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| US10130478B2 |
Ethnic-specific orthopaedic implants and custom cutting jigs
An orthopedic implant comprising: (a) a distal femoral component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a first profile comprising at least three consecutive arcs of curvature; and (b) a proximal tibial component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a second profile comprising at least three parallel arcs of curvature. |
| US10130476B2 |
Intramedullary rod implantation system
A system for implanting a prosthetic device with an opening into a bone includes a plug that is removably received within the opening of the prosthetic device. The system also includes a bone removal tool that advances into the bone from outside the bone and that removes a portion of the bone while advancing into the bone to reveal the plug. The bone removal tool includes a plug engaging portion that engages with the plug. The bone removal tool at least partially removes the plug from the opening of the prosthetic device while engaged with the plug. Moreover, the system includes an alignment system that detects whether the bone removal tool and the plug are substantially axially aligned. |
| US10130475B1 |
Native valve repair devices and procedures
A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a surgical delivery instrument, a valve repair device, and a paddle control mechanism. The surgical delivery instrument has at least one lumen. The valve repair device is configured to be delivered through the lumen of the surgical delivery instrument and to attach to a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a first paddle, a second paddle, and a pair of gripping members. The first and second paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient. The paddle control mechanism is configured to move the first and second paddles independently of each other. |
| US10130474B2 |
Exchangeable system for minimally invasive beating heart repair of heart valve leaflets
Improved methods and apparatuses for heart valve repair in a beating heart of a patient utilize an exchangeable heart valve repair system. Heart valve repair system can include a port adapted to be seated in the heart wall and a catheter slidable within the port. The catheter can be selectively locked relative to the port for insertion into the heart and unlocked once the port is seated to allow the catheter to move distally towards target tissue. System elements can be selectively removed from and replaced within port to deploy repair devices while port maintains a seal while elements are and are not inserted. |
| US10130473B2 |
Annuloplasty device for tricuspid valve repair
Annuloplasty device for implantation adjacent an annulus of a tricuspid valve, the annulus comprising anterior, posterior and septal aspects adjacent anterior, posterior and septal leaflets, respectively, of the tricuspid valve, the device comprising: a ring body comprising: an anterior portion, a posterior portion and a septal portion shaped to conform to, and for implantation adjacent, the anterior, posterior and septal aspects of the annulus, respectively; and first and second end portions that are more flexible than a remainder of the ring body to provide a gradual transition from the remainder of the ring body to tissue of the tricuspid valve annulus; wherein the ring body is curvilinear, with substantially no flat portions, and forming a shape. Related devices, kits and sizer devices. |
| US10130469B2 |
Expandable surgical heart valve indicators
A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and for post-implant expansion and having a valve-type indicator thereon visible from outside the body post-implant. The indicator communicates information about the valve, such as the size or orifice diameter of the valve, and/or that the valve has the capacity for post-implant expansion. The indicator can be an alphanumeric symbol or other symbol or combination of symbols that represent information about the characteristics of the valve such as the valve size. The capacity for post-implant expansion facilitates a valve-in-valve procedure, where the valve-type indicator conveys information to the surgeon about whether the implanted valve is suitable for the procedure and informs the choice of the secondary valve. |
| US10130464B2 |
Retaining mechanisms for prosthetic valves
Embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a deficient valve. In one embodiment, for instance, a support member is positioned to at least partially surround the native leaflets of a valve. A locking member is used to couple both ends of the support member, forming a support band. An expandable prosthetic heart valve is delivered into the native heart valve and expanded while the expandable prosthetic valve is at least partially within the support band, thereby causing one or more of the native leaflets of the native heart valve to be frictionally secured between the support band and the expanded prosthetic heart valve. |
| US10130462B2 |
Intra-annular mounting frame for aortic valve repair
An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature's base. |
| US10130458B2 |
Dual endovascular filter and methods of use
Blood filter devices and methods of use. |
| US10130457B2 |
Surgical attachment device
A hybrid medical device that can aid in reconstructive or augmentative surgery of the breast is disclosed. The device can utilize a suitable biological collagen tissue matrix combined with a synthetic material, for example, that can impart a high initial strength to the repair site while permitting proper healing and revitalization of the implanted device. |
| US10130456B2 |
Supporting a heart
A heart support system featuring a sleeve sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, the sleeve having an inner surface arranged to contact the heart in use and a sheath extending about and constraining the sleeve. At least one of the sheath and sleeve carry a discrete mark detectable from outside the body with the sheath and sleeve implanted within the body. The position of the support system about the heart can be determined with reference to the mark. |
| US10130455B2 |
Expandable implant system
Various embodiments of a sling implant system are provided. Embodiments of the implants can include one or more collapsibility and expandability features or portions adapted to improve introduction and deployment of the implant within the patient. The implants can be folded, collapsed or otherwise reduced in size or construct to fit within a delivery tool or catheter for later expandability upon deployment of the implant. |
| US10130452B2 |
Oral cleaning device with adjustable fluid dynamics
An oral cleaning device (100) including: a nozzle portion (30) configured to direct a plurality of liquid droplets; an actuator (120); a mode selector (130); a liquid reservoir (38) wherein in operation liquid is moved from the liquid reservoir into an orifice (36) at the proximal end of the nozzle; a system (12, 13, 14, 24) configured to drive a plunger or piston element (16) toward the proximal end of the nozzle to create a spray of liquid droplets when the moving air comes into contact with the liquid; a control unit (15) configured to control the system to drive the plunger a predetermined number of times in response to a single actuation of the actuator, where the control unit is further configured to accept input from the user via the mode selector, and the mode selector is configured for the user to select a number of liquid bursts that will be delivered in response to a single actuation of the actuator. |
| US10130448B2 |
Dental restoration
The invention relates to a dental restoration, having a base which in particular comprises an implant (1) in combination with an abutment (4), and a supraconstruction (3) which is fixed to the base, in particular by adhesive bonding, wherein the base has a screw connection having a screw head which extends over or on the base. Said screw head connects the two parts of the base to each other so as to be fixed against rotation, and has an access channel (10, 35) for the screw, the opening of which is offset with respect to the extension of the axis of the screw in the lingual direction of the supraconstruction (3). The diameter of the access channel (10, 35) is smaller than the diameter of the screw head of the screw, and the screw can be screwed through the access channel (10, 35), i.e. can be screwed in and screwed out. |
| US10130447B2 |
Interface element for dental prostheses
An interface element for dental prostheses, having a hollow cylindrical body with two different sections, one lower section (a) of greater outer diameter and another upper section (b) of smaller outer diameter, each provided externally with retention circular grooves (2). The element had an internal seat (4) for a screw head (5) which fixes the implant, and a lower base (6). A side mortise (7) is provided that covers the upper section (b) and provides a side opening for the inclined entrance of the screw (5) and screwdriver (8). The element further includes two flat surfaces (9) at diametrically opposite sides of the lower section. |
| US10130444B1 |
Endodontic instrument
An endodontic instrument includes a plurality of flutes and a plurality of lands extending helically around a working portion. Each flute includes a curved concave flute surface, a pair of flute shoulders at the peripheral edges of the flute surface, a flute width defined by a distance between the flute shoulders, and a flute depth defined by a point of maximum depth between the flute shoulders. Each land is positioned between a pair of axially adjacent flutes and includes a curved concave land surface, a pair of land shoulders at the peripheral edges of the land surface, a land width defined by a distance between the land shoulders, and a land depth defined by a point of maximum depth between the land shoulders. The land width is less than the flute width and the land depth is less than the flute depth in the upper region of the working portion. |
| US10130442B2 |
Interchangeable tag and attachment
An interchangeable tag for attaching to an item for automatically identifying the item, including: a base with a small footprint for attaching to the item at a first end of the base; an identification head with a larger footprint that is attached to the item by the base at a second end of the base; wherein the identification head wirelessly accepts communication queries and transmits identification information related to the item; and wherein the base is attached to the tool by a technological process that requires use of an attachment tool by a skilled user and the identification head is attached to the base after attaching it to the item by a simple process that is performed without requiring an attachment tool. |
| US10130438B2 |
Surgical glove with ergonomic features
Disclosed is a surgical glove that alleviates the biasing force associated with bending or abducting the hand and fingers when wearing a surgical glove. |
| US10130437B2 |
Instrument shaft for computer-assisted surgical system
A shaft for a surgical instrument comprises an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a central lumen extending through the outer tube, and a plurality of stiffening rods positioned around the central lumen. The plurality of stiffening rods may comprise a nonconductive material. The shaft may form part of an electrosurgical instrument. In another embodiment, a surgical instrument may comprise an end effector and a shaft having an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a drive rod, and at least four stiffening rods positioned around the drive rod, each stiffening rod being positioned substantially immediately adjacent to the drive rod. The axial stiffness of the shaft increases incrementally during actuation of the end effector. |
| US10130436B2 |
Automated structure with pre-established arm positions in a teleoperated medical system
A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure in a surgical field includes a teleoperational assembly having a plurlity of motorized surgical arms configured to assist in a surgical procedure. It also includes an input device configured to receive an input to move all the arms of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to a pre-established position. A processing system is configured to receive the input form the input device and output control signals to each arm of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to move each arm to the pre-established position. |
| US10130434B2 |
Robotic system display method for displaying auxiliary information
A Robotic control system has a wand, which emits multiple narrow beams of light, which fall on a light sensor array, or with a camera, a surface, defining the wand's changing position and attitude which a computer uses to direct relative motion of robotic tools or remote processes, such as those that are controlled by a mouse, but in three dimensions and motion compensation means and means for reducing latency. |
| US10130433B2 |
Remote center of motion definition using light sources for robot systems
A robot system includes a robot linkage (202) having one or more arms connected by two joints (220, 222). The joints each including a joint axis of rotation (206 or 208) and a light source (128) aligned with the respective joint axis. The light sources are configured to direct light along the respective joint axis such that light from the light sources intersects at a position along an instrument (204) being held in an operational position by the robot linkage to define a remote center of motion (RCM) for the robot linkage. |
| US10130430B2 |
No-touch surgical navigation method and system thereof
A no-touch surgical navigation method for guiding a surgical instrument corresponding to a part of a patient's anatomy is provided. An image registration step is for matching the preoperative implant device planning image and the part of the patient's anatomy via a spatial coordinate transformation relationship. An instrument checking step is for identifying the surgical instrument, and then calibrating a size of the surgical instrument to display an instrument tip mark on the displaying device. An implant device placement selecting step is for moving the surgical instrument by a user, and then the instrument tip mark is synchronously moved with the surgical instrument to select a virtual surgical instrument pattern. A skin incision and trajectory guiding step is for moving the surgical instrument according to a skin incision and trajectory guiding picture so as to move the instrument tip mark close to a planned surgical position. |
| US10130428B2 |
System and methods for positioning bone cut guide
Examples of an orthopedic surgical device for use in operating on a target bone and methods for operating a system for use in orthopedic surgery on a bone are generally described herein. An orthopedic surgical device can include an primary positioning block, and a secondary positioning component removably coupled to the primary positioning block. The secondary positioning component can be configured to: engage a prepared engagement feature machined into the target bone, and guide the primary positioning block to a predetermined position on a target bone. The orthopedic surgical device can include a first cutting block configured to: removably couple to the primary positioning block, and guide a cutting tool to cut the target bone. |
| US10130421B2 |
Method of manufacturing a magnetic guided catheter
Magnetic guided ablation catheters and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter includes a unitary flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of magnets are positioned along an axis of the unitary flexible tubing, the plurality of magnets provided within the unitary flexible tubing. During operation, the plurality of magnets are responsive to an external magnetic field to selectively position and guide the catheter within a body of a patient. |
| US10130417B2 |
Bipolar electrosurgical probe having insulated overlapping conductive elements
A bipolar electrosurgical probe configured for applying electrical energy to tissue includes a first tubular electrode carried by a probe shaft and having a distal end, a second tubular electrode carried by the probe shaft and having a proximal end, and an insulation member, wherein at least a portion of the insulation member is disposed between overlapping ends of the first and second tubular electrodes, wherein the distal end of the first electrode defines at least one aperture extending through a wall of the first electrode. |
| US10130406B2 |
Headless bone compression screw
Implementations described herein include headless compression screws and corresponding systems. The headless compression screw has a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from an insertion end to a driving end. The shaft includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from proximate the insertion end to a first intermediate point and includes a first thread extending along at least a portion thereof that has a constant pitch. The second portion extends from proximate the driving end to a second intermediate point and includes a thread extending along at least a portion thereof that has a variable pitch that decreases from a first value proximate the second intermediate point to a second value proximate the driving end. Methods of reducing a fracture using headless compression screws are also described. |
| US10130401B2 |
Growth control device
A growth control device includes a bone plate having a stepped profile defined by a first level, a second level and an intermediate ramp connecting the first and second levels. The first level includes a first threaded hole for receiving a first bone fastener and the second level includes a second threaded hole for receiving a second bone fastener. The bone plate includes a proximal pair of side female notches, a distal pair of side female notches, a proximal guide hole and a distal guide hole. |
| US10130400B2 |
Interlocking nail
The invention relates to an interlocking nail (10) for fixation of transverse and short spiral fractures of, long bone, particularly shaft of the femur, tibia and humerus, having Graft extrusion space/slot (101) for holding stem cells graft and 4 or 5 holes for putting interlocking bolts from lateral to medial direction. Constant compression achieved (irrespective of weight bearing cycle) at the fracture site by tightening of the Endo-Compression Screws (108, 109 and 110) results in stimulation of stem cells and reduction in bone gap, thus enhances bone healing and union manifolds. |
| US10130394B2 |
Spinal stabilization systems and methods
A spinal stabilization system may be formed in a patient. In some embodiments, a minimally invasive procedure may be used to form a spinal stabilization system in a patient Bone fastener assemblies may be coupled to vertebrae Each bone fastener assembly may include a bone fastener and a collar. The collar may be rotated and/or angulated relative to the bone fastener. Detachable members may be coupled to the collar to allow for formation of the spinal stabilization system through a small skin incision. The detachable members may allow for alignment of the collars to facilitate insertion of an elongated member in the collars. An elongated member may be positioned in the collars and a closure member may be used to secure the elongated member to the collars. |
| US10130390B1 |
System for abrading skin to remove outer portions thereof
A system for abrading skin to remove outer portions thereof includes an apparatus having a skin abrading head with a head portion and a skin abrading brush. The outer head portion has a rim for placement in contact with the skin along with the bristles of the brush. Air flow is generated in the head to bring the skin into engagement with the rim and bristles and transport removed skin portions. |
| US10130382B2 |
Powered surgical handpiece having a surgical tool with an RFID tag
A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag. |
| US10130379B2 |
Thrombus extraction catheter
Embodiments of the invention include a multi-lumen catheter for extracting or aspirating a blood clot or thrombus from arterial or veinous sites. Other embodiments are also included herein. |
| US10130378B2 |
Generating patient specific instruments for use as surgical aids
Systems and methods are provided for generating patient specific instruments for use as surgical guides. A region of interest within a body of a patient is scanned to provide a three-dimensional model of the region of interest. A first user is allowed to position a model of a selected implant with the three-dimensional model of the region of interest via a graphical user interface. A patient specific instrument model is generated from a generic patient specific instrument model according to the position of the model of the selected implant within the three-dimensional model of the region of interest and the position of at least one extension of the model that is not visible to the first user. A patient specific instrument is fabricated according to the patient specific instrument model. |
| US10130377B2 |
Plantar plate repair
A kit for plantar plate repair may include implants and instruments specific to the procedure, such as an implant assembly, a needle assembly, a distractor, a needle driver, and k-wires. Methods of assembling the items of the kit and methods of plantar plate repair are disclosed. |
| US10130375B2 |
Instruments and methods in performing kinematically-aligned total knee arthroplasty
Methods and instruments for performing a kinematically-aligned total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are disclosed. Goals of the kinematically-aligned TKA can include restoration of (1) the femoral and tibial joint lines to the patient's natural joint line, (2) the patient's Hip-Knee-Ankle alignment to their constitutional alignment prior to developing osteoarthritis and (3) restoration of the patient's natural soft tissue laxity and envelope. A shim block assembly can be used in resecting the distal medial and lateral condyles to account for cartilage wear on the distal condyles from osteoarthritis. The shim block assembly can include a plurality of shims, and each shim can be attachable to or integral with a reference block. At least one of the plurality of shims can have a medial portion with a thickness different from a thickness of a lateral portion of the shim. The shims need not be joined together as a single medial/lateral component but may be independent of one another. A particular shim can be selected for use based on matching the medial and lateral thicknesses with a determined wear of cartilage on the distal medial and lateral condyles. |
| US10130369B2 |
Tissue ligation devices and methods therefor
Described herein are tissue closure devices and methods for ligating a target tissue, such as the left atrial appendage. The tissue closure device may have an elongate body, a snare at least partially housed within the elongate body, a suture at least partially housed within the elongate body, and a tightening element coupled to the suture. The suture may have a suture loop, and the tightening element may be configured to decrease the size of the suture loop when the area of a tissue within the suture loop decreases. |
| US10130356B2 |
Devices and methods for percutaneous tricuspid valve repair
The present teachings provide devices and methods of treating a tricuspid valve regurgitation. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of identifying a suitable location on the tricuspid annulus, another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of placing a wire across the tricuspid annulus at such an identified location, another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of deploying a tissue anchor across such an identified location, and yet another aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods of applying tension to two or more of such tissue anchors and reducing the circumference of the tricuspid annulus. As a result, a regurgitation jet is reduced or eliminated. |
| US10130354B2 |
Limited sliding suture in suture anchor
Tensionable systems, devices, and methods for tissue repairs. A fixation device has a post and a flexible strand which passes around the post and is provided with one stop member on one side of the post, or with two stop members, one on each side of the post. Stop members allow a flexible strand to slide around the post and become fixed for approximation of tissue to tissue and tensioning. |
| US10130351B2 |
Eyelid speculum
An eyelid speculum used to hold the eyelids of a patient's eye open during a medical procedure includes two retractors which are configured to engage the edge of a patient's eyelid and a central opening between the retractors which permits the medical practitioner to view the cornea of a patient's eye during a medical procedure. The eyelid speculum can be provided in a sterile medical kit. |
| US10130344B2 |
Magnetic field-compatible components of a medical diagnostic and/or therapeutic system
A medical device assembly comprises a medical device comprising a shaft having proximal and distal end portions. The device further comprises a sensor at the distal end portion of the shaft that comprises first and second leads extending therefrom to the proximal end portion of the shaft. The device further comprises an electromechanical connector having a plurality of pins at a first end thereof. First and second of the pins are electrically connected to the first and second sensor leads, respectively, thereby forming a first partial magnetic loop between the first and second pins. The connector further comprises first and second jumpers electrically connecting the first pin and third pins, and second and fourth pins, respectively, thereby forming a second partial magnetic loop. The partial magnetic loops are configured to combine with partial magnetic loops of another connector to form a pair of magnetic noise cancellation loops. |
| US10130343B2 |
Intraosseous needle sets
An intraosseous needle set comprising a cannula is provided. The cannula has a first end, a second end, and a bore configured to receive a sample from a target area. The first end of the cannula is configured to penetrate the target area and has a plurality of teeth. The plurality of teeth may have at least one tooth that comprises a tapered surface. The plurality of teeth may each have a first side and a second side, where a length of the first side is less than a length of the second side. The first and second sides may intersect to define tips that are disposed at an angle between 0 and 30 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the cannula, and the first side of a first tooth and the second side of an adjacent tooth may also intersect at an angle between 55 and 80 degrees. |
| US10130341B2 |
Imaging system for imaging a periodically moving object
The invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a periodically moving object. An assigning unit (18) assigns ultrasound signals like A-lines to motion phases based on a provided phase signal, wherein an ultrasound images generation unit (19) generates several ultrasound images like gated M-mode images for the different motion phases based on the ultrasound signals assigned to the respective motion phase. The ultrasound images are temporally consecutively displayed on a display unit (21) for showing the periodic movement of the object (24). The resulting dynamic, movie-like image of the object allows a user like a physician to more reliably determine properties of the object like a thickness of a tissue wall, in particular, during an ablation procedure. The imaging system is therefore particularly useful for monitoring cardiac ablation procedures. |
| US10130340B2 |
Method and apparatus for needle visualization enhancement in ultrasound images
A method and an apparatus or needle visualization enhancement in ultrasound (US) imaging includes a Radon transform (RT) unit configured to perform RT on a sequence of frames to detect line features in the frames, where a frame includes US radio-frequency (RF) data obtained during monitoring the insertion of a needle into a subject or an US image reconstructed from the RF data. Further, a false needle feature removing unit is configured to remove line features which remain substantially stationary among the frames as false needles while locating a line feature which extends among the frames as the needle; and an overlaying unit is configured to overlay the location of the line feature as the needle on an US image of a frame to produce an enhanced image to be displayed. |
| US10130339B2 |
Ultrasound sensor and method of manufacturing thereof
An ultrasound sensor, including a plurality of ultrasound elements which include a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode and which are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, in which at least a portion of the plurality of ultrasound elements are grouped, at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is shared for each of the grouped ultrasound elements, bypass wiring is connected to at least one of the shared first electrode and second electrode, a following α value of the bypass wiring is greater than the α value of the first electrode or second electrode on which the bypass wiring is connected, and the electric resistance value per unit length of the bypass wiring is lower than that of the first electrode or the second electrode. α value=(Young's modulus of Constituent Material)×(cross-sectional area of wiring or electrode). |
| US10130337B2 |
Catheter
A catheter including a sheath configured to be inserted into a lumen; a drive shaft inserted into the sheath; an image information acquiring unit fixed to a distal end of the drive shaft and acquires image information; a hub which moves the drive shaft in an axial direction of the sheath; an outer tube on a proximal end side of the sheath and includes a first connector at a proximal end thereof; a second connector which includes on a proximal end side of the outer tube a male connector able to be connected to and disconnected from the first connector; and an inner tube on a distal end side of the hub, that moves with respect to the outer tube along with the movement of the hub. |
| US10130327B2 |
Radiotherapy apparatus
Intra-fraction movement of the patient puts at risk sensitive regions that are near to a radiation dose. In a radiotherapy system that delivers a dose as a series of discrete sub-doses, an initial CT scan is performed to determine the patient's position, after which the sub-doses that are directed to regions within a preset distance of a sensitive structure are performed first, while the sub-doses directed to regions that are more remote from a sensitive structure are performed later. |
| US10130324B2 |
Image analysis device and X-ray diagnostic apparatus
According to one embodiment, an image analysis device includes a parameter value acquisition unit, a color allocation unit and a time phase image generation unit. The parameter value acquisition unit acquires a parameter value per pixel, on the basis of time variation of pixel values per pixel corresponding to the same region of an object in image data of a plurality of sequential DSA images. The color allocation unit generates a color map in which a (chromatic) color in accordance with the parameter value is allocated per pixel corresponding to the same region of the object. The time phase image generation unit generates color image data of time phase images respectively corresponding to a plurality of time phases, by reflecting information in accordance with pixel values of the DSA images to each pixel of the color map. |
| US10130319B2 |
Radiation imaging
A device, comprising: a display component; and a drive component comprising a stack of layers defining an array of display pixel conductors each connected within the stack of layers to a drive conductor by a respective radiation-sensitive channel, wherein a change in the intensity of radiation to which a radiation-sensitive channel is exposed causes a change in the electric potential at the respective display pixel conductor relative to a drive voltage applied to the drive conductor and the change in the electric potential at the respective display pixel conductor causes a change in the display of the respective pixel area of the display component. |
| US10130315B2 |
Scanning bed control apparatus of medical imaging equipment
The present disclosure provides a scanning bed control apparatus of medical imaging equipment. According to an example of the present disclosure, this scanning bed control apparatus comprises a support table and a drive mechanism connected between the support table and the scanning bed of medical imaging equipment. This drive mechanism comprises a drive motor, a central frame and a drive unit set on the central frame. Where, an output end of the drive motor is connected with a gear, and a rack joggled with the gear is fixed on the central frame. When the drive motor drives the central frame to move back and forth by joggle between the gear and the rack, the drive unit may proceed two-stage drive following the back and forth movement of the central frame. |
| US10130310B2 |
Bedside controller for assessment of vessels and associated devices, systems, and methods
Devices, systems, and methods for evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a touch-sensitive display of a bedside controller, a screen display including: a visual representation of a first pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved from a distal position to a proximal position relative a stenosis and the first instrument remains stationary; and a first proximal pressure waveform and a first distal pressure waveform; receiving, through the touch-sensitive display of the bedside controller, a user touch input on the first proximal pressure waveform and/or the first distal pressure waveform identifying a time at which pressure measurements were obtained; and modifying the screen display, in response to the user touch input, to further include a visual representation of the obtained pressure measurements corresponding to the identified time. |
| US10130305B2 |
Device and methods for automated testing
A testing device which provides testing relating to a health parameter monitoring device and/or a health monitoring application run at a user device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises: a transceiver which receives a control signal from a controlling device; a health parameter monitoring device connection port which connects to the health parameter monitoring device; a user device connection port which connects to the user device; and a plurality of simulation apparatus configured to electronically recreate one or more physiological parameters of a user according to the control signal. The physiological parameters are monitored by the health parameter monitoring device, which provides a plurality of data relating thereto to the user device for entry within the health monitoring application. The user device outputs at least a display of the health monitoring application to the controlling device for analysis thereof. Systems and methods for performing testing are also provided. |
| US10130302B2 |
Via and trench filling using injection molded soldering
A method includes forming one or more vias in a substrate, forming at least one liner on at least one sidewall of at least one of the vias, and filling said at least one via with solder material using injection molded soldering. The at least one liner may comprise a solder adhesion layer, a barrier layer, or a combination of a barrier layer and a solder adhesion layer. |
| US10130297B2 |
Methods for assessing erythema
The present invention relates to methods for an objective and quantitative erythema documentation and analysis. In particular, the invention relates to a method for assessing erythema of a subject comprising the steps of measuring the light reflectance of a skin or mucosal area of the subject, obtaining the L* value and the a* value of said measurement according to the L*a*b* color space, and calculating the erythema value according to the formula (L*max−L*)×a*. |
| US10130296B2 |
Apparatus and method for noninvasively measuring bio-analyte and apparatus and method for diagnosing metabolic syndrome
An apparatus for noninvasively measuring a bio-analyte including a metering device configured to obtain at least one of light and electrical information representative of an amount of fibrous protein from skin of a subject; and a processor configured to determine information representative of an amount an analyte present in blood of the subject based on the obtained information representative of an amount of the fibrous protein. |
| US10130294B2 |
Detecting or validating a detection of a state change from a template of heart rate derivative shape or heart beat wave complex
Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting and/or validating a detection of a state change by matching the shape of one or more of an cardiac data series, a heart rate variability data series, or at least a portion of a heart beat complex, derived from cardiac data, to an appropriate template. |
| US10130293B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for measuring urine flow and/or quantity
An apparatus for measuring at least one measure related to urination of an individual such as urine flow rate and/or urine quantity. The apparatus is configured to produce acoustic and/or electromagnetic signals indicative of the at least one urination measure upon having urine applied thereover. The invention also provides systems and methods that detect the acoustic and/or electromagnetic signals originating from the apparatus being used by the individual and analyze the detected signals to calculate the at least one measure therefrom by using a designated application module operable via an end device using acoustic sensing means or data receiving means of the end device for detecting the acoustic and/or electromagnetic signals. |
| US10130291B2 |
Method for data reduction and calibration of an OCT-based physiological monitor
The present invention relates to a method and system for estimating blood analyte levels using a noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) based physiological monitor. An algorithm correlates OCT-based estimated blood analyte data with actual blood analyte data determined by other methods, such as invasively. OCT-based data is fit to the obtained blood analyte measurements to achieve the best correlation. Once the algorithm has generated sets of estimated blood analyte levels, it may refine the number of sets by applying one or more mathematical filters. The OCT-based physiological monitor can be calibrated using an Intensity Difference plot or the Pearson Product Moment Correlation method. |
| US10130290B1 |
Non-enzymatic glucose-sensing device with nanoporous structure and conditioning of the nanoporous structure
This disclosure relates to a nanoporous composition including a number of clusters of nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid, a nanoporous layer formed of the nanoporous composition, a glucose-oxidation electrode including the nanoporous layer, and a glucose-sensing device and system including the glucose-oxidation electrode. This disclosure also relates to a method of making the nanoporous composition, the nanoporous layer, the glucose-oxidation electrode and the glucose-sensing device and system. Further, this disclosure also relates to devices, systems and methods for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood glucose monitoring (BGM). |
| US10130287B2 |
Hearing test system
Techniques are described for improving results of hearing tests. For example, the hearing tests described herein may be divided into multiple hearing test segments which may be provided to the test subject individually. Additionally, the hearing test may include multiple cognitive test segments that may be interleaved between the hearing test segments to gauge the test subject's awareness level. |
| US10130284B2 |
Method and device for measuring a component in exhaled breath
A device for measuring a component in exhaled breath comprising an inlet (32) for receiving exhaled breath, a buffer chamber (31). A first fluid conduit (34a) is in fluid connection with the inlet and adapted to lead a first portion (Γ) of the exhaled breath to the buffer chamber. The buffer chamber comprises an outlet (37) for discarding a first part of exhaled breath received from the first fluid conduit and the buffer chamber is configured to buffer a second part of exhaled breath received from the first fluid conduit. The device comprises a second fluid conduit (34b) in fluid connection with the inlet and adapted to lead a second portion (I″) of the exhaled breath to be discarded, and a sensor (63) for measuring a component in the exhaled breath buffered in the buffer chamber. |
| US10130283B2 |
Medical device for analyte monitoring and drug delivery
The invention relates to an ingestible, implantable or wearable medical device comprising a microarray which comprises a bioactive agent capable of interacting with a disease marker biological analyte; a reservoir which comprises at least one therapeutic agent and is capable of releasing the therapeutic agent(s) from the medical device; and a plurality of microchips comprising a microarray scanning device capable of obtaining physical parameter data of an interaction between the disease marker biological analyte with the bioactive agent; a biometric recognition device capable of comparing the physical parameter data with an analyte interaction profile; optionally a therapeutic agent releasing device capable of controlling release of the therapeutic agent from the reservoirs; an interface device capable of facilitating communications between the microarray scanning device, biometric recognition device and the therapeutic agent releasing device; and an energy source to power the medical device. Specifically, the invention relates to a medical device capable of detecting an analyte in a bodily fluid comprising at least one microneedle capable of obtaining a sample of a bodily fluid, a first microchannel through which the sample flows and is in fluid communication with the at least one microneedle, a second microchannel in fluid communication with the first microchannel, through which a buffer flows, wherein the second channel comprises a microarray with a bioactive agent, a microarray scanning device to detect an interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte in the bodily fluid; and an interface device. |
| US10130282B2 |
Verification that a patient with an implantable medical system can undergo a magnetic resonance imaging scan
Verification that an implantable medical system within a patient is MRI safe is provided. Several verifications may be performed such as verifying that the device and leads are of an MRI safe type, that the leads have adequate electrical integrity, that the device has entered an MRI safe mode, that the lead routing and device placement are MRI safe, and that the MRI settings of the MRI machine are safe for the implantable medical system. The result of these verifications may lead to a conclusion that the implantable medical system of interest is or is not MRI safe for a given MRI scan. An indication of this result may be output such as via a display so that an MRI technician can have some assurance as to whether to conduct the MRI scan. |
| US10130279B2 |
Portable apparatus and method of changing screen of content thereof
A portable apparatus and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus are provided. The portable apparatus includes changing a displayed content in response to an increase in a visual fatigue and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus. Some of disclosed various embodiments provide a portable apparatus that calculates a visual fatigue by using user electroencephalogram (EEG) information received from a wearable apparatus and changing a displayed content into another content in response to an increase in the calculated visual fatigue, and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus. |
| US10130275B2 |
Method and apparatus for autonomic nervous system sensitivity-point testing
A method for autonomic nervous system sensitivity-point testing on a skin of a patient is described. The method includes generating an electrotherapy signal that stimulates a vagal response of an autonomic nervous system of the patient when the patient is tested. The method further includes providing an electrically conductive tip that electrically contacts but does not puncture the skin when the patient is tested and coupling the electrotherapy signal to the electrically conductive tip. |
| US10130274B2 |
PDMS-based stretchable multi-electrode and chemotrode array for epidural and subdural neuronal recording, electrical stimulation and drug delivery
An implantable device for the electrical and/or pharmaceutical stimulation of the central nervous system, especially the spinal cord, is suggested. The device comprises a conformable substrate which is primarily composed of a flexible and stretchable polymer, and a plurality of flexible electrodes and conductive leads embedded in the conformable substrate. Not only the substrate, but also the leads are stretchable. The substrate may consist of PDMS, and the leads may consist of a conductive PDMS, in particular, PDMS with an electrically conductive filler material, and may optionally be metal-coated. The device defines a multi-electrode array which may be employed for neurostimulation in the epidural or subdural space of an animal or human. |
| US10130270B2 |
Electronic blood pressure monitor
An electronic blood pressure monitor retrieves a pulsewave signal that is superimposed on a cuff pressure signal and indicates a pulsewave at a measurement site, and acquires a string of pulsewave amplitudes indicated by the pulsewave signal. A first envelope connects the amplitudes created for the acquired string of pulsewave amplitudes. Local maxima and minima in the first envelope are detected. With respect to the strings of amplitudes corresponding respectively to the local maxima and minima, a local-maximum envelope and a local-minimum envelope connecting the amplitudes are created. Two pressure values at points at which portions on the high-pressure-side and low-pressure-side with respect to the maximum peaks of the local-maximum envelope and the local-minimum envelope respectively cross first and second threshold levels are obtained, and the average values of each pair of pressure values are calculated as the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure respectively. |
| US10130268B2 |
Wireless MEMS left atrial pressure sensor
Systems for monitoring left atrial pressure using implantable cardiac monitoring devices and, more specifically, to a left atrial pressure sensor implanted through a septal wall are presented herein. |
| US10130266B2 |
Method and system for prediction of post-stenting hemodynamic metrics for treatment planning of arterial stenosis
A method and system for prediction of post-stenting hemodynamic metrics for treatment planning of arterial stenosis is disclosed. A pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries is extracted from medical image data of a patient Blood flow is simulated in the pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries with a modified pressure-drop model that simulates an effect of stenting on a target stenosis region used to compute a pressure drop over the target stenosis region. Parameter values for the modified pressure-drop model are set without modifying the pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries. A predicted post-stenting hemodynamic metric for the target stenosis region, such as fractional flow reserve (FFR), is calculated based on the pressure-drop over the target stenosis region computed using the modified pressure-drop model. |
| US10130265B1 |
Animal tag system
Apparatus and method for managing animals such as but not limited to livestock. In some embodiments, an ear tag assembly has a main body, a backing member and a shaft that extends through an aperture through an outer ear of an animal to interconnect the main body and the backing member. A primary temperature sensor obtains an outer ear temperature of the outer ear. An ambient temperature sensor obtains an ambient temperature of a surrounding environment external to the animal. A control circuit receives the outer ear and ambient temperatures and determines a state of the animal responsive to a comparison of the outer ear temperature and the ambient temperature over a selected time interval. |
| US10130263B2 |
Photoacoustic measuring apparatus
A photoacoustic measuring apparatus includes a light source, a movable holding unit which holds an object, a light diffusing unit which fixes the distance between the light diffusing unit and the holding unit and diffuses light incident from the light source, and an acoustic wave obtaining unit which obtains an acoustic wave generated from the object by the light emitted via the holding unit and the light diffusing unit. |
| US10130261B2 |
Detecting physiological responses while taking into account consumption of confounding substances
Described herein are systems and methods for detecting a physiological response based on thermal measurements while accounting for consumption of a confounding substance such as a medication, alcohol, caffeine, or nicotine. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer and an inward-facing head-mounted thermal camera (CAM) that takes thermal measurements of a region of interest (THROI) on a user's face. The computer receives an indication indicative of the user consuming a confounding substance that affects THROI, and detects the physiological response while the consumed confounding substance affects THROI. The detection is based on THROI, the indication and a model. Optionally, the model was trained on: a first set of THROI taken while the confounding substance affected THROI, and a second set of THROI taken while the confounding substance did not affect THROI. |
| US10130260B2 |
Multi-spectral tissue imaging
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for multi-spectral imaging of tissue to obtain information about the distribution of fluorophores and chromophores in the tissue. Using specific spectral bands for illumination and specific spectral bands for detection, the signal-to-noise ratio and information related to the distribution of specific fluorophores is enhanced as compared to UV photography, which uses a single RGB image. Furthermore, the chromophore distribution information derived from the multi-spectral absorption images can be used to correct the fluorescence measurements. The combined fluorescence, absorption, and broadband reflectance data can be analyzed for disease diagnosis and skin feature detection. |
| US10130258B2 |
Assistive sample collection and storage assembly
An assistive sample collection and storage assembly for collecting, transferring and storing a biological sample includes a sample collection device having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to receive a sample collection member. The assembly includes a sample storage device comprising a sample substrate configured to receive at least a portion of the biological sample from the sample collection member. The assembly is configured to exist in a first state and a second state. The sample collection member is disposed at a determined distance from the sample substrate in the first state. At least a portion of the sample collection member is in physical contact with at least a portion of the sample substrate in the second state. The sample collection member is configured to apply a determined amount of contact force between the collection member and the sample substrate in the second state of the assembly. |
| US10130256B2 |
Medical device with optical transfer of data and optical reading device for receiving such data
The invention relates to a medical device in combination with an optical reading device comprising at least one sensor, a meter display for displaying a matrix of pixels and a meter control unit adapted for controlling the meter display so that at least one measurement value measured by the sensor and/or a value derived thereof is encoded in an optical machine-readable signal, wherein the optical reading device is adapted to read the optical machine-readable signal from the medical device, to decode the optical machine-readable signal and to generate a message corresponding to the decoded optical machine-readable signal. |
| US10130254B2 |
Cell-level retinal disease detection apparatus
Provided is a cell-level retinal disease detection apparatus including a light imaging means configured to emit light to an eyeball and a light processing means which receives light reflected by the eyeball and processes and compensates light for an astigmatism aberration thereof which occurs at the eyeball to compensate. Here, the light processing means includes a wavefront sensor which senses the astigmatism aberration of the reflected light which occurs due to the eyeball and a light compensation mirror which compensates the light based on the sensed astigmatism aberration, and compensates for a difference in the astigmatism aberration to detect a disease of a retina of the eyeball. |
| US10130251B2 |
Vision testing device and vision testing program
A vision testing device and a vision testing program are capable of obtaining a correct test result while reducing an accumulation of fatigue added on one of the eyes of a testee, including: image displays that present a light for suppressing a dark adaptation for both eyes of a testee; and image displays that present a target for an eye (L, R, or both) of the testee so that the target is presented for one of the eyes before the vision testing for the other eye is ended. |
| US10130250B2 |
OCT data processing apparatus and OCT data processing program
An OCT data processing device for processing OCT data of a subject eye includes: a processor; and memory storing computer readable program, when executed by the processor, causing the OCT data processing device to execute: acquiring OCT data from an OCT optical system; and analyzing the acquired OCT data to acquire arteriovenous information on the blood vessel based on image information on a blood vessel scan area including a blood vessel of the subject eye. |
| US10130245B2 |
Endoscope apparatus
In order to perform a superior observation, in which halation is less likely to occur, by achieving uniform illumination from near sites to far sites and by ensuring a satisfactory light distribution and brightness, both when performing normal observation and when performing near-field observation, an endoscope apparatus includes an observation optical system that is provided at a distal end of an inserted portion of the endoscope apparatus to observe an observation subject and a plurality of illumination optical systems that are provided in the inserted portion and that illuminate the same viewing field by distributing illumination light emitted from a light source over the observation subject, wherein, of the plurality of the illumination optical systems, the distance from the observation optical system to the widest-angle illumination optical system is smaller than the distance from the observation optical system to the narrowest-angle illumination optical system. |
| US10130243B2 |
Image-based feedback endoscopy system
The image-based feedback endoscopy system includes a steering apparatus having a base platform, a pair of servomotors, a rigid tube, and a biasing member. A flexion member has a tether member and a ball screw, the tether member being in communication with the biasing member. The image-based feedback endoscopy system further includes an endoscope having a tip. The endoscope is positioned through the concentric spring such that the tip extends from the biasing member. The endoscope is in communication with the flexion member such that the endoscope is selectively movable by the pair of servomotors selectively controlling the flexion member. The endoscope includes a piezo actuator, a scanning fiber, a lens assembly, and collection fibers. The image-based feedback endoscopy system also includes an image based feedback algorithm, which selectively controls the operation of the pair of servo motors. |
| US10130238B2 |
Turbidity sensor assembly including an integral water level indicator
A turbidity sensor assembly for a dishwasher appliance is provided. The turbidity sensor assembly measures the turbidity of wash fluid in a manner similar to conventional turbidity sensors, but also includes an integral water level indicator. The water level indicator is an opaque buoyant ball that rises and falls with the water level to provide a water level indication that can be used to shut off the drain pump when the sump is empty. More specifically, when the water level drops below a predetermined level, the opaque ball blocks the transmission of light between the emitter and receiver of the turbidity sensor, thus indicating that the sump is almost empty. As a result, the pump operating during a drain cycle need only operate long enough to drain the sump, and this may be achieved without an additional measuring device or complicated control system. |
| US10130235B2 |
Vacuum cleaner with fluid distribution system
A vacuum cleaner is provided with a dispensing system for applying a treating agent stored on the vacuum cleaner to the surface to be cleaned. The dispensing system can include at least one container for storing a supply of treating agent and a dispenser for dispensing the treating agent to the surface to be cleaned. The dispensing system uses filtered working exhaust air to blow treating agent off the treating agent dispenser. |
| US10130232B2 |
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
System, apparatuses, and methods for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space are provided. A system for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space comprises a plurality of sensors, a plurality of motorized transport units, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: receive a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer, determine at least one available shopping container based on data collected by the plurality of sensors, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer, select an available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device, select a motorized transport unit to transport the available shopping container, and provide instructions to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer. |
| US10130231B2 |
Floor cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a floor
An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus. |
| US10130229B2 |
Efficient surface treating machine
A machine for treating a surface lying in an XY plane. The machine includes a body, a body plate, a cleaning plate, a drive assembly and an attachment assembly. The cleaning plate is located between the body plate and the XY plane. The drive assembly is connected to the cleaning plate to drive the cleaning plate with a cleaning vibration in an oscillating pattern parallel to the XY plane. The attachment assembly flexibly attaches the cleaning plate to the body plate to permit the cleaning plate to vibrate relative to the body plate and to isolate the cleaning vibration from the body. A connector is attached to the body for connecting to a member, such as a handle, to move the machine in the XY plane. |
| US10130224B2 |
Vacuum accessory tool
A vacuum accessory tool comprises a nozzle body defining an interior, with an opening formed in the nozzle body and a working air conduit provided on the nozzle body in fluid communication with the opening via the interior. A hair removal assembly is associated with the nozzle body, and can include nubs from a flexible polymeric material adapted to generate an electrostatic charge when the tool moves over and in contact with a carpet surface. |
| US10130221B2 |
Optimizing a dispensing parameter of a product dispenser based on product usage data
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for optimizing performance of a product dispenser are provided herein. Depending on the circumstances surrounding the product dispenser (e.g., the environment, the type or habits of users or individual users, etc.), initial dispensing parameter settings of the product dispenser may be undesirable. Using monitored usage data, optimized dispensing parameters can be determined to achieve more desirable usage of the product dispenser (e.g., decrease waste, power save, increase efficiency, etc.). Additionally, using bounding parameters and/or information from the environment (e.g., nearby product dispensers) can lead to further optimized performance of the product dispenser. User or group specific optimized dispensing parameters can also be determined and used. |
| US10130220B2 |
Bathtub/shower tray support
A floor support structure for a bathtub or a shower tray floor, taking the form of a separate element to be used in conjunction with a traditional bathtub or shower tray floor, or as a unitary shower tray floor formed with the support structure integrated therein. The supports include a hollow plastic shell having a lower surface for lying on a planar subfloor, an upper surface contoured to the desired shape and a peripheral sidewall extending there between. Preferably, a drain hole is formed in the plastic shell which also interconnects the upper and lower surfaces thereby defining a hollow interior cavity. The cavity is filled with expandable thermoplastic foam beads which are expanded in place with steam in order to substantially fill the interior cavity thermally bonding the beads together and to the shell interior wall. The expanded foam bead is capable of being compressed without substantial permanent set. |
| US10130219B2 |
Shower storage and assist assembly
A storage and assist assembly for a shower includes a first member, a second member, and an elongated member. The first member is configured to be coupled to an upper portion of a fixed wall member. The second member is configured to be coupled to a lower portion of the fixed wall member. The elongated member is removably coupled between the first and second members and is configured to receive one or more storage accessories thereon. |
| US10130218B2 |
Automatic seasoning adding apparatus applicable in fully automated cooking machine
An automatic seasoning adding apparatus applicable in a fully automated cooking machine comprises a machine frame (100), a wok lid (200), a hollow shaft (31), a wok lid controlling assembly (3), and a seasoning pumping assembly (40). The wok lid is provided with an opening to be fixedly connected to and in communication with the hollow shaft. The wok lid controlling assembly is provided on the machine frame and is slidingly engaged with the hollow shaft to control the wok lid to cover/uncover a wok (20). The seasoning pumping assembly comprises a plurality of peristaltic pumps (41). All the peristaltic pumps are connected to a master control device (7) to receive a command issued by the master control device on the basis of a preset recipe program, and pump, on the basis of the command, an appropriate amount of the liquid seasoning. |
| US10130213B2 |
Cooking splatter protection device
A cooking splatter guard is provided that includes a surface extending up from a top edge of a cooking implement at an angle. The angle formed between a plane defined by a top edge of the cooking implement and the surface is greater than 90 degrees. The surface forms a friction fit with the top edge of the cooking implement. A lip of the cooking implement formed by the top edge the cooking implement is a same size or slightly smaller than a bottom edge of the cooking splatter guard. |
| US10130212B2 |
Adjustable height grilling grate assembly
An adjustable height grilling grate assembly includes a grate having a perimeter edge. A lift is attached to the grate for lifting or lowering the grate. The lift comprises a pair of vertical supports and a spindle is rotatably attached to and extends between each of the vertical supports. A pair of cables is attached to the spindle and are wound onto the spindle when the spindle is rotated in a first direction and unwound from the spindle when the spindle is rotated in a second direction. Each of the cables terminates with a connector and the connectors are attached to the grate. A pair of couplers is provided and each the vertical supports has one of the couplers slidably mounted thereto. The couplers engage the perimeter edge of the grate to retain the grate in a horizontal orientation when the vertical supports are in a vertical orientation. |
| US10130211B2 |
Machine and system for the preparation of liquid products using capsules
A machine for preparing liquid food products using capsules includes a dispensing assembly, a loading arrangement, an actuation system and a control system, including a processor, a non-volatile memory and an optical sensor device for acquiring characteristic information associated to an end wall of the body of a capsule. The actuation system is prearranged so that movements of the first part and the second part of the infusion chamber take place in a direction generally transverse to a direction of movement of the capsule determined by the insertion guide. The optical sensor device is mounted laterally with respect to the insertion guide. The loading arrangement has first retaining elements, which define an intermediate retention position of the capsule, in such a way that the control system is able to acquire the characteristic information by the optical sensor device when the capsule is in the intermediate position of retention. The first retaining elements can be switched from the respective condition of retention to a respective condition of release of the capsule by applying a force to the capsule. |
| US10130210B2 |
Beverage preparation device
The invention relates to a beverage preparation device (1), in particular a coffee machine, comprising a first outlet (4) and a second outlet (5) which are connected, preferably, to a common supply line (10), also comprising adjusting means for adjusting the distance between the first (4) and the second outlet (5). |
| US10130209B2 |
Beverage brewing product
A beverage brewing product for brewing a sweetened beverage is disclosed which produces a sweetened beverage solution that can be mixed with a diluting liquid and which comprises at least one water permeable sieve and/or a dissolvable film packet wherein beverage material and granulated sweetener are contained. The beverage material and sweetener are brewed and dissolved during steeping in hot water to produce a sweetened beverage solution. The beverage solution, if concentrated, is then mixed with a proportioned amount of diluting liquid to make a consistently sweet beverage. This beverage brewing product may be used to produce a variety of consistently sweetened beverages, including tea, coffee, lemonade, and other sweetened beverages. |
| US10130205B2 |
Temperature sensing system for a cooking appliance
A cooking appliance including a temperature sensing system having an upper housing having a first heating surface and a lower housing having a second heating surface includes a temperature sensing probe, a control panel and a control unit in electrical communication with the temperature sensing probe and the control panel. The temperature sensing probe is removably received by the upper housing and extends through the first heating surface. The control panel has one or more input buttons for allowing a user to select at least one input parameter including a desired internal temperature of a food item. |
| US10130202B1 |
Flexible straw and system and method of manufacturing the same
A machine for forming a flexible paper drinking straw by forming annular corrugations in a tube includes a plurality of corrugating elements and means for moving the tube against the corrugating elements. Each of the corrugating elements is spaced apart from each other in both a lateral direction and a forward direction. The corrugating machine includes an assembly spool and a drum mounted to a side of the assembly spool for rotation about a common axis. A mandrel is mounted to the drum for reciprocation into and out of the spool assembly, to carry the tube against the corrugating elements mounted in an arc defined about the common axis. |
| US10130200B2 |
Utensil
A serving utensil comprises a handle having a gripping portion that is gripped by the user, A serving receptacle is operatively connected to the handle. There is mounted to the serving utensil a serving scraper having a resilient arm with a bowed shape. The resilient arm has a scraping end and a mounting end. A mounting means at the mounting end is for mounting the resilient arm to the serving utensil forwardly of the gripping portion of the utensil used to grip the utensil and rearwardly of the serving-receptacle. A scraper-remover is disposed at the scraper end of the resilient arm so that food can be scraped off of the food receptacle of the utensil when the serving scraper is actuated by the user. |
| US10130199B2 |
Cake stacking system
A cake stacking system for supporting a multi-tiered cake includes a center rod that extends from a bottom of a base tier of the multi-tiered cake to an interior portion of an uppermost tier of the multi-tiered cake, and a plurality of peripheral rods arranged around the center rod, the plurality of peripheral rods disposed in each tier of the multi-tiered cake except for the uppermost tier of the multi-tiered cake. The center rod includes at least one first rod having a first height and one second rod having a second height. The first height is greater than the second height. Each peripheral rod includes a tubular member and a flange coupled to one end of the tubular member. The flange maintains a vertical position of the tubular member and supports a bottom surface of an above tier of the multi-tiered cake. |
| US10130197B2 |
Support material having an hourglass shape
A support material having an hourglass shape reduces the cost of manufacturing as well as increasing comfort and air circulation. The support material includes a primary end having a primary diameter located opposite a secondary end having a secondary diameter. A substantially central portion of the support material has a tertiary diameter being a size less than the primary and secondary diameters. Additional improvements include an improved outer wall surface of the support material having at least one recess. The at least one recess can retain a substance such as a cooling gel. |
| US10130196B2 |
Product display shelf, system and method
A product display shelf, system and method are disclosed. The product display system includes a shelf unit having a back shelf portion and a front shelf portion. The back shelf portion includes a first connecting element for releasably attaching the back shelf portion to an electrically powered support member, and the front shelf portion includes a second connecting element for releasably attaching the front shelf portion to the back shelf portion. The front shelf portion can also include a body portion and a display panel connected to or integral with the body portion, suitable for displaying information to a user. |
| US10130194B1 |
Tool hanger
A tool hanger is provided, including: a base, configured to be slidably assembled within a track slot and including a wide section and at least one narrow section in a first direction, the wide section defining a first length dimension in a second direction, each narrow section defining a second length dimension in the second direction, the first length dimension is greater than the short side dimension, at least one side of the wide section having a resilient convex portion which is projecting toward the second direction; a socket combination member, rotatably attached to the base; wherein one of the base and the socket combination member has a hole, the other has a combination structure which is rotatably assembly within the hole. A tool hanger is also provided, including: a holder body and a base. |
| US10130189B2 |
Laminated textile materials that reduce flame propagation, articles incorporating same, and methods of making same
A method of producing a flame resistant ticking includes laminating a flame resistant substrate to a decorative fabric, wherein the substrate is configured to release a chemical vapor that reduces the rate of propagation of a flame along the decorative fabric when the decorative fabric is exposed to flame. The substrate is laminated in direct contact with the inside surface of the decorative fabric. In some embodiments, the laminated ticking is configured to release less than 15 MJ of heat in the first ten minutes when exposed to a flame in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in 16 CFR 1633. Upholstered articles, such as mattresses, mattress foundations, and articles of furniture, may incorporate the flame resistant ticking layer. |
| US10130186B2 |
Height adjustable armrest
An adjustable armrest assembly including a base configured to be mounted on a side of seat, an armrest, and an adjustment assembly configured to adjustably couple the armrest to the base. The adjustment assembly includes first and second rows of grooves, an adjustment slot located between the first and second rows of grooves, a clip stopper configured to selectively engage the first and second rows of grooves, and a threaded stud coupling the clip stopper to the armrest. When the armrest is rotated in a first direction, teeth of the clip stopper disengage a first pair of grooves and permit the armrest to slide relative to the adjustment slot to adjust the armrest into a desired position. When the armrest is rotated in a second direction, the teeth of the clip stopper engage a second pair of grooves to set the armrest in the desired position. |
| US10130185B2 |
Adjustable lumbar support for upholstery furniture
An adjustable lumbar support mechanism and motion upholstery furniture having the same are provided. The adjustable lumbar support mechanism includes a lumbar support member that is coupled to a lumbar support link. The lumbar support link is coupled to a lumbar support mounting plate. An actuating mechanism is coupled to the lumbar support link such that when an extendable shaft of the actuating mechanism shifts from a retracted to an extended configuration, the lumbar support member rotates away from a back portion of a seat back and towards the seat to provide lumbar support to an occupant sitting in the furniture. |
| US10130177B2 |
Stock level indication apparatus and method
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to provide a visual indication of a weight of products stocked on a display assembly, such as a shelf of a shelving unit. The visual indication is provided by virtue of the display assembly having a product support member with a curved configuration that sequentially flattens as additional weight is added thereto. A laser device can be mounted proximate to the assembly and oriented to determine a distance to the product support member and a control circuit can be configured to receive the distance and analyze the distance to determine a deflection of the product support member to determine a current stock level. |
| US10130175B2 |
Wheel-mounted carpet protector
A wheel-mounted carpet protector configured to receive a wheel. The wheel-mounted carpet protector includes a housing which includes a base and a sidewall. The base includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The sidewall includes an inner surface. The upper surface of the base and the inner surface of the sidewall define a cavity, wherein the cavity receives a wheel of a furniture leg. The lower surface of the base slidably engages with a carpet such that the wheeled furniture is capable of freely sliding across the carpet without damaging the carpet. In some embodiments, the cavity includes a channel that the wheel rests on such that the wheel is centered within the wheel-mounted carpet protector to provide an even distribution of force along the lower surface of the base. |
| US10130174B2 |
Interlocking stabilizing device
A stabilization device comprising of two identical pieces is disclosed. The pieces can be used individually as stabilizing shims, or it can be interlocked with one another such that it creates an adjustable stabilizer that can be reused again. The piece comprises of an external surface, an internal surface, an interlocking channel within the internal surface, and an interlocking guide that can be inserted into said interlocking channel. |
| US10130173B2 |
Method of installing apron-front sink
A method of installing an apron-front sink to a cabinet includes inserting a portion of an apron-front sink through an opening in a front panel of a cabinet. The apron-front sink has an apron that is wider than the opening and conceals edges of the opening. |
| US10130170B1 |
Height adjustable support surface and system for encouraging human movement and promoting wellness
A method for controlling a height adjustable workstation that includes a worktop supported by a frame and a vertical displacement drive mechanism controllable to change the elevation of the worktop to different worktop elevation positions, the method comprising, using a processor linked to the drive mechanism to perform the steps of tracking periods during which the worktop is in various worktop elevation positions, using the tracked periods to identify times at which to present reminders to a workstation user to change a current worktop elevation position to a standing elevation position and at the identified times, controlling the drive mechanism to automatically change the worktop height from the current worktop elevation position to another elevation position that is distinct from any standing elevation position to encourage a workstation user to raise the worktop to a standing elevation position. |
| US10130167B1 |
Foldable table
A foldable table having a deployment condition and a folded condition. The table includes a tabletop consisting of three equal-sized sectors, where the first and second sectors, the second and third sectors are rotatably joined together along adjacent side edges. Each leg support includes a depressed area configured to accommodate a portion of a respective sector and engage a side edge of the sector when the table is in the folded condition. |
| US10130165B2 |
Dry brush assembly and method of operating dry brush assembly for cleaning solar panel modules
A solar panel cleaning brush assembly including a trolley frame having parallel first and second side frame members. A first guide member is connected to the first side frame member. A second guide member is connected to the second side frame member. A first belt rotatably disposed about a perimeter of the first guide member directly contacts a first array edge of a solar panel array. A second belt rotatably disposed about a perimeter of the second guide member directly contacts a second array edge of the solar panel array. At least one brush set is connected to the trolley frame, the at least one brush set having multiple fixed, non-rotating brushes each frictionally contacting and spanning across a module face of individual ones of multiple solar panel modules defining a solar panel array. |
| US10130163B2 |
Backpack for convenient charging
A backpack for convenient charging, the backpack comprising: a backpack body with a battery storage space to accommodate a storage battery unit; at least one strap connected to the backpack body, where at least one strap has a fixture for fixing a product to be charged and a power cable output port proximal to the fixture; wherein the backpack body further includes at least one cable passage leading from the battery storage space to the power cable output port to accommodate at least one power cable each with a first end and a second end, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end of the at least one power cable is connected to the storage battery unit to be charged. |
| US10130159B2 |
Automatic skin care device and method
A method provided for automatic skin care applied in an automatic skin care device capable of communicating with a cloud sever includes the following steps. An image of a skin of the user is captured and converted into a medical image. The medical image is transmitted to the cloud server, allowing an authorized user of the cloud server to analyze the medical image to determine a state of the skin of the user and determine a skin care suggestion corresponding to the determined state of the skin. The determined state of the skin and the determined skin care suggestion is obtained. The skin is cleaned and/or maintained according to the determined skin care suggestion. |
| US10130155B2 |
Applicator having a stem connected to an applicator element by an articulation
The present invention relates to an applicator comprising: —a gripping member (7), —a stem (6), of longitudinal axis X, connected by its first end to the gripping member (7), —an applicator element (20) connected to a second end of the stem (6) by an articulation comprising a ball joint (206), characterized in that the articulation comprises a rotation axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis X of the stem (6), and the stem (6) is in one piece, and the applicator element (20) is made of metal, ceramic or glass. |
| US10130152B2 |
Electronic luggage device
According to an exemplary embodiment, an electronic luggage device may be disclosed. The electronic luggage device may be fully TSA and FAA compliant. The device may be capable of communicating both wirelessly and by wired connection(s) to other devices. The electronic luggage device may also charge other devices by battery and in turn be charged by other electric power facilities. The electronic luggage device may have GPS capabilities, an intelligent “sleep-mode,” multiple various charging and communicatory ports, a recessed telescoping handle fixture, a hidden battery compartment, and a high capacity removable battery. The removable battery may be retained by any locking means understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art. The removable battery may be automatically or manually ejected. This may be accomplished by a spring-loaded force, a slot and rail system, or equivalents as would be understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art. |
| US10130150B2 |
Luggage assembly and a frame
Some embodiments are directed to a luggage assembly, and frame, wherein the luggage assembly includes a luggage item and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes at least one front wheel, and rear wheels which are all moveable between a folded and an unfolded position. The folded positions of the wheels are within the luggage assembly. The unfolded position of the rear wheels is behind the luggage assembly and the unfolded position of the front wheel is below the luggage assembly. When the wheels are in the unfolded position and the luggage assembly is arranged on the wheels on the ground, the luggage item is tilted and a projected point of gravity of the luggage item is in between the wheels. The disclosed luggage assembly is suitable for being pushed and being pulled, is very stable and provides a stable road behavior. |
| US10130148B1 |
Snap button
A snap button has a female portion formed from a cap and a socket that are connected together with a piece of fabric in between. The cap is formed from a base body having a circumferential flange with interruptions therein so that the flange can be bent outward during assembly. The socket is formed by a disc having a central aperture and a peripheral rim, as well as an annular insert disposed within the socket. The cap is connected to the socket by pressing the socket onto the cap until the flange bends around the annular insert to anchor the cap to the socket with the fabric trapped between. A male portion having a stud is connected to the female portion by snapping the stud into the socket such that the stud extends entirely through the socket and into the cap. |
| US10130144B1 |
Method for making a shoe in a three dimensional manner
A method for making a shoe in a three dimensional manner includes: a step of sewing and weaving, a step of prototyping, a step of inserting an insole, a step of seaming, a step of inserting a shoe tree, a step of pressing which includes: preparing a sole mold filled with a semi-cured sole, and a decorative-member mold filled with a semi-cured decorative member, pushing the decorative-member mold against the vamp with the semi-cured decorative members and the semi-cured sole pressed against the bottom surface; and a step of heating which includes: heating the cloth sleeve to melt the semi-cured sole and decorative members; the decorative members and the sole will be fully cured. |
| US10130140B2 |
Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance
The disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof including an outsole with a ground-facing crosslinked polymeric network film having a swell thickness increase at 1 hour greater than 20%. The outsoles can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields. When the outsoles are wetted with water, the outsoles can become more compliant and/or can rapidly uptake and/or expel water, which can prevent soil from adhering to the outsole and/or can assist in shedding soil present on the outsole. |
| US10130138B2 |
Exoskeletal boot
A walking boot and a boot frame. The boot frame can be formed to receive the walking boot. The walking boot can be secured within the boot frame via one or more buckles. The walking boot can have an externally mounted tongue that can be tensioned via the use of one or more laces and associated tensioning mechanisms. The tongue can be molded to conform to a user's foot and leg while the tensioning mechanisms secure the user's foot and leg within the walking boot. In some embodiments, the boot frame has an open heel to capture the walking boot. In some other embodiments, the boot frame has a rotatable heel configured to pivot away from the toe and receive a heel of the walking boot for easy coupling of the walking boot to the boot frame. |
| US10130136B2 |
Article of footwear having a textile upper
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. Various warp or weft knitting processes, including flat knitting, may be utilized to form the textile element. |
| US10130132B2 |
Hair bundle apparatus and method of manufacturing same
A hair bundle apparatus is provided. The hair bundle apparatus includes: a first section comprising a loop member, a first end and a second end, wherein the first section is constructed of a first material comprising one of synthetic hair, an elastic band, wire, and thread; a second section comprising a locking member; and a third section comprising a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third section is constructed of a second material comprising human hair. |
| US10130123B2 |
Vaporizer devices with blow discrimination
Methods and apparatuses for discriminating between user blowing and drawing (sucking) in an electronic vaporization device. Described herein are electronic aerosol devices and methods of controlling or operating them which can accurately differentiate between blowing and drawing (sucking) through the mouthpiece and adjust the control of the vaporizer accordingly. |
| US10130116B2 |
Glucosylated steviol glycoside as a flavor modifier
A taste and flavor profile modifying composition is described. The composition includes a blend of glucosylated steviol glycosides and residual steviol glycosides which can modify the intensity of a taste and/or flavor in a food or beverage product. |
| US10130114B2 |
Process for the deep-freezing of a substantially fluid food preparation
A frozen condiment is described, chosen among the group consisting of sauces, pastes, pates, creams and pizza toppings, having hygienic and organoleptic features comparable with those of a corresponding fresh condiment, which is in the form of granules having a porous surface, having an average weight of 6.0 g or less and essentially homogeneous in size having a diameter comprised between 1 mm and 20 mm, and apt to determine a rapid and uniform thawing of the deep-frozen condiment; a process for the deep-freezing of a substantially fluid condiment is also described, which involves dividing a substantially fluid condiment into a plurality of drops, which, in a first deep-freezing step, are dosed within a liquid bath at a temperature lower than −150° C., obtaining a plurality of partially frozen granules having a hard and deep-frozen external surface and a soft not completely deep-frozen core, and a second deep-freezing step at a temperature comprised between −30° C. and −90° C., which leads to condiment deep-frozen granules; and subjecting the deep-frozen granules thus obtained to a refining step, wherein at least a part of said plurality of deep-frozen granules is reduced in size thus obtaining a plurality of deep-frozen granules having an average weight of 6.0 g or less, preferably between 1.0 and 5.0 g, and which are essentially homogeneous in size having a diameter comprised between 1 mm and 20 mm, preferably between 3 and 15 mm; the process is carried out within a system comprising a dosing device to dose the condiment dropwise, a first deep-freezing section downstream of the dosing device, comprising a liquid bath, at a temperature of −150° or lower, wherein the drops are fed and wherefrom a condiment in the form of partially deep-frozen granules is discharged; a second deep-freezing section, operating at a temperature comprised between −30° C. and −90° C., wherein the granule deep-freezing is completed, a refining device (5) arranged downstream of said second deep-freezing section (4), for the reduction in size of at least part of said deep-frozen granules of condiment (D) exiting said second deep-freezing section (4); and a packaging device. |
| US10130113B2 |
Composition and method for providing glutamine
A process for preparing a glutamine-supplemented food product by contacting water and a nutritive base that predominantly comprises meat and carbohydrate with a peptide source of glutamine to form a wet mixture and heating the wet mixture at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 105° C. for a time sufficient to cook the nutritive base. The process forms a cooked food composition comprising from about 60% to about 85% by weight water. The product is useful for feeding to an animal to increase glutamine absorption or to strengthen immune function. |
| US10130110B2 |
Depositing machine having a plug-in connection
A depositing machine (1) comprising a removable component, a method for inserting the removable component (10) in a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine, a method for removing the removable component (10) from a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine (1), and a kit for retrofitting a depositing machine (1) with the removable component (10). The component (10) is fastened to the machine frame (2) by a substantially horizontally arranged plug-in connection (11), in particular, a bolt connection. |
| US10130108B2 |
Method for enhancing the product quality and product safety of meat or foodstuffs of animal or vegetable origin
The invention relates to a method for enhancing the product quality and product safety of meat or foodstuffs of animal or vegetable origin by means of selective pressure and temperature treatment. According to the invention, fresh or warm meat of any form is packed in portions using a film container which has recoil abilities and therefore any liquid possibly escaping from the packed product distributes itself uniformly over the surface of the product. The packed portions are then placed in a container-like treatment device which has, mounted on the surfaces coming into contact with the product, a plurality of cushions, tubes or similarly elastic structures to which a pressure and temperature control medium may be applied. The cushions, tubes or similarly elastic structures are filled with the pressure and temperature control medium in such a manner that substantially uniform pressure forces act on the packed product and the packed product can be held in a predefined temperature range which is maintained for a predetermined period. On expiry of the predetermined period, the packed product is then rapidly cooled by exchanging the temperature control medium. |
| US10130105B2 |
Bone-meat separator
A bone-meat separator includes a chassis, a driving mechanism, a transmission shaft, a spiral shaft, a feed hopper, a pressurization portion and a bone-meat separation portion. In this design, a separation spiral shaft portion is a conical spiral shaft; the bone-meat separation portion is a conical component coaxially sheathed on the periphery of the separation spiral shaft portion, and an inner wall of the bone-meat separation portion is in clearance fit with an outer wall of the separation spiral shaft portion. With regard to the bone-meat separator, since the inner wall of the bone-meat separation portion and the outer wall of the spiral shaft are always in a stable clearance fit state, the service life is improved. |
| US10130100B2 |
Control of arthropod infestation using particles comprising an entomopathogen and wax
Composite particles containing hydrophobic particles and spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that are capable of germinating on the cuticle of a grain storage arthropod, dry powder compositions comprising such composite particles, methods of producing such compositions and methods and uses thereof. |
| US10130098B1 |
Use of Xylella fastidiosa strain EB92-1 to generate tolerance to HLB disease in citrus
The subject invention pertains to methods for reducing the incidence or severity of citrus greening in desirable plants, such as orange trees, grapefruit trees, lime trees, lemon trees and the like. |
| US10130096B2 |
Method for protecting useful plants or plant propagation material
A method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants or plant propagation material thereof, which comprises applying to said plant or plant propagation material a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein all the substituent save indicated as in claim 1. |
| US10130093B2 |
Methods and compositions for use with gel dispensers
A dispensable gel composition is provided. The dispensable gel composition includes a C1-4 alcohol, a polyacrylate thickener, a diol plug-preventing additive, and one or more neutralizers. The one or more neutralizers are selected from sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, arginine, tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine, triethanolamine, tromethamine, and triisopropanolamine. |
| US10130090B1 |
Insect trap or bait station apparatus and method
A holder including first, second, third, and fourth sides, a top, and a bottom. The first side is fixed to the second side; the second side is fixed to the third side; the third side is fixed to the fourth side, which is fixed to the first side; the first and third sides are parallel and spaced apart; the second and fourth sides are parallel and spaced apart, and perpendicular to the first and third sides; and the top and the bottom are parallel and spaced apart and perpendicular to and fixed to the first, second, third, and fourth sides. Each of the first, second, and third sides has an opening leading to an inner chamber which is delimited by the first, second, third, and fourth sides, and the top and bottom; the fourth side has an opening leading to the inner chamber for insertion of an insect trap and/or bait station. |
| US10130089B2 |
Fishing caddy system and method
A fishing caddy system which generally includes a rod holder assembly having at least one rod holder which may be rotatable to different angles to suit the user. There are hooks in the rod holder assembly for receiving the fishing line and thereby preventing the wind from blowing the line around, resulting in faster detection of catches. The rod holder assembly can be mounted to a universal mounting receiver which can be placed on any stationary body. Cup holders and other accessories may also be mounted in proximity to the rod holder assembly using other universal mounting receivers. An accelerometer may also be included which detects vibrations caused by the fishing line against the hook, alerting the user via LEDs or a wireless alert sent to the user's wireless computing device, such as a smart phone. |
| US10130084B2 |
Fishing reel
An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel configured to suppress formation of a dead space on the outer circumferential side of an anti-reverse device and thus reduced in size. The fishing reel includes a reel body, a drive shaft caused to rotate by an operation of a handle, an anti-reverse device interposed between the reel body and the drive shaft, and a cylinder-shaped cylindrical member disposed on an outer circumferential side of the anti-reverse device. A switching control member of the anti-reverse device and the cylindrical member are engaged with each other, and a swiveling operation of the cylindrical member causes the drive shaft to switch to an anti-reverse state or a reversible state. |
| US10130075B2 |
Clamshell sensory headgear for a pet
A pet headgear comprises two halves operable in “clamshell” fashion to surround the head, nose and mouth of a pet, to facilitate handling of the pet in familiar or especially unfamiliar environments, such as veterinary offices, groomers, kennels or during transporting. The clamshell hinges at one end, preferably a caudal end, so it may be applied from behind the pet and the two halves biased medially to close the shell about the pet's head, prior to latching the halves closed. Openings may be provided for access to the pet's ears, nose, teeth, and/or mouth. A pleasant sensory zone (PSZ) or module may be added to quiet and appease the pet and habituate them to the headgear through positive reinforcement. |
| US10130067B2 |
Double-gripper for the application of teat cups to an animal to be milked, rinse cup for this and milking machine provided therewith, and a method for milking
This invention is related to a double grab, its rinsing cup and milking machine provided therewith, and the method for automatically applying teat cups to the teats of an udder of an animal to be milked. The double grab, according to the invention, includes: —a first housing part provided with a first magnet designed to hold a first teat cup; —a second housing part, installed substantially in a horizontal plane next to the first housing part, provided with a second magnet designed to hold a second teat cup whereby each housing part is provided with separate pivoting means that can be activated and is designed to make the related housing part pivot around a pivoting axis which in use, extends substantially in a horizontal direction, substantially in a widthwise direction of the arm. |
| US10130065B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH784094
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH784094. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH784094, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH784094 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH784094. |
| US10130064B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH714438
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH714438. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH714438, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH714438 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH714438. |
| US10130063B1 |
Maize inbred PH41JM
A novel maize variety designated PH41JM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41JM with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41JM 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 PH41JM or a locus conversion of PH41JM with another maize variety. |
| US10130054B2 |
Irrigation system with transient state speeds of movement
An irrigation system with transient state speeds of movement achieves and maintains substantial straight alignment of multiple interconnected spans with continuous movement over a range of speeds in a forward and reverse movement direction. A variable-speed drive controller monitors and processes the output of the corresponding alignment detector and, based on the output of the alignment detector, selects from memory and continuously furnishes to the corresponding span motor a predetermined progressively increasing speed profile or a predetermined progressively decreasing speed profile. |
| US10130048B2 |
Plant-protection cage with harvesting and produce-rinsing dome
Most of the time, the disclosed plant husbandry and food preparation apparatus encloses a garden plant, such that the plant is protected on all sides from animals. It may comprise a planter in which the plant is grown, a cage that is attached to the lip of the planter, and a dome containing apertures, which is seated atop the cage. The seated dome may be opened, while the dome is still attached to the cage, allowing the gardener to harvest produce. The opened dome is configured for use as a receptacle into which the harvested produce is deposited. The dome is also configured to be effortlessly detachable from the remainder of the apparatus, so that produce within it may be conveniently transported and rinsed. The dome may also be configured to serve as a strainer/steamer basket and as support for an auxiliary irrigation and/or animal deterrence system. |
| US10130045B2 |
Living art frame
A living art article incorporates traditional art elements and also incorporates a living element in the form of a living plant, including cut flowers, etc. |
| US10130043B1 |
Chainsaw for trimming palm trees
The chainsaw for trimming palm trees is a mechanical cutting device. The chainsaw for trimming palm trees operates in the manner of a chainsaw. Specifically, the chainsaw for trimming palm trees is a chainsaw blade that is powered by and electrically powered motor. The electrically powered motor is mounted in a housing. Unlike a traditional chainsaw, the chainsaw blade is mounted with an offset angle relative to the housing such that the center axis of the chainsaw blade is not parallel to the center axis of the housing. This offset angle is optimized for the purpose of cutting one or more palm fronds off the palm tree from a direction of attack that is below the one or more palm fronds of the palm tree. The chainsaw for trimming palm trees comprises a chainsaw blade and a drive and safety system. |
| US10130042B2 |
Control device of cutting tool
A control device of a cutting tool formed by a first component and a second component pivotally connected to each other is pivotally connected to the second component. The control device can be pushed to act on the second component. The cutting tool performs multi-stage or one-time cutting according to the control device being pushed to the required position. Moreover, the first component and the second component are close to or away from each other under control of the control device. |
| US10130040B2 |
Square balers
A square baler having a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocable at one end of the baling chamber, a pre-compression chamber where charges of crop are amassed and pre-compressed by a rotor prior to transfer into the baling chamber. A transducer is provided for producing an electrical output signal indicative of the load on the rotor and a processing circuit is operative to estimate the rate of crop flow into the pre-compression chamber by analyzing the output signal of the transducer over a complete filling and emptying cycle of the pre-compression chamber. |
| US10130039B2 |
Agricultural harvester including feedback control of chopping parameters
An agricultural harvester for harvesting a crop on a field. The harvester includes a chopping assembly configured to chop a crop residue of the harvested crop. The chopping assembly includes an inlet for receiving the crop residue, a rotor provided with one or more cutting tools and configured to chop the crop residue, a drive assembly configured to drive the rotor, and an outlet for outputting the chopped crop residue onto the field. The harvester further includes an image based sensor configured to generate a signal comprising an image of the chopped crop residue and a processing unit configured to receive the signal from the image based sensor, process the signal to derive a geometric parameter indicative of a geometry of the chopped crop residue, and determine a control signal for the drive assembly based on the geometric parameter. |
| US10130038B2 |
Corn head row unit gearbox drive shaft seal
A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of gears. The gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a gathering chain output shaft about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shaft rotates within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. A bushing seal has an annular mounting sleeve with an inner diameter that is press fit over a boss on the frame structure. |
| US10130037B2 |
Electric mower apparatus and method of use
A battery-operated mower includes a chassis supporting a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel, a battery pack, a first electric drive wheel motor interconnected to the first drive wheel and second electric drive wheel motor interconnected to the second drive wheel; one or more electric blade motors; an electric cooling fan in fluid communication with at least one of the first electric drive wheel motor and second electric drive wheel motor; one or more controllers for controlling the rotational speed of the first electric drive wheel motor, the second electric drive wheel motor, and the blade motors; and a left control actuator in communication with a first throttle sensor and a right control actuator in communication with a second throttle sensor, wherein the first throttle sensor and second throttle sensor are in communication with the one or more controllers. |
| US10130036B2 |
Self adjustable rotor for sugar cane harvester
A sugar cane harvester including a chassis for power directional movement across a field with a row dividing assembly feeding a base cutter that severs sugar cane stalks for delivery to a feed system. A rotor assembly is provided between the base cutter and the feed assembly with the rotor assembly being powered for rotation about an axis at right angles to the flow of sugar cane stalks through the harvester. The rotor assembly includes a pair of cylinders powered by a hydraulic motor with the cylinders having axially extending ribs and radially extending fingers for moving sugar cane in a downstream direction. The rotor assembly is connected to the harvester chassis by a linkage and supported by an actuator which is controlled by a hydraulic system to maintain a uniform and preselected downward pressure on sugar cane stalks as they move in a downstream direction through the harvester. |
| US10130029B2 |
Rotary cutting head with wires and assembly consisting of such a head and a drive shaft for driving said head
The invention relates to a rotary cutting head with wires for a brush cutter, grass trimmer, edge trimmer, hedge trimmer or the like, said head comprising a housing (1) containing a supporting body (2) comprising a system (3, 3′, 4, 4′, 12) for blocking at least two cutting or shearing wires, and a peripheral wall (6) allowing the or each wire to be wound around said wall in said head. Said blocking system comprises at least two movable blocking elements (3, 3′) that are independent from each other and each associated with a clamping surface (4, 4′) built into the supporting body (2) and comprising a clamping face (10, 10′) and a supporting face (11, 11′), and a single elastic body (12) that can exert stress on each clamping face (11, 11′) for clamping and blocking each wire. |
| US10130024B2 |
Tine depth stop mechanism for self-propelled, stand-on aerator
In an aerator including a chassis mounted on wheels, a tine depth stop mechanism includes a base mounted on the chassis. A side wall is fixed to the base and has a plurality of apertures therein. A stop arm is movably mounted with respect to the side wall and has an abutment. The abutment has a periphery. A tine weldment is attached to the stop arm, and a tine wheel is rotatably mounted to the tine weldment. A pin passes through one of the apertures of the side wall and engages the periphery of the abutment of the stop arm. Upon a downward movement of the tine wheel, the stop arm moves with respect to the side wall until the pin abuts the periphery of the abutment, thus adjusting a maximum depth of the tine wheel below the chassis. |
| US10130021B2 |
Locking device for a wear part of a soil-working implement
A locking device (3) for a wearing part (2) detachably attached to a soil-working working element (1) by means of quick-coupling elements (11, 21), wherein a locking element (31) attached to the working element (1) includes an end portion (312) projecting from the working element (1) and being provided with an engagement section (313) arranged to engage with a lock-receiving element (22) arranged on a lee-side face (2a) of the wearing part (2). |
| US10136569B2 |
Installation fixture for installing sealing ring
A device for installing an elastic sealing ring on an electronic device includes a clamp module and a pressing module. The clamp module includes a sliding column defining two grooves, two linkage plates, and two pins secured on the bottom end of the linkage plates. The pressing module includes a bracket and a knockout plate. The linkage plates are rotatably installed on the bracket and the sliding column can slide relative to the bracket. The knockout plate can slide relative to the bracket, to install the sealing ring on an electronic device. |
| US10136568B2 |
Carrier tape and carrier tape assembly
A carrier tape includes a longitudinally extending central portion having pockets formed therein. Each pocket respectively comprises a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom. First and second side portions are disposed adjacent to opposite sides of the central portion and extend longitudinally therewith. Each of the first and second side portions includes a respective adhesion zone that is spaced apart from the central portion. Discontinuous raised features disposed between and contacting adjacent pockets. The raised features each respectively extend between the first and second side portions and include a transverse raised platform terminated at opposite ends by first and second longitudinal ribs that are integrally formed with the raised platform. Adjacent pairs of adjacent raised features are separated from one another by first and second collinear transverse channels. A carrier tape assembly included the carrier tape, a cover film, and electronic components disposed in the pockets of the carrier tape. |
| US10136567B2 |
Electromagnetically protected electronic enclosure
Methods and devices for shielding electronic equipment within an enclosure are disclosed. One method includes positioning electronic equipment within an interior volume of a shielding enclosure having an opening providing access to the interior volume, the opening surrounded by an enclosure frame. The method further includes closing a door to the shielding enclosure, thereby closing off the opening, and engaging one or more latches to affix the door in a closed position, the door including a shielding curtain positioned across the opening. The method also includes inflating an inflatable member positioned along a perimeter of the door frame, thereby applying a uniform pressure to the shielding curtain toward the enclosure frame to form a seal therebetween. |
| US10136566B2 |
Electromagnetic shielding member
An electromagnetic shielding member including a first shielding member and a second shielding member where an oxide film on the surface of a connection portion between the first and second shielding members is removed. The electromagnetic shielding member includes the first shielding member that is a flexible tubular metal member, the second shielding member that is harder than the first shielding member and that includes a recess formed in a connecting surface that is connected to the first shielding member, and a connecting member that connects the first shielding member and the second shielding member to each other by pressing the first shielding member against the connecting surface of the second shielding member. |
| US10136563B2 |
Active perforation for advanced server cooling
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the thermal management and regulation of electronic equipment. Microfluidic channels are utilized to actively change the aerodynamics of a surface, which may allow for the ability to change a surface texture from flat to raised, or dimpled, or from open to closed. The changing of the surface texture influences the fluid flow over or through the surface, thus allowing for thermal regulation of the surface. The thermal regulation system further controls fluid flow through an electronic device via a coating, or layer, having a plurality of active perforations thereon. The active perforations may open and close to increase and decrease the inlet of air to the system in order to help balance the back pressure in the system and redirect airflow to more sensitive system components. Active perforations may be individually opened and/or closed depending on location and system component utilization. |
| US10136561B2 |
Targeted cooling for datacenters
A method of cooling electronic equipment is disclosed and includes substantially continuously circulating ambient air across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, monitoring the temperature of air in or around a group of devices in the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, and providing substantially cooler-than-ambient air to the group of devices when the monitored air temperatures rises above a set value. |
| US10136560B2 |
Server rack-dedicated vertical vortex airflow server cooling
A vortex-producing fan controller uses a variable-speed vortex-producing fan positioned above a server rack to create a helical airflow within the server rack that couples with cooled air entering a data center through a floor opening situated near a bottom of the server rack. A speed of the variable-speed vortex-producing fan and a flow rate of the cooled air coupled within the helical airflow up through the server rack are adjusted responsive to changes in input air temperature of air entering the variable-speed vortex-producing fan detected using a fan input air temperature sensor positioned above the server rack. |
| US10136559B2 |
Liquid-assisted air cooling of electronic racks with modular fan and heat exchangers
An electronic rack includes a stack of one or more information technology (IT) components disposed therein to form a frontend and a backend of the electronic rack. The electronic rack further includes a fan unit detachably mounted on the backend of the electronic rack. The fan unit generates an air flow flowing from the frontend to the backend past through an air space of the stack of IT components to reduce a temperature of the IT components. The electronic rack further includes a heat exchange unit detachably mounted on the backend of the electronic rack to exchange heat generated from the IT components. The heat exchange unit includes one or more tubes forming a heat exchange screen. The one or more tubes allow a cool liquid to travel therein to exchange the heat carried by the air flow past through the heat exchange screen. |
| US10136553B2 |
Heat dissipation device and electronic device containing the same
A heat dissipation device and an electronic device thereof are provided. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation body including a closed chamber; and at least two pumps in the closed chamber to drive heat dissipation medium contained in the closed chamber to flow in one or more loops. |
| US10136552B2 |
Water block for water-cooling CPU radiator
The present invention provides a water block for a water-cooling CPU radiator. The water block includes an upper shell, a bottom shell, an external pipe and a water pump. The upper shell includes a shell body and an upper cover. The shell body is provided with a first cavity, a side wall of the shell body is provided with a water outlet. The upper cover is provided with a water inlet, and both the water inlet and the water outlet are in fluid communication with the first cavity. The bottom shell is arranged at the lower end of the shell body and is provided with a second cavity, and the two sides of the bottom shell are provided with an upper water port and a water inlet, respectively, which are communicated with the second cavity. The external pipe is arranged outside the upper shell and the bottom shell. |
| US10136548B2 |
Slide rail assembly for rack system
A slide rail assembly for a rack system is configured to mount a chassis to a rack. A fixing member is arranged on one side of the chassis. The slide rail assembly comprises a guide rail having a first rail section, a second rail section and a third rail section. The first rail section is configured to support a portion of the chassis. A path is defined between the second rail section and the third rail section for allowing the fixing member on the chassis to pass through. |
| US10136546B2 |
Portable tool and method for temporarily supporting electronic equipment on a rack
A tool for temporarily supporting electronic equipment or panel on an equipment rack is provided. The tool includes an engagement block having a pin for insertion through a mounting aperture of a post of the rack and an upper support surface for supporting or positioning a mounting flange of a faceplate of electronic equipment or panel rested freely thereon. The support surface is spaced from the pin such that, when the pin is inserted into a mounting aperture of the post and the mounting flange of the faceplate is freely rested on the support surface, a mounting aperture extending through the mounting flange is caused to be aligned with a mounting aperture extending through the post of the equipment rack to enable ready permanent connection of the mounting flange to the post with fastening hardware. A method of mounting electronic equipment or panel on an equipment rack is also provided. |
| US10136539B2 |
Electronic component assembly structure and electronic component
An electronic component having plural lead terminals protruding from side surfaces of a component main body is inserted and accommodated in a housing member, and the lead terminals are brought into contact with plural terminal fittings held in the housing member to assemble the electronic component into the housing member. Each of the lead terminals includes a base end protruding from at least one side surface of the component main body and a contact portion connected to the base end to droop along the side surface. The component main body is provided with an insulating member which is located to contact or face the base ends from a side of an end surface of the component main body which is most distant from a bottom wall of the housing member in assembling the electronic component into the housing member. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress deformation of the lead terminals. |
| US10136532B2 |
Dust guard structure
An apparatus for a dust guard structure includes a particle guard coupled to a top surface of a circuit board, wherein the particle guard is located along a first side of the circuit board between an edge of the circuit board and a first electronic component. The dust guard structure further includes the first electronic component electrically coupled to the circuit board via one or more electronic connections, wherein a height of the particle guard is greater than a height of each of the one or more electrical connections of the first electronic component. The dust guard structure further includes the first side of the circuit board being introduced to an external airflow. |
| US10136529B2 |
Low profile, highly configurable, current sharing paralleled wide band gap power device power module
A method of making a power module includes providing a base plate defining a topology pattern, providing a power substrate above the base plate, providing at least two power contacts and arranging solder catches in the at least two power contacts, soldering the at least two power contacts to the power substrate utilizing the solder catches, and securing a housing to the power substrate. |
| US10136527B2 |
Power conversion device
A power conversion device includes a casing, a structural plate, a converter module, an auxiliary circuit board module and a top cover. The casing includes a base plate and a side wall, and the base plate and the side wall form a chamber. The structural plate is located in the chamber. The converter module is located between the base plate and the structural plate. The auxiliary circuit board module is located at a side of the structural plate in the chamber away from the base plate, and is electrically connected with the converter module. The top cover seals the chamber. |
| US10136526B2 |
Electronic device having an elastic member
An electronic device includes a framework extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a number of receiving grooves, a number of modules detachably mounted to the receiving grooves of the framework, and a number of elastic members. Each receiving groove has a notch beside a side edge of the framework. Each elastic member includes a fixed portion attached to the module and a free-end portion mated with the notch of the framework. A gap communicating with the notch is defined between the module and the framework for accessing the free-end portion of the elastic member to elastically deform the free-end portion to separate from the notch. |
| US10136525B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a casing and a hanging mechanism. The hanging mechanism is disposed within the casing and includes a covering component and a supporting component. The covering component is detachably disposed on the casing and has a receiving space and an opening. The supporting component is movably disposed within the receiving space and includes a first block portion and a second block portion. The first block portion is movably disposed within the receiving space in a first direction and configured to enter and exit from the receiving space. The first block portion includes a pivoting portion and a stopping portion connected with the pivoting portion. The second block portion is rotatably connected with the pivoting portion about a rotating axis. The first direction, the second direction and the rotating axis are perpendicular to one another. |
| US10136524B2 |
Sliding display device
A sliding display device includes a housing, a flexible display panel, a first roller, and a second roller. The housing includes a display region between a first edge region and a second edge region. The distance between the first and second edge regions changes as the housing is expanded and contracted. The flexible display panel slides into and out from the housing through the first and second edge regions as the housing expands and contracts. The first and second rollers guide panel regions into and out of empty spaces in the housing. An assistant roller assists in moving one of the panel regions along a non-intersecting path. |
| US10136523B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing display device
A display device includes a window member including a transparent base member having a first area and a second area, and a deco member under the transparent base member and overlapping with the second area, a display panel under the window member and having a display area overlapping with the first area, and a non-display area overlapping with the second area, the display panel including a pad unit on a portion of the non-display area, an adhesive member between the window member and the display panel for bonding the window member and the display panel to each other, a printed circuit board connected to the pad unit of the display panel, and a block pattern printed on a portion of a bottom surface of the deco member that is adjacent the adhesive member, the block pattern overlapping with the pad unit. |
| US10136513B2 |
Display device
A display device having a display panel, a conductive shielding film disposed on a surface of the display panel, and a flexible circuit unit connected to another surface of the display panel and configured to provide a driving signal to the display panel, wherein the shielding film has at least one protrusion disposed adjacent the flexible circuit unit. |
| US10136509B2 |
Target supply device, processing device and processing method thefefor
A target supply device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to supply a metal target in a plasma generation region and may include a tank configured to house the metal target, a filter having been subjected to a dehydration process, the filter being configured to suppress passage of particles in the metal target housed in the tank, and a nozzle provided with a nozzle hole configured to eject the metal target that has passed through the filter. |
| US10136506B2 |
Variable frequency LEDs and time-based frequency-variable drivers for LED lighting
An adjustable LED lighting system includes a plurality of LEDs, at least one driver, and a programmable signal generator to control a drive frequency. The signal generator includes a clock, an input module to receive commands for driving the LEDs, and a frequency adjustment module to drive the frequency of the one or more LEDs. The LEDS are driven at a target or specified frequency for a time period that is specified with a start time and/or an end time. The LED lighting system allows for a variable frequency of outputs during different time periods and/or in response to specific use commands. The LED lighting system includes one or more target frequencies for one or more target time periods. The LED lighting system stores the target frequencies and target time periods and make the frequency modifications at the user-specified times. |
| US10136503B2 |
Microcontroller-based multifunctional electronic switch and lighting apparatus having the same
A microcontroller-based multifunctional electronic switch for lighting control uses a detection device to sense and convert at least one external control signal into at least one message carrying sensing signal interpretable to a microcontroller. Based on a signal format of the message carrying sensing signal received, the microcontroller recognizes working mode chosen by the external control signal and thereby executes an appropriate lighting control process. The system and method of the present invention may be equally applicable to detection design, such as touch less and direct touch interface implemented by infrared ray sensor, push button or wireless control device in conjunction with APP preloaded, for performing multiple working modes including on/off mode, dimming mode, color temperature tuning mode, color temperature switching mode, color temperature dim to warm mode, commanding mode for controlling a lighting family comprising a plurality of member lamps remotely located or delay shut off mode. |
| US10136492B2 |
Helicopter search light
A helicopter search light comprises: a lighting arrangement, having at least one light source, the lighting arrangement having an adjustable light output; a light detector, which is configured for detecting light emitted by the at least one light source and reflected by the ground and/or at least one item on the ground and for providing a detection signal which is correlated to an amount of light detected; and a control unit which is configured for controlling the adjustable light output of the lighting arrangement of the helicopter search light depending on the detection signal provided by the light detector. |
| US10136491B2 |
Lighting apparatus with adjustable irradiance
To indicate a lighting means for a machine vision application where the resulting irradiance (P′) in an illuminated area (5) at a working distance (d) can be precisely adjusted, an optical covering (2) of the lighting means (1) is provided, which is configured such that a transmitted part (t2) of the incident light (L) passes through (1) the optical covering (2), and a reflected component (r2) of the incident light (L) is reflected in the optical covering (2), wherein a light sensor (3) is provided that detects the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) in the optical covering (2). Furthermore, a method is indicated, according to which the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) is detected and the radiant power (P) of the light source (1) is regulated on the basis of the intensity (Ir2) in order to adjust the irradiance (P′) of the transmitted component (t2). |
| US10136490B1 |
Lighting device with optical lens and beam pattern adjustment using the optical lens with driving techniques
An example lighting device has a luminaire. The luminaire includes an illumination light source matrix including illumination light sources configured to be driven by electrical power to emit light rays for illumination lighting. The luminaire further includes an optical lens positioned and configured to extend over the illumination light source matrix and including an input surface coupled to receive incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources and an output surface. Both the input surface and the output surface each include at least two different aspherical, spherical, or planar portions to refract the incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources passing through to shape or steer the illumination lighting into an outputted beam pattern. A coupled illumination light source driver selectively controls the illumination light sources individually or in combination to adjust at least a beam angle of the outputted beam pattern from the optical lens. |
| US10136489B1 |
Illumination system including tunable light engine
A tunable illumination system is disclosed which splits a single channel output into three by means of current steering and/or time division and multiplexing techniques. More particularly, the tunable light system may split the input current into three pulse-width modulated (PWM) channels. The individual duty cycles of the PWM channels may be adjusted based on a control signal that is received via a control signal interface. The control signal interface may include a switch and/or other circuitry that is manipulated by the user when the user wants to change the color of light that is output by the illumination system. |
| US10136484B2 |
Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source
A method for controlling an amount of power delivered to an electrical load may include controlling an average magnitude of a load current towards a target load current that ranges from a maximum rated current to a minimum rated current in a normal mode, and controlling the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current in a burst mode. The burst mode may include at least one burst mode period that comprises a first time period associated with an active state and a second time period associated with an inactive state. During the burst mode, the method may include regulating a peak magnitude of the load current towards the minimum rated current during the active state, and stopping the generation of at least one drive signal during the inactive state to control the average magnitude of the load current to be less than the minimum rated current. |
| US10136483B2 |
Solid-state lighting with auto-select settings for line voltage and ballast voltage
An LED lamp, comprising a first full-wave rectifier, a ballast operation circuit, an LED driving circuit, LED array(s), and an optocoupler, replaces a fluorescent tube or a conventional LED tube lamp in lamp fixture sockets that are wired to connect to either AC mains or a ballast. The ballast operation circuit, comprising two frequency sensitive devices, a second full-wave rectifier, and two or more diodes connected in series, auto-selects an input AC voltage to operate the LED lamp without ambiguity and safety issues. When the input AC voltage is from the ballast, the optocoupler is enabled to disable the LED driving circuit, whereas the LED array(s) are powered by the second full-wave rectifier. When the input AC voltage is from the AC mains, the optocoupler is disabled to maneuver the LED driving circuit, whereas the LED array(s) are operated by the LED driving circuit, pre-powered by the first full-wave rectifier. |
| US10136481B2 |
Lighting lamp system and power distributor used for lighting lamp system
The present invention relates to a lighting lamp system and a power distributor used for the lighting lamp system. The lighting lamp system comprising: a plurality of lighting lamps; a main converter for converting external alternating-current power into direct-current power; a distributor provided to be isolated from the lighting lamps and supplying power for lighting to the plurality of lighting lamps by converting the direct-current power from the main converter; and a controller for controlling the operations of the lighting lamps by controlling the distributor. |
| US10136473B2 |
Heating circuit with monitoring arrangement for a household appliance
A washing and/or drying appliance includes a heating circuit (140) for heating a washing liquid and/or a drying air flow. The heating circuit is connected to voltage distribution lines (105a,105b) distributing power inside the appliance and includes at least one heating resistor (205) in series to switch means (210a,210b) controlled by an appliance control unit (125) for selectively energizing the heating resistor when required. The switch means of the heating circuit includes first and second switches (210a,210b) in series to the heating resistor, the heating resistor being interposed between the first and second switch. A monitoring circuit arrangement is associated with the heating circuit. The monitoring circuit arrangement includes a resistive network including a first resistor (R1) connected to the heating circuit so as to be bypassed when the first switch is closed, the heating resistor, and a second resistor (R2) connected to the heating circuit so as to be bypassed when the second switch is closed. The monitoring circuit arrangement further includes a current sensor (240) arranged to measure a current flowing through the resistive network and to feed an indication of the measured current to the control unit. The monitoring unit is configured for assessing possible faults of the heating circuit based on the indication of the measured current. |
| US10136470B2 |
Multi-service provider wireless access point
Novel tools and techniques that can provide wireless service for multiple service providers from a single, multi-service provider wireless access point. In an aspect, a multi-service provider wireless access point might communicate with a plurality of wireless devices, each associated with a different wireless carrier, and route communications from each device to the appropriate carrier (and/or, similarly, transmit communications from each carrier to the appropriate wireless device). In this way, for example, a single wireless access point could provide service to cellphones of subscribers of a number of different carriers. Such a wireless access point can provide enhanced efficiency and reduced cost, along with the ability to provide higher service for a number of wireless carriers. |
| US10136469B2 |
Method and device for detecting and generating synchronization signal for device-to-device wireless communication
Provided is a method of generating a Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS) by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes determining a service attribute for identifying whether the terminal is serviced by at least one base station; and generating a D2DSS for identifying whether the terminal is serviced by the base station, based on the determination result. In addition, provided is a method of configuring D2D synchronization by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving a signal from at least one base station or another device; determining whether a synchronization signal is detected from the received signal; and when the synchronization signal is detected, configuring synchronization with the another device based on the timing reference of the detected synchronization signal. |
| US10136466B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment, mobile communications network and methods
A communications device configured to transmit signals representing data to a first in-coverage communications device acting as source relay node for the communications device, the first in-coverage communications device configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, and to receive signals representing the data from the first in-coverage communications device acting as the source relay node. The source relay node is within a coverage area of the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, the source relay node being configured to transmit the signals representing the data received from the communications device to the infrastructure equipment and to transmit the signals representing the data to the communications device which are received from the infrastructure equipment. |
| US10136462B2 |
Method for determining resource for transmitting signal in wireless communications system and apparatus therefor
There is provided a method for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: by a first device, acquiring a resource pool for the D2D communication, wherein the resource pool includes a SA (scheduling assignment) resource pool indicating a resource region for SA transmission and a data resource pool indicating a resource region for D2D data transmission; performing D2D synchronization with a base station or a specific device; transmitting a SA (scheduling assignment) to a second device using the SA resource pool. |
| US10136460B2 |
Mobile device and method of pairing the same with electronic device
Methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device. |
| US10136456B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring radio resource
Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for configuring a radio resource. In a wireless communication system, a radio resource is split into a plurality of radio resource slices corresponding to different service types and a radio source slice corresponding to a service type among a plurality of radio resource slices that a device requests is determined. |
| US10136453B2 |
Method and apparatus supporting IP multimedia subsystem
A method and apparatus for supporting multiple IMS networks includes an electronic device supporting multiple IMS networks. A modem receives communication services through an access network and multiple IMS networks including first and second IMS networks; and a communication control module includes a processor. The communication control module is configured to attach the electronic device to the access network on the basis of first identification information corresponding to the access network, register the electronic device in the first IMS network via the access network on the basis of second identification information corresponding to the first IMS network, and register the electronic device in the second IMS network via the access network on the basis of third identification information corresponding to the second IMS network. |
| US10136447B2 |
Signaling for inter-cell D2D discovery in an LTE network
Embodiments of an enhanced node B (eNB), user equipment (UE) and methods of signaling for proximity services and device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the eNB may support inter-cell device-to-device (D2D) discovery by transmitting signaling, to a first user equipment (UE), to indicate configuration information for a D2D discovery resource pool including D2D resources configured by one or more neighboring cells. The configuration information includes timing offsets between a serving cell of the first UE and the one or more neighboring cells. Other apparatuses and methods are also described. |
| US10136445B2 |
Feedback method and device
The method includes that: a first transmission node receives a signal including a Transmission Block (TB) from a second transmission node; the first transmission node obtains states of the P CB sets according to the signal including the TB; the first transmission node determines at least one kind of feedback information in a preset feedback information set according to the states of the P CB sets; and the first transmission node sends the determined feedback information to the second transmission node. |
| US10136443B2 |
Mechanism and apparatus to perform cooperative resource management in wireless networks
Various systems and devices may benefit from cooperative resources management. For example, third and fourth generation wireless networks may benefit from a mechanism and apparatus to perform cooperative resource management, for example, for video downloads. Various methods are possible. For example, a method can include regulating fill and drain phases for a downloading session, to meet just in time delivery. The regulating can be performed by a user equipment based on parameters provided by a network. Another method can include providing parameters to a user equipment and instructing the user equipment with respect to regulating fill and drain phases for a downloading session, to meet just in time delivery, based on the parameters. A further method can include performing a mutual handshake between an application and a radio network regarding just in time delivery of a download. |
| US10136442B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating resources in wireless communication system
Provided are an apparatus and a method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention includes the feature of alternately allocating resources for D2D communication and resources for cellular communication, or allocating resources of a D2D link to not be adjacent to each other. In addition, the present invention prevents interference with the cellular communication and interference with other D2D links by allocating a partial area of the resources allocated for the D2D communication to an area for transmitting a D2D uplink symbol to an eNB, or by adding a GP symbol to a partial area of the resources for the D2D communication. Furthermore, in the case of applying a TDD scheme, the present invention prevents interference with symbols for performing the cellular communication by defining a partial section of a special subframe as a section for transmitting the D2D uplink symbol, or by reflecting a time delay of N OFDM symbol durations. Accordingly, the present invention prevents the D2D communication from causing interference. |
| US10136440B2 |
System and method for power indications
A wireless communications system includes an access point (AP) and multiple stations. The AP transmits a reference indicator indicating a target receive power reference of the AP and an adjustment indicator indicating an adjustment to the target receive power reference for a station. When the station receives the reference indicator and the adjustment indicator, the stations determines a transmission power level in accordance with the target receive power reference and the adjustment to the target receive power reference. The stations transmits a packet at the transmission power level to the AP. Reduction in signaling overhead is achieved. |
| US10136438B2 |
Flexible bandwidth assignment to spot beams
A wireless communication platform utilizes flexible bandwidth assignment to re-allocate bandwidth between spot beams. The platform may assign a first combination of frequency and polarization (FP) to a first spot beam and a second combination of frequency and polarization to a second spot beam that is adjacent and at least partially overlapping the first spot beam. The platform may assign to the first spot beam a reserved combination of frequency and polarization during a first time period, and at second time, assign the reserved combination to the second spot beam. The platform may also assign the reserved combination simultaneously to adjacent spot beams by managing user of the reserved combination by geographically isolated terminals in the spot beams. The platform may further assign different portions of the reserved combination to adjacent spot beams without geographical limitations. |
| US10136437B2 |
Automatically adjustable radiofrequency link
An automatically adjustable radiofrequency link system includes a radiofrequency transmitter configured to transmit a signal at a frequency of transmission within an extremely high frequency (EHF) band. The system further includes a receiving device configured to receive the transmitted signal and provide feedback to a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiving device, wherein the feedback is related to the received signal. The processing circuit is configured to determine required signal properties based on the feedback and determine signal loss properties including an effect of atmospheric absorption, as a function of frequency; determine a modification to the transmitted signal using the signal loss properties and the required signal properties; and adjust the frequency of transmission to obtain a desired transmission signal using the modification. |
| US10136436B2 |
Methods and devices for scheduling of radio communication
There is provided a method for operating a wireless device in order to determine whether to include information relating to reservations of communication resources when planning scheduling of upcoming communications. There is also provided a method performed by a wireless device for transmitting a resource reservation message that comprises information about the identity of the intended recipient. There is also provided corresponding wireless devices and computer programs and computer program products. The proposed technology provides mechanisms that enable a wireless device to take into consideration information relevant for planning scheduling of future communications. |
| US10136435B1 |
Orthogonal frequency division multiplex data unit decoding
A method for decoding an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) data unit transmitted via an OFDM communication channel is described. A first OFDM symbol of the OFDM data unit is received at a communication device via a first sub-channel of the OFDM communication channel. A candidate OFDM symbol is detected by the communication device on a second sub-channel of the OFDM communication channel. A bandwidth of the OFDM communication channel is detected by the communication device based on the detected candidate OFDM symbol. At least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM data unit is decoded by the communication device based on the detected bandwidth. |
| US10136431B2 |
Signaling for fast relaying
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A relay wireless node may receive, during a first transmit time interval (TTI), a data message to be forwarded to a wireless node. The relay wireless node may forward the data message to the wireless node during the first TTI. The relay wireless node may receive, during a second TTI, a feedback message from the wireless node. The relay wireless node may retransmit the feedback message during the second TTI. |
| US10136418B2 |
NLOS wireless backhaul uplink communication
A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation. |
| US10136417B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting an uplink primary carrier
A method and apparatus are described for using an uplink (UL) primary carrier for long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) to support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a scheduling request (SR), power headroom, and at least one buffer status report in the context of asymmetrical deployment and symmetrical deployment. A method, implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), for multi-carrier operations, includes transmitting control information on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on a condition that PUSCH transmissions are occurring on at least one of multiple uplink component carriers (UL CCs), and transmitting the control information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on a condition that the PUSCH transmissions by the WTRU are not occurring on any of the multiple UL CCs. |
| US10136416B2 |
Communicating on a shared channel in a wireless network
User equipment (UE) may receive broadcast information with bits that indicate a respective time interval that physical shared channel resources are utilized to signal channels. The UE may monitor the signaled channels in indicated time intervals. The UE may determine whether signaling information for the UE is present based on an identification of the UE. |
| US10136414B2 |
Operating method of ENB for CGI information reporting in wireless communication system
A resource allocation algorithm and operation procedure for user equipment (UE) to efficiently report cell global identity (CGI) information to an evolved node base station (eNB) in an automatic neighbor relation (ANR) operation procedure in a wireless communication system. According to an operating method of an eNB forCGI information reporting in a wireless communication system, a serving eNB receives a CGI information report and perform an ANR operation to maintain service quality through effective handover of UE at the edge of the service area of the serving eNB. When there is uplink/downlink data, the serving eNB stops data allocation to the UE and requests measurement reports (MRs) of neighbor eNBs, and the UE can be switched to a discontinuous reception (DRX) state during a DRX-inactivity time. Accordingly, it is possible to ensure decoding of a broadcast channel (BCH) of a neighbor cell and report CGI information. |
| US10136412B2 |
Communication system, communication apparatus, and control method and control apparatus thereof
A communication system, a communication apparatus, a control method, and a control apparatus are provided that make it possible to flexibly increase/decrease a U-plane processing function of a communication apparatus. A communication system in which a logical path (50) is set up in a network to perform communication, comprises: a control plane (30) for the logical path; and a control apparatus (20) that, in response to a request from the control plane, selects from communication equipment resources a communication equipment (10) to perform user-plane processing in connection with data transmission through the logical path, and sets an operation rule related to the user-plane processing in the selected communication equipment. |
| US10136411B2 |
Base station for optimizing paging mechanisms using device context information
Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to optimize paging channel operation, based on mobile device context information. In one embodiment, the wireless network is a cellular network (e.g., LTE-Advanced), and both base stations and cellular user devices dynamically exchange and maintain a paging agreement. The paging agreement limits the paging channel operation, thereby minimizing unnecessary scanning and usage of irrelevant radio resources. Such paging mechanisms are limited to the air interface between the base station and the mobile device, and are compatible with existing legacy devices and network entities. Networks with appropriately enabled user devices may improve their resource utilization. Base stations may advantageously reclaim freed-up cellular resources to support other services. |
| US10136410B2 |
Paging optimization method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present invention, relating to the communications field, disclose a paging optimization method, apparatus, and system, so as to ensure that a terminal normally receives a paging message sent by a system. A specific solution carried by an access network node is: receiving a first paging message sent by a core network node, where the first paging message is used to page a terminal; in response to the first paging message, determining a transmission parameter according to channel loss information of the terminal; and sending control information with enhanced coverage to the terminal according to the transmission parameter, wherein the control information with enhanced coverage is used to schedule a second paging message with enhanced coverage. The present invention is used in a paging optimization process. |
| US10136404B2 |
Reciprocity calibration for multiple-input multiple-output systems
Systems and associated methods for reciprocity calibration of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for reciprocity calibration of the MIMO system includes transmitting a pilot symbol by a transmitter (TX) of the reference antenna and receiving the pilot symbol by receivers (RXes) of antennas of a base station as ri,0 pilot symbols. (Index “i” denotes individual antenna “i” of the base station, and “0” denotes the reference antenna.) The method further includes transmitting the received pilot symbols by TXes of the antennas of the base station, receiving the pilot symbols transmitted by the antennas of the base station by the reference antenna as r0,i pilot symbols, and calculating non-reciprocity compensation factors as r i , 0 r 0 , i . |
| US10136399B1 |
Single sensor proximity detector
A capacitive proximity detector for use in a connected portable device such as a telephone, laptop or tablet, in which the capacity seen by the sensor electrode is compared with four thresholds: a proximity threshold, set lower than the other, to generate a general proximity flag, and a body detection threshold set higher than the other arranged to generate a body detection flag that indicates that the object in proximity is a part of a human body. Two object detection thresholds in the region between the proximity threshold and the body threshold define a region in which the detector can decide whether the object in proximity is an inanimate object, based on the time variation of the capacity. |
| US10136396B2 |
Method and system for network assisted interference coordination and mitigation
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that obtains uplink parameters associated with different sectors of a wireless network where the uplink parameters are associated with uplink transmissions of a first end user device. The system can determine a differential path loss for the first end user device based on the uplink parameters where the differential path loss is between the different sectors of the wireless network. The system, responsive to a determination that the differential path loss does not satisfy a differential path loss threshold, can determine a restriction for utilization of a particular frequency and power level over a particular time period, where the determination that the differential path loss does not satisfy the differential path loss threshold can be performed without utilizing channel quality data from the first end user device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10136389B2 |
Self-direct M2M (machine-to-machine) communication based user's daily activity logging and analyzing system with wearable and personal mobile devices
The present invention relates to a heath care system having proximity-based neighbor device wake-up and automatic user identification function, a method for automatic logging of user's daily activity history, and a method for managing a user activity pattern, and the system comprises: a health or wellness service unit; and an user terminal. The health or wellness service unit transmits a wake-up signal for changing a state of the user terminal from a sleep state into a wake-up state, a low frequency (LF) signal for identifying a physical distance and direction between the health or wellness service unit and the user terminal, and a measured biological signal of a measuring object. The user terminal receives the biological signal, the wake-up signal, and the LF signal through bidirectional wireless communication with the health or wellness service unit, and transmits a terminal identification (ID) and a received signal strength indication (RSSI) corresponding to the received LF signal. |
| US10136388B2 |
Method and system for wirelessly transmitting data
Methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting data between Wi-Fi stations without requiring the Wi-Fi stations to be fully connected to the Wi-Fi network. A first Wi-Fi station generates the data to be transmitted. The data comprises status data and/or wake-up data. The first Wi-Fi station then inserts the data in a vendor-specific information element of a probe request frame and wirelessly transmits the probe request frame. The probe request frame is then received by a second Wi-Fi station. If the probe request frame contains wake-up data and the second Wi-Fi station is operating in a low-power mode when it receives the probe request frame, the second Wi-Fi station will wake-up from the low-power mode. If the probe request frame contains status data then the second Wi-Fi station may process the probe request frame and/or forward at least a portion of the received probe request frame to another device. |
| US10136383B2 |
Device and method handling a network selection
A communication device for handling a cell selection comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving first system information from a first cell; determining whether the first cell supports a Cellular Internet of Thing (CIoT) feature according to the first system information; selecting a second cell which supports the CIoT feature according to second system information received from the second cell, if the first cell does not support the CIoT feature according to the first system information; and performing an attach procedure or a tracking area update procedure via the second cell. |
| US10136382B2 |
Arrangement at a mobile data unit
The invention is based on a platform that has both hardware and software. The latter includes, amongst other things, an algorithm to solve the problem encountered when, on passing between countries and operators, data services have to roam between mobile networks. The invention handles and solves existing technical limitations such as existing roaming logic for switches between operators not taking into account: which services the ‘original’ operator has activated; geographical coverage; different costs for different services; and, whether services other than speech can function in the selected network. |
| US10136380B2 |
Client-side location aware network selection
A mobile device that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including requesting transport characteristics of a network coupled to a server and to the device according to a trajectory of the device. Data packets are transported to the mobile device according to a dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol. The operations include obtaining the current transport characteristics of the network and predicting a future transport characteristic of the network, according to the trajectory of the device. A time is scheduled for sending a request to the server for transmission over the network of a data packet. The time can be scheduled according to the current and future transport characteristics of the network, to avoid degradation in quality of media content presented by the device. The data packet received responsive to sending the request is buffered for a future presentation of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10136371B2 |
RAT selection for devices capable of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication
Systems and methods for Radio Access Technology (RAT) selection for devices capable of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network is provided. The method includes camping on a first cell on a first carrier, where the first cell does not support D2D communication. The method also includes, during a first time interval when the first cell satisfies one or more criteria for the wireless device to remain camped on the first cell, monitoring at least one second carrier on a set of pre-configured radio resources for at least one of the group consisting of: a second cell that supports D2D communication, a signal from a second wireless device that supports D2D communication, and D2D communication. |
| US10136369B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for biasing adjustment of cell range expansion
The present invention aims to provide method, apparatuses and systems for providing UE with biasing adjustment parameters about cell range expansion in a heterogeneous network. Herein, a current eNB determines, based on attribute information of one or more user equipments to be handed over, biasing adjustment parameters about cell range expansion of the one or more user equipments corresponding to their target eNB, and sends the biasing adjustment parameters to the one or more user equipments; the one or more user equipments adjust, based on the biasing adjustment biasing adjustment parameters, its report trigger condition of measurement report on measurement report on the current eNB and the target eNB, and report, the measurement report on the current eNB and the target eNB to the current eNB when the report trigger condition is satisfied; the current eNB makes a handover decision for corresponding user equipment(s) based on the measurement report. The present invention realizes a more flexible handover setting for the CRE load balancing and enhances the network efficiency and user QoS. |
| US10136367B2 |
Method and device for determining timing advance group of serving cell
The present invention provides a method for determining a timing advance group of a serving cell, including: determining, by a source base station of a user equipment, a target base station that the user equipment is to be handed over to; sending auxiliary information for determining a timing advance group of a target serving cell of the user equipment to the target base station; receiving the timing advance group of the target serving cell of the user equipment that is determined by the target base station according to the auxiliary information; and sending the timing advance group to the user equipment. Implementation of the method provided by the present invention can avoid timing advance grouping performed on a secondary carrier after handover, and reduce data transmission interruption or delay incurred by the handover, thereby improving quality of service of a communications service. |
| US10136365B2 |
Method and system for supporting fast recovery of user equipment
A method for supporting fast recovery of a User Equipment (UE) includes performing, by a serving base station, UE context synchronization for one or more other base stations in a related small cell cluster when a UE accesses the serving base station, performing, by a base station that the UE performs a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment, the RRC connection re-establishment for the UE according to UE context saved in a synchronization process. The present also discloses another method and system for supporting UE fast recovery. By applying the technical solution disclosed by the present disclosure, when the UE moves in a small cell scenario, the UE can be recovered quickly in the case of a failure, so as to avoid the UE returns to an idle mode, avoid data loss, guarantee business continuity, and improve UE experience. |
| US10136362B2 |
Capability negotiation method, system and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide a capability negotiation method, system and apparatus, which are applied to the field of communications, and can improve the flexibility of capability negotiation. The capability negotiation method is applied to a base station, including: acquiring a gateway capability identifier, where the gateway capability identifier is a description of an end to end quality of service EtoE QoS control capability of a gateway; parsing the gateway capability identifier to obtain the EtoE QoS control capability of the gateway; and determining whether the EtoE QoS control capability of the gateway matches a local EtoE QoS control capability, so that when the EtoE QoS control capability of the gateway matches the local EtoE QoS control capability, EtoE QoS control is established. |
| US10136361B2 |
Method and radio network node for managing a request for a radio access bearer
A method and a radio network node for managing a request for a radio access bearer. The radio network node determines a first value relating to utilization of radio resources in a first set of subframes. The first set of subframes includes a second set of subframes, dedicated for transmission by the radio network node to multiple radio communication devices, and a third set of subframes. The radio network node determines a second value relating to utilization of radio resources in the third set of subframes. The radio network node receives the request and obtains an indication relating to a capability of a radio communication device to receive transmission in one or more of the second set of subframes. The radio network node determines a response to the request based on the first value, the second value and the indication, and sends the response to the network node. |
| US10136358B2 |
Processing time extension for high bandwidth wireless communications
A wireless device may selectively add padding to an end of a data transmission in order to provide adequate time for a receiving device to process the transmitted data and transmit feedback related to the transmitted data. A wireless device may identify a total amount of data capable of being transmitted in a transmission, and determine a number of data bits to be transmitted in the transmission. An amount of padding may be selected based on a proportion of the total amount of data capable of being transmitted and the number of data bits. In some examples, a preamble for a feedback transmission may be transmitted concurrently with processing of the received transmission. |
| US10136353B2 |
System and method for carrier aggregation for wireless local area networks
Embodiments are provided herein for improving carrier aggregation for wireless networks. A plurality of bandwidth channels are assigned to a basic service set (BSS) for transmissions. Specifically, the bandwidth channels are divided into multiple channel segments corresponding to multiple primary or alternate primary channels. A channel segment possibly further includes one or more additional secondary channels. The locations of the primary or alternate primary channels that correspond to the channel segments of the BSS are then broadcasted in the network. When a station or AP receives this BSS information, it searches for an available primary or alternate primary channel of the BSS to begin transmission. Upon detecting an available primary channel or alternate primary channel that is not used for another transmission, the station or AP transmits data on the channel segment corresponding to the detected primary or alternate primary channel. |
| US10136350B2 |
Method and apparatus for integrating active test capability to a wireless access point or base station
A method and apparatus for service quality monitoring in a wireless network is provided. The network has both wired and wireless connections, and has at least one access point capable of providing wireless connectivity to client devices. Wireless connectivity is provided to client devices from the access point with at least one client-serving radio transceiver. Radio test signals are generated for network testing from a testing transceiver at the access point. |
| US10136349B2 |
System and method for changing an identifier of a basic service set
A method for changing an identifier of a basic service set (BSS) served by an access point (AP) includes determining a first value of the identifier of the BSS, transmitting a first physical (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) with a first BSS identifier field in a PHY header of the first PPDU set to a pre-specified value, transmitting at least one first management frame including a second BSS identifier field in a frame body of the at least one first management frame set to the first value, and transmit at least one second PPDU with the first BSS identifier field in the PHY header set to the first value when the AP is able to start using the first value to set the first BSS identifier field in the PHY header of PPDUs transmitted by the AP. |
| US10136340B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining RF parameters based on neighboring access points
Systems and methods are provided for a femto node to configure one or more of its RF parameters. This may be achieved, for example, by determining capabilities of one or more neighboring femto or pico nodes based in part on signals received from the one or more neighboring femto or pico nodes, comparing the determined capabilities of the one or more neighboring femto or pico nodes to one or more capabilities of the femto node, and adjusting one or more RF parameters of the femto node based on the comparison. |
| US10136337B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring channel state information in antenna array
A method for transmitting channel state information by a terminal comprises the step of: receiving relation information on a CSI-RS and a physical antenna from a base station by the terminal, the relation information including information on a first CSI-RS and a first physical antenna transmitting the first CSI-RS and information on a second CSI-RS and a second physical antenna transmitting the second CSI-RS; and transmitting first channel state information and second channel state information to the base station on the basis of the relation information by the terminal. |
| US10136335B2 |
Integrated repeater
An integrated repeater is provided that places a donor antenna and a server antenna proximate to null-field points from the server antenna and the donor antenna, respectively, thereby increasing the isolation level between the donor antenna and the server antenna. |
| US10136334B2 |
Relay station, relay method, radio communication system, and radio communication apparatus
A relay node in a mobile communication network for relaying communications between a base station and a mobile terminal. The relay node includes a first communication unit that communicates with the base station via a backhaul link using at least one of a first modulation method and a first multiplexing method, and a second communication unit that communicates with the mobile terminal via an access link using at least one of a second modulation method and a second multiplexing method. The relay node also includes a communication control unit that selects the at least one of the first modulation method and the first multiplexing method, or selects the at least one of the second modulation method and the second multiplexing method based on a characteristic of a link, a type of link or a type of data included in a communication signal. |
| US10136333B2 |
Channel feedback reporting for shared frequency spectrum
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. A device may use enhanced reporting mechanisms to support control information reporting on shared spectrum. In some cases, a device may utilize enhanced component carriers (eCCs) for data transmissions. In one example, the device may transmit control information (e.g., ACK/NACK, CSI, etc.) to a corresponding device using a CCA exempt transmission (CET). In another example, a device may report control information quasi-periodically. For instance, a device may be assigned a specified interval and a control feedback window for reporting control information (e.g., CSI). The window may provide a duration prior and subsequent to the specified interval during which a UE may transmit control information. For example, the device may perform a CCA reserving the channel for a duration that does not include the specified interval but may transmit feedback information based on determining the specified interval falls within the assigned window. |
| US10136332B2 |
Resource management device, resource management method, and device and method in communication system
A resource management device, a resource management method, and a device and method in a communication system. The resource management device is used for managing opportunistic utilization of frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by a secondary system in the communication system, and includes: a reception unit configured to receive device information and a resource request of a target secondary system device among one or more secondary system devices in the secondary system; an available resource acquisition unit configured to acquire, in response to the resource request, available resource information of the target secondary system device on the basis of the device information of the target secondary system device, wherein the resource information includes indication information related to transmission waveform used for the target secondary system device; and a notification unit configured to notify the target secondary system device of the acquired resource information. |
| US10136330B2 |
Staggered channel changing for cells of spectrum sharing networks
Described features are directed to staggered frequency channel changing for cells of spectrum sharing networks. In some examples users communicating on one or more frequency channels of a spectrum sharing network may receive an indication that those channels are to be vacated, for example that the frequency channels are not to be transmitted on, or otherwise used for communications. Cells of the spectrum sharing network may receive the indication and perform staggered (e.g., sequential or randomly-timed) channel changes. The staggered channel changes may facilitate handover of user devices of the spectrum sharing network by, for example, reducing a number of cells that are simultaneously undergoing a channel change procedure. Thus, staggered frequency channel changing may reduce user service interruptions and radio link failures in a spectrum sharing network. |
| US10136329B2 |
Communication system
A communication system is provided that can improve the communication capability of a communication terminal device in the case where a large number of small cells in addition to a macro cell are installed and operated. A communication terminal device (UE) is connected with a macro cell configured by a MeNB and a small cell configured by a SeNB, so that dual connectivity is performed. When receiving information for small cells, for example, emergency information from a CBC via an MME, at least one cell of the macro cell and the small cell notifies the communication terminal device connected with the at least one cell of the information for small cells. |
| US10136323B2 |
Method and device for operating a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network
A method is provided for operating a security module of a mobile terminal, and a security module. The security module is developed to communicate over one of a plurality of mobile communication networks. The security module comprises different system configurations for different mobile communication networks of the plurality of mobile communication networks. The security module receives subscription data for logging into one mobile communication network of the plurality of mobile communication networks, analyzes the subscription data, and identifies the mobile communication network out of the plurality of mobile communication networks. Subsequently, the security module selects a system configuration in accordance with the mobile communication network, identified in the preceding step, of the plurality of mobile communication networks. The security module is operated with the selected system configuration in the identified mobile communication network. |
| US10136321B2 |
Device having a SIM card combined with a wireless service card and method of use thereof
A process for authorizing wireless service includes providing a generally rectangular flat form factor card having a first surface and opposing second surface, providing at least one removable subscriber identity module (SIM) card arranged in the generally rectangular flat form factor card defined by the first surface, where the at least one removable subscriber identity module is releasably attached to the first surface of the generally rectangular flat form factor by respective breaking tabs. The process further includes providing an activation code arranged on the first surface, the activation code is associated with the at least one SIM card, wherein the activation code is configured to authorize wireless service associated with the at least one SIM card when provided to a wireless service provider, and provisioning wireless service to a wireless device from a wireless network. An activation card is also disclosed. |
| US10136316B2 |
Unlocking of a mobile device by a code received via a stencil on a touchscreen
A method and system for authenticating an access to a service on a device. After a stencil has been positioned on a touch-sensitive screen of the device:an entry of a code to the touch-sensitive screen is received through at least one opening in the stencil at one or more predefined locations in the stencil, wherein the one or more predefined locations define at least part of an access code; and it is determined that the entered code equals the at least part of the access code, and in response, the access to the service on the device is granted. |
| US10136315B2 |
Password-less authentication system, method and device
A password-less authentication system is described herein. Also described are the devices used for such a system and the method and process implemented. The system employs asymmetric cryptography to enable users to log in to various systems or services on different platforms or computers by the aid of a mobile device. Users' credentials are kept privately in the mobile device, and not leaked to the network or any web service. In addition, the web service can verify users' authentication request by solely public information of users' credentials. |
| US10136312B2 |
Communicating messages with intermittently available encryption credentials
Some embodiments relate to a device that transmits/receives encrypted communications with another device. A first device, such as a smart phone or smart watch, may generate a message associated with a certain data class, which may determine the security procedure used in the communication of the message. The first device may establish an encryption session for the purpose of communicating the message to a second device. Prior to sending the message, the first device may wait until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the data class of the message. Similarly, after receiving the message, the second device may not be able to decrypt the message until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the message data class. |
| US10136311B2 |
Methods and systems of secure connections for joining hybrid cellular and non-cellular networks
The subject matter describes devices, networks, systems, media, and methods to create secure communications between wireless devices and cellular networks, where the wireless devices communicate with the cellular networks via multi-hopping methods in non-cellular networks. |
| US10136310B2 |
Secure data transmission
A wireless device and a method for secure data transmission is described. Information representing biometric data of a user is obtained. The information is processed to produce a code and the code is sent over a wireless technology. A response is requested of a device that has a matching code, where the matching can be within a predetermined tolerance. A response is received that includes at least one of a public key which includes the code as a part of the key and the identity of the device having the matching code. The data to be transmitted is encrypted with the public key and sent to the device with the matching code. |
| US10136308B2 |
Querying data from devices in an ad-hoc network
A mobile data network supports making subscriber data addressable as devices in a mobile data network. Each data chunk is assigned a device address in the mobile data network. The data chunk can then be addressed as a device in the mobile data network. Data chunks corresponding to a subscriber are distributed across multiple devices in the mobile data network, which may include subscriber devices, network components in the mobile data network, and specialized devices provided by storage providers. The mobile data network is queried to determine related devices. An ad-hoc network of the related devices is formed. A data query by one of the related devices is sent to the related devices in the ad-hoc network to determine whether the data query can be satisfied by one of the related devices. If not, the data query is sent via normal channels in the mobile data network. |
| US10136307B2 |
Method for providing multi number service
A method for providing a multi number service using a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) comprises the steps of: according to a command received from the outside of a UICC, selecting any one subscriber identification information set among a plurality of subscriber identification information sets stored in a memory allocated to a subscriber identification information set managing application; and activating the selected subscriber identification information set. |
| US10136306B2 |
Device-type specific preferred PLMN list
Generating and using a device-type specific preferred public land mobile network (PLMN) list for roaming PLMN selection. Wireless devices sharing one or more common characteristics may be tasked with collecting roaming PLMN selection data. That data may be collected and used to generate a preferred PLMN list specific to wireless devices sharing those common characteristics. The preferred PLMN list may be distributed to wireless devices sharing those common characteristics, which may then use it in conjunction with roaming PLMN selection. |
| US10136304B2 |
Method, device and terminal for mobile terminals to exchange user information
Disclosed are a method and a device for a mobile terminal to change user information, and a terminal, comprising that: a second mobile terminal obtains a wireless fidelity (wifi) hotspot shared name of a first mobile terminal by wifi searching; the second mobile terminal resolves the wifi hotspot shared name of the first mobile terminal to obtain the user information of the first mobile terminal, and the user information of the first mobile terminal is saved. In the embodiments of the present document, the operation of adding contact information is performed according to the wifi hotspot name by opening the wifi hotspot, which saves the step of the user inputting information, brings convenience to the user and saves the time. |
| US10136303B2 |
System and method for providing location information
A computer implemented method for determining the location of a target device is disclosed. A locate request is received for the target device. The locate request is forwarded. A locate for the target device in response to the locate request is received, the locate including a location and a location accuracy. The received location accuracy is compared with an accuracy threshold, and a calculated location of the target device is forwarded when the received location accuracy is not within the accuracy threshold. |
| US10136302B2 |
Roaming support for software defined networking architecture in mobile network
A software defined networking controller can be provided to manage sharing of information relating to roaming requests for mobile devices that are roaming on visited networks. The software defined networking controller can be a sub-instance of a main software defined networking controller that manages traffic within the home network, and the software defined networking controller can sit at the edge of the home network and control edge routing elements. The edge software defined networking controller may communicate with roaming partner's edge software defined networking controller and/or with the roaming interconnect operator's software defined networking controller to exchange roaming related information. |
| US10136299B2 |
System and methods for data communications in a wireless communication system
Techniques for use by a mobile device configured to operate in a wireless network for the communication of data messages with a server are described. When the mobile device does not have an open session with the server, the mobile device receives from a service node via the wireless network a message which informs the mobile device that a data message has arrived at the server and needs to be retrieved. The message includes an identifier which identifies the data message at the server. In response to opening an application at the mobile device, the mobile device communicates directly with the server via the wireless network for retrieving the data message. This involves commencing an open session with the server, sending to the server a command for retrieving the data message, and receiving from the server the data message in response to sending the command. The mobile device may use the identifier for retrieving the data message from the server. |
| US10136292B2 |
Power outlet and method for use
A power outlet for controlling power to an external device and transmitting data to the external device, the power outlet including: a housing containing at least one alternating-current power input connection; a power output connection; a data connector; a sensor module; a wireless communication module, including an antenna; a processing unit configured to receive data and control an electrically connected device through the power output connection and/or data connector based on the received data. |
| US10136290B2 |
Signal sharing between trusted groups of devices
Aspects of the technology described herein identify a trusted group of devices that collaborate to minimize device limitations (e.g., data use, bandwidth, battery life, and the like). Personal assistant services or cloud-based services utilize user data (e.g., web browsing, calendar entries, communication data, social networks, and the like) and device data (e.g., location data, Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi, and the like) provided by user devices to identify devices in the trusted group of devices. A handshake between the devices establishes a means of communication and a selected topology. A hub device is selected from the trusted group of devices to upload or download relevant data based on the selected topology. The hub device shares the relevant data with the member devices via the established means of communication. |
| US10136286B2 |
Method for controlling external electronic device and electronic device for processing same
An electronic device and a method for controlling an external electronic device connected to the electronic device through wireless communication are provided herein. A first electronic device includes a communication module configured to communicate with a second electronic device; and a processor configured to, in response to an entry event of a communication restriction mode in which at least one communication function of the first electronic device is deactivated, provide entry information of the communication restriction mode and release information of the communication restriction mode to the second electronic device, and control performance of the communication restriction mode using the entry information and the release information. |
| US10136282B2 |
Dynamic download policy for mobile applications
Obtaining a dynamic download policy for a mobile application being executed on the mobile computing device, wherein the dynamic download policy indicating a download policy for a data item, the download policy is defined by the dynamic download policy as enabled in a first device context of the mobile computing device. During execution of the mobile application, a current device context of the mobile application is being monitored. In response to the mobile application attempting to download the data item and in response to the current device context being the first device context, the download policy may be enforced. |
| US10136281B2 |
Method for logging in to application, server, terminal, and nonvolatile computer readable storage medium
A method is performed at an application platform running at a computer server for logging in to an application (App) by an end user, the method comprising: receiving a login request from a server associated with the application; obtaining an App identity (ID) and a key from the login request; verifying the obtained App ID and key with predefined information associated with the application and the terminal; and when the verification succeeds, sending, to the application server, a message including first user account number information of the end user at the application platform. The application server is configured to generate second user account number information of the end user at the application according to the first user account number information and return the second user account number information to the terminal so that the end user can log into the application using the second user account number information. |
| US10136277B2 |
Method and device for roaming charging for CS fallback MTRF call
A method and device for charging roaming for CS fallback MTRF call is provided. At least one charging data record is obtained through receiving charging data records from at least one roaming charging device, wherein the user equipment roams to a VPLMN corresponding to the at least one roaming charging device. Based on the at least one charging data record and in combination with the local charging data record in the home charging device, consolidation processing is performed so as to obtain a consolidated target charging data record. A method of computing charging data records so as to perform final charging in a home charging device in the home network is introduced, instead of performing final charging in a roaming charging device in a visited network, which avoids repetitive charging on the charging data records in the mobile switching center of the visited network. |
| US10136275B2 |
Framework and applications for proximity-based social interaction
A framework for use in developing proximity-based social interactions (PSIs) shows energy efficiency, topology robustness, and a lessened load for group participants. Implementations of the framework may include PSI-specific application hints to aggregate and schedule pending transmissions and match delivery requirement, topology structure and maintenance schemes that provide robustness and improve efficiency, and load-distributing group dissemination protocols. |
| US10136272B2 |
Synthetic communication network method and system
Methods and systems for registering a phone device on a synthetic communication network are described. One implementation receives a request to connect the phone device to a synthetic communication network that transmits messages over a data network using one or more phone numbers from a voice network. A phone number and a country code associated with the phone device to be used for communications over the synthetic network are obtained. The phone number is normalized to a standard format distinguishing the resulting normalized phone number from international phone numbers using the synthetic network. Before the phone device is registered, an association between the normalized phone number and the phone device is verified by sending a verification message addressed to the phone device that loops back to the phone device. If the phone device confirms the verification as authentic, an authorization allows the phone device to communicate over the synthetic network. |
| US10136270B1 |
System and method for monitoring receptions of short messages
A method for monitoring reception of short messages the method may include transmitting a first group of short messages over a first plurality of paths of a network that supports short message service wherein each short message of the first group comprises a link that once activated by a recipient provides a path identifier that identifies a path over which the short message successfully propagated; finding unblocked paths and blocked paths wherein each unblocked path is identified by an activated link that was activated in response to the transmitting of the first group of short messages; wherein each blocked path is not identified by an activated link despite the transmitting of the first group of short messages; selecting a group of paths of the network based at least on the finding of the unblocked paths and the blocked paths; wherein the group of paths comprises at least one unblocked path and does not include any blocked path; and transmitting at least one additional group of short messages over the group of paths of the network. |
| US10136269B2 |
Mobility management entity having mobile switching center functionality
A Mobility Management Entity (MME) comprises at least one entity or layer having Mobile Switching Center (MSC) functionality to support a Short Messaging Service (SMS) between a network and a mobile station by employing Machine-to-Machine (M2M) or Machine Type Communication (MTC) protocols. A first state machine entity or layer that supports relay functions to perform forwarding of SMS messages to the mobile station. A second state machine entity or layer that supports connection functions with at least an HSS/HLR (Home Subscriber Server/Home Location Register), and with an SMS-SC (Short Messaging Service-Service Center) or GMSC/IWMSC (Gateway MSC/Interworking MSC). |
| US10136265B2 |
Trace/trajectory reconstruction via wearable and/or mobile sensors for indoor/outdoor location
At a mobile electronic device, first sensor data is obtained from at least one wearable muscle sensor, suggesting that location tracking will imminently be desirable. A first indication that an external locator signal is not usable is also obtained. Responsive to the first sensor data and the indication, second sensor data, from at least one wearable muscle sensor, indicative of motion of a subject wearing the at least one muscle sensor, is recorded. A second indication that the external locator signal is now usable is obtained. Responsive to the second indication, the external locator signal is used to determine a current location of the mobile electronic device; and the second sensor data is sued to backtrack from the current location of the mobile electronic device to indicate a location of the mobile electronic device at a time when the recording of the second sensor data was initiated. |
| US10136264B2 |
Indoor locating mobile terminals in a mobile cellular telecommunication network
A process for indoor location of a mobile cellular terminal (3) equipped with a transceiver apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile cellular telecommunication network (2), through a system including at least one transmitter apparatus (5a-5g), present inside an indoor environment (6;A-G), and at least one of the mobile terminals (3) equipped with at least one receiver apparatus (4), capable of receiving data transmitted by at least one of the transmitter apparatuses (5a-5g) present inside the indoor environment (6;A-G) and of relaying them to a locating station (7) through the transceiver apparatus over the mobile cellular telecommunication network (2), including the following steps, wherein: at least one of the transmitter apparatuses (5a-5g) present in the indoor environment (6;A-G) transmits at least one identifier (ID;- |
| US10136261B2 |
Method and apparatus to transmit and receive data based on location
An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data based on a location is disclosed, the apparatus for receiving the data, for example, a data receiver includes a location predictor configured to predict a location of the receiver based on location information of the receiver, a data rate calculator configured to calculate a predicted data rate during an interval based on communication environment information corresponding to the location of the receiver and the predicted location, and a buffer configured to backlog data received in advance based on the predicted data rate. |
| US10136259B1 |
Pick and put location verification utilizing RF received signal strength
An inventory tracking system includes a plurality of emitters that each emit a wireless signal and are placed at known locations relative to a plurality of storage areas in a warehouse, including a first storage area for storage of a specified item. The system further includes a mobile device that travels with a material handler. The mobile device: receives a first wireless signal from a first emitter that is one of the plurality of emitters; calculates a first distance between the material handler and the first emitter based on the first wireless signal; determines that the material handler is located at a stocking location for the first storage area based on the first distance and the known location of the first emitter; and sends a message indicating that the material handler is at the stocking location for the first storage area. |
| US10136257B2 |
Mobile device in-motion proximity guidance system
This disclosure describes an in-motion proximity guidance system that may alert a mobile device user of a likelihood that a projected pathway of an in-motion mobile device will intersect with a projected pathway of another in-motion mobile device or a location of a stationary object. The in-motion proximity guidance may further trigger visual and/or audible alerts to indicate an imminent collision. These alerts may be emitted from the in-motion mobile devices or stationary sensor devices physically coupled to stationary objects. Further, the in-motion proximity guidance system may transmit a corrective action to a collision avoidance system of a vehicle that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device in order to reduce a likelihood of an imminent collision. The in-motion proximity guidance system may also interact with a smart traffic light system, such that a sequence of traffic light indications may be altered to avoid an imminent collision between vehicles. |
| US10136252B2 |
Location service management
An application manager of a mobile device can provide a user with the ability to control whether an application can use location information provided by a location subsystem of the mobile device. The application can request to be notified by the location subsystem when the mobile device crosses a geofence. When the mobile device crosses the geofence, the location subsystem provides a notice to the application. The application manager can intercept the notice to the application, and present an alert on a user interface. The application manager can then provide the notice to the application only upon receiving an input through the user interface confirming that the application still has permission to use location information. |
| US10136251B2 |
Geofence compositions
Architecture that enables geofence combinations and compositions where multiple correlated geofences are generated for an entity such as a point of interest. The geofences can have varying radii relative to a specific entity and represent distinct areas or aspects of the entity. The geofences can relate to correspondingly different categories to which the entity can belong. The geofences can be of differing shapes than circular, such as polygons (e.g., rectangles, squares, etc.). Moreover, these differently shaped geofences can be applied to a single entity. Each geofence of a geofence set associated with an entity can be assigned to represent different parts of an entity such as a part a shopping mall. Geofence composition is obtained by combining multiple primitive geofences to compose more complex geofence(s) for an entity and for embedding the relationship of the primitive geofences into such compositions. |
| US10136248B2 |
Portable apparatus and method of controlling location information of portable apparatus
A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling location information of the portable apparatus corresponding to a connection termination time to be transmitted to a wearable apparatus when a connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided. A portable apparatus and a method of controlling location information of the portable apparatus for enabling the portable apparatus to transmit location information of a termination time at which a first wireless connection is terminated to a wearable apparatus through a second wireless connection when the first wireless connection between the portable apparatus and the wearable apparatus is terminated are provided. |
| US10136247B2 |
Physical and virtual phone mobility
A physical and virtual phone mobility system enables application tasks and resources to be shared between a mobile device and a desktop device by hosting a virtual mobile device on the desktop device when the mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined proximity of the desktop device. The local resources available to the mobile device that are typically used to perform a given application task are compared with resources that are available to the desktop device. At least partial execution of the application may be transferred, along with some state information in some cases, from the mobile device to the desktop device based on the results of the comparison according to one or more transfer rules. |
| US10136244B2 |
Extending connectivity in a machine to machine communication system
In a machine to machine (M2M) communication system, a common service entity hosts a registration for a remotely hosted application entity, stores a point of access address corresponding to the remotely hosted application entity, and thereby facilitates M2M communication between the remotely hosted application entity and another M2M node. The communication may be performed over the Mca interface. |
| US10136242B2 |
Cloud computing system configured for a consumer to program a smart phone and touch pad
A cloud computing system is provided to support a consumer for programming a smart phone/touch pad. Set of accessory members is provided to enable said consumer to build and program a consumer designed article that comprises said consumer programmed smart phone/touch pad. |
| US10136241B1 |
Audio playing system capable of automatically personally compensating
An audio playing system has a first channel output device, a first audio modulator and a controller. The first audio modulator is electrically coupled to the first channel output device and having a set of first modulation parameters, the first audio modulator configured to selectively modulate a first channel audio signal with the set of first modulation parameters and output the modulated first channel audio signal to the first channel output device. The controller is electrically coupled to the first channel output device and the first audio modulator, wherein in a test mode, the controller is configured to send a set of test audio signals to the first channel output device, to generate a set of first user parameters based on a plurality of pieces of first confirmation signal, and to adjust the set of first modulation parameters based on the set of first user parameters. |
| US10136238B2 |
Audio system and method for predicting acoustic feature
An audio system and method using indoor response estimation are disclosed. An acoustic feature prediction method of the audio system may include generating a detection signal based on an input signal and a modulation code; generating an acoustic signal based on the detection signal and outputting the acoustic signal to a plurality of speakers; measuring acoustic signals output from the speakers where the speakers are installed; and predicting acoustic features related to the speakers based on the measured acoustic signals and the modulation code. |
| US10136229B2 |
Binaural segregation of wireless accessories
A binaural hearing device adapted to assist a recipient to segregate sounds from local and remote sources. Segregation can be achieved with two environmental microphones that are configured to mix right/left ambient sounds and divert them to the ear on one side of the recipient. |
| US10136224B2 |
Electrodynamic sound transducer
There is provided an electrodynamic sound transducer comprising a chassis and at least one diaphragm which is capable of vibrating and which at its edge has at least two oppositely disposed fixing portions for fixing the diaphragm to the chassis. The edge of the diaphragm is not connected to the chassis between the fixing portions so that the diaphragm can vibrate freely at those locations. |
| US10136222B2 |
Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method to reduce external noise
[Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which can allow a user to listen to sound assumed by a designer while a difference among individuals is taken into account. [Solution] Provided is a signal processing apparatus including: a characteristics difference calculating unit configured to calculate a difference between reproduction target characteristics of a first sound signal and characteristics of a second sound signal obtained by collecting, at a microphone provided inside a headphone, sound output from a driver which outputs the sound based on a third sound signal obtained by performing signal processing on the first sound signal; and a sound signal processing unit configured to select a parameter to be used at the signal processing based on the difference calculated by the characteristics difference calculating unit, and perform signal processing on the first sound signal. |
| US10136218B2 |
Playback device pairing
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed. An example method includes receiving an audio signal containing a range of audio frequencies; amplifying, according to a gain parameter, the audio signal to be reproduced by at least one speaker. The example method includes automatically increasing the gain parameter to a higher gain parameter responsive to a determination that no more than a subset of the range of audio frequencies is to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. The example method includes amplifying, according to the higher gain parameter, the audio signal containing no more than the subset of the range of audio frequencies to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. |
| US10136217B2 |
Soundfield decomposition, reverberation reduction, and audio mixing of sub-soundfields at a video conference endpoint
At a microphone array, a soundfield is detected to produce a set of microphone signals each from a corresponding microphone in the microphone array. The set of microphone signals represents the soundfield. The detected soundfield is decomposed into a set of sub-soundfield signals based on the set of microphone signals. Each sub-soundfield signal is processed, such that each sub-soundfield signal is separately dereverberated using other ones of the sub-soundfield signals to remove reverberation from the sub-soundfield signal, to produce a set of processed sub-soundfield signals. The set of processed sub-sound field signals are mixed into a mixed output signal. |
| US10136216B2 |
Action sound capture using subsurface microphones
Methods and systems for generating an audio mix indicative of action sound captured at an event on a surface (e.g., a sporting event on a field) using a microphone array, where the array includes subsurface microphones (e.g., a large number of subsurface microphones) positioned under the surface, and optionally also other microphones. In typical embodiments, at least one point of interest (“PI”) on the surface is selected in an automated manner, PI data indicative of a currently selected PI on the surface is generated (e.g., a sequence of PIs on the surface is selected, the PI data is indicative of the sequence of PIs, and a most recently selected PI in the sequence is the currently selected PI), and the audio mix is generated in response to the PI data. Aspects include methods performed by any embodiment of the system, and a system or device configured (e.g., programmed) to perform any embodiment of the method. |
| US10136215B2 |
Apparatus and method for saving energy in an active loudspeaker
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recognizing a digital audio signal in a system, in which at least some of the electronic components are at times in sleep or unenergized mode, in which method the digital audio signal is amplified and recognized, the amplified signal is decoded in a decoding circuit, the decoded signal is led to a signal processor for further processing and digital/analog conversion, and an audio signal is created from the analog signal. According to the invention, the amplified, undecoded signal is led directly to the signal- or microprocessor to be used and recognized, and the circuit implementing the decoder is kept in sleep mode unless a digital audio signal has been recognized. |
| US10136210B2 |
Personal acoustic systems and flexible earpiece mounts for the same
A personal acoustic system and flexible mount for the same are disclosed. The flexible mount is comprised of an elastomeric material. The personal acoustic system further includes a band comprising a first mount and an earpiece comprising a second mount. An acoustic element is housed within the earpiece. The elastomeric mount is positioned intermediate the first mount and the second mount to flexibly connect the band to the earpiece. |
| US10136206B2 |
Device for outputting audio signal and method for outputting audio signal
Provided is a device for outputting an audio signal. The device includes: a vibrator configured to output the audio signal; a vibrator cover provided on the vibrator to transmit the output audio signal to a surface of an object mounted with the device; a sensor configured to measure a pressure between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover; a distance adjusting unit configured to adjust a distance between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover based on the pressure measured by the sensor to optimally output the audio signal; and a control unit configured to control the vibrator, the sensor, and the distance adjusting unit. |
| US10136205B2 |
Display system
An audio and display system comprising a housing having an interior region, at least one audio speaker positioned within the interior region, and a display coupled to the housing. The display includes a frame coupled to the housing, the frame having a plurality of mounting members, wherein at least two adjacent mounting members of the plurality of mounting members are spaced apart by a first distance, a plurality of support members coupled to the mounting members of the frame, wherein at least two adjacent support members of the plurality of support members are spaced apart by a second distance, and a plurality of light-emitting elements coupled to each of the plurality of support members, wherein the display module is substantially acoustically transparent. |
| US10136202B1 |
Electronic apparatus
The present disclosure proposes an electronic apparatus including an attenuation element, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and a control circuit. The attenuation element attenuates a first infrared signal as a second infrared signal. The PIR includes a filtering element and a receiving sensor. The filtering element filters the second infrared signal as a third infrared signal, wherein a wavelength thereof ranges between 9 and 10 micrometer. When a distance between the attenuation element and a source emitting the first infrared signal is not larger than a predetermined distance, the receiving sensor outputs a first electrical signal in response to the third infrared signal, otherwise the receiving sensor outputs a second electrical signal in response to the third infrared signal. The control circuit activates the electronic apparatus according to the first electrical signal or deactivates the electronic apparatus according to the second electrical signal. |
| US10136198B2 |
Power tool and method for wireless communication
A power tool having multiple wireless communication states and a method of wirelessly communicating by a power tool. The power tool includes a motor, a battery pack interface that selectively receives a battery pack, a backup power source, and a wireless communication controller coupled to the backup power source and the battery pack interface. The wireless communication controller operates in a connectable state when coupled to a battery pack and transmits tool operational data to the external device and receives tool configuration data from the external device. The wireless communication controller operates in an advertisement state when the wireless communication controller is coupled to and powered by the backup power source. In the advertisement state, the wireless communication controller is configured to transmit the unique tool identifier. The external device may also display an indication of the communication state of the power tool. |
| US10136195B2 |
Upgradeable distribution framework, cable connector, and cabling management system
An upgradeable distribution framework, cable connector and cabling management system is described. The distribution framework has a plurality of ports adapted to be connected by cable connectors and indicator elements arranged on the distribution framework wherein corresponding to at least a portion of the ports. A plurality of first communication units are detachably secured to the cable connectors and such that the first communication units are positioned outside the ports when the cable connectors are inserted into the ports. The distribution framework further includes a plurality of second communication units that correspond to at least a portion of the ports. The second communication units and the corresponding first communication units are configured to communicate with each other in a non-contact manner. A control modules is configured to control and read and write communications between at least a portion of the first communication units and the second communication units. |
| US10136194B2 |
Streaming piracy detection method and system
In one embodiment, a command is received from a video provider at a media rendering device, the command being a command to embed a subscriber ID in at least one video frame in a video stream. A random key, k is also received from the video provider at the media rendering device. An injective transformation is invoked for k and the subscriber ID, the injective transformation generating a sequence of pairs of: near-transparent patterns and corresponding time periods. Logical blocks of the at least one video frame in the video stream are overlaid with one of the near-transparent patterns for its one of the corresponding time periods. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also described. |
| US10136186B2 |
Signal processing method, signal reception processing apparatus and TV system
There are disclosed a signal processing method, a signal reception processing apparatus and a TV system, wherein the signal processing method comprises: receiving a control signal and decoding said control signal; comparing a signal instruction obtained from the decoding with preset instructions and generating an execution instruction corresponding to the matched preset instruction, wherein said preset instructions include a channel storage instruction and a channel change instruction; and performing corresponding execution actions according to the execution instruction. In the signal reception processing apparatus and the TV system based on the above method, specific channels are stored by decoding the control signal, and thus by storing specific channels, the aged can perform operations only on these specific TV channels instead of all TV channels when watching TV programs, and therefore they can watch TV program conveniently. |
| US10136179B2 |
Method and system for efficient communication
Methods and apparatus for efficiently directing communications are disclosed. On example entails receiving, from a mobile terminal, a communication directed to a cellular communication network, the communication being received in an alternative channel that differs from a channel of the cellular communication network. The communication is then converted for a relayed communication to the cellular communication network on behalf of the mobile terminal, the relayed communication being made through the cellular communication network. |
| US10136168B2 |
System and method for recognition of items in media data and delivery of information related thereto
The system and method disclosed herein relate to the establishment of both the location and identity of individual items in pictures or videos and delivering of related information thereto. Initially, images in video source content are scanned and individual elements in the images are dynamically compared with digital images stored in a database to identify individual items in the image that match the digital images stored in the database. Upon detecting a match, information is accessed in the database that is related to the digital image that matches the identified individual item. The accessed information is then transmitted to a secondary system that is in communication with a display device, such that the accessed information is displayed on the secondary system in coordination with the video source content being displayed on the display device. |
| US10136163B2 |
Method and apparatus for repairing video file
A method and a device for repairing a video file. The method includes the device generating, if frame data of a video frame can be extracted from a video data stream of a corrupted video file according to a video frame structure feature, a video frame sequence from the extracted frame data of the video frame; recording the CODEC type corresponding to the video frame structure feature, storage location information of the video frame sequence, and index data that is used to record a timestamp-based index of the video frame sequence; determining a sequence header of the video frame sequence; and reconstructing, according to the sequence header, the recorded CODEC type, the recorded storage location information, and the recorded index data, container data that complies with a target container format, and generating and outputting a video file in the target container format based on the reconstructed container data. |
| US10136162B2 |
Specifying visual dynamic range coding operations and parameters
Coding syntaxes in compliance with same or different VDR specifications may be signaled by upstream coding devices such as VDR encoders to downstream coding devices such as VDR decoders in a common vehicle in the form of RPU data units. VDR coding operations and operational parameters may be specified as sequence level, frame level, or partition level syntax elements in a coding syntax. Syntax elements in a coding syntax may be coded directly in one or more current RPU data units under a current RPU ID, predicted from other partitions/segments/ranges previously sent with the same current RPU ID, or predicted from other frame level or sequence level syntax elements previously sent with a previous RPU ID. A downstream device may perform decoding operations on multi-layered input image data based on received coding syntaxes to construct VDR images. |
| US10136160B2 |
Method and apparatus for resolution adaptive video encoding with search range constraint
An encoding method includes applying a search range constraint on a search range of a block in a current frame, and encoding the block in the current frame with pixel information in a reference frame according to inter prediction performed based on the search range of the block in the current frame, wherein a resolution of the current frame is different from a resolution of the reference frame. |
| US10136157B2 |
Inter prediction method and apparatus for same
According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved. |
| US10136153B2 |
DRAP identification and decoding
The proposed technology comprises identifying a DRAP sample and its associated IRAP sample in a media container file (1) comprising a bitstream of encoded video content in the form of encoded pictures. |
| US10136152B2 |
Use of specific HEVC SEI messages for multi-layer video codecs
Devices and methods for improving use of supplemental enhancement information (SEI) messages in multi-layer codecs for decoding multi-layer bitstreams containing video information are disclosed. In one aspect, a device may include a memory that stores video information associated with the multi-layer bitstream. The stored video information may include an SEI message and a processor connected to the memory. The processor determines whether the SEI message belongs to a first SEI message category or a second SEI message category based on an identifier in the SEI message. The processor further determines whether the SEI message applies to the operation points or the layers and, in response to the SEI message being of the first SEI message category and applying to the operation points, associates each semantic of the SEI message with each operation point among the operation points. |
| US10136151B2 |
Image decoding device and image decoding method
An image decoding device is equipped with a header information decoding means for decoding profile/level information included in a video parameter set after decoding byte-aligned 16-bit extension information (next_essential_info_byte_offset) in the video parameter set. |
| US10136147B2 |
Efficient transcoding for backward-compatible wide dynamic range codec
An intermediate bitstream generated by a first-stage transcoding system from an initial transmission package is received. The intermediate bitstream comprises base layer (BL) and enhancement layer (EL) signals. The combination of the BL and EL signals of the intermediate bitstream represents compressed wide dynamic range images. The BL signal of the intermediate bitstream alone represents compressed standard dynamic range images. A targeted transmission package is generated based on the intermediate bitstream. The targeted transmission package comprises BL and EL signals. The BL signal of the targeted transmission package may be directly transcoded from the BL signal of the intermediate bitstream alone. |
| US10136141B2 |
Determining quantization parameter (QP) values and delta QP values for palette coded blocks in video coding
Techniques are described for palette-based video coding. In palette-based coding, a video coder may form a so-called “palette” as a table of colors for representing video data of a given block of video data. Rather than coding actual pixel values or their residuals for the given block, the video coder may code index values for one or more of the pixels. The index values map the pixels to entries in the palette representing the colors of the pixels. Techniques are described for determining the application of deblocking filtering for pixels of palette coded blocks at a video encoder or a video decoder. In addition, techniques are described for determining quantization parameter (QP) values and delta QP values used to quantize escape pixel values of palette coded blocks at the video encoder or the video decoder. |
| US10136140B2 |
Encoder-side decisions for screen content encoding
Innovations in encoder-side decisions for coding of screen content video or other video can speed up encoding in various ways. For example, some of the innovations relate to ways to speed up motion estimation by identifying appropriate starting points for the motion estimation in different reference pictures. Many of the encoder-side decisions speed up encoding by terminating encoding for a block or skipping the evaluation of certain modes or options when a condition is satisfied. For example, some of the innovations relate to ways to speed up encoding when hash-based block matching is used. Still other innovations relate to ways to identify when certain intra-picture prediction modes should or should not be evaluated during encoding. Other innovations relate to other aspects of encoding. |
| US10136139B2 |
Display driver and method of operating image data processing device
A display driving device includes an encoding unit and a frame memory. The encoding unit is configured to generate final mode information and a compressed bit stream based on a macro block and a first reference pixel, and generate a final bit stream using the final mode information and the compressed bit stream. The frame memory is configured to store and provide the stored final bit stream to a decoding unit. The final mode information includes mode information and a reconstruction reference value. The mode information indicates a selected mode from a plurality of modes, each of the plurality of modes indicating selection pixels and non-selection pixels in the macro block. The selection pixels are pixels in the macro block selected for undergoing a compression operation, the non-selection pixels are pixels not selected for undergoing the compression operation, and the reconstruction reference value indicates encoding information for the non-selection pixels. |
| US10136135B2 |
Image processing device and method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a quantization matrix.An image processing device of the present disclosure includes an up-conversion unit configured to up-convert a quantization matrix limited to a size less than or equal to a transmission size that is a maximum size allowed for transmission, from the transmission size to a size that is identical to a block size that is a processing unit of quantization or dequantization. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an image processing device for processing image data. |
| US10136133B2 |
Rate control adaptation for high-dynamic range images
A high dynamic range input video signal characterized by either a gamma-based or a perceptually-quantized (PQ) source electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) is to be compressed. Given a luminance range for an image-region in the input, for a gamma-coded input signal, a rate-control adaptation method in the encoder adjusts a region-based quantization parameter (QP) so that it increases in highlight regions and decreases in dark regions, otherwise, for a PQ-coded input, the region-based QP increases in the dark areas and decreases in the highlight areas. |
| US10136123B2 |
Display system with normalized show lighting for wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) environment
A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear. |
| US10136120B2 |
Depth sensing using structured illumination
A mobile or portable device comprises an illuminating arrangement comprising a light source, and an amplitude splitting interferometer configured to form an interferogram of light emitted by the light source. The illuminating arrangement is configured to illuminate a target region lying at a distance of at least 10 cm from the device by the interferogram, thereby projecting a structured light pattern onto the target region. The device further comprises an image sensor configured to capture at least one digital image frame of the target region illuminated by the interferogram, and a processing unit configured to obtain image data of the at least one digital image frame, and determine depth of at least one object location in the target region relative to a reference location on the basis of the obtained image data. |
| US10136119B2 |
View synthesis in 3D video
In an example, a method of decoding video data includes determining whether a reference index for a current block corresponds to an inter-view reference picture, and when the reference index for the current block corresponds to the inter-view reference picture, obtaining, from an encoded bitstream, data indicating a view synthesis prediction (VSP) mode of the current block, where the VSP mode for the reference index indicates whether the current block is predicted with view synthesis prediction from the inter-view reference picture. |
| US10136118B2 |
Compatible stereoscopic video delivery
Stereoscopic images are subsampled and placed in a “checkerboard” pattern in an image. The image is encoded in a monoscopic video format. The monoscopic video is transmitted to a device where the “checkerboard” is decoded. Portions of the checkerboard (e.g., “black” portions) are used to reconstruct one of the stereoscopic images and the other portion of the checkerboard (e.g., “white” portions) are used to reconstruct the other image. The subsamples are, for example, taken from the image in a location coincident to the checkerboard position in which the subsamples are encoded. |
| US10136117B2 |
Video display control methods and apparatuses and display devices
Various video display control methods and apparatuses and various display devices are provided. A method comprises: acquiring interframe differences between every two adjacent frames in at least two adjacent video frames in sequence of a video; determining a display image distance of at least one video frame in the at least two video frames at least according to respective interframe differences of the interframe differences, and controlling the display device to display the at least one video frame at least according to the determined display image distance of the at least one video frame. A visual effect and user experience can thereby be improved. |
| US10136116B2 |
Object segmentation from light field data
A scene is segmented into objects based on light field data for the scene, including based on image pixel values (e.g., intensity) and disparity map(s). In one aspect, the light field data is used to estimate one or more disparity maps for the scene taken from different viewpoints. The scene is then segmented into a plurality of regions that correspond to objects in the scene. Unlike other approaches, the regions can be variable-depth. In one approach, the regions are defined by boundaries. The boundaries are determined by varying the boundary to optimize an objective function for the region defined by the boundary. The objective function is based in part on a similarity function that measures a similarity of image pixel values for pixels within the boundary and also measures a similarity of disparities for pixels within the boundary. |
| US10136115B2 |
Video shooting method and apparatus
A video recording method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes acquiring video data; buffering the video data at a native layer for which memory allocation is not limited; and performing encoding to obtain a video file according to the video data buffered at the native layer. Embodiments of the present disclosure solve the problem that a garbage collection (GC) mechanism is frequently triggered and the phenomenon of out of memory (OOM) occurs when image data is buffered at a Java layer, and achieve the effect that there is no need to trigger the GC mechanism and the phenomenon of OOM does not occur. |
| US10136112B2 |
Projection system
A projection system includes an invisible light projector, a background member, an imaging unit, an image generator, and a visible light projector. The invisible light projector projects a predetermined invisible light image onto the object via invisible light. The background member is disposed behind the object in a direction of the invisible light emitted from the invisible light projector. The imaging unit captures an image of the invisible light projected from the invisible light projector. The image generator measures a shape of the object based on the image captured by the imaging unit to generate image data showing image content for projection onto the object in accordance with the measured shape. The visible light projector projects the image content shown by the image data onto the object via visible light. The background member has a light shielding surface that does not diffusely reflect the invisible light incident thereon. |
| US10136111B2 |
Wavelength converter, illuminator, and projector
The invention relates to a wavelength converter including a rotating device, a substrate rotated by the rotating device, a wavelength conversion element provided on a first surface of the substrate, and a heat sink that is provided on a second surface facing away from the first surface and is a member different from the substrate. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins, and the substrate is formed of a light transmissive member. |
| US10136103B2 |
Identifying consumer products in images
Systems and methods identify consumer products in images. Known consumer products are captured as grayscale or color images. They are converted to binary at varying thresholds. Connected components in the binary images identify image features according to pixels of a predetermined size, shape, solidity, aspect ratio, and the like. The image features are stored and searched for amongst image features similarly extracted from unknown images of consumer products. Identifying correspondence between the features of the images lends itself to identifying or not known consumer products. |
| US10136102B2 |
Online conference broadcast using broadcast component
An online conferencing system that provides an automatic mechanism to broadcast an online conference. A video gathering component gathers video streams for each of at least some of the current participants in the online conference. A broadcast start triggering component allows one or more of the participants to trigger operation of a broadcasting component. The broadcast component that, when triggered, causes a resulting video stream comprising at least a composite of at least some of the gathered video streams to be published to a plurality of viewers. In some embodiments, pre-processing of the video streams to create the resulting video stream also occurs. Such pre-processing could include, for instance, composing a stream from multiple video streams, altering one or more of the video streams, applying augmented reality to the video stream, and so forth. |
| US10136100B2 |
Method and device in a camera network system
There is provided a method performed by a device in a network camera system. First and second encoded image data representing the same scene are received (S02, SO4) over a network. The first and the second encoded image data are collected under the same light condition, albeit using different camera parameters. In particular, the second encoded image data is collected using camera parameters which simulate that the second encoded image data is collected under a darker light condition. A ratio of received data amount per time unit of the first encoded image data to received data amount per time unit of the second encoded image data is determined (S06) and the ratio is then used (S08) as an indication of a level of noise in the first encoded image data. |
| US10136099B2 |
Method of temporal resampling and apparent motion speed change for motion picture data
The present invention is a method of processing a sequence of frames from digital motion picture cameras to allow remapping of the time-base of the input frames to a new and possibly variable time-base in the output frame sequence. This invention provides a method that makes small adjustments to the user's specified positions to achieve optimal integer mapping from input frames to output frames in the integrated function. The present invention provides for an algorithm for frame rate resampling providing a method for determining the mapping of input frames to output frames and a method for smoothly ramping the mapping of input frames to output frames based on interactive user input and a method for optimizing the alignment of input frames to output frames such that during areas of constant speed the alignment is optimally centered on the frames and a method for computing the weighting function for averaging input frames to output frames and a method for handling negative values in the weighting function in regions of bright highlights. |
| US10136093B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array, a first column output line provided for each column of the pixel array, a first constant current source, a scanning unit configured to select the pixel portions for each row, and a current control unit configured to control current values, wherein the scanning unit can switch between a normal readout mode and a mixing readout mode, and in the mixing readout mode, the current control unit controls the current values of the first column output lines so that the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of at least one color are simultaneously output is smaller than the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of another color are simultaneously output. |
| US10136092B2 |
Solid state image sensor, method for driving a solid state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and electronic device
A solid state image sensor includes a pixel array, as well as charge-to-voltage converters, reset gates, and amplifiers each shared by a plurality of pixels in the array. The voltage level of the reset gate power supply is set higher than the voltage level of the amplifier power supply. Additionally, charge overflowing from photodetectors in the pixels may be discarded into the charge-to-voltage converters. The image sensor may also include a row scanner configured such that, while scanning a row in the pixel array to read out signals therefrom, the row scanner resets the charge in the photodetectors of the pixels sharing a charge-to-voltage converter with pixels on the readout row. The charge reset is conducted simultaneously with or prior to reading out the signals from the pixels on the readout row. |
| US10136088B2 |
Image pickup apparatus that reduces amount of information of defective pixels, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus enabling reduction of information amount of defective pixels of an image pickup device having pixels pupil-dividing light through a photographic optical system. Each pixel is provided with PD portions for one micro lens for pupil-division of the light. First image data is generated by adding all signals from the PD portions, and second image data is generated by a signal output from one PD portion or by adding signals from part of PD portions. First defect information indicates defect information of the first image data, and second defect information is formed by excluding information redundant with the first defect information from defect information of the second image data. Defective pixels included in the second image data are designated based on the first defect information and the second defect information. The second image data is corrected by correcting the designated defective pixels. |
| US10136087B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
An imaging apparatus comprising: a dark image data imaging section that obtains dark image data in a state in which light beams entering an imaging surface of an image sensor are shielded before first image data is obtained or after second image data obtained lastly; and a correcting section that corrects a fixed pattern noise in cumulative relatively bright composite image data by using the dark image data, wherein the correcting section corrects the fixed pattern noise in the cumulative relatively bright composite image data by using the dark image data obtained at a time closest to the time in a temperature of the image sensor when the first image data or the second image data is obtained is assumed to be the highest, of the dark image data obtained before the first image data is obtained or the dark image data obtained after the second image data obtained lastly. |
| US10136086B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method
An image pickup apparatus, including: a pixel array in which a first row group is to be read in a first mode for reading a signal corresponding to combined electric charges that are obtained by combining electric charges generated by the plurality of photoelectric converters, and a second row group is to be read in a second mode for reading a signal corresponding to electric charges that are generated by any one of the plurality of photoelectric converters; a correction value generating unit configured to generate a first and a second correction value for correcting a signal that is read in the first and the second mode, respectively, a correction unit configured to correct, by using the first correction value, the signal that is read in the first mode, and to correct, by using the second correction value, the signal that is read in the second mode. |
| US10136085B2 |
Signal processing device, imaging element, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, an imaging element, and an electronic apparatus configured so that a cost increase can be suppressed.A signal processing device of the present technology includes: a comparison unit configured to compare a signal level of an analog signal with a signal level of a reference signal; a selection unit configured to select, from a plurality of reference signals, the reference signal to be supplied to the comparison unit; and a switching unit capable of switching a signal line connected to an input terminal of the comparison unit such that a signal line via which the reference signal selected by the selection unit is transmitted is connected to the input terminal of the comparison unit, wherein the comparison unit includes a floating node as the input terminal, the selection unit includes a signal line in which a parasitic capacitance is caused between the signal line and the floating node as the input terminal of the comparison unit, and the signal line of the selection unit is configured to transmit an identical level of signal in multiple comparison processes performed by the comparison unit. The present technology is applicable to, e.g., an imaging element and an electronic apparatus. |
| US10136083B1 |
Electronic circuit having dynamic resistance element
The present disclosure provides a delta-sigma modulator circuit for use in a pixelated image sensor or a readout integrated circuit. In one aspect, the modulator circuit includes a dynamic resistance element configured to have a variable resistance that changes in accordance with a voltage difference across the dynamic resistance element. |
| US10136078B2 |
Random grating based compressive sensing wideband hyperspectral imaging system
A random grating based compressive sensing wideband hyperspectral imaging system comprising a front imaging component, an optical splitting component, more than two branches, and a computer, with each branch having an exit pupil transformation component and a compressive spectral imaging component. The system is based on compressive sensing theory, makes use of the correlation between spectra, increases compression rate on the spectral dimension, realizes three-dimensional compressive collection of wideband spectral image data, and greatly reduces data collection amount. The system is capable of measuring spectral image information on a wideband spectrum with a single exposure, and may obtain high spatial resolution and high spectral resolution by means of designing the random gratings on the various spitting paths. |
| US10136077B1 |
Hyperspectral notch filter imaging
An imaging device includes a detector array and an aperture disposed along an optical path, with an array of filter elements positioned within the aperture in the optical path. Each filter element is configured to filter out energy that is within a unique wavelength band of interest within a wavelength spectrum of interest, to form filtered energy within the wavelength spectrum of interest that is outside the unique wavelength band of interest. The filtered energy is passed from each filter element to a plurality subsets of non-contiguous detector elements in the detector array, which in turn each generate one or more detector values based on the received energy. The detector values may be processed to determine an intensity value for the wavelength band of interest. |
| US10136072B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup system, and program
An image pickup apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network includes an image pickup unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives, from the external apparatus via the network, a synthesizing command for controlling an operation to synthesize a plurality of images captured by the image pickup unit under different exposure conditions and an exposure setting command for controlling an operation to obtain an image generated under a preset exposure condition. The control unit selectively controls the operations requested by the synthesizing command and the exposure setting command if the synthesizing command and the exposure setting command are received by the receiving unit. The transmitting unit transmits, to the external apparatus via the network, a non-error response to at least one of the received synthesizing command and the received exposure setting command that requests an operation not selectively controlled. |
| US10136070B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method of the same
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit, a memory configured to store image data that is output at a predetermined framerate from the image capturing unit, a write unit configured to write the image data to the memory, a readout unit configured to read out the image data stored in the memory, a display unit configured to display an image based on the image data read out by the readout unit, and a control unit configured to control reading out of the image data by the readout unit, wherein the control unit performs control such that a frame of image data read out by the readout unit differs between when electronic zoom is operating and when electronic zoom is not operating. |
| US10136069B2 |
Apparatus and method for positioning image area using image sensor location
An apparatus and a method for processing a plurality of images by using an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying at least a portion of a first image obtained by a first image sensor functionally connected to the electronic device as a first preview image in a display functionally connected to the electronic device and displaying at least a portion of a second image obtained by a second image sensor functionally connected to the electronic device as a second preview image together with the first preview image in the display. An area of the display for displaying the second preview image corresponds at least to a location of the second image sensor in the display. |
| US10136068B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes: a main body provided with an imaging section; a viewfinder that makes a state transition between a housed state in which the viewfinder is housed in the main body and a usage state in which the viewfinder is projected from the main body; and a control section that turns on or turns off power in response to the state transition. |
| US10136058B2 |
Virtual presence device, system, and method
An example virtual presence system includes at least a first and second mobile device in electronic communication with one another, a panoramic camera coupled to the second mobile device. A user of the first mobile device can specify a position (e.g., location or orientation), such as via a joystick or head-mounted display. The specified position is transmitted to the second mobile device, which selectively obtains image data from the panoramic camera corresponding to the specified position. The selected image data is transmitted as a video stream or other format to the first mobile device, thereby allowing the user of the first mobile device to view surrounding environment available at the second mobile device. |
| US10136047B2 |
Focusing method and device for image shooting
The present document discloses a method for processing image shooting applied to an electronic device with an image shooting function, the electronic device is equipped with an auxiliary focusing light source, and the method includes: activating an auxiliary light source to emit auxiliary light when the electronic device opens an image shooting mode; and determining a first area on a screen of the electronic device according to reflected light received on the screen of the electronic device, and calculating a focusing point coordinate of image shooting according to the first area. The present document also discloses an apparatus for processing image shooting. |
| US10136045B2 |
Imaging device, control method, and program
An imaging device, a control method, and a program with automatic power-on control in response to contactless communication are disclosed. An imaging preparation operation is performed after the completion of a transmission of connection information for a wireless communication connection. In one example, an imaging device includes a contactless communication part configured to perform contactless communication with an external device, and a control part configured to control power-on/off of the imaging device and an imaging preparation operation. The control part performs control to set the power of the imaging device ON upon detecting a polling command transmitted by the contactless communication from the external device, transmits connection information for wireless communication connection with the external device to the external device after the imaging device is powered on, and performs control such that the imaging preparation operation is performed, when the transmission of the connection information is completed. |
| US10136042B2 |
Imaging device, flash control device, and light emission control method
An imaging device connectable via a connector to a flash control device which is connectable via the connecting section and which has a memory storing information on whether or not to incorporate a flash function, the imaging device comprising: a controller which communicates with the flash control device connected to the connector, and controls the flash control device, wherein the controller communicates with the flash control device to determine the information, and switches control of the flash control device according to a determination result. |
| US10136039B2 |
Image pickup apparatus capable of preventing thermal deformation of a fixing member fixed to image pickup device package
An image pickup apparatus which is able to prevent thermal deformation of a fixing member fixed to an image pickup device package through solder joining with a circuit substrate sandwiched therebetween, and also align the image pickup device package and the fixing member with high accuracy. The image pickup device package holds an image pickup device. The circuit substrate is electrically connected to the image pickup device via the image pickup device package. The fixing member has at least one arm portion provided with a joint portion that is solder-joined to the image pickup device package. The arm portion has a heat supply unit to which heat is externally supplied and which transfers the supplied heat to the joint portion. An area with a smaller plate thickness than that of other areas is provided around an area that transfers heat from the heat supply unit to the joint portion. |
| US10136037B1 |
Glare visor for security cameras
An apparatus comprising a camera sensor and a lens hood. The camera sensor may be configured to capture video data of an environment near the apparatus. The lens hood may be configured to reduce an amount of glare from a light source. A lens effect results in a distortion of the video data captured by the camera sensor. An edge of the lens hood comprises a curvature corresponding to the distortion resulting from the lens effect. |
| US10136031B2 |
Function execution system, and function execution apparatus and computer-readable medium for the same
A function execution system includes an information storing device, and a function execution apparatus including a first wireless communication interface, a template information storage configured to store template information, and a controller configured to receive setting information from the information storing device via the first wireless communication interface, the setting information including respective setting values for a plurality of setting items for executing a particular function, generate function execution information by setting the setting information for template information stored in the template information storage, and execute the particular function in accordance with the generated function execution information. The information storing device includes a setting information storage, a second wireless communication interface, and a wireless communication processor configured to transmit the setting information stored in the setting information storage, via the second wireless communication interface. |
| US10136029B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing apparatus control method, and program
A printing apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives print data, an operating unit which receives a print instruction from a user, a display unit which displays a password entry screen for receiving a password entry from a user, and a printing unit which receives a print instruction from a user through the operating unit and prints print data without accepting a password through a password entry screen if a password added to the print data is matched with a fixed password and print data to be printed if a print instruction from a user is received through the operating unit, if the password added to the print data is matched with the fixed password, and if the password received through a password entry screen is matched with the password added to the print data. |
| US10136027B2 |
Image reading apparatus with reference surface to generate reference data for shading correction, and related image forming apparatus and method
An image reading apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image reading unit configured to generate reference data by reading a reference surface and to generate image data by reading a sheet. A reference unit has a reference surface. A shading correction unit determines whether a portion of the reference surface includes a contaminant based on image data generated by the image reading unit reading the portion of the reference unit. When the portion of the reference surface is determined to not include a contaminant, the shading correction unit generates reference data based on the image data generated by the image reading unit reading the portion of the reference surface determined to not include a contaminant. |
| US10136024B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus locks a particular cover so as not to be opened based on a particular jam being detected, and displays a particular screen for notifying a user that the particular cover is locked. |
| US10136023B2 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for fax delivery and maintenance
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for the delivery and maintenance of faxes where the faxes may remain at a faxing system for a minimal amount of time. The faxing system may send a queued fax to a connector responsive to a request from the connector to pull or retrieve a fax. The connector is configured to send a release notification to the faxing system after the fax is received. The faxing system is configured to delete the queued fax as soon as confirmation of the delivery of the fax can be determined or when an expiration time has elapsed. |
| US10136021B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method for processing information, and program
An information processing system includes an apparatus, and an information processing apparatus including a search unit configured to search for the apparatus through a wireless communication, a request unit configured to request the apparatus for an execution of an input or an output of data in response to an event where the search unit finds the apparatus, and an execution unit configured to cause the information processing apparatus to execute the input or the output of the data in response to an event where the search unit does not find the apparatus. |
| US10136017B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method for processing information
An information processing system having an information processing apparatus and programs includes an application memory unit storing applications executing a series of processes using electronic data, in which program identification information, parameter setup information, and flow identification information are defined, a use screen memory unit storing use screen information of defining a form; a first receiving unit receiving a first request including the application identification information; a first sending unit sending the use screen information; a second receiving unit, an acquiring unit acquiring the flow information identified by the flow identification information included in the second request, and an executing unit causing the program identified by the flow information to be executed using the parameter included in the second request in conformity with the execution order to execute the series of processes using the electronic data based on the information related to the electronic data. |
| US10136016B2 |
Communication apparatus having prohibited data deletion, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
A communication apparatus capable of performing facsimile communication includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions and at least one processor. The processor executes the instructions to receive facsimile data, store the received facsimile data in a storage, generate a preview image based on the stored facsimile data, and transmit, according to a request for a preview image from an external device, the generated preview image to the external device. In addition, the stored facsimile data is deleted according to an instruction, but deletion of the facsimile data in the storage is prohibited while the external device is displaying the preview image of the facsimile data if the instruction is received from another external device. |
| US10136005B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing system capable of generating scan data and metadata
An image processing apparatus includes: a scanner, memory storing instructions; and a controller, when executing the instructions, causing the image processing apparatus to execute: a first reception processing of receiving instruction data, a first determination processing of determining whether the instruction data is screen instruction data or action instruction data. If the instruction data is the screen instruction data, the image processing apparatus executes: a display processing of displaying a setting screen, an acceptance processing of accepting a user operation designating the parameter; a first storage processing of storing the parameter designated by the acceptance processing. If the instruction data is the action instruction data, the image processing apparatus executes: a scan instruction processing of causing the scanner to execute the scanning action; a generation processing of generating the metadata, with using the parameter stored in the memory, and a second transmission processing. |
| US10136004B2 |
Information processing apparatus that stops searching for a printing apparatus when identification information of a printing apparatus is obtained by near field communication, method of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
An information processing apparatus that is capable of executing near field wireless communication includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes instructions stored in the at least one memory to obtain identification information regarding a printing apparatus from a near field wireless communication tag using the near field wireless communication and to execute, in a case where the identification information has been obtained, specifying processing for specifying the printing apparatus indicated by the identification information as a communication target. In accordance with the identification information being obtained while search processing is being executed for searching for a printing apparatus, the at least one processor stops the search processing and starts the specifying processing. |
| US10136000B2 |
Image-forming device with document reading unit
Provided is an image-forming device that can execute operations that do not use a document-reading unit even when abnormality in a light source is detected in the initial operation at startup. The image-forming device includes a document-reading unit, and together with being able to execute image-forming operations that use the document-reading unit, is able to execute image-forming operations that do not use the document-reading unit. The image-forming device includes a light-source-abnormality-detection unit that executes a light-source-abnormality-detection operation, and when an abnormality in the light source is detected by the light-source-abnormality-detection operation that is executed at startup, stores the startup signal level that is outputted in a light-source-abnormality-storage unit as light-source-abnormality information. The image-forming device performs normal startup in which all image-forming operations can be executed regardless of the detection results of the light-source-abnormality-detection operation. |
| US10135985B1 |
Immediate reconnection of a call to an agent in a contact center
The technology disclosed herein enables a call to be immediately reconnected to an agent of a contact center after the agent has been disconnected. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, determining that a first agent system, operated by a first agent of a plurality of agents for the contact center, has been disconnected from a call between the first agent system and a first caller system operated by a first caller. The first caller system remains connected to the contact center. If the first agent system was disconnected due to a recoverable error, the method provides reconnecting the call to the first agent system once the first agent system has recovered. If the first agent system was disconnected due to a non-recoverable error, the method provides prioritizing the reconnection of the call to another one of the plurality of agents. |
| US10135984B2 |
Dynamic throttling and real-time scheduling of notifications using a campaign management system
This disclosure sets forth systems and techniques that automatically allocate and throttle back resource capacity to multiple campaign events, in real-time, based on campaign event priorities and a supply and demand of available resource capacity. For example, a campaign management system may re-allocate unused resource capacity to a particular campaign event based on the particular campaign event's real-time demand for additional resource capacity. Unused resource capacity may originate from a common pool of resource capacity, or from other campaign events that have an over-allocation of resource capacity that is being underutilized. Further, the techniques described herein also describe throttling back resource capacity of a particular campaign event in response to determining that an existing pool of available resource capacity is unable to serve the particular campaign event's requirements. |
| US10135983B2 |
On-call sharing of social media context and content
Associating customers of a contact center with their social media presence may provide mutual benefits to the customer and contact center. For example, a business operating a contact center can receive information about their current and potential customers and customers can receive additional information, incentives, or other perks by allowing access to their social media profile. When a customer initially calls a contact center, they are provided with a code and asked to post the code on a page or other aspect of the company's social media presence. The social media identity of the customer can then be associated with the customer placing the call. The call center can then access additional information about the customer and respond accordingly. |
| US10135980B1 |
Systems and methods for enhancing recorded or intercepted calls using information from a facial recognition engine
A video stream from a webcam or video telephone is received. The video stream can be analyzed in real-time as it is being received or can be recorded and stored for later analysis. Information within the video streams can be extracted and processed by a facial and video content recognition engine and the information derived therefrom can be stored as metadata. The metadata can be used for enriching the call content recorded by a recorder. The information derived from the video streams can be used to solve business and legal issues. |
| US10135976B2 |
Identifying and filtering incoming telephone calls to enhance privacy
A method for filtering a telephone call is provided. The method may comprise receiving from a caller the telephone call directed to a communication device associated with an intended call recipient. The received telephone call may be scored based on predetermined scoring criteria to create a score indicative of a desirability of the telephone call. Furthermore, the method may comprise comparing the score to a predetermined threshold score. Based on the comparison, the method may further comprise selectively classifying the telephone call as an unwanted telephone call. Furthermore, the method may comprise selectively rejecting the unwanted telephone call. |
| US10135969B2 |
Acoustic echo suppression
A controller for an echo suppressor configured to suppress a residual echo of a far-end signal included in a primary error signal, the controller adapted for operation with a primary adaptive filter configured to form a primary echo estimate of the far-end signal included in a microphone signal and an echo canceller configured to cancel that primary echo estimate from the microphone signal so as to form the primary error signal, the controller comprising: a secondary adaptive filter configured to form a secondary echo estimate of the far-end signal comprised in the microphone signal; and control logic operable in at least two modes selected in dependence on a convergence state of the primary adaptive filter, the control logic being configured to control activation of the echo suppressor in dependence one or more transient or steady state decision parameters. |
| US10135961B2 |
Systems and methods to disable caller identification blocking
In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify contact information for a person associated with a second device and determine, based on the identification, whether to disable a caller identification (ID) blocking function associated with making calls from the first device. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, responsive to a determination to disable the caller ID blocking function, disable the caller ID blocking function while facilitating a call from the first device to the second device. |
| US10135960B2 |
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal includes: a terminal body provided with a case having at least one hole; a gas sensor module disposed near the case, and configured to sense specific gas by air introduced through the hole; and a controller configured to set a type of gas to be sensed based on an activated specific function, and to control the gas sensor module to sense the gas. |
| US10135958B2 |
Wireless messaging services using publish/subscribe systems
Message oriented middleware publish/subscribe technology and wireless push protocol is used to provide wireless messaging services for wireless devices. In the exemplary embodiment, a messaging system brokers messages between publisher applications (i.e. content providers) and wireless client devices (i.e. content subscribers), receiving and distributing messages to subscribers having subscribed to particular content. Messages are pushed to clients via a wireless gateway using a wireless push protocol. Message content subscription is used to filter messages to subscribers with fine granularity to provide a higher quality of service. |
| US10135955B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for a unified compression framework of baseband signals
A method and apparatus provides a parameter estimation processor configured to estimate parameters used to compress data for transmission over a serial data link. The parameter estimation processor includes a processor. The processor includes user programmable inputs. The user programmable inputs set an input data packet length, a target compression ratio, and a resampling factor and allow filter parameters to be set. Input data information is received from an input data buffer of a data sample compressor. The processor performs a function that: (a) adjusting a target compression ratio by a first compression ratio to determine a remaining compression ratio when the resampling operation is enabled; (b) estimating a set of compression parameters that are used to achieve the remaining compression ratio, the set of compression parameters includes an attenuation value, filter order, a type of encoding; and (c) sends the set of compression parameters to the data sample compressor. The data sample compressor applies the compression parameters to a packet of input data and outputs a plurality of compressed data words. |
| US10135952B2 |
Method and corresponding device for streaming video data
A method for streaming data corresponding to a video, each of a plurality of frames of the video being divided into n spatial tiles, the method includes transmitting, a description file to a client device, the description file including data about a spatial position of each of the n spatial tiles and including data about at least n URLs corresponding to the n spatial tiles, determining by the client device one or more URLs according to the data about the spatial position included in the description file, receiving from the client device, by a server, one or more request messages for requesting one or more spatial tiles, each request message comprising one of the URLs determined by the client device, and transmitting to the client device, by the server, video data corresponding to the one or more spatial tiles, in response to one or more the request messages. |
| US10135949B1 |
Systems and methods for story and sub-story navigation
Systems and methods for generating and managing stories and sub-stories presented to a user's client device are described. In one example embodiment, a server system communicates a portion of a first story to a first client device based on a first client device association with a user segment assigned to the first story. The server system receives a first selection communication associated with a first piece of content of the first story, accesses a second story based on the selection, and communicates a portion of the second story to the first client device. |
| US10135948B2 |
System and method for process migration in a content centric network
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates a migration of a data model from a source device to a target device. During operation, the system generates, by a target device, a first interest for a first manifest which represents a version of the data model, wherein a manifest indicates a phase of the migration and a plurality of resources with corresponding names. The system transmits a first plurality of interests for the resources indicated in the first manifest based on a corresponding name. The system receives a second manifest, wherein the migration phase indicated in the second manifest is a stop-and-copy phase. The system transmits a second plurality of interests for the resources indicated in the second manifest based on a corresponding name. The system starts the data model on the system based on content objects retrieved in response to the first and second plurality of interests. |
| US10135944B2 |
Processing a unit of work
A client computer batch message transaction group is created that includes a set of client computers from which messages are committed as a batch messaging transaction to a single message reception queue. In response to receiving separate messages from at least two of the set of client computers within the client computer batch message transaction group, the separate messages are grouped under the batch messaging transaction as a single unit of work to commit to the single message reception queue. A single batch transaction commit decision is computed based upon whether a write of each of the separate messages grouped within the single unit of work to the single message reception queue is successful. |
| US10135943B2 |
Automated and integrated system for tournament logistics and services using Internet, electronic devices, and methods thereof
An automated and integrated system for managing tournament logistics and services with Internet, electronic devices, and methods thereof. The method includes creating tournaments, events, seasons, and enabling participations. The method also includes creating profile-integrated brackets and automated seeding. Further, the method includes displaying a list of player profiles, tournaments, events, seasons, and a list of players participating in the tournaments, events and seasons to a user. Moreover, the method includes permitting the user to send and respond to real-time notifications and tweet event information automatically. The method also includes synchronizing data when the user swaps between offline and online status to provide continuity to the tournament management and experience. |
| US10135941B2 |
Managing push notifications on portable devices
A method for managing push notifications on portable devices. The method includes receiving an indication from a user of a mobile device to initiate a notification rule at a first time. The method further includes identifying a context for initiation of the notification rule, wherein the context includes at least one application of the mobile device that is executing on the mobile device at the first time. The method further includes determining whether the context is present at a second time. The method further includes, responsive to determining the context is present at the second time, initiating the notification rule. |
| US10135938B2 |
Publish-subscribe system
A publish-subscribe system publishes events associated with one or more objects represented by files within a file system. The files may be accessed using a file system application programming interface by both publishers and subscribers. Each file may contain an identifier and a plurality of attributes and each attribute may have a name and a value. The files and the associated objects may be persisted to compensate for restarts and failures of a computing platform hosting the system for publish-subscribe. |
| US10135934B2 |
Near field communication system, and method of operating same
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a system comprising a portable sensor device including a housing having a physical size/shape that is adapted to couple to a user's body, an identification tag including identification data which is associated with the sensor device and an identification tag transmitter to responsively and wirelessly transmit the identification data according to a first communication protocol. The system further includes a portable electronic device including an identification tag receiver to wirelessly receive the identification data of the identification tag according to the first communication protocol, transceiver circuitry to wirelessly and responsively communicate with the sensor device according to a second communication protocol, and processing circuitry to instruct the transceiver circuitry, after receiving the identification data, to wirelessly request, from the sensor device the sensor data and/or data which is representative of the sensor data. |
| US10135932B1 |
Method and system for digital content delivery within a multi-dimensional space
A method, system, and computer-program product for digital content delivery within a multi-dimensional space are disclosed. The method includes obtaining location information (where the location information represents a location in an n-dimensional space, and the location information is associated with a user, at least in part, by a device associated with the user), identifying a geometric shape of a plurality of geometric shapes (where the geometric shape is identified, at least in part, using at least a portion of the location information), determining whether the location is within a polytope corresponding to the geometric shape, and, in response to a determination that the location within the polytope, delivering digital content using the device. Each of the plurality of geometric shapes is, at least in part, within the n-dimensional space. The determining uses at least a portion of the at least the portion of the location information. |
| US10135928B2 |
Network interface device having general-purpose computing capability
Techniques for a network interface controller (NIC) capable of performing general-purpose computing tasks without intervention from a central processing unit (CPU) are disclosed herein. The network interface controller includes a circuit board, a network interface, a computer bus interface and a processor. The network interface is operatively coupled to the circuit board for receiving network packets. The computer bus interface is operatively coupled to the circuit board for receiving a general-purpose program. The processor is operatively coupled to the circuit board and capable of executing the general-purpose program to process the network packets. |
| US10135925B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium, terminal, and method
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by a processor of a presenter terminal configured to be connectable to a network, cause the presenter terminal to execute receiving specific data relating to each of one or more participant terminals, storing identification information and position information in association with each other, and transmitting, to a participant terminal, a command to display document data on a display of the participant terminal. The instructions executed by the processor further including receiving state information indicating a display state on the display of the participant terminal, identifying position information associated with identification information of the participant terminal, based on the identification information and the position information stored in the storage, and displaying a corresponding image in an identified position. |
| US10135924B2 |
Computing erasure metadata and data layout prior to storage using a processing platform
Techniques are provided for computing data and metadata layout prior to storage in a storage system using a processing platform. An exemplary processing platform comprises one or more of a compute node and a burst buffer appliance. The processing platform communicates with a plurality of the compute nodes over a network, wherein a plurality of applications executing on the plurality of compute nodes generate a plurality of data objects; computes erasure metadata for one or more of the data objects on at least one of the compute nodes; and provides the erasure metadata with the corresponding one or more data objects to a storage system. The processing platform optionally determines a full set of the data objects to be stored and queries the storage system to determine an anticipated layout of the full set of the data objects to be stored. The anticipated layout allows special handling, for example, for small files and large files that are identified based on predefined criteria. |
| US10135918B2 |
Dynamically adjusting an entity's assigned data center based on traffic patterns
Techniques for assigning entities to data centers are provided. In one technique, usage data associated with a particular entity that is assigned to a first data center is generated. The usage data indicates activity of multiple users relative to the particular entity. It is determined, based on the usage data, whether the particular entity is to be assigned to another data center. If so, then the particular entity is assigned to a second data center. |
| US10135913B2 |
Impact analysis system and method
A system and method is provided. The system comprising: a memory storing instructions; a hardware processor configured by the instructions to: receive a request specific one or more infrastructure components in an information technology (IT) infrastructure, process a query based on the request specific to the one or more infrastructure components, identify an interdependency relationship between the one or more infrastructure components and one or more stakeholders based on the query, wherein the interdependency relationship is indicative of mapping across the one or more infrastructure components, and generate, during an outage the one or more infrastructure components in the IT infrastructure, a multi-dimensional inventory impact analysis based on the interdependency relationship comprising an assessment report, the assessment report that includes an inventory landscape the one or more infrastructure components, a dependency analysis in the IT infrastructure, and an impact assessment during the outage. |
| US10135911B2 |
Apparatus and method for multimedia communication
A process that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, recording, by a mobile communication, media content in a first media format and accessing a wireless media system by way of a wireless communication network. A request is transmitted to the remote media system to store the recorded media content in the first media format. The recorded media content is transmitted to the remote media system, without retaining a copy of the recorded media content in the first media format at the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10135909B2 |
Network-aware structured content downloads
A request for a content document is sent by a client device to a content server through a first network connection. A current network characteristic of the first network connection differs from a configured download constraint to download a content portion of the content document. A root document that omits the content portion of the content document and that includes a content stub is downloaded from the content server. The content stub identifies the content portion using a content identifier and specifies the configured download constraint. A network connection change to the content server from the first network connection to a second network connection that satisfies the configured download constraint to download the content portion of the content document is detected, and the content portion is downloaded using the second network connection and the content identifier within the content stub. |
| US10135908B1 |
System and method for uploading files to servers utilizing GPS routing
This invention provides a system and a method to manage the uploading of data files from multiple wireless field devices in multiple locations to multiple data storage servers through the use of location information. |
| US10135902B2 |
Exchange of content consumption-related information between networked devices
Content information networks may be provided that may each include a plurality of content consumption devices. One or more of the content consumption devices within a content information network may be capable of serving as a content consumption hub device that coordinates the receipt and dissemination of content consumption event information pertaining to content consumption events from and to various content consumption devices within the content information network. The content consumption hub device may further communicate, to various content consumption devices within its network, content-related information relating to content consumed on content consumption devices within its network and/or devices outside of its network. The content consumption hub device may be configured to receive content-related information from one or more content information hubs. The content consumption hub device may also receive content consumption event information from a content consumption platform. |
| US10135901B2 |
Exchange of content consumption-related information between networked devices
Content information networks may be provided that may each include a plurality of content consumption devices. One or more of the content consumption devices within a content information network may be capable of serving as a content consumption hub device that coordinates the receipt and dissemination of content consumption event information pertaining to content consumption events from and to various content consumption devices within the content information network. The content consumption hub device may further communicate, to various content consumption devices within its network, content-related information relating to content consumed on content consumption devices within its network and/or devices outside of its network. The content consumption hub device may be configured to receive content-related information from one or more content information hubs. The content consumption hub device may also receive content consumption event information from a content consumption platform. |
| US10135900B2 |
User input back channel for wireless displays
As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user inputs received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. As part of transmitting user input to the source device, the sink device can generate a data packet with a data packet header that includes a timestamp flag indicating the presence of a timestamp field, and the source device can process the data packet based on a timestamp in the timestamp field. |
| US10135899B1 |
Dynamic archiving of streaming content
Content-specific archive files can be generated concurrently with the encoding of an output stream, such as for broadcast content. Tags or triggers, such as SCTE-35 messages, can be detected in the input content stream, and those triggers used to determine actions to be taken with respect to the content stream. As an example, program start tags and end tags can be used to determine when to begin, and end, the archiving of content to an output file specific to that program content. For archives that should not include advertising, secondary content, or any non-program content, triggers such as advertising start and stop tags can be used to determine when to pause and resume recording for those archives. Once completed, these archive files can be made accessible to users, such as through a video-on-demand service or other such offering. |
| US10135897B2 |
Backfill of video stream
A data streaming system includes one or more processors, memory, and a circular buffer stored in the memory. The system includes a media loader process that retrieves frames from a media source and writes the retrieved frames in chronological order to the circular buffer. The system includes a forward dispatch process that transmits frames from the circular buffer to a destination server in chronological order in real-time. The system also includes a backfill dispatch process that executes in response to receiving a backfill request from the destination server, transmitting frames from the circular buffer to the destination server in reverse chronological order. |
| US10135893B2 |
System and method for controlling output of a function in response to media content
Provided is a method for controlling output of a function in response to media content, the method comprising obtaining function information from another party, the function information comprising a content trigger and information related to a particular function associated with the content trigger, receiving the media content when it is reproduced by an external output device, and causing an external terminal to perform the particular function when the content trigger is included in the reproduced media content. |
| US10135892B2 |
Independent control of interactive streaming media
In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, at a server computing device, a launch request to launch and stream media content pertaining to a game session, the launch request being provided by a mobile device, selecting, using the launch request, a media host configured to stream the media content, verifying a user associated with the mobile device and launching the game session for streaming to the user on a device other than the mobile device. In addition, the method can include during the game session and while streaming the media content, receiving a plurality of real time control requests from the mobile device, and executing the control request by compositing, in real time, the at least one change and the media content and to produce a composite display and transmitting, to the device other than the mobile device, the encoded composite display for streaming in real time. |
| US10135891B2 |
Seamless switching between multicast video streams
A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source. |
| US10135888B2 |
Information processing method and device
An information processing method and device thereof are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure. The information processing method acquires a first file and a second file having a first association relation therebetween, acquires a first object and a second object in the first file, acquires a third object and a fourth object in the second file, and establishes a association relation between the second object and the fourth object in the case that the first object and the third object meet a first preset condition. In the disclosure, the second association relation between the second object in the first file and the fourth object in the second file is established by determining the first file and the second file having the first association relation and by means of the relation between the first object in the first file and the third object in the second file. |
| US10135885B2 |
System and method for determining trust for SIP messages
A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration. |
| US10135884B2 |
Access to a computer network
A system for mediating access to a computer network comprises the steps of identifying a user who wishes to access the computer network, obtaining quality of service data specific to the user, generating a token comprising the quality of service data and providing an output derived from the token to the user. Optionally, the system can further comprise receiving a request from the user for access to the computer network and providing access to the computer network to the user according to the token. |
| US10135883B1 |
Method and system for over-the-top voice for internet of things devices
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided to receive, from an end device, a registration message pertaining to a voice service that restricts the end device to place a voice call to and receive a voice call from a designated call center; obtain subscription data pertaining to the end device and including an enterprise identifier; determine whether the end device is authorized to use the voice service based on the enterprise identifier; transmit to the end device, an acceptance message indicating a registration of the end device when the end device is authorized; receive from the end device, a session establishment message; replace a uniform resource identifier of the designated call center included in the session establishment message, with the enterprise identifier; select, based on the enterprise identifier, another network device to transmit the session establishment message; and transmit the session establishment message based on the selection. |
| US10135880B2 |
Controlling telephone call processing using global signaling codes
In general, embodiments of the present invention involve attaching (e.g., pre-fixing) a Global Signaling Code (GSC) to a called party's telephone number thereby creating a modified Uniform Resource Indicator (URI). This modified URI is then sent in the “TO:” header of a SIP INVITE. The GSC will typically include a geographic indicator corresponding to a geographic location of a caller and a treatment indicator corresponding to a desired treatment of the call. The call will be routed based on the geographic indicator and treated according to the treatment indicator. Illustrative treatments for the call include (among others) voice mail avoidance, a preferred compression scheme for the call, etc. |
| US10135877B2 |
Enforcing usage policies on combinations of collected data to be disseminated to destination systems
This disclosure relates to enforcing restrictions on data collected from a first set of systems and disseminated to a second set of systems. For example, enforcing a set of restrictions includes receiving a first trait and a second trait that include data describing a user that has interacted with an online service. The first trait is labelled with a first usage restriction and the second trait is labelled with a second usage restriction different from the first usage restriction. The first trait and the second trait are combined into a segment. The segment preserves labelling of the first trait with the first usage restriction and the second trait with the second usage restriction. Use of the segment is controlled based on the first usage restriction and the second usage restriction. |
| US10135875B2 |
Networking flow logs for multi-tenant environments
Computing resource service providers may provide computing resources to customers in a multi-tenant environment. These computing resources may be behind a firewall or other security device such that certain information does not reach the computing resources provided to the customer. A logging entity may be implemented on computer server operated by the computing resource service provider. The logging entity may obtain log information from the firewall or other security device and store the log information such that it is accessible to the customer. Additionally, the log information may be provided to other services such as a metrics service or intrusion detection service. |
| US10135872B2 |
System and method for context aware mobile policies
A system and method for network policy enforcement for portable data devices such as smartphones, tablets or notebook computers uses the portable device to self-enforce prescribed policies. A beacon generator generates a wireless security beacon in accordance with an output of the beacon generator and a wireless data interface receives an access request from a portable data device. Digital security policy data configured to enable a preselected set of functions on the portable data device is stored in the data storage. The processor communicates the policy data to the portable data device in accordance with a received access request via the wireless data interface. |
| US10135869B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method for controlling information processing system
An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus for setting a security policy, and a second information processing apparatus subject to a function restriction according to the security policy set by the first information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes a generation unit generating forced data based on the security policy to set. The forced data includes a setting value for determining an operation of the second information processing apparatus and control information for controlling prohibition of a change of the setting value in the second information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus includes an application unit performing application processing for setting the setting value included in the forced data generated by the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus and enabling a prohibition control on a change of the setting value based on the control information about the setting value. |
| US10135858B1 |
Method and apparatus for protecting consumers and resources in a communication network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including comparing call volume of call sessions associated with a wireless network node of a communication network to a threshold volume to identify a suspicious communication event, identifying robotic calls in the call sessions associated with the suspicious communication event, identifying a mobile communication device associated with the robotic calls, providing, by the processing system, identification information associated with the mobile communication device to a core network function of the communication network and a second wireless network node of the communication network according to a robotic call policy. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10135856B2 |
Auto-tuning program analysis tools using machine learning
Machine learning (ML) significantly reduces false alarms generated by an automated analysis tool performing static security analysis. Using either user-supplied or system-generated annotation of particular findings, a “hypothesis” is generated about how to classify other static analysis findings. The hypothesis is implemented as a machine learning classifier. To generate the classifier, a set of features are abstracted from a typical witness, and the system compares feature sets against one another to determine a set of weights for the classifier. The initial hypothesis is then validated against a second set of findings, and the classifier is adjusted as necessary based on how close it fits the new data. Once the approach converges on a final classifier, it is used to filter remaining findings in the report. |
| US10135854B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for generating a data proliferation graph
An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for generating a data proliferation graph, including receiving a selection of a target data store, identifying a plurality of data stores which have either received data that was previously on the target data store or which have sent data that was subsequently on the target data store, the plurality of data stores being divided into a plurality of proliferation levels corresponding to degrees of separation from the target data store and direction of data propagation relative to the target data store, generating a data proliferation graph, and transmitting at least one portion of the data proliferation graph. |
| US10135853B2 |
Multi-tier aggregation for complex event correlation in streams
A system and method for detecting anomalous activity, the method includes collecting data from a plurality of data sources, wherein each data source generates a data stream; harmonizing each data stream using a computer processor so that the harmonized data is in a common format; generating behavior models based on the harmonized data using the computer processor; analyzing the harmonized data at a first level using the behavior models and the computer processor to generate meta-events, wherein the meta-events represent anomalous behavior; analyzing the meta-events at a second level using the computer processor to determine if an alert should be issued; and when an alert should be issued, displaying the alert is disclosed. |
| US10135849B2 |
Securing medical devices through wireless monitoring and anomaly detection
A medical device monitor (MedMon), method and computer readable medium is disclosed. The MedMon is configured to operate in a system having communications between a first medical device associated with a patient and a second device. The MedMon includes a receiver configured to snoop on communications between the first medical device and second device. An anomaly detector having a set of security polices is configured to detect an anomaly by analyzing the communications between the first medical device and second device for compliance with the security policies. A response generator configured to generate a response on a condition that an anomaly is detected. The response may be a warning message configured to warn the patient. The MedMon may include a transmitter configured to transmit the response. The response may be a jamming signal configured to disrupt communications between the first medical device and second device. |
| US10135848B2 |
Network security threat detection using shared variable behavior baseline
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly. |
| US10135847B2 |
Reverse shell network intrusion detection
A client system such as a database system may be vulnerable to intrusion by an unauthorized user or system through a reverse secure shell connection that enables the intruder to execute OS-level or shell commands on the client system. A reverse shell connection may be detected by monitoring and inspecting packet data traffic between the client system or internal network, and an exterior or “foreign” network. In one example of such a process, after detecting a normal shell session originating inside the internal network, a reverse shell connection exploiting the initial shell detection is detected by analyzing the transmission directions and payload sizes of a sequence of the monitored packets relative to a predetermined traffic pattern. The specific pattern may be selected for different operating systems. |
| US10135845B2 |
Context-aware network on a data exchange layer
In an example, a context-aware network is disclosed, including threat intelligence services provided over a data exchange layer (DXL). The data exchange layer may be provided on an enterprise service bus, and may include services for classifying objects as malware or not malware. One or more DXL brokers may provide messaging services including, for example, publish-subscribe messaging and request-response messaging. Advantageously, DXL endpoint devices must make very few assumptions about other DXL endpoint devices. |
| US10135843B2 |
Client reputation driven role-based access control
The present disclosure discloses a system and method for dynamically modifying role based access control for a client based on the activity. Generally, a client device is granted access to a network resource based on a first reputation score assigned to the client device. The activity of the client device is monitored. Responsive to monitoring the activity of the client device, a second reputation score is determined for the client device based on the activity. The access by the client device to the network resource is then modified to be granted based on the second reputation score. |
| US10135839B2 |
Electronic devices having adaptive security profiles and methods for selecting the same
Adaptive security profiles are supported on an electronic device. One or more security profiles may be automatically or selectively applied to the device based on the device's location and one or more geographic zone definitions. The security profiles may be used to determine the level of authentication or number of invalid authentication attempts for a particular feature or application or set of features or applications. |
| US10135838B2 |
Method and system of network connection control for mobile terminals
A method of network connection control for mobile terminals, includes: classifying network access points accessible to a mobile terminal according to their security levels, and applications of the mobile terminal according to the security level of the networks that the applications are allowed to connect to; setting applications of different security level to connect to the network through access points at corresponding security levels; setting the security level of each network access point and application of the mobile terminal; and searching the security level of the application and the security levels of the network access points that the application is allowed to connect to. |
| US10135837B2 |
Versatile autoscaling for containers
A scaling policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a software container service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the scaling policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the software container service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the software container service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the amount. |
| US10135836B2 |
Managing data privacy and information safety
Automatically screen data associated with a user that may have already been shared on a social network or about to be shared on the social network for a potential security risk and assign a risk score to the data. If the assigned risk score is above a threshold risk score, a risk mitigation measure is generated and executed. |
| US10135833B2 |
Credential driving an automatic lock update
An access control system including a data storage device configured to store a master credential database having a plurality of master identifiers and master status codes, an access control device having a local credential database including a plurality of local identifiers, and an electronic credential including a credential identifier. The access control device is configured to receive the credential identifier from the electronic credential, to determine whether to perform an update based upon the local status code associated with the local identifier of the credential identifier, and to update data in the local credential database with data in the master credential database by way of communication with the data storage device in response to the determining. |
| US10135831B2 |
System and method for combining an access control system with a traffic management system
A system and method for handling a request from a client device to access a service from a server. The method comprises receiving a request from a user using a client device to access a service from a server. The request is received by a network traffic management device having a local external access management (EAM) agent. The EAM agent directly communicates with an EAM server that provides authentication policy information of a plurality of users able to at least partially access the server. User credential information is sent from the EAM agent to the EAM server, whereby the EAM agent receives access policy information of the user from the EAM server. The system and method selectively controls access of the user's request to the server in accordance with the received access policy information at the network traffic management device. |
| US10135828B2 |
Technologies for secure server access using a trusted license agent
Technologies for secure server access include a client computing device that loads a license agent into a secure enclave established by a processor of the client computing device. The license agent receives a request from an application to access a remote server device. The license agent opens a secure connection with the server device and performs remote attestation of the secure enclave. The license agent authenticates the user and transmits a machine identifier and a user identifier to the server device. The machine identifier may be based on an enclave sealing key of the client computing device. The server device verifies that the machine identifier and the user identifier are bound to a valid application license. If the machine identifier and the user identifier are successfully verified, the application communicates with the server device using the secure connection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10135827B2 |
Secure access to remote resources over a network
A client computer hosts a virtual private network tool to establish a virtual private network connection with a remote network. Upon startup, the virtual private network tool collects critical network information for the client computer, and sends this critical network information to an address assignment server in the remote network. The address assignment server compares the critical network information with a pool of available addresses in the remote network, and assigns addresses for use by the client computer that do not conflict with the addresses for local resources. The address assignment server also provides routing information for resources in the remote network to the virtual private network tool. The virtual private network tool will postpone loading this routing information into the routing tables of the client computer until the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network. When the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network, the virtual private network tool will only provide the routing table with the routing information for that specific remote resource. |
| US10135826B2 |
Leveraging security as a service for cloud-based file sharing
A method of leveraging security-as-a-service for cloud-based file sharing includes receiving, at a cloud-based file sharing server external to an enterprise network and having connectivity to the enterprise network, instructions from an enterprise network to validate a file uploaded by a first user associated with the enterprise network before allowing the file to be downloaded. The file sharing server may then receive the file from the first user and forward the file to a cloud-based security-as-a-service (SECaaS) server that is also external to the enterprise network and has connectivity to the enterprise network. The file sharing server receives a determination of validation from the cloud-based SECaaS server and allows a second user to download the file based on the determination. To make the determination, the SECaaS server retrieves cryptographic keying material from a cloud-based key management server, and decrypts the file. |
| US10135825B2 |
Protecting supervisor mode information
Embodiments of an invention for protecting supervisor mode information are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage location, instruction hardware, execution hardware, and control logic. The storage location is to store an indicator to enable supervisor mode information protection. The instruction hardware is to receive an instruction to access supervisor mode information. The execution hardware is to execute the instruction. The control logic is to prevent execution of the instruction if supervisor mode information protection is enabled and a current privilege level is less privileged than a supervisor mode. |
| US10135823B2 |
Input redirection with a cloud client device
In one embodiment, a cloud client device identifies one or more devices within a pre-determined range of the cloud client device operable to communicate with the cloud client device. The cloud client device pairs with one or more of the devices. The cloud client device receives first input from a client device coupled to the cloud client device. The cloud client device translates the first input from a first format to a second format and sends the translated first input to one of the one or more devices. The cloud client device receives second input from one of the one or more devices, translates the second input from a third format to a fourth format, and provides the translated second input to the client device. |
| US10135822B2 |
Biometric authentication of individuals utilizing characteristics of bone and blood vessel structures
Biometric authentication of a subject utilizing bone and/or blood vessel (vein or artery) structures is provided. A vertice profile is generated from a non-invasive, multi-dimensional image scan of a subject or a portion thereof. The vertice profile is generated by identifying relative locations of divots and peaks on a surface of a bone structure or by identifying branch intersections and traversals of blood vessels. Additional varication techniques can be used for proof of life (verification of human subject). If authenticated, access to physical or digital/virtual assets is allowed. |
| US10135821B2 |
Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a biometric model associated with the user
Systems and methods as provided herein may create a biometric model associated with a user. The created biometric model may be used to generate challenges that are presented to the user for authentication purposes. A user response to the challenge may be compared to an expected response, and if the user response matches within a predetermined error of the expected response, the user may be authenticated. The systems and methods may further generate challenges that are adaptively designed to address weaknesses or errors in the created model such that the model is more closely associated with a user and the user is more likely to be the only person capable of successfully responding to the generated challenges. |
| US10135819B2 |
Wearable device authentication
A wearable device is used to authenticate a user into a user account at a user device of the user. In particular, the wearable device may include a sensor configured to detect a body chemistry of the user. The wearable device may send a signal, such as a short range wireless signal, Bluetooth Low Energy or the like, to the user device to communicate the detected body chemistry to the user device. The user device may authenticate the user based on the body chemistry condition detected at the wearable device. In an embodiment, the wearable device may include an olfactory sensor configured to detect certain smell or scent of the user. |
| US10135816B2 |
Electronic device and method of transceiving data
An electronic device and a method of transceiving data are disclosed. A method of transceiving data by an electronic device includes: storing one or more pieces of input biometric information; searching for one or more electronic devices in response to the input of the same biometric information as the stored biometric information; connecting a communication session with the one or more searched electronic devices; and transceiving data with the one or more electronic devices through the connected communication session. |
| US10135809B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for authentication using application
The present invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for authentication using an application. Particularly, this invention can use an integrated ID by acquiring a reliable relationship between applications installed in a single terminal, or can perform the authentication of other applications by sharing authentication information through a representative application among applications. According to this invention, the account registration is performed by referring to the representative application, and thus the SSO authentication scheme may be implemented even in a mobile environment. |
| US10135808B1 |
Preventing inter-application message hijacking
Various approaches discussed herein enable validation of an application on a computing device, such as a mobile computing device, prior to that application being invoked by activation of a link in another application. Upon activation of the link in a calling application, the computing device determines a target application to be invoked in response to the activation. Sensitive or confidential data, such as login credentials, may be included in the link to be passed to the target application. By validating either the calling or the target application, the data may be safeguarded by confirming an identity of an application associated with the link. |
| US10135802B2 |
System and method for identity management
Some implementations may provide a machine-assisted method for determining a trustworthiness of a requested transaction, the method including: receiving, from a relying party, a request to determine a trustworthiness of a particular transaction request, the transaction request initially submitted by a user to access data managed by the relying party; based on the transaction request, summarizing the particular transaction request into transactional characteristics, the transactional characteristics devoid of source assets of the transaction, the source assets including credential information of the user, the credential information of the relying party, or information content of the requested transaction; generating first machine-readable data encoding transactional characteristics of the underlying transaction as requested, the transactional characteristics unique to the particular transaction request; submitting a first inquiry at a first engine to determine an access eligibility of the user submitting the transaction request, the first inquiry including the credential information of the submitting user, as well as the summarized transactional characteristics that is applicable only once to the underlying transaction request; and receiving the access eligibility determination from the first engine. |
| US10135801B2 |
On-line account recovery
Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for on-line account recovery. |
| US10135799B2 |
Systems and methods for cloud data security
Techniques for providing data security services with respect to cloud-based services are described. Examples include a security service provider (“SSP”) configured to perform or provide one or more security-related services or functions with respect to or on behalf of some other system or service. The other system or service may be, for example, a cloud-based system that provides network-accessible services. The SSP allows a user of the cloud-based service to provide and manage one or more security-related services, such as data storage, encryption, decryption, key management, and the like. By using and controlling the SSP, the user can be confident that his or her data is being securely represented and stored, even though it is being operated upon by a cloud-based service that is not under the user's control. |
| US10135793B2 |
Security maximization for a computer related device based on real-time reaction
Methods and a system are provided that, in turn, are for providing security between a user device and a computer related device. A method includes providing a distributed registry service that specifies a plurality of services available to support communications between the user device and the computer related device. The method further includes at least one of dynamically constructing and altering one or more multi-node transient processing pathways between the user device and the computer related device based on respective selected ones of the plurality of services. For at least one node in each of the one or more transient processing pathways, an address thereof and a time period the at least one node is active and capable of being used is set or changed, based on at least one of an application programming interface type and a data request type implicated by a received packet. |
| US10135789B2 |
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
In one aspect, a computerized system useful for implementing a virtual private network (VPN) including an edge device that automatically establishes an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel alongside an unsecure Multipath Protocol (MP) tunnel with a gateway device in preparation for a transmission of a secure traffic communication. The edge device has a list of local subnets. The edge device sends the list of local subnets to the gateway during an initial MP tunnel establishment handshake message exchange between the edge device and the gateway device. Each subnet includes an indication of whether the subnet is reachable over the VPN. A gateway device that automatically establishes the IPsec tunnel alongside the unsecure MP tunnel with the edge device. An enterprise datacenter server that comprises an orchestrator module that receives a toggle the VPN command and enables the VPN on the orchestrator. The orchestrator informs the edge device the list of subnets is accessible over the VPN causing the edge device to update the gateway device with a new list of subnets of the edge device that accessible over the VPN. |
| US10135788B1 |
Using hypergraphs to determine suspicious user activities
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting suspicious user activities. One of the methods includes generating hypergraphs, wherein the hypergraphs include nodes corresponding to feature profiles and edges between particular nodes representing a measure of similarity between nodes; using the generated hypergraphs to detect suspicious graph nodes; and using the suspicious graph nodes to detect malicious user communities. |
| US10135787B2 |
Filtering system, management device, filtering method and management program
The present invention prevents all of the filter rules from leaking and the filter functions of an entire network from stopping, even if problems arise in a filter device, etc. performing filtering. A management device of a filtering system, which includes a plurality of devices which perform filtering of communication data based on filter rules, and a management device which manages the filter rules, in a case of a first of the devices that is connected to an external network not through another of the devices having entered a predetermined state, reconstructs decentralized filter rules set in the first of the devices based on a plurality of decentralized filter rules received from a plurality of second of the devices connected to an external network via the first of the devices, and sets the decentralized filter rules thus reconstructed in the plurality of second devices, in which the decentralized filter rules are decentralized to be able to reconstruct the filter rules without using all of the decentralized filter rules. |
| US10135781B1 |
Context and content in notifications
A system and method is disclosed for informing a user of recent activities in an online social network. A message group in an online activity stream of an online network is identified. The message group includes a first message describing a first activity of an online user of the online network, and multiple second messages responsive to the first message, the second messages being representative of multiple ancillary activities performed in the online network with respect to the first activity. A single notification is generated that includes a first description of the first activity, different than the first message, and a second description of the multiple ancillary activities different than each of the multiple second messages. The single notification is then presented in a notification list with other notifications. |
| US10135780B1 |
Management of commercial messages in a social network
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing the flow of messages among users of a social network. One method enables the election of an entity in the social network by a person in the social network. The election indicates that the person follows the entity to receive entity electronic messages. Further, an election of the person by the entity is disabled until it is detected that the person has elected to follow the entity. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting the election of the entity by the person, where the person is enabled to add the entity to communication groups managed by the person after the election. The entity is enabled to follow the person after the person elects to follow the entity, and messages from the person to communication groups including the entity will reach the entity. |
| US10135779B2 |
Levels of competency in an online community
Techniques and systems are described to determine levels of competency of users as part of an online community and control generation of subsequent digital content to be used interaction of the online community with the users based on this determination. In one example, determination of the level of competency is based on relevance to topics of the online community. In another example, a determination is made as to whether the topic of the online community is stable before using user competency scores to control generation of subsequent digital content. In a further example, users of the online community are identified as exhibiting dormant or non-dormant behavior and used as a basis to control generation of subsequent digital content. In yet another example, user competency scores are adjusted based on a decay factor to address dormancy of users over a period of time. |
| US10135776B1 |
Cross platform social networking messaging system
Disclosed is a method of cross-social network communication. The method may include determining a plurality of recipients of a social networking service interaction, determining a plurality of target social networking services based upon the plurality of recipients of the social networking service interaction, and a plurality of authentication information associated with the plurality of social networking services. The method may include constructing an application programming interface call for each of the plurality of target social networking services, the application programming interface call associated with the social networking service interaction, the application programming interface call specifying one or more of the plurality of recipients that is to receive the interaction, the one or more of the plurality of recipients being members of the particular target social networking service. |
| US10135771B2 |
Secure end-to-end transport through intermediary nodes
A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key. |
| US10135770B2 |
Email chain navigation
Technical solutions are described to arbitrarily order and access email messages based on text analysis and social network analysis. One general aspect includes a system that includes an email server and an email client. The email server generates a topic map of email messages stored on the email server. The email server also generates a social map of users with accounts on the email server. The email server receives an email message from a first user, the email message directed to a second user. The email server sends the email message to a third user in response to determining that the email message is relevant to the third user. The present document further describes examples of other aspects such as methods, computer products. |
| US10135766B2 |
System and method for evaluating domains to send emails while maintaining sender reputation
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for evaluating domains to send emails while maintaining sender reputation. Registration records of a domain are retrieved. The registration records include a mail server record and one or more records linking the domain to another domain or to an IP address. The mail server record is verified to be associated with a domain that is not on a black list. A webpage is retrieved from a website associated with the one or more records linking the domain to another domain or to an IP address. The webpage is compared to webpages for websites that are on white lists. An electronic communications sending strategy is determined based on verifying that the mail server record is associated with a domain that is not on a blacklist and comparing of the webpage to webpages for websites that are on one or more white lists. |
| US10135765B1 |
Real-time display of multiple annotated images
A user can share (show) multimedia information while simultaneously communicating (telling) with one or more other users over a network. Multimedia information is received from at least one source. The multimedia information may be manually and/or automatically annotated and shared with other users. The multimedia information may be displayed in an integrated live view simultaneously with other modes of communication, such as video, voice, or text. A simultaneous sharing communication interface provides an immersive experience that lets a user communicate via text, voice, video, sounds, music, or the like, with one or more other users while also simultaneously sharing media such as photos, videos, movies, images, graphics, illustrations, animations, presentations, narratives, music, sounds, applications, files, and the like. The simultaneous sharing interface enables a user to experience a higher level of intimacy in their communication with others over a network. |
| US10135764B2 |
Universal interaction platform for people, services, and devices
A universal interaction platform that communicates with service providers and smart devices by receiving a message object that includes information indicative of a user intent for one of the service providers or smart devices to perform a function, determines the service provider or smart device that the user intends to perform the function, determines a protocol and format for communicating with the service provider or smart device, formats an instruction for the service provider or smart device, and outputs the instruction to the service provider or smart device. |
| US10135757B2 |
Inquiry-based adaptive prediction
Predicting future utilization of a resource. The predicting future utilization of a resource may include receiving inquiries for a potential future utilization of the resource for different future points in time, recording time-based patterns of the received inquiries, recording a historic actual utilization value of the resource, and determining a future utilization of the resource using the recorded time-based patterns of the received inquiries, the recorded historic actual utilization value of the resource and a current inquiry pattern of the resource. |
| US10135756B2 |
Transparent and efficient multi-destination TCP communications based on bit indexed explicit replication
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for multi-destination TCP communications using bit indexed explicit replication (BIER). In some examples, a system can generate a TCP packet associated with a TCP session involving a set of destination devices, and encode an array of bits into the TCP packet to yield a TCP multicast packet. The array of bits can define the destination devices as destinations for the multicast packet. The system can transmit the TCP multicast packet towards the destination devices through a BIER domain. The system can receive acknowledgements from a first subset of the destination devices. Based on the acknowledgements, the system can determine that the first subset of the destination devices received the multicast packet and a second subset of the destination devices did not receive the multicast packet. The system can then retransmit the multicast packet to the second subset of the destination devices. |
| US10135755B1 |
Information technology infrastructure discovery utilizing discovery adapters
A method comprises building a registry of available discovery adapters, obtaining discovery data from information technology infrastructure, generating a discovery plan comprising a list of discovery adapters by matching one or more information technology resource types identified in the discovery data to information technology resource types associated with respective ones of the available discovery adapters, providing the discovery data to the discovery adapters in the list to execute a discovery run comprising the discovery adapters analyzing the discovery data and storing information on information technology resources in a discovered resources repository, and dynamically adjusting allocation of the information technology resources based on the information stored in the discovered resources repository. |
| US10135751B2 |
Automated split of work in a cloud environment
Techniques disclose managing cloud computing resources provisioned to processing elements of a distributed application (e.g., for a streams processing environment). A cloud manager determines changes in availability of cloud resources. The cloud manager notifies a runtime manager of a distributed application of the change in availability. The runtime manager in turn requests that the cloud manager adjust the provisions based on the notification. The cloud manager provisions the cloud resources based on the request. |
| US10135750B1 |
Satisfaction-ratio based server congestion control mechanism
Exemplary methods include performed by a storage system client include sending a service request to a storage system server. The methods further include in response to receiving a response from the storage system server requesting the storage system client to perform a backoff dynamically calculating a satisfaction ratio (s-ratio), determining a backoff time based on the s-ratio, and waiting for the backoff time to expire. In one embodiment, the methods further include in response to determining the backoff time has expired, resending the service request to the storage system server. |
| US10135749B2 |
Mainframe migration tools
Methods, systems, and computer readable storage media are disclosed that aid migration team members with migrating software applications from one platform to another platform, and more particularly, with tools that aid in migrating mainframe applications to a lower cost platform. The tools include legacy statistical generators that scan and analyze components of a mainframe application as well as the datasets associated with the mainframe application. The legacy statistical generators as a result of such analysis extract various statistical information regarding the application and datasets and provide such extracted information to a web-enabled application. Migration team members may use the web-enabled application to gain insight into the structure of the mainframe application as well as determine progress of migrating the mainframe application to the lower cost platform. |
| US10135748B2 |
Switching between media streams
Methods and systems for switching between media streams can use a comparison of an average bandwidth for a new stream to an observed bit rate for an existing stream in order to determine whether to switch to the new stream. A check on the amount of data buffered for the existing stream can also be performed in order to determine whether a system should switch to the new stream. |
| US10135747B2 |
Weighted fair queueing using severity-based window in reliable packet delivery network
In one embodiment, a method comprises a network device detecting an event severity encountered by the network device; the network device selectively changing a window size, for a maximum number of unacknowledged data packets that can be sent by the network device to a receiver device, to correspond to the event severity encountered by the network device; and the network device transmitting, to the receiver device, a number of data packets up to the window size, enabling the receiver device to detect the corresponding event severity encountered by the network device based on the number of unacknowledged data packets received by the receiver device from the network device. |
| US10135745B2 |
Information distribution
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to obtain, for each of a plurality of pacing units, a planned number of impressions associated with a current time, define, for each of the plurality of pacing units, a difference between the planned number of impressions associated with the current time and an actual number of impressions associated with the current time, adjust a score of at least one of the plurality of pacing units based at least in part on the difference, and select one of the plurality of pacing units based at least in part on scores of each of the plurality of pacing units. |
| US10135744B2 |
Prioritizing at least one flow class for an application on a software defined networking controller
Prioritizing at least one flow class for an application on a software defined networking (SDN) controller includes registering flow classes for an application with a SDN controller, determining, with the SDN controller, a priority for each of the flow classes based on other installed applications and network services on the SDN controller, receiving, from the application, at least one flow modification rule using a priority key as the priority, and validating the at least one flow modification rule against registered parameters of at least one of the flow classes of the application to determine a flow of traffic based on the priority. |
| US10135743B2 |
Confidence degree of data packet flow classification
At least one identifier classifies a data packet flow of data packets between an originator and the recipient. A confidence level value of the at least one identifier specifies a confidence degree with which the at least one identifier is determined. |
| US10135738B2 |
End-to-end network path selection
Presented herein are techniques for application criteria-based path selection in a network. An application controller receives endpoint application criteria that specify end-to-end conditions that at least one network is to satisfy when forwarding the at least one packet flow. The application controller evaluates a plurality of different types of end-to-end network paths to determine whether one or more of the plurality of end-to-end network paths satisfies the endpoint application criteria. |
| US10135734B1 |
Pipelined evaluations for algorithmic forwarding route lookup
Packet processors or other devices with packet processing pipelines may implement pipelined evaluations of algorithmic forwarding route lookups. As network packets are received, a destination address for the network packets may be divided into different possible prefix lengths and corresponding entries in a routing table for the different possible prefix lengths may be determined according to a hash scheme for the routing table. The entry values may be read from the routing table and evaluated at subsequent stages to identify the entry with a longest prefix match with respect to the destination address for the network packet. The routing table may include entries for different types of network packets and may be configured to include virtual routing and forwarding for network packets. |
| US10135730B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for retrieving data from a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described related to retrieving data from a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP). In embodiments, an element manager may include an integration reference point (IRP) agent to receive data from the WLAN AP in the first format. Mapping circuitry of the element manager may convert the data from the first format to a second format to be used by an IRP manager that manages a Long Term Evolution Advance (LTE-A) network. The IRP agent may send the data to the IRP manager in the second format. The data may include, for example, performance monitoring data such as a value of one or more counters and/or a status of one or more alarms maintained by the WLAN AP. Accordingly, one or more components of the LTE-A network may monitor the performance of the WLAN AP. |
| US10135727B2 |
Address grouping for distributed service rules
Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller that manages a flow-based managed forwarding element (MFE). The method receives multiple service rules for implementation by the MFE. Each service rule matches over a set of network addresses. At least one network address is in the set of network addresses for at least two service rules. The method groups the network addresses into non-overlapping groups of network addresses, each of which addresses that are all matched by only a same set of service rules. The method generates flow entries that match over the groups of network addresses for the MFE to use to implement the service rules. |
| US10135726B2 |
Virtualization port layer including physical switch port and logical switch port
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to introduction of a physical switch port and logical switch port to the virtualization layer. A virtual network interface card (VNIC) can be associated with a physical switch port that routes traffic to logical switch ports based on a transmit function. The logical switch ports each are associated with a filtering protocol and route traffic to a physical switch port based on a receive function associated with that logical switch port. The logical switch ports can be associated with container running on the virtual machine (VM) connected to the VNIC. Thus, a single VNIC can be shared by multiple containers running different filtering protocols. A single logical port can also route traffic to multiple physical switch ports, each associated with a different VNIC. Thus, a same filtering protocol can be shared by multiple VNICs. |
| US10135724B2 |
Modular architecture for computer network operations
Disclosed embodiments include a method of operation of a distributed network system. The method includes nodes of the network system that send messages over a protocol-independent message bus, and other nodes that receive the messages. Content from the received messages can be stored in a database distributed among nodes of the network system. At least some of the content stored in the database is published. The published content can be accessed by one or more applications to perform one or more functions. |
| US10135723B2 |
System and method for supervised network clustering
A method (and system) for supervised network clustering includes receiving and reading node labels from a plurality of nodes on a network, as executed by a processor on a computer having access to the network, the network defined as a group of entities interconnected by links. The node labels are used to define densities associated with the nodes. Node components are extracted from the network, based on using thresholds on densities. Smaller components having a size below a user-defined threshold are merged. |
| US10135719B2 |
Transmitting and receiving data based on multipath
Methods, apparatuses and systems for transmitting and receiving data based on multipath for transmitting data based on multipath include: establishing WiMAX connection-based multiple paths between a first device and a second device; transmitting data frames in a data queue in the multiple paths; obtaining the quality condition of the multiple paths; and based on the quality condition, adjusting the transmission of the data frames in the data queue in the multiple paths. According to one aspect, there is provided a method for receiving data based on multipath, which includes: establishing WiMAX connection-based multiple paths between a first device and a second device; receiving a plurality of data frames in the multiple paths; processing the received plurality of data frames based on quality condition of the multiple paths. There are further provided corresponding apparatuses and systems. |
| US10135718B2 |
Service pack deployment in a method and system for providing answers to requests
The invention provides a computer system including a router receiving a plurality of requests, a broker and a plurality of service workers, each assigned by the broker receive to receive the request and determining an answer based on the request, the router receiving the answers from the service workers, and the router providing an output that is based on at least one of the answers. A language independent platform is provided that can deploy code online while processing requests, execute multiple commands and join their answers, and scale automatically depending on load. |
| US10135717B2 |
Transferring data in a gateway
Transferring data by a gateway, the gateway being connected to a network with a SIMM-node. In response to a request to establish multi-MAC address routing information of a SIMM-node, obtaining multiple MAC addresses corresponding to an IP address of the SIMM-node. The multi-MAC address routing information of the SIMM-node is established at least according to the obtained multiple MAC addresses corresponding to the IP address of the SIMM-node. In response to having received a data message sent to the IP address of the SIMM-node, routing the data message by using the established multi-MAC address routing information of the SIMM-node. |
| US10135714B2 |
Servers, switches, and systems with switching module implementing a distributed network operating system
One networking device includes a switch module, a server, and a switch controller. The switch module has ports with a communications interface of a first type (CI1) and ports with a communications interface of a second type (CI2). The server, coupled to the switch module via a first CI2 coupling, includes a virtual CI1 driver, which provides a CI1 interface in the server, defined to exchange CI1 packets with the switch module via the first CI2 coupling. The virtual CI1 driver includes a first network device operating system (ndOS) program. The switch controller, in communication with the switch module via a second CI2 coupling, includes a second ndOS program controlling, in the switch module, a packet switching policy defining the switching of packets through the switch module or switch controller. The first and second ndOS programs exchange control messages to maintain a network policy for the switch fabric. |
| US10135708B2 |
Technologies for performance inspection at an endpoint node
Technologies for monitoring communication performance of a high performance computing (HPC) network include a performance probing engine of a source endpoint node of the HPC network. The performance probing engine is configured to generate a probe request that includes a timestamp of the probe request and transmit the probe request to a destination endpoint node of the HPC network communicatively coupled to the source endpoint node via the HPC network. The performance probing engine is additionally configured to receive a probe response from the destination endpoint node via the HPC network and to generate another timestamp that corresponds to the probe request having been received. Further, the performance probing engine is configured to determine a round-trip latency as a function of the probe request and probe response timestamps. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10135705B2 |
Industrial internet of things data pipeline for a data lake
A cloud-based analytics system streams industrial data from customer facilities to a cloud platform as torrential data streams, and performs analytics on the data contained in the data streams based on a selected set of rules. The rules can be designed to diagnose current or potential issues, to monitor for alarm conditions, or to perform other types of analytics. One or more data pipelines migrate data from plant facilities to a data lake residing on the cloud platform. Data streams can be segregated according to customer, and can further be segregated according to plant facility, production area, or any other suitable classification. Each data stream has an associated manifest that identifies the set of rules to be used to process data in each data stream, allowing selected rules to be applied to each data stream in an ad hoc manner. |
| US10135702B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing network function virtualization (NFV)
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing network function virtualization (NFV) are disclosed. According to one method, the method occurs at a network test controller implemented using at least one processor. The method includes determining, using network configuration information, a first insertion point for inserting a first network function tester (NFT) into a service chain comprising a plurality of virtualized network functions (VNFs). The method also includes configuring the first NFT to analyze or ignore traffic matching filtering information, wherein the traffic traverses the first NFT from at least one VNF of the plurality of VNFs. The method further includes inserting, at the first insertion point, the first NFT into the service chain. |
| US10135695B1 |
System and method for managing a remote device
Methods include presenting one or more actions that correspond to each of one or more remote devices. In addition, the methods comprise receiving a selection. The selection comprises an action selected from the one or more actions, wherein the action corresponds to a particular remote device in the one or more remote devices. The methods further comprise retrieving identification data for the particular remote device. The methods also include generating a packet, wherein the packet comprises the identification data and a command corresponding to the action. The methods further comprise transmitting the packet to the particular remote device. |
| US10135694B2 |
System administration
A technique for improving system administration involves implementing system administration agent programs on a plurality of devices in an administered network. A deployment agent deploys the system administration agent program or a portion thereof to suitable devices when they are detected. System monitoring agents monitor the administered network to generate data. A reporting engine sends agent reports including the generated data to a system administration server. The system administration server facilitates administration of the administered network in real time. |
| US10135692B2 |
Host management across virtualization management servers
In an example, method of managing hosts across a plurality of virtualization management servers, each of the plurality of virtualization management servers managing a plurality of the hosts, each of the hosts configured with virtualization software executing at least one virtual computing instance is disclosed. The method includes deploying, by a rescue service, a rescue agent on each of the plurality of virtualization management servers; obtaining host inventories and configurations at the rescue service for the plurality of virtualization management servers; assigning each of the plurality of virtualization management servers to a category of a plurality of categories based on configuration maximums of the plurality of virtualization management servers; and updating rescue storage managed by the rescue service to monitor resource usage of the plurality of virtualization management servers based on assigned category and the host inventories. |
| US10135691B2 |
Operation of a data processing network having a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers
A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan. |
| US10135690B2 |
Node discovery in a communication network
There is provided methods for node discovery in a network comprising the following steps: performing a first discovery process for discovering at least one first node of said network, using at least one first wireless communication parameter, adapting said at least one first wireless communication parameter, thereby obtaining at least one second wireless communication parameter coordinated with wireless communication parameters of nodes of at least one group of nodes discovered during the first discovery process, and performing a second discovery process for discovering at least one second node of said network, using said at least one second wireless communication parameter. Embodiments of the invention provide better coordination during node discovery thereby making the node discovery is thus made faster and reducing interferences between the nodes. |
| US10135687B2 |
Virtual group policy based filtering within an overlay network
A virtual switch connected to at least one virtual machine of multiple virtual machines communicatively connected through an overlay network, receives a data packet, each of the virtual machines configured within a separate one of multiple virtual groups in the overlay network, the data packet comprising a packet header comprising at least one address. The virtual switch receives a virtual group identifier for the at least one address from at least one address resolution service returning the virtual group identifier and a resolved address for the at least one address, in response to an address resolution request for the at least one address. The virtual switch sends the data packet through the virtual switch to the resolved address only if the virtual group identifier is allowed according to a filtering policy applied by the virtual switch for a particular virtual group identified by the virtual group identifier. |
| US10135681B2 |
Methods and systems for configuring electronic devices
The present invention discloses a method, a system and an electronic device for configuring the electronic device. The method and system comprise steps of configuring the electronic device by a profile server. The profile server receives sensor information, determines a profile substantially based on the sensor information, retrieves a configuration based on the profile, and then configure the electronic device substantially based on the configuration. In one variant, the configuration of the electronic device may be performed by a profile management module of the electronic device. |
| US10135675B2 |
Centralized processing of north-south traffic for logical network in public cloud
Some embodiments provide a method for a first data compute node (DCN) configured to execute a gateway forwarding element (FE) for a logical network within a datacenter. The method receives a packet from a second FE configured by an administrator of the datacenter. The packet is received from a source external to the datacenter by the second FE, and the second FE performs a first set of operations on the packet before sending the packet to a host machine on which the first data compute node operates. The method performs a second set of operations on the packet according to a configuration for the first gateway FE, and sends the packet to a third FE executing on a second DCN in the datacenter. The third FE performs a third set of operations on the packet and delivers the packet to an application executing on the second DCN. |
| US10135669B2 |
Instantiating resources of an IT-service
Instantiating a resource of an IT-service includes analyzing a service model of the IT-service where the service model includes a node representing a resource for providing the IT-service. The node has a generic API providing an abstract method for instantiating the resource. A determination is made whether the node is a multi-instance node representing a resource being instantiable multiple times. If so, a determination is made whether a first instance of the resource represented by the multi-instance node already exists in a runtime environment providing the IT-service. If so, a selection criteria is computed to identify and select a resource manager configured to instantiate a second instance of the resource based on collocation or anti-collocation parameters in the runtime environment. The abstract method for instantiating the second instance of the resource is overridden with a resource-manager specific method of a resource-manager-specific API specified by the selected resource manager. |
| US10135666B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data
There are provided a method and apparatus for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data. According to an aspect of the present invention, transport characteristics of media data that can be divided in a unit of a Media Processing Unit (MPU) are created in a unit of a predetermined number of MPUs, the created transport characteristics and a flag indicating presence or absence of the created transport characteristics are inserted into the media data, and the resultant media data is delivered. Accordingly, by using transport characteristics in units of media data unit groups, each media data unit corresponding to a short time length, it is possible to effectively control Quality of Service (QoS) in a dynamically changing transport environment, like a mobile network. |
| US10135663B2 |
FBMC signal transmitting method and receiving method, transmitter and receiver
An FBMC signal transmitting method and receiving method, a transmitter, and a receiver are provided. The transmitting method includes: generating offset quadrature amplitude modulation OQAM symbols included on at least two subbands; mapping an OQAM symbol on each subband onto a respective subcarrier to obtain a frequency-domain signal, where a first frequency interval exists between adjacent subcarriers in a same subband, a second frequency interval exists between adjacent subcarriers that belong to two adjacent subbands, the second frequency interval is a sum of the first frequency interval and a guard band interval, and the guard band interval is a fractional multiple of the first frequency interval; generating an FBMC signal out of the frequency-domain signal; and transmitting the FBMC signal to a receiver. |
| US10135657B2 |
Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals
A broadcast signal receiver is disclosed. A broadcast signal receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a synchronization & demodulation module performing signal detection and OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal; a frame parsing & deinterleaving module performing parsing and deinterleaving of a signal frame of the broadcast signal; a demapping & decoding module performing conversion of data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) of the broadcast signal into the bit domain and FEC decoding of the converted PLP data; and an output processing module outputting a data stream by receiving the at least one PLP data. |
| US10135648B2 |
Transmitting device and method thereof
The present invention relates to a transmitting device. The transmitting device comprises a processor, and a transmitter; wherein the processor is configured to generate a fractional Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol based on an adjacent OFDM symbol, wherein the fractional OFDM symbol is a cyclic extension of the adjacent OFDM symbol; wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a multicarrier signal comprising the fractional OFDM symbol and the adjacent OFDM symbol. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a corresponding method, a multicarrier wireless communication system comprising such a transmitting device, a computer program, and a computer program product. |
| US10135647B2 |
Methods and circuits for asymmetric distribution of channel equalization between devices
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC. |
| US10135645B1 |
Equalizer optimization for FEC-protected communication links
A method is disclosed for configuring equalization circuitry of a communication device. The method comprises determining, for a predefined first value of a tap weight of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) of the equalization circuitry, whether a predefined error propagation condition occurs. The method further comprises iteratively updating the tap weight according to a predefined scheme, wherein each update of the tap weight occurs responsive to determining that the predefined error propagation condition occurs for a current value of the tap weight. The method further comprises ceasing the updating of the tap weight responsive to determining a difference between two adjacent values of the tap weight is less than a predefined resolution limit. |
| US10135644B1 |
Low power passive offset injection for 1-tap decision feedback equalizer
A low power 1-tap decision feedback equalizer (DFE) is disclosed. The DFE can include a plurality of AC-coupling networks, each having an input coupled to an output of a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) within an active stage of a receiver to receive a corresponding pair of differential signals of data, and an output coupled to a respective one of a plurality of data samplers to present a high frequency component of the corresponding pair of differential signals to the respective data sampler. The DFE can further include a plurality of transport paths, each transport path coupled to a respective AC-coupling network to receive the corresponding pair of differential signals. Each transport path can include one of the data sampler and an injection element to passively inject an offset into the high frequency component at an input of the respective data sampler. |
| US10135634B2 |
Bus interface with bi-directional, one-wire communication and individual select lines
A system may include a plurality of slave devices connected to a master device via a bus interface that includes a communication line and a plurality of select lines. The communication line may connect the master device to each of the plurality of slave devices and may permit bi-directional, one-wire communication among the master device and the plurality of slave devices. A select line, of the plurality of select lines, may connect the master device to a slave device, of the plurality of slave devices, and enable signaling, associated with the bi-directional, one-wire communication, between the master device and the slave device. |
| US10135631B2 |
Electric equipment management apparatus, electric equipment management method, and electric equipment management system
An equipment information acquirer acquires, from electric equipment connected to a network, equipment type information indicating the type of electric equipment and at least one of environment information and operation information. A display controller causes the equipment type information acquired by the equipment information acquirer and correlation support information based on at least one of the environment information and the operation information to be displayed on a monitor after correlating the two with each other. The environment information indicates the environment of an area in which the electric equipment is installed. The operation information indicates the operating status of the electric equipment. |
| US10135628B2 |
System, device, and apparatus for coordinating environments using network devices and remote sensory information
According to an aspect of the disclosure, a system, device and apparatus for coordinating environments using networked devises and remote sensory based information is provided. The system can include an intelligent remote sensor configured to communicate sensory-based information to a network device and a mobile device. The system also includes an environment coordinator configured to communicate with the intelligent remote sensor to initiate coordinating operating conditions of the network device at a site. |
| US10135625B2 |
Method of communication over a two-wire bus
A method of communication between a first circuit and a second circuit coupled together over a two-line bus having a clock line and a data line. A power signal is provided to the second circuit over the two-line bus by setting the clock line and the data line to different potential levels. A bit is transmitted from one of the first circuit and the second circuit to the other of the first circuit and the second circuit by setting the data line to a potential level according to a state of the bit to be transmitted when the clock line is set at a first potential level. A bit is read in response to a transition of the clock line from the first potential level to a second potential level, different from the first potential level. |
| US10135618B2 |
Method for using dynamic Public Key Infrastructure to send and receive encrypted messages between software applications
Method for using dynamic Public Key Infrastructure to send and receive encrypted messages between software applications. |
| US10135612B1 |
Secure telecommunications
The present disclosure describes techniques for configuring and participating in encrypted audio calls, audio conferences, video calls, and video conferences. In particular, a call initiator generates a meeting identifier and a first meeting key, which are encrypted using a first encryption key and distributed to one or more participants of the call. The one or more participants decrypt the meeting identifier and the first meeting key, and use that information to participate in the encrypted call. Further, participants respond to the encrypted communication data by encrypting their reply data with the first meeting key. The call initiator decrypts the reply data using the first meeting key. |
| US10135611B1 |
Delivering a content item from a server to a device
Methods and systems for delivering a segmented content item from a server to a first and second device are provided. A first key is used to encrypt the segmented content item into a first plurality of encrypted segments and a second key is used to encrypt the segmented content item into a second plurality of encrypted segments. The first and second keys are different. The first plurality of encrypted segments is delivered to the first device, and the second plurality of encrypted segments is delivered to the second device. |
| US10135610B2 |
Method and apparatus for ciphering packet units in wireless communications
A method and apparatus are disclosed relating to ciphering and de-ciphering of packet units in wireless devices during retransmission in wireless communications. The packet units are re-segmented with the ciphering done on the re-segmented packet unit or on a radio link control protocol data unit (RLC PDU) with or without segmentation. Alternatively, the re-segmentation is done on the radio link control service data unit (RLC SDU) with or without segmentation. Alternatively, the ciphering process and multiplexing of the RLC PDU is done in the medium access control (MAC) layer of a MAC PU before undergoing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for retransmission. Further, the ciphering process in the RLC is done on a packet data convergence protocol packet data unit (PDCP PDU). |
| US10135609B2 |
Managing a database management system using a blockchain database
Disclosed aspects relate to managing a database management system (DBMS). A central database to include a set of central data may be structured with respect to the DBMS. A blockchain database which is linked with the central database may be constructed with respect to the DBMS. A set of blockchain data may be established in the blockchain database corresponding to the set of central data of the central database. An access request may be received with respect to the DBMS. In response to receiving the access request, both the central database and the blockchain database may be maintained. |
| US10135608B2 |
Modifying a content descriptor to facilitate delivery of token-authorized encrypted data
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to delivery of token-authenticated encrypted data. Content descriptor(s) (e.g., playlist(s)) can be modified to facilitate exchange of a token for a decryption key for browser(s) that do not provide logic to manage a flow of the token. |
| US10135606B2 |
Mitigating interaction between adaptive equalization and timing recovery
System and method of timing recovery for recovering a clock signal with reduced interference with clock phase correction by an adaptive equalizer. The equalizer in the timing recovery loop is dynamically adapted to the current channel characteristics that vary over time. The equalizer includes compensation logic operable to detect and compensate a correction of clock phase ascribed to the equalization adaptation. The compensation logic can calculate the offset between a center of filter (COF) value and a COF nominal value, the offset indicative of the amount and direction of clock phase correction contributed by the equalizer. Based on the offset, the compensation logic adjusts the equalized signal by adjusting the tap weights of the equalizer to correct the offset, thereby compensating the clock phase correction. |
| US10135604B1 |
Receiver recovering a signal clock from a received data signal, and a clock recovery method implemented in the receiver
The present disclosure relates to a receiver and to a method implemented in the receiver for recovering a signal clock from a received data signal. Successive edge transitions between successive data samples of the received data signal are detected according to a clock recovered in the receiver. The recovered clock is adjusted based on a combination of weights assigned to at least some edge transitions among the plurality of successive edge transitions. In particular, (i) each very early transition is assigned a first weight having a first sign, (ii) each early transition is assigned a second weight having the first sign, (iii) each late transition is assigned a third weight having a second sign opposite from the first sign, and (iv) each very late transition is assigned a fourth weight having the second sign. |
| US10135597B2 |
Method and device for transmitting ACK/NACK in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and a device for transmitting an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) of a terminal which is set with a plurality of serving cells. The method comprises the steps of: receiving data in a subframe n of a second serving cell; and transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for the data in a subframe n+kSCC(n) of a first serving cell connected to the subframe n of the second serving cell, wherein the first serving cell is a primary cell for the terminal to execute an initial connection establishment procedure or a connection reestablishment procedure, and uses a frequency division duplex (FDD) wireless frame, the second serving cell is a secondary cell allocated to the terminal in addition to the primary cell, and uses a time division duplex (TDD) wireless frame, and the kSCC(n) is a previously determined value. |
| US10135594B2 |
Scheduling method for communication network supporting unlicensed band
Disclosed is a scheduling method for a communication network supporting an unlicensed band. An operation method of a user equipment (UE) may comprise obtaining a control channel from a partial subframe having a length of less than 1 millisecond in an unlicensed band; obtaining scheduling information from the control channel; and obtaining a data channel indicated by the scheduling information from the partial subframe. Therefore, performance of the communication network can be enhanced. |
| US10135588B2 |
Method and device for transmitting reference signal in wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas
The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting a reference signal at a transmission end in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas. In particular, the present invention includes a step of transmitting a first reference signal related to pre-coded horizontal antenna domains and a second reference signal related to pre-coded vertical antenna domains to a reception end, wherein at least one of the pre-coded horizontal antenna domains is included in the vertical antenna domains. |
| US10135586B2 |
Reference signal enhancement for shared cell
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for distinguishing, by a user equipment (UE), a reference signal (RS) transmitted by a cell that may have a same identifier (ID) as another cell in a network. In embodiments, a muting pattern, a time offset, or a virtual cell identifier (VCID) may be used to generate an RS sequence or RS resource allocation. |
| US10135583B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for a base station transceiver and a mobile transceiver
Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and a computer programs for a base station transceiver and a mobile transceiver. An apparatus (10) operable in a base station transceiver (100) of a mobile communication system comprises a transceiver module (12), which comprises interfaces to a plurality (18) of antennas, and which is operable to transmit radio signals using combinations of time and frequency radio resources. The transceiver module (12) is further operable to form a first set of beam patterns (16) using the plurality of antennas. The first set of beam patterns (16) comprises two or more spatially differing beam patterns. The base station transceiver apparatus (10) comprises a control module (14), which is operable to control the transceiver module and to transmit a common control signal for a plurality of mobile transceivers (200) using the beam patterns of the set of first beam patterns (16) on the same time and frequency radio resource. An apparatus (20) operable in a mobile transceiver (200) of a mobile communication system comprises a transceiver module (22), which is operable to receive radio signals using combinations of time and frequency radio resources. The mobile transceiver apparatus (20) comprises a control module (24) operable to control the transceiver module (22). The control module (24) is operable to receive a common control signal from a base station transceiver (100) using different time and frequency resources, to determine a time and frequency resource, which provides the common control signal with a highest quality, and to determine information related to at least one beam pattern used on the time and frequency resource providing the common control signal with the highest quality. The control module (24) is operable to transmit a signal comprising the information related to the at least one beam pattern to the base station transceiver (100). |
| US10135582B1 |
Systems and methods for introducing time diversity in WiFi transmissions
Systems and methods are provided for introducing time diversity in a transmitter. The systems and methods may include receiving, at the transmitter, a request from a receiver to retransmit data. The systems and methods may further include receiving an input of data corresponding to the data requested for retransmission at a first transmitter block. The systems and methods may further include operating on the signals using the first transmitter block in at least one of a first mode and a second mode, such that an output of signals from the first transmitter block is dependent on a time-varying function and corresponds to the data requested by the receiver for retransmission. |
| US10135574B2 |
Space-frequency block coding and spatial multiplexing for wireless communications
Channel state information (CSI) that includes a first channel quality indicator (CQI) for a first group of subcarriers and a second CQI for a second group of subcarriers may be received. For the first and second group of subcarriers, a number of streams for spatial multiplexing and modulation and coding schemes based on respective CQIs may be determined. |
| US10135571B2 |
Polar code processing method and system, and wireless communications apparatus
A polar code processing method and system, and a wireless communications apparatus are provided, where the method includes: acquiring at least two periodic puncturing patterns and combining the at least two periodic puncturing patterns in a predetermined manner to obtain at least two hybrid puncturing patterns; selecting, from the at least two hybrid puncturing patterns, one with a lowest frame error rate as an optimal puncturing pattern; and performing rate matching on polar polar-coded bits according to the optimal puncturing pattern, and using the rate-matched bits as to-be-transmitted bits. A frame error rate may be reduced and HARQ performance of a polar code may be enhanced. |
| US10135569B2 |
Method and user equipment for receiving SIB1
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a User Equipment (UE) for receiving System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) of a serving cell of the UE and the associated UE. The method includes: receiving a signal carrying the SIB1 of the serving cell; determining one or more neighboring cells of the serving cell as potential interference neighboring cells; determining one or more SIB1 Resource Elements (REs) carrying the SIB1 of the serving cell and one or more SIB1 REs carrying SIB1 of each of the potential interference neighboring cells; determining one or more of the potential interference neighboring cells having one or more SIB1 REs colliding with said one or more SIB1 REs of the serving cell, as valid interference neighboring cells; cancelling SIB1 of each of the valid interference neighboring cells from the received signal; and decoding the received signal after the cancellation to obtain the SIB1 of the serving cell. |
| US10135567B2 |
Systems and methods for advanced iterative decoding and channel estimation of concatenated coding systems
Systems and methods for decoding block and concatenated codes are provided. These include advanced iterative decoding techniques based on belief propagation algorithms, with particular advantages when applied to codes having higher density parity check matrices such as iterative soft-input soft-output and list decoding of convolutional codes, Reed-Solomon codes and BCH codes. Improvements are also provided for performing channel state information estimation including the use of optimum filter lengths based on channel selectivity and adaptive decision-directed channel estimation. These improvements enhance the performance of various communication systems and consumer electronics. Particular improvements are also provided for decoding HD radio signals, satellite radio signals, digital audio broadcasting (DAB) signals, digital audio broadcasting plus (DAB+) signals, digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) signals, digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) signals, world space system signals, terrestrial-digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) signals, and China mobile multimedia broadcasting (CMMB) signals. These and other improvements enhance the decoding of different digital signals. |
| US10135564B2 |
Information processing system, information processing program, and information processing method
The information processing system comprises a server that divides up information into processing units that will not cause syntax errors during processing at a client, packetizes such that each set of divided information is contained in a single packet, and transmits the packets thus generated to the client. |
| US10135563B2 |
Triggering of an uplink pair of packets in a wireless local area network
Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for triggering of an uplink pair of packets in a wireless local area network. An apparatus is disclosed including processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame, the trigger frame identifying stations, uplink (UL) resource unit (RUs), first modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) for a first multi-user (MU) UL transmission, and second MCSs for a second MU UL transmission. The processing circuitry may be further configured to transmit the trigger frame to the stations. The processing circuitry may be further configured to decode first UL packets from the stations, wherein the first UL packets are encoded with the first MCSs, and decode second UL packets from the stations, where the second UL packets are encoded with the second MCSs, and wherein each of the first UL packets and a corresponding second UL packet is to be received within a same corresponding UL RU. |
| US10135562B2 |
Apparatus and method for link adaptation in uplink grant-less random access
Embodiments are provided for a scheme of link adaptation (LA) in uplink grant-less random access (RA) communications. The scheme includes changing a modulation and coding (MCS) of a user, instead of using a fixed MCS over time, as the user link, channel, or non-link conditions vary during the RA communications. In an embodiment, a transmission point (TP) receives from a UE a packet encoded using a MCS, and detects a condition associated with uplink measurements or other non-link based condition of the UE. The TP then initiates an upgrade or a downgrade of the MCS in accordance with the condition, and signals the UE indicating a second MCS as a result. The UE thus sends a second packet encoded using the second MCS. In another embodiment, the UE initiates the MCS change in accordance to detecting a link or non-link based condition, such as change of mobility. |
| US10135559B1 |
M×N wavelength selective switch for high degree count
A wavelength selective switch (WSS) may include a first set of ports, each to launch a respective beam of a first set of beams, wherein the first set of beams is provided to a first position on a focal plane, and wherein a first set of wavelength channel sub-beams, included in a beam of the first set of beams, is to be incident on a particular section of a switching array. The WSS may include a second set of ports, each to launch a respective beam of a second set of beams, wherein the second set of beams is provided to a second position on the focal plane, wherein the second position is different from the first position, and wherein a second set of wavelength channel sub-beams, included in a beam of the second set of beams, is to be incident on the particular section of the switching array. |