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US10140190B1	Efficient transaction log flushing Implementations are provided for efficient flushing of a transaction journal. A transaction journal can be maintained in memory of a node that stores writes to the targeted to the drives housed within the node. Drives within the node can be score for busyness when determining which transactions to flush from memory to disk. Journal entries relating to writes that have a high locality can be selected for flushing. Additionally, each block on each disk in a node can be tracked for past writes which can be used as active intelligence to predict when a journal entry may be rewritten in the future. Journal entries relating to blocks with a high probability to be overwritten can avoid being flushed. By increasing the efficiency of transaction journal flushing, a node can increase the throughput of data, have less busy disks, incur less write amplification, and support more coalescing.
US10140186B2	Memory error recovery An aspect includes memory error recovery in a memory system includes detecting an error condition within a memory chip of the memory system. A chip mark is applied to the memory chip to flag the error condition. An address range of the memory chip associated with the error condition is determined. Data are written from the address range of the memory chip to a cache memory. The chip mark is removed based on determining that all of the data from the address range have been written to the cache memory.
US10140185B1	Epoch based snapshot summary Epoch-based management of file system data is disclosed. In various embodiments, for each of a plurality of snapshots, data that associates with the snapshot a corresponding last chunk identifier assigned as of a time at which the snapshot is or was created is stored a in a first data structure. For each of a plurality of chunks of file system data no longer referenced by any live file system object, an epoch identifier associated with an epoch in which the chunk became no longer referenced by any live file system object is stored in a second data structure. A chunk identifier and associated epoch comprising an entry in the second data structure are compared with one or more entries in the first data structure to determine whether a chunk associated with the chunk identifier is associated with a snapshot that continues to be retained.
US10140184B1	Node recovery in static distributed networks A first static server configured to perform at least one first node process and a second static server configured to perform at least one second node process may be instantiated. A conglomerate server may periodically analyze the at least one first node process and the at least one second node process to identify a network process state based on the at least one first node process and the at least one second node process. The conglomerate server may store the network process state in a memory. A failure may be detected in the first static server. In response to the detecting, the first static server may be reinstantiated. The reinstantiating may comprise restarting the at least one first node process according to the network process state from the memory.
US10140182B2	Modifying allocation of storage resources in a dispersed storage network A method for execution by a resource allocation module includes facilitating migration of a first set of encoded data slices stored at a storage unit for decommissioning to a newly commissioned storage unit, and facilitating migration of a remaining set of encoded data slices stored at the storage unit for decommissioning as foster encoded data slices to at least one other storage unit. For each foster encoded data slice, it is determined whether to facilitate migration of the foster encoded data slice to the newly commissioned storage unit. When determining to facilitate the migration of the foster encoded data slice, the migration of the foster encoded data slice to the newly commissioned storage unit is facilitated. An association of the newly commissioned storage unit and identity of the foster encoded data slice is updated in response to detecting successful migration of the foster encoded data slice.
US10140181B1	Endurance aware raid scheme for flash based SSDS with FPGA optimized implementation Described is a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) scheme that manages the wear of individual drives in a RAID set and significantly reduces the probability of more than two drives wearing out at the same time. In one aspect, describe is a method in which at least one of a first and second of the plurality of at least three low endurance flash based solid state devices perform a predetermined percentage of more writes as compared to at least a third of the plurality of at least three low endurance flash based solid state devices. In another aspect, a rebuild operation is performed using Galois Field Multiplication, with one of an integrated circuit and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) being used in preferred implementations.
US10140179B2	Combined group ECC protection and subgroup parity protection A method and system are disclosed for providing combined error code protection and subgroup parity protection for a given group of n bits. The method comprises the steps of identifying a number, m, of redundant bits for said error protection; and constructing a matrix P, wherein multiplying said given group of n bits with P produces m redundant error correction code (ECC) protection bits, and two columns of P provide parity protection for subgroups of said given group of n bits. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the matrix P is constructed by generating permutations of m bit wide vectors with three or more, but an odd number of, elements with value one and the other elements with value zero; and assigning said vectors to rows of the matrix P.
US10140178B2	Verifying a status level of stored encoded data slices A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) retrieving a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices from a first grouping of storage units of the DSN. The method continues with the processing module determining a first status level indication of the retrieved decode threshold number of encoded data slices and sending check status request messages to a second grouping of storage units of the DSN. The method continues with the processing module receiving check status response messages and processing the check response messages to produce a second status level indication. When the second status level indication is substantially equal to the first status level indication, the method continues with the processing module indicating that the decode threshold number of encoded data slices is of a common status level as other encoded data slices of encoded data slices.
US10140177B2	Transferring a partial task in a distributed computing system A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining that partial task processing resources of a first DST execution unit are projected to be available. The method continues with the DS processing module ascertaining that partial task processing resources of a second DST execution unit are projected to be overburdened. The method continues with the DS processing module receiving, from the second DST execution unit, a partial task assigned to the second DST execution unit in accordance with a partial task allocation transfer policy to produce an allocated partial task and executing the allocated partial task.
US10140175B2	Protecting an ECC location when transmitting correction data across a memory link A memory sub-system may include a memory controller having error correction code (ECC) encoder/decoder logic. The memory controller may be configured to embed link ECC parity bits in unused data mask bits and/or in a mask write data during a mask write operation. The memory controller may also be configured to protect at least a location of the link ECC parity bits during the mask write operation.
US10140172B2	Network-aware storage repairs In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, having one or more logic elements, including at least one hardware logic element, comprising a network-aware data repair engine to compute a feasible repair log for n fragments of an original data structure, comprising: receiving a predictive failure scenario; identifying at least one repair ξi for the failure scenario; determining that ξi is feasible; and logging ξi to a feasible repair log. When a node failure occurs, a network cost may be computed for each repair in the feasible repair log, and an optimal repair may be selected.
US10140169B2	Fault tracking in a telecommunications system A method and apparatus can be configured to automatically trigger a notifying event when a failure occurs. The method can also store information specifically relating to the failure. The storing is performed upon the automatic triggering of the notifying event. The specific information is stored such that the specific information persists after a system restart.
US10140168B2	Maintenance system and method for a reliability centered maintenance A method for a reusable reliability centered maintenance of a technical system is provided, by executing the following steps: In a first step the meta data model is segmented in three sections to structure datasets of at least one database, wherein the first section comprises a collaborative dataset about components and at least one dominant failure mode associated with the components, the second section comprises a reusable dataset about at least one preventive maintenance task, the third section comprises a product dataset. In a second step at least one component instance is created for the third section by selecting at least one component of the components to describe said technical system. In a third step it is checked, if the preventive maintenance task is a valid task to prevent the dominant failure mode of the dominant failure mode instance for said technical system.
US10140161B1	Workload aware dynamic CPU processor core allocation A method of workload aware dynamic CPU processor core allocation includes the steps of predicting estimated individual workloads for each emulation in a set of emulations for each decision period of a set of decision periods over a predictive time span. The method includes using, by a Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) engine, the predicted estimated individual workloads for each emulation in the set of emulations, a set of constraints, and an optimization function, to determine sets of CPU processor cores to be allocated to each emulation during each decision period over the predictive time span. The method further includes dynamically allocating, by the host computer system, the sets of CPU processor cores to each emulation during each decision period over the predictive time span based on the output from the MIP engine.
US10140158B2	Methods and modules relating to allocation of host machines A method and a Host Machine Allocating Module (HMAM) for allocating a host machine. The HMAM is configured for managing information about latency ratings for pairs of groups comprising CPUs and memory units. Said each pair is associated with a respective latency rating. The HMAM receives a request for allocation, wherein the request indicates a first number of CPUs and a second number of memory units and a policy. The policy defines a distribution of the first number of CPUs and the second number of memory units with respect to sets of latency ratings. The HMAM distributes, based on the distribution, the first number of CPUs and the second number of memory units into clusters. The HMAM allocates said each cluster to at least one of said pairs of groups, wherein the respective latency rating of said at least one of said pairs is found to match, according to the policy, the respective one of the sets of latency ratings for said each cluster. A Latency Rating Information Generating Module and a method therein. Additionally, corresponding computer programs and carriers therefor.
US10140154B2	Workload scheduling automation utility A computer resource allocation tool includes an interface, a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The interface receives a request for an information report, the information report comprising a summary of one or more datasets. The interface receives a first dataset for processing, wherein the processing generates, at least in part, the information report and wherein in the processing consumes computer resources of a computer system. The first memory stores the first dataset. The processor extracts first input data from the first dataset, the first input data comprises parameters for processing the first dataset to produce the information report. The second memory stores the first input data, wherein the second memory is different from the first memory. The processor further determines. an amount of computer resources required to process the first dataset based on, at least in part, the first dataset and the first input data. The processor determines a computer resource availability for the computer system for each time window of a plurality time windows. The processor generates first scheduling information based on the amount of computer resources required to process the first dataset and the computer resource availability for one or more time windows, the first scheduling information indicating whether the computer system has the computer resource availability to process the first dataset during the one or more time windows. The processor generates a scheduling report based on the first scheduling information, the scheduling report indicating the one or more time windows to process the first dataset. The interface communicates the scheduling report.
US10140153B2	System, method, and medium for facilitating auction-based resource sharing for message queues in an on-demand services environment In accordance with embodiments for facilitating action-based fair allocation and usage of thread resources, and by way of example, a method includes receiving job requests and bids from organizations over a network, where each job request and the corresponding bid is placed by a user associated with an organization having a resource currency value within a multi-tenant database system, determining resource currency values associated with pending jobs relating to the organizations, wherein the resource currency values corresponds to resources dedicated to the pending jobs, performing an auction of the received bids for resources that are not dedicated and remains available for purchase, where a bid includes a purchase request to purchase the available resources, prioritizing the job requests based on the dedicated resources and the auction of the available resources, and processing the job requests based on the prioritized job requests.
US10140152B2	Dynamic timeout as a service Systems and techniques are described for determining timeouts for computer-executed processes. A described technique includes obtaining previous running times for a particular process. Each previous running time represents a duration for which the particular process was executed until the particular process completed or was terminated. A run time model for the particular process is generated based on the previous running times. The run time model for the particular process indicates, for each of a set of potential running times, a likelihood that the particular process will execute for a duration represented by the potential running time before completing. An initial timeout for the particular process is determined based on the run time model. The initial timeout is a specified duration instances of the particular process are allowed to execute before the particular process is automatically terminated. The initial timeout is set for an instance of the particular process.
US10140150B2	Thread diversion awaiting log call return The efficient use of threads that issue calls to log events. While waiting for the call to return or complete, the threads are put to work on other tasks that are not part of the process that generated the event. This can occur without context switching of the thread, especially when the task to be performed is state-less or context free. In the efficient thread diversion process, the thread calls a logging component to log an event. This blocks the thread from continuing work on a process that the event is part of until the event is logged. The thread then performs a diversion task that is not part of the processing unit that the event is part of. After detecting that the event has logged, the thread continues work on the processing unit that the event is part of.
US10140149B1	Transactional commits with hardware assists in remote memory A method for a transactional commit in a storage unit is provided. The method includes receiving a logical record from a storage node into a transaction engine of a storage unit of the storage node and writing the logical record into a data structure of the transaction engine. The method includes writing, to a command queue of the transaction engine, an indication to perform an atomic update using the logical record and transferring each portion of the logical record from the data structure of the transaction engine to non-persistent memory of the storage unit as a committed transaction. A storage unit for a storage system is also provided.
US10140146B2	Network management for elastic virtual network functions A method includes, with a Virtual Network Function (VNF) manager that manages a VNF that includes plurality of VNF components running on a plurality of virtual machines, determining that an additional VNF component should be provisioned on an additional virtual machine. The method further includes, in response to the determining that the additional VNF component should be provisioned, instructing a compute controller to provision the additional virtual machine. The method further includes instructing a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller to connect the additional virtual machine to a network that interconnects the VNF components, and provisioning the additional VNF component on the additional virtual machine.
US10140145B1	Displaying guest operating system statistics in host task manager A method for acquiring process statistics includes starting a Virtual Machine (VM) on the host node; renaming a standard DLL that collects process statistics; installing a replacement DLL in a directory of a Task Manager, wherein the replacement DLL has the same name as the standard DLL prior to the renaming; collecting host OS process statistics via the renamed standard DLL; collecting VM process statistics via API calls to the replacement DLL from the Task Manager; and displaying the VM process statistics and the host OS process statistics in the same interface. Optional steps include launching the Task Manager on a host node; saving a link to location of the renamed standard DLL prior to the installing; starting a host process prior to the step of collecting the host OS process statistics, and starting a VM process on the VM prior to the step of collecting the VM process statistics.
US10140144B2	Multi-site disaster recovery consistency group for heterogeneous systems Methods and arrangements for managing a consistency group for computing sites. A plurality of computing sites contained within a consistency group are communicated with by using an aggregator, each of the plurality of computing sites comprising one or more of a virtual machine and a server. The aggregator acts as a central communication hub between the plurality of computing sites and combines data changes from the plurality of computing sites. Updates captured at each of the sites are received and the updates are batched. The updates are communicated, after the batching, to the plurality of computing sites, thereby ensuring data consistency across the plurality of sites. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US10140143B2	Collection of guest status The present disclosure provides new and innovative methods and systems for guest status collection in a virtual environment. An example method includes accessing a hypervisor media library and booting an information collection guest from the hypervisor media library. The method may also include exposing the information collection guest to a memory of a virtual machine, detecting a first guest status of the virtual machine, generating an information message based on the first guest status, and sending the information message to a message display agent.
US10140139B1	Ensuring the privacy and integrity of a hypervisor Approaches for ensuring the privacy and integrity of a hypervisor. A host operating system manages a set of resources. The host operating system is prevented from accessing a portion of the resources belonging to or allocated by the hypervisor. The host operating system may be prevented from accessing resources belonging to or allocated by the hypervisor by transferring execution of the host operating system into a virtual machine container that does not have sufficient privilege to access any portion of the memory pages in which the hypervisor is executing. After the host operating system provides a requested resource to the hypervisor, the hypervisor may use a hardware component that establishes and enforces constraints on what portions of memory the host operating system is allowed to access to protect the requested resource from the host operating system.
US10140138B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for supporting wide and efficient front-end operation with guest-architecture emulation Methods for supporting wide and efficient front-end operation with guest architecture emulation are disclosed. As a part of a method for supporting wide and efficient front-end operation, upon receiving a request to fetch a first far taken branch instruction, a cache line that includes the first far taken branch instruction, a next cache line and a cache line located at the target of the first far taken branch instruction is read. Based on information that is accessed from a data table, the cache line and either the next cache line or the cache line located at the target is fetched in a single cycle.
US10140133B2	Marking external sibling caller routines Optimizations are provided for sibling calls. A sibling caller is marked to indicate that it may call a sibling routine or that it may call an external sibling routine. Based on the marking, certain processing is performed to facilitate use of sibling calls, particularly when the sibling routine being called is external to the caller.
US10140131B2	Shielding real-time workloads from OS jitter due to expedited grace periods A technique for shielding real-time workloads from operating system (OS) jitter due to expedited read-copy update (RCU) grace periods. In accordance with the disclosed technique, a kernel parameter is set to indicate that expedited RCU grace periods are to be suppressed. The kernel parameter is checked to see if it is set. A normal non-expedited RCU grace period is invoked in response to attempted invocation of an expedited RCU grace period if the check reveals that the kernel parameter is set.
US10140127B2	Operation of a multi-slice processor with selective producer instruction types Operation of a multi-slice processor including execution slices and load/store slices, where the load/store slices are coupled to the execution slices via a results bus and the results bus includes segments assigned to carry results of a different instruction type, includes: receiving a producer instruction that includes an identifier of an instruction type and an identifier of the producer instruction, including storing the identifier of the instruction type and the identifier of the producer instruction in an entry of a register; receiving a source instruction dependent upon the result of the producer instruction including storing, in an issue queue, the source instruction, the identifier of the instruction type of the producer instruction, and an identifier of the producer instruction; and snooping the identifier of the producer instruction only from the segment of the results bus assigned to carry results of the instruction type of the producer instruction.
US10140124B2	Reconfigurable microprocessor hardware architecture A reconfigurable, multi-core processor includes a plurality of memory blocks and programmable elements, including units for processing, memory interface, and on-chip cognitive data routing, all interconnected by a self-routing cognitive on-chip network. In embodiments, the processing units perform intrinsic operations in any order, and the self-routing network forms interconnections that allow the sequence of operations to be varied and both synchronous and asynchronous data to be transmitted as needed. A method for programming the processor includes partitioning an application into modules, determining whether the modules execute in series, program-driven parallel, or data-driven parallel, determining the data flow required between the modules, assigning hardware resources as needed, and automatically generating machine code for each module. In embodiments, a Time Field is added to the instruction format for all programming units that specifies the number of clock cycles for which only one instruction fetch and decode will be performed.
US10140120B2	Context-specific view of a hierarchical data structure Dynamic ontological working sets support the automatic identification of a context-specific working set (or a visualization of a tree in a hierarchical data structure) that displays those tree nodes that are most relevant to an identified context. Pre-defined rules are used to determine a level of relevance to be applied when identifying the context-specific working set. Context-specific working sets may be displayed automatically when identified.
US10140118B2	Application data synchronization method and apparatus The present invention discloses an application data synchronization method and an apparatus. When a first operating system and a second operating system are installed in a terminal, and a first application and a second application that have a same function are installed on the first operating system and the second operating system respectively, the method includes: when the second application runs on the second operating system, performing the function by using second application data, and updating the second application data, where the second application data is updated according to first application data, and the first application data is updated when the first application runs on the first operating system to perform the function; where the first application data and the second application data are stored in the terminal. By using the solutions, sharing of data of a same application between different systems is more convenient and less time-consuming.
US10140115B2	Applying update to snapshots of virtual machine For automatically applying update to snapshots of a virtual machine (VM), a cloned virtual machine is created reproducing a state of an existing first snapshot of a virtual machine, a first virtual NIC in the cloned VM is disabled, an update is applied to the cloned VM to which a second virtual NIC has been added, the second virtual NIC is deleted from the cloned VM to which the update has been applied, the first virtual NIC is enabled, and a second snapshot of the cloned VM is generated with the enabled first virtual NIC wherein the second snapshot is associated with the virtual machine.
US10140112B2	Update management system and update management method In an update management system including a plurality of servers executing a communication service, a server not connected to a network in which a new version of an application is operated is generated in parallel with a server in which an old version of the application is operated, and old and new correspondence data between an old version server and a new version server is generated and used to execute switching from the old version server to the new version server in a flow on the network and to execute switching-back to the old version server by referring to the old and new correspondence data at the time of occurrence of fault in a new version.
US10140108B1	Systems and methods of configuring managed resources In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage. The method further includes, responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system. In addition, the method includes creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol. Further, the method includes copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage. Moreover, the method includes causing the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.
US10140083B1	Platform for tailoring media to environment factors and user preferences Techniques described herein include a platform for generating customized media content to a user. In some embodiments, a service provider may receive attribute data related to an environment in which a media file is to be presented. In some embodiments, the service provider may receive a user configuration setting indicating one or more preferences for media presentation. The service provider may store media content as separate components, with each component being separately adjustable. Upon receiving a request for particular media content, the service provider may generate a media file from the stored media content in accordance with the user configuration settings and/or environment attribute data.
US10140082B2	Method and system for making and playing soundtracks A composite variable duration soundtrack for a user to play while reading a text source, the soundtrack duration being defined by a soundtrack timeline. The soundtrack comprises multiple sound layers configured to play concurrently through the soundtrack timeline, each sound layer having an arrangement of one or more audio features that are configured to play at preset start times in the soundtrack timeline. At least one sound layer is adapted for modifying the preset start and stop times of its audio features to match the reading speed of a user based on a reading speed input.
US10140079B2	Object shadowing in head worn computing Aspects of the present disclosure relate to shadowing objects displayed in head worn computing. A method includes capturing an image of an environment in proximity to a person, analyzing the image to determine a position of each of a plurality of light sources collectively producing a naturally formed shadow in the environment, wherein the naturally formed shadow comprises multiple shadows cast from an individual object in the environment, each of the multiple shadows formed from light traveling from a position of one of the plurality of light sources to the individual object, and displaying a computer-generated object in association with a computer generated shadow, wherein the computer-generated shadow appears as though produced by light striking the computer generated object from the position of a dominant one of the plurality of light sources.
US10140074B2	Information processing apparatus and method therefor A client apparatus, which collects, from an image processing apparatus, information about a status of use of the image processing apparatus and transmits the collected information to a management server, acquires change histories of setting performed on a clock, which are recorded by a system of the client apparatus, both at timing at which the client apparatus acquires the information about the status of use from the image processing apparatus and at timing at which the client apparatus transmits the information to the management server, and also transmits, to the management server, information obtained from the acquired change histories.
US10140071B2	Printers, printer controllers, printer software, or printer firmware for supporting wireless printing or printing over air Printers or printer controllers supporting wireless printing, or printing over air, are herein disclosed and enabled. The printer or printer controller may include wireless communication circuitry to facilitate a client to discover the printer. Subsequent to being discovered by the client, the printer may wirelessly transmit at least part of an output device profile to the client that has discovered the printer or the printer controller, the output device profile includes information related to the printer. After the printer is selected or identified for service, the printer may receive, from the client, print data that is based, at least partly, on the output device profile. A device specific driver may or may not be necessary for printing. The device discovery may be a short range wireless communication or local area network communication. The wireless communication circuitry may support at least part of IEEE 802.11 standards or Bluetooth specifications.
US10140069B2	Printing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium It is determined whether or not first user information included in a received print job includes first character information that is not supported by a user authentication function. If the first user information includes the first character information, the first user information is converted to second user information in which the first character information is changed to second character information supported by the user authentication function. If the second user information does not match user information managed by the user authentication function, the first user information and the second user information are registered to the user authentication function in association with each other. If the second user information matches user information managed by the user authentication function, the first user information and third user information are registered to the user authentication function in association with each other.
US10140065B2	Method and apparatus for storing information using an intelligent block storage controller Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
US10140062B1	Automatic resumption of suspended write operation upon completion of higher priority write operation in a memory device A memory device can include: a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells; an interface configured to receive a suspend command and first and second write commands from a host, where the second write command is of higher priority and follows the first write command; a status register configured to store an automatic resume enable bit; a memory controller configured to suspend, in response to the suspend command, a first write operation that is executing the first write command on the memory array; the memory controller being configured to execute a second write operation on the memory array in response to the second write command; and the memory controller being configured to resume the first write operation upon completion of the second write operation in response to the automatic resume enable bit being set.
US10140061B2	Cycling out dispersed storage processing units from access pools to perform expensive operations A method includes identifying, by a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a plurality of DS processing units of a dispersed storage network (DSN), a DSN operation to be performed that will adversely interfere with processing of DSN access requests. The method further includes sending, by the DS processing unit, a suspension request to a process balancing module of the DSN where the suspension request is for temporarily suspending processing of DSN access requests. The method further includes determining, by the process balancing module, whether sufficient processing resources of active DS processing units of the plurality of DS processing units are available for processing DSN access requests on behalf of the DS processing unit. When determined that sufficient processing resources are available, the method further includes granting the suspension request, and allocating DSN access requests of the DS processing unit to one ore of the active DS processing units.
US10140060B2	Memory system including a nonvolatile memory and a volatile memory, and processing method using the memory system A memory system having multiple memory layers includes a first memory layer comprising a volatile memory, a second memory layer comprising a first sub-memory and a second sub-memory. In response to a reference failure that occurred in the first memory layer, to which a read reference failed data and a write reference failed data are respectively loaded from lower level memory layer.
US10140059B2	Semiconductor memory device and memory system A memory system includes a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells, and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes first, second, and third caches for storing data before the data are written into the memory cells. The memory controller is configured to issue commands to the semiconductor memory device, the commands including a first command issued with write data to store the write data in the first cache and a second command issued with write data to store the write data in the first cache and then transfer the write data in the first cache to one of the second and third caches.
US10140058B2	Memory controller and memory module A memory controller coupled between an external device and a memory is provided. The memory controller is coupled to the external device via a second interface and coupled to the memory via a first interface. The memory controller further includes a control logic to control the first interface and the second interface. The control logic sets the second interface to be at a receiving mode to receive a test data from the external device, and sets the first interface to be at a transmitting mode to transmit the test data to the memory. After a predetermined time, the control logic sets the first interface to be at the receiving mode to receive a test result from the memory, and sets the second interface to be at a transmitting mode to transmit the test result to the external device.
US10140055B2	Ensuring that memory device actions are valid using reference values Described herein are techniques to ensure that an action (e.g., a read or a write by a host device) associated with an element of a memory device that stores a value is valid compared to a reference value. The reference value is associated with an actual characteristic of a memory. The element storing the value can be stored in a region of memory that is configured to store metadata. The element can be re-programmed after the memory device is manufactured, and thus, the value stored in the element can be modified by a host device so that it incorrectly or inaccurately reflects a characteristic of the memory. In contrast, the reference value is stored in a separate region of memory and the reference value is a true value.
US10140051B1	Backup files to a disk image Performing a file backup includes receiving a file to backup from a source machine and performing a write operation to write the file to a mount point in a file system on a backup server. The backup also includes intercepting a block-level data block to be written which is generated by the write operation; and writing the block-level data block to a corresponding, respective block of a disk image file having a plurality of blocks.
US10140047B2	Data storage system The data storage system includes a memory, a hard disk, and a processing unit. A first logical address and a second logical address in a first logical block of the memory correspond to a piece of duplicated data, and the duplicated data is stored in two physical pages in the hard disk. When executing a de-duplication command, the processing unit transfers the duplicated data to a physical page mapped to a third logical address in a second logical block of the memory; the physical page has a third physical address, and the processing unit updates a first mapping relationship to make it provide a mapping relationship between the first logical address and the third logical address and a mapping relationship between the second logical address and the third logical address, and stores the mapping relationship between the third logical address and the third physical address in the memory.
US10140046B2	Supporting data compression using match scoring A processing system is provided that includes a memory for storing an input bit stream and a processing logic, operatively coupled to the memory, to generate a first score based on: a first set of matching data related to a match between a first bit subsequence and a candidate bit subsequence within the input bit stream, and a first distance of the candidate bit subsequence from the first set of matching data. A second score is generated based on a second set of matching data related to a match between a second bit subsequence and the candidate bit subsequence, and a second distance of the candidate bit subsequence from the second set of matching data. A code to replace the first or second bit subsequence in an output bit stream is identified. Selection of the one of the bit subsequences to replace is based on a comparison of the scores.
US10140041B1	Mapped RAID (redundant array of independent disks) in a data storage system with RAID extent sub-groups that are used to perform drive extent allocation and data striping for sequential data accesses to a storage object Technology is provided within a mapped RAID system that creates multiple RAID extent sub-groups in a RAID mapping table. Each of the RAID extent sub-groups contains a unique set of consecutively located RAID extents within the RAID mapping table, and a unique corresponding set of drive extents is allocated to the RAID extents contained in each one of the RAID extent sub-groups. Drive extents are allocated to each RAID extent sub-group such that no drive extent is allocated to any RAID extent contained in the RAID extent sub-group that is located on the same hard disk drive as any other drive extent allocated to any other RAID extent contained in that RAID extent sub-group. Data striping may be performed based on the RAID extent sub-groups, such that host data is divided into data elements that are striped across the RAID extents contained in one or more individual RAID extent sub-groups.
US10140036B2	Multi-processor non-volatile memory system having a lockless flow data path A system and method is disclosed for managing a non-volatile memory system having a multi-processor controller. The controller may be configured with a plurality of processors and a shared data queue in a cyclic data buffer. Each of the plurality of processors may manage a separate pointer pointing to a different entry of the shared data queue and multiple ones of the processors may concurrently access or update entries in the shared data queue.
US10140034B2	Solid-state drive assignment based on solid-state drive write endurance A method for managing data storage. The method included a processor identifying a plurality of first utilization values for data within a first data storage system, wherein the data includes a plurality of extents and the plurality of first utilization values corresponds to the plurality of extents are included in the data. The method further includes a processor transferring the data from the first data storage system to a second data storage system, wherein the second data storage system includes a plurality of solid-state drives (SSDs). The method further includes a processor storing the transferred data among the plurality of SSDs based, at least in part on, the plurality of first utilization values.
US10140033B2	Apparatus, system, and method for searching compressed data A system, method and apparatus to provide searching capabilities of a given queue to all of requested search patterns in a non-volatile storage unit with compressed data without decompression thereof. In one embodiment the invention provides system, method and apparatus to execute one or more queued search request of one or more search pattern for one or more non-volatile storage units without decompression of non-volatile storage units compressed data in sequence or in parallel, in order or out of order from the queue. In another embodiment the system, method, and apparatus utilizes a software storage device driver scheduler to distribute the search queues to one or more non-volatile storage units in series or in parallel, in order or out of order, in standard or virtualized operating system capable environments.
US10140025B2	Memory system including memory controller and operation method thereof A memory system may include a memory device suitable for storing data requested from a host, and a controller suitable for generating information on the data and transmitting/receiving the data and the information to/from the memory device through first and second data buses, respectively, during a first operation mode, or for transmitting/receiving the data to/from the memory device through one of the first and second data buses based on the data size, during a second operation mode.
US10140020B2	Data queue having an unlimited depth A method for transferring messages from a producer element to a consumer element uses a memory shared between the producer element and the consumer element, and a hardware queue including several registers designed to contain addresses of the shared memory. The method includes the steps of storing each message for the consumer element in the shared memory in the form of a node of a linked list, including a pointer to a next node in the list, the pointer being initially void, writing successively the address of each node in a free slot of the queue, whereby the node identified by each slot of the queue is the first node of a linked list assigned to the slot, and when the queue is full, writing the address of the current node in memory, in the pointer of the last node of the linked list assigned to the last slot of the queue, whereby the current node is placed at the end of the linked list assigned to the last slot of the queue.
US10140014B2	Method and terminal for activating application based on handwriting input A method for controlling an application based on a handwriting input includes recognizing a handwriting input received on a touch panel of a terminal; determining a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; selecting an application capable of being associated with the symbol; and associating the symbol with a function of the application. A terminal to control an application based on a handwriting input includes a determination unit to recognize a handwriting input received on a touch panel of the terminal, and to determine a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; and a processor configured to select an application capable of being associated with the symbol, and to associate the symbol with a function of the application.
US10140011B2	Touch intelligent targeting User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.
US10140010B2	Moving an object by drag operation on a touch panel A contact state of a finger with respect to a first displayed object is detected. In response to detecting a double-click operation on the first displayed object at a first position in a depthwise direction, the first displayed object is moved onto a surface of a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) display. In response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with respect to the first displayed object, a display position of the first displayed object is changed from the surface of the display screen to a depth position at which a second object is displayed at a nearest side in the depthwise direction among displayed objects. The second object remains displayed at the depth position beside the first object.
US10140008B2	Mechanical ratchet system for a knob A knob for an input device may include a knob housing being rotatable on an axis, a shaft coupled to and extending from the knob housing along the axis, a ratchet wheel axially coupled to the shaft and including a toothed perimeter, and a resistance wheel axially coupled to the shaft and including a smooth perimeter, where the ratchet wheel and the resistance wheel are rotatable on the axis in correspondence with a rotation of the knob housing. A biasing mechanism provides a force on its first end to cause a roller to engage with the toothed perimeter of the ratchet wheel such that a ratcheted rotation occurs when the knob housing is rotated, and further provides a force on its second end to cause the second end to engage with the smooth perimeter of the resistance wheel such that a friction is provided when the knob housing is rotated.
US10140005B2	Causing elements to be displayed An apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory, the apparatus configured to display a first element associated with content, the memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed causes the at least one processor to cause a plurality of second elements to be displayed in response to an input, wherein each second element is associated with a part of the content associated with the first element. The code, when executed may further cause editing of one or more of the second elements in response to an action in relation to one of the plurality of second elements, wherein said action comprises a sliding input.
US10140003B1	Simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for generating simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device. A first portion of the user content is zooming into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content. A second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion is zoomed into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion, the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions being the same.
US10140000B2	Multiscale three-dimensional orientation A multiscale data engine is configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) environment based on a multiscale 3D dataset. The multiscale data engine is also configured to generate a spatial hierarchy within the 3D environment by selectively grouping 3D objects within the 3D environment. The multiscale data engine is further configured to identify specific 3D objects within the 3D environment in response to input received from an end-user and based on spatial properties associated with the 3D objects. The multiscale data engine is also configured to generate various navigation graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that allow the end-user to navigate the 3D environment.
US10139997B2	Statistics time chart interface cell mode drill down In embodiments of statistics time chart interface cell mode drill down, a first interface displays in a table format that includes columns each having a column heading comprising a different value, each different value associated with a particular event field, and includes one or more rows, each row having a time increment and aggregated metrics that each represent a number of events having a field-value pair that matches the different value represented in one of the columns and within the time increment over which the aggregated metric is calculated. A cell can be emphasized that includes one of the aggregated metrics in a row that includes the respective time increment, and in response, a menu displays options to transition to a second interface.
US10139996B2	Method, system, and graphical user interface for meeting-spot-related contact lists One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a client device associated with a first user: receives from a server computer information about a plurality of other users associated with a meeting spot; displays an identifier for the meeting spot and at least some of the information for the plurality of other users; receives from the first user a selection of information that corresponds to a second user associated with the meeting spot; displays information about a third user, wherein the third user is associated with the first user and is also associated with the second user; receives from the first user a request to communicate with the third user; sends a communication to a client device associated with the third user; and participates in an online communication with the client device associated with the third user and a client device associated with the second user.
US10139994B2	Capturing and processing multi-media information using mobile communication devices Methods and devices are provided for generating and publishing multi-media information associated with actions performed on a mobile communication device. A publishing application monitors actions performed on the mobile communication device and enables selection of at least one of the actions. Content associated with selected actions may be stored and data associated with at least one of the selected actions and the content associated with at least one selected action may be extracted. The multi-media information may be displayed on a graphical user interface in a pre-selected format, such as a chronologically arranged list. Users may preview and modify the multi-media information before publication through a pre-selected communication service. The multi-media information may be published by selecting an icon, including an image identifying the pre-selected communication service. The mobile communication device generates content that users may efficiently modify and publish to a desired communication service.
US10139989B2	Mapping visualization contexts In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for displaying user interactive regions having corresponding tap sensitive targets for each of a plurality of scalable values representing a visualization context associated with each user interactive region while maintaining a size of each user interactive region and each corresponding tap sensitive target according to each scalable value associated therewith.
US10139988B2	Method and device for displaying information arranged in lists In a method for displaying information arranged in lists, a portion of a list is displayed in a display area, which includes a plurality of list entries, multiple elements being associated at least in part with the list entries, the displayed portion of the list being modifiable by a scrolling action such that previous and subsequent list entries are displayable in succession, and, when a list entry is selected, this list entry is displayed together with at least a portion of the elements that are associated with the list entry. If a selected list entry is displayed together with at least a portion of the elements associated with the selected list entry and the scrolling action is performed, first previous or subsequent elements are displayed in succession and thereupon list entries preceding or following the selected list entry are displayed. A device is configured for implementing the method.
US10139987B2	Automated group recommendation A system for automatically generating group recommendation comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive information about a first user; construct a recommended group of other users using the information about the first user; provide the recommended group of other users as suggestion to the first user; and responsive to input from the first user, create a new group in a service, and performing an action on the new group in the service. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products for the automatic generation and suggestion of groups.
US10139986B2	Data sharing by displaying projections of devices There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controller configured to cause a first icon to be displayed, an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation for moving the first icon in a first area within a display surface, an area detector configured to detect an overlapping area in which the first area overlaps with a second area, the second area being present within the display surface and being different from the first area, and a metadata sharing processing part configured to share, between the first icon which is moved from the first area to the overlapping area and a second icon which is different from the first icon and is moved from the second area to the overlapping area, pieces of metadata associated with pieces of content corresponding to the respective icons.
US10139983B2	Controlling access to content A user terminal comprising: a display having an available display area; a processor configured to run a client application having a user interface capable of operating in a full screen mode whereby a single layer of content is displayed in the available display area or in a split-view mode; wherein the client application is configured to: detect, while controlling the user interface to operate in the full screen mode, a user selection that the user interface operates in the split-view mode, and in response display a first layer of content in a predetermined position to partially overlap a second layer of content such that a portion of the second layer of content is displayed in the available display area and a remaining portion of the second layer of content is not displayed; and display an indicator providing an indication of how content displayed on the two layers is related.
US10139978B2	Vehicle head up display system A head up display system for a vehicle includes an image projection device disposed in the vehicle and having a biaxial microelectromechanical scanner and at least one light source operable to emit light. Light emitted by the at least one light source is projected by the biaxial microelectromechanical scanner towards a windshield of the vehicle so as to form an image that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle viewing the windshield when driving the vehicle. The image projection device is disposed at one of (i) an accessory module disposed in the vehicle, (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed in the vehicle, and (iii) a dashboard of the vehicle.
US10139961B2	Touch detection using feature-vector dictionary A method of distinguishing an intentional touch from an incidental touch on a touch sensor of a device includes detecting, via the touch sensor, a blob corresponding to a touch, determining a detected feature vector of the blob, comparing the detected feature vector of the blob to a plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors of a dictionary using a distance determination to find a distance between the detected feature vector and each of the plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors, when the touch is determined to be an intentional touch based on the distance between the detected feature vector and at least one of the plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors being within a threshold distance, then taking an action via the device based upon the touch, and when the touch is determined to be an incidental touch, then not taking the action.
US10139957B2	Touch input device with pathogen transmission mitigation Methods and systems for mitigating pathogen transmission via a touch surface of a touch input device. Mitigation is accomplished through selective touch surface sterilization and through touchscreen user interface reorganization. The touch surface includes a pixel array for illuminating selected portions of the touch surface with ultraviolet light of a sterilization wavelength based upon the received touch inputs. The selective illumination may occur while receiving a touch input or after an accumulation of touch inputs have been received. The user interface may also be reorganized based on received touch inputs in order to locate user interface icons to lesser touched locations of the touch surface.
US10139956B2	Control device for an electroluminescent touch-control display panel, touch screen and display device A control device for an electroluminescent touch-control display panel is described, in order to implement display and touch control on an In-cell electroluminescent touch-control display panel. The control device includes a display driving circuit board, a touch-control driving circuit board, a lighting circuit board and a switching circuit board. There is also described a touch screen including an electroluminescent touch-control display panel and the control device, and a display device including the touch screen.
US10139955B2	Display unit for vehicle and display control unit A display unit for a vehicle includes: a display; a touch panel; a substrate mounting a main CPU that generates image data, a sub CPU that controls electric power supply, a display controller, and multiple external connectors for one external device; a plate that supports the substrate; and a housing that accommodates the display, the plate, and the substrate. The plate is arranged to face the display. The substrate is arranged on an opposite side to the display to face the plate. The plate has a base. The substrate includes a touch panel connector for a touch panel controller arranged on the base.
US10139951B2	Information handling system variable capacitance totem input management An information handling system touchscreen display interacts with totem devices by recognizing and tracking spectral signatures of the totem devices so that totem positions are reported as a single length, width and rotational orientation message to a host operating system. Ignore zones and hysteresis time periods are defined from the position message based upon totem context so that the host operating system processes touchscreen inputs with minimal latency and improved accuracy. Communication and battery charging are provided to the totem by the touchscreen display will illumination directed to the totem position.
US10139944B2	Stand alone input device A stand alone input device can be a touch pad that provides touch inputs to an associated computing device. The input device can include a wedge-shaped base defining an inner cavity, a touch plate having a touch surface disposed over the inner cavity and configured to accept a touch input, cantilevered beams coupled to the wedge-shaped base and the touch plate and configured to deliver a force from the touch input, a haptic generator coupled to the cantilevered beams and configured to generate a haptic output in response to the touch input, an antenna component integrated within a wall of the wedge-shaped base and an antenna resonance cavity located within the inner cavity, and a switch assembly including a sliding component having a pin through a wedge-shaped base wall and a switch beam having a protrusion that engages multiple recesses located at a detent region on the sliding component.
US10139941B2	Touch panel, manufacturing method thereof, and touch device A touch panel, manufacturing method thereof, and a touch device, the touch panel including a substrate; a metal mesh layer located on the substrate; and at least one layer of a functional layer having an anti-moire pattern. The functional layer reduces the occurrence of moire fringes in a display picture and improves display effect of a touch device.
US10139940B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes: a casing; a first operation unit that is on the casing and receives an operation from a user; a second operation unit that is on the casing and receives an operation from the user; and a first protection barrier between the first operation unit and the second operation unit protruding from a plane of the casing on which the first operation unit and the second operation unit are disposed.
US10139938B2	Mobile terminal The present invention discloses a mobile terminal, including a touch screen, the touch screen including a touch cover plate. The touch screen further includes a sensing identification module, the touch cover plate covering the sensing identification module. In the embodiments of the present invention, the sensing identification module is integrated into a touch screen, and a full touch panel is used. In this way, the problem of sense of difference which is brought by the independently assembled sensing identification module is solved from the visual and tactile perspectives, the manufacturing procedure is simplified, production and utilization efficiencies are improved, and user's satisfaction is enhanced.
US10139937B2	Multi-modal user expressions and user intensity as interactions with an application Architecture that enables single and multi-modal interaction with computing devices, as well as interpreting user intensity (or liveliness) in the gesture or gestures. In a geospatial implementation, a multi-touch interaction can involve the detection and processing of tactile pressure (touch sensitive) to facilitate general navigation between two geographical points. This is further coupled with providing detailed information that facilitates navigation and turn-by-turn directions. This includes the use of time and/or pressure to release or increase the zoom level of map tiles, the touching of the two geographical points and speaking to obtain directions between these two geographical points, and the blending of tiles to create a compelling user experience, where the map is in different levels of zoom on the same view.
US10139936B2	Ergonomically optimized self-stabilizing leg mounted mouse pad with integrated mouse storage holster The ergonomically optimized self-stabilizing leg mounted mouse pad with integrated mouse storage holster provides a stable working surface area designed specifically for operating a common wireless computer mouse while resting the mouse pad discussed here on other than flat firm surfaces. Such alternative platforms upon which this device can be used effectively would include a user's thigh, the arm of a couch or an automobile's center console. The design features are purposefully engineered to ensure that the invention is self stabilizing on other than a flat firm surface through the use of a contact surface that is a curvilinear concavity with a camphered surface architecture that maximizes the advantage of the weight of the device coupled with the tacky characteristics of the material from which the device is constructed. The device is stable in its intended use without the use of supplemental attachments to secure or stabilize the device.
US10139933B2	Color control of trace of display device control pen on display device A display device control pen comprises a pen body and at least one detachable accessory. The detachable accessory comprises an electronic component. The pen body is detachably assembled with the detachable accessory. The pen body comprises at least one variable-voltage circuit, a signal generating unit and a signal transmitter. When the detachable accessory is assembled to the pen body, the electronic component is electrically connected to the variable-voltage circuit and varies a voltage value of the variable-voltage circuit. The signal generating unit is coupled to the variable-voltage circuit and generates a color signal based on the varied voltage value. The signal transmitter is coupled to the signal generating unit and transmits the color signal to the display device, such that the display device displays a color on a trace formed by the pen body according to the color signal.
US10139932B2	Electronic device and control method therefor According to various example embodiments, an electronic device may include: a touch screen disposed on a first surface of the electronic device and configured to receive a first input; an auxiliary input device disposed on a second surface of the electronic device and configured to receive a second input; a sensor module configured to detect a grip area with respect to the electronic device; and a processor configured to determine a first area of the touch screen based on the grip area and to display a pointer on the first area, when the second input is received through the auxiliary input device.
US10139931B2	Input assistance device and input system An input assistance device has a rotation support body having a central axis, an attachment mechanism that removably attaches the rotation support body to the panel surface of a sensor panel so that the central axis is along a direction perpendicular to the panel surface, and a rotational part supported by the rotation support body so as to be rotatable around the central axis. At least the side surface of the rotational part is formed from a conductive material. Conductive areas electrically connected to the side surface are allocated in part of a surface of the rotational part, the surface facing the panel surface.
US10139930B2	Information handling system capacitive touch totem management An information handling system touchscreen display interacts with totem devices by recognizing and tracking spectral signatures of the totem devices so that totem positions are reported as a single length, width and rotational orientation message to a host operating system. Ignore zones and hysteresis time periods are defined from the position message based upon totem context so that the host operating system processes touchscreen inputs with minimal latency and improved accuracy. Communication and battery charging are provided to the totem by the touchscreen display will illumination directed to the totem position.
US10139926B2	Magnetic retention of peripheral device for a tablet computer A peripheral device for a computing device comprises a body configured for insertion into a storage cavity in the computing device, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The first magnet is disposed within the body proximate a first external surface of the body and having a first pole of a first polarity and a second pole of a second polarity, wherein the first pole is oriented toward the first external surface. The second magnet is disposed within the body between a second external surface and the first magnet and having a first pole of the first polarity and a second pole of the second polarity, wherein the first pole of the second magnet is oriented toward the second external surface.
US10139923B1	Medical coding keyboard A keyboard specifically designed to reduce errors in medical coding and aid in the coding process by making it easier to locate only the keys needed to accomplish coding. The keyboard moving the I and O to a different location than the remaining 24 alphabetic characters, and arranges those 24 characters in alphabetic sequence. The keyboard may have a first key group having the alphabetic keys inclusive of all the letters of the alphabet except for the letters I and O, a second key group including the numeric keypad and the letters I and O, and a third key group having only function keys. The keyboard increases coding volume by requiring less time than searching a standard QWERTY keyboard for the necessary keys and consequently helps to cut down on coding errors.
US10139921B2	Electrical device for hand gestures detection Hand gesture detection electrical device for detecting hand gestures, comprising an IC electronically integrating: (a) First interface connecting to imaging device(s). (b) Second interface connecting to controlled unit. (c) Data storage storing sequential logic models representing a hand gestures. The sequential logic models map a sequence of pre-defined hand poses and/or motions. (d) Memory storing code. (e) Processor(s) coupled to the first and second interfaces, data storage and memory for executing the code to: (1) Receive timed images depicting a user's moving hand. (2) Generate a runtime sequence mapping runtime hand datasets each defined by discrete hand values indicating current state of the moving hand. (3) Estimate which hand gesture(s) best match the runtime sequence by optimizing the runtime sequence compared to the sequential logic models using SSVM functions. (4) Initiate action(s) to the controlled unit. The action(s) are associated with selected hand gesture(s) based on the estimation.
US10139918B2	Dynamic, free-space user interactions for machine control Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
US10139914B2	Methods and apparatus for using the human body as an input device Described are apparatus and methods for reconstructing a full human skeletal pose or a partial skeletal pose by aggregating and fusing various data from various sensors, and for detecting the occurrence of gestures from poses that occur over a period of time.
US10139907B2	Systems and methods for foley-style haptic content creation One illustrative system disclosed herein includes an audio input device configured to detect an audio input and transmit an audio signal associated with the audio input. The illustrative system also includes a haptic trigger device which includes a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to transmit a sensor signal associated with an event. Further, the illustrative system includes a processor in communication with the audio input device and the haptic trigger device, the processor configured to: receive the audio signal; receive the sensor signal substantially simultaneously to receiving the audio signal; record the audio signal to an audio track; and insert a haptic effect marker into a haptic track based in part on the sensor signal, wherein the haptic track and the audio track are associated with a video.
US10139905B2	Method and device for interacting with a graphical user interface In a method for interacting with a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface is depicted with at least one image object on a display device. The viewing direction and the position of a user of the graphical user interface depicted on the display device is determined, and an image object viewed by the user that is depicted on the graphical user interface is determined from the detected viewing direction and position of the user. Moreover, the distance of the user from the viewed image object is determined from the position of the user and the position of the viewed image object on the display device. When it is determined that the distance of the user from the viewed image object has been reduced and the image object was still viewed by the user, additional information is output to the user.
US10139903B2	Adjustment of reticle display based on biometric information Embodiments relate to displaying textual data. Aspects of the embodiments includes receiving a request to display textual data and displaying textual data in a region within a display area. Displaying textual data includes sequentially presenting successive components of the textual data at a fixed position relative to the display area. Aspects of the embodiments also includes monitoring a point of gaze of a user based on biometric information, and based on detecting that the point of gaze is away from the region, automatically stopping the displaying by the processor at a time point corresponding to a current component, and determining a previous component of the textual data displayed at a previous time point. Aspects of the embodiments further include, based on detecting that the point of gaze has returned to the region, commencing by the processor the displaying at the previous component and continuing to display successive components of the textual data.
US10139900B2	Mobile communicator device including user attentiveness detector Disclosed herein is a mobile communicator that includes a speed detection system for determining whether the mobile communicator is moving faster than a threshold speed. The mobile communicator further includes a user attentiveness detector configured determine whether a user is inattentive. The mobile communicator includes a circuit configured to ensure that a functionality of the mobile communicator is in a turned off state when the speed detection system determines that the mobile communicator is moving faster than the threshold speed and the user attentiveness detector determines that the user is inattentive.
US10139896B2	Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry and associated methods An apparatus includes a circuit that has a normal mode of operation and a low-power mode of operation. The circuit consumes more power in the normal mode of operation than in the low-power mode of operation. The apparatus further includes a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit provides a normal supply voltage to the circuit in the normal mode of operation. The power-supply circuit includes a non-linear circuit to provide a compressed supply voltage to the circuit in the low-power mode of operation, wherein the normal supply voltage is greater than the compressed supply voltage.
US10139892B2	Facilitating power conservation for devices based on likelihood of power usage level Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.
US10139891B2	Systems and methods of power-safe control panel installation Systems and methods of power-safe control panel installation are provided. Some systems can include a control panel that includes a programmable processor and executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software can transmit a signal to selectively remove power from at least one portion of the control panel.
US10139890B2	Automatic low noise frequency selection Automatic low noise frequency selection for a touch sensitive device is disclosed. A low noise stimulation frequency can be automatically selected by device logic without intervention of the device processor to stimulate the device to sense a touch event at the device. The device logic can automatically select a set of low noise frequencies from among various frequencies based on the amount of noise introduced by the device at the various frequencies, where the frequencies with the lower noise amounts can be selected. The device logic can also automatically select a low noise frequency from among the selected set as the low noise stimulation frequency. The device logic can be implemented partially or entirely in hardware.
US10139889B2	Method, apparatus, and system for improving resume times for root ports and root port integrated endpoints A system on a chip (SoC) is provided with a multicore processor, a level-2 (L2) cache controller, an L2 cache, an integrated memory controller, and a serial point-to-point link interface to enable communication between the multicore processor and a device. The interface implements a protocol stack and includes a transmitter to transmit serial data to the device and a receiver to deserialize an incoming serial stream. The protocol stack supports a plurality of power management states, including an active state, a first off state, in which a supply voltage is to be provided to the device, and a second off state, in which the supply voltage is not to be provided to the device. In response to an indication the device is ready to enter the active state, the protocol stack provides for accessing the device prior to expiration of a default recovery time to complete the transition.
US10139886B2	Input module An input module includes an input device and a control program. The input device is in communication with a computer. The control program is installed in the computer. If a control signal from a processing unit of the input device has not been received by the computer for a predetermined time period after the control program is opened, the control program issues a command signal to the processing unit. After the command signal is received by the processing unit, the processing unit issues at least one response signal to the computer so as to prevent the computer from entering a hibernation mode.
US10139884B2	Power loss protection for solid state drives A solid state drive (SSD) with power loss protection (PLP) and a method of PLP for an SSD is disclosed. In one embodiment, the SSD includes an SSD controller with one or more memory device controllers, a volatile memory in communication with the SSD controller, a non-volatile memory in communication with the SSD controller, and a power circuit in communication with the SSD controller and configured to supply power to the non-volatile memory during a normal operation of the SSD. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of non-volatile memory devices arranged in a plurality of partitions that are controlled by the one or more memory device controllers. In the event of a power loss or failure, the power circuit supplies power to active partitions, which correspond to less than all of the plurality of partitions of the plurality of non-volatile memory devices.
US10139881B2	Information handling system port power management and cable detect An information handling system allocates power for internal use and to support peripheral device operations by managing bi-directional power transfer at plural cable ports. A motion detector disposed in a port detects motion of a cable disconnecting from the port and communicates the motion to a power controller that coordinates termination of power draw from the cable before the power connection between the cable and port is lost.
US10139880B2	Data storage system and method analyzing non-signal A non-signal analyzing method for a data storage system including a storage device connected to a host via a data line and a power line includes; communicating a non-signal from the host to the storage device via the power line, detecting the non-signal in the storage device and return the non-signal through to the host via the data line, and analyzing the returned non-signal using a protocol analyzer to generate analysis results characterizing the returned non-signal.
US10139877B2	Method and apparatus for managing an energy consuming load A method for managing an energy consuming load in a group of energy consuming loads and a method for managing the group of energy consuming loads. The method includes generating sets of load state data from the loads, making enablement state decisions for one or more loads using the sets of load state data, and implementing the enablement state decisions. Each of the enablement state decisions reflects an enablement state of a load, wherein the enablement state is either a load enabled state where the load is capable of operating even when the load is not actually operating or a load disabled state where the load is not capable of operating. A computer readable medium may include computer readable instructions for directing a processor to perform the methods and make the enablement state decision. Further, an apparatus comprised of a processor may be programmed to perform the methods.
US10139876B2	Efficient reboot of an operating system executed in a virtual machine A computer system is rebooted after updating a boot image without running platform firmware with its power-on self-test of system hardware devices and without retrieving all of the modules included in a boot image from an external source and reloading them into system memory. The reboot process includes the steps of loading one or more updated modules of the boot image into the system memory, executing the boot loader module to load for execution modules of the boot image including a system software kernel and the updated modules, and transferring execution control to the system software kernel.
US10139873B2	Electronics enclosure with redundant thermal sensing architecture A computer program product for redundant thermal sensing is configured to determine, based on component temperature information of a thermal sensor associated with a component, that a temperature of the component has surpassed a temperature threshold. The program code can be configured to identify a thermal sensor that is downstream from the component as defined by airflow. The program code can determine downstream temperature information as measured by the downstream sensor. The program code can be configured to compare the downstream temperature information and the component temperature information.
US10139871B2	Electronic device with circuit protection and assembling method thereof An electronic device with circuit protection including a body, an assembling unit, and a first electronic module, a control unit and a circuit protection unit disposed in the body is provided. The control unit is electrically connected to the first electronic module and the circuit protection unit. The assembling unit is detachably assembled onto the circuit protection unit and electrically connected thereto. A trigger signal is transmitted to the control unit while the assembling unit and the circuit protection unit being electrically connected with each other, such that states of the first assembling unit is changed by the control unit. An assembling method of the electronic device with circuit protection is also provided.
US10139870B2	Capacitance sensing electrode with integrated I/O mechanism A touch sensing device is disclosed. The touch sensing device includes one or more multifunctional nodes each of which represents a single touch pixel. Each multifunctional node includes a touch sensor with one or more integrated I/O mechanisms. The touch sensor and integrated I/O mechanisms share the same communication lines and I/O pins of a controller during operation of the touch sensing device.
US10139866B2	Flexible housing A flexible housing is provided in the present disclosure. The flexible housing includes a base and a flexible sheet. The base includes a first side and a second side. The first side is configured to be connected to an electronic device. The second side is divided into a first area and a second area via a hypothetical axis. The flexible sheet is configured to cover the second side and includes a part fixed to the first area and a part facing the second area. When the part of the flexible sheet facing the second area is away from the second side, the flexible sheet is bent to form a curved surface.
US10139864B2	Merchant/customer POS interaction system Systems and methods for providing merchant/customer interaction include determining that a tablet computer is in a merchant orientation, retrieving merchant product information according to a received instruction and merchant orientation information, and displaying a merchant screen on the tablet computer that includes the merchant product information according to the merchant orientation information. A change in the orientation of the tablet computer enclosure/stand is then detected from the merchant orientation to a customer orientation. In response, the merchant screen is transitioned on the tablet computer display to a customer screen as the tablet computer enclosure/stand changes orientations by moving the merchant screen and the customer screen linearly while in a stacked orientation. The customer screen includes the merchant product information displayed according to customer orientation information such that the merchant product information is displayed differently on the customer screen relative to the merchant screen.
US10139857B2	Accessory An accessory includes a main body including a communication module that is configured to communicate with a predetermined network, and a container including a main body-coupling portion that is located at an upper portion of the container and configured to separably couple to the main body. The main body includes an upper edge extending along a circumference of a first predetermined figure, and the container includes a lower edge extending along a circumference of a third predetermined figure. Based on the main body being coupled to the container, one of the upper edge of the main body and the lower edge of the container is located closer to a central axis passing the main body in a vertical direction than the other of the upper edge of the main body and the lower edge of the container.
US10139856B2	Accessory assembly An accessory has a main body that includes a case that defines an external appearance of the main body, a main switch located within the case and configured to be pushed downward, and an elastic operation portion that is located vertically above the main switch and extends radially outward toward an inner surface of the case, the elastic operation portion being configured to elastically deform downward to thereby push the main switch. The elastic operation portion includes a middle part located vertically above the main switch, a first bent part extending radially outward from a first end of the middle part, the first bent part having a first curvature that is convex downward, and a second bent part extending radially outward from a second end of the middle part opposite the first end, the second bent part having a second curvature that is convex downward.
US10139854B2	Dynamic display resolution management for an immersed information handling system environment A display device presents visual information with native and non-native resolutions stored in EDID and provided to a graphics controller. Non-native resolutions are generated in response to an object detected that interferes with the presenting of the visual information, such as an object between a projector and projection surface or an object placed on a capacitive mat display. The non-native resolutions present the visual information to avoid the object and are stored in EDID in association with object characteristics to allow re-use of the non-native resolutions when visual information at the display is blocked by an object with similar characteristics.
US10139853B2	Method for manufacturing light emitting metal knob The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light emitting knob based on a novel process that is capable of preventing a letter that is separated from a light blocking metal plate at a display window forming step from being separated from a resin layer irrespective of the shape or the type of the letter, which constitutes a light emitting display window, thereby considerably reducing a defect rate, and in particular, to provide a method for manufacturing a light emitting metal knob that introduces a new process so as to realize a surface color through anodizing processing from letters separated from a light blocking metal plate.
US10139852B2	Assistive control attachment for an appliance An assistive control attachment for an appliance can include features for sensing the position or orientation of the assistive control attachment, determining the mode of operation of the appliance based at least in part on the position of the assistive control attachment, communicating the mode of operation of the appliance to a user, or a combination thereof.
US10139846B2	DC power grid and equipment Direct current electric grids are provided that allow independent power generation and consumption at the neighborhood level. In an embodiment power is uploaded and downloaded to each node via monitoring of node voltage and setting high vs low priority loads to optimize for maximum power usage. Embodiments allow a new paradigm wherein electrical supply is set by total available installed power generation and wherein all available power is used, via prioritization. New apparatuses and circuits are provided that provide higher efficiency by utilizing solar power generated at low light conditions and by minimizing the number of power alteration steps between power generator and power consuming device.
US10139844B1	Method to suppress cascading failures in a transmission network Described is a system for reducing the probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network. Tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network are identified following a cascading failure. After each cascading failure, a subset of transmission lines is updated according to a specified rule to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network such that the transmission network does not converge into a critical state.
US10139843B2	Wireless thermostatic controlled electric heating system An electric heating system controlled with a remote thermostat. The system may incorporate wireless technology and a line voltage equipment interface sub-system. The sub-system may have a line voltage relay and an antenna. The relay may be mounted within an electric heater enclosure. The antenna may be mounted directly on the enclosure. The antenna may receive temperature control signals from a transmitter of the thermostat. The signals may be processed to control a connection of the heater to power with a relay receiving the processed control signals. The control of power to the heater may maintain a temperature approximately equal to a thermostat temperature setting. The antenna and relay electronics may provide a backup control of the heater in the event of, for example, a loss of signals from the thermostat. The backup control may prevent the temperature proximate to equipment interface sub-system from approaching a freezing point.
US10139839B2	Flow-control valve The invention relates to a flow regulating valve (1) for liquid-conducting heating or cooling systems, consisting of a housing (2) with an inlet (3), an outlet (4), and a connecting piece (13) which is arranged between the inlet and outlet and into which a pressure regulating device (14) that keeps the pressure difference between the pressure regions in front of and behind a flow regulating unit (8) arranged in the connecting piece constant and a spindle (7) with an actuating part protruding out of the housing (2) and with a first throttle element (9) located in the housing (2) are inserted, said first throttle element acting on the flow regulating unit or parts thereof. The flow regulating unit (8) consists of a first throttle device, which is made of the first throttle element (9) that is secured to the spindle (7) and a seat (10), and a second throttle device, which is made of a second throttle element (11) that is arranged on the spindle (7) in a movable manner along same and a seat, wherein the second throttle element (11) can be moved in the direction of the first throttle element (9).
US10139835B2	Vehicle position detector, automatic steering controller, vehicle position detecting method, and automatic steering control method A vehicle position detector includes: a satellite positioning receiver; an autonomous navigation processor outputting an own-vehicle position as an autonomous navigation position; a determining unit determining occurrence of a position jump on the basis of a positional difference between the autonomous navigation position and a satellite positioning position detected by the satellite positioning receiver using satellite positioning; and a selector selecting one of the autonomous navigation position and the satellite positioning position on the basis of positioning precision of satellite positioning output by the satellite positioning receiver, and a result of the determination, wherein the vehicle position detector outputs one of the autonomous navigation position and the satellite positioning position as the own-vehicle position on the basis of a result of the selection.
US10139833B1	Six-dimensional point cloud system for a vehicle A six-dimensional point cloud system for a vehicle is provide which may, for example calculate, for each point in a point cloud, a three-dimensional velocity of the respective point in the point cloud, segment each point in the point cloud into one or more clusters of points, compute a kinematic state of each of the one or more clusters of points, determine an object type associated with each of the one or more cluster, and determine a threat level and a response command based upon the determined object type and the kinematic state of each of the one or more clusters of points.
US10139832B2	Computer-assisted or autonomous driving with region-of-interest determination for traffic light analysis Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with determining a ROI for traffic light analysis for CA/AD are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a system may include a region-of-interest (ROI) for traffic light analysis component to receive a current pose of the ego vehicle, and to apply the current pose of the ego vehicle to a plurality of traffic light poses to identify a ROI for a determination of a current state of a traffic light to be taken into consideration in provision of assistance to, or autonomous operation of the ego vehicle; and a traffic light analysis component to determine the current state of the traffic light within the ROI. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US10139831B2	Vehicle system and vehicle controller for controlling vehicle A processor is coupled to a vehicle, the processor being configured to store a lane change parameter. A feature sensor detects a feature of a passenger in the vehicle. The processor is programmed to control the vehicle to execute an assisted lane change based on the lane change parameter, the lane change parameter defining a characteristic of the assisted lane change, communicate with the feature sensor to detect the feature of the passenger during the assisted lane change, determine whether the passenger was comfortable during the assisted lane change based on the detected feature of the passenger, and modify the lane change parameter upon determining that the passenger was uncomfortable.
US10139827B2	Detecting physical threats approaching a vehicle The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting physical threats approaching a vehicle. External sensors on a vehicle capture the environment around the vehicle. Approaching targets detected by the external sensors can be fed into a neural network to recognize and/or classify approaching targets as potential threats. Tracking mechanisms (e.g., Kalman filters, Particle filters, etc.) can leverage temporal information to determine if a threat is approaching a vehicle. When an approaching threat is detected, a vehicle can activate one or more counter measures to deter the threat. When a vehicle includes autonomous driving capabilities, counter measures can include automatically attempting to drive away from an approaching threat.
US10139824B2	Automatic driving vehicle and program for automatic driving vehicle An automatic driving vehicle has an automatic driving mode in which autonomous traveling is carried out, the automatic driving vehicle including: behavior setup receiving means configured to receive a setup for a behavior after getting out from the automatic driving vehicle, the setup being to be inputted when a driver or passenger gets out from the automatic driving vehicle; and control means configured to control conduct of the behavior on the basis of the setup. A program is provided for the automatic driving vehicle which includes a computer, the program causing the computer to function as: behavior setup receiving means configured to receive a setup for a behavior after getting out from the automatic driving vehicle, the setup being inputted by a driver or passenger who gets out from the automatic driving vehicle; and control means configured to control conduct of the behavior on the basis of the setup.
US10139820B2	Method and apparatus for deploying equipment of a communication system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by an unmanned aircraft including a processor, a control signal that causes the unmanned aircraft to fly in proximity to a transmission medium, where the unmanned aircraft includes a carrying system that releasably carries a communication device, and where a positioning of the communication device in proximity to the transmission medium enables the communication device to be physically connected on the transmission medium and enables the communication device to provide communications. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10139817B2	Unmanned aircraft systems and methods to interact with specifically intended objects In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, methods, and processes are provided to control and allocate UASs. In some embodiments, a system to control unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprises: one or more wireless transceivers configured to communicate with the UAS; a control circuit coupled with the transceiver(s); and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to perform the steps of: receive sensor data captured by at least one sensor of a UAS; determine, from the sensor data, unique identification of an object at a predefined location; and confirm, from the sensor data, that the identified object is an expected object expected at the predefined location.
US10139812B2	Dynamic user interface for configuring and managing a process control system A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicable to the selection if the selection is an item selection, or a range of items to which the selection is applicable if the selection is a control selection; and adjusting one of the navigation pane or the command pane according to the operational context, including displaying a subset of selectable items in the navigational pane, wherein each in the subset of selectable items is within the range applicable to the selection, if the selection is a control selection, and displaying a subset of selectable controls in the command pane, wherein each in the subset of selectable controls is within the range applicable to the selection, if the selection is an item selection.
US10139809B2	Optimization based controller tuning systems and methods One embodiment of the present disclosure describes an industrial system, which includes a control system that controls operation of an industrial process by instructing an automation component in the industrial system to implement a manipulated variable setpoint. The control system includes a process model that model operation of the industrial process, control optimization that determines the manipulated variable setpoint based at least in part on the process model, a control objective function, and constraints on the industrial process, in which the control objective function includes a tuning parameter that describes weighting between aspects of the industrial process affected by the manipulated variable setpoint; and tuning optimization circuitry that determines the tuning parameter based at least in part on a tuning objective function, in which the tuning objective function is determined based at least in part on a closed form solution to an augmented version of the control objective function, which includes the constraints as soft constraints.
US10139801B2	Paraffin dispenser, embedder, and control method and control apparatus for paraffin dispenser A control method and a control apparatus for a paraffin dispenser in an embedder, a paraffin dispenser and an embedder are provided. The control method includes: collecting information of a current mold so as to acquire an identification of the current mold; determining whether the identification of the current mold is correct; and controlling the paraffin dispenser to pour paraffin into the current mold, when it is determined that the identification of the current mold is correct.
US10139799B2	Controller to modify an execution condition during program execution A controller, such as a PLC, stores a task execution condition management table that indicates execution conditions for tasks and executes programs periodically in accordance with the execution conditions for the tasks. The controller provides a setting instruction for modifying the execution conditions for the tasks. A user enters the setting instruction in a user program by using a support device, for example. The controller updates the task execution condition management table with regard to a task associated with the instruction by executing the instruction for modifying the execution conditions for the tasks, including priorities of the tasks and cycles of the tasks, contained in the user program, and executes the programs in accordance with the updated execution conditions for the tasks.
US10139797B2	Customized land surface modeling in a soil-crop system for irrigation decision support in precision agriculture An irrigation modeling framework in precision agriculture utilizes a combination of weather data, crop data, and other agricultural inputs to create customized agronomic models for diagnosing and predicting a moisture state in a field, and a corresponding need for, and timing of, irrigation activities. Specific combinations of various agricultural inputs can be applied, together with weather information to identify or adjust water-related characteristics of crops and soils, to model optimal irrigation activities and provide advisories, recommendations, and scheduling guidance for targeted application of artificial precipitation to address specific moisture conditions in a soil system of a field.
US10139794B2	Method for determining a movement limit In a movement system, the movement limit is determined by having a degree of freedom of the movement system defined and the respective current movement system state being available. Subsequently, an articulation trajectory is determined for each upper articulation point of the movement system, on which articulation trajectory the articulation point can move along the degree of freedom. The movement limit is then derived by calculating the point of intersection of the actuator movement in an extreme deflection with its respective articulation trajectory.
US10139792B2	Building management system with heuristics for configuring building spaces A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment located within a building space and a controller that receives input from the building equipment and provides a control signal to the building equipment. A floorplan geolocator receives a map providing geolocation data and overlays a building floorplan onto the map. A space geolocator receives an input defining a location of the building space relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building space using the geolocation data. A equipment geolocator receives an input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data. A parent space detector uses geometric heuristics and the geolocations of the building space and the building equipment to identify a spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment. The controller uses the spatial relationship to generate the control signal.
US10139791B2	Motorized window treatment monitoring and control Motorized window treatments may each adjust a position of a covering material to allow light into a space in a building. The control information for controlling the motorized window treatments may be stored and/or accessed to understand how the motorized window treatments are operating. The control information may indicate a control state and/or a position of the covering material when an identified daylight intensity is being received at the space. The control information may inform a user of the operation of the motorized window treatments and allow the user to adjust various control parameters by which the motorized window treatments may be controlled. Recommended adjustments may also be provided to the user based on a user-identified problem with the operation of the motorized window treatments. The recommended adjustments to the control parameters may be accepted by the user and may be stored for being accessed and/or edited.
US10139790B2	Powered faceplate integration Methods and systems for operating a security and/or automation system using one or more powered faceplates are disclosed. The methods may include identifying an active communication connection with a first powered faceplate, receiving a first set of automation data, receiving a second set of automation data, analyzing the first set of automation data and the second set of automation data, and initiating an operation relating to at least one of a first powered faceplate, one or more other powered faceplates, an automation sensor, an automation system component, a user device, or a combination thereof based at least in part on the analyzing.
US10139785B2	Smart watch The present disclosure relates to a smart watch including a watch dial. The smart watch further include: a battery provided in a watch frame of the watch dial to supply electric power to a circuit in the watch dial. According to the present disclosure, by providing batteries in the watch frame and the watchband of the smart watch, spaces occupied by the watch frame and the watchband may be sufficiently utilized to increase total electricity storage capacity of the smart watch such that the smart watch has a prolonged standby time.
US10139782B2	Timepiece mechanism for bidirectional correction of a plurality of displays A bidirectional correction mechanism for correcting the position of a first and of a second gear train, via a setting device driving a corrector pinion, including a correction lever pivoting on an arbor of the corrector pinion, which carries, meshing with the corrector pinion, a first wheel set for driving the first gear train, and a second wheel set for driving the second gear train. This mechanism includes an elastic element which, in the absence of action on the setting device, returns the correction lever to a neutral position wherein the wheel sets are uncoupled from the first and second wheel trains, and either a friction connection between the correction lever and the arbor, or a friction connection between the elastic element on the one hand, and the first wheel set and the second wheel set on the other hand.
US10139778B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling transfer power thereof A method of controlling transfer power of an image forming apparatus includes: determining a sensing feedback voltage by applying a set sensing current and measuring a first output voltage during a time period before an image is transferred to a transfer medium; measuring humidity and comparing the measured humidity with a set value; setting a target voltage based on the determined sensing feedback voltage when the measured humidity is equal to or higher than the set value; and adjusting the transfer current to apply the target voltage during a time period in which the image is transferred to the transfer medium.
US10139777B2	Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a rotatable photosensitive drum; a rotatable developing roller configured to develop image formed on the drum, the developing roller being capable of contacting to and spacing from the drum; an urging force receiving portion configured to receive, from a main assembly side urging member, an urging force for spacing the developing roller from the drum; a cartridge side drive transmission member capable of the coupling with a main assembly side drive transmission member and configured to receive, from the main assembly side drive transmission member, a rotational force for rotating the developing roller; and a decoupling member capable of urging the cartridge side drive transmission member by the urging force received by the urging force receiving portion to decouple the cartridge side drive transmission member from the main assembly side drive transmission member.
US10139775B2	Retaining member and image forming apparatus including same A retaining member is integrally formed of an elastically deformable material, and has an inner circumferential portion, an outer circumferential portion, a linkage portion, a plurality of engagement claws, and a slit. The inner and outer circumferential portions are ring-shaped, and the outer circumferential portion is disposed outside the inner circumferential portion in a radial direction. The linkage portion connects the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion to each other in the radial direction. The engagement claws project from a surface of the inner circumferential portion pointing in a direction of the shaft, and engage with an engagement groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The slit is formed on a side opposite from the linkage portion with a center of the inner circumferential portion located between the slit and the linkage portion, and cuts the inner circumferential portion in the radial direction.
US10139772B2	Waste toner detection mechanism and image forming apparatus A waste toner detection mechanism includes a transmission member and a flag member. The transmission member transmits the rotation of a rotation transmission member to a stirring shaft. The transmission member can move between the farthest position and the closest position to the rotation transmission member in the axial direction of the stirring shaft and moves from the farthest position to the closest position with an increase in difference in rotation between the rotation transmission member and the stirring shaft. The transmission member has a locking portion elastically engaged with the rotation transmission member in the closest position and restricts movement of the transmission member to the farthest position. The flag member moves from a retracting position of being stored in the waste toner container to an exposing position of being exposed from the waste toner container with the transmission member moving from the farthest position to the closest position.
US10139769B2	Image forming apparatus and program with two snapshot acquisition processes An image forming apparatus that avoids adverse effects after the next start-up when the snapshot acquisition process is performed in a power saving state. The image forming apparatus executes a first snapshot acquisition process storing save target information for a first device group, and executes a second snapshot acquisition process storing save target information for a second device group.
US10139768B2	Image forming system A toner image is formed on a sheet based on image data by an image forming portion, and a plurality of sheets on which the toner image is formed is bound together by a stapleless binding unit including a pair of tooth-like members, each having a concave and convex portion. Then, the image data is corrected by a correction portion so that a ratio of toner within a part of the sheet to be subjected to binding processing by the stapleless binding unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
US10139766B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging member configured to electrically charge the photosensitive member; a developing device configured to form a toner image by supplying toner to the photosensitive member; a transfer member configured to transfer the toner image from the photosensitive member onto a toner image receiving member; a cleaning member provided in contact with the photosensitive member and configured to remove the toner remaining on a surface of the photosensitive member after transfer; and a controller configured to carry out a process for notifying information on a lifetime of the charging member, on the basis of use amount information on a use amount of the charging member and contact pressure information on contact pressure applied by the cleaning member to the photosensitive member.
US10139765B1	Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image formation control program An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a transfer paper sheet; a colorimeter that reads the image; a conveyor that conveys the transfer paper sheet in the image formation and the reading of the image; and a controller that controls the formation of the image, and the reading and the conveyance of the image, wherein when a first conveyance velocity is a velocity at which the transfer paper sheet is conveyed when the image is formed by the image former, a second conveyance velocity is a velocity that is lower than the first conveyance velocity, and a long paper sheet having a longer transfer sheet length than a predetermined threshold value is used as the transfer paper sheet in an adjustment mode, the controller controls the image former and the conveyor, and controls the colorimeter and the conveyor.
US10139762B2	Image forming apparatus for printing a first image and for printing a second image where information satisfies a predetermination condition An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that develops, with toner, an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier on the basis of a job and prints a first image on continuous paper and; a hardware processor that controls the image former to print a second image on continuous paper in a case where at least either image information or continuous printing distance information of the first image formed by the image former satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the hardware processor notifies a user of print information indicating a print position of the second image formed by the image former.
US10139752B2	Image forming apparatus, toner case attachable to image forming apparatus A shutter member of a toner case includes a compatible key and an engaged portion. A storage portion for storing the toner case includes a compatible member rockably supported at a position that faces the shutter member during an insertion process of the toner case. The compatible member includes a first contact portion and a first engaging portion. The first contact portion is located on a forward side of a rocking shaft of the compatible member in the insertion direction. The first engaging portion is located on a backward side of the rocking shaft in the insertion direction. During an insertion process of the toner case, the first engaging portion of the compatible member is engaged with the engaged portion so that the shutter member moves from a closing position to an opening position.
US10139749B2	Image forming apparatus and process cartridge The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range.
US10139748B2	Laser scanning device for scanning light beam and image forming apparatus including the same In a laser scanning device, a first light shielding portion and a second light shielding portion respectively shield a first light shielding region and a second light shielding region from a light beam. The first light shielding region is a part of a first region which is on one side of a target intermediate region and the second light shielding region is a part of a second region which is on the other side of the target intermediate region. The target intermediate region is a belt-like intermediate region of a light receiving surface of a light sensor. Widths of the first and second light shielding regions in the main scanning direction gradually expand from first and second base end portions to first and second side edges which are opposite ends of the light receiving surface in the sub scanning direction.
US10139746B2	Liquid electrophotographic varnish composition Herein is disclosed a liquid electrophotographic varnish composition comprising: a polymer resin; an epoxy-based cross-linking agent; a metal catalyst and/or a photo-initiator for catalyzing the cross-linking; and a carrier liquid.
US10139742B2	Electrophotographic varnish composition An electrophotographic varnish composition that comprises, in a liquid carrier, a polymeric resin; an epoxy-based cross-linking agent, a mono-epoxy diluent and a metal catalyst and/or a photo-initiator. Also described herein is a method for making such electrophotographic varnish composition.
US10139733B2	Diaphragm changing device The invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular an objective 1 for microlithography in the field of EUVL for producing semiconductor components, having a beam path 2, a plurality of optical elements 3 and a diaphragm device 7 with an adjustable diaphragm opening shape. The diaphragm device has a diaphragm store 7a, 7b with a plurality of different diaphragm openings 6 with fixed shapes in each case, which can be introduced into the beam path 2.
US10139732B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and recording medium A coating and developing apparatus 2 includes a first protection processing unit U01, a film forming unit U02, a first cleaning processing unit U03 and a control unit U08. The control unit U08 is configured to control the first protection processing unit U01 to form a first protective film on a peripheral portion Wc of a wafer W, control the film forming unit U02 to form a resist film on a front surface Wa of the wafer W, control the first cleaning processing unit U03 to supply a first cleaning liquid for removing the resist film to the peripheral portion Wc, control the first cleaning processing unit U03 to supply a second cleaning liquid for removing a metal component to the peripheral portion Wc, and control the first cleaning processing unit U03 to supply a third cleaning liquid for removing the first protective film PF1 to the peripheral portion Wc.
US10139730B2	Method and apparatus for producing liquid flexographic printing plates A method of selectively exposing a liquid photopolymer printing blank to actinic radiation to create a relief image printing plate and a liquid platemaking exposure system. The method includes: (1) positioning a programmable screen programmed with an image file of a desired image between the top glass and an upper source of actinic radiation; (2) exposing the layer of liquid photopolymer to actinic radiation from the upper source of actinic radiation through the programmable screen to crosslink and cure at least a portion of the liquid photopolymer adjacent to the backing sheet and create a floor layer therein; and (3) imagewise exposing the layer of liquid photopolymer to actinic radiation from a lower source of actinic radiation through a negative of the relief image to crosslink and cure selective portions of the liquid photopolymer on the floor layer and create the relief image therein.
US10139724B2	Anhydride copolymer top coats for orientation control of thin film block copolymers The concepts described herein involve the use of random copolymer top coats that can be spin coated onto block copolymer thin films and used to control the interfacial energy of the top coat-block copolymer interface. The top coats are soluble in aqueous weak base and can change surface energy once they are deposited onto the block copolymer thin film. The use of self-assembled block copolymers to produce advanced lithographic patterns relies on their orientation control in thin films. Top coats potentially allow for the facile orientation control of block copolymers which would otherwise be quite challenging.
US10139721B1	Apparatus for synthesizing spatially separated images An apparatus for spatially separated images in which one image is separated into a short-range image and a long-range image on two or one image display, and the short-range image is disposed on the front side, the long-range image is disposed at a long distance, and a translucent mirror is provide on the front surface of the short-range image, and the short-range image and the long-range image are synthesized while spaced apart from each other by a space distance to generate an effect of viewing a realistic image by a glassless 3D effect having perspective by a distance separation effect and obtain a spatially realistic image in vertical left and front directions, front and rear directions, left and right directions, or one left or right direction, and, an apparatus for spatially separated images capable of viewing a 4 to 10 times higher-definition spatial 3D image without polarizing glasses.
US10139718B2	Illumination device and image projection apparatus An image projection apparatus includes an illumination device, an optical-path forming section, an image forming element, a projection optical section, and an optical component. The illumination device includes a fluorescence generator; a wavelength selector having a first area and a second area; and a polarization converter; and an optical-path switcher. The wavelength selector alternately sets the first area and the second area in an optical path of the first light in a temporal manner. The illumination device switches a first optical path and a second optical path based on a setting of the wavelength selector.
US10139717B2	Laser-diode, liquid-crystal projector The present invention relates to a laser-diode, liquid-crystal projector. In the present invention, a light source comprises a G laser diode emitting green light, a B laser diode emitting blue light, and an R laser diode emitting red light and provided such that a power application pin is positioned vertical to the power application pin of the G laser diode or B laser diode, and an optical structure appropriate therefor is proposed. According to the present invention, the directions of polarized lights of the R, G, and G light sources incident from an optical modulator formed from a liquid crystal can be consistent with each other by efficiently changing the arrangement of the pins of the laser diodes without using a separate complex optical element.
US10139716B1	Dual-color laser light source and laser projector The present application discloses a dual-color laser light source and a laser projector. In the laser light source, a light combining component is used to transmit a first blue laser to a fluorescent wheel, and the first blue laser irradiates a green fluorescent region to generate green fluorescence to be reflected to a light collecting component; the light combining component is also used to transmit second blue laser to the light collecting component; the light combining component is also used to reflect a red laser which is emitted by a red laser transmitter and transmitted by the transmission region to the light collecting component. The light path system of the present application is simple and has a small volume.
US10139713B2	Light source system and projection system A light source system includes an excitation light source emitting excitation light in at least first and second time intervals; a compensation light source emitting compensation light in at least third time intervals, the compensation light including laser light of at least one color; and a rotating color wheel, including at least first and second regions, the first region generating light of at least two different colors in time sequence under irradiation of the excitation light in the first and second time sequences, and the second region transmitting the compensation light in at least the third time sequence. The light of the at least two different colors includes at least one type of wide-spectrum fluorescence, and the laser compensates for the fluorescence or light split from the fluorescence. The compensation light is directly transmitted without being irradiated upon fluorescent powder, so scattering loss of the compensation light is reduced.
US10139712B2	Magnification-purpose external optical module external to portable terminal with camera, and magnification imageing device including the same Provided is a magnification-purpose external optical module external to a portable terminal at which a camera is installed, and a magnification imaging device including the module. An external optical module of the present invention may use an LED and a camera internal to a portable terminal such as a smart phone and thus capture a a high magnification image without a separate lighting source. Furthermore, an external optical module of the present invention does not need to use a separate lighting source because its thickness is implemented to be significantly thin and thus its focal length is designed to be significantly short, and it is possible to sufficiently illuminate a subject with a relatively distant LED in contrast to a thinned thickness.
US10139707B2	Camera bracket An apparatus for securing a camera housing (100) having a central axis (102) to a windshield (22) includes a bracket (20). The bracket (20) has a central axis (30) and extends from a first end (32) to a second end (34). A plurality of centering members (72) on the first end (32) of the bracket (20) is configured to engage the camera housing (100) to align the central axis (102) with the central axis (30). A plurality of locking members (90, 91) on the second end (34) of the bracket (20) is configured to form a snap-fit connection with the camera housing (100) to fasten the bracket (20) to the camera housing (100). The locking members (90, 91) are positioned on opposite sides of the central axis (30) of the bracket (20) with at least one locking member (90, 91) extending at an angle less than 90° to the central axis (30).
US10139704B1	High-speed analog-to-digital converter A high-speed analog-to-digital converter can produce a digital signal representative of an analog input electrical signal. An optical amplitude modulator can modulate an input optical pulse train using the analog input electrical signal. An optical splitter can split the modulated optical pulse train into a plurality of modulated optical pulse trains. Optical path delays can stagger in time the modulated optical pulse trains to form a plurality of time-staggered modulated optical pulse trains. Demodulators can detect and filter the time-staggered modulated optical pulse trains to form a respective plurality of time-averaged voltages. Analog-to-digital converters can output a respective plurality of digital time series representative of the respective time-averaged voltages. An interleaver can aggregate the plurality of digital time series to form the digital signal, which has a sample rate greater than a repetition rate of the input optical pulse train.
US10139702B2	Wavelength conversion device A wavelength conversion device having an excitation source 1, a laser medium 3 between an input mirror 5a and an output mirror 5b, consisting of an optic resonator. A laser beam is excited by the excitation light from the excitation source; a saturable absorber 4 is between the input mirror and the output mirror and increases a transmittance along with an absorption of the laser beam from the laser medium. A wavelength conversion element converts a fundamental wave of the laser light from the output mirror to a higher harmonic. A control element generates a phase-matched signal to adjust the phase-matching between the fundamental wave and the higher harmonic based on the output from the wavelength conversion element and the laser output setting value, and controls the laser output by outputting the phase-matched signal to the wavelength conversion element.
US10139691B2	Pixel Array A pixel array includes multiple first signal lines, multiple second signal lines, multiple third signal lines and multiple pixel structures. The first signal lines are arranged in parallel. The second signal lines are arranged in parallel and intersecting with the first signal lines to demarcate a plurality of first unit regions and a plurality of second unit regions. Each of the second signal lines electrically connects to one of the first signal lines, the second signal lines are arranged in different pitches, and an area of each of the second unit regions is smaller than an area of each of the first unit regions, and the first unit regions and the second unit regions are alternately arranged. An orthographic projection of each of the pixel electrodes on the substrate is non-overlapped with or incompletely overlapped with an orthographic projection of the corresponding second signal lines on the substrate.
US10139690B2	Array substrate and manufacture method thereof, liquid crystal display panel The disclosure provides an array substrate, including a substrate, a common line, a separation layer, a gate line layer, a first insulation layer, a data line layer, a second insulation layer, a first transparent electrode, a third insulation layer and a second transparent electrode overlapped in sequence, a first via hole is defined in the separation layer, a second via hole is defined in the first insulation layer, a third via hole and a fourth via hole communicated with the second via hole are defined in the second insulation layer, the first transparent electrode penetrates the first via hole, the second via hole and the fourth via hole to connect with the common line, a fifth via hole communicated with the third via hole is defined in the third insulation layer, the second transparent electrode is connected to the data line layer.
US10139687B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel regions are defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. Each of the pixel regions includes a first electrode having a plurality of strip-like portions extending in an extension direction of the drain signal lines, the strip-like portions having at least one bent portion so that extension directions of each two parts of the strip-like portions separated by the at least one bent portion are different from each other, and a second electrode formed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and being overlapped with the strip-like portions in plan view.
US10139677B2	Backlight module A backlight module includes at least one light source, a light reflecting member, and a cabinet. The light reflecting member includes a center reflecting part, and four peripheral reflecting parts. The center reflecting part and the peripheral reflecting parts are integrally formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The peripheral reflecting parts are slanted with respect to the center reflecting part, respectively, while the light reflecting member is attached to the cabinet.
US10139676B2	Light conversion device and display apparatus comprising the same The present application relates to a light conversion device, a backlight unit and a display apparatus.
US10139673B2	Display panel and mother substrate for display panels Provided is a display panel including a base substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a polarizing member disposed on a surface of the base substrate and including a plurality of grid patterns overlapping the display area and a reflective pattern overlapping the non-display area, and a pixel array layer which overlaps the polarizing member and is insulated from the polarizing member, wherein a first height from the surface of the base substrate to an upper surface of the reflective pattern is different from a second height from the surface of the base substrate to upper surfaces of the grid patterns.
US10139665B2	Multiple viewing-field display component, patterned shielding layer and multiple viewing-field display apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a multiple viewing-field display component, a patterned shielding layer for a multiple viewing-field display apparatus and a multiple viewing-field display apparatus including the multiple viewing-field display component. The multiple viewing-field display component includes a plurality of multiple viewing-field pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to a plurality of viewing fields, each sub-pixel having a substantially triangular shape. In embodiments of the present disclosure, an arrangement of triangular sub-pixels is applied for enabling multiple viewing-field display with high brightness and low crosstalk, for example.
US10139663B2	Input/output device and electronic device An input/output device is provided. The input/output device includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, a liquid crystal, a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a transistor. The first common electrode can serve as one electrode of a sensor element. The second common electrode can serve as the other electrode of the sensor element. The transistor includes a first gate, a second gate, and a semiconductor layer. The pixel electrode, the common electrodes, and the second gate are positioned on different planes. The second gate contains one or more kinds of metal elements included in the semiconductor layer. The second gate, the pixel electrode, and the common electrodes preferably contain one or more kinds of metal elements included in the semiconductor layer.
US10139658B2	Layer arrangement for the regulation of light transmission A layer arrangement (1) which changes the transmission of incident light depending on its temperature, where the layer arrangement (1) has a first polarization layer (5a), a switching layer (2) which influences the polarization properties of light depending on the temperature, and a second polarization layer (5b), whereby both the first polarization layer (5a) and the second polarization layer (5b) are arranged to affect polarization both in the VIS region and in the NIR region.
US10139657B2	Transfer plate The present disclosure provides a transfer plate. The transfer plate includes a base film, and a dot array arranged on the base film and consisting of a plurality of dots. The base film includes an active region corresponding to a display region and a non-active region surrounding the active region. The dot array at the active region is of a first dot angle, and the dot array at the non-active region is of a second dot angle less than the first dot angle.
US10139651B2	Ophthalmic device formed by additive fabrication and method thereof An ophthalmic device is formed by additive fabrication, the optical device having an optical surface with a surface roughness on the order of less than 10 microns. A method is provided for making an ophthalmic device including an optical surface having a surface roughness of less than 10 microns by depositing on a stage in a first relative position a first lamina of particulates having a size less than 10 microns and in select configurations less than two microns and certain configurations less than one micron, and, synergistically stimulating the first lamina of particulates to form a first solidified layer.
US10139644B2	Head mounted projection display with multilayer beam splitter and color correction A head mounted projection display includes a polarizing beam splitter stack that includes a waveplate. The polarizing beam splitter stack reduces optical losses and has a low forward extension. The polarizing beam splitter may be used at a 45 degree angle or at a non 45 degree angle relative to the line of view. A correction may be also be performed to the intensity of individual pixels to account for chromatic non-uniformity in the optical response of a retroreflector and other optical components.
US10139638B1	Common aperture optical system and selective imaging method The present disclosure provides an optical system. In one aspect, the optical system includes a plurality of imagers configured to emit an electromagnetic radiation, a plurality of optical sensors configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the imagers, and a beam splitting device disposed at an optical path between the imagers and the optical sensors. In one example, the beam splitting device is a multi-way beam splitter configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from one of the imagers and separate the received electromagnetic radiation into a plurality of portions, each separated portion of the received electromagnetic radiation being directed to one of the optical sensors.
US10139634B2	Display apparatus There is provided a display apparatus including a light guide system that includes a light-incident portion including a light-incident curved surface on which image light beams as non-parallel light beams are incident and a light-reflective curved surface which reflects the image light beams such that the image light beams are converted into parallel light beams, and a light guide portion being a portion in which a plurality of partial reflection layers are disposed in parallel. The light guide portion is filled with a parallel light flux emitted from the light-incident portion. The light-incident portion is formed of a first transparent member, the portion in which the partial reflection layers are formed is formed of a second transparent member which is surface-bonded to the first transparent member via a bonding surface, and the bonding surface is inclined in the same direction as that of the partial reflection layer.
US10139633B2	Eyebox expansion and exit pupil replication in wearable heads-up display having integrated eye tracking and laser projection Systems, devices, and methods that integrate eye tracking capability into scanning laser projector (“SLP”)-based wearable heads-up displays are described. An infrared laser diode is added to an RGB SLP and an infrared photodetector is aligned to detect reflections of the infrared light from features of the eye. A holographic optical element (“HOE”) may be used to combine visible light, infrared light, and environmental light into the user's “field of view.” The HOE may be heterogeneous and multiplexed to apply positive optical power to the visible light and zero or negative optical power to the infrared light.
US10139630B2	Image display device with optical systems to guide light to a pupil An image display device with which it is possible to visually recognize an image while securing the see-through property regardless of eye movements and changes in interpupillary distance, with which it is possible to display a large-size image with high quality, and which is small, has excellent wearability, and has an excellent external appearance.
US10139628B2	Head-mounted display A head-mounted display including a transparent display, a first liquid crystal lens and a second liquid crystal lens is provided. The transparent display is adapted to emit an image light beam. The first liquid crystal lens is disposed beside the transparent display. The transparent display is disposed between the first liquid crystal lens and the second liquid crystal lens. The second liquid crystal lens is adapted to receive an ambient light beam. The image light beam passes through the first liquid crystal lens by the phase changing of the first liquid crystal lens, and then the image light beam passes through a pupil.
US10139627B2	Head-mounted display system and components A head-mounted display system including a contact lens having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, an eyewear lens having an inner surface facing the contact lens, and an illuminator configured to produce an imaged light output directed toward the inner surface of the eyewear lens. A first imaged light ray produced by the illuminator is incident on the inner surface and is reflected by the eyewear lens to the first region. The first region is configured to transmit the first imaged light ray, and the second region is configured to reflect or absorb a second imaged light ray produced by the illuminator and reflected from the eyewear lens. The eyewear lens is configured to transmit an ambient light ray to the second region and the second region is configured to transmit the ambient light ray.
US10139625B2	Sliding frame A band or frame for wearing on a person's head, as for example eyewear, is provided with a frame that has an inner frame member that is slidable relative to an outer frame element for stiffness or sizing adjustment of the band.
US10139621B2	Motion transfer mechanism for a combiner heads up display including double locking pin A combiner heads-up (HUD) display assembly having a motion transfer mechanism, where the combiner HUD assembly includes a housing, a plurality of linkage members disposed in the housing, an actuator disposed in the housing and connected to one of the plurality of linkage members, and a bracket connected to one of the plurality of linkage members. A display device, such as a combiner mirror, is connected to the bracket. The actuator changes the plurality of linkage members between a first configuration, where the display device is in a stowed position, and a second configuration, where the display device is in a deployed position. A pin is integrally formed with the bracket, and the pin is in contact with at least one of the plurality of linkage members when the display device is in the stowed position and the deployed position.
US10139615B2	Long-range optical device with a housing and a support means A binoculars, with a housing (2) and a support means, wherein at least one mount (3) is provided between the housing (2) and the support means for forming a mechanical connection, and wherein the at least one mount (3) includes an interface for forming an electrical or electronic connection between the housing (2) and the support means.
US10139612B2	Image-capturing device with a moving device for a digital microscope, and digital microscope An image-capturing device for a digital microscope is provided. The image-capturing device includes a camera sensor, an optical unit for imaging a sample in an image plane on the camera sensor The optical unit includes at least one lens group which is mounted so as to be movable perpendicularly with respect to an optical axis, and a moving device with a first drive for the relative movement of at least one part of the movably mounted lens group and thus of the imaging of the sample on the camera sensor parallel to the image plane. The first drive is coupled to the movably mounted part of the lens group via a first flexure bearing formed in the moving device.
US10139611B2	Method for high-resolution 3D-localization microscopy A method for high-resolution 3D-localization microscopy of a sample having fluorescence emitters, in which the fluorescence emitters are excited to emit fluorescent radiation and the sample is displayed with spatial resolution in wide-field microscopy. Excitation is caused such that at least some fluorescence emitters are isolated. A three-dimensional localization is determined in a localization analysis, which includes a z-coordinate, x-coordinate as well as a y-coordinate orthogonal thereto, for each isolated fluorescence emitter. A table of localization imprecision is provided. Localization imprecision being determined for each localized fluorescence emitter by accessing the table of localization imprecision.
US10139609B1	Dual magnification apparatus and system for examining a single objective in a scanning optical microscope using two wavelengths of light Dual magnification systems and apparatuses for testing and viewing a single objective in a scanning optical microscope and methods of using the systems and apparatuses are provided. Two optical paths allow two wavelengths of light to be magnified to separate magnification levels such that a lower magnification optical path can be used to examine a target area while a higher magnification optical path can be used to examine a subset of the target area and elicit test sample responses to localize a condition of interest.
US10139604B2	Compact anamorphic objective lens assembly Aspects are generally directed to a compact anamorphic objective lens assembly. In one example, the objective lens assembly includes a first anamorphic lens group including a first cylindrical lens having a surface optically powered in a first dimension and a second cylindrical lens having a surface optically powered in a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension, the first anamorphic lens group being positioned to receive visible light along an optical path, a second anamorphic lens group positioned along the optical path to receive the visible light from the first anamorphic lens group, the second anamorphic lens group including a third cylindrical lens having a surface optically powered in the first dimension and a fourth cylindrical lens having a surface optically powered in the second dimension, and an aperture stop centered along the optical path and interposed between the first and second anamorphic lens groups.
US10139602B2	Optical image capturing system for electronic device An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10139600B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus The imaging lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. During focusing, only the second lens group moves in the direction of the optical axis. A lens closest to the object side in the first lens group and a lens adjacent to the lens on the image side have positive refractive powers, and the second lens group includes two or three lenses. Further, predetermined Conditional Expressions (1), (2), (3a), and (3b) are satisfied.
US10139598B1	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10139593B2	Optical image capturing system The invention discloses a three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10139592B2	Ocular optical system An ocular optical system includes a first lens element, a second lens element, and a third lens element from an eye-side to a display-side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element, the second lens element, and the third lens element each include an eye-side surface and a display-side surface. The first lens element has refracting power. The display-side surface of the second lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has refracting power. The ocular optical system satisfies: T3/G23≤4.3; and G3D/T3≤3.51, where T3 is a thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis, G23 is an air gap from the second lens element to the third lens element along the optical axis, and G3D is a distance from the third lens element to the display screen along the optical axis.
US10139581B2	Patch panel Provided is a patch panel (11) on which a plurality of mounting frames (1A,1B), to which various kinds of adapters including a LC adapter (Q1) and a SC adapter (Q2) for electrical or optical communication, and a modular adapter (Q3) for telephone are attached by appropriately combining the adapters, are mounted in an insertable manner through a window opening (12) from the front side of the patch panel (11). The patch panel (11) is provided with a window frame (12) set to a predetermined length dimension so that the mounting frames (1A,1B) having a port specification different from one another can be mounted in a mixed manner in array by a reasonable number.
US10139579B2	Optical cable for terrestrial networks An optical cable includes an optical core and an external sheath surrounding the optical core. The external sheath includes a first material having a first, higher fracture toughness and a second material having a second, lower fracture toughness. The first and second materials are arranged so that the second, lower fracture toughness material is accessible from outside the cable along at least one longitudinally extending area of the sheath outer surface. For accessing the optical core of the cable, a short longitudinal cut, namely, few centimeters, is made with a blade in the accessible second, lower fracture toughness material. Then, its cut edges are pulled apart by hand. The pulling force causes the lower fracture toughness material to fracture, thereby propagating the initial short cut longitudinally along the sheath through its whole thickness.
US10139578B2	Optical transceiver module and optical cable module An optical transceiver module and an optical cable module are disclosed. The optical cable module comprises an optical cable and the optical transceiver module connected to the optical cable. The optical transceiver module comprises a substrate, at least one optical receiving device, and a plurality of hermetic transmitting devices. The plurality of hermetic transmitting devices are disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the hermetic transmitting devices includes an optical transmitter, and the optical transmitters of the hermetic transmitting devices are completely sealed in one or more than one hermetic housing.
US10139577B2	Connector engagement sensing mechanism A connector assembly includes an adapter, a housing, a ferrule, and a sensor. The housing is received by the adapter and has a bore. The ferrule is translatable within the bore of the housing. The sensor is mounted on the housing or on the adapter. The sensor is configured for detecting translation of the ferrule. An electrical characteristic of the sensor changes to indicate translation of the ferrule to a predetermined position.
US10139572B2	Duplex fiber optic components suitable for polarity reversal Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for a fiber optic connector assembly configured for polarity reversal in accordance with some embodiments. An assembly may include a housing to receive a fiber optic cable, at least one back post connected with the housing, a ferrule including at least an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable, insertable into the back post, and a connector component comprising a front housing. The front housing may hold at least a portion of the ferrule and detachably couple with the back post. The back post may include a retaining element to provide rotatable coupling of the front housing relative to the ferrule, the back post and the housing. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10139571B2	Optical connector A connector is disclosed that includes a light coupling unit designed to receive light from an input side of the light coupling unit and transmit the received light to a mating connector from an output side of the light coupling unit along a direction different than the mating direction of the connector. The light coupling unit rotates when the connector mates with the mating connector.
US10139567B1	Dematable expanded beam fiber optic connector The present invention is directed to a dematable expanded beam fiber optic connector that is a fiber optic connector, that includes a pin housing, a receptacle housing, and a slidable spring loaded receptacle lens assembly.
US10139565B2	End-face coating of a waveguide A waveguide, such as an optical fiber, having a front face, such as a fiber facet, is provided with a coating. The coating having one or more organic fluorine compounds. The invention also concerns a method for producing this type of waveguide by means of plasma polymerization.
US10139561B2	Low-loss and low-bend-loss optical fiber A single-mode fiber with low loss and low bend loss is disclosed. The fiber is single mode and has a central core (10), an inner cladding (20) and an outer cladding (30). The central core (10) has a radius r1 and relative refractive index with a maximum value of Δ1max and a core alpha greater than 1 and less than 10, and a Ge02 dopant concentration of greater than 1 wt. % and less than or equal to 5 wt. %. The inner cladding (20) has an outer radius r2>9 micrometers and a relative refractive index Δ2 where Δ2 is less then −0.15%. The outer cladding (30) has a refractive index Δ3, wherein Δ1>Δ3>Δ2. The difference Δ3−Δ2>0.005%. The inner cladding includes fluorine having a concentration of greater than or equal to 0.5 wt. % and the outer cladding is updoped with respect to inner cladding.
US10139558B2	Optical fiber Provided is an optical fiber having W-shaped refractive-index distribution and in which a micro-bend loss in an actual usage waveband is reduced. The optical fiber includes a core, inner cladding that surrounds the core and has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the core, and outer cladding that surrounds the inner cladding and has a refractive index smaller than the refractive index of the core and larger than the refractive index of the inner cladding. When a coupling coefficient between a fundamental mode and a cladding mode is denoted by C01-CL, a coupling coefficient between the fundamental mode and a higher-order mode is denoted by C01-11, and a coupling coefficient between the higher-order mode and the cladding mode is denoted by C11-CL, Ctotal defined as Ctotal=C01-CL+C01-11C11-CL has a minimum value at a wavelength ranging between 1520 nm and 1630 nm.
US10139551B2	Electronic device with light-generating sources to illuminate an indicium An apparatus includes a first display, an indicium, and a second display. The second display can include a light-generating source deposited on a substrate. The second display illuminates the indicium and the second display has a thickness of less than 0.25 millimeters. The apparatus also includes one or more controllers communicatively coupled to the first display and the second display and configured to control states of the first display and the second display.
US10139549B2	Light guide body, light emitting apparatus, and amusement machine A light guide body configured to guide light that enters therein has a light exit surface through which light from the at least one light source exits, and a plurality of linearly arranged pattern groups, each of which has a plurality of linearly arranged reflection patterns that reflect the light from the at least one light source toward the light exit surface. At least one of the plurality of linearly arranged pattern groups differs from at least another of the plurality of linearly arranged pattern groups in light amount difference. The light amount difference is a difference between an amount of light which reaches an observer of the light exit surface after being reflected by each of the plurality of linearly arranged pattern groups and an amount of light which reaches the observer through a region which is adjacent to each of the plurality of linearly arranged pattern groups.
US10139544B2	Light guide plate, back plate, edge-lit type backlight module and display device Disclosed is a light guide plate, a back plate, an edge-lit type backlight module and a display device. The light guide plate includes a main body and an extending part, wherein the extending part is disposed on a sidewall of the main body and extending outwardly, and the extending part and the sidewall of the main body define a space for accommodating a backlight source.
US10139542B2	Lighting device comprising a light guide and a support A lighting device (30) comprises a side-light light guide 1′ located in a support (2) that has an elongate opening for the passage of light emitted by the light guide. The support (20) is shaped to provide contact edges (24) and the only physical engagement between the support and the light guide is along those contact edges. The support also has planar surfaces internal positioned adjacent, and parallel to, planar surfaces (15) in the light guide to retain the light guide in the required orientation in the support. To enhance the flexibility of the support, in some embodiments only part of the support is continuous along the whole length of the support. (FIGS. 14 to 19).
US10139541B2	Light guide element and lamp A light guide element and a lamp are provided. The light guide element includes a light-incident surface, a light-emitting surface, an outer surface and an inner surface. The light-incident surface has a first outer peripheral edge and a first inner peripheral edge. The light-emitting surface is opposite to the light-incident surface and has a second outer peripheral edge and a second inner peripheral edge. The outer surface connects the first outer peripheral edge and the second outer peripheral edge. The inner surface connects the first inner peripheral edge and the second inner peripheral edge. A first opening defined by the inner surface adjacent to the first inner peripheral edge is larger than a second opening defined by the inner surface adjacent to the second inner peripheral edge.
US10139539B2	Polarization system A polarization system having a first substrate with a first layer system, and at least one second substrate with a second layer system disposed downstream in a beam path from the first substrate formed by a beam source. The first and second layer systems have a first stack on the substrate and a second stack on the first stack; wherein the first stack comprises an alternating sequence of high and low refractive index oxidic layers; the second stack having an alternating sequence of high and low refractive index fluoridic layers. The first layer system splits an unpolarized beam and the second layer system splits the beam again such that the proportion of a polarized beam downstream of the second layer system is greater than that downstream of the first layer system.
US10139538B2	Wire grid polarizer with high reflectivity on both sides A wire grid polarizer (WGP) 10 can include a reflective layer 15 sandwiched on each side by a pair of transparent layers (11-12 and 13-14). An index of refraction of each outer transparent layer 11 or 14 can be greater than an index of refraction of the adjacent inner transparent layer 12 or 13, respectively. Material composition of the outer transparent layers 11 and 14 can be the same, material composition of the adjacent inner transparent layers 12 and 13 can be the same. There can be high reflection of one polarization (e.g. Rs1>93% and Rs2>93%) for light incident on either side of the WGP.
US10139535B2	Light polarization film, method for manufacturing same, laminate, and method for manufacturing same The present invention provides a light polarization film capable of suppressing a decrease in light emission efficiency even when the film is continuously irradiated with light and suppressing a change in degree of polarization even under a wet heat environment, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate, and a method for manufacturing the same. The light polarization film of the present invention includes a polymer, and quantum rods, in which the quantum rods are aligned such that a major axis of each of the quantum rods is parallel to one direction parallel to a surface of the light polarization film, a moisture content is 1.0% or less, and an oxygen permeability coefficient is 200 cc·20 μm/m2·day·atm or less.
US10139534B2	Optical film, manufacturing method thereof, and display device An optical film includes a polarization film including a polymer resin and a dichroic dye, and a phase delay layer disposed on the polarization film and including a liquid crystal.
US10139533B2	Circular polarizing filter and application thereof According to the invention, there is provided a circular polarizing filter for selectively transmitting circularly polarized light of any one sense of either right-handed circularly polarized light or left-handed circularly polarized light at a specific wavelength in which scattering transmittance/vertical transmittance when circularly polarized light of the sense of the specific wavelength enters from any one surface is less than scattering reflectance/regular reflectance when circularly polarized light of the other sense enters from the surface. The circular polarizing filter includes a circularly-polarized light separating layer, the circularly-polarized light separating layer includes a reflected light-scattering circularly-polarized light separating layer, and may further include a reflected light-non-scattering circularly-polarized light separating layer, the reflected light-scattering circularly-polarized light separating layer is composed of a layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase fixed therein, and the reflected light-non-scattering circularly-polarized light separating layer is composed of a layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase fixed therein, or a laminate including a linearly-polarized light separating layer and a λ/4 phase difference layer. The circular polarizing filter of the invention has a high circular polarizance, and a high-sensitivity sensor system can be provided using the circular polarizing filter of the invention.
US10139532B2	Camera module and terminal A camera module includes a cover window, an infrared cut-off filter, and an anti-reflection coating. The anti-reflection coating is on at least one surface, through which light passes, of the optical protection window, or the anti-reflection coating is on at least one surface, through which light passes, of the infrared cut-off filter. The anti-reflection coating includes conical anti-reflection structures. A bottom diameter of the conical anti-reflection structure is 40 nm to 150 nm. A top diameter of the conical anti-reflection structure is 0% to 30% of the bottom diameter. A height of the conical anti-reflection structure is 150 nm to 300 nm. A spacing between two adjacent conical anti-reflection structures is ⅕ to ⅓ of a wavelength in a visible light band.
US10139527B2	Concentrator fresnel lens with varying draft angle The present invention relates to a Fresnel lens and a respective mold, the lens comprising a plurality of draft facets, wherein the draft angle of the draft facets has at least two different angular values for two different draft facets, in particular, wherein the draft angle is bigger for a draft facet closer to the edge of the lens or, respectively, of the mold, than for a draft facet closer to the center of the lens or, respectively, of the mold.
US10139522B2	Silicone elastomer-silicone hydrogel hybrid contact lenses A silicone elastomer-silicone hydrogel hybrid contact lens comprises a silicone elastomer layer adhered to silicone hydrogel layer by a delamination-resistant bond. The silicone hydrogel layer has a percent swell of about −5% up to about 20%. The silicone elastomer layer may have one or more objects embedded within it or adhered to its surface. Such objects may include variable-focus lenses and/or electronic components.
US10139520B2	Method of using a heat-treated titanium nitride film A heat-treated titanium nitride film including a polymeric substrate and at least one titanium nitride layer is disclosed. The titanium nitride layer of the film is characterized by microscopic uniform generally parallel surface cracking in the machine direction of the film. The film is particularly useful as a solar control film suitable for application to a contoured transparent substrate with reduced or eliminated ghosting. A method for treating a titanium nitride film prior to application to a transparent contoured substrate and a method for applying a titanium nitride film to a transparent contoured substrate are also described.
US10139518B2	Neutron gamma density correction using elemental spectroscopy A method for determining a corrected neutron gamma density of a formation includes emitting neutrons into a formation using a neutron source to generate gamma-rays. Additionally, the method includes detecting a first count rate of gamma-rays and a gamma-ray spectrum using at least a gamma-ray detector of the downhole tool. The method also includes detecting a second count rate of neutrons using a neutron detector. The method includes using a processor to perform a gamma-ray spectroscopy analysis on the formation based on the gamma-ray spectrum and determining a correction based on results of the gamma-ray spectroscopy analysis. The method includes applying the correction to the first count rate or the second count rate and determining a neutron gamma density of the formation based on a first corrected count rate of gamma-rays or a second corrected count rate of neutrons. The method also includes outputting the determined density of the formation.
US10139515B2	Ranging measurements using modulated signals A method for performing ranging measurements within a formation includes transmitting an asymmetric time-varying signal from a transmitter (114) disposed within a borehole (106) in the formation. The asymmetric time-varying signal may have a signal characteristic that is based at least in part on a downhole characteristic. A (receiver 110) disposed within the borehole (106) may measure a magnetic field induced on an object (103) within the formation by the asymmetric time-varying signal. A direction to the object (103) from the borehole (106) may be determined based at least in part on the measurement of the induced magnetic field.
US10139510B2	3D blending and illumination of seismic volumes for automatic derivation of discontinuities The present disclosure describes computer-implemented methods, computer-program products, and computer systems, for providing parameters for successful automated fault patch extraction. Attributes are selected for annotating images generated from, and for interpretation of, seismic amplitude volume. Images are generated from layers of a seismic cube, each generated using a different attribute of the plural attributes. The plural images are blended using customized palettes and initial parameters to create a blended image illuminating discontinuities in the layers. Optimal parameters are iteratively determined for automatic derivation of fault discontinuities on an interpreter-selected edge-enhanced sub-volume. The iterations are controlled and terminated based on interpreter inputs. The optimal extraction parameters are applied to an entire edge-enhanced volume. Important extracted fault discontinuities are isolated using commercial filtering tools. Extracted fault patches are refined based on received manual interpretation. Patch results are converted to traditional fault objects for further interpretation and refinement.
US10139508B1	Methods and apparatus for automatic identification of faults on noisy seismic data Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically identifying possible faults in large seismic datasets. An exemplary method comprises obtaining the seismic data; calculating a coherence cube of the seismic data; performing the following steps for a plurality of two-dimensional seismic sections of the coherence cube: (i) applying a threshold to the coherence cube to obtain a binary image representation comprising continuities; (ii) identifying edges of continuity areas in the binary image representation to identify changes in the continuities as fault point candidates; (iii) identifying fault points in the obtained seismic data based on a fault confidence value indicating a likelihood that a given point is part of a fault; (iv) creating one or more fault segments from the identified fault points; and (v) joining fault segments into fault lines using geological and/or geometrical constraints; and generating three-dimensional fault surfaces from the fault lines in the plurality of two-dimensional seismic sections. The exemplary automatic fault detection method can be parallelized.
US10139505B2	Digital sensor streamers and applications thereof A disclosed data acquisition system includes one or more streamers having multiple spaced apart sensor units. At least one sensor unit includes at least one digital sensor employing a quantized feedback loop to produce a digital output signal. A data recording system collects and stores data from the sensor units. The quantized feedback loop may be adapted to exert a quantized force on the sensing element. A described method for acquiring data includes deploying at least one streamer having multiple spaced apart sensor units, where at least a portion of the sensor units include a digital sensor employing a quantized feedback loop to produce a digital output signal. A stimulus event is triggered. Data is received from the sensor units and stored.
US10139504B2	Distributed seismic source array for use in marine environments An acoustic sound source designed to impart vibratory energy into its surrounding environment by linearly displacing transducer face plate(s) that are coupled to a rotary motor via crankshaft/connecting rod(s) or camshaft(s). The frequency of the vibrational energy is proportional to the speed of the rotary motor and the amplitude of the vibrational energy is proportional to the linear displacement of the transducer faceplates. The motor can be manually or automatically controlled to operate at a fixed speed and/or a variety of time varying speeds such as frequency sweeps or ramps. The linear displacement or amplitude of the transducer faceplates can also be manually or automatically controlled to operate at a fixed displacement or to have the displacement vary with time and/or frequency.
US10139496B2	Multi-radiation identification and dosimetry system and method A multi-radiation identification and dosimetry system and method that allows for monitoring of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation is disclosed. The system/method incorporates a segmented silicon drift detector (SSDD) that allows measurement of directly absorbed radiation in the semiconductor (betas, conversion electrons, Lx lines, and alphas) on one SSDD segment and radiation from a radiation scintillation detector (RSD) on multiple segments of the SSDD. With the anode side of the SSDD directed toward the radiation inspection surface (RIS), the SSDD+RSD stacked radiation detector collects radiation which is processed by a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) and then processed by a time stamping differentiator (TSD). A computing control device (CCD) may be configured to collect the time stamp differentiation data from the various SSDD segments to permit the simultaneous discrimination of several types of radiation by and presentation of these radiation types and counts on a display monitor.
US10139495B2	Shelving and package locating systems for delivery vehicles A shelving and package locating system for delivery vehicles includes one or more shelves for storing packages within a package-delivery vehicle during delivery. Each package is associated with both a geographic delivery address and an assigned location on a particular shelf within the package-delivery vehicle. A GPS unit determines the location of the package-delivery vehicle during delivery, and a computer provides the shelf location of a particular package when that package's delivery-location information substantially corresponds to vehicle-location information.
US10139492B2	Radar systems with dual fiber coupled lasers Laser radar systems include a pentaprism configured to scan a measurement beam with respect to a target surface. A focusing optical assembly includes a corner cube that is used to adjust measurement beam focus. Target distance is estimated based on heterodyne frequencies between a return beam and a local oscillator beam. The local oscillator beam is configured to propagate to and from the focusing optical assembly before mixing with the return beam. In some examples, heterodyne frequencies are calibrated with respect to target distance using a Fabry-Perot interferometer having mirrors fixed to a lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic tube.
US10139491B2	Vehicle-mounted device and vehicle-mounted ranging system A vehicle-mounted device includes an interference determination unit and a sensor control unit. The interference determination unit determines whether an interference state where a first electromagnetic wave ranging sensor equipped to a first vehicle may receive a second transmission wave transmitted from a second electromagnetic wave sensor equipped to a second vehicle is present, based on transmission time frame information received by a first wireless communication device equipped to the first vehicle, and reception duration information indicating a reception duration during which a first electromagnetic wave ranging sensor equipped to the first vehicle may receive a first reflected wave. The sensor control unit controls transmission timing for transmitting the first transmission wave from the first electromagnetic wave ranging sensor and a reception duration, and changes the transmission timing and the reception duration to avoid the interference state, when the interference determination unit determines that the interference state is present.
US10139487B2	Meteorological radar system and method and device for processing meteorological information A meteorological radar system and a method and device for processing meteorological information which can detect a rain cloud and detect an upward movement of the detected rain cloud in the sky, at low cost and short time are provided. A rain cloud detecting module detects a location and three-dimensional velocity of a rain cloud based on signals from at least three radars of first to third radars disposed at different locations. A rain cloud characteristic detecting module detects a characteristic of the detected rain cloud based on signals from either a radar being different from the three radars, or one of the three radars.
US10139486B2	System for predicting path of convective cell and control method thereof The present invention discloses a system for predicting a path of a connective cell and a control method thereof. According to the invention, a connective cell is detected in a weather radar image, and a path of the detected convective cell is predicted on the basis of a plurality of information stored in advance, thereby guiding various kinds of information about the connective cell including lightning in advance.
US10139484B2	Apparatus and method for wireless distance measurement The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus and method for measuring a distance between wireless devices using a first signal transmitted/received between the wireless devices in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes: receiving the first signal for distance measurement transmitted from a first of the wireless devices; receiving a signal reflected by a reflector after being transmitted from the first of the wireless devices; and based on the received first signal and the received reflected signal, estimating a distance between the second of the wireless devices and the reflector.
US10139482B2	Location identification apparatus and communication terminal A communication terminal (200) propagates a distance packet, and the distance packet is transmitted to a location identification apparatus (300) via an access point (110). The distance packet includes a start-point distance, an end-point distance, and a terminal distance. The start-point distance is a distance between a start-point terminal and a start-point point, which is an access point detected by the start-point terminal. The end-point distance is a distance between an end-point terminal and an end-point point, which is an access point detected by the end-point terminal. The terminal distance is a distance between each other of communication terminals. The location identification apparatus identifies a location of each communication terminal based on distances included in the distance packet, coordinate values of the start-point point, and coordinate values of the end-point point.
US10139479B2	Superpixel array of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers for 2-D beamforming An array of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer elements includes a plurality of superpixel regions. Each superpixel region includes at least two pixel sets, a first pixel set of the at least two pixel sets being disposed in a central portion of the superpixel region, and at least a second pixel set being disposed in an outer portion of the superpixel region. An electrical coupling may be provided between the array and transceiver electronics. The transceiver electronics may be configured to operate the array in a selectable one of a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the array generates a substantially plane ultrasonic wave having a first acoustic pressure. In the second mode, the array generates, from each superpixel region, a focused beam having a second acoustic pressure that is substantially higher than the first acoustic pressure.
US10139477B2	Erroneous detection restraining circuit for laser range finder In a laser range finder, each reflected light reflected by at least one object of pulsed laser light emitted by a light emitting element reaches a light receiving element, and distance information to the at least one object is acquired based on an amount of time from a light emission starting time for the pulsed laser light to an output starting time from the light receiving element. An erroneous detection reducing circuit for the laser range finder includes: a comparator receiving as inputs a threshold and a light-reception output from the light receiving element; a time measuring section measuring time elapsed since the light emission starting time for the pulsed laser light; and a setting changing section changing either one or both of the threshold and an amplification factor of the comparator for the light-reception output in accordance with a time measurement value obtained by the time measuring section.
US10139475B2	Distance detection apparatus for acquiring distance information having variable spatial resolution and image display apparatus having the same The present invention relates to a distance detection apparatus for acquiring distance information having variable spatial resolution and an image display apparatus having the same. A distance detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a light source unit for outputting an output light to detect a distance to an external object, a scanner for performing first direction scanning and second direction scanning to output an output light to an external scan area, a light detection unit for receiving an input light from the scan area, and a processor for detecting a distance to an external object within the external scan area on the basis of the output light and the input light, wherein the processor makes a control to change a frame rate of the scanner and acquires distance information having varied spatial resolution of the external object in accordance with the change in the frame rate. Accordingly, it is possible to acquire distance information having variable spatial resolution on an external object.
US10139466B2	System and method for simultaneous magnetic resonance elastography and water-fat imaging Systems and methods for simultaneous water-fat magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) and magnetic resonance elastography (“MRE”) using an integrated data acquisition and reconstruction scheme are described. This integrated acquisition and reconstruction technique can mitigate motion misregistration and provide improved image SNR relative to existing multiparametric acquisition techniques that require multiple separate acquisitions.
US10139464B2	Noise suppression methods and apparatus According to some aspects, a method of suppressing noise in an environment of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method comprising estimating a transfer function based on multiple calibration measurements obtained from the environment by at least one primary coil and at least one auxiliary sensor, respectively, estimating noise present in a magnetic resonance signal received by the at least one primary coil based at least in part on the transfer function, and suppressing noise in the magnetic resonance signal using the noise estimate.
US10139463B2	Method and apparatus to determine complex sensitivity factors of RF reception coils for magnetic resonance spectroscopy In a method for determining a complex sensitivity factor of an RF reception coil, which is part of an arrangement of a number of RF reception coils of a magnetic resonance scanner, which are operates to simultaneously acquire magnetic resonance spectroscopy data, FID signals from a volume of interest are acquired simultaneously with each of the RF reception coils, and one of the RF reception coils is designated as a reference coil and its FID signal is designated as a reference signal. A complex sensitivity factor for each other RF reception coil is determined by minimizing the differences between a number of data points of its FID signal, weighted with the complex sensitivity factor, and the corresponding data points of the FID signal of the reference coil.
US10139462B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance spectroscopic method using the same A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and a magnetic resonance spectroscopic method are provided. The MRI apparatus includes a data collector configured to obtain reference data of reference substances, and obtain measurement data of a target region of a subject. The MRI apparatus further includes a processor configured to determine a reference substance of the target region, among the reference substances, and a concentration of the reference substance, using the reference data, the measurement data, and an external factor compensation value compensating an external factor affecting the measurement data.
US10139461B2	Analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance spectra with non-stationary peaks A method of determining a NMR prediction result of a sample is provided. The method can include receiving a NMR spectrum of the sample and/or identifying a section of a ppm range in the NMR spectrum having a non-stationary peak. The method can include determining a modified data point for the NMR spectrum based on data points in the identified section. The modified data point can be determined such that the modified data point is a weighted average value of the data points in the identified section in the NMR spectrum. The method can include replacing the identified section in the NMR spectrum with the modified data point for the NMR spectrum to determine a modified NMR spectrum. The method can include determining the NMR prediction result of the sample based on the modified NMR spectrum and a calibration vector (e.g., using a partial least square (PLS) analysis).
US10139459B2	Passive MRI-guided tracking of metallic objects using artifact-reduced imaging with selective excitation A method using 2D multi-spectral imaging (2DMSI) for MRI imaging of a metallic object (such as a biopsy needle) and region surrounding the metallic object within an imaging field of view of an MRI apparatus includes segmenting the imaging field-of-view into spatial-spectral bins, where the segmenting is based on off-resonance frequency induced by the metallic object and slice location; selectively exciting each frequency bin of the spatial-spectral bins by inverting a slice selection gradient between excitation and refocusing pulses; performing repeated acquisition with different radiofrequency modulations to produce acquired images of adjacent bins; composing a 2DMSI image by root-sum-of-squares combination of the acquired images of adjacent bins; and highlighting in the 2DMSI image an area of furthest off-resonance bins based on 2DMSI off-resonance information by thresholding image intensity in frequency bins, thereby indicating a contour of the metallic object.
US10139456B2	MEMS sensor, method for manufacturing the same, and MEMS package including the same A MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a base substrate including a displaceably supported movable portion and a lid substrate covering the movable portion and functioning as a magnetic sensor that detects magnetism by making use of the Hall effect.
US10139454B2	Test device and alternating current power detection method of the same A test device is provided. The test device includes test components, power supplies, an alternating current (AC) power detection circuit and an alert module. The power supplies convert an AC power through a first wire, a second wire and an earth wire to a direct current (DC) power and supply the DC power to the test components. The AC power detection circuit receives the AC power through the first wire, the second wire and the earth wire to determine whether both of voltage differences between the first wire and the earth wire and between the second wire and the earth wire is outside of respective predetermined ranges. When both of the voltage differences are outside of the corresponding predetermined range, the AC power detection circuit controls the alert module to generate an alerting signal.
US10139453B2	Battery voltage monitoring device using capacitor circuit and switch failure detection circuit In a voltage monitoring apparatus, a capacitor circuit includes at least one capacitor. Input-side switches are connected to electrode terminals of at least one battery cell, and apply voltage to terminals of the capacitor. A voltage detection circuit includes a pair of voltage sensing terminals connected to terminals of the capacitor, and detects the potential difference across voltage sensing terminals. Output-side switches are connected to terminals of the capacitor, and apply voltage across terminals of the capacitor to the voltage sensing terminals. An impedance circuit is connected to the voltage sensing terminals. A stabilizing power circuit is connected to the voltage sensing terminals via the impedance circuit, and stabilizes voltage of the voltage sensing terminals. Based on the detected voltage when one of the output-side switches is turned on, an on-failure of the remaining output-side switches which should not be turned on are detected by a control unit.
US10139447B2	Image generation apparatus and image generation method An image generation apparatus is an image generation apparatus that generates an image based on measurement light from the semiconductor device, and the image generation apparatus includes an optical sensor that detects the measurement light, an optical sensor power supply that applies a constant voltage to the optical sensor to supply a current to the optical sensor, a current detector that generates a pattern signal according to magnitude of the current supplied to the optical sensor by the optical sensor power supply, and a control device that generates a pattern image based on the pattern signal.
US10139445B2	High speed I/O pinless structural testing A technical solution for improving test times and costs associated with IC production includes a central test engine (CTE) functional test block integrated onto an IC. The CTE functions as a hardware abstraction layer (HAL), and provides testing capabilities by transferring a large test data file to a device under test and performing a closed-loop monitoring of receipt of the expected test data results. The CTE also reduces the number of external interfaces and interface controllers used during testing. The reduction in external interfaces reduces the size of the IC, which enables smaller and more efficient IC manufacturing, and may be used to improve small form-factor high-volume manufacturing (HVM). This reduction in IO pins also enables significant reduction in IO resources (e.g., IO drivers) within the IC, and reduces or eliminates IO test hardware dependencies.
US10139439B2	Method of capacitive measurement between an object and an electrode plane by partial synchronous demodulation A method of capacitive measurement between an object and an electrode plane includes applying an excitation signal to the resistive electrode plane, and determining a value of capacitance on the basis of a measurement of a measurement signal originating from the electrode plane. The excitation signal is a nonsinusoidal signal having at least one discontinuity. To determine the value of capacitance, the measurement signal is attenuated over a time window, this time window being the duration for which the resistivity of the electrode plane is manifested on the measurement signal in response to the at least one discontinuity.
US10139434B1	Method and apparatus for measuring the stability of an alternating current distribution grid A system measures the stability of a live a.c. power distribution grid, without disrupting sensitive loads on that grid. The system applies repetitive time-synchronized loads to create current pulses, and resulting voltage instabilities, on the grid. The current pulses are sized to ensure that the resulting voltage instabilities are too small to affect the sensitive loads. Time-synchronized voltage measurement devices record the voltage instabilities. The time synchronization, and the repetitive nature of the current pulses, allow the voltage instabilities caused by the current pulses to be extracted from the larger background voltage variations.
US10139432B2	Methods and systems relating to improved AC signal performance of dual stage transformers Accurate measurements of electrical power at various points of a power grid is becoming more important and, at the same time, is getting more difficult as the old power distribution model of a few, large power generating stations and a multitude of relatively linear loads is replaced by a newer model containing a multitude of smaller, and to some degree unpredictable power sources, as well as a multitude of not always linear and often smart (essentially also unpredictable) loads. Embodiments of the invention provide for management of AC current measurements in the presence of a DC current. Such current measurement management including at least alarms, feedback, and forward correction techniques exploiting magnetic field measurements from within the magnetic core or upon the surface of magnetic elements and/or shields within the current transducer.
US10139428B2	Phase correction device, action identification device, action identification system, microcontroller, phase correction method, and program There are included a standard deviation calculation unit that receives a plurality of acceleration data and calculates a standard deviation of the plurality of acceleration data for each specified time period, an average calculation unit that receives the plurality of acceleration data and calculates an average value of the acceleration data for each specified time period, a phase estimation unit that estimates a phase of the average value in a space having a first coordinate axis and a second coordinate axis by using the average value when the standard deviation is smaller than a specified threshold, and a phase correction unit that performs phase correction of the average value by using the estimated phase.
US10139427B2	Functional device, electronic apparatus, and moving object A functional device includes a movable body and a supporting section configured to support the movable body via coupling sections extending along a first axis. The supporting section includes a connection region connected to the coupling sections and provided along the first axis and contact regions provided on the outer side of the connection region in plan view and electrically connected to a wire provided on a substrate.
US10139424B2	OMM rotation rate sensor including a drive, without stationary electrodes A rotation rate sensor which includes a substrate, a first structure which is movable relative to the substrate and a second structure which is movable relative to the substrate and relative to the first structure. The first structure includes at least one first drive device and the second structure includes at least one second drive device. The first and second drive devices are situated for the joint deflection of the first structure from a neutral position of the first structure in parallel to a drive direction and of the second structure from a neutral position of the second structure in parallel to the drive direction, due to an interaction between the first and second drive devices in such a way that the first and second structures are excitable into an oscillation in phase opposition, in each case with a motion component in parallel to the drive direction.
US10139422B2	Throughput optimizing reagent distribution Methods and systems for performing tests in an in vitro diagnostic environment provide for a substantially optimized distribution of testing reagents amongst a plurality of analyzers. The system and method can include steps of identifying a plurality of expected tests to be performed by a plurality of analyzer modules, determining information about the capabilities of the plurality of analyzer modules, and receiving, at the processor, data reflecting which of the plurality of tests are incompatible. Further steps can include calculating a substantially optimal distribution of the plurality of expected tests amongst the plurality of analyzer modules, allocating reagents to each of the plurality of analyzer modules by facilitating distribution of a plurality of reagents to selected analyzer modules in response to the step of calculating, and automatically scheduling a plurality of samples to undergo tests at the plurality of analyzer modules.
US10139420B2	Methods for treating vaso-occlusive crisis using non-modified annexin V The present invention relates to methods for determining the risk of severe complications in hemolytic diseases. The present invention relates to a method for determining whether a patient suffering from sickle cell disease is at risk for a vaso-occlusive crisis comprising the steps consisting of i) determining the level of cell microparticles in a blood sample obtained from said patient and ii) determining the level of heme and/or hemoglobin contained in said cell microparticles. The present invention also relates to a method for a method the severe complication in hemolytic diseases comprising the steps consisting of i) determining the level of cell microparticles in a blood sample obtained from said patient and ii) determining the level of heme and/or hemoglobin contained in said cell microparticles. The present invention also relates to a method for preventing a vaso-occlusive crisis in a patient afflicted with by sickle cell disease comprising depleting the blood-borne microparticles laden in heme and hemoglobin from the blood of said patient.
US10139418B2	Rapid method for targeted cell (line) selection The present invention relates to a process for the prediction of cell culture performance data of sample cells, a process for the isolation of said cells and a device for the prediction of cell culture performance data of sample cells.
US10139412B2	Semaphorin 3A as a diagnostic marker for urothelial cancer The present invention is directed to methods and kits useful for diagnosis and/or prognosis of urothelial cancer in a subject. The present invention further relates to methods of assessing severity of cancer and methods of determining efficacy of a treatment for cancer. The methods and kits of the invention comprise determining the levels of semaphorin 3A in a biological sample of a subject.
US10139411B2	Enzyme quantification The invention generally relates to methods for quantifying an amount of enzyme molecules. Systems and methods of the invention are provided for measuring an amount of target by forming a plurality of fluid partitions, a subset of which include the target, performing an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in the subset, and detecting the number of partitions in the subset. The amount of target can be determined based on the detected number.
US10139410B2	Protein-protein interaction as biomarkers The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for the classification of cancers as sensitive or resistant to treatments based on protein-protein interactions, treatment of cancer, identification of biomarkers, identification of protein-protein interaction modulators, and selection of cancer treatments.
US10139409B2	Method for detecting Streptococcus bacterium contained in milk The object is to provide a lysis method and lysis treatment solution for efficiently lysing cells of various Streptococcus bacteria in milk of a livestock animal to release a specific antigen substance contained in the cells for detecting whether causative bacterium of mastitis is a Streptococcus bacterium or not by using the milk, as well as a detection method using an immunochromatographic device. There is provided a method for lysing a Streptococcus bacterium, which comprises the step of mixing a lysis agent containing a lytic enzyme with milk obtained form a livestock animal to lyse a Streptococcus bacterium existing in the milk. The lytic enzyme is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of lysozyme, labiase, and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase.
US10139406B2	Alkyl quinolones as biomarkers of pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and uses thereof A method of determining the P. aeruginosa or related species infection status of a subject comprising: (i) providing a sample of material obtained from the subject; (ii) determining the level of one or more alkyl quinolones or metabolites thereof produced by P. aeruginosa or a related species in the sample
US10139401B2	Method for capturing target substance, solid-phase carrier for capturing target substance, and method for producing solid-phase carrier To provide a solid-phase carrier that has extremely low nonspecific adsorption of biological substances such as proteins, peptides, nucleic acids and cells, and is capable of maintaining the activity of bound ligands at a high level; and a method for capturing a target substance using the solid-phase carrier.A method for capturing a target substance, including: a step for preparing a solid-phase carrier for capturing a target substance, the carrier having a base material, at least a portion of the surface thereof being formed of or coated with a saccharide, and having a linker of 5-100 atoms having a reactive functional group for binding a ligand that specifically binds to the target substance, wherein the saccharide is chemically bound to the linker; a step for binding the ligand to the solid-phase carrier to obtain a solid-phase carrier having a ligand bound thereto; and a step for bringing the solid-phase carrier having the ligand bound thereto into contact with a sample containing the target substance that specifically binds to the ligand.
US10139395B2	Method for activation of helper T cell and composition for use in the method Disclosed are: a method for activating a helper T cell, which comprises the step of adding a WT1 peptide to an antigen-presenting cell to activate the helper T cell, wherein the WT1 peptide is capable of binding to any one selected from an HLA-DRB11501 molecule, an HLA-DPB10901 molecule and an HLA-DPB1*0501 molecule; a composition for use in the method; a therapeutic and/or prophylactic method for cancer by activating a helper T cell; a pharmaceutical composition for use in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic method; and others.
US10139387B2	Quartz crystal characterization of fractions derived from cracked streams Methods are provided for characterizing the stability of a distillate fraction using a quartz crystal microbalance apparatus, such as a distillate fraction derived at least in part from a pre-refined crude oil. A sample can be aged for an aging period in a quartz crystal microbalance apparatus, and a frequency value for the sample in the quartz crystal microbalance apparatus can be determined before and after the aging period to determine a frequency difference. This frequency difference can be correlated directly with the ability of a jet fuel fraction to satisfy a stability test standard, such as a jet fuel breakpoint stability. The methods can also include using a temperature profile during characterization that can reduce or minimize operator error during the characterization.
US10139380B2	Premise occupancy detection based on CO2 gas concentration A method and an apparatus are disclosed for detecting occupancy of a closed space based on Carbon Dioxide gas (CO2) concentration or change of such concentration. In various embodiments, a Base CO2 Concentration (BCC) may be measured to establish CO2 concentration in an empty closed space. An Average CO2 Concentration (ACC) may also be measured for a single average sized person. If at any time the Total CO2 Concentration (TCC) is measured to be higher than the sum of BCC and ACC, then it is determined that the presence of a person in the closed space is detected. In some embodiments, if TCC is measured to be more than BCC plus N times ACC, then it is determined that N people are present in the closed space, where N is an integer. Such determinations may be indicated by generating an alarm or alert.
US10139376B2	System for sensing and locating delamination A system to monitor a composite system component may include a plurality of sensors mounted proximate to the composite system component. A signal processing unit may receive, from each of the plurality of sensors, a series of sensed values associated with the composite system component and determine a kurtosis value for each series of sensed values. A threshold exceedance detector may detect if at least one of the kurtosis values exceeds a pre-determined threshold value. A delamination location estimation unit may calculate an estimated location of a composite system component delamination alert signal based on calculated time difference delay values of detected signal impulses in the series of sensed values using at least four of the plurality of sensors. A delamination alert output may then transmit a composite system component delamination alert signal, along with the estimated location, when at least one of the kurtosis values exceeds the pre-determined threshold.
US10139365B2	Metal oxide pH sensor A pH sensor comprising a metal oxide-polymer composite, comprising: a continuous polymer resin matrix; and a solid particulate, component dispersed in the polymer resin matrix comprising (i) metal oxides and (ii) a particulate carbon-based conductor wherein the metal oxides comprise Ta2O5 and RuO2 in a weight ratio of Ta2O5:RuO2 (on the basis of weight of metal component) in the range of from 90:10 to 10:90.
US10139364B2	Integrated circuit device with adaptations for multiplexed biosensing A device layer of an integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor active layer spanning a plurality of device regions. Each of the device regions has a heating element, a temperature sensor, and bioFETs in the device layer. The bioFETs have source/drain regions and channel regions in the semiconductor active layer and fluid gates exposed on a surface for fluid interfacing on one side of the device layer. A multilayer metal interconnect structure is disposed on the opposite side of the device layer. This structure places the heating elements in proximity to the fluid gates enabling localized heating, precision heating, and multiplexed temperature control for multiplexed bio-sensing applications.
US10139363B2	BHF solution concentration measurement device and BHF solution concentration measurement method In order to make it possible to accurately measure the HF concentration in a BHF solution in a low concentration region using a simple structure, there are provided a relationship storage unit that stores relationships between a pH of a BHF solution and an HF concentration, a pH meter that measures the pH of the BHF solution, and a concentration calculation unit that refers to relationships stored in the relationship storage unit, and calculates the HF concentration from the pH values measured by the pH meter.
US10139358B2	Method for characterization of a layered structure In an embodiment, a method comprises fitting a spectroscopic data of a layer in a layered structure to a dielectric function having a real part and an imaginary part; confirming that the dielectric function is physically possible; based on the dielectric function not being physically possible, repeating the fitting the spectroscopic data, or, based on the dielectric function being physically possible, defining an n degree polynomial to the dielectric function; determining a second derivative and a third derivative of the n degree polynomial; equating the second derivative to a first governing equation and the third derivative to a second governing equation and determining a constant of the first governing equation and the second governing equation; and based on the key governing equations, determining one or more of a band gap, a thickness, and a concentration of the layer.
US10139356B2	Devices and systems for spatial aggregation of spectral analysis from electron microscopes An x-ray spectrum collected from a sample via excitation of the sample by an electron beam includes artifacts due to interaction volume, surface effects, contamination, or other interferences with the desired collection of representative x-rays from the sample. Inline spectral correlation, summation, averaging, other aggregation, or combinations thereof provides more precise collection of x-ray spectrum from multi-phase, unprepared, particle, or complex samples.
US10139350B2	Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method, image inspection program, computer-readable recording medium and recording device An image inspection apparatus includes: an imaging section for capturing an image of a workpiece from a certain direction; an illumination section for illuminating the workpiece from different directions at least three times; an illumination controlling section for sequentially turning on the illumination sections one by one; an imaging generating section for driving the imaging section to generate a plurality of images; a normal vector calculating section for calculating a normal vector with respect to the surface of the workpiece at each of pixels by use of a pixel value of each of pixels having a corresponding relation among the plurality of images; and a contour image generating section for performing differential processing in an X-direction and a Y-direction on the calculated normal vector at each of the pixels, to generate a contour image that shows a contour of inclination of the surface of the workpiece.
US10139347B2	Measurement of noble gas adsorption via laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for wettability determination A method allowing for rapidly determining wettability of porous materials or other materials by measurement of the absorption of noble gases to pore surfaces through laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy is provided. The method can provide an absolute method of quantifying wettability and a method which is a spatially resolved method. A system for performing the method also is provided.
US10139346B2	Optical microscopy system and method for Raman scattering with adaptive optics An optical apparatus for Raman scattering microscopy includes a laser source that emits a laser beam at an excitation wavelength λ, a microscope objective that receives the laser beam and focuses the laser beam in an image plane of the microscope objective, the focused laser beam being intended to illuminate a sample, an optical system for collecting a Raman scattering optical beam, and detection elements suitable for detecting the Raman scattering beam collected. More particularly, the Raman scattering microscopy apparatus further includes an adaptive optics system positioned on an optical path of the Raman scattering beam, the said adaptive optics system is configured to form the image of an energy distribution inside the confocal hole on the entrance slit of the spectrometer in such a way as to obtain an energy distribution in a direction of a height of the slit.
US10139345B2	Magnetic and Raman based method for process control during fabrication of carbon nanotube based structures A method of fabricating composite structures comprising carbon nanotubes. The method including providing a nanotube starting material, forming the composite structure with the nanotube starting material and monitoring at least a magnetic or Raman property of the composite structure while forming the composite structure.
US10139341B2	Self-calibrating optical detector The present disclosure includes systems and methods for calibration of an optical sensor package, including setting an initial detection threshold of a detector, gradually increasing a power level of a signal generator that is in communication with a detector to cause a detected power at the detector to exceed the initial detection threshold, storing in a memory a first power level of the signal generator at which the detected power at the detector exceeds the initial detection threshold, and adjusting the initial detection threshold of the detector to an adjusted detection threshold to include a detection buffer amount within the adjusted detection threshold.
US10139339B2	Colour sensor with angle-selective structures The present invention relates to a color sensor having at least one photosensitive element, in front of which a layer stack of dielectric layers and structured metal layers is constructed, and at least one color filter, through which optical radiation incident on a light input side of the color sensor is filtered before it reaches a photosensitive surface of the photosensitive element. In the suggested color sensor, an array of angle-selective passageways is provided for the optical radiation between the light input side and the photosensitive surface, and each passageway only allows parts of the optical radiation incident on the light input side of the color sensor within a limited angle of incidence range relative to an axis extending perpendicularly to the colour filter to pass through to the photosensitive surface. When the color sensor is manufactured with semiconductor technology, it enables the angle-selective structures to be integrated in the CMOS layer stack. In this way, ultra-flat color sensors can be made.
US10139334B2	Particulate measurement device A particulate measurement device includes: a nozzle which discharges liquid from an opening to form a flow of the liquid; a light emitter which emits light such that the light propagates in a region where the flow of the liquid is formed; a photodetector provided outside the region to receive the light from a partial region extending along a longitudinal direction of the region; and an air flow forming unit which forms a flow of gas along a direction in which the liquid flows, on an outer periphery of the region.
US10139331B2	Filtration membrane fouling index measuring method A filtration membrane fouling index measuring method including: (a) serially connecting two filtration membranes having the same membrane properties, and sequentially passing influent water therethrough; (b) measuring the flow volume that has passed through the first of the filtration membranes; (c) measuring the flow volume that has passed through the second of the filtration membranes; (d) measuring the cumulative pass-through volume that has passed through the first or the second filtration membrane; and (e) determining the fouling index of the filtration membrane, based on the flow volume that has passed through the first filtration membrane, the flow volume that has passed through the second filtration membrane and the cumulative pass-through volume. The method eliminates pore-blocking-induced measurement errors that occur with measurement methods involving Modified Fouling Index which is a fouling index for filtration membranes.
US10139328B2	Apparatus for gauging liquid or solid mass contained in a vessel and method for using same The invention enables determination of an unknown fluid mass contained within a vessel by measuring the resonant frequency response of the vessel and its support structure when an excitation source is activated. The excitation produces a relative displacement between the fluid containment vessel and its support structure which comprise a spring/mass system. The displacement produces signal voltages in one or more attached sensors. The frequency and amplitude of the sensor signals vary in accordance with physical principles that relate the amplitude and the frequency of vibrations to the masses and spring constants of the spring/mass system. Alternatively, determination of the resonant frequency from measurements of the relative displacement of the vessel and its support structure vs. time using a positioning device can be used to determine the unknown mass. For a given mass of fluid the resulting amplitudes and resonant frequency modes are identical even if the fluid secondary properties are different.
US10139327B2	Indentation device, instrumented measurement system, and a method for determining the mechanical properties of materials by the indentation method The instrumented indentation measurement system includes an indentation device, a loading mechanism, a table for the sample, an analog-digital converter and a computer. Inside a housing of the device there is arranged a holder for a displacement sensor, rigidly connected to the housing. Slidably positioned rod passing to the displacement sensor is arranged in the holder in the axis of the indenter. A pushing segment is equipped with supports engaging with a central pressure plate arranged slidably in the housing a lower pressure plate is arranged slidably in the housing and connected with the holder of the indenter. A first resilient member, a central pressure plate and the lower pressure plate are provided with holes for passage of the rod to the holder.
US10139325B2	System and method for evaluating bubble formation potential in a structure A system for evaluating bubble formation potential in a structure includes an environment test chamber and an environmental controller for controlling a plurality of environmental conditions within the environment chamber. The system additionally includes a detector for capturing images of a structure under test and an illumination source for controlling illumination of the structure under test. A user interface is coupled to the environment controller for setting and adjusting environmental conditions within the environment test chamber. The user interface is also coupled to the illumination source for setting and adjusting illumination of the structure and the user interface is coupled to the detector for receiving the captured images and evaluating bubble formation potential in the structure under test based on the captured images.
US10139320B2	Composition for processing histological, postmortem, cytological samples The present disclosure describes a composition for preparing histological, postmortem, cytological or similar samples for the analysis thereof, wherein the composition is not harmful, non-toxic, and able to rapidly produce dehydration and diaphonization of the biological samples.
US10139315B2	Tablet sampler assembly A tablet sampler assembly is provided for a tablet coating machine which comprises a rotatable drum for containing a bed of tablets being coated. The tablet sampler assembly comprises a housing configured for attachment to said tablet coating machine, and a receptacle for receiving a sample of said tablets. At least a portion of the receptacle is movable between a collecting position in which the receptacle is configured to be in communication with the interior of the drum, thereby enabling collection of a sample by the receptacle from the drum, and a non-collecting position in which the receptacle is configured to be substantially out of communication with the interior of the drum.
US10139312B2	Method for sensing reverse rotation of engine in vehicle using tooth period ratio of crankshaft A method for sensing reverse rotation of an engine in vehicle includes: detecting tooth period ratios using a crankshaft angle detection sensor and storing the detected tooth period ratios in a buffer of an electronic control unit (ECU); calculating a tooth period ratio between a measured tooth period and a tooth period measured just before thereof; determining whether the tooth period ratio is greater than a first reference value; updating the tooth period value stored in the buffer by measuring the recent tooth period if the tooth period ratio is greater than the first reference value; calculating the tooth period ratio using the updated tooth period value; and determining a reverse rotation state of the engine by checking whether the change shows a predetermined pattern after a change in the value of the tooth period ratio is observed.
US10139310B2	Optical time domain reflectometer using polymer wavelength tunable laser The present invention relates to an optical time domain reflectometer using, as a optical source, a polymer wavelength tunable laser which tunes the wavelength of an optical signal by using polymer grating. The optical time domain reflectometer of the present invention tunes the wavelength of a polymer wavelength tunable laser that outputs a constant optical signal and inspects cutting, reflection, and damage of an optical line by separating an optical signal returning from the optical line by an optical filter having a specific central wavelength. Since a optical source having a constant light intensity is used, the present invention has an effect of reducing the nonlinear effect generated in an optical line.
US10139307B2	Safety inspection apparatus for bridge using expansion joint with load cell and method for the same Provided is a safety inspection apparatus for a bridge using an expansion joint with a load cell capable of inspecting safety of a bridge and checking an overweight of a traveling vehicle by including a load cell installed at a lower portion of an expansion joint installed between upper plates of a bridge to measure a load of a traveling vehicle, and a measuring device installed on the bridge to measure behavior of the bridge, determining a total weight of a vehicle to manage an operation of an overweight vehicle which hinders safety of a structure and road pavement, measuring and storing weight data of a vehicle passing over the bridge as behavior data of the bridge in real time, and determining performance, a degree of deterioration, and a damaged position of the bridge without a separate safety inspection by analyzing the data over the long term.
US10139304B2	Method and device for detecting a slow leak in an implantable hydraulic occlusion system A detection method of a slow leak in a hydraulic occlusive system implantable in an animal or human body to occlude a natural conduit. The system includes a hydraulic circuit with an inflatable occlusive cuff containing a variable volume of fluid, surrounding a part of the natural conduit, a reservoir containing fluid, and a fluidic connection between the cuff and the reservoir. An activation device is coupled to a mobile element of the hydraulic circuit to transfer a determined volume of fluid from the reservoir to the cuff or from the cuff to the reservoir. A control unit urges the activation device to exert determined compression on the conduit. A variation of the compression exerted by the cuff on the conduit is created by transfer of an adjustable volume of said fluid between the reservoir and the cuff by measuring the evolution of the pressure in the hydraulic circuit.
US10139302B2	Hydraulic pressure sensor mounting structure Each of a plurality of hydraulic pressure sensors includes a lower case and an upper case fixed above the lower case. A valve body includes an upper body including a hole portion arranged to house the hydraulic pressure sensors, and a lower body including an oil passage. A pressed portion is defined in the lower case. The pressed portion is arranged to project horizontally in the lower case so as to be opposed to the upper case. The pressed portion is arranged to be pressed downward by a pressing portion of the upper body. At least one of the upper body and the lower body includes a positioning portion arranged to horizontally position each of the hydraulic pressure sensors in the hole portion.
US10139301B2	Pressure sensor chip including first and second annular shape grooves in a non-bonding region of a holding member for a sensor diaphragm A pressure sensor chip that includes a sensor diaphragm; and a first holding member and a second holding member bonded respectively to first surface and the second surface of the sensor diaphragm with peripheral portions thereof being positioned to face each other, each of the first holding member and the second holding member has a pressure introduction hole, the first holding member includes a non-bonding region formed inside the first holding member and communicating with a periphery of the pressure introduction hole, first and second grooves each has an annular shape formed in a peripheral edge portion of the non-bonding region, an end of the second groove is positioned closer to the pressure introduction hole than an end of the first groove, and the second holding member includes a recess.
US10139295B2	Methods for in-plane strain measurement of a substrate Methods for measuring and/or mapping in-plane strain of a surface of a substrate. A grating is formed on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. A laser is then used focused onto the grating to determine the strain on the surface by determining the variation of the grating wavelength due to the strain on the surface. The strain information is essentially carried by the grating, in terms of grating wavelength, because it varies according to the volume change of the underlying substrates. By scanning the surface grating with the small laser size, a high resolution strain map of the surface can be produced. The induced strain is related to the grating wavelength variation, which leads to the diffraction angle variation that is captured by the strain sensing measurements.
US10139292B2	Calorimeter with stabilized temperature The invention relates to a calorimeter including at least one measurement sensor (4) for receiving at least one sample, and at least three stages (1, 2, 3) for controlling the temperature, with decreasing size, each including a mounting (10, 20, 30) and means for controlling the temperature, the smallest stage being associated with said at least one sensor (4), in which: a first stage (1) also includes a screen (11) forming a first enclosure with the mounting (10) of said first stage; a second stage (2) is placed inside (12) said first enclosure and the mounting (20) thereof is thermally coupled with the mounting (10) of the first stage by first thermal conductances (23) comprising Peltier elements; and a third stage (3) is placed inside the second enclosure defined by the second stage and is thermally coupled with said second stage (2) by second passive thermal conductances (33) defining an adapted time-constant value.
US10139287B2	In-situ thin film based temperature sensing for high temperature uniformity and high rate of temperature change thermal reference sources A thin-film device for generating a blackbody spectrum is disclosed. The device includes first layer configured to generate heat in response to an applied voltage and a second layer configured to generate the blackbody radiation spectrum in response to the heat from the first layer. A thermocouple is disposed between the first layer and the second layer for measuring a temperature at the second layer. The thermocouple measures temperature at the second layer in order to control temperature at the second layer. The thermocouple can be a copper-carbon nanotube thermocouple.
US10139285B2	Fully-differential amplification for pyrometry This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for improving the signal-to-noise ratio, increasing sampling speed, and increasing the dynamic range of a pyrometer via improvements to the amplification section. In particular, single-stage non-differentiated amplifiers can be replaced with a differential amplifier circuit that increases gain without a proportional increase in noise. The differential amplifier circuit can comprise a pair of transimpedance amplifier circuits arranged in parallel that receive a differential current from a photo detector and generate a differential voltage output in response having a transconductance gain.
US10139284B2	Temperature distribution measuring apparatus and method Disclosed is a temperature distribution measuring device for measuring the temperature distribution or the heat generation distribution in a sample. An embodiment collects a reflection signal the reflectivity of which changes on the basis of a bias signal applied to a sample, detects a signal of interest, which has been reflected from a region of interest in the sample, from the reflected signal, converts the signal of interest to a frequency range signal, calculates the relative amount of change in reflectivity of the sample by using a direct current component extracted on the basis of filtering of the frequency range signal and a frequency component of the bias signal, and acquires a thermal image of the sample on the basis of the relative amount of change in reflectivity.
US10139279B2	Apparatuses and methods for bio-sensing using unmanned aerial vehicles Described herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems that enable a light weight autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to process hyperspectral (HSI) data during its flight and send information to the ground computer via radio-link. This capability is not currently available owing to the severe combination of technical constraints: the typical processing power required to analyze HSI data in real time; the small space and power available for the payload in a light-weight UAV; and the limited bandwidth available on the wireless link.
US10139278B2	Heterogeneous spectroscopic transceiving photonic integrated circuit sensor Described herein are optical sensing devices for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). A PIC may comprise a plurality of waveguides formed in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate, and a plurality of heterogeneous lasers, each laser formed from a silicon material of the SOI substrate and to emit an output wavelength comprising an infrared wavelength. Each of these lasers may comprise a resonant cavity included in one of the plurality of waveguides, and a gain material comprising a non-silicon material and adiabatically coupled to the respective waveguide. A light directing element may direct outputs of the plurality of heterogeneous lasers from the PIC towards an object, and one or more detectors may detect light from the plurality of heterogeneous lasers reflected from or transmitted through the object.
US10139277B2	Metrology method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method A metrology apparatus includes first (21) and second (22) radiation sources which generate first (iB1) and second (iB2) illumination beams of different spatial extent and/or angular range. One of the illumination beams is selected, e.g. according to the size of target to be measured. The beam selection can be made by a tillable mirror (254) at a back-projected substrate plane in a Kohler illumination setup.
US10139275B2	Apparatus for spectrometrically capturing light with a photodiode which is monolithically integrated in the layer structure of a wavelength-selective filter Apparatus for spectrometrically capturing light includes a wavelength-adjustable filter for converting spectral information into location information and an organic photodiode for converting the location information into electrical signals which can be forwarded, wherein the filter and the organic photodiode form a one-piece monolith, the organic photodiode is connected to the filter or the organic photodiode is integrated in the filter, the filter consists of at least one spectrally resolving element in the form of at least one layer-like photonic crystal which constitutes the monolith and in which two layers of variable thickness D are formed along a direction perpendicular to the incidence of light. A resonant layer is arranged between the two layers. The organic photodiode includes: a photoactive layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode sandwiching the photoactive layer, and one of the electrodes is in contact with the photonic crystal.
US10139271B2	Light detection device including light detector, light coupling layer, and light shielding film, light detection system, and optical device A light detection device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a light detector having a main surface and including at least one first detector and at least one second detector disposed along the main surface; a light coupling layer disposed on or apart from the light detector and including a first low-refractive-index layer, a first high-refractive-index layer disposed on the first low-refractive-index layer and including a first grating, and a second low-refractive-index layer disposed on the first high-refractive-index layer, the first high-refractive-index layer having a higher refractive index than the first and second low-refractive-index layers; and a light shielding film disposed on the light coupling layer and including at least one light transmitting region and at least one light shielding region adjacent to the at least one light transmitting region.
US10139267B2	Systems and methods for storage and analysis of periodic waveform data A method includes collecting a data for a time from sensors to a fixed monitoring system. The fixed monitoring system is fixedly coupled to a turbo-machinery and the sensors are configured to monitor the turbo-machinery, also, the time comprises at least one week. The method also includes recovering the data by coupling a portable machinery monitor to the fixed monitoring system and retrieving the data into the portable machinery monitor. The method also includes analyzing the data to determine one or more machinery conditions. The analyzing the data comprises analyzing the data via the portable machinery monitor, an external system, or any combination thereof.
US10139263B2	Method to calibrate disposable cartridge cuvette thickness in-situ An analytical system includes a laser disposed to direct light toward a microfluidic feature disposed in a feature layer of a multiple layer test cartridge, a sensor to receive reflections from capping layers disposed about the microfluidic feature in the feature layer, and a controller to determine a depth of the microfluidic feature as a function of the received reflections.
US10139260B2	Method for controlling pipetting operations A method for controlling pipetting operations done by a pipetting device having a system for measuring the flow rate of the liquid suctioned or dispensed and electronics to communicate with a computer. The method is based on detection of flow rate variations and the moments at which those variations occur. The method includes obtaining a curve of liquid flow rate by the pipette as a function of time, computing the first deviation of the curve, identifying and recording the maximum and minimum values of the first deviation and the moments at which the maximum and minimum values occur, comparing the maximum and minimum values and the moments at which the maximum and minimum values occur with predetermined references for the values and the moments at which they occur, and based on the result of the comparison, providing a validation or error message.
US10139258B1	Fluid flow meter with normalized output A fluid flow meter is described, that includes intermeshing gears that may rotate synchronously. The fluid flow meter may produce a pulsed output that can be normalized to suitable values according to a method of normalizing input pulses generated in response to the rotation of gears. A volume counter can be incremented by an amount equal to a volume per input pulse each time an input pulse is generated. When the volume counter exceeds a first reference volume, a normalized output pulse can be generated until the volume counter exceeds a second reference volume.
US10139256B2	MEMS flow sensor A MEMS flow sensor is provided having a micro flow channel etched in a silicon structure composed of two silicon substrates bonded or fused together. A heater and one or more temperature sensors are, in one embodiment, disposed around the perimeter of the flow channel and outside of the channel. In another embodiment, a heater and one or more temperature sensors are respectively disposed outside the flow channel at the top and bottom of the channel. In further embodiments, a heater and one or more temperature sensors are located inside the flow channel on one or more surfaces thereof or around the inside perimeter of the channel. The flow sensors in accordance with the invention are preferably fabricated using wafer scale fabrication techniques.
US10139254B2	Method for manufacturing a measurement sensor for a motor vehicle A method for manufacturing a measurement sensor for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has a body and an electronic measurement module mounted in the body. The method includes molding the body of the sensor so as to define, in one and the same material, a base for fastening the sensor, an element for receiving the electronic measurement module, and a seal. The element delineates a space for receiving the electronic measurement module and includes a first cylindrical portion with a circular cross section and a second cylindrical portion with a circular cross section. The diameter of the second cylindrical portion is smaller than the diameter of the first cylindrical portion. The method further includes mounting the electronic measurement module in the reception space, and overmolding the element for receiving the electronic measurement module.
US10139253B2	Adjustment of interrupt timestamps of signals from a sensor based on an estimated sampling rate of the sensor Examples include systems and methods for adjusting interrupt timestamps associated with sensor measurement data. One method includes receiving from a sensor an interrupt signal, storing an interrupt timestamp corresponding to the interrupt signal, and determining expected sampling rates associated with the sensor. The method also includes determining a first minimal latency timestamp based on a comparison of one or more previously stored interrupt timestamps and the expected sampling rates, and determining a second minimal latency timestamp based on the interrupt timestamp, one or more previously stored interrupt timestamps, and the expected sampling rates. The method also includes determining an estimated sampling rate of the sensor based on the first and second minimal latency timestamps, and determining an adjusted interrupt timestamp corresponding to the interrupt signal based on the estimated sampling rate and the interrupt timestamp.
US10139250B2	Optical encoder based on light-steering based contrast generation from a first plurality of primary convex mirror sections and a second plurality of secondary mirror sections In some examples, an optical encoder may consist of a light source that shines light onto a wheel which then reflects the light onto a sensor. Using information encoded in the reflected light, the rotation of the wheel may be determined. In some examples, rotation of the wheel may be determined by detecting an encoding pattern in light reflected from an exterior surface of the wheel. In some examples, the encoding pattern can be a pattern of light and dark stripes. In some examples, a pattern of light stripes can be generated from light reflecting off of reflective portions of the wheel. Some examples of the disclosure relate to using a surface topology for a wheel that can be used to generate an encoding pattern of light and dark stripes in light reflected from the surface of the wheel, even when the surface of the wheel is uniformly reflective.
US10139247B2	Position detecting device A number n of Hall elements of a position detecting device output analog detection signals responsive to magnetism from a magnet of a piston. A number n of AD converters carry out analog to digital conversion to convert the analog detection signals into digital detection signals. A ladder circuit receives, as an n-bit digital signal, the digital detection signals output from a number n of magnetic detectors, and performs digital to analog conversion thereof into a single analog output signal. A control IC detects an approximate position of the piston on the basis of the single analog output signal that is input thereto.
US10139243B2	High level instruction for navigational routing systems A navigation system (NAV system) may provide a variety of information and may be integrated with a variety of on-board vehicle systems or features. The NAV system may provide various route guidance options between a present location and a desired destination. The route guidance options may be based on a high level of user preferences. The high level of user preferences may be selected by the user in advance or at the time of requesting route guidance. The NAV system may provide various route options based on key geographical features along the route. The NAV system may provide various route options based on personal points of interest. The NAV system may provide various route options based on a user's route habits or frequency.
US10139236B2	Route generation program, route generation method and route generation apparatus In a route generation method, a computer executes: a step of generating cells based on data about a floor plan that contains information indicating a type of a constituent element of a house and setting the information indicating the type of the constituent element in each of the cells; a step of reading the information indicating the type of the constituent element set in the cell, specifying an outer edge of a passable region based on whether the constituent element is passable, and generating data about a pathway in which the passable region is thinned, whether the constituent element is passable being determined in advance in association with the type of the constituent element; a step of generating a graph based on the data about the pathway; and a route search step of searching a path from the starting point to the ending point, using the graph.
US10139234B2	Path planning based on obstruction mapping In one embodiment, a method comprising, receiving a three-dimensional map of one or more obstructions associated with a field, the one or more obstructions presenting an obstacle to line of sight reception from a satellite to a global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receiver; receiving almanac data corresponding to an orbit of the satellite; determining anticipated accuracy of positioning in the field at plural locations and plural times based on the almanac data and the map; and determining waylines for autonomous traversal through the field based on the anticipated accuracy at the plural locations and the plural times.
US10139233B2	Method and system for compensating for soft iron magnetic disturbances in multiple heading reference systems A method and system for compensating for soft iron magnetic disturbances in multiple heading reference systems, such as aircraft heading reference systems, integrated standby units; or vehicle inertial systems, detects and provides a heading correction signal to the error prone heading reference system when a detected difference in value between a gyro heading relative to magnetic north and a magnetometer reading during a defined measurement period exceeds a predetermined acceptable threshold value of change, such as one based on the expected gyro drift over that period. Upon receipt of the heading correction signal, the gyro heading is adjusted to maintain an accurate heading relative to true magnetic north. If this threshold value is not exceeded, then the magnetometer reading is used for the heading value. This method is periodically repeated in order to continually maintain an accurate heading and may be employed for each heading measurement axis.
US10139225B2	Method of obtaining geographically related images using a vehicle The method employs a computer interconnected with a GPS transceiver and a distance measurement means and operatively interconnected with a digital camera, all provided on a moving vehicle, to acquire a plurality of geographic location related images. A first geographic position is obtained from the GPS transceiver and a plurality of distance measurements are received before a second geographic position is taken. A photo request is generated after a pre-determined distance is traveled, as determined by the distance measurement means, and transmitted to the digital camera. The camera takes a photo based on the request; and the photos, photo requests, first and second positions and distance measurements are stored for post-processing. Post-processing determines a path traveled by the vehicle using the positions and distance measurements to determine an accurate geographic location and orientation for each photo. The method is suitable for building a database of geographically related images.
US10139223B2	Optical distance measurement system A sensing element includes a plurality of sensing pixel areas arranged in matrix, wherein each of the plurality of sensing pixel areas includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a first shielding layer, a second shielding layer and at least one micro lens. The second pixel is adjacent to the first pixel in a predetermined direction. The first shielding layer is disposed on the first pixel and has a first opening, wherein an aperture of the first opening increases along the predetermined direction from a center of the first pixel. The second shielding layer is disposed on the second pixel and has a second opening, wherein a shape of the second opening is mirror symmetrical with that of the first opening in the predetermined direction. The at least one micro lens is disposed on the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer.
US10139222B2	Method for the ultrasonic measurement of a wall thickness in hollow valves A method for measuring a wall thickness in hollow valves may include determining a wall thickness in a region of a valve stem using at least one ultrasonic sensor, wherein the one ultrasonic sensor may be oriented with respect to a surface on the valve stem in such a manner that an emitted ultrasound may be introduced into the surface in a perpendicular manner. The method may additionally or alternatively include determining a wall thickness in a region of a chamfer using the at least one ultrasonic sensor, wherein the at least one ultrasonic sensor may be positioned at a location on the chamfer at which an inner tangent in a cavity runs parallel to an outer tangent on the chamfer, and wherein the ultrasonic sensor is oriented with respect to the tangents in such a manner that an emitted ultrasound is introduced into the surface in a perpendicular manner.
US10139221B2	Substrate carrying device and substrate regularity detecting method The present invention relates to a production apparatus of display device, and provides a substrate carrying device and a substrate regularity detecting method. The carrying device comprises: a carrying platform; a support frame; a signal transmitter; a signal receiver and a control device. The benefits of the invention are that by means of adopting the signal detecting device and the control device to detect the regularity of the substrates placed in the substrate carrying device, the detection of the placement of the substrates is realized, when some problems occurs, the operators can realize in time, the happening of bump damage to the substrates in the following process when taking out is avoided, and the safety of the substrates is increased.
US10139216B2	Online sensor calibration for electrohydraulic valves An online method for reconfiguring pressure and position sensors in a hydraulic system is disclosed. In one step, a sensor drift condition, a recalibration request, or an unisolated fault condition is detected. In another step, a system pressure sensor or another sensor, such as a load-sense pressure sensor, is verified as a trusted master reference sensor. Another step includes measuring and recording a first pressure reading at the master reference sensor and first voltage readings associated with first, second, third, and fourth pressure slave sensors at a first pump pressure set point. Another step includes, repeating the previous step at a second pump pressure set point. A new gain and offset for each of the first, second, third, and fourth pressure sensors can be calculated based on a comparison of the recoded first and second pressure readings and the recorded first and second voltage readings.
US10139215B2	Permittivity measurements of layers A system and method that permits measuring properties and thickness of a dielectric layer, particularly a dielectric layer close to a pipeline wall, and more particularly fluids flowing inside a pipe is provided. The present invention attains the above described objective by a system comprising a sensor operating in a material characterization mode in a first frequency range and a sensor operating in a thickness characterization mode in a second frequency range, and a method for operating said system.
US10139214B2	Apparatus for acquiring location coordinates of object using two measurement heads and method using the same Disclosed herein are an apparatus for acquiring the location coordinates of an object to be measured using two measurement heads and a method using the apparatus. The apparatus for acquiring the location coordinates of an object includes two measurement heads for individually detecting a signal corresponding to the object to be measured, a measurement head fixing unit for placing the two measurement heads so as to face each other with the object therebetween, a rotatable structure for rotating the measurement head fixing unit, and a location determination unit for acquiring the location coordinates of the object to be measured based on the strengths of the two detection signals detected by the measurement heads.
US10139208B2	Tracer projectile and method for the application of a tracer device in a tracer projectile A jacketed tracer projectile intended for small-caliber and medium-caliber weapons includes a metal core including a tracer device, in particular in the form of a pyrotechnic tracer charge, disposed inside a cavity in the metal core in the rear part of the projectile. The cavity is designed to prevent the tracer device from becoming separated from the cavity during the discharge phase of the tracer projectile. The cross-sectional area of the cavity is typically polygonal. A method for the application of the tracer device in the tracer projectile is also provided.
US10139197B1	Firearm sight with retractable sunshade A firearm sight comprises a sight body including a clamp at its lower extent for removably securing the sight to a portion of a firearm. An upwardly facing surface is disposed on the sight body above the clamp and a housing projects above the upwardly facing portion, the housing containing a lens assembly. A shade is carried by the sight body, the shade movable along the sight body from a retracted position in which the shell is at least partially contained by the housing, and an extended position in which the shell extends over the upwardly facing surface.
US10139196B2	Marksman launcher system architecture An effector launching system includes an environment that has external components located within the environment. The effector launching system may include a modular controller located in the environment of an effector launching system and the external components may be located in the environment externally to the modular controller for executing an effector launching sequence. The modular controller may include a core processor module that is configured to execute a plurality of different effector launching sequences using the external components and a plurality of converting modules that each have an electro-mechanical interface and is connectable between the core processor module and one of the external components. The plurality of converting modules are configured to send and receive data with the core processor module and the plurality of external components.
US10139190B1	Crossbow with take-apart stock An embodiment provides a crossbow, comprising a stock and a bow portion. The stock comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a string latch and extends from a rear end to a coupling end. The second portion extends from a coupling end to a front end. The bow portion comprises a riser assembly, a first limb coupled to the riser assembly, a second limb coupled to the riser assembly; and a drawstring extending from a distal end of the first limb to a distal end of the second limb. The bow portion is coupled to the second portion of the stock. The coupling end of the first portion of the stock is detachably coupled to the coupling end of the second portion of the stock at a coupling location. The coupling location is between the string latch and the drawstring in an undrawn position.
US10139187B2	Crossbow with attachment for protecting broadhead of arrow A crossbow with a stirrup disposed on the distal end of the body, the stirrup including an arrow protector disposed along the arrow trajectory, on the first end of the body, to generally circumvent the arrow, when the crossbow is used in conjunction with the arrow. An arrow protector adapted to be retrofitted on a crossbow is encompassed by the present application. An arrow protector improving stability of the crossbow when axially resting on the ground is also presented herein.
US10139185B2	Caliber-specific cleaning kit A portable, cable-based, caliber-specific cleaning kit having a cable attached on one end to a plurality of cleaning tools and on another end to an ergonomic handle comprised of a reel and cover, the cleaning kit being used for maintenance of gun bores. The cable is stiff enough so that a first end can be fed through a gun barrel and, after exiting the end of the barrel, can attach to the handle at an anchor site on the reel. The plurality of cleaning tools, which are attached to a second end of the cable, can then be pulled through the barrel by the handle and cable combination to clean and remove carbon and residue. After cleaning is complete, a user can wind up and secure the cable and cleaning tools to the handle, and the cover can compactly store the cleaning elements.
US10139182B2	Force damping shooting rest system and method A system for shooting an armament includes a connector configured to connect to a supporting structure, a side to side windage device connected to the connector, an up and down windage device connected to the connector, at least one guide rail connected to the up and down windage device, a carriage slidably connected to the at least one guide rail, and a gas spring connected to the carriage and the up and down windage device. The system rests a gun during shooting, assists steady aim, and limits any significant jarring and recoil impacting the gun, the system and any support, as well as virtually eliminates recoil force borne by the shooter.
US10139176B1	Apparatus and method for loading pistol magazines An apparatus for loading cartridges into a pistol magazine comprises a main unit with a magazine holder having an opening configured to receive a pistol magazine with a first long axis and a tray having an elongate channel configured to arrange a stack of cartridges along a second long axis laterally offset from the first long axis. An angled wall extends across the elongate channel toward the opening at a non-zero angle relative to the second long axis. A sleeve covers the cartridges in the main unit, and a handle is movable relative to the main unit to cause the cartridges to be pushed into the magazine. Moving the handle is continued to cause each of the cartridges in succession to be tilted by the angled wall and loaded via the opening into the pistol magazine along the first long axis.
US10139172B2	Heat exchanger fin retention feature A fin characterized by a corrugated shape and configured to be interposed between adjacent instances of tubes of a heat exchanger assembly includes a plurality of planar portions, a radiused portion, and a retention feature. The plurality of planar portions is configured to extend between the adjacent instances of the tubes. The radiused portion is located between adjacent planar portions and is configured to be in thermal contact with a tube proximate thereto. The retention feature is located substantially mid-way between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the fin. The retention feature is configured to contact the tube in a manner effective to prevent fall-out of the fin prior to brazing of the heat exchanger assembly.
US10139168B2	Cold plate with radial expanding channels for two-phase cooling A cold plate structure in a two-phase cooling system is provided. The cold plate, where the cold plate structure has at least one microchannel with a cross-sectional area along a radial direction, wherein the cross-sectional area expands in a first direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and expands in a second direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and substantially tangential to the first direction.
US10139167B1	Heat exchanger A fluid heat exchanger having an interior cavity of a housing. A tank positioned within the interior cavity has a first wall surrounding an axial passage and a second wall surrounded by a circumferential passage. Heat is transferred to both the first wall and surrounding second wall thereby heating fluid in the tank from opposing sides. The heat transfer is enhanced with a cyclonic flow of heated fluid in the circumferential passage and axial passage.
US10139165B2	Apparatus for producing nanoparticles Disclosed herein is a nanoparticle generator, comprising a body defining an internal space, with an electric insulator inserted into the internal space from a side of the body; a heat-insulating tube, internally inserted into the body, wherein the electric insulator and a local heating unit which is mounted on the electric insulator are internally inserted into the heat-insulating tube along a central axis thereof; a first inlet, provided at a side of the body, for introducing external air into the heat-insulating tube; a second inlet, provided at a side of the body, for introducing external air between the heat-insulating tube and the body; and an outlet, provided at a side of the body, for evacuating the air introduced through the heat-insulating tube into the body.
US10139161B2	Microwave vacuum-drying of organic materials An apparatus 20 for microwave vacuum-drying organic materials such as foods and bioactives has a plurality of microwave generators 50 actuated so as to cause interference between their respective microwave streams and evenly distribute the microwave energy across the vacuum chamber 34. The microwave-transparent window 36 in the chamber is arranged so the organic material to be dried is moved across it on a conveyor belt 60 and the microwave energy passing into the chamber 34 immediately encounters the organic materials, thus attenuating the energy and reducing arcing.
US10139158B2	Method and system for separating a feed stream with a feed stream distribution mechanism The present disclosure provides a distillation tower for separating a feed stream. The distillation tower includes a controlled freeze zone section having a controlled freeze zone upper section and a controlled freeze zone lower section below the controlled freeze zone upper section. The controlled freeze zone section includes: (a) a spray assembly in the controlled freeze zone upper section; (b) a melt tray assembly in the controlled freeze zone lower section; (c) a feed stream distribution mechanism between the spray assembly and the melt tray assembly. The feed stream distribution mechanism is constructed and arranged to uniformly distribute the feed stream in the controlled freeze zone section.
US10139157B2	NGL recovery from natural gas using a mixed refrigerant An NGL recovery facility for separating ethane and heavier (C2+) components from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream that utilizes a single, closed-loop mixed refrigerant cycle. The vapor and liquid portions of the feed gas stream are isenthalpically flashed and the resulting expanded streams are introduced into the NGL recovery column. Optionally, a second vapor stream can be flashed and then introduced into the recovery column at the same or lower separation stage than the flashed liquid stream. As a result, the NGL recovery facility can optimize C2+ recovery with compression costs.
US10139156B2	LED lighting array system for illuminating a display case An LED lighting array system includes discrete lighting modules spatially arrayed along a support member to provide illumination of items within a display case. The modules have a low overall height that results in them being mounted in a low-profile configuration at various locations along the support member. The modules include a housing with opposed first and second sets of side apertures, a plurality of internal reflecting surfaces associated with the apertures, respectively, an external lens, a multi-sided light engine and a group of side-emitting LEDs. During operation, a first portion of light generated by the side-emitting LEDs is discharged through apertures and the lens into the cooler to illuminate contents therein, while a second portion of light generated by the side-emitting LEDs is redirected by the reflecting surface through said apertures and the lens into the cooler.
US10139152B2	Refrigerator comprising a drawer The present invention relates to a refrigerator (1) comprising a body (2) wherein foodstuffs and beverages are placed; a protector plate (3) placed into the body (2); at least one drawer (4) that is placed under the protector plate (3), wherein fruits and vegetables are placed; a separator plate (6) that is disposed over the protector plate (3) and that has more than one hole (5) enabling the air delivered to the protector plate (3) to at least partially reach the drawer (4); a ceiling (7) that is situated above the separator plate (6) so that there is a distance between the separator plate (6) and the ceiling (7); and at least one air blowing opening (A) enabling cold air to be blown to the protector plate (3).
US10139150B2	Apparatus, method, and system for filtering air to and from a refrigerated compartment of a refrigeration appliance An apparatus, method, or system for filtered air in an interior compartment of a refrigerator. An opening in a wall of the interior liner of the refrigerator defines a channel framing a removable filter cover that tends to be at or near flush with that wall. The filter is positioned behind the cover. The space between the wall opening and the cover functions to provide both air intake into the filter and access lighting around the filter cover.
US10139148B2	Methods and apparatus for cooling liquids in portable containers An assembly for cooling a liquid inside a portable container. According to some implementations the portable container has a heat exchanger assembly disposed therein with the heat exchanger assembly including a coolant pre-cooling assembly. According to the same or other implementations a tortuous coolant fluid passage that runs through at least a portion of the heat exchanger assembly includes one or more constrictions for controlling the evaporation temperature of the coolant along the length of the passage.
US10139146B2	Apparatus and method for driving icemaker of refrigerator An apparatus and a method for driving an icemaker for making ice cubes in a refrigerator. An ice-full state is sensed in such a way as to rotate an ejector and a cam gear in a reverse direction (opposite to an ice-ejecting direction), thereby preventing interference with the ice cubes present in the icemaker and thus enabling the ice-full state to be accurately sensed. A first torsion spring is mounted to an intermediate gear with a small rotation angle ratio to allow only a minimum amount of torque to be transferred to other components such as an ice-detecting lever, thereby increasing the durability of the components and providing a precise rotation force. The axial center of rotation of a second torsion spring is defined at a position that faces the other end (the revolving end) of the ice-detecting lever, to allow a minimum moment to be substantially constantly applied.
US10139139B2	Refrigeration cycle and refrigerator having the same Disclosed herein is a refrigeration cycle includes a first refrigerant circuit configured to cause a refrigerant ejected from a compressor to flow through a condenser, an ejector, a first evaporator, and a second evaporator and flow back to the compressor; a second refrigerant circuit configured to cause the refrigerant to bypass the first evaporator in the first refrigerant circuit; and a third refrigerant circuit branching at a junction provided at a downstream end of the condenser from at least one of the first refrigerant circuit and the second refrigerant circuit, and configured to cause the refrigerant to flow through an expansion device and a third evaporator and flow to the ejector. By such configuration, a coefficient of performance (COP) of a refrigeration cycle may be improved and an ejector may be used to improve energy efficiency.
US10139136B2	Next generation bare wire water heater A heating unit for heating fluid is described having at least one electrical resistance heating element on an outer surface of a tube. At least one indexed groove is provided around a surface of the tube allowing for at least one retention clip to hold the electrical resistance heating element. A heating chamber is also provided to enclose a portion of the tube and to provide a flow channel therebetween. The heating chamber includes an optical sensor to detect overheating of the at least one electrical resistance heating element. Fluid is heated by flowing over the surface of the at least one electrical resistance heating element and through the tube.
US10139129B2	Water heater having thermal displacement conduit A water heater includes a tank containing water to be heated and a thermal displacement conduit communicating between a portion of the tank and a receptacle. Water is displaced out of the portion of the tank, through the conduit, and to the receptacle during thermal expansion of the water during heating.
US10139127B2	Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus includes a burner (11), a heat exchanger (12) accommodated in a casing (20), an exhaust passage (22B) provided to one side surface side of the casing (20), and an exhaust resistance member (5) having a plurality of ventilation ports (50) through which combustion exhaust gas passes, wherein at least one part of the ventilation ports (50) has an elongated hole shape extending in the flow direction of the combustion exhaust gas from beneath the casing (20) to the exhaust passage (22B).
US10139122B2	Diagnostic data bus for acquiring and communicating diagnostic information from HVAC systems A diagnostic data collection device and a diagnostic data bus are disclosed. In an embodiment, the diagnostic data collection device includes a diagnostic communication interface and a flexible interface module. The interface module is configurable to measure one or more electrical properties associated with an HVAC component, such as voltage, current, resistance. Electrical properties may include a sensor output and may include analog and digital signals. The diagnostic data collection device generates an exception message if the sensed property is out of specification. Evaluation rules are provided to detect various types of failures, including transient failures, steady state failures, and trending failures. The diagnostic data collection device self-calibrates by recording electrical properties during normal operation of the HVAC equipment. A plurality of diagnostic data collection devices may be coupled by a diagnostic data bug independent of the HVAC system's control bus, to ensure operational integrity of the diagnostic system.
US10139119B2	Air conditioner and control method thereof Provided is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a humidification medium, a watering housing to spray water to supply moisture to the humidification medium, a watering motor to rotate the watering housing, a blower fan to blow air, a blower motor to rotate the blower fan, an operation module receiving an instruction from a user, a sterilization module to sterilize the humidification medium, and a control unit to control the watering motor, the blower motor, and the sterilization module according to an instruction inputted to the operation module. Herein, the control unit stops an operation of the watering motor according to the instruction inputted to the operation module, operates the blower motor and the sterilization module when the sterilizing dry mode is set, and stops the operation of the sterilization module after a predetermined sterilizing dry time elapses.
US10139117B2	Wall-mounted smart dehumidifier According to an embodiment of the present invention, a dehumidifier comprises a cooling water vessel containing cooling water, a dehumidifying space formed above the cooling water vessel to which air is introduced through an air inlet, a thermoelectric device including a heating part heating the air and a cooling part cooling the cooling water, a water pump circulating the cooling water through the thermoelectric device, a first fan disposed adjacent the air inlet to cause the air to flow through the dehumidifying space, and a controller controlling the thermoelectric device, the water pump, and the first fan.
US10139113B2	Tabletop cooking assembly A tabletop cooking assembly for preparing foods thereon comprises a cooking element having a cooking area and a vent disposed peripherally to one side of the cooking element defining an aperture for receiving smoke from the cooking element. The assembly includes a first exhaust duct, a filter assembly, an electrostatic precipitator, and a high velocity blower. The first exhaust duct is substantially unobstructed and in fluid communication with the vent for directing smoke away from the cooking element. The high velocity blower is in fluid communication with the first exhaust duct and the filter assembly for drawing smoke from the cooking element through the vent. The heating system includes a retaining plate, a plurality of heating strips, and an insulating material. The heating strips are disposed between the retaining plate and the heating surface to heat the cooking area for preparing foods thereon.
US10139110B2	Bearing element to cushion axial displacements of a sliding traverse of an injection system for a turbomachine A turbomachine combustion chamber, comprises a fuel injector nozzle and an injection system. The injection system comprises a sliding traverse, means for maintaining the sliding traverse and a supporting sole for the sliding traverse. The injection system comprises means for recalling the sliding traverse configured to stress the supporting sole against axial displacements of the sliding traverse relatively to the means for maintaining. The outer connection surface of the injector nozzle and/or at least one portion of the internal centring surface of the sliding traverse narrow in the downstream direction, in such a way as to retain the injector nozzle relatively to the sliding traverse axially in the downstream direction.
US10139107B2	Combustion controlling system A combustion controlling system according to the present invention provides a signal path for transmitting an ignition preparation signal SA output from a master device to a transmission line through cascade-connected slave devices. Then, each of the slave devices determines whether each of the slave devices outputs the ignition preparation signal to a subsequent device, or not, based on whether there is a flame of the corresponding burner, or not, at the time of igniting the burners, and the master device opens a safety shutoff valve on the condition that an ignition preparation signal SAo has been input from the transmission line.
US10139105B2	Metal-ceramic compound grate bar for waste incineration A grate bar configured to include a reinforcement structure of sheet metal and structured to be manufacture at a reduced cost while exhibiting reduced wear and enhanced resistivity to hear and corrosives. A metal-ceramic compound grate (for example—an incinerator grate) utilizing such a grate bar. An incinerator and a cooling grate including such grate bar.
US10139101B2	Personal defense device A personal defense device which is easy to hold, target and actuate includes means for releasing attack repellant chemical from a canister in a direction in which the device is aimed. Further, the personal defense device includes an alarm, a flash light source, a battery indicator, a target pointer and a canister containing the attack repellant chemical to stun, disorient or disable an attacker and/or to attract the attention of nearby persons for assistance especially in an emergency.
US10139098B2	Sealed LED light module A sealed LED light module comprises a base plate, having at least one LED, and a cover providing a base plate support. The base plate is located on the cover to define an inner space which is sealed against the environment. For sealing the cover has at least one sidewall, which defines a trench together with at least one base plate support, and the trench holds a seal which interacts with at least one edge of the base plate and the surface of the trench to seal the inner space against the environment.
US10139086B2	Light fixture having retractable front panel surface A light fixture which is configured to be embedded in a surface is provided. The light fixture includes a light source and a front panel located in front of the light source. A frame is in contact with a front panel surface of the front panel. A pressure mechanism is configured to press the front panel surface against the frame. A fixing piece is provided at a position opposite to the front panel. The fixing piece extends outward from the base surface side to fix the frame to an external structure. The pressure mechanism is retractable by a distance greater than a thickness of the front panel when a pushing force is applied to the front panel surface. The front panel is movable in a direction perpendicular to a retractable direction of the pressure mechanism when the pressure mechanism is retracted.
US10139085B2	Lamp device with lampshade fastened via arm latch A lamp device includes a lamp seat, a lampshade having an inner inclined surface and defining an opening, and a securing unit having a cover shell and a plurality of locking mechanisms. The cover shell is disposed in the opening and connected to a mounting plate of the lamp seat. Each locking mechanism has a locking member having a ring portion that is disposed rotatably in a respective one of receiving notches of the cover shell, and an arm portion that is co-rotatable with the ring portion between an unlocked position, and a locked position where the arm portion is disposed outside of the respective one of the receiving notches and abuts against the inner inclined surface, such that the lampshade is fastened to the lamp seat.
US10139084B2	Assembly fixture and assembly method for backlight module The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assembly fixture and assembly method for a backlight module, so as to improve assembly efficiency and assembly yield of the backlight module. The assembly fixture includes: a vision alignment system for acquiring a first coordinate information of the set of optical elements and a second coordinate information of the back plate, calculating a fitting location coordinate information depending on the first coordinate information and the second coordinate information, and sending the fitting location coordinate information to a manipulator; and a manipulator for aligning the set of optical elements with the back plate depending on the fitting location coordinate information, and embedding a protrusion structure of the set of optical elements into a groove structure of the back plate by a preset tilt angle, and then laying the set of optical elements on the back plate.
US10139082B2	Planar OLED lamp module The present invention discloses a planar OLED lamp module, containing a planar OLED lamp and a lamp module. The planar OLED lamp module adopts the separable design which has electrical connecting function through elastic metal units. The planar OLED lamp can be removed or dismantled during production assembly and maintenance more easily and quickly, therefore the cost can be significantly down.
US10139078B2	Compact optical assembly for LED light sources A compact optical assembly includes a linear array of LEDs, a plurality of reflectors, a plurality of lenses, and a cover. The reflectors include two reflecting surfaces that surround the LED light sources. One of the reflecting surfaces is defined by an arc of an ellipse that narrows into a throat in the axial direction away from the LED light source and cooperates with the other reflecting surface and the lens to create a collimated beam of light.
US10139075B2	Reflective light guide tube and LED light source, and optical system A reflective light guide includes a cylinder enclosed by more than three reflecting plates which connected with each other in turn. The reflecting plate includes a plate body and a reflecting layer arranged on the plate body, along the exit direction of light. The cylinder includes a light inlet part, a light reflecting part and a light outlet part in turn, wherein the light outlet part larger than the light inlet part such that the cylinder being cone shaped. The LED light source with a reflective light guide tube includes a LED light source and a reflective light guide tube. The optical system includes a reflective light guide tube, a LED light source and an optical assembly.
US10139074B2	Vehicular light guide member and vehicular lighting equipment The invention is a light guide member that utilizes total reflection to guide light. An entry surface, an exit surface, a main reflection portion, a secondary reflection portion, and a linking portion are provided. The main reflection portion has a main reflection surface. The secondary reflection portion has a secondary reflection surface. The linking portion is provided between the main reflection portion and the secondary reflection portion. As a result of the present invention, mold machining is straightforward, and the flow of resin material during casting is adequate.
US10139069B2	Partially aluminized lens for automotive lamp A partially aluminized lens for an automotive lamp which is set in front of the automotive lamp light source and comprised of a light-incident surface and a light-emitting surface forming the main light shape, and the reflection surface forming the auxiliary light shape. The aforesaid light-incident surface and the light-emitting surface forming the main light shape is completed by a plano-convex lens. The aforesaid reflection surface forming the auxiliary light shape is completed by a reflection frame integrated and provided with the plano-convex lens, and the aforesaid reflection frame is formed by partial aluminization.
US10139067B2	Laser car lamp A laser car lamp includes a plurality of laser diodes, at least one light guide element, a phosphor element, and a lens. The light guide element has a laser light incident surface and a laser light exit surface. The phosphor element is located adjacent to the laser light exit surface of the light guide element, and the lens is located adjacent to the laser light incident surface of the light guide element. In addition, the laser diodes are arranged around the laser light incident surface of the light guide element.
US10139058B2	Ornament with backlit film image An ornament with a backlit film image having a curved substrate with a smooth surface and an at least partially transparent portion viewable therethrough when backlit. The backlit film image includes a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, wherein one of the flat top surface or the flat bottom surface is positioned flush against the smooth surface of the curved substrate when the backlit film image is removably coupled thereto. A first end cap and a second end cap are configured to receive and retain a portion of the substrate such that the first and second end caps and the substrate support one another into a substantially upright position to define an enclosure. An insert removably engages one of the first or second end caps and includes an aperture having a size and shape for compression-fit engagement with a light source.
US10139056B2	LED lamps with improved quality of light LED lamp systems having improved light quality are disclosed. The lamps emit more than 500 lm and more than 2% of the power in the spectral power distribution is emitted within a wavelength range from about 390 nm to about 430 nm.
US10139046B2	Biased-axis rotational frame mounting system An apparatus for mounting objects disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a first mounting arm comprising a first portion affixed to a first surface and a second portion coupled to a frame, wherein the second portion is rotatably coupled to the first portion; and a second mounting arm comprising a first portion affixed to a second surface and a second portion coupled to the frame, wherein the second portion is rotatably coupled to the first portion. The first mounting arm and the second mounting arm define an axis of rotation about which the frame rotates, wherein the axis of rotation comprises a first angle relative to the first surface and a second angle relative to the second surface, wherein the first angle and the second angle are substantially congruent and less than 90-degrees.
US10139038B2	Support apparatus A fixture member includes: a pillar having a substantially horizontal sectional shape that is a U-shape; a plurality of chip portions fixed in the pillar; and an opening formed by a lower surface of one chip portion, an upper surface of another chip portion, and opposed inner side surfaces of the pillar. A support member is detachably attached to the opening. A receiving member is fixed to the support member. The chip portion has an upper slope surface, a first horizontal surface, and a lower slope surface. The support member has: a first contact surface to contact with the lower slope surface; a second contact surface to contact with the upper slope surface; a third contact surface to contact with the first horizontal surface; and a fourth contact surface and a fifth contact surface to contact with the opposed inner side surfaces of the fixture member.
US10139030B2	Cured-in-place pipe unit and rehabilitation Apparatus and methodology for installing and curing of “Cured-in-place” pipe, mounted unitarily as a mobile unit having a pressurization system such as a low pressure-high volume blower system, a low-NOx burner system, a power system such as a hydraulic reservoir, electrical and/or motor driven, and a burner chamber system.
US10139024B2	Pressing jaw, method for producing a non-detachable pipe joint, fitting and system consisting of a pressing jaw and a fitting A cheek plate for producing a non-detachable pipe joint having an upper cheek half and a lower cheek half, at least one swivel pin which pivotally mounts at least one cheek half, and a receiving region formed between the upper cheek half and the lower cheek half and having a receiving region axis, the at least one cheek half being able to pivot between an open position and a closed position substantially transversely with respect to the receiving region axis. The problem of providing a cheek plate such that the cheek plate permits pressing transverse to the receiving region axis and at the same time a reduction in workpiece size is permitted is solved in that at least one pushing unit is provided, the pushing unit being displaceable at least partially in parallel with the receiving region axis.
US10139022B2	Heatable pipe A heatable pipe contains a layer (layer I) of a moulding compound containing at least 40 wt. % of the following components: 1) 60 to 99 parts by wt. of a copolyamide based on hexamethylenediamine, terephthalic acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 19 carbon atoms, and 2) 40 to 1 parts by wt. of an olefinic copolymer as impact modifier, wherein the parts by wt. of 1) and 2) sum to 100; and a conductor for electrical current which is embedded between an electrically insulating outer layer and an electrically insulating inner layer. The heatable pipe exhibits a high heat distortion temperature, very good impact resistance and a high elongation at break and is used for producing an SCR conduit, a conduit for diesel fuel or a conduit for a fuel cell system.
US10139020B2	Low temperature fluid dual structure pipe and low temperature fluid dual structure storage tank A low temperature fluid dual structure pipe includes: an inner pipe through which a low temperature fluid flows; and an outer pipe externally fitted to the inner pipe with a sealed tubular space therebetween. An inactive gas having a melting point and a boiling point each of which is equal to or higher than a temperature of the low temperature fluid is filled in the tubular space between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. When the low temperature fluid flows through the inner pipe, the inactive gas is liquefied or solidified, and therefore, at least one of a liquefied inactive gas layer and a solidified inactive gas layer is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner pipe. As a result, a pseudo vacuum layer that is in a substantially vacuum state is formed in the tubular space.
US10139019B2	Polymer-lined pipes and fittings with replaceable components A pipe or fitting having a polymer liner and a replaceable component including an outer ring having an outside diameter matching the inside diameter of the pipe or fitting, a polymer liner bonded to the outer ring and having an inside diameter matching the inside diameter of the liner of the pipe or fitting. The replaceable component is disposed in an inlet or outlet of the pipe or fitting so as to form a continuous bore lined with a polymer.
US10139017B2	Suspended pipe assembly A suspended pipe assembly comprising a first suspended pipe, a second suspended pipe, a third suspended pipe, and a number of suspenders for suspending the pipes from an elevated pipe or pipes of a mobile irrigation system or other fluid distribution system. The first suspended pipe and second suspended pipe are connected together via a fixed joint. The second suspended pipe and third suspended pipe are connected together via a live joint such that the second suspended pipe and third suspended pipe can expand longitudinally relative to each other. Additional suspended pipes can be connected to each other via alternating fixed and live joints. The suspenders allow the suspended pipes to expand longitudinally relative to the elevated pipe and prevents the suspended pipes from warping side-to-side.
US10139016B1	Garden hose support assembly A garden hose support assembly for holding a garden hose above ground includes a hold attached to a support. The hold forming a receiving space for receiving a hose. The hold includes a first arm, a second arm and a middle arm extending between and being attached to the first arm and the second arm. The first arm and the second arm are angularly positionable relative to the middle arm. A plurality of rollers is provided. Each of the first arm, the second arm and the middle arm has one of the rollers positioned thereon. The rollers are rotatable with respect to the hold. A mount is attached to a distal end of the first arm relative to the middle arm. The mount engages a vertically oriented surface such that the hold extends laterally away from the vertically oriented surface.
US10139012B2	Integrated heater and magnetic separator An apparatus for providing thermal and magnetic energy to a receptacle containing a reaction mixture and a magnetic retention member. The apparatus can also control heating of a reaction mixture, and bring about a separation of magnetic particles from the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture typically comprises polynucleotides from a biological sample that are being brought into a PCR-ready form.
US10139011B2	Self-heat-dissipation pressure-reducing valve A self-heat-dissipation pressure-reducing valve includes: a heat-dissipation valve core, an upper valve deck, a guiding valve deck, a valve body, a heat-dissipation valve seat, an air guide hood, and a turbine-type heat dissipation device. The heat-dissipation valve core is formed by a valve core composed of a heat pipe, and valve core heat-dissipation fins. The heat-dissipation valve seat includes a valve seat pocket, a valve seat shell, heat pipes, and valve seat heat-dissipation fins. An outer circumferential surface of the valve seat pocket is wound with multiple heat pipes fixed to the valve seat heat-dissipation fins. The turbine-type heat dissipation device includes a fan shell provided at a medium inlet, and a turbine. The turbine is lashed by a medium to turn the fan shell, and wind is guided in one direction through the external air guide hood to implement heat dissipation.
US10139009B2	Electromagnetic valve An electromagnetic valve includes: a housing, a ball valve, a ball guide to hold the ball valve, a shaft that displaces the ball valve; an electromagnetic solenoid part that drives the shaft; a seat component; and a seal member. The seat component has a cylindrical portion disposed inside of the housing, and has a predetermined depth in an axial direction. An inflow valve port passes through a first end of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction. The seal member is coupled with an outer circumference part of the housing at a position corresponding to the cylindrical portion.
US10139008B2	Solenoid spool valve A spool valve includes a valve housing and a spool. The spool is slidable in an axial direction in the valve housing. A linear solenoid drives the spool against a spring. The valve housing has a feedback chamber to apply a force to the spool, an input port to receive a hydraulic pressure, an output port to produce an output pressure according to an axial position of the spool, and an drain port to exhaust oil to an outside. The spool valve has multiple supply paths to cause oil to flow from the input port to the output port and/or multiple exhaust paths to cause oil to flow from the output port to the drain port.
US10139006B2	Solenoid valve device A solenoid valve device may include a solenoid unit including a rod pin movable; a cylindrical core arranged around the rod pin; a bobbin covering a side surface of the cylindrical core; a coil wound around the bobbin; and a case having a bottom and being cylindrical, having an opening portion at one axial end, and arranged to accommodate the rod pin, the cylindrical core, the bobbin, and the coil; and a nozzle unit. The nozzle unit may include a nozzle having a pin receiving portion and a port opening portion; a first port and a second port; a valve body arranged in the nozzle; and a first metal member fixed to an end portion of the nozzle. The solenoid unit may include a positioning contact portion; and the case may include a fixing portion to fix the first metal member between the positioning contact portion and the fixing portion.
US10139003B2	Lip seal for water pump Disclosed is a lip seal for water pump made of a rubber-like elastic material, fixed to a housing as a fixed side and in sliding contact with a shaft rotating relative to the housing; the lip seal having sliding surface with a surface roughness Ra (according to JIS B0601 corresponding to ISO 4287) of 1 to 30 μm, being obtained by vulcanization-molding of a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the rubber-like elastic material, 1 to 150 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, 5 to 90 parts by weight of a non-reinforcing filler having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a coupling agent, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. The lip seal effects to prevent softening and volume swelling of the rubber-like elastic material and furthermore the generation of deposits in the rotating shaft, which are problematic for rotation torque and LLC resistance.
US10139002B1	Gasket equipped with bead with different hardness A gasket includes at least one metal plate formed of a martensitic stainless steel plate and clamped between two members fastened by fastening devices, a cylinder bore provided in the metal member, a seal bead protruding outwardly from a flat surface of the metal plate, and annularly surrounding the cylinder bore, the seal bead having a top portion and two side portions arranged at two sides of the top portion, and insertion holes for the fastening devices to pass through, provided around the cylinder bore. The seal bead has a high hardness portion having a hardness higher than that in a portion of the metal plate other than the high hardness portion. The high hardness portion has a thickness gradually reduced toward a boundary between the high hardness portion and the portion other than the high hardness portion.
US10138992B2	Damper pulley assembly for vehicle A damper pulley assembly for a vehicle is provided and includes a crank shaft of an engine of the vehicle, a hub that is coupled to the crank shaft and configured to be rotated, a pulley that is coupled to an exterior surface of the hub and configured to be integrally rotated with the hub and an oil seal that is disposed between the hub and an interior of a cylinder block configured to prevent engine oil leakage in the cylinder block. The hub has an abrasion prevention component formed on an exterior circumference surface on which the oil seal is disposed, and the abrasion prevention component prevents separation of the oil seal. Thus, a friction coefficient of a portion where a contact with the oil seal is concentrated is reduced and abrasion of a shaft is reduced by applying an anti-abrasion coating to improve hardness.
US10138990B2	Rock shaft and steering system A rack shaft of the present invention includes: an effective rack tooth row formed by plastic deformation of a shaft member and having a plurality of rack teeth that mesh with a pinion; a ball screw portion having no rack tooth; an ineffective rack tooth that is formed between the effective rack tooth row and the ball screw portion and that does not mesh with the pinion; and a padding portion that extends from an end of the ball screw portion toward the ineffective rack tooth and that covers at least a part of the ineffective rack tooth.
US10138989B2	Steering system with low-bulk mechanical differential The present invention relates to a low-bulk steering system with mechanical differential for eliminating at least some of the disadvantages of the prior art by proposing a steering system with mechanical differential having architecture proposing reduced bulk in particular in the axis of the wheels enabling installation in vehicles having a smaller path.
US10138988B2	Hydrokinetic torque coupling device having turbine-piston lockup clutch, and related methods A hydrokinetic torque coupling device features an impeller, a casing having a first engagement surface, a damper assembly, a turbine-piston including a drive component with a second engagement surface, and a clutch plate having clutch plate engagement surfaces interposed between and axially movable relative to at least one of the first and second clutch plate engagement surfaces. The turbine-piston is axially displaceable relative to the casing to move the second engagement surface axially towards and away from the first engagement surface for positioning the hydrokinetic torque coupling device into and out of a lockup mode in which the first and second engagement surfaces and the clutch plate engagement surfaces frictionally interlock with one another to non-rotatably lock the casing relative to the input part of the damper assembly.
US10138985B2	Deflector for ball screw mechanism and ball screw mechanism In a multi-piece deflector for a ball screw mechanism, the positioning precision of a tongue with respect to a ball rolling passage can be improved, balls can be recirculated in a proper manner at all times, and damages to the tongue can be avoided. A deflector main body (40) which is fitted to the nut (7) is provided with a tongue (50) and a main body side ball guide groove (51) defining a part of a circular cross section, and a component piece (60) which is fitted to the deflector main body (40) is provided with a component piece side ball guide groove (68) defining a remaining part of the circular cross section.
US10138976B2	Valve A valve includes a valve disc that partitions one chamber and another chamber. The valve disc includes annular bosses and seats at each of the one chamber side and the other chamber side, and an auxiliary seat at the other chamber side. The boss is formed to support leaf valves. The seats are formed on outer peripheral sides of the respective bosses. At least one of the seats is disposed to project with respect to the boss of the corresponding chamber side. An outer peripheral end of the seat on the one chamber side is disposed on an outer peripheral side with respect to an outer peripheral end of the seat on the other chamber side. The auxiliary seat is formed on an outer peripheral side of the seat, and have a height equal to or greater than that of the seat on the other chamber side.
US10138975B2	Pressure buffer device and flow path forming member One embodiment provides a pressure buffer device including: a cylinder that stores fluid; a flow path forming portion that forms a flow path; and an opening-closing portion that opens and closes the flow path of the flow path forming portion. The fluid flows through the flow path forming portion in accordance with relative movement of a rod with respect to the cylinder in an axial direction of the cylinder. The flow path forming portion includes an annular first protruded portion and an annular second protruded portion protruded in the axial direction in opposite sides respectively. The second protruded portion has an axial end located at a radially outer side of the first protruded portion, and a tilt portion formed at least at a part of a radially-inner part of the second protruded portion.
US10138973B2	Fluid damper device and apparatus with damper A fluid damper device and an apparatus with thereof are provided. In this fluid damper device, a protruded part of a valve body protrudes from a base part toward an outer side in the radial direction of the turning shaft, and toward one side around an axial line of the turning shaft, and a valve body support part of the turning shaft is equipped with a base part support part between a first protruded part and a second protruded part. An end part on an outer side in the radial direction of the first protruded part is provided with an inclined surface inclined with respect to an inner side portion of the valve body, and a space between the inner side portion and the end part increases from a second direction toward the first direction when the valve body is in the open position.
US10138971B1	Dispensing pump with polymer compression spring assemby A dispensing pump includes a polymer compression spring assembly. The dispensing pump includes a pump base, and a dispensing head having a piston stem. The polymer compression spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element and first and second loading cones received at opposing ends of the slotted tubular spring element. The first loading cone is fixed relative to the pump base while the second loading cone is axially movable with the piston stem and dispensing head. The tubular spring element is disposed coaxially about the piston stem between the cones. When the dispensing head is compressed, the loading cones axially compress toward each other whereby the slotted tubular spring element radially expands to create an opposing contraction force, and in turn, an axial extension force. When released, the spring element elastically contracts to its at rest shape, returning the loading cones and dispensing head to their at rest positions.
US10138970B2	Coil spring A coil spring has an effective section that functions as a spring when a load in a coil axis direction has been applied, end turn sections that are formed on both ends of the effective section, and rising sections that are formed between the effective section and the end turn sections, wherein the rising sections are formed in such a way that, when θ1 represents the pitch angle of the rising sections and θ2 represents the pitch angle of the effective section, pitch angle θ1>pitch angle θ2 holds true in at least one of the rising sections.
US10138965B2	Disk brake A disk brake allowing a connector terminal (255) and a joining terminal (256) to be easily positioned in a width direction thereof and a direction toward an opening portion of a housing, because the joining terminal fixed to one end of a harness includes individual protruding portions (265) and a pair of biasing portions (264). Further, due to each of the biasing portions, the connector terminal and the joining terminal can be brought into close contact with each other. Further, due to the protruding portions of the joining terminal, an end (258A) of the connector terminal and an end (268A) of a contact surface portion (263) can be brought into alignment with each other, which facilitates formation of such a welded portion (266) that extends over the respective ends, and thus achieves a secure connection between the connector terminal and the joining terminal.
US10138962B2	Disc brake and brake pad set for a disc brake A sliding caliper disk brake is provided, in which a stationary brake carrier configured to carry a brake caliper includes two pairs of carrier horns, one pair of which supports a reaction-side brake pad and one pair of which supports an application side brake pad. The spacing between the reaction-side pair of carrier horns is larger than the spacing between the application-side pair of carrier horns. The reaction-side brake pad and reaction-side pair of carrier horns may be shorter than the corresponding application-side brake pad and carrier horns. The arrangement of the brake carrier, the brake caliper and the brake pads permits reduction in disk brake weight, cost and brake carrier stresses while providing desired brake thermal, mechanical and service life performance.
US10138958B2	Method of learning touch point of clutch A method for learning a touch point of a clutch may include a step of outputting a first control signal for controlling a touch point learning mode to be entered if a preset condition is satisfied, a step of calculating a reference value by dividing a difference value between rotational speed of a drive shaft clutch and rotational speed of a non-drive shaft clutch by a difference value between rotational speed of an engine and the rotational speed of the drive shaft clutch, a step of outputting a second control signal for moving the non-drive shaft clutch toward the engine if the reference value is less than a preset threshold value and a step of determining a position of the non-drive shaft clutch at a time when the reference value reaches the preset threshold value to be the touch point.
US10138956B1	System and method for controlling a damper bypass clutch to provide friction damping in a connection between an engine and a transmission A system according to the present disclosure includes an engine speed module and a damper control module. The engine speed module is configured to determine a speed of an engine. The damper control module is configured to (i) fully engage a damper bypass clutch of a damper assembly to fully bypass a damper of the damper assembly when the engine is starting and the engine speed is less than a first speed, and (ii) partially engage the damper bypass clutch to partially bypass the damper when the engine speed is greater than or equal to the first speed. The engine is connected to a transmission through the damper when the damper bypass clutch is at least partially disengaged. The damper bypass clutch connects the engine and the transmission to one another independent of the damper when the damper bypass clutch is fully engaged.
US10138954B2	Rotation transmission device A rotation transmission device includes an inner ring provided on an input shaft, an outer ring provided on an output shaft, rollers mounted between the inner periphery of the outer ring and the outer periphery of the inner ring, an electromagnet as a driving source for moving a roller retainer mounted at the end portion of the housing on the side of the input shaft, a first bearing mounted between the electromagnet and the input shaft, a second bearing mounted between the end portion of the housing on a side of the output shaft and the output shaft, and a third bearing mounted between the inner ring and the outer ring. The rotation transmission device further includes a fourth bearing configured to prevent inclination of the axes of the input shaft and the output shaft relative to each other.
US10138951B2	Dual clutch A dual clutch having a first clutch which has a first pressure plate that is movable axially relative to a first counterplate for coupling a first clutch disk that is connected to a first output shaft, a second clutch, which has a second pressure plate that is axially movable relative to a second counterplate for coupling a second clutch disk that is connected to a second output shaft, a torsional vibration damper situated in the direction of flux force between the input shaft and the first counterplate wherein the torsional vibration damper includes a dual mass flywheel with a bow spring running in the circumferential direction to transmit torque, where the flux of force is introducible radially on the outside from the input shaft to the first counterplate into the dual mass flywheel, and is dispersible radially on the inside to the bow spring.
US10138949B2	Friction engagement element A wet friction engagement element including a drum having a cylindrical drum portion; a hub having a cylindrical hub portion; an annular friction plate fitted in an inner periphery of the drum portion and having a friction material bonded to its surface; and an annular separator plate fitted on an outer periphery of the hub portion and capable of frictionally engaging with the friction plate.
US10138945B2	Flexible coupling A flexible coupling includes a flexible torque disc comprising a plurality of mount points and a first coupling member mounted to a first subset of said mount points. The coupling also includes one or more second coupling members each mounted to a second subset of said mount points. The first coupling member comprises one or more flanges substantially parallel with said torque disc and the one or more second coupling members each has a groove engaging with said one or more flanges so as to limit the displacement of said first coupling member with respect to said second coupling member.
US10138943B2	Drivetrain component connecting system A vehicle includes a first drivetrain component and a second drivetrain component. The first drivetrain component defines a splined orifice. The second drivetrain component has a shaft that includes splines that are configured to clearance-fit the splined orifice upon engagement up to a first length and interference-fit the splined orifice upon engagement beyond the first length. Engagement of the splines and the splined orifice at substantially the first length counteracts loads perpendicular to an axis of the shaft preventing disengagement of the first and second drivetrain components.
US10138942B2	Passive fault-tolerant shaft seal configuration Disclosed herein is a shaft seal system comprising a first ball bearing, a second ball bearing, a primary shaft seal, and a secondary shaft seal. The secondary shaft seal may be inboard with respect to said primary shaft seal. The shaft seal system can define a leak chamber of a first diameter between said primary shaft seal and a secondary shaft seal. A plurality of O-rings may be further provided between an outer surface of said shaft seal system and said shaft system.
US10138933B2	Device for adjusting the bearing play of components that are mounted such that they can rotate coaxially in relation to one another, and assembly of components that are mounted such that they can rotate coaxially in relation to one another A device for adjusting the bearing play of components mounted coaxially rotatable to one another and rotatably joined to one another via two axially separated roller bearings is operatively connected to one roller bearing by an end side and to a counter bearing by the opposing end side. The device is formed by two coaxially adjacent rings on one of the components. Each opposing end surface thereof has at least one contour projecting from the plane of the end surfaces. At least one contour has an incline on which the at least one opposing contour slides. One ring is operatively connected to the counter bearing by the other end surface. The other ring is operatively connected to the roller bearing. A device for mutual radial rotation and a device for locking the axially moving ring in the assumed axial position are on both rings.
US10138930B2	Natural gas hydrate tank container loading system enabling automated connection of electric power line and boil-off gas pipe The present invention relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present invention provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system which enables automated connection of an electric power line and a boil-off pipe, and may automatically connect an electric power line and automatically connect the pipe by simultaneously stacking respective natural gas hydrate tank containers, in order to solve problems of a transportation method using the existing natural gas hydrate tank containers in the related art in that an operation of connecting an electric power line to a refrigerator for minimizing the occurrence of boil-off gas and maintaining a phase equilibrium condition in the tank containers and an operation of connecting the pipe for discharging the boil-off gas need to be manually and individually performed for long-distance transportation of a large amount of natural gas hydrate by using a ship, which causes an inconvenience.
US10138927B2	Ball joint connector A ball joint connector for connecting an elongated element to a ball pin includes a socket having a cylindrical cavity for receiving a ball of a ball pin with an opening at one end and a dome-shaped end wall at the opposite end, and a clip disposed at least partially within the cavity and dimensioned to encompass more than the upper hemisphere of the ball, the clip being moveable between a locking position and a retracted assembly/disassembly position characterized in that the clip is arranged to extend, in its locking position, in abutment with the surface of a ball received in the cavity on opposing sides of the ball on each side over a portion of the upper hemisphere and with its lower end portion over an adjoining surface portion of the lower hemisphere.
US10138923B2	Self locking safety spring clip Described is a self locking safety spring clip including at least a main body (21) provided with an opening (38) designed to receive a ring. The main body (21) houses a first locking element (25) equipped at an end with a hook-shaped part or hook (26) and rotatable about a first pin (27) integral with the main body, as well as a second locking element (29) opposite the previous one, rotatable about a second pin (30) integral with the main body, the second locking element (29) being equipped with a magnetic element (31) designed to attract the ring thus facilitating the coupling and simultaneously the locking to the hook-shaped part or hook (26).
US10138921B2	Connecting element, use and method A connecting element, the use thereof and a method for connecting plate shaped workpieces are proposed. The connecting element comprises a multiplicity of closed encircling annular projections, which are arranged in such a way that the spacing between adjacent annular projections changes along a circumference or that adjacent annular projections are arranged parallel to one another or obliquely to the longitudinal axis. The connecting element is rotated and pressed into contact to produce a hole and, after the production of the hole, is subjected only to axial contact pressure and is then twisted to lock.
US10138909B2	Multi-cylinder assembly A multi-cylinder assembly includes a cylinder assembly defining a bore and a piston-rod assembly slidably disposed in the bore of the cylinder assembly. The piston-rod assembly includes a piston rod, a piston-rod sleeve and a retainer. The piston rod includes a piston head, a first rod extending outwardly from the piston head and a rod extension extending outwardly from the first rod. The piston-rod sleeve is disposed about the rod extension of the piston rod. The piston-rod sleeve includes a head portion and a rod portion. The retainer is engaged to the rod extension. The retainer prohibits axial movement of the piston-rod sleeve.
US10138908B2	Miniature high pressure pump and electrical hydraulic actuation system Methods and apparatus pertaining to positive displacement pumps, and further to hydraulic actuation systems. In some embodiments the pumps are gear pumps with bi-directional operation. In some embodiments the actuation system includes a motor-driven, reversible operation gear pump providing fluid under pressure to a rod and cylinder.
US10138907B2	Rotary energy recovery device A rotary energy recovery device (11) wherein a multi-channel cylindrical rotor (15) revolves with its end faces (32) juxtaposed in sealing relationship with end surfaces (33) of a pair of flanking end covers (19, 21), and wherein inlet and outlet fluid passageways (27, 29) are provided in each end cover. Fluid may be directed into the rotor channels (16) and allowed to exit therefrom in an axial direction parallel to the axis of the rotor; however, rotor revolution is self-driven as a result of the interior design of the channels (16) which extend axially through the rotor and are shaped so that fluid flow therethrough creates a torque.
US10138905B2	Washer pump apparatus for vehicle provided with improved water-proof structure Provided is a washer pump apparatus for a vehicle, the washer pump apparatus having an improved waterproof structure. The water pump apparatus includes a pump housing including a washer liquid inlet, a washer liquid outlet, a closed lower portion, an impeller, and a motor configured to rotate the impeller, a terminal cap coupled to an upper portion of the pump housing and forming a waterproof structure, the terminal including a structure for connection to a waterproof connector, and an air vent for communication of an outer space of the terminal cap with an inner space, wherein a membrane member including multiple pores that block water molecules and allow passage of air molecules therethrough is placed in the air vent.
US10138904B2	Inlet particle separator system with high curvature hub An inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes a hub section, a shroud section, and a splitter. The hub section has a hub outer surface that diverges, relative to the axis of symmetry, to a hub apex. The shroud section has a shroud inner surface that surrounds, and is spaced apart from, at least a portion of the hub section to define a main flow passageway between the hub outer surface and the shroud inner surface. The splitter is disposed downstream of the air inlet and extends into the main flow passageway to divide the main flow passageway into a scavenge flow path and an engine flow path. The hub section and the shroud section are configured such that the cross sectional flow area of the main flow passageway decreases downstream of the air inlet to define a throat section that is disposed upstream of the hub apex.
US10138901B2	Systems and methods for implementing a fan array with quick connect and modular control A fan array is provided having a frame including a plurality of frame members. The frame members are joined to define a plurality of chambers. Each of a plurality of fan units is configured to be positioned in one of the plurality of chambers. Each fan unit has a motor. A plurality of local motor controllers are joined to corresponding motors. The local motor controllers are configured to control an operation of the corresponding fan unit. A master controller is configured to communicate with the local motor controllers. The master controller is configured to provide the local motor controllers with target operating parameters for the corresponding fan units.
US10138900B2	Gas turbine comprising a compressor casing with an inlet opening for tempering the compressor casing and use of the gas turbine A gas turbine includes at least one rotor assembly and at least one compressor casing. The compressor casing has at least one inner compressor casing chamber for arranging the rotor assembly and at least one outer compressor casing chamber for tempering the compressor casing. The inner and outer compressor casing chambers are separated from each other by a separating casing wall. The outer compressor casing chamber has at least one boundary casing wall. The boundary casing wall and the separating casing wall are oppositely spaced such that the outer compressor casing chamber is formed. The boundary casing wall has at least one inlet opening for leading in an inlet tempering gas flow with tempering gas into the outer compressor casing chamber such that a tangential material temperature variation of the compressor casing is reduced in comparison to a non tempered compressor casing.
US10138896B2	Recessed motor ceiling fan A ceiling fan system wherein the motor of the ceiling fan is housed between the ceiling and the roof of an enclosure within which the ceiling fan is to be used, thereby disposing the motor out of view of occupants within the enclosure where the ceiling fan is being used.
US10138895B2	Fan rotor mechanism A fan rotor mechanism includes a fan impeller, a case and an adhesive body. The fan impeller has a hub and multiple fan blades. The hub has a first top section and a first peripheral section together defining a receiving space for receiving the case. The case has a receptacle for receiving therein at least one magnetic component. The case and the magnetic component define therebetween a filling gap. The case is formed with at least one perforation in communication with the filling gap. The adhesive body is filled up in the filling gap. By means of the structural design of the fan rotor mechanism, the fan rotor mechanism is applicable to various magnetic components with different sizes. Therefore, is unnecessary to manufacture different sizes of molds for different sizes of cases so that the fan rotor mechanism has high universality and is manufactured at lower cost.
US10138891B2	Double suction pump with agitators A double suction centrifugal pump is provided. An impeller is mounted inside a pump housing, which is mounted inside a three-dimensional frame made of two end plates connected by crossbars. The pump housing has opposing inlet openings on opposite sides of the housing so that fluid is sucked into the housing from both sides and discharged by the impeller. The impeller is mounted on a driveshaft that extends through the dual inlet openings and openings in each of the end plates. Dual hydraulic motors are mounted on the exterior of each respective end plate and cooperatively rotate the driveshaft. Agitators are attached to the driveshaft and rotate with the driveshaft. The agitators macerate solids such as vegetation or other organic matter so that the solid matter does not clog the pump intakes. The pump is effective for dredging and pumping sand and other abrasive solids and in severe service applications of high viscosity, high density fluids.
US10138886B2	Microfluidic pump A microfluidic pump composed of a cylindrical chamber, transfer ports having an inlet port and an outlet port positioned on the cylindrical chamber, a magnet member attached outside the cylindrical chamber, a magnetic piston in sliding communication with an inner wall of the cylindrical chamber, a magnetic material, and a valve member. The magnetic material self assembles to form a seal plug separating the inlet and outlet port, where the seal plug forms a link between the magnet member and the magnetic piston to rotate the magnetic piston along the inner wall of the cylindrical chamber, where a working fluid suctioned within the cylindrical chamber is discharged at the outlet port during a movement of the magnetic piston from the inlet to outlet port. The valve member positioned at the outlet port prevents the backflow of the working fluid towards the inlet port after the magnetic piston rotates past the outlet port.
US10138878B2	Air compressor An improved air compressor includes a cylinder fitted with a piston body, a main frame for mounting a motor, and an air storage container. The cylinder defines at its top wall a plurality of exit holes, which are separated by a plurality of blocking walls and regulated by a resilient sheet having a plurality of branches corresponding to the exit holes. When the compressed air produced in the cylinder pushes the resilient sheet up to open the exit holes, the instantaneous high-pressure air that flows through the exit holes can be restrained by the air blocking walls to prevent the air from interfering with movements of the branches of the resilient sheet, so that the piston body can conduct reciprocating motion more smoothly and thus the performance of the air compressor can be increased.
US10138874B2	System for energy production from renewable sources A system for energy production from renewable sources comprising a support structure comprising a first and second pole (11) with a vertical axis wind generator (10) positioned on each of said poles; said first and second poles each comprising a connection element (29) positioned at their summit with a first seat for a first cable (24) and a second seat for a second cable (25); said first cable and said second cable being positioned mutually perpendicular; the ends of said first and second cables being fixed to the ground; said first and second poles (11) being each anchored to a post (12) fixed into the ground by means of a hinge (13); said wind generator (10) having a longitudinal central through hole to enable mounting on said pole and a lower and upper locking ring (9) associated with bearings (18) to enable said wind generator to rotate.
US10138873B2	Systems and methods for wind turbine nacelle-position recalibration and wind direction estimation A computer-implemented method for recalibrating nacelle-positions of a plurality of wind turbines in a wind park is implemented by a nacelle calibration computing device including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The method includes identifying at least two associated wind turbines included within the wind park wherein each associated wind turbine includes location information, determining a plurality of predicted wake features for the associated wind turbines based at least partially on the location information of each associated wind turbine, retrieving a plurality of historical performance data related to the associated wind turbines, determining a plurality of current wake features based on the plurality of historical performance data, identifying a variance between the predicted wake features and the current wake features, and determining a recalibration factor for at least one of the associated wind turbines based on the identified variance.
US10138868B2	Rotor blade trailing edge A method for calculating a trailing edge that is to be produced for a rotor blade of an aerodynamic rotor of a wind power installation, wherein the rotor blade has radial positions with respect to the rotor, the rotor blade has a local blade profile that is a function of the radial positions with respect to the rotor and the trailing edge has a jagged profile having a plurality of spikes, wherein each spike has a spike height and a spike width, and the spike height and/or the spike width is calculated as a function of the radial position thereof and/or as a function of the local blade profile of the radial position thereof.
US10138865B2	Method for moving wind turbine components and transport system for moving wind turbine components A method of removing a wind turbine component includes assembling a transport system having a track, one or more support frames, and a carriage movably coupled to the track, the transport system having a first end positioned inside the tower and a second end positioned outside of the tower such that the track extends through an opening in the tower; raising the wind turbine component off of a platform located within the tower and above the door; moving at least part of the platform to allow the component to pass; lowering the wind turbine component onto the carriage; moving the carriage along the track from inside the tower to outside the tower; and removing the wind turbine component from the carriage. A transport system having a track, one or more support frames, and a carriage is also disclosed.
US10138863B2	Method for manufacturing a rotating part of a hydraulic machine, rotating part manufactured according to this method, hydraulic machine and energy conversion installation A method is disclosed for manufacturing a rotating part which belongs to a hydraulic machine of an installation for converting hydraulic energy into electrical or mechanical energy. This rotating part includes blades distributed about an axis of rotation of the rotating part and extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge. This method can include manufacturing, in steel, a first part of each blade, which defines the leading edge thereof, manufacturing a second part of the blade in a material other than steel and attaching this to the first part of the blade so as to form a trailing edge.
US10138862B2	Method and system for ignition coil control Methods and systems are provided for determining an ignition coil dwell time based on an estimated ignition coil temperature. In one example, a method may include estimating the ignition coil temperature based on heat transfer between engine and the ignition coil, heat transfer between ambient and the ignition coil, and internal resistive heating of the ignition coil.
US10138861B2	Ignition device In an ignition device, a second circuit energizes a primary coil from its negative side in a first direction to thereby maintain energization of a second coil in a second direction during spark discharge started by a first circuit. The maintained energization continuously supplies energy to a spark plug, thus performing a continuation of the spark discharge. The first direction is opposite to a direction of energization of the primary coil carried out by the first circuit, and the second direction is the same as a direction of energization of the second coil that has been started based on the first circuit. A humidity detection unit detects humidity of intake air into an engine. The control section controls the first circuit to advance start timing of the spark discharge generated by the first circuit in accordance with an increase in the humidity of the intake air.
US10138859B2	Heater and method of operation therefor A heater system for preheating a vehicle and method of operating the same, wherein the method of operation is dependent upon the temperature of the coolant fluid in the vehicle coolant system.
US10138858B2	Engine control method and vehicle traveling control device An engine control method includes determining an intention of a driver for acceleration during vehicle traveling, stopping fuel supply to an engine when a determination is made that the driver does not have the intention for acceleration, detecting a speed of the vehicle during inertial traveling, with fuel supply to the engine kept stopped, permitting restart of the engine when a determination is made that the driver has the intention for acceleration after stopping the fuel supply to the engine, prohibiting the restart of the engine until an engine rotational speed drops to or below a predetermined rotational speed threshold, even when the restart of the engine is permitted, restarting the engine after the engine rotational speed drops to or below the predetermined rotational speed threshold, and changing the rotational speed threshold depending on the detected speed. The rotational speed threshold increases with increase in the detected speed.
US10138851B2	Automobile air filtration system An automobile air filtration system including an air intake housing configured to house an air filter assembly. The air filter assembly includes filter media having a first end and a second end, and a base member including a locating member having a first width coupled to the second end. The air intake housing includes at least one sidewall defining an interior chamber, an inlet opening and an outlet opening defined in the sidewall, an outlet passageway defined by a portion of the sidewall extending to the outlet opening along an outlet axis, and a slip region having a second width defined in the portion of the sidewall defining the outlet passageway. When the air filter assembly is received in the interior chamber of the air intake housing, the locating member of the air filter assembly is received in the slip region of the air intake housing.
US10138846B1	Systems and methods for an evaporative emissions system and fuel system having a single delta pressure sensor Methods and systems are provided for including a single pressure sensor in an evaporative emissions system and fuel system. In one example, a method may include measuring a differential pressure between the evaporative emissions system and the fuel system using a delta pressure sensor coupled across a fuel tank isolation valve disposed between a fuel vapor storage canister of the evaporative emissions system and a fuel tank of the fuel system. Each of the fuel tank isolation valve, the fuel system, and the evaporative emissions system may be checked for degradation using the differential pressure measured by the delta pressure sensor.
US10138842B2	Apparatus for utilizing heat wasted from engine Apparatus for utilizing heat wasted from an engine includes: a Rankine cycle (31); a transmission mechanism that couples an output shaft of an expansion device (37) to a rotary shaft of an engine via an electromagnetic clutch (32) that can be engaged and disengaged; a passage (65) through which refrigerant exiting a heat exchanger (36) flows so as to bypass the expansion device (37); and a bypass valve (66) interposed in the passage. To stop the expansion device (37), the electromagnetic clutch (32) is switched from an engaged state to a disengaged state after switching the bypass valve (66) from a closed state to an open state. If the bypass valve (66) becomes stuck in the closed state, expansion device front-rear differential pressure limiting processing in which a front-rear differential pressure of the expansion device is limited while maintaining the electromagnetic clutch (32) in the engaged state is performed.
US10138832B2	Apparatus and method for controlling engine An engine control apparatus and an engine control method are provided. The engine control apparatus includes an accelerator pedal position sensor that measures a position of an accelerator pedal in response to an operation of the accelerator pedal. Additionally, a vehicle controller verifies whether a driver demand torque is equal to or greater than a current engine torque when the position of the accelerator pedal is deviated from a reference position while an engine is operated in a part load mode and determines whether to permit a transition of an engine mode of the engine to a full load mode. An engine controller then transitions the engine mode to the full load mode from the part load mode in response to a control of the vehicle controller.
US10138826B2	Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock agent that is used in a drive cycle. It is preferred that the anti-knock agent is ethanol. The use of ethanol can be further minimized by injection in a non-uniform manner within a cylinder. The ethanol injection suppresses knock so that higher compression ratio and/or engine downsizing from increased turbocharging or supercharging can be used to increase the efficiency or the engine.
US10138821B1	Method of making a throttle body A method of making a throttle body assembly, includes casting a main body portion having a passage there through and mounting features for pivotally mounting a throttle valve within the passage. An annular spigot is formed by 3-dimensional printing and is welded to the main body portion in order to provide a quicker less expensive method of prototyping.
US10138820B2	Electronic throttle control assembly with default airflow adjustment pin An excentric pin for an electronic throttle control assembly, which is used to adjust the default position of at least one spring used to control the position of a valve plate, where the valve plate is located in an opening of a housing in the electronic control assembly. The excentric pin is used to adjust the default angle of the valve plate to have an angular tolerance of +/−0.10°. The excentric pin is slideably pressed into an aperture of the housing of the electronic throttle control assembly, and turned using some type of driver. The electronic throttle control assembly may be a one-spring design, or a two-spring design, where the two-spring design requires only one spring pin and the excentric pin. Also, the excenter pin may be used to adjust the position of the sector gear, e.g., function as the lower mechanical stop to provide a minimum opening angle for low leakage, and a minimum opening angle to avoid throttle plate corking into opening of the housing.
US10138817B2	Gas turbine engine geared compressor with first and second input rotors A booster assembly for a gas turbine engine having a first rotor assembly comprising a low pressure turbine drivingly connected to a fan via a first shaft and a second rotor assembly comprising a second turbine drivingly connected to a high pressure compressor via a second shaft. The booster assembly comprises a further compressor arranged to be disposed about said common axis between the fan and high-pressure compressor in a direction of flow and a gearing having first and second input rotors and an output rotor. The first input rotor is arranged to be driven by the first rotor assembly and the second input rotor is arranged to be driven by the second rotor assembly such that the output rotor drives the further compressor in dependence upon the difference in rotational speed between the first and second rotor assemblies.
US10138815B2	System and method for diffusion combustion in a stoichiometric exhaust gas recirculation gas turbine system A system is provided with a turbine combustor having a first diffusion fuel nozzle, wherein the first diffusion fuel nozzle is configured to produce a diffusion flame. The system includes a turbine driven by combustion products from the diffusion flame in the turbine combustor. The system also includes an exhaust gas compressor, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and route an exhaust gas from the turbine to the turbine combustor along an exhaust recirculation path. In addition, the system includes a first catalyst unit disposed along the exhaust recirculation path.
US10138812B2	Gas turbine engine bearing chamber seals A gas turbine engine sealing air system including a bearing chamber seal to prevent lubricant fluid loss from a fluid chamber, the sealing effected by ingress of sealing air. The system includes an air vent duct coupled to the bearing chamber seal. An ejector is located within the air vent duct to pump sealing air from the bearing chamber seal and through the air vent duct. A first duct is coupled between a starter air system of the gas turbine engine and the ejector to provide motive fluid to the ejector during gas turbine engine starting.
US10138810B2	Method and apparatus for power storage Cryogenic energy storage systems, and particularly methods for capturing cold energy and re-using that captured cold energy, are disclosed. The systems allow cold thermal energy from the power recovery process of a cryogenic energy storage system to be captured effectively, to be stored, and to be effectively utilised. The captured cold energy could be reused in any co-located process, for example to enhance the efficiency of production of the cryogen, to enhance the efficiency of production of liquid natural gas, and/or to provide refrigeration. The systems are such that the cold energy can be stored at very low pressures, cold energy can be recovered from various components of the system, and/or cold energy can be stored in more than one thermal store.
US10138809B2	Geared turbofan engine with a high ratio of thrust to turbine volume A gas turbine engine turbine has a high pressure turbine configured to rotate with a high pressure compressor as a high pressure spool in a first direction about a central axis and a low pressure turbine configured to rotate with a low pressure compressor as a low pressure spool in the first direction about the central axis. A power density is greater than or equal to about 1.5 and less than or equal to about 5.5 lbf/cubic inches. A fan is connected to the low pressure spool via a speed changing mechanism and rotates in the first direction.
US10138807B2	Drive device provided with XY-separating crank mechanism According to one embodiment, a drive device includes a first piston reciprocatively along a first direction within a first mount plane, a first crankshaft orthogonal to the first mount plane, a first XY separation crank mechanism between the first piston and the first crankshaft, which converts reciprocating motion of the first piston and rotary motion of the first crankshaft into each other, a second piston reciprocatively along a second direction symmetrical to the first direction within a second mount plane symmetrical to the first mount plane about a central reference plane, a second crankshaft orthogonal to the second mount plane, a second XY separation crank mechanism between the second piston and the second crankshaft, which converts reciprocating motion of the second piston and rotary motion of the second crankshaft into each other, and a coupler-synchronizing mechanism which rotates the first and second crankshafts in synchronous with each other.
US10138806B2	Control device and control method for vehicle drive mechanism The present invention relates to a control device and to a control method for a vehicle drive mechanism including a moving body having a movability range regulated by two stoppers, and a sensor which senses a position of the moving body. The control device of the present invention learns an output of the sensor corresponding to a contact state of a high-rigidity stopper, and limits, to a lower level, an operation variable of the actuator for moving the moving body toward a low-rigidity stopper along with an increase in an amount of change in the output of the sensor from the contact state of the high-rigidity stopper. Then, the control device learns the output of the sensor corresponding to the contact state of the low-rigidity stopper, and controls the actuator based on the output of the sensor learned at both the stopper positions.
US10138803B2	Wastegate for an engine system Methods and systems are provided for a wastegate of a turbocharger including a valve plate, valve actuation mechanism, and a bifurcated wastegate passage. In one example design, the wastegate may include a valve plate having an interior with a multiplane curved surface and a first mating feature centered along the curved surface, the curved surface forming a raised edge and a side opening on opposite sides of the valve plate; and a passage bifurcated by a central wall, an end of the central wall including a second mating feature adapted to have face-sharing contact with the first mating feature. The first mating feature may be either a rib or recessed slot formed on the valve plate, and the second mating feature may be one end of the central wall.
US10138801B2	Powerplant and related control system and method A hydrogen fueled powerplant including an internal combustion engine that drives a motor-generator, and has a two-stage turbocharger, for an aircraft. A control system controls the operation of the motor-generator to maintain the engine at a speed selected based on controlling the engine equivalence ratio. The control system controls an afterburner, an intercooler and an aftercooler to maximize powerplant efficiency. The afterburner also adds power to the turbochargers during high-altitude restarts. The turbochargers also include motor-generators that extract excess power from the exhaust.
US10138799B2	Two-stage precombustion chamber for large bore gas engines In certain embodiments, a two-stage precombustion chamber may be used to reduce engine NOx levels, with fueled precombustion chambers, while maintaining comparable engine power output and thermal efficiency. One or more fuel admission points may be located in either the first prechamber stage or the second prechamber stage. A more efficient overall combustion characterized by low levels of NOx formation may be achieved by a two-stage precombustion chamber system while generating very high energy flame jets emerging from the second prechamber stage into the main combustion chamber. A first prechamber stage may be substantially smaller than a second prechamber stage. The volumes and aspect ratios of the two prechamber stages, along with the location of the electrodes within the first stage prechamber, the holes patterns, angles and the separate fueling, may be selected to create a distribution of fuel concentration that is substantially higher in the first stage prechamber compared to the second prechamber stage.
US10138795B2	Plenum chamber for exhaust system A vehicle exhaust system component assembly includes a first exhaust component defining a first center axis and a second exhaust component downstream of the first exhaust component and defining a second center axis that is spaced apart from and generally parallel to the first center axis. The first and second exhaust components are spaced apart from each other by an area. A plenum is positioned substantially within the area, and has a first end connected to the first exhaust component and a second end connected to the second exhaust component. The plenum is defined by a non-uniform cross-sectional shape as the plenum extends along a length from the first end to the second end. A doser is mounted to the plenum and is configured to inject a reducing agent to mix with exhaust gases within the plenum.
US10138791B2	Method of cleaning up a particulate filter of an internal combustion engine A method and apparatus for cleaning up a particulate filter of an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine is operated to regenerate the particulate filter measuring. During the regeneration, a value of an engine speed is determined. A temperature of the particulate filter is controlled, if the measured value of the engine speed is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value thereof. The particulate filter temperature is controlled by boosting the internal combustion engine and supplying the internal combustion engine with an amount of recirculated exhaust gases.
US10138790B2	Heat recovery device of a vehicle and an assembly having the same A heat recovery device comprises a coolant path segment and a thermal expansion bracket. The thermal expansion bracket has two end portions supported by the coolant path segment and a middle portion supported by an exhaust gas path segment that is spaced a distance away from the coolant path segment. The thermal expansion bracket is configured to deform in response to an increase in temperature to increase the distance and decrease heat transfer between the segments.
US10138788B2	Mixing structure A lattice board is obliquely arranged in a bent portion halfway in an exhaust pipe where exhaust gas flows curvedly so as to bisect an angle made by inflow and outflow directions the exhaust gas entered upstream of and discharged downstream of the bent portion, respectively. An injector is arranged in the outflow direction of the exhaust gas to inject urea water to an entry side of the lattice board such that flow passage walls of the lattice board on which hit is the exhaust gas from upstream has rear surfaces on which hit is a spray of urea water from the injector.
US10138787B2	Treatment device equipped with catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and method for producing same To provide a treatment device equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, the device being for use in, for example, an exhaust gas purification treatment, hydrogen production by ammonia decomposition or the like, and a method for producing the same. The catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is produced by forming the inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst-supporting corrugated glass paper without removing an organic binder originally contained in the glass paper and by using the corrugated glass paper in combination with the inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst-supporting flat glass paper. In the treatment device equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, a corrugated glass paper having an inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst supported thereon and a flat glass paper having the same inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst supported thereon are alternately stacked to form the catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and this catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is packed in a casing.
US10138786B2	Exhaust gas purification apparatus of internal combustion engine An additive amount of a reducing agent to a selective reduction-type NOx catalyst is optimized. An ammonia adsorption amount of the selective reduction-type NOx catalyst is estimated based on one or a plurality of prescribed parameters related to the ammonia adsorption amount and a specific ammonia adsorption amount that is an estimated value of the ammonia adsorption amount specified by at least one of a maximum value and a minimum value of an estimated value of the ammonia adsorption amount is estimated based on an error in the prescribed parameter, and when the specific ammonia adsorption amount is outside a target range of the ammonia adsorption amount, addition of an ammonia precursor or ammonia using an adding valve is controlled such that the specific ammonia adsorption amount returns to the target range.
US10138782B2	Microchip oxygen sensor for control of internal combustion engines or other combustion processes A microchip oxygen sensor for sensing exhaust gases from a combustion process, and related methods. The microchip oxygen sensor includes a dielectric substrate and a heater pattern affixed to the substrate. A first electrode is affixed to the substrate and has a first plurality of fingers forming a first comb. A second electrode is affixed to the substrate and has a second plurality of fingers forming a second comb. The second electrode is disposed in spaced relation to the first electrode such that the first and second combs face each other. A semiconducting layer is disposed over the first and second electrodes so as form a physical semiconductor bridge between the first and second electrodes. The semiconducting layer comprises an n-type semiconducting material or a p-type semiconducting material. A porous dielectric protective layer, advantageously containing a catalytic precious metal, may cover the semiconducting layer.
US10138780B2	Method of operating an automotive system A method is disclosed for operating an automotive system having an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas aftertreatment system including a Lean NOx Trap (LNT) upstream of a Selective Catalytic Reduction washcoated particulate filter (SCRF). A LNT inlet temperature is monitored. A parameter representative of a quantity of NOX stored in the LNT is also monitored. A map correlating the LNT inlet temperature and the quantity of NOX stored in the LNT is used to estimate an ammonia quantity produced during a LNT regeneration. A LNT regeneration is performed, if the estimated ammonia quantity is greater than a threshold value thereof.
US10138778B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification system including a particulate filter, a selective reduction catalyst provided at a downstream side from the filter, an ammonia ingredient feed device which feeds an ammonia ingredient to the selective reduction catalyst, a control device which controls the amount of the ammonia ingredient which is adsorbed at the selective reduction catalyst to become a target adsorption amount, and a filter regeneration system which performs filter regeneration processing to remove PM which has built up on the particulate filter when an execution start condition stands. When removal of PM is demanded, so long as the execution start condition of the filter regeneration processing by the filter regeneration system does not stand, the target adsorption amount is decreased a plurality of times in stages, and the execution start condition of the filter regeneration processing is changed to a different condition at each stage of the target adsorption amount.
US10138775B2	Holding material, method for producing same, and gas treatment device using same A holding material includes a stack of a first mat and a second mat, the first mat including alumina fibers that include 60 wt % or more of alumina and 40 wt % or less of silica, and the second mat including silica fibers that include 60 wt % or more of silica and 40 wt % or less of alumina and having a surface pressure higher than that of the first mat as measured at a gap bulk density of 0.30 g/cm3.
US10138765B2	Control valve for valve timing adjusting device of internal combustion engine The present disclosure provides a hydraulic control valve for a valve timing adjusting device of an engine. The valve timing adjusting device has a hydraulic control valve; a housing; a rotor installed in the housing and having vanes forming advance, retard and locking chambers, respectively; and a locking pin member elastically installed at the locking chamber. In particular, the hydraulic control valve includes: a valve body connected to the camshaft and having ports and a spool space; an outer spool elastically installed in the spool space and having distribution ports selectively communicated with or disconnected to the ports of the valve body; and an inner spool that is integrally coupled to the outer spool and forms a supply passage connected to a working fluid pump and a drain passage connected to a drain tank together. With this arrangement, the hydraulic control valve reliably provides phase angle control operation and the self-locking operation to adjust a valve timing and thereby improving engine performance.
US10138764B2	Continuous variable valve duration apparatus and engine provided with the continuous variable valve duration apparatus A continuous variable valve duration apparatus includes a camshaft, a first and second cam portion, each including a cam and a cam key, where the camshaft is inserted into the first and second cam portions and where relative phase angles with respect to the camshaft are variable, a first and second inner bracket transmitting a rotation of the camshaft to the first and second cam portions respectively, a first and second slider housing, a cam cap rotatably supporting the first and second cam portions respectively, a slider pin rotatably inserted into the first sliding hole and slidably inserted into the camshaft, a cam pin on which a cam key slot for the cam key to be slidably inserted thereinto is formed, a control shaft disposed parallel to the camshaft and engaged with the first and second slider housings, and a control portion selectively rotating the control shaft.
US10138763B2	Rocker arm A rocker arm includes a roller, a support shaft coaxially mounted in the roller, walls arranged along a rotation axis and having the roller therebetween and having through holes, respectively, through which end portions of the support shaft are inserted, and each of the walls having an inner surface opposite the roller, and holding members mounted in the respective walls. The holding member includes a tubular portion mounted in each through hole and disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the through hole and an outer surface of an end portion of the support shaft, a first stopper portion included at a first end of the tubular portion to be in contact with the inner surface of one of the walls, and a second stopper portion included at a second end of the tubular portion to be in contact with an end surface of one of the end portions.
US10138762B2	Power generation system A power generation system in which the combustion heat of hydrocarbon gas is used to heat the steam for power generation; at the same time, the exhaust heat thereof is used to dry and thy-distill low rank coal. The power generation system includes: a dry distillation step for dry-distilling low rank coal of high moisture content; a cooling step for cooling the fixed carbon obtained in the dry distillation step; a combustion step in which hydrocarbon gas obtained in the dry distillation step is used as the main fuel; and a power generation step in which there are provided a power generator moving a steam turbine by main steam generated in the combustion step and a condenser.
US10138759B2	Method of controlling, after detecting a vehicle accident situation, throttling means for an opening provided on a closed loop performing a rankine cycle and loop using same for communicating an inside of the closed loop with ambient air outside the closed loop A closed loop performing a Rankine cycle for a motor vehicle includes a circulation and compression pump for a working fluid, a heat exchanger swept by a hot source for heating said working fluid, expansion means for expanding the hot fluid and a cooling exchanger-swept by a cooling fluid for cooling this working fluid.A method of controlling the closed loop performing a Rankine cycle for a motor vehicle includes, after detecting a vehicle accident situation, in communicating the inside of the loop with the ambient air.
US10138757B2	Bearing system for gas turbine engine A bearing system is provided for a gas turbine engine. This bearing system includes a spring defined about an axis of rotation. The spring has a multiple of beams which extend between a flange and a damper attachment. A damper defined about the axis of rotation and mounted to the spring to at least partially axially overlap the multiple of beams.
US10138756B2	Method for damping a gas-turbine blade, and vibration damper for implementing same A turbine wheel with optimal-mass dampers to dampen a predetermined resonance in context of vibration of a turbine, particularly a low-speed turbine, while assisting in flexibility of adapting to bearing surfaces of recesses of the dampers, by separating mass and flexibility functions by a flexible portion for clamping against the platform, and a mass portion for controlling frictional forces. A damper includes a plate and a counterweight. The plate is stamped from a metal sheet that is substantially thinner than that of the counterweight. The plate includes a wall configured to flexibly contact a platform of the blade of the wheel, while at least partially surrounding a surface of the counterweight. The damper can be used in particular for a wheel of a turbine of a turbine engine, of a fan, or of a BP compressor having mounted blades.
US10138754B2	Device for measuring aerodynamic magnitudes intended to be placed in a flow passage of a turbine engine The present invention relates to a device for measuring aerodynamic magnitudes (1) intended to be placed transversally in a flow passage (12, 13) of a turbine engine comprising: an upstream body (2) having a profile of general cylindrical shape defining a leading edge (5) a plurality of sensors (4), the instrumentation lines (45) of the sensors being placed in the body (2), the sensitive elements (41) of the sensors extending at the leading edge (5); a downstream fairing (3) mounted on the upstream body (2) and defining a trailing edge (6); the downstream fairing (3) comprising, in the longitudinal direction of the upstream body (2), several sections (35) fixed independently of each other to the body (2), two successive sections (35) being connected by a flexible junction (37).
US10138752B2	Active HPC clearance control A gas turbine engine clearance control system includes a cooling air passage extending from a cooling air inlet port to a cooling air outlet port. The cooling air inlet port and outlet port are formed within an external surface of a compressor casing of a compressor and are also axially spaced on the external surface of the compressor casing. The cooling air passage extends from the cooling air inlet port radially inwardly to at least one of a flange joint, a radially outer surface of a compressor casing ring, and a radially outer surface of a connector case. The cooling air passage further extends aftward along the radially outer surfaces of the connector case and the compressor casing ring. The cooling air passage further extends radially outward to the cooling air outlet port. Selectively supplying cooling air to the cooling air passage controls a rotor tip clearance between a rotor tip of a rotor blade of the compressor and an inner surface of the compressor casing ring and further controls an interstage seal clearance between an inner band and a rotor spool of the compressor.
US10138751B2	Segmented seal for a gas turbine engine A seal segment according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first axial wall, a second axial wall radially spaced from the first axial wall and a radially outer wall that interconnects the first axial wall and the second axial wall. At least one curved member is radially inwardly offset from the radially outer wall and extending between the first and second axial walls.
US10138749B2	Seal anti-rotation feature A seal assembly includes a seal arc segment defining first and second seal supports. A carriage defines first and second support members with the first support member supporting the seal arc segment in a first ramped interface and the second support member supporting the seal arc segment in a second ramped interface such that the seal arc segment is circumferentially moveable with respect to the carriage. The seal assembly includes an anti-rotation interface in which the seal arc segment and the carriage are engaged. The anti-rotation interface restricts circumferential movement of the seal arc segment.
US10138747B2	Seal assembly to seal end gap leaks in gas turbines Various embodiments include gas turbine seals and methods of forming such seals. In some cases, a turbine includes: a first arcuate component adjacent to a second arcuate component, each arcuate component including one or more slots having a seal assembly disposed therein. The seal assembly including an intersegment seal including a plurality of seal segments defining one or more end regions. One or more of the plurality of seal segments including at the one or more end regions a plurality of jet holes and a channel having a wire disposed therein, wherein the intersegment seal provides sealing of one or more end gaps defined proximate the one or more end regions in response to the thrust of a flow of pressurized air through the plurality of jet holes.
US10138740B2	Silicon-based materials containing gallium and methods of forming the same A ceramic component is generally provided that includes a silicon-based layer comprising a silicon-containing material (e.g., a silicon metal and/or a silicide) and about 0.001% to about 85% of a Ga-containing compound. For example, the silicon-based layer can be a bond coating directly on the surface of the substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the silicon-based layer can be an outer layer defining a surface of the substrate, with an environmental barrier coating on the surface of the substrate. Gas turbine engines are also generally provided that include such a ceramic component.
US10138738B2	Composite vane A composite vane body formed of a composite material of a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin, and reinforced fibers, and a metal sheath that is bonded to a leading edge section of the composite vane body via a soft adhesive to cover the leading edge section are included, and an adhesive filling section in which the soft adhesive is filled, a plurality of leading edge side contact sections that come into contact with a curved section corresponding to a leading edge of the metal sheath, and a plurality of protrusions that come into contact with a planar section corresponding to a vane surface of the metal sheath, with at least a same height as a thickness of a layer of a requisite amount of the soft adhesive filled in the adhesive filling section are formed in the leading edge section of the composite vane body. Attachment of the metal sheath to the leading edge section can be performed easily with high precision.
US10138737B2	Rotor for turbine engine comprising blades with added platforms A rotor for a turbine engine includes a disk having cavities called primary cavities at its periphery; a plurality of blades each having a root of which the lower part is composed of a bulb locked axially in the primary cavities; a plurality of added platforms, each being arranged between two consecutive blades, wherein the platforms have: a substantially straight plate and a bulb extending radially under the plate, the bulb being locked axially in the secondary cavities arranged at the periphery of the disk, the secondary cavities being positioned between two consecutive primary cavities; a spoiler extending in the axial direction, the spoiler forming an annular sector facing at least two consecutive blades.
US10138736B2	Turbomachine blade tip shroud Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
US10138725B2	Hydraulic delay toe valve system and method An apparatus and method for providing a time delay in injection of pressured fluid into a geologic formation. In one aspect the invention is a toe valve activated by fluid pressure that opens ports after a predetermined time interval to allow fluid to pass from a well casing to a formation. The controlled time delay enables casing integrity testing before fluid is passed through the ports. This time delay also allows multiple valves to be used in the same well casing and provide a focused jetting action to better penetrate a concrete casing lining.
US10138722B2	Well protection systems and methods The systems, devices, and methods described herein describe a control system that automatically determines a trip speed for a surge operation or a swab operation. The control system is used to automatically adjust the trip speed during the respective surge or swab operation in order to optimize the trip speed according to the changing environment of the wellbore that the bottom hole assembly traverses without exceeding the fracture gradient in the wellbore location. A well plan identifies formations along the wellbore route, dynamic real-time tracking of the tubulars added to the drill string and removed therefrom identifies the current location of the BHA in the wellbore, and pressure and fractional gradient at the location of the BHA, and in some embodiments a real-time pressure measurement from the BHA, together are used to automatically determine the maximum tripping speed possible for the formation that the BHA is traversing.
US10138719B2	Method of extracting bitumen from oil sands with a propylene oxide capped glycol Oil sands may be surface mined and transported to a treatment area or may be treated directly by means of an in situ process of oil sand deposits that are located too deep for strip mining. A bitumen recovery process may be used to extract bitumen from oil sands. Specifically, the bitumen recover process involves a step of treating oil sands with a propylene oxide capped glycol ether described by the structure: RO—(C2H4O)n—CH2CH(CH3)OH wherein R is a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, phenyl, alkyl phenyl group and n is 1 to 10.
US10138717B1	Predicting well performance with feature similarity A first set of input features related to wells and a set of output characteristics related to the wells may be obtained. For each of a plurality of operational wells, input factor values for the input features of the respective operational wells and output characteristic values for the output characteristics of the respective operational wells may also be obtained. At least some of the input factor values and output characteristic values may be compared. Based on the comparison, a second set of input features that influence the output characteristics may be determined. The second set may be a subset of the first set.
US10138715B2	Well-bore and reservoir monitoring process by logging temperature and resistivity A well-bore monitoring process involving logging the temperature of a soil, rock, and brine mixture present in a carbonate formation continuously, and simultaneously logging the resistivity of the soil, rock, and brine mixture in the carbonate formation continuously. The logged temperature and the logged resistivity are interpreted whereby concurrent events in the logged temperature and the logged resistivity identify dissolution of rock into the mixture and precipitation of scale from the mixture. The simultaneous logging of the temperature and the resistivity is conducted in a well-bore in the carbonate rock formation.
US10138714B2	Subsea noise mitigation systems and methods A system and method of exploiting an offshore oil and gas reservoir, comprising installing a drilling structure in a body of water; drilling a plurality of wells from the drilling structure; and providing a plurality of buoyant, flexible structures adjacent to the well.
US10138711B2	Wellhead gas heater Systems and methods are disclosed that may include providing a wellhead gas burner to burn wellhead gas produced from a wellhead to heat water and/or other chemicals used in hydrocarbon production and/or well completion processes, including, but not limited to hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The wellhead gas burner may include a pressure regulator and an expansion chamber that permit the wellhead gas burner to continuously operate and accommodate wellhead gas pressure fluctuations. The wellhead gas burner may also be configured as a primary heat source and integrated with a traditional propane/diesel gas burner system configured as a supplemental heat source. The wellhead gas burner may also be mounted to a mobile superheater truck.
US10138710B2	Bidirectional downhole isolation valve An isolation valve for use in a wellbore includes a tubular housing and an upper flapper disposed in the housing and pivotable relative thereto between an open position and a closed position. An upper piston is operable to open or close the upper flapper. A lower flapper is disposed in the housing and pivotable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. A lower piston is operable to open the lower flapper. An opener passage is in fluid communication with the pistons and an opener hydraulic coupling. A closer passage is in fluid communication with the pistons and a closer hydraulic coupling.
US10138709B2	Hydraulic delay toe valve system and method An apparatus and method for providing a time delay in injection of pressured fluid into a geologic formation. In one aspect the invention is a toe valve activated by fluid pressure that opens ports after a predetermined time interval to allow fluid to pass from a well casing to a formation. The controlled time delay enables casing integrity testing before fluid is passed through the ports. This time delay also allows multiple valves to be used in the same well casing and provide a focused jetting action to better penetrate a concrete casing lining.
US10138707B2	Method for remediating a screen-out during well completion A method of completing a well involving remediating a condition of screen-out that has taken place along a zone of interest. The method includes forming a wellbore, and lining at least a lower portion of the wellbore with a string of production casing and placing a valve along the production casing, wherein the valve creates a removable barrier to fluid flow within the bore. The barrier is removed by moving the valve in the event of a screen-out. This overcomes the barrier to fluid flow, thereby exposing ports along the production casing to the subsurface formation at or below the valve. Additional pumping takes place to pump the slurry through the exposed ports, thereby remediating the condition of screen-out.
US10138697B2	Mineral extraction system having multi-barrier lock screw A dual barrier lock screw for a wellhead assembly is provided that includes a first seal disposed at a first axial location along the body of the screw and a second seal disposed at a second axial location along the body of the screw, wherein the first and second axial locations are different from one another. The screw may also include a passage extending axially through the body of the screw and coupled to a port at the end of the screw. The port is configured to receive external pressure and allow testing of the dual barrier seals of the lock screws. A system that includes the lock screw and methods of operating and testing the lock screw are also provided.
US10138696B2	Radial conduit cutting system What is presented is a high power igniter comprising an igniter housing adapted to be positioned in a conduit. The igniter housing comprises a containment sub and a nozzle sub that releasably secure to each other. A high wattage heater located in the igniter housing comprises a combustible pellet insertable into the igniter housing for creating a flow of heated gas when the combustible pellet is ignited with a pellet igniting device while the high power igniter is in use. The high power igniter is free from a loose powdered form of combustible material when the combustible pellet is in the igniter housing. The nozzle sub directs the flow of heated gas in the system.
US10138692B2	Method and apparatus for controlling the flow of wellbore returns A method and apparatus to regulate the down-hole hydrostatic pressure in a wellbore are provided which depend on regulating the resistance to the flow of wellbore returns produced by the wellbore. The resistance may be provided by the internal gas pressure in a gas/liquid separator receiving the flow of wellbore returns, where the internal gas pressure is regulated by an adjustable back pressure valve and a gas source. Alternatively or in addition, the resistance may be provided by a pump receiving the flow of wellbore returns, where the resistance of the pump is regulated by adjusting the speed of the pump.
US10138690B2	Apparatus for gripping a tubular on a drilling rig An apparatus for gripping a tubular for use with a top drive includes a connector at one end for rotationally fixing the apparatus relative to the top drive; one or more gripping members at a second end for gripping the tubular; an actuator configured to move and hold the gripping members in contact with the tubular; and a lock coupled to the connector for preventing the apparatus and the top drive from rotating independently of one another.
US10138688B2	Wireless downhole tool positioning control For a free falling well tool sub having one or more pipe bore centering cages, a collapsible material cone secured inside of the centering cage half length with the cone base opening in the downhole direction restricts the rate of pipe bore fluid flow past the cone and thereby restricts the descent rate of the tool. The rate of descent may be regulated with fluid flow by-pass apertures in the sub. A collapsible material cone in a bore centering cage having a base opening in the up-hole direction may be used as piston to drive the tool sub along horizontal segments of a deviated well bore. Both cones may be used separately or together.
US10138686B2	Downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling systems One example of a downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling system to pulverize formation cuttings includes a cutting grinder tool and an isolation tool. The cutting grinder tool can be attached to a drill string uphole relative to a drill bit attached to a downhole end of the drill string. The cutting grinder tool can receive and pulverize formation cuttings resulting from drilling a formation using the drill bit. The isolation tool can be attached to the drill string uphole relative to the cutting grinder tool. The isolation tool can control flow of the pulverized formation cuttings mixed with a drilling mud uphole through the drill string.
US10138684B2	Multi cycle downhole tool An under-reaming tool comprises a body and a plurality of extendable cutters mounted on the body. The under-reaming tool is configured to be cycled between a first configuration in which the cutters are retracted and a second configuration in which the cutters are movable between retracted and extended positions. The under-reaming tool is configured to prevent extension of the cutters by an external fluid in the first and/or second configuration/s.
US10138683B2	Directional casing-while-drilling A directional casing-while-drilling system includes a rotary steerable system disposed within a casing string used as a drill string during casing-while-drilling operations. The casing string of some embodiments may include an upper section and a lower section coupled by a swivel, which may enable the upper section of the casing string to be rotated without substantially rotating the lower section. The rotary steerable system may be disposed at least partially within the lower section of the casing string, and coupled to a drill bit and/or under-reamer. The rotary steerable system may enable radial diversion of the drill bit and/or under-reamer, for example by actuation of one or more components in the rotary steerable system.
US10138682B2	Tri-foot, ladder and method A ladder having a first rail having a bottom. The ladder having a second rail. The ladder having rungs attached to the first rail and second rail upon which a user climbs the ladder. The ladder comprises a ladder foot rotatably attached adjacent to the bottom of the first rail. The ladder foot having three distinct and different surfaces, with the first rail resting on one of the three surfaces at any one time the first rail is up right. The first rail changing to any of the three surfaces for the first rail to be upright upon by rotating the ladder foot. A method for placing a ladder. A ladder foot rotatably attached adjacent to a bottom of a first rail of a ladder. A method for making a ladder.
US10138677B2	Torsion assembly for a curtain A torsion assembly has a connection member and a torsion spring. The connection member has a connection segment and a holding protrusion. The connection segment has a connection hole. The holding protrusion is formed in the connection hole. The torsion spring has a spring body and a connection leg. The connection leg is connected with the connection segment of the connection member, and has a rod segment, a bent segment, and a hook segment. The connection leg is kept from escaping out of the connection hole by the holding protrusion.
US10138676B2	Roller shade with a counterbalancing device A roller shade including a flexible sheet member having opposite parallel first and second edges, and a roller shaft rotatable in each of two opposite directions of rotation. The flexible sheet member being attached along its first edge to the roller shaft, while the second edge of the flexible sheet member is freely depending from the roller shaft. The roller shade further comprises a counterbalancing device for balancing a portion of the flexible sheet member that is unwound from the roller shaft. This counterbalancing device has means for storing a variable torque that is complementary to a variable weight of the portion of flexible sheet member that is depending from the roller shaft. The means for storing variable torque includes a helically wound tension spring operatively interposed between a stationary central rod and the roller shaft.
US10138672B2	Mounting system for a camera There is an apparatus for viewing on another side of a door comprising at least one mount, and at least one electronic device configured to be coupled to the at least one mount. There can be at least one camera coupled to the electronic device and to the at least one mount. There can also be at least one coupling element for coupling the electronic device to the mount and wherein the mount is configured to allow the electronic device to be mounted on a surface.
US10138670B2	Lifting device and vehicle door with said lifting device A lifting device lifting and lowering a window glass of a door, the lifting device including a drive mechanism for lifting and lowering the window glass, a support plate supporting the drive mechanism, and a carrier attached to the support plate in a slidable manner, and lifted and lowered by the drive mechanism, wherein the support plate includes a through hole, and a stopper which is provided at an inner panel of the door and stops of the carrier is inserted through the through hole.
US10138666B2	Anti-fall flip-up sliding mechanism An anti-fall flip-up sliding mechanism includes a hinge having a first hinge plate affixed to a cabinet and a second hinge plate pivotally connected the first hinge plate, a buffering device including a first damper connected between the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate and a second damper mounted at the second hinge plate, and a sliding device affixed to a door panel and slidably coupled to the second hinge plate and meshed with the second damper such that when the door panel is biased relative to the first hinge plate and received to the top side of the cabinet, the first damper and the second damper produce a buffering effect to avoid the door panel from sudden falling.
US10138664B2	Hinge with adjustable axis location and locking mechanism An adjustable hinge assembly for connecting a moving part to a frame includes a first part secured to the frame and including an insert channel, and a second part secured to the moving part and including a shaft. An eccentric insert is positioned in the insert channel and is rotatable in the insert channel. The eccentric insert includes an offset channel at an end facing the second part, and the shaft of the second part is disposed in the offset channel. By rotating the eccentric part in the insert channel, a relative position of the moving part to the frame can be adjusted.
US10138663B2	Locking device for a toner container and image forming apparatus having the locking device A locking device includes a locking cover that is opened and closed when a toner container is attached and detached, an engagement part that is engaged with the locking cover in a closed state, a tension member that pulls the engagement part, thereby allowing the engagement part to be engaged with the locking cover, a movement part that moves the engagement part in an opposite direction to release an engagement state between the engagement part and the locking cover, and a mounting member that is mountable at an image forming apparatus body at two postures, and limits movement of the movement part in the opposite direction to maintain the engagement state when the mounting member is mounted at one posture while permitting the movement of the movement part in the opposite direction to allow the engagement state to be releasable when the mounting member is mounted at the other posture.
US10138656B2	Crash management system and method in an electronic latch of a motor-vehicle closure device An electronic latch assembly for a closure device of a motor vehicle, having an actuator group operable for actuation of the closure device and an electric motor controllable to drive the actuator group (6). The electronic latch assembly has a backup energy source, and a control unit controlling the electric motor and the backup energy source to provide a backup supply voltage (Vsc) during an emergency operating condition. The control unit is configured to enter an emergency mode to cause disabling of actuation of the closure device, upon detecting the occurrence of the emergency operating condition, and to maintain disabled the actuation of the closure device, during the emergency operating condition.
US10138647B2	Shear tie system for vented roof ridge A roof system which includes a shear tie for the ridge beam is provided. This system is for use in connection with tile roofing systems in which a ridge vent for ventilation is also provided, but can be used with other roof systems. Sheathing is located on the rafters and a gap or slot is provided between the top edge of the sheathing and the ridge beam that extends along a majority of the ridge beam in order to provide an air flow path for building ventilation. A shear tie strap is connected to the ridge beam and to the sheathing on either side of the ridge beam. A shear tie strap is also provided.

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