and connected to the first switching unit. The apparatus further comprises a first transmission medium, a second transmission medium, one end of the first transmission medium being directly connected to the first connector, one end of the second transmission medium being directly connected to the first connector, another end of the first transmission medium being directly connected to the second connector, and another end of the second transmission medium being directly connected to the third connector.
US10129181B2	Controlling the reactive caching of wildcard rules for packet processing, such as flow processing in software-defined networks Software-Defined Networking (“SDN”) enables flexible flow control by caching policy rules at OpenFlow switches. Compared with exact-match rule caching, wildcard rule caching can better preserve the flow table space at switches. However, one of the challenges for wildcard rule caching is the dependency between rules, which is generated by caching wildcard rules overlapped in field space with different priorities. Failure to handle the rule dependency may lead to wrong matching decisions for newly arrived flows, or may introduce high storage overhead in flow table memory. A wildcard rule caching system, which may be used for SDN partitions the field space into logical structures called buckets, and caches buckets along with all the associated wildcard rules. Doing so resolves rule dependency while using control network bandwidth efficiently. Further, controller processing load and flow setup latency are reduced.
US10129179B2	Managed connectivity devices, systems, and methods One exemplary embodiment is directed to an end node that includes functionality to read information stored on or in a segment of physical communication media that is attached to the end node and to communicate the read information over a network (for example, to an aggregation point). Another exemplary embodiment is directed a wall outlet that includes functionality to read information stored on or in a segment of physical communication media connected to it and communicate at least a portion of the information read from the segment of physical communication media to an aggregation point. Another exemplary embodiment is directed a wall outlet that includes a switch and functionality to read information stored on or in a segment of physical communication media connected to it and to communicate at least a portion of the information read from the segment of physical communication media to an aggregation point.
US10129177B2	Inter-cloud broker for hybrid cloud networks A cloud broker gateway interfaces with an enterprise network and one or more public cloud networks, including a first public cloud and a second public cloud. The cloud broker gateway receives a request for one or more computing resources from a tenant associated with the enterprise network, and directs the request to the first public cloud based on a brokerage policy for the tenant. The cloud broker gateway receives a response indicating the first public cloud cannot provide the one or more computing resources, and redirects the request to the second public cloud based on the brokerage policy for the tenant. The cloud broker gateway also establishes a hybrid cloud that provides access to the one or more computing resources between the second public cloud and the enterprise network.
US10129172B1	Systems and methods for cloud-based application access to resources Systems and methods which facilitate access to computing resources by cloud-based applications are described. Embodiments enable cloud-based applications to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, such as printers, scales, scanners, and storage devices, for performing various functions. In operation according to embodiments, a user agent client application is executed by computing equipment in communication with a computing resource to which access is to be provided to one or more cloud-based applications. Although embodiments implement a user interface client application which is separate from a user agent client application, tight integration between a user interface client application and user agent client application may be provided. Embodiments not only facilitate operation whereby a cloud-based application is enabled to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, but also facilitate remote and/or shared client interaction with such computing resources.
US10129159B2	Multi-path network communication A method for data communication between a first node and a second node over a number of data paths coupling the first node and the second node includes transmitting messages between the first node and the second node over the number of data paths including transmitting a first subset of the messages over a first data path of the number of data paths, and transmitting a second subset of the messages over a second data path of the number of data paths. The first data path has a first latency and the second data path has a second latency substantially larger than the first latency, and messages of the first subset of the messages are chosen to have first message characteristics and messages of the second subset are chosen to have second message characteristics, different from the first message characteristics.
US10129157B2	Multiple feedback instance inter-coordination to determine optimal actions Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to multiple feedback instance inter-coordination to determine optimal actions. According to one aspect, a system can receive a plurality of events associated with a group of feedback instances operating in a runtime. The system can examine the plurality of events to determine if a match exists between the plurality of events and an optimization plan. If so, the system can instruct a further system to realize the optimization plan. If not, the system can identify an extensibility of a feedback instance in the group of feedback instances. The extensibility can extend functionality of the feedback instance to provide additional information responsive to an event of the plurality of events. The system can update a feedback instance model associated with the feedback instance for which the extensibility was identified and can instruct the further system to extend the scope of the feedback instance.
US10129154B2	Controlling packet flow in a network A method, processor and system for controlling packet flow in a network provides for selecting a transmission scheme based on a payload rate for payloads arriving at a buffer. The transmission scheme includes data blocks comprising packets each having an associated payload, the data blocks have a variable packet transmission rate and a variable payload per packet ratio. The product of the variable packet transmission rate and the variable payload per packet ratio remains constant. The data blocks are sent to a network switch that deterministically routes the data blocks.
US10129142B2	Route configuration for logical router Some embodiments provide a method for implementing a logical router (LR) in a logical network. The method receives configuration data connecting a first LR to a second LR, which includes several logical routing components with separate routing tables. For each of one or more routes configured for the first LR, the method adds a route to the routing table of a distributed routing component of the second LR. The added route has a next hop address of an interface of the first LR. The method also adds, for each of the one or more routes configured for the first LR, a route to the routing tables of each of one or more centralized routing components of the second LR. The next hop address of the added route is an address of an interface of the distributed routing component that is internal to the second LR.
US10129141B2	Method, mobile terminal, and apparatus for managing routing device A method includes: obtaining, by a mobile terminal, first network connection parameters of a routing device connected to the mobile terminal; according to the first network connection parameters, determining, by the mobile terminal, whether the mobile terminal has a management permission for managing the connected routing device; and if the mobile terminal has the management permission for managing the connected routing device, managing, by the mobile terminal, the connected routing device.
US10129136B2	Virtual router cluster, data forwarding method and apparatus The present application discloses a virtual router cluster, and a data forwarding method and apparatus. A specific implementation of the virtual router cluster includes: a gateway and at least one virtual router interconnected with the gateway; the gateway receiving an externally transmitted data packet; the gateway selecting a first virtual router corresponding to the data packet from the at least one virtual router according to an Open Shortest Path First protocol, and forwarding the data packet to the first virtual router corresponding to the data packet; and the first virtual router receiving the data packet and forwarding the data packet to a destination. This implementation implements network load balancing, thereby avoiding network congestion.
US10129135B1	Using a neural network to determine how to direct a flow A flow of packets is communicated through a data center. The data center includes multiple racks, where each rack includes multiple network devices. A group of packets of the flow is received onto an integrated circuit located in a first network device. The integrated circuit includes a neural network. The neural network analyzes the group of packets and in response outputs a neural network output value. The neural network output value is used to determine how the packets of the flow are to be output from a second network device. In one example, each packet of the flow output by the first network device is output along with a tag. The tag is indicative of the neural network output value. The second device uses the tag to determine which output port located on the second device is to be used to output each of the packets.
US10129134B2	System and method for adding routing paths in a network Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing multiple egress points from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In particular, the process and system allows for multiple provider edges of the network to utilize a route reflector server to provide a border gateway protocol (BGP) route to other provider edges in the network. Further, the multiple provider edges may each announce similar interior gateway protocol (IGP) routes through the network such that a provider edge receiving a packet intended for the customer network may select from the multiple IGP routes to provide the intended packet to the customer network. In this manner, the receiving provider edge may load balance among the various connections of the customer network to the telecommunications network.
US10129133B2	Ground system for vehicle data distribution Techniques for delivering data or information to a vehicle include a method of distributing information to a vehicle. Information corresponding to the vehicle is first received while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle. A first computing device or a second computing device determines a destination port at which the vehicle is to arrive, the destination port included in a plurality of ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart. The first computing devices causes data to be routed to a third computing device communicatively connected to the first computing device, the third computing device corresponding to the destination port, and at least one of the data or the third party computing device determined based on the information received at the first computing device.
US10129132B2	Control system, control method, control program, and recording medium An IO-Link master includes: an IO-Link communication port that communicates with an IO-Link device according to a predetermined communication protocol; a digital input port that receives a first signal value output from the IO-Link device; and a determiner that determines whether abnormality is generated in a digital input line connecting the digital input port to the IO-Link device based on a second signal value received with the IO-Link communication port and the first signal value.
US10129129B2	Distributed monitoring and control of network components A distributed monitoring system and a computer-implemented method monitors and controls locally situated network components through a monitoring and control device or processor querying the network component operating parameters and sending control commands for controlling the parameters queried. Reports of the status of the monitored network components are periodically generated from throughout the network and sent to a remotely located status viewing station configured to generate a monitoring interface and display the operational status of the network based on the status reports. If necessary, the status viewing station automatically transmits instructions, or a user enters instructions into the status viewing station, for instructing action be taken by the monitoring and control device or processor, e.g., to adjust one or more operating parameters queried. The distributed monitoring system may be particularly useful in monitoring and managing the health of a digital signage network.
US10129126B2	System for predictive usage of resources Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for predictive usage of resources across a dispersed Internet protocol capable network connecting devices electrically attached to the network. The present invention is configured to determine resource utilization profile associated with a user; continuously monitor the resource utilization profile of the user to track the use of the one or more resources allocated to the user over a predetermine period of time; determine one or more elevated usage instances; predict, via the resource prediction application, that at least one of the one or more elevated usage instances is scheduled to occur; determine one or more resources across the dispersed network for the user for processing during the at least one of the one or more elevated usage instances; and reallocate the one or more determined resources to the user.

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