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| US10166790B1 |
Dynamic print media weight determination system and method
A printing device includes a print media pathway connecting a print media source with a marking component. A flexible member, positioned in the pathway, is deflected by a moving sheet of media to be printed by the marking component. A sensor system outputs a signal in response to a detected deflection of the flexible member. A weight output component outputs a weight-related value for the sheet based on the output signal. The weight-related value may correspond to one of a predefined set of print media weight ranges, each range associated with one or more respective settings for the printing device. An adjustment component adjusts the settings of the printing device based on the weight-related value. This allows the printing device to respond dynamically to changes in print media weight without the need to be provided with the weight of the print media currently installed in the printer by a user. |
| US10166789B2 |
Printing device
A printing device for printing tickets in public places, with an anti-paper jam system in which an optical sensor for detecting the presence of paper is arranged at a zone where a rise of the paper occurs in case of occlusion of the paper outlet mouth; before the start of a print, the paper is retracted with respect to the sensor, whereby the sensor is OFF; when the print starts, the paper advances until arriving in front of the sensor, whereby the sensor turns ON; from this moment on, if the sensor returns OFF, it means that the paper is no longer detected by the sensor, because it has been raised by an occlusion, whereby the advancing of the paper is interrupted. |
| US10166787B2 |
Printer and control method therefor
Disclosed are a printer and a control method thereof. The control method of the printer includes: a first positioning mark and a first printing content are printed on printing paper when printing is executed using a ribbon of a reference color; and a starting position of the first page is transmitted to a printing position of a printing head according to the first positioning mark and a printing position deviation compensation value to print the printing content of the first page in an ith printing content when printing is executed using a ribbon of an ith color. The method solves a problem of inaccurate positioning in a printer when one page on printing paper is positioned repeatedly. |
| US10166783B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ejector, a fixing unit, a reversing unit and a hardware processor. The ejector performs an ejection operation of ejecting a color material and an overcoat material onto a recording medium. The fixing unit fixes the overcoat material, thereby forming an overcoat on the medium. The reversing unit reverses the medium. The processor causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on one side of the medium after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the one side at a predetermined ejection position, causes the reversing unit to reverse the medium with the overcoat formed on the one side, and causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on the other side of the medium after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the other side at the ejection position. |
| US10166782B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
The positions and widths of a shared printing area and the gradients of printing ratios are made different between front surface printing and back surface printing. |
| US10166781B2 |
Bottling plant with an information-adding station configured to add information on the outer surface of a bottle or container
Container printing arrangement for printing bottles or similar containers on an outer surface thereof. The container printing arrangement comprises one or more printing stations and a container conveyor. The printing station has a print head, a conveyor arrangement, and transfer elements which are moved by the conveyor arrangement. The transfer elements each comprise a first resilient layer and a second resilient layer which supports the first resilient layer. The first resilient layer has a transfer surface which receives a print image from the print head, and then transfers the print image onto a container. |
| US10166777B2 |
Method of forming piezo driver electrodes
A method for forming piezoelectric transducers for inkjet printheads includes: forming at least one piezoelectric layer on a substrate; forming at least one electrode pattern by depositing a conductive material on an exposed surface of the at least one piezoelectric layer; and forming a plurality of individual piezoelectric elements from the at least one piezoelectric layer before or after the forming of the at least one electrode pattern. |
| US10166771B2 |
Liquid ejection method, liquid ejection apparatus, and liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection method includes ejecting liquid from an ejection opening, using a liquid ejection head including a heating surface configured to heat the liquid and the ejection opening corresponding to the heating surface, by heating the liquid with the heating surface to produce a bubble communicating with air through the ejection opening such that at least a part of the heating surface is exposed to the air through the ejection opening, wherein the liquid is heated with the heating surface for 0.5 microseconds or shorter to produce a bubble communicating with the air through the ejection opening such that at least a part of the heating surface is exposed to the air through the ejection opening, in order to eject the liquid from the ejection opening. |
| US10166770B2 |
Addressing pigment settling defects in TIJ by using natural convection to stir the ink
A heating device along a slot of a print head is selectively actuated to form temperature gradients within fluid along the slot to facilitate convective fluid flow within and along the slot. |
| US10166769B2 |
Inkjet printhead with multiple aligned drop ejectors
An inkjet printhead includes a two-dimensional array of drop ejectors arranged as a plurality of columns, each column including a plurality of banks, and each bank including a plurality of groups that each include a plurality of drop ejectors. The drop ejectors in each group are substantially aligned along a first direction. The groups in each bank are spaced from each other along the first direction and are offset from each other along a second direction. The banks in each column are spaced from each other along the first direction and are offset from each other along the second direction. The columns are offset from each other along the second direction. The two-dimensional array has a width W along the first direction and a length L greater than W along the second direction. Each drop ejector includes a nozzle, an ink inlet, a pressure chamber and an actuator. |
| US10166767B2 |
Drive waveform generating device, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus
A drive waveform generating device includes a plurality of waveform generating units each configured to generate and output a drive waveform to a corresponding one of a plurality of pressure generators that are provided corresponding to a plurality of nozzles of a liquid discharge head. Each of the plurality of waveform generating units includes a detector and a waveform generator. The detector is configured to detect data associated with a type of the drive waveform to be applied to at least one pressure generator of the plurality of pressure generators corresponding to at least one adjacent nozzle to a target nozzle. The waveform generator is configured to change a waveform shape of the drive waveform to be applied to one pressure generator of the plurality of pressure generators corresponding to the target nozzle in accordance with the data detected by the detector. |
| US10166766B2 |
Head driving device, liquid-ejection head unit, and liquid ejection apparatus
A head driving device drives a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure generating devices provided respectively corresponding to the nozzles. The head driving device includes a driving-waveform correcting unit configured to correct driving waveform data that defines ejection characteristics of liquid to be ejected from the nozzle based on interference patterns expressing variations in the ejection characteristics caused by an interference occurring in the nozzle. |
| US10166765B2 |
Means for higher speed inkjet printing
A method and apparatus for subdividing and printing regions of a substrate with multiple print heads or multiple print head assemblies which substantially decreases printing time is described. The method includes a feathering method which reduces overlap artifacts which is useful in any printing situation where adjacent regions are printed that could be misaligned, offset, or have slightly different colors. |
| US10166760B2 |
Droplet ejection control apparatus, droplet ejection control method, and droplet ejection apparatus
Provided is a droplet ejection control apparatus that causes a droplet ejection apparatus including a head in which a plurality of nozzles are disposed being aligned in a predetermined direction to perform overlap printing in which printing is duplicated in a predetermined region using a first nozzle row group and a second nozzle row group, and includes a control unit which sets an amount of droplets, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, to a value corresponding to the stated condition based on print control data according to which the first nozzle row group and the second nozzle row group perform superimposition printing. |
| US10166757B2 |
Inking unit of a printing machine
An inking system of a printing press includes an impression cylinder for guiding a printing substrate, and at least one ink-transfer roller. The ink-transfer roller includes a cylinder mandrel, on which at least one cylinder sleeve is concentrically displaceable, and bearing blocks, in which ends of the ink-transfer roller are mounted and which are independently displaceable in the radial direction of the impression cylinder. The ink-transfer roller can be set against the impression cylinder or any other ink-transfer roller, with a bearing block being detachable from one end of the ink-transfer roller and displaceable relative to the ink-transfer roller so that the cylinder sleeve can be removed via this one end. A stop device, with which the cylinder sleeve can be brought into contact, has components that are movable in the axial direction of the print roller. The movable stop device components can be decelerated via a force-providing element. |
| US10166756B2 |
Temperature control assembly for controlling the temperature of a functional parts of a printing machine, and printing system comprising at least one printing machine and a temperature control assembly
A temperature control assembly controls the temperature of functional parts of a printing machine. The temperature control assembly comprises a plurality of assembly-side sub-circuits, the temperature of which is to be individually controlled, each sub-circuit having a temperature-control fluid outlet and a temperature-control fluid inlet, on each of which, in order to form a respective temperature control circuit, one or more functional parts can be connected as loads of a temperature-controlling external temperature control sub-circuit by the use of releasable connections, and which, on the feed side of the temperature control thereof, are or can be thermally and fluidically coupled, via respective removal points, to a common feed line, and on the return side, via each return point, to a common fluid return. The temperature control assembly is configured as a structurally independent assembly comprising the assembly-side temperature control circuits thereof and the feed and return, and a temperature control device that controls the temperature of the temperature control fluid supplied to the feed, one of on and in a single-component or in a multi-component frame of the temperature control assembly. The temperature control device is provided in a fluid stream between the last return point and the first removal point. A line section of the feed line, which extends at least over the length from the first removal point to the last downward removal point of the assembly-side temperature control circuit, has an average line cross-section which is one of greater than a multiple of the average line cross-section of a supply line section arranged in the feed downstream of the temperature control device and arranged upstream of the line section, and which is greater than a multiple of a line a cross-section upstream of each of the largest return point. |
| US10166751B2 |
Method for enhanced additive manufacturing
Systems and methods are disclosed for manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) part. In one implementation a system in accordance with the present disclosure may make use of an additive manufacturing (AM) subsystem for performing an AM operation to form the 3D part. The 3D part may be formed using a plurality of distinct material layers layered one on top of another. The system may also involve at least one of a laser peening (LP) subsystem and a High Velocity Laser Accelerated Deposition (HVLAD) subsystem. The LP subsystem may be used for laser peening a selected subquantity of the layers, to impart improved hardness to the selected subquantity of the layers and/or to the overall 3D part. The HVLAD subsystem may be used to bond at least one of the material layers to a previously laid down one of the material layers. |
| US10166749B2 |
Bonding-substrate fabrication method, bonding substrate, substrate bonding method, bonding-substrate fabrication apparatus, and substrate assembly
[Problem] To provide a substrate bonding technique having a wide range of application. [Solution] A silicon thin film is formed on a bonding surface, and the interface with the substrate is surface-treated using energetic particles/metal particles. |
| US10166748B2 |
Multi-stage debulk and compaction of thick composite repair laminates
A method for fabricating a repair laminate for a composite part having an exposed surface includes applying a release film to the exposed surface and forming an uncured ply stack assembly on the release film. The uncured ply stack assembly is formed by forming and compacting a series of uncured ply stacks. The release film and ply stack assembly is then removed from the exposed surface. A bonding material is then applied to the exposed surface, and the uncured ply stack assembly is applied to the bonding material. The ply stack assembly and bonding material are then cured. |
| US10166746B2 |
Resilient pad composite and process for making same without a die
The present application describes making a resilient pad composite that includes a substrate bonded to a plurality of discrete, spaced-apart, resilient elements engaged to at least one reinforcing structure. The reinforcing structure may include a lattice of reinforcing material. The one or more lattices of reinforcing material may engage at least some of the resilient elements. |
| US10166744B2 |
Glass/metal laminated structures and methods of manufacturing laminated structures
Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer. |
| US10166734B2 |
Mold apparatus, mold system, and method for molding sole component of article of footwear
A mold apparatus includes a first pivot arm having a first mold surface, a second pivot arm having a second mold surface opposing the first mold surface, and a driving cam member having a first driving cam surface configured to engage a first driven cam surface of the first arm to pivot the first arm in a first direction, and a second driving cam surface configured to engage a second driven cam surface of the second arm to pivot the second arm in a second direction opposite the first direction. The driving cam member moves between a first position, in which the first mold surface of the first arm and the second mold surface of the second arm form a continuous mold surface, and a second position, in which the first arm and the second arm are separated to enable removal of a molded element having an undercut mold surface contour. |
| US10166732B2 |
Annular ring and non-pneumatic tire
The present invention provides an annular beam of monolithic construction of one homogeneous material and a related efficient, low-cost non-pneumatic tire. Specific geometric design, combined with nonlinear elastomer physical properties, enable the suppression of all reinforcing belts, continuous fibers, or other strengthening layers in the annular beam. The annular beam consists of at least two bands that are continuous in the circumferential direction and connected by a web geometry. The non-pneumatic tire consists of the annular beam, a ground contacting portion, a central wheel, and a plurality of web spokes that connect the wheel and beam. When the tire is loaded to a design load against a flat surface over a design contact length, a contact area of essentially uniform pressure is produced, while the load is transmitted from the beam to the hub via tension in the web spokes. The tire can be economically manufactured. |
| US10166731B2 |
Method for modifying power of light adjustable lens
A method for adjusting a light adjustable lens in an optical system includes providing a light adjustable lens in an optical system; providing an ultraviolet light source to generate an ultraviolet light; and irradiating the generated ultraviolet light with a light delivery system onto the light adjustable lens with a center wavelength and with a spatial irradiance profile to change a dioptric power of the light adjustable lens by changing a refraction of the light adjustable lens in a refraction-change zone, thereby causing a wavefront sag, defined as half of a product of the change of the dioptric power and the square of a radius of the refraction-change zone, to be within 28% of its maximum over an ultraviolet spectrum. |
| US10166730B2 |
Contact lens manufacturing method
In manufacturing a contact lens, a contact lens mould arrangement in which the engagement between the mould halves is unconstrained and at least one mould half is sufficiently pliable or flexible that during the curing of the contact lens composition at one mold half may move or flex relative to the other to define a post-cure mould cavity of smaller volume than the pre-cure mould cavity and during which the curvatures of the first and/or second mould surfaces are allowed to change provides a significantly more efficient manufacturing process and enables one mould half to be readily utilized as a blister cup for contact lens packaging. |
| US10166728B2 |
Method for manufacturing spoke unit
In a method for manufacturing a spoke unit, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from a middle supporting portion to a first supporting portion along the front surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the first supporting portion to the middle supporting portion along the back surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the middle supporting portion to a second supporting portion along the front surface of the mandrel. Subsequently, the continuous fiber reinforced plastic is led from the second supporting portion to the middle supporting portion along the back surface of the mandrel. |
| US10166726B2 |
Method and apparatus for additive manufacturing
A method and device for producing a three-dimensional component by in-bath additive manufacturing comprising a bath (12) of a first fluid component and a nozzle (15) for dispensing a second fluid component. In use the nozzle is moved in the bath, and the fluid components react to produce said component. The second fluid component may be varied to change the visual and/or physical properties of the component. A computer (24) contains a digital record to control respective position of the nozzle and the bath. |
| US10166725B2 |
Three dimensional printing adhesion reduction using photoinhibition
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for three dimensional print adhesion reduction using photoinhibition include, in one aspect, a method including: moving a build plate in a vat of liquid including a photoactive resin; creating a photoinhibition layer within the liquid directly adjacent a window of the vat by directing a first light through the window into the liquid, the first light having a first wavelength selected to produce photoinhibition; and creating a solid structure on the build plate from the photoactive resin within a photoinitiation layer of the liquid by directing a second light through the window into the liquid, where the photoinitiation layer resides between the photoinhibition layer and the build plate, and the second light has a second wavelength different than the first wavelength. |
| US10166724B2 |
Method for providing spacers
A method for providing spacers on a construction component to be adhered involves applying a planar formation, including passages, on the construction component to be adhered, and inserting a setting liquid in the passages of the planar formation, so that the liquid forms spacer on the construction component to be adhered after setting and peeling off the planar formation. The spacer ensures a predetermined minimum bondline when adhering the construction component. |
| US10166723B2 |
Method of edge sealing for secondary lithium battery
A method of edge sealing for a secondary lithium battery, including: (1) drawing a 3D model of a battery edge of a secondary lithium battery, and inputting it into a 3D printer; (2) positioning the secondary lithium battery in a 3D printing area, and fixing a relative position of the secondary lithium battery in the 3D printing area; (3) stimulating, by the 3D printer, the battery edge according to the 3D model and setting a printing path; (4) adding edge sealing glue in a printing head of the 3D printer, the printing head moves according to the set printing path and meantime performs at least one time of printing, so that printed edge sealing glue covers the battery edge; (5) solidifying the edge sealing glue. The method of edge sealing of this application has broader application, which can be applied to batteries of any shape. |
| US10166720B2 |
Multilayer wiring board and manufacturing method for the multilayer wiring board
A manufacturing method for a multilayer wiring board includes: forming a groove on a surface of a first thermoplastic resin board; forming a modified layer made of resin having a melting point lower than a melting point of resin constituting the first thermoplastic resin board, by applying light to a region of the surface of the first thermoplastic resin board other than a region around the groove; filling the groove of the first thermoplastic resin board with conductive material having fluidity; and bonding a second thermoplastic resin board to the surface of the first thermoplastic resin board, on which the modified layer is formed, by thermocompression bonding. |
| US10166716B2 |
Method of manufacturing a medical device for external application to the head of a patient
A method of manufacturing a custom device for external application to the head of a patient over a removed portion of the cranium of the patient is described. A three dimensional digital image portion of the external surface of the head comprising at least the removed portion is generated. A three dimensional digital image portion is processed to identify the removed portion. A digital file is generated that is utilized to manufacture the device. |
| US10166715B2 |
Method and device for applying protective sheeting of polymer material to a pipeline
A method of applying protective sheeting of polymer material to a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis and having a cutback bounded at opposite axial ends by two end portions of respective protective coatings of polymer material, the method including directly heating the free faces of the end portions; extruding and simultaneously winding about the pipeline a protective sheeting wide enough to cover the cutback and the end portions; and compressing the protective sheeting against the pipeline, the end portions included. |
| US10166714B2 |
Roller and method for compressing protective sheeting of polymer material around a pipeline
A roller for compressing protective sheeting of polymer material around a pipeline rotates about a given or designated axis of rotation and has a shaft; and a first tubular portion which extends about the shaft and varies in elasticity along the given or designated axis of rotation; more specifically, the first tubular portion is of greater elasticity at the ends of the roller than at the center of the roller. |
| US10166713B2 |
Mould with a movable bottom and horizontal joint plane
A mould (12) for producing, from a blank (3), a container (2) having a bottom (6) provided with a seat (8), the mould (12) including: —a wall (14) delimiting a cavity (17) and, beyond the cavity (17), a hollow recess (21) opening into the cavity (17) via an opening (20); —a mould bottom (16) that is movable relative to the wall (14), the bottom having an upper surface (27) defining a seat surface (28) having the footprint of the seat (8) of the container (2). In this mould: —the wall (14) has a counterbore (24) that defines, at the top, the hollow recess (21) and that extends perpendicular to and around the opening (20), substantially parallel to the central axis (X); —the upper surface (27) defines a peripheral face (30) that extends flush with the counterbore (24). |
| US10166712B2 |
Method and apparatus for fabricating containers
A plurality of preforms are positioned in relation to each other and an incompressible fluid is injected into a cavity of each of the preforms to induce them to expand into containers. A portion of the surface of each of the preforms comes into abutment with a portion of the surface of at least one other preform during the injecting step, such that the expansion of the preforms is constrained. |
| US10166709B2 |
Actuator cooling apparatus and method
An injection molding apparatus comprising a clamp plate, a heated manifold, an actuator, a mold and a cooling device, wherein the cooling device comprises: a heat transmitter comprising a distal arm or member and a proximal base or member, the distal arm or member or member being mounted by a spring loadable interconnection or engagement to or with the proximal base or member, the clamp plate, the mold, the manifold, the actuator and the heat transmitter being assemblable together in an arrangement wherein the spring loadable interconnection is loaded urging the distal end surface of the distal arm or member into compressed engagement with the clamp plate. |
| US10166704B2 |
Method of making a laminated trim component at a pair of spaced first and second molding stations
A method of making a laminated trim component at a pair of spaced first and second molding stations is provided. A heated plastic composite sheet is pressed against a heated laminated sheet to bond a plastic cushioning layer of the laminated sheet to the composite sheet at the first molding station. The step of pressing compresses a portion of the laminated sheet spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the laminated sheet to locally compact and thin the cushioning layer at the portion to form a compressed portion of the cushioning layer. The bonded sheets are transferred to the second molding station where a plastic compatible with the plastic of the composite sheet is molded around the composite sheet to form at least one component at the inner surface of the composite sheet. |
| US10166703B2 |
Elastomeric gasket with multiple skeletons for placement between two parts of an aircraft and a method for making the same
An assembly for use on an aircraft wing having an aircraft skin and a fuel tank, the assembly comprising a metal access door for accessing the fuel tank, a metal retainer ring for engaging the wing and the access door. Fasteners removably couple the access door to the retainer ring. A lip, which may be on the wing surface, is configured to receive a perimeter of the access door when the access door is coupled to the retainer ring. A polyurethane elastomeric gel gasket having a metallic skeleton is configured to lay between the access door and a lip of the metal wing surface. Under compression, the polyurethane will deform and squeeze out the edges and flatten so as to provide metal-to-metal contact between the access door and the lip. |
| US10166696B2 |
Safety device, backflow reduction device, conformable wood processing device, and methods thereof for a waste processing system
A safety device for a waste processing system having a powered cutting system including a rotor rotatably mounted within a housing is disclosed wherein the improvement relates to a safety device which includes a first safety device disposed within the housing, spaced from the rotor and thereby defining a first gap therebetween through which a cable that has been captured by the rotor assembly is automatically cleaved when disposed between the first safety device and rotor assembly. |
| US10166695B1 |
Process for splitting a segment of wood
A wood supporting apparatus for use with a wood splitting device having a splitting wedge which translates along a substantially vertical splitting axis for dividing a segment of wood into separate segments, the wood supporting apparatus having a base member with a vertical support member for supporting and rotatably positioning the segment of wood. |
| US10166691B2 |
Hand-guided power tool with a guide bar
A power tool has a sprocket wheel cover mounted on a housing and a guide bar secured between housing and sprocket wheel cover and having a guide groove for a saw chain. The guide bar has a guide slot extending in a longitudinal direction of the guide bar and guiding the guide bar on a guide element for longitudinal movement relative to the housing. The guide bar has a first exterior side extending in a first plane and facing the housing and a second exterior side extending in a second plane and facing the sprocket wheel cover. The guide bar has an oil supply opening extending from the second exterior side into the guide groove and connected by an oil supply channel with an oil supply device. The oil supply channel has a channel section separate from the guide bar and extending from the first to the second plane. |
| US10166690B2 |
Apparatus for producing container carriers
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures is formed using a rotary die within a rotary die press resulting in carriers having complex configurations including close tolerance cuts and complex perforation patterns. |
| US10166687B2 |
Curtain cutting aid
A curtain cutting aid includes a curtain holder including an insertion space, an insertion slot in communication with the insertion space and a positioning portion disposed between the insertion space and the insertion slot, and a positioning unit including a movable bar inserted through the insertion slot into the insertion space and provided with spaced positioning grooves and an operating knob mounted in the curtain holder and coupled with the movable bar and movable between an initial position where one positioning groove of the movable bar is engaged with the positioning portion of the curtain holder to lock the movable bar in the insertion space, and a pressed position where the positioning groove of the movable bar is disengaged from the positioning portion of the curtain holder for allowing adjustment of the position of the movable bar according to the size of the curtain to be cut. |
| US10166670B2 |
Tool bit holder
The invention relates to a tool bit holder (10), for holding tool bits for a hand tool. The tool bit holder (10) has an extension along an x-axis, along a y-axis being perpendicular to the x-axis, and along a z-axis being perpendicular to the x-axis and y-axis. The tool bit holder (10) comprises an at least partially arc-shaped main surface (12), where the arc-shaped part (13) of the main surface (12) at least partially transitions between the y-axis to the z-axis. The main surface (12) is provided with an elongated slit (11) extending at least along its arc-shaped part (13) essentially along the x- and y-axis. The slit (11) is provided with an inner and an outer section (17), where the outer section (17) is level with the main surface (12) and the inner section (16) is wider than the outer section (17). The outer section (17) is adapted to receive the waist (3) of a tool bit (1) according the standard ISO 1173:2001, Form E. |
| US10166666B2 |
Adapter for combustion tool fuel cells
An adapter is provided for use in combination with a fuel cell having a closure formation. The adapter includes a fuel cell closure ring configured for engagement upon the closure formation of the fuel cell and including a top edge, a bottom edge, and a sidewall therebetween having an inner sidewall surface and an outer sidewall surface. At least one groove is defined by the inner sidewall and has at least one primary recess in communication with the at least one groove. At least one secondary recess is in communication with the groove. A metering valve has a body and at least one depending leg with a radially extending foot formation configured for engaging the groove. At least one supplemental locking lug is located on the leg and is constructed and arranged for engaging the at least one secondary recess. |
| US10166662B2 |
Hose clamp support tool
A hose clamp support tool includes a collar that is attached to a nose of a rotational driver. A drive extension includes a driven socket end that is connected to a drive output of the rotational driver, and a screw socket end that engages a screw of a hose clamp. A support structure is coupled to the collar, and is slideably moveable relative to the drive extension along the central drive axis. The support structure includes a cylindrical portion. The drive extension extends through and is rotatably supported by the cylindrical portion. The support structure includes a hood. The hose clamp is secured between the hood and the screw socket end of the drive extension during installation and removal operations. A biasing device is operable to bias the support structure along the central drive axis relative to the drive extension. |
| US10166661B2 |
Electronic device for checking fastening state of screws
An electronic device for checking a fastening state of screws includes a receiving member, a cover, an electric screwdriver, a processor, and a warning unit. The receiving member receives a mountable device. The cover includes a number of screw guiding members, the screw guiding members guides the screws into screw holes on the mountable device. The electric screwdriver fastens the screws into the screw holes on the mountable device. The processor predefines an order of the electric screwdriver fastening the screws in response to operations of an operator; in a process of the electric screwdriver fastening the screws into the screw holes on the mountable device received in the receiving member, checks whether the fastening order is the same as the predefined order; and when the fastening order is not the same as the predefined order, controls the warning unit to output a warning message. |
| US10166652B2 |
Substrate polishing device and method thereof
Provided are a device and method for polishing a substrate, in which an upper ground surface, a side surface and a lower ground surface of a substrate can be simultaneously polished, and a polishing wheel can be evenly used on the whole so as to be uniformly abraded. A substrate polishing system is to polish a substrate, of which upper edge and a lower edge are polished, and includes: a table, on which the substrate is secured; a spindle provided at the upper portion of a side surface of the table; a polishing wheel formed in the shape of a cylinder and having a rotating shaft mounted perpendicularly to the substrate, so as to polish the substrate with a side surface thereof while rotating by the spindle; and a Z axis movement means for moving the polishing wheel in the vertical direction during the polishing of the substrate. |
| US10166648B2 |
Finishing belt device and method for finishing a workpiece
A finishing belt device includes a pressure apparatus having a pressure roller that applies a pressing force to the rear side of a finishing belt that, when viewed in the running direction of the finishing belt, an active side of the finishing belt is pressed against a peripheral surface to be finished of a workpiece in a linear contact region at the level of the pressing force. A pressure roller support is provided with the pressure roller arranged as a first pressure roller and another pressure roller is arranged as a second pressure roller. When viewed in the running direction of the finishing belt, the active side of the finishing belt is pressed against the peripheral surface to be finished of the workpiece in two spaced-apart linear contact regions via the two pressure rollers. The invention also relates to a method for finishing a peripheral surface of a cam surface. |
| US10166647B2 |
Polishing apparatus and polishing method
A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate. This polishing apparatus includes a rotary holding mechanism configured to hold the substrate horizontally and rotate the substrate, plural polishing head assemblies provided around the substrate, plural tape supplying and recovering mechanisms configured to supply polishing tapes to the plural polishing head assemblies and recover the polishing tapes from the plural polishing head assemblies, and plural moving mechanisms configured to move the plural polishing head assemblies in radial directions of the substrate held by the rotary holding mechanism. The tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are located outwardly of the plural polishing head assemblies in the radial directions of the substrate, and the tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are fixed in position. |
| US10166642B2 |
Drive apparatus comprising mechanical vibration suppression function, and system comprising mechanical vibration suppression function
An apparatus or system comprises: a damper side linear motor; a drive side linear motor; a first detection unit that detects a first position that is a position of a movable portion of the drive side linear motor in relation to a machine base; a second detection unit that detects a second position that is a position of a movable portion of the damper side linear motor in relation to the machine base; a third detection unit that detects a third position that is a position of the movable portion of the drive side linear motor in relation to the movable portion of the damper side linear motor; a drive side control unit that controls the drive side linear motor, based on the first position and the third position; and a damper side control unit that controls the damper side linear motor, based on the second position. |
| US10166639B2 |
System for changing and inserting tools into or presenting tools at a machine tool and tool magazine, also machine tool having a tool changing system or tool magazine
A system is provided for changing and inserting tools into or presenting tools at a machine tool. The system includes at least n rotatable tool magazines for receiving a plurality of tools, where n≥2, which are arranged in tandem in the direction of a rotational axis. At least one of the n tool magazines can be driven independently of the other tool magazines to perform a rotational movement about the rotational axis. The system further includes a manipulator for removing the tools from the magazine. The tools are held in tool mounts along the circumference of the n tool magazines such that the longitudinal axes of the tools in each case of one of the n tool magazines are located in one plane and project from the circumference of the tool magazine, and the tools can be moved along the circumference of the respective tool magazine. |
| US10166635B2 |
Welding device comprising an active heating device for heating the workpiece
The invention relates to a welding device (1), in particular a laser welding device, for welding metal workpieces (3) by means of at least one welding head (2), in particular a laser welding head, which defines a working area (4). The welding device is characterized by at least one heating device (5) which acts on the working area (4) to heat up the workpiece (3), in particular before and/or after the welding process. |
| US10166634B2 |
Laser cladding using flexible cord of hardfacing material with diamond
A method of hardfacing a component includes generating a laser beam and directing the laser beam to an area of a wear surface of the component. The method includes feeding a flexible cord of a cladding material into the laser beam to melt the flexible cord and produce a bead of the cladding material on the wear surface. The flexible cord includes an inner metal wire surrounded by an agglomerate of abrasion and wear-resistant material that contains diamond particles. The method further includes moving the laser beam and the flexible cord along the wear surface to produce a cladding layer over the wear surface of the component. |
| US10166633B2 |
Laser beam machine for thermally treating workpieces with a cable guidance system having a fitted deflection unit
A laser beam machine has a laser head (3) for emitting a laser beam onto a workpiece which is to be treated, and a movement unit (1, 2, 9) for physically moving the laser head (3), which movement unit has a linearly moving machine portal (1) and a transverse carriage (2) which is held such that it can be moved on said machine portal in a transverse manner, wherein a flexible fiber cable (10) with a minimum permissible bending radius enters at an inlet point on the upper laser head end for transmitting the laser beam, and wherein a cable guidance system (12, 13) is provided in order to guide the fiber cable (10) at least over a portion of its length. In order to provide a laser beam machine proceeding from the above, in which laser beam machine inclined positions of the laser head (3) are also possible without the fiber cable (10) being subjected to excessive loading, the invention proposes that the cable guidance system (12, 13) has a deflection unit (13) which is fitted to the laser head (3) and which prespecifies a flexurally rigid deflection arc which extends above the inlet point and closely adjoins the inlet point, and by means of which deflection arc the fiber cable (10) is guided to the inlet point, and the radius of which deflection arc is greater than the minimum permissible bending radius of the fiber cable (10). |
| US10166631B2 |
Laser processing head apparatus with camera monitor
A laser processing head apparatus with a camera monitor includes a light source for illumination having a near-infrared laser diode that generates a near-infrared laser beam of which upper limit value is a wavelength of a laser beam for processing, and out of processing point-emitted light, a processing point-reflected laser beam and illumination light for imaging, which have passed through a condensed lens and a laser beam reflection mirror and are directed to the camera respectively. An optical filter blocks transmission of the processing point-emitted light and the processing point-reflected laser beam, and transmits the illumination light for imaging. |
| US10166626B2 |
Method for the non-releasable connection of components or component regions and non-releasable connection
A method for the connection of components or component regions and a non-releasable connection produced in this manner. Two connection faces are partially welded to each other with an adhesive layer being incorporated between the two connection faces. The method including the following steps: arranging a welding base on a connection face, applying the adhesive layer to a connection face, moving the connection faces toward each other in such a manner that the welding base is applied against the other connection face, introducing welding current in the region of the applied welding base. A spacer is arranged between the connection faces before the connection faces are moved toward each other. The connection faces are spaced apart from each other in the region of the welding base by the extent that the welding base projects above the spacer. |
| US10166622B2 |
Automatic welding method and apparatus
A method of automatically controlling welding using a welding apparatus having a heat-source and a wire feed. The method includes: setting at least one welding parameter; setting a stable wire interaction position where the wire fed by the wire feed interacts with the heat generated by the heat-source so as to produce an acceptable weld; and monitoring the wire interaction position during welding. If the wire interaction position deviates from the stable wire interaction position by more than an allowable tolerance at least one welding parameter is automatically altered to return the wire interaction position to within the allowable tolerance of the stable wire interaction position. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method. |
| US10166620B2 |
Slag removal system and method
A device to unclog orifices in a workpiece is provided. The device includes a lower portion configured to receive the workpiece and an upper portion configured to secure the workpiece to the lower portion. The upper portion includes a tube configured to receive a piston. An unclogging material is placed in the tube portion, and the piston forces the unclogging material through the orifices. |
| US10166615B2 |
Slip detector
A machine including: a table having a surface adapted to have a workpiece lay and move thereon, and a vise for gripping the workpiece. The machine also includes a drive system for moving the vise and workpiece a distance along the table surface, and a sensor assembly connected to the vise for measuring an amount of slip distance occurring between the vise and the workpiece. The machine also includes a control unit connected to the sensor assembly and the drive system for storing the measured slip distance and for operating the drive system and for operating to do at least one of, when a predetermined amount of slip distance is detected: sounding an alarm and stopping further movement of the workpiece, and, when a slip distance is measured, for causing the drive system to move the vise and workpiece an added distance equal to the measured slip distance. |
| US10166606B2 |
Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product
A cutting insert of one aspect includes a top surface including a first corner portion and a second corner portion; and a top cutting edge. The top cutting edge includes a first corner cutting edge, a first major cutting edge, a second corner cutting edge, and a second major cutting edge. The top surface includes a first breaker protrusion and a second breaker protrusion. A gap between the first breaker protrusion and the first corner cutting edge is larger than a gap between the second breaker protrusion and the second corner cutting edge, a gap between the first breaker protrusion and the first major cutting edge becomes larger as a distance from the first corner cutting edge increases, and a gap between the second breaker protrusion and the second major cutting edge becomes smaller as a distance from the second corner cutting edge increases. |
| US10166605B2 |
Method for producing microparticles
The problem addressed by the present invention is providing a method for producing microparticles. At least two fluids to be processed, a raw material fluid that contains a raw material and a processing fluid that contains a substance for processing the raw material are mixed in a thin film fluid formed between at least two surfaces for processing that are disposed so as to face each other, that can approach and separate from each other and at least one of which rotates relative to the other, and microparticles of the raw material that is processed are obtained. At this time, the proportion of the microparticles of the raw material which has been processed that coalesces with each other is controlled by controlling the circumferential speed of the rotation in a confluence section in which the raw material fluid and processing fluid flow together. |
| US10166598B2 |
Precision-casting core, precision-casting core manufacturing method, and precision-casting mold
A coating layer including solely silicon alkoxide or mixed alkoxide of silicon alkoxide and aluminum alkoxide is formed on a surface of a sintered precision-casting core body mainly including silica particles so as to seal holes formed in the surface. As a result, it is possible to prevent the breakage of the core during casting. |
| US10166597B2 |
Camshaft-manufacturing method and gear shaft-manufacturing method
A camshaft-manufacturing method includes: a split die group preparation step; a processing preparation step of preparing a cam including a through-hole, a cam body which is smaller than each of the cam accommodation portions, and ribs which are provided on both sides in a thickness direction of the cam body and configured to be fitted into the rib accommodation portions, and a hollow shaft, accommodating the cam body in the cam accommodation portion and fitting the ribs in the rib accommodation portion, and inserting the hollow shaft into the through-hole of the cam; and a processing step of performing hydroform processing, and fixing the cam to the hollow shaft by expanding the hollow shaft. |
| US10166594B2 |
Spring forming device, method for forming a helical spring and corresponding computer program
The present invention refers to a spring forming device (1) comprising: a system (3) for feeding a wire (4) for forming a helical spring (2); a winding system (7) suitable for winding said wire (4) according to a helical configuration having a predefined diameter (D) extending along a helix development axis (A); one or more pitch tools (11, 13, 9), each suitable for acting on the wire (4) so that it takes on said cylindrical helix configuration with a predefined pitch (p); a system (15) for detecting the actual pitch of the spring forming in device (1) starting from said wire (4); means for detecting the amount (I) of the fed wire; a control unit configured for: —determining the actual length (Leff) of the spring forming in the device starting from the actual amount of the fed wire (I) and actual pitch (peff) detected for portions of the spring, already formed in the device; —determining a reference length (L) as a function of said actual amount (I) of fed wire; —determining an error between said reference length (L) and said actual length (Leff); —generating a command signal such to vary, during the spring formation, the configuration of one of said one or more pitch tools (11, 13, 9) as a function of said error. Moreover, the present invention refers to a method for forming springs and a corresponding computer program. |
| US10166593B2 |
Manufacturing method for bumper beam of vehicle
A manufacturing method for a bumper beam of a vehicle may include pipe making, producing a circular pipe by pipe molding a steel plate having a predetermined thickness between first and second molding rolls, heating the circular pipe to a set temperature in a heating furnace, pressurizing and molding the circular pipe heated in the heating furnace and having flexibility, while inserting the circular pipe between an upper mold and a lower mold to form a molding beam, and thereafter, rapidly cooling the molding beam to form the molding beam into a high-strength molding beam, and curvature-molding the high-strength molding beam at a predetermined curvature through a curvature molding machine. |
| US10166592B2 |
Method for forming a sheet made of an aluminum alloy into a component of complex shape, particularly a motor-vehicle component
A method for forming a sheet made of an aluminium alloy into a component of complex shape, particularly a motor-vehicle component, such as an outer panel or an inner frame of a bonnet or a door of a motor-vehicle, provides for blow-forming of the sheet, with the aid of pressurized gas, within a mould. The alloy constituting the sheet does not have superplasticity features and the sheet and/or the mould are heated to a temperature in the order of 400°-450° C. for 5XXX series alloys and 450°-500° C. and over for 6XXX and 7XXX series alloys. The maximum pressure reached by the forming gas is in the order of 20-30 bars and the time required for forming the sheet is between 40 and 150 seconds and therefore is consistent with production rates in the automotive field. |
| US10166590B2 |
High speed blow forming processes
A method of forming a part includes: inserting a blank into a die, the die comprising a mold mounted above a sealing counterpart; clamping the blank between the mold and the sealing counterpart; applying first pressure on the blank from the sealing counterpart so the blank is pressed upward to form a shaped part corresponding to the mold; applying a vacuum to the shaped part to hold it against the mold also after separating the mold and the sealing counterpart, the vacuum applied through at least one opening in the mold located in a corner of the mold that the blank does not reach when the first pressure is applied; and discontinuing the vacuum to allow the shaped part to be released from the mold. |
| US10166589B2 |
Forming tool and method for hot forming and partially press hardening a workpiece made of sheet steel
A forming tool for hot forming and partially press hardening a workpiece made of sheet steel including a die, a punch, and a cooling device. The die is formed of a first die part and at least one second die part which is movable relative to the first die part, while the punch is formed of a first punch part and at least one second punch part which is movable relative to the first punch part, the at least one movable second die part and the at least one movable second punch part interacting with an opening device which causes the at least one second die part and the at least one second punch part to contact the workpiece with a shorter closing time than the first die part and the first punch part. |
| US10166587B2 |
Smart active control roller hemming device and system
A smart active control hemming device is provided. The device includes a robot arm and a hemming roller unit that is disposed at a front end portion of the robot arm. The hemming roller unit includes a plurality of hemming rollers, a control motor that is driven with an electric motor to adjust a hemming pressure or position of at least one of the hemming rollers, and a pressure detection sensor that detects a hemming pressure of the hemming roller in which a hemming pressure is adjusted by the control motor. |
| US10166584B2 |
Process damping of self-excited third octave mill vibration
Control of self-excited third octave vibration in a metal rolling mill can be achieved by adjusting the tension of the metal strip as it enters a stand. Self-excited third octave vibration can be detected and/or measured by one or more sensors. A high-speed tension adjustor can rapidly adjust the entry tension of the metal strip (e.g., as the metal strip enters a mill stand) to compensate for the detected self-excited third octave vibration. High-speed tension adjustors can include any combination of hydraulic or piezoelectric actuators coupled to the center roll of a bridle roll to rapidly raise or lower the roll and thus induce rapid tension adjustments in the strip. Other high-speed tension adjustors can be used. |
| US10166583B2 |
Process for hot-rolling metallic hollow bodies and corresponding hot-rolling mill
In order to optimize the lubrication of a rolling rod in a process for hot-rolling metallic, elongate hollow bodies (21) by means of the rolling rod (2), which is arranged in the hollow body and to which lubricant is applied before the hot-rolling operation, the lubricant is applied to the rolling rod in solid form. |
| US10166580B2 |
Aluminum foil, electronic device, roll-to-roll aluminum foil, and method of producing aluminum foil
An aluminum foil includes a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface. In at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface, a surface roughness Ra is not more than 10 nm, a surface roughness Rz is not more than 40 nm in each of a rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, and the number of peak counts is not less than 10 when a reference length is 40 μm, the number of peak counts being determined from a roughness curve in at least one of the rolling direction and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction. |
| US10166575B2 |
Shift and hold conveyor assembly for removal of oversize parcels
A conveyor assembly insertable within a conveying system including a low friction conveying surface having both forward and lateral conveying forces for moving articles toward a parallel lateral sidewall and a downstream conveyor. A first diverging sidewall gradually converges parcels toward the center of the conveyor. An inwardly directed offset extends from a first diverging sidewall to a second lateral sidewall for shifting parcels inwardly toward a second lateral sidewall. A raised high friction conveying surface or rail belt extends along an outer edge of the low friction conveyor. At least a portion of the high friction belt is raised above the surface of the adjacent conveying surface in flow communication with the low friction conveying surface. Parcels contacting the high friction belt are prevented from shifting over toward the sidewall and parcels having a center of gravity outside the tipover point fall over the belt onto a recirculation conveyor. |
| US10166572B2 |
Display inserts, overlays, and graphical user interfaces for multimedia systems
A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services. |
| US10166569B1 |
Painting system
A painting system having a paint applicator holder, a paint applicator and a paint tray. The paint applicator holder has a handle portion and an applicator portion that extends from the handle portion. The paint applicator has an applicator base and an applicator pad. The applicator base is capable of engaging the applicator portion. The applicator pad is capable of receiving paint. The paint tray has a lower surface and a side wall extending therefrom to define a recess that is adapted to receive paint. The paint tray further also has at least one ridge extending from the lower surface into the recess to longitudinally and latitudinally support the paint applicator above the lower surface. |
| US10166567B2 |
Coating apparatus and method of coating joint
A coating apparatus for coating a perimeter surface of a pipeline. A frame selectively mounts a sprayer on the pipeline. The sprayer can spray fluid along a flow path in a spraying mode and preparation mode. In the preparation mode, a fluid diverter moves into the flow path to divert the fluid delivered from the sprayer away from the pipeline. In the spraying mode, the fluid diverter moves out of the flow path to permit the sprayer to coat the perimeter surface of the pipeline with a curable liquid. A vacuum system can draw a vacuum through the diverter to remove the fluid the sprayer sprays in the preparation mode. The flow path can be located in a spray shroud. The diverter can fluidly couple the vacuum system to the shroud interior in the spraying mode to remove overspray. |
| US10166563B2 |
Pump systems, pump engines, and methods of making the same
A pump engine assembly includes an output cylinder that may be customized to include a stop portion limiting the stroke of a piston to produce a particular output such that customized pump systems may be produced from similar parts with the exchange of only a single part—the output cylinder. |
| US10166557B2 |
Electrostatic spray tool system
An electrostatic spray system includes an electrostatic tool, a spray tip assembly configured to receive a coating material, and an airflow to atomize and charge the coating material, and spray the coating material in an airflow direction. The spray tip assembly includes a first air cap horn having a recess in a first distal surface, a first charging pin disposed within the recess, and a grounded pin coupled to the spray tip assembly. The first charging pin and the grounded pin are configured to produce an electric field that charges the coating material. |
| US10166556B2 |
Pulsating high pressure air and water nozzle
A pulsating high pressure air and water nozzle is disclosed. The nozzle includes an impeller adapted to rotate about an axis, a housing adapted to secure the impeller therein, and a supply conduit secured to the housing. The supply conduit is orientated to direct a stream of pressurized fluid to impact the impeller to cause the impeller to rotate. The nozzle also includes a discharge port secured to the housing and is adapted to discharge a pulsating stream of fluid directly from the housing. The impeller includes a plurality of radial spaced vanes secured to a hub, where a cavity is disposed between each vane of the plurality of vanes. The plurality of vanes is adapted to intermittently block the discharge port as the impeller rotates. In addition, the nozzle includes a cover adapted to be removably secured to the housing to access an inside of the housing. |
| US10166554B2 |
Injector
A valve injector (10) comprising: a body (12) defining a fluid conduit (14), the fluid conduit (14) accommodating first, second and third checks (16, 18, 20), the first check (16) being disposed within the fluid conduit (14) towards a first end (10a) of the injector (10), the second check (18) being disposed towards a second end (10b) of the injector (10), distally from the first end (10a), and the third check (20) being located between said first and second check (16, 18). |
| US10166545B2 |
Valve-manifold laboratory glassware with electrically motorized moveable-gate valves for chemical laboratory automation and other applications
An article of laboratory glassware for directing the flow of chemical materials is described. The article includes a manifold having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port, and a plurality of stopcocks. Each stopcock has an inlet port and an outlet port connected by a passageway through the plug. Each of the stopcock output ports is connected to one of the manifold input ports, and each of the stopcock input ports is connected with one end of a hollow glass tube, and the other end of the hollow glass tube is connected to a ground glass joint. The output ports of the manifold are terminated to a ground glass joint. Each stopcock is fitted with a plug comprising a longitudinally-movable gate whose position is driven by a stepper or D.C. electrical motor where the gate position can be monitored by a sensor and can be computer-controlled. |
| US10166544B2 |
Unit for making available a fluid for a biochemical analysis device, and method and device for producing such a unit
A unit for making available a fluid for a biochemical analysis device includes a lid element and a bottom element with a bottom recess lying opposite the lid element. A film is arranged between the lid element and the bottom element. A fluid bag with a force introduction surface for introducing a force into the fluid bag is folded and/or arranged in the bottom recess such that, without pressure acting on the film, the force introduction surface and a main plane of the film are oriented in different directions. The film is pressed against the force introduction surface when pressure acts on the film in the direction of the bottom recess to thereby introduce the force into the fluid bag. The fluid bag has at least one closure seam that opens when the force is introduced. |
| US10166543B2 |
Cell capturing cartridge
Provided is a cell capturing cartridge. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, the cell capturing cartridge may include a substrate and structures provided on an upper surface of the substrate and constituting a plurality of rows that are parallel to a row direction. The structures in one row may be offset from the structures in the neighboring rows in the row direction. Each of the substrates may have a first side surface facing one side of the substrate and a second side surface disposed opposite to the first side surface and having a width greater than that of the first side surface. |
| US10166536B1 |
Method of making and separating a propylene/ethylene mixture from butene
A method of producing propylene and ethylene from a butene-containing hydrocarbon stream by cracking olefin compounds in the butene-containing hydrocarbon stream in the presence of a core-shell ZSM catalyst, wherein the core-shell ZSM catalyst comprises a ZSM-5 core and a silica shell disposed thereon. Various embodiments of the method of producing propylene and ethylene, and the method of making the core-shell ZSM catalyst are also provided. |
| US10166534B2 |
Method for reduction of organic molecules
A method for the reduction organic molecules comprising a Ruthenium-Triphosphine complex with aromatic ligands at the phosphors which are ortho or meta substituted. |
| US10166533B2 |
Methods for producing borylated arenes
Methods for the borylation of aromatic compounds using cobalt catalysts are provided. |
| US10166524B2 |
Methane conversion apparatus and process using a supersonic flow reactor
Apparatus and methods are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process. |
| US10166521B2 |
Process and system for conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monixide
A process and an apparatus for converting carbon dioxide CO2 into carbon monoxide CO using hydrocarbons are described. In further embodiments, processes and apparatuses for generating synthesis gas and processes and apparatuses for converting synthesis gas into synthetic functionalised and/or non-functionalised hydrocarbons using CO2 and hydrocarbons are described. The processes and apparatuses are adapted to convert CO2 emitted by industrial processes, and thus the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere may be reduced. |
| US10166516B2 |
Control method and control system for agitating mechanism
A control method and control system for an agitating mechanism are provided. The control method includes receiving a load current detected by a current detecting apparatus when the agitating mechanism is rotating along a specific direction; determining whether the rotation of the agitating mechanism meets a preset trigger condition based on the load current; and controlling the agitating mechanism to rotate in a direction opposite from the specific direction when the trigger condition is met. The present invention can reduce the possibility of the electrical components of the agitating mechanism being burnt out and prolong the lifespan of the agitating mechanism. The present invention can improve agitation results of the agitating mechanism. At low speed, the agitating mechanism can perform the agitation gently without damaging the texture of the solid food. At high speed, the agitating mechanism can more homogeneously and finely agitate the mushy food with enhanced agitating efficiency. |
| US10166513B2 |
Spacer for a membrane module
A spacer for a membrane module, the spacer comprising: a plurality of first filaments defining a plurality of fluid flow channels, in use the plurality of fluid flow channels being adjacent a membrane of the membrane module; and a plurality of second filaments provided on the plurality of first filaments and extending into the fluid flow channels, the second filaments moveable relative to the first filaments in response to an external stimulus during flow of fluid in the fluid flow channels. |
| US10166505B2 |
Method of treating gas and gas treatment device
Method of treating gas and gas treatment device, the gas treatment device comprising: a first chamber, comprising a first inlet, a first outlet and a first energy supply system, allowing the gas to enter the first chamber through the first inlet; a second chamber comprising a second outlet and a second energy supply system; a third chamber comprising a third inlet in communication with the first outlet and the second outlet; and a fourth chamber comprising a fourth inlet and a scrubbing system containing a solvent comprising water molecules (H2O), wherein the third outlet of the third chamber is in communication with the fourth inlet of the fourth chamber. |
| US10166499B2 |
Filter assembly for a fluid filter
A filter assembly for a fluid filter includes a plurality of filter units assembled in series, and each filter unit includes: a connecting member, an input member and an output member. The input member of each of the filter units has an extending pipe connected to a connecting pipe of another filter unit, so that the filter units can be easily assembled by directly screwing the connecting pipe of the connecting member of one filter unit into the extending pipe of the input member of another filter unit, without using tools or fasteners. Hence, the assembling cost is relatively reduced. |
| US10166495B2 |
Filter cartridge
A filter cartridge includes a radio frequency identification, RFID, tag positioned on a casing. A compressed cellulose foam is positioned over the RFID tag on the casing. An impermeable material is positioned over the cellulose foam on the casing at an outer surface of the casing. The impermeable material defines a passage that extends through the impermeable material to the cellulose foam. The passage is configured such that water is flowable through the passage to the cellulose foam. The compressed cellulose foam is configured for wicking the water from the passage to the RFID tag. |
| US10166493B2 |
Mobile flocculation and fracking water treatment system
A mobile flocculation and water treatment system includes at least one tank, preferably a series of adjoining tanks separated by weirs, and an adjacent pump house mounted on a mobile platform. At least one pump is mounted in the pump house. Fluid conduits run from the pumps to the tank. An overflow is mounted between the downstream tank and the pump house whereby fluid overflow from the tanks is directed into the pump house. The pump house provides a substantially water-tight reservoir zone to provide secondary containment. Water to be treated enters the upstream end of the tanks and is discharged from the downstream end. |
| US10166492B2 |
Bubble removing unit and substrate treating apparatus including the same
A bubble removing unit is disclosed including a body having an inner space, through which a liquid flows, in an interior thereof, a liquid introducing pipe through which the liquid is supplied to the body, a liquid discharging pipe through which the liquid, from which bubbles are removed, is discharged from the body, a bubble discharging pipe through which the bubbles are discharged from the inner space, and a rod-shaped bar situated in the inner space and a length of which extends in a lengthwise direction of the body, wherein a variable cross-section part situated between the liquid introducing pipe and the liquid discharging pipe and a cross-section of which varies along the lengthwise direction of the body is provided in the inner space of the body. |
| US10166486B2 |
Self-righting model vehicle
A process for self-righting an inverted remote controlled model vehicle is provided. The process includes the method of determining a current pitch angle and a current angular rocking rate of the model vehicle and accelerating or decelerating a mass on the model vehicle based on the current pitch angle and the current angular rocking rate of the model vehicle to create a rocking motion by the model vehicle. In addition, the method also includes terminating the self-righting process when the model vehicle is upright. In which, the model vehicle body contacts the ground and provides a fulcrum for the rocking motion by the model vehicle. |
| US10166481B2 |
Method, device and system for sharing of game characters
A method for sharing of game characters includes a game management system coupled to a first platform server and a second platform server. The game management system generates a uniform identifier, assigns the uniform identifier to a username that is used by a user to log in the first platform server and the second platform server, and transmits the uniform identifier to a game server. The game server creates or retrieves a game character based upon the uniform identifier. |
| US10166477B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program
A game device includes: a detecting section configured to obtain an imaged image imaged by an imaging device, and detect a tracking object included in the obtained imaged image; a control section configured to calculate a position in which to display a predetermined image according to a position in which the tracking object is detected; and an image generating section configured to generate a display image displaying the predetermined image in the position calculated by the control section in the imaged image such that the predetermined image is superimposed on the imaged image, and display the generated display image on a display device. |
| US10166473B2 |
System and method to provide augmented reality and remote gameplay for traditional trading card games
A computer-implemented method and system to deliver enhanced augmented reality gameplay experience for Trading Card Games. The computer-implemented method includes setting up a gaming session with a plurality of Gamers through a user interface. The computer-implemented method includes scanning one or more relevant cards and identifying a Game Component represented by the relevant cards. The computer-implemented method includes retrieving a pre-defined sequence of animated movements of a 3D model of the Game Component from a database by the game server. Further, the computer-implemented method includes superimposing the sequence of animated movements onto the image of the trading card as captured by the camera of the gaming device, thereby giving the effect of the animated 3D model augmenting the real image of the static trading card so that the Game Component appears to be alive. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method includes capturing one or more actions taken on the Game Components by the Gamer by a plurality of Input Parameters. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes detecting information on the actions captured and subsequently sending the information to the Gaming Server through the data network. The computer-implemented method includes generating Outcome Parameters by logically matching the one or more actions taken with the cards in play against one or more actions and cards in play by the opposing Gamer. The computer-implemented method also includes superimposing the actions of the Outcome Parameters thereby giving the effect of the animated 3D model augmenting the real image of the static trading card to display the consequence of the Gamers one or more actions. The computer-implemented method includes completing the gaming session until the end is reached, the end is defined by the rules of the TCGs being played. |
| US10166470B2 |
Method for providing a virtual world layer
A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality, including providing a virtual world layer having virtual world layer functionality beyond the base virtual world functionality, coupling the virtual world layer to the base virtual world and coupling the virtual world layer to the user. User access to the base virtual world functionality and to the virtual world layer functionality by the virtual world layer is provided. |
| US10166468B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, recording medium and information processing method
An example system includes a server and multiple information processing apparatuses. The server includes a competition request acceptance unit accepting a competition request from the information processing apparatus, and an opponent decision unit deciding an opponent of a user concerning the request accepted by the competition request acceptance unit. The information processing system includes a history storage unit storing competition history information for a user in a tournament, an exchange processing unit performing processing of exchanging at least a part of the competition history information between competing users, based on the decision made by the opponent decision unit, and a competition processing unit performing processing concerning a competition between the users. The opponent decision unit decides an opponent based on at least a part of competition history information stored in the history storage unit. |
| US10166467B2 |
Information processing device, data structure of game data, and recording medium
An information processing device processes game data including a startup file and a program file, the game data being formed by adding, to an image file of game data including a plurality of files that are each assigned one or a plurality of blocks and including metadata of each file, metadata including a signature attached to each of the plurality of blocks constituting the image file. The information processing device includes: a first mount processing section mounting the image file to which the metadata including the signature is added at a first mount point, and recognizing the image file; and a second mount processing section mounting the recognized image file at a second mount point, and recognizing the plurality of files included in the image file. |
| US10166466B2 |
Feedback for enhanced situational awareness
An electronic game feedback system includes a wearable haptic feedback device and a processing circuit. The wearable haptic feedback device includes a plurality of haptic elements configured to provide haptic feedback to a user. The processing circuit is configured to provide a display to the user associated with an electronic game, the electronic game associated with a primary object and a distal secondary object; receive first positional data regarding the primary object; receive second data regarding the secondary object; and control operation of the wearable haptic feedback device to provide the feedback to the user based on the first positional data and the second data. |
| US10166464B2 |
Puzzle
In order to provide a puzzle that allows young children to enjoy puzzle games easily and pleasantly, a puzzle 1 has a housing main body 10 and a puzzle shaft 40 provided in the housing main body 10. The puzzle shaft 40 includes a shaft and a piece 30. The shaft is provided with rotation of the shaft centers fixed. A plurality of pieces that is rotatably provided around the shaft center of the shaft along a shaft center direction of the shaft via the shaft and a ratchet mechanism, and puzzle patterns are provided to outer periphery of the shaft around the shaft center. The ratchet mechanism is made up of ratchet teeth formed on the outer periphery of the shaft and a ratchet pawl provided to the piece via an elastic portion. |
| US10166461B2 |
Card shuffling apparatuses and related methods
Card shuffler apparatuses include a card repositioner used to randomly reposition a plurality of cards on-edge over an aperture extending through a card support surface to allow cards to sequentially pass through the aperture in a random order. The apparatuses may be capable of continuously and sequentially forming playing card hands for use in a game. Shuffler apparatuses may be used to obtain a measurement relating to a thickness of the deck of cards. Methods involve the use of card shuffler apparatuses to form one or more playing card hands in a playing card game. Additional methods involve counting playing cards present within a stack of playing cards using a shuffler apparatus. In further methods, a number of shuffler apparatuses and a lesser number of shuffler activation devices are provided in a gaming establishment so as to preclude simultaneous use of all the shuffler apparatuses in the establishment. |
| US10166460B2 |
Process and system for managing a bowling centre
A process and a system for managing a bowling center, which includes one or more bowling lanes along which a bowl is rolled, one or more pin setting up machines at one end of the lane and one or more bowlers' bays at the opposite end of the lane, one or more overhead monitors or videos above the lane, one or more consoles or keyboards located at the one or more lanes, respectively, and allowing a user to enter data, an electronic control system set up to manage the bowling center, and in particular, a score program which calculates the score of the games played at the bowling center and displays the score, in particular at the respective overhead monitor. A visual signal is emitted at the respective lane to indicate that the lane is open and waiting for users. |
| US10166459B1 |
Modular ramp system
A modular ramp system includes a ramp component and a connector releasably joined to the ramp component. The ramp component has first and second inclined surfaces and a connecting portion positioned between the first and second inclined surfaces. The connector has a bottom side formed with first and second coupling sections connectible to the connecting portion. The connector is positionable in a first position in which one of the first and second coupling sections is releasably joined to the connecting portion of the ramp component, and the other of the first and second coupling sections is adapted to releasably couple to a ramp or an external structure, and is positionable in a second position in which the first and second coupling sections are releasably joined to the connecting portion of the ramp component. |
| US10166454B2 |
Swing analysis device, swing analysis system, swing analysis method, and storage medium
A swing analysis device includes an angle calculator that calculates an upper limit angle and a lower limit angle during a predetermined period of swing of a sporting apparatus based on a plurality of angles of the sporting apparatus for predetermined planes; and an index setting unit that sets an upper limit plane based on the upper limit angle and a stroke direction, and sets a lower limit plane based on the lower limit angle and the stroke direction. |
| US10166452B2 |
Bat swing training device
The present invention is a bat swing training device and methods of using the device to increase accuracy when hitting a ball with a bat. The training device has a bottom end having a knob, a handle next to the knob and a shaft next to the handle and a top end having a barrel for hitting the ball. The handle is a non-round-cylinder shape and the shaft has a means for maintaining a desired orientation of the bat at the moment of contacting a ball. The method includes the steps of gripping and swinging the training device while maintaining the desired orientation and repeating the swing improving hitting accuracy. |
| US10166447B2 |
Progressive weighted aerobic ping pong exercise racquet
An enhanced table tennis racket is disclosed that incorporates features for enhancing the aerobic exercise value of the game. One or more weights may be attached, removably or permanently, to the racket. In alternative embodiments, a mobile computer device such as a smartphone may be fitted in a recess formed in the racked and may track the movement of the racket. Mobile application software may provide data processing and reporting functions. A computing device in communication with the mobile computing device may receive data concerning the racket for demonstration or analysis purposes. |
| US10166445B2 |
Golf putter head assembly and method of use
A head assembly for a golf putter includes a head piece, a hosel or connector for attaching a putter shaft to the head piece, and a releasable clamping element. A body portion of the hosel is formed with a concavity defined by a cylindrical concave surface. A finger extension of the hosel has a bore for receiving an end of a putter shaft. The head piece includes an elongate body having a putting face on one side and a cylindrical convex surface on an opposite side. The cylindrical convex surface is insertable into the concavity in the hosel body and is engageable with the cylindrical concave surface thereof. The clamping element adjustably fixes the hosel and the head piece to one another. |
| US10166444B1 |
Golf club with removable face
The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, golf club includes a face component that is removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be altered. |
| US10166443B2 |
Golf club head
A golf club head according to the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the sole portion including a toe-side recessed portion arranged on a toe side, a heel-side recessed portion arranged on a heel side, and a middle recessed portion arranged between the toe-side recessed portion and the heel-side recessed portion, and at least one readily deformable portion that extends linearly in a toe-heel direction is formed in the toe-side recessed portion and the heel-side recessed portion. |
| US10166438B2 |
Apparatus, method, and program product for tracking physical activity
Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for tracking physical activity. One apparatus includes a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect, by use of the apparatus held by a first person, a second person in close proximity to the first person. The code is executable by the processor to track physical activity of the first person. The code is executable by the processor to transmit at least a portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to an electronic identity corresponding to the second person to enable attaching at least the portion of the tracked physical activity of the first person to the electronic identity corresponding to the second person. |
| US10166435B2 |
Back extension exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus for performing a back extension exercise comprising: a frame, a seat having a seating surface and a pelvic stabilization pad having a lower back engagement surface, an input arm assembly interconnected by a first interconnection to a first resistance mechanism, the input arm assembly including a manually graspable mechanism and being arranged on the apparatus such that the input arm assembly is pivotable beginning from a start motionless position along a path of travel toward the pelvic stabilization pad under resistance exerted by one or both of the resistance mechanisms, wherein the first resistance mechanism is adapted to increase resistance as the degree of pivoting of the input arm assembly increases along the path of travel away from the start motionless position rearwardly toward the pelvic stabilization pad. |
| US10166431B2 |
Selectorized dumbbell with a weight selector having a continuous periphery that encloses an open interior
A selectorized dumbbell has a plurality of nested weights that provide a stack of left weight plates and a stack of right weight plates. A handle is dropped between the stacks and a selector is inserted into one of a plurality of vertically spaced positions on the handle to couple a selected number of the weights to the handle. The selector has a continuous periphery enclosing an open interior. A user who is exercising with the dumbbell will be alerted to unintended dislodgement of the selector since a portion of the selector's periphery will contact a portion of the user's grip hand, wrist or forearm during such dislodgement. This prevents complete dislodgement and prompts the user to restore the selector to a fully installed position. Side walls of the selector may become curved when the selector is installed to provide an additional frictional force resisting dislodgement of the selector. |
| US10166430B2 |
Barbell collar
A barbell collar. The barbell collar may have a plate and at least two weight bars, a first weight bar and a second weight bar. The plate may comprise a barbell engagement portion, a heavy arm and a light arm. The heavy arm weighs more than said light arm. The barbell engagement portion is configured to engage with a barbell. Each of the at least two weight bars may be attached to each of the at least two arm portions of the plate. The at least two weight bars may be adapted to engage and hold one or more weights. |
| US10166428B2 |
Adjustable club
An adjustable club for exercise that has an elongate handle, at least one weight and a stud. The elongate handle acts as a counterweight to the removable weights. The elements of the adjustable club may be held together by two different types of frictional fits. The adjustable club may include only the elongate handle and the stud. |
| US10166424B2 |
Exercise machine having changeable damping mechanism
An exercise machine having a changeable damping mechanism is provided. A first transmission rope on a first shifting wheel of a first rotating shaft drives a damping device of a damping shaft to generate a relative damping action for training the leg muscular endurance of the user. Through a first changeable damping mechanism, the first transmission rope, which having stretch elasticity on the first shifting wheel is controlled to adjust the rotational speed according to the gear ratio, which may be in cooperation with a second transmission rope, which having stretch elasticity on a second shifting wheel through a second changeable damping mechanism, and is in cooperation with the damping action of a magnetic control wheel or a blower fan of the damping device to extend the range of damping control for different users to train muscular endurance. |
| US10166423B2 |
Support apparatus for plyometric exercise
A support apparatus for use during plyometric exercise. The apparatus includes a resilient body having a cuboid shape. A flexible cover is provided that surrounds the body. The cuboid body has a height, width and depth which are all of different lengths to each other such that the apparatus may be arranged in three different orientations in which an uppermost face defines a landing platform of three different heights. The body includes a foam core and a shock absorbing layer located at and bonded to the outer surface of the core that surrounds and encapsulates the core. The shock absorbing layer is formed of a foam material having a density greater than the foam core and is located at all six sides of the apparatus such that an intermediate layer is located at the upper face of the apparatus to define a landing platform whatever the orientation of the apparatus. |
| US10166416B2 |
Respirator mask speech enhancement apparatus and method
Speech enhancement apparatus and respirator masks including speech enhancement apparatus, as well as methods of enhancing speech transmission for the wearer of a respirator mask are described herein. In one or more embodiments, the speech enhancement apparatus and methods described herein detect acoustic energy within a first frequency range in the clean air envelope of a respirator mask and deliver compensating acoustic energy outside of the clean air envelope using a speaker. The compensating acoustic energy is, in one or more embodiments, delivered in one or more predetermined attenuated frequency ranges that cover less than all of the detected first frequency range. In one or more embodiments, the compensating acoustic energy may be delivered with an attenuated amplitude profile that uniform or that is non-uniform over the one or more attenuated frequency ranges. |
| US10166412B2 |
Skin lightening composition comprising 4-hexylresorcinol and ilomastat
The present invention is in the field of personal care compositions; in particular skin lightening compositions. A more effective way to reduce melanin content in melanocytes remains to be desired. It has been found that 4-hexylresorcinol in combination with MMP inhibitor galardin synergistically reduces melanin content in melanocytes. The invention thus relates to a composition comprising a synergistic combination of 4-hexylresorcinol and galardin for use in skin lightening. Thus the composition, when applied topically over an appropriate length of time in-vivo, may be used to lighten the skin, or to reduce age spots or freckles. |
| US10166409B2 |
Fluoroscopic device, moving body tracking device for radiation therapy, and X-ray detector
An X-ray fluoroscopic device includes an X-ray imaging mechanism having an X-ray tube 1 and a flat panel detector 2; filters 23 to form a correction region, in which the scattered radiation S caused by irradiating the therapeutic beam to the subject 57 can be incident, but the X-ray that is irradiated from the X-ray tube 1 and transmits through the subject 57 cannot be incident; and a correction element that corrects the data of the region other than the correction region of the flat panel detector 2 by using the data of the correction region of the flat panel detector 2. |
| US10166406B2 |
Radiation treatment planning and delivery using collision free regions
Collision free regions are predetermined for one or more class solutions. Each class solution has defined limits for allowed field geometry variations. Collision free regions in planning can be defined as a set of allowed isocenter positions relative to a fixation device. The collision free regions may be visualized by a user to plan for field geometry and isocenter position tradeoffs. Collision free regions in delivery can be defined as a set of allowed couch support coordinates. The treatment fields in a radiation treatment plan can be checked against the collision free regions in delivery to determine whether they will pose any collision risks. |
| US10166405B2 |
Image-guided radiotherapy for internal tumor boost
A method of image-guided radiotherapy for treatment of a radio-resistant or radio-sensitive tumor. A three-dimensional visualized tumor image is obtained and the boundary of the tumor is identified. A boosted radiation dose of treatment is designated and applied to a boost region within the tumor boundary. A predetermined prescribed radiation dose is simultaneously applied with the boosted radiation dose within the tumor boundary and in a planning target volume region, which is outside of the tumor boundary. The boosted radiation dose outside of the boost region decreases at a boost dose decreasing rate such that the boosted radiation dose is equal to the predetermined prescribed radiation dose at the tumor boundary. |
| US10166402B2 |
Visible light photo-disinfection patch
A method and device are presented for providing patient safe light to a wound. The device includes a radiation source producing flora lethal radiation wavelengths, a radiation conduit detachably optically coupled to the radiation source, and a patch remotely located from the radiation source configured to at least partially conform to a surface contour of the wound. The patch includes a flexible panel formed of a radiation transmitting material able to withstand sterilization, including at least one surface with a disturbed surface area configured to emit radiation upon the wound. |
| US10166399B2 |
Charge balancing circuit, stimulator circuit and method for charge balancing
A charge balancing circuit is adapted to be connected to an electrode and to a stimulation source. The charge balancing circuit has an electrode terminal for receiving an electrode voltage, an amplifier coupled to the electrode terminal and adapted to amplify and invert the electrode voltage for generating an intermediate voltage and a compensation stage. The compensation stage is adapted to generate an output current if the electrode voltage lies outside a specified safety range and to generate the output current depending on the intermediate voltage. The compensation stage is further adapted to supply the output current to the electrode terminal for driving the electrode voltage towards and/or into the safety range. |
| US10166394B1 |
Device and method to automatically tune the nerve stimulation pattern of a sensory-feedback capable prosthesis
Described is a system for automatically tuning the sensor feedback of a prosthetic device. The system comprises an electrode or plurality of electrodes in contact with a peripheral nerve of a user wearing a prosthetic device for administering the sensory feedback and an additional stimulus that evokes a muscle response in the user. A sensor is used to measure the muscle response. One or more processors generate a current stimulation pattern that encodes a posture of the prosthetic device. The current stimulation pattern is used in a spinal cord simulation to produce predicted muscle activations. Using the muscle response and the predicted muscle activations, an adjusted stimulation pattern is determined. |
| US10166393B2 |
Active implantable medical device for heart failure treatment by stimulation of the vagus nerve
The invention relates to an active implantable medical device. The device includes a VNS pulse generator, an activity sensor for detecting a patient's current activity level, and a processor. The processor is configured to collect the electrical activity of the heart, such as a current intrinsic heart rate of the patient. The processor further calculates values of a reference heart rate based on the patient's current activity level. A first histogram is constructed from the reference heart rate values, and a second histogram is constructed from the intrinsic heart rate values. An index representative of the patient's condition is derived by comparing the first and second histograms. |
| US10166392B2 |
Apparatus and method for optimized stimulation of a neurological target
A preferred frequency is identified, being usable to stimulate a neurological target within a mammalian body using at least one microelectrode positioned at or near the target. To establish efficient and effective stimulation, an impedance analyzer is provided for measuring electrical impedance values indicative of a microelectrode-tissue interface across a range of different frequencies. A preferred one of the measured electrical impedance values is identified as being closest to a pure resistance. The neurological target can then be stimulated at or near the frequency associated with the preferred impedance value (peak resistance frequency), thereby promoting desirable traits, such as optimum charge transfer, minimum signal distortion, increased stimulation efficiency, and prevention of microelectrode corrosion. The peak resistance frequency can be used to determine an preferred pulse shape. A target can be identified by microelectrode measurements of neuronal activity and/or impedance magnitude at peak resistance frequency. |
| US10166389B2 |
Single-wire electrode array
Tissue-stimulating prostheses that include a single-wire electrode array for delivery of electrical stimulation signals (current stimulation) to a recipient. The single-wire electrode array comprises a plurality of electrode devices that are all connected to a stimulator unit via a single-wire connection (i.e., only one wire or lead). Each of the plurality of electrode devices is individually addressable by the stimulator unit for delivery of the current signals to the recipient via the single-wire connection. |
| US10166388B2 |
Method for extracting temporal features from spike-like signals
A system and method for the evaluation of hearing implant signal processing is described. A cochlear implant signal processor converts a speech signal input into multi-channel stimulation pulse sequences for a cochlear implant electrode array. A temporal feature processing module extracts temporal feature information from the stimulation pulse sequences. A speech recognition engine evaluates the temporal information using automatic speech recognition to produce speech recognition outputs corresponding to the speech signal input. |
| US10166380B2 |
Implantable venous device
An implantable venous device includes a catheter including a passage; a locking nut including a channel for receipt of the catheter and an annular convex end; an injection seat including a base, a peripheral wall, and a mounting member projecting out of the wall; a connecting tube projecting out of the mounting member and including a bulged central portion and an annular curved outward end with the locking nut secured onto the bulged central portion; a base member including a groove; a housing including a top opening, a clamping portion on a periphery of the top opening, and a passageway through a bottom edge for receipt of the base member with the injection seat fastened in the housing, and with the locking nut in the groove; and an implant member in the top opening and including a peripheral flange urged downward by the clamping portion. |
| US10166369B2 |
Devices and method for maxillary sinus lavage
A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand. |
| US10166363B2 |
Catheter
A catheter includes a catheter shaft having an inner layer, a reinforcing body covering the inner layer, and an outer layer covering the reinforcing body. Additionally, a tubular metallic distal end tip is provided at the distal end of the catheter shaft, and a slit is formed on the distal end tip. An outer peripheral surface of the distal end tip is provided with outer coating such that the outer coating is disposed within the slit. Thus, the metallic distal end tip may bend easily and the distal end tip is not easily caught on, for example, a lesion. |
| US10166357B2 |
Delivery of respiratory therapy with nasal interface
A respiratory mask for continuous positive airway pressure treatment includes a cushion adapted to be positioned against the face of a patient. The cushion is configured in a gasket arrangement around an entrance to the airways of the patient. The cushion is constructed from a polyurethane foam and has a thickness of greater than about 5 mm. |
| US10166356B2 |
Reversible frame for a patient interface assembly
A reversible frame assembly includes a body, a cushion assembly coupling, and a reversing device. The body has a first side and a second side. The body includes at least a first body member and a second body member. The body is coupled to a cushion assembly at the cushion assembly coupling with the cushion assembly disposed on one of the first or second sides of the body. The body is structured to be disposed in one of two concave configurations, a first concave configuration, wherein the body first side is concave about at least a portion of the cushion assembly, and a second concave configuration, wherein the body second side is concave about at least a portion of the cushion assembly. The reversing device is structured to allow the body to move between the first configuration and second configuration. |
| US10166352B2 |
Systems and methods for compensating long term sensitivity drift of electrochemical gas sensors exposed to nitric oxide
Described are systems and methods for compensating long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors used in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide (NO) gas to a patient by compensating for drift that may be specific to the sensors atypical use in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide gas to a patient. The long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors may be addressed using calibration schedules, which can factor in the absolute change in set dose of NO being delivered to the patient that can drive one or more baseline calibrations. The calibration schedules can be used to reduce the amount of times the sensor goes offline. |
| US10166351B2 |
Enhanced systems, processes and apparatus for facilitating intranasal treatment of a patient and products thereby
Systems are disclosed for facilitating intranasal treatment of a patient's sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess. Likewise the instant system is effective for addressing acute pain conditions, and is refined enough to be performed by physician's assistants, nurses, and other well-trained practitioners. Apparatus involved includes a sheath hub, a catheter hub, an arresting element, and an engagement element in embodiments. Engagement between the arresting element and the engagement element prevents rotation of the sheath hub with respect to the catheter hub. |
| US10166348B2 |
Insufflation system
An aerosol generator is positioned adjacent to a patient as an attachment to a trocar. The trocar has an entry port for insufflation gas. Aerosol generated by a vibrating element is entrained in the insufflation gas and the mixture is delivered through the trocar. The aerosol may contain a medicament. The trocar may be a conventional trocar. Such trocars are typically used for a camera. The delivery of the aerosolized medicament can occur at the start of the procedure and be delivered in bolus. At the start of the procedure, the peritoneum is being inflated by means of the flow of insufflator gas. This gas flow will help to entrain the aerosolized medicament to the pneumoperitoneum regions. The surgeon can temporarily remove the camera from the trocar port to facilitate insertion and positioning of the aerosolizing unit. |
| US10166347B1 |
Closure assembly for a medical device
A closure assembly for a medical device structured to provide an indication of tampering comprising an outer sleeve including an indicator window formed therein. An end cap is connected to the sleeve and movable there with and includes an indicator shield attached thereto. A tip cap is movably retained within the sleeve and includes an indicator member movable with the tip cap and detachable therefrom. The indicator window is disposed in visual alignment with either the indicator member or the indicator shield dependent on a state of use of the closure assembly. |
| US10166343B1 |
Noise evident tamper cap
A noise tamper evident cap assembly for a medical injection device is provided. The assembly includes a sleeve assembly having a sidewall formed circumferentially around a tip cap, and being permanently affixed to a bottom cap. At least one noise fin is formed along an interior of the side wall and disposed in at least partially obstructing and overlying relations relative to a bottom portion of said tip cap, such that the removal of the tip cap will cause an interaction with said noise fin(s) and create an audible indicator. The tip cap is removably connected to the bottom cap via an engagement mechanism, which is also obstructed by the noise fin(s). The bottom cap is structured and dimensioned to enclose a dispensing portion of the medical injection device. |
| US10166342B2 |
Recoil reducing needle shields
A recoil reducing needle shield for covering a drug container with a needle includes an outer shell, including an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one flexible interface positioned therebetween, defining a fulcrum. Radially inward flexing of the upper portion causes radially outward flexing of the lower portion about the flexible interface. An inner cover includes an open proximal end, a closed distal end, and a needle cavity defined therein for receiving a portion of the drug container including the needle. At least a portion of the inner cover is disposed within the outer shell. The open proximal end of the inner cover is coupled to the lower portion of the outer shell, such that radially outward flexing of the lower portion stretches the open proximal end of the inner cover, thereby reducing an initial pull-off force required to remove the needle shield from the drug container. |
| US10166341B2 |
Medicament delivery device
The invention relates to a medicament delivery device (100) having a a drive mechanism arranged to drive a plunger rod (12). A release button (4) is movable between an active and an inactive state, wherein the release button (4) in the active state allows the actuator (3) to move axially towards a proximal end position and wherein the release button (4) in the inactive state allows the actuator (3) can move axially towards the proximal end position or towards the distal end position. |
| US10166340B2 |
Apparatus for determining information associated with reflection characteristics of a surface
Apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to generate sensor output dependent on an intensity of light incident on the sensor and having a field of view directed at an external surface in use; an illumination source configured to emit light onto the external surface in use; a window located such as to allow light to pass from the illumination source to the external surface and to allow light to pass to the sensor from the external surface in use; a shield coupled to or integral with the window, the shield being substantially opaque to substantially all wavelengths of light detectable by the sensor and defining an aperture which limits the field of view of the sensor; and a processor configured to use the sensor output to determine information associated with reflection characteristics of the external surface. |
| US10166334B2 |
Medicine injection apparatuses
A medicine injector in which a barrel with a receiving cavity is adapted to slidably receive a syringe subassembly for axial movement therein. Upon removal of a safety and release of a syringe driver, the syringe driver moves forward and injects the syringe needle. Penetration controls are shown for controlling needle penetration depth. In one form the penetration control uses a sleeve and spring which are radially adjacent. A cushioning ring or other cushion may be used to reduce syringe breakage. A load distribution and guide ring may be used to distribute loading applied to the syringe and help guide the moving syringe. |
| US10166333B2 |
Method for generating a monitoring signal using a supervising entity or safety module
The present invention relates to method for generating a monitoring signal by monitoring laboratory values of a patient using a medical app (122). The medical app (122) is executed on a mobile device (102) of the patient, wherein the execution of the medical app (122) on the mobile device (102) of the patient is supervised by a supervising entity or safety module (106, 128), the supervising entity or safety module (106, 128) comprising at least executable program instructions (130). The medical app (122) comprises executable instructions for executing at least one sequence of processes for generating the monitoring signal. The processes comprise safety critical processes. The sequence of processes is triggered by the measurement of the blood glucose level of the patient. The method comprises executing a first process of the sequence of processes, wherein the execution results in the generation of an information, forwarding the information of the executed process to the supervising entity or safety module (106, 128), evaluating the received information by the supervising entity or safety module (106, 128) and executing a second process of the sequence of processes depending on the result of the evaluation. |
| US10166330B2 |
Pharmaceutical drug delivery system
A pharmaceutical drug delivery system having a base (1) comprising at least two inlets (2), an outlet (20) and a passive mixing chamber (7) having micro pin fins (8) with heights in the range of 10 to 100μιτι characterized in that the base (1) is selectively coated with nanostructures which are made of a material different than the material of said base, such that the base (1) comprises a plurality of regions R1 to RN each having a different nanostructure coating intensity, and such that a surface tension gradient is established among regions R1 to RN for promoting fluid flow towards the outlet (20). The present invention further proposes a method for obtaining a pharmaceutical drug delivery system. |
| US10166327B2 |
Smart connection interface
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination. |
| US10166325B2 |
Packaging for medical device and medicament
A packaging for a medical device and medicament comprising a packaging body having a first region and a second region. A medicament delivery device comprises a delivery mechanism for administering medicament to a patient. The medicament delivery device is received in the first region and a medicament container is received in the second region. The medicament delivery device includes a chamber configured to receive the medicament container. The packaging body includes a hinge between the first and second regions such that the first and second regions are pivotable about the hinge from a storage position in which the first and second regions are spaced apart to a loading position in which the first region lies adjacent the second region. The chamber and medicament container are equidistantly spaced from the hinge such that the medicament container is loaded into the chamber when the first and second regions are pivoted into the loading position. |
| US10166324B2 |
Methods and system for treating arthritis
Provided is an arthritis treatment method and an arthritis treatment system which can be effective for the short-term attainment of a pain relief effect. An arthritis treatment method includes an instrument introducing step of causing at least one instrument having a tubular shape to communicate with a lesion area in which crystal-induced arthritis occurs, and a treatment step of removing a causative agent of the crystal-induced arthritis from the lesion area by perfusion and discharge of a lavage fluid through the instrument. |
| US10166323B2 |
Blood separation by microfluidic acoustic focusing
Systems and methods for cleansing blood are disclosed herein. The methods include acoustically separating undesirable particles bound to capture particles from formed elements of whole blood. After introducing the capture particles to whole blood containing undesirable particles, the whole blood and capture particles are flowed through a microfluidic separation channel. At least one bulk acoustic transducer is attached to the microfluidic separation channel. A standing acoustic wave, imparted on the channel and its contents by the bulk acoustic transducer, drives the formed elements and undesirable particles bound to capture particles to specific aggregation axes. After aggregating the particles, the formed elements exit the separation channel through a first outlet and are returned to the patient. The undesirable particles, bound to the capture particles, exit through a second outlet and can be discarded to saved for later study. |
| US10166322B2 |
Gain in separation processes with control loop
Embodiments are described for receiving first data related to an amount of a first component in a multi-component liquid. A gain may be determined based on the first data. The multi-component liquid may be separated into at least two components. The gain may then be used to control a position of an interface between two separated components of the multi-component liquid, such as by using the gain in changing a speed of a pump pumping at least one of the components. |
| US10166321B2 |
High-flow port and infusion needle systems
The present invention relates to a multi-reservoir port, catheter and non-coring needle systems that support high-flow applications such as hemodialysis and apheresis. In particular, the present invention relates to improvements to each of these systems to provide optimal flow rates and septum life with minimal intraluminal pressure; both individually and in combination. |
| US10166320B2 |
Detecting a heater bag
In one aspect, a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine can be used to detect a heater bag filled with dialysate. The PD machine has a heater tray that includes a temperature sensor and also has a processor that determines a status of the heater bag based on data received from the temperature sensor. For example, the status may be presence of the heater bag on the heater tray and/or correct positioning of the heater bag on the heater tray. |
| US10166319B2 |
Implantable pump system having a coaxial ventricular cannula
An implantable cardiovascular blood pump system is provided, suitable for use as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system, having an implantable cardiovascular pump, an extracorporeal battery and a controller coupled to the implantable pump, and a programmer selectively periodically coupled to the controller to configure and adjust operating parameters of the implantable cardiovascular pump. The implantable cardiovascular blood pump includes a coaxial inflow cannula and outflow cannula in fluid communication with one another and with a pumping mechanism. The pumping mechanism may be a vibrating membrane pump which may include a flexible membrane coupled to an electromagnetic actuator assembly that causes wavelike undulations to propagate along the flexible membrane to propel blood through the implantable cardiovascular pump. The implantable cardiovascular pump may be programmed to operate at frequencies and duty cycles that mimic physiologic flow rates and pulsatility while avoiding thrombus formation, hemolysis and/or platelet activation. |
| US10166305B2 |
Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same
A mobile sterilization system comprising: a sterilization cabinet, the sterilization cabinet comprising: a bottom panel, a top panel, two side panels, a back panel and a door configured so as to define an interior chamber; a plurality of casters or wheels mounted to the bottom panel, each of the plurality of casters or wheels being mounted to the bottom panel by a caster or wheel bracket, wherein the caster or wheel bracket comprises a lateral projection; perforations formed in at least one of the bottom panel, top panel and two side panels; and at least one filter configured to cover the perforations; and a transfer cart, the transfer cart comprising: an upper platform for receiving a sterilization cabinet, the upper platform comprising a pair of transfer cart tracks extending longitudinally along the upper platform, wherein each of the transfer cart tracks comprises a lateral projection; and a lower support structure for supporting the upper platform and for receiving wheels; wherein the sterilization cabinet is received on the transfer cart such that the lateral projections of the caster or wheel brackets engage the lateral projections of the transfer cart tracks, whereby to prevent side-to-side and up-and-down movement of the sterilization cabinet relative to the transfer cart. |
| US10166303B2 |
Radio-imaging and radio-therapy of cancer using antibodies to HAAH
The present invention is directed to compositions and method for providing radio-imaging and radiotherapy for cancer. In particular, methods for making and using radio-labeled anti-HAAH antibodies for tumor imaging and immunotherapy are provided. |
| US10166299B2 |
AAV mediated aquaporin gene transfer to treat Sjogren's syndrome
The invention relates to a gene transfer-based method to protect a subject from Sjogren's syndrome. The method comprises administering to the subject an AAV virion comprising an AAV vector that encodes aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) protein. Also provided are AQP-1 proteins and nucleic acid molecules that encode such proteins. Also provided are AAV vectors and AAV virions that encode an AQP-1 protein. |
| US10166297B2 |
Isolation of novel AAV's and uses thereof
The invention in some aspects relates to isolated nucleic acids, compositions, and kits useful for identifying adeno-associated viruses in cells. In some aspects, the invention provides kits and methods for producing somatic transgenic animal models using recombinant AAV (rAAV) to an animal having at least one transgene that expresses a small interfering nucleic acid or at least one binding site for a miRNA. |
| US10166295B2 |
Pegylated OXM variants
A composition which includes oxyntomodulin and polyethylene glycol polymer (PEG polymer) linked via a reversible linker such as 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) or sulfo-9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (FMS) is disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the reverse pegylated oxyntomodulin and methods of using same are also disclosed. |
| US10166294B2 |
Multifunctional forms of polyoxazoline copolymers and drug compositions comprising the same
The present disclosure provides copolymers of 2-substituted-2-oxazolines possessing two or three reactive functional groups which are also chemically orthogonal. The copolymers described may be random copolymers, block copolymers or a mixture of random and block copolymer configurations. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides novel methods for synthesizing the above polymers and for conjugating to molecules such as targeting, diagnostic and therapeutic agents. |
| US10166288B2 |
Vaccines having an antigen and interleukin-21 as an adjuvant
Disclosed herein is a vaccine comprising an antigen and IL-21. Also disclosed herein are methods for increasing an immune response in a subject. The methods may comprise administering the vaccine to the subject in need thereof. |
| US10166287B2 |
Immunogenic composition
present application discloses an immunogenic composition comprising N. meningitidis capsular polysaccharides from at least one of serogroups A, C, W135 and Y conjugated to a carrier protein to produce a N. meningitidis capsular polysaccharide conjugate, wherein the average size of each N. meningitidis polysaccharide is above 50 kDa. |
| US10166285B2 |
Recombinant virus with diminished latency and methods of using same
The disclosure provides recombinant herpes virus with diminished latency. In embodiments, the recombinant herpes virus comprises a latency gene or transcript linked to an altered or heterologous promoter. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods for inducing immunity in animals using the recombinant herpes viruses. |
| US10166283B2 |
Nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal for increasing the expression of an encoded pathogenic antigen
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence, comprising or coding for a coding region, encoding at least one peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, at least one histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. Furthermore the present invention provides the use of the nucleic acid for increasing the expression of said encoded peptide or protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, e.g. for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. The present invention further describes a method for increasing the expression of a peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. |
| US10166279B2 |
Vaccine
A mutant of an E coli heat-stable toxin (ST) having the following wild-type sequence: NSSNYCCELCCNPACTGCY wherein the mutant comprises a mutation selected from the group consisting of: A14H, A14T and N12T. |
| US10166276B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of non-hodgkins lymphoma
The present invention provides recombinant peptides comprising a B cell receptor (BCR) or a fragment thereof, nucleotide molecules encoding same, and vaccines and vectors comprising same; and methods of treating, inducing an immune response against, inducing a regression of, and suppressing a formation of a lymphoma, comprising administering same. The present invention also provides methods of inducing a humoral immune response in an animal against an antigen, comprising administering to the animal a fusion peptide comprising an LLO protein or fragment thereof fused to the antigen. |
| US10166273B2 |
Synergistic tumor treatment with antibodies targeting PD-1, PD-L1 or CTLA4 and integrin-binding-Fc-fusion protein
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer with a combination of IL-2 and an integrin-binding-Fc fusion protein. The methods of the invention can be applied to a broad range of cancer types. |
| US10166271B2 |
Methods for promoting hair growth
This disclosure reveals that cyclic corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) antagonist peptides (such as astressin B, its functional fragments, and their derivatives) induce hair growth and prevent hair loss in vivo. This important discovery enables, for instance, methods of promoting hair growth, and methods of treating hair loss (such as the hair loss that occurs normally in some individuals or that is the result of a health disorder or therapeutic treatment). Exemplary cyclic CRF antagonist peptides useful in the disclosed methods are provided throughout the disclosure. |
| US10166269B2 |
Combinations of proteasome inhibitors and cyclic peptides
The present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. In particular, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: a boronate, an epoxyketone, a peptide aldehyde and a β-lactone protease inhibitor; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. More particularly, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: bortezomib, delanzomib, ixazomib, carfilzomib, oprozomib, MG132 and marizomib; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. |
| US10166268B2 |
Oxytocin improves treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
The present disclosure provides methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and OSA induced cardiorespiratory diseases. The disclosure provides, inter alia, methods for treating or alleviating: OSA or OSA induced hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, sudden cardiac death or stroke, by administering oxytocin. The disclosure further provides methods for improving sleep satisfaction in OSA patients by administering oxytocin. |
| US10166266B2 |
Process to enhance the bioactivity of ashwagandha extracts
The invention relates to an extract of Ashwagandha that exhibit enhanced bioactivity and bioavailability comprising of enriched withanolide glycosides and saponins; with negligible amount of alkaloids, withanolide aglycones and oligosaccharides. The extract as disclosed prepared from root, stems, leaves and whole plant of Ashwagandha further shows improved immunomodulatory activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti stress activity, antidiabetic activity and sleep quality. The disclosure also provides a method of improving bioactivity of withanolide glycosides even at lower doses, by the administration of an enteric coated formulation of extract of Ashwagandha to humans. The enteric coating protects the composition from hydrolysis in the acidic environment of the stomach to release the withanolide glycoside in neutral/alkaline pH in gastrointestinal tract (GIT) thus enhancing the absorption. Further the process of preparation of the extract of Ashwagandha enriched with withanolide glycosides and saponins are disclosed along with various formulations. |
| US10166264B2 |
Bacteriophage and antibacterial composition comprising the same
The present invention relates to a bacteriophage having a specific bactericidal activity against Salmonella, a composition for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, an antibiotic comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, an animal feed or drinking water comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, and a sanitizer or cleaner comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient. The bacteriophage of the present invention has a specific bactericidal activity against Salmonella choleraesuis, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella derby, Salmonella infantis or Salmonella newport with no influences on beneficial bacteria, as well as excellent acid- and heat-resistance and desiccation tolerance. |
| US10166257B2 |
Processes for production of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and uses of same in immunotherapy
The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens. |
| US10166256B2 |
Anti-tumor T cell immunity induced by high dose radiation
Cancer treatment is provided, by irradiating an individual with a localized, high single dose or short course of doses at a primary tumor site; collecting T cells from the individual after a period of time sufficient activation of an anti-tumor response; treating the individual with an effective dose of dose of chemotherapy; and reintroducing the T cell population back to the individual. |
| US10166252B2 |
Method for assessing and treating or preventing impaired plasma polar lipid levels
The invention pertains to the use of a preparation for the manufacture of a composition for preventing or treating impaired plasma levels of one or more polar lipids such as phosphatidylcholines [PC] selected from the group consisting of phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:6 [PC aa C36:6], phosphatidylcholine diacyl C38:0 [PC aa C38:0], phosphatidylcholine diacyl C38:6 [PC aa C38:6], phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:6 [PC aa C40:6] and phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:6 [PC ae C40:6] in a preclinical AD or MCI subject or a subject with a high likelihood of developing AD or MCI, and wherein said subject is administered with a composition comprising at least one, preferably at least two, most preferably all B vitamins selected from the group consisting of vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and vitamin B9. |
| US10166250B2 |
Bicyclic aryl sphingosine 1-phosphate analogs
Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphin-gosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors. |
| US10166249B2 |
Substituted bicyclic compounds
Disclosed are compounds of Formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V): and/or a salt thereof, wherein R1 is —OH or —OP(O)(OH)2, and X1, X2, X3, R2, R2a, Ra, Rb, and Rc are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as selective agonists for G protein-coupled receptor S1P1, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease. |
| US10166247B2 |
Composition for inhalation
The invention relates to a formulation comprising formoterol and budesonide for use in the treatment of respiratory diseases. The composition further contains HFA 227, PVP and PEG, preferably PVP K25 and PEG 1000. |
| US10166245B2 |
Enzymatic process for obtaining 17 alpha-monoesters of cortexolone and/or its 9,11-dehydroderivatives
The present invention refers to a new enzymatic process for obtaining 17α-monoesters of cortexolone and/or its 9,11-dehydroderivatives starting from the corresponding 17α,21-diesters which comprises an enzymatic alcoholysis reaction. Furthermore, the present invention refers to new crystalline forms of cortexolone-17α-propionate and 9,11-dehydro-cortexolone 17α-butanoate. |
| US10166243B1 |
Optimizing mifepristone levels for cushing'S patients
The present invention provides a method for optimizing levels of mifepristone in a patient suffering from Cushing's syndrome. The method comprises the steps of treating the patient with seven or more daily doses of mifepristone over a period of seven or more days; testing the serum levels of the patient to determine whether the blood levels of mifepristone are greater than 1631 ng/mL; and adjusting the daily dose of the patient to achieve mifepristone blood levels greater than 1631 ng/mL. |
| US10166233B2 |
Outpatient modified rapid detoxification for addiction to alcohol and drugs
A program for outpatient modified rapid detoxification for addiction to alcohol and drugs is disclosed. Patients are seen by trained medical professionals who are recovering addicts and alcoholics. The medication protocol addresses all of the withdrawal symptoms while allowing the patient to safely sleep through the detoxification. |
| US10166232B2 |
Arylamide compounds and compositions and uses thereof
The present invention discloses ophthalmic and otic compositions of facially amphiphilic antimicrobial polymers and oligomers and their uses, including their use in methods for treating and preventing ophthalmic infections and otic infections in humans and animals. |
| US10166229B2 |
Compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer
Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3. |
| US10166225B2 |
Method for treating osteoporosis
This invention is directed to the treatment of osteoporosis using N-(4-{[6,7-bis(methyloxy)quinolin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide. |
| US10166224B2 |
Nicotine salt with meta-salicylic acid and applications therein
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of nicotine delivery. The disclosure teaches a nicotine meta-salicylate. More specifically, the disclosure teaches a condensation nicotine aerosol where nicotine meta-salicylate is vaporized. This disclosure relates to aerosol nicotine delivery devices. The delivery devices can be activated by actuation mechanisms to vaporize thin films comprising a nicotine meta-salicylate. More particularly, this disclosure relates to thin films of nicotine salt with meta salicylic acid for the treatment of nicotine craving and for effecting smoking cessation. |
| US10166223B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of diabetes or fatty liver comprising CYP4A inhibitor
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of diabetes or fatty liver comprising a CYP4A (cytochrome P450A) inhibitor as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention has activities of promoting glucose uptake into hepatocytes, inhibiting fat accumulation in liver cells, and inhibiting reactive oxygen production in mitochondria, and thus can be very usefully used for the development of a therapeutic agent for diabetes or fatty liver. |
| US10166221B2 |
Formulations of an LSD1 inhibitor
The present application relates to pharmaceutical formulations and dosage forms of a lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD1) inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof, including methods of preparation thereof, which are useful in the treatment of LSD1 mediated diseases such as cancer. |
| US10166219B2 |
Formulations and methods of manufacturing formulations for use in colonic evacuation
Formulations and methods of manufacturing formulations for use in colonic evacuation are disclosed herein, in an embodiment, a solid dosage formulation includes an intra-granular fraction intermingled with an extra-granular fraction, wherein the intra-granular fraction includes granules comprising at least one osmotic evacuant agent, at least one antacid, and a first pharmaceutically acceptable excipient component, and wherein the extra-granular fraction includes one or more organic acids, a non-metallic lubricating element, and a second pharmaceutically acceptable excipient component. |
| US10166215B2 |
Substituted bicyclic compounds as bromodomain inhibitors
The invention relates to substituted bicyclic compounds, which are useful for inhibition of BET protein function by binding to bromodomains, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and use of the compounds and compositions in therapy. |
| US10166208B2 |
Oral care composition
An aqueous composition with a higher-than-neutral pH includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. This composition, as well as an acidic counterpart and solid materials, can be used in a variety of applications such as wound care, oral care, medical equipment reprocessing, healthcare acquired infection and implant treatment. |
| US10166190B2 |
Stabilized tacrolimus composition
The invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising comprising a solid dispersion of tacrolimus in a vehicle further comprising a stabilizing agent capable of providing a pH below 7 in the composition, as measured after re-dispersion in water, and preventing or reducing the formation upon storage of major degradation products of tacrolimus, in particular the 8-epitacrolimus. |
| US10166188B2 |
Method for vacuum-assisted preservation of biologics including vaccines
The present invention relates generally to the fields of immunology and vaccine technology. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for vitrifying biological preparations, including peptides, antigens, antibodies, cells, and the like. |
| US10166185B2 |
Excipient and oral solid dosage forms for oily drugs
The present invention is directed to an excipient which can be used to manufacture tablets containing oily active ingredients such as oily drugs, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. |
| US10166184B2 |
Method of lyophilizing liposomes
Lyophilized liposomal formulations with two or more encapsulated drugs are disclosed. These formulations display superior drug retention profiles and also maintain size distribution following lyophilization and reconstitution. |
| US10166177B2 |
Silk protein fragment compositions and articles manufactured therefrom
A composition is disclosed that includes pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments that are substantially devoid of sericin, wherein the composition has an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 17 kDa to about 38 kDa, wherein the composition has a polydispersity of between about 1.5 and about 3.0, wherein the composition is substantially homogeneous, wherein the composition between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of inorganic residuals, and wherein the composition includes between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of organic residuals. |
| US10166169B2 |
Chest compression device
A chest compression device includes a piston to apply compression to the sternum and incorporates leaf springs simultaneously driven by the piston to apply lateral compression to the thorax during chest compressions. A motor in the chest compression device provides motive power to cyclically extend and contract the piston to provide therapeutic chest compressions. One end of each leaf spring is operably connected to the piston and the other end of each leaf spring is secured to the backboard/base or to a support leg of the chest compression device such that during extension of the piston, each leaf spring is compressed against the device base or leg which causes the springs to flex and provide lateral compression of the patient's thorax in addition to the sternal compression of the piston. |
| US10166167B2 |
Finger vibrator
The present invention relates to vibrating devices for applying vibrations to body parts, particularly for female stimulation, and more particularly to the field of sexual stimulation of the clitoris. One embodiment is a device for applying vibration to a body part of a user, the device comprising: a vibrator mechanism; and, a body enclosing the vibrator mechanism, wherein the body comprises a first portion and a second portion; wherein the body and the vibrator mechanism are configured to allow the first portion to provide a first vibratory sensation to the user when the first portion is applied to the body part; and, wherein the body and the vibrator mechanism are configured to allow the second portion to provide a second vibratory sensation to the user when the second portion is applied to the body part. |
| US10166164B2 |
Adaptive compression therapy systems and methods
Systems, devices and methods for providing active and/or passive compression therapy to a body part can include a compression device worn over a compression stocking. The compression device can have a pulley based drive train that is driven by a motor to tighten and loosen compression elements, such as compression straps, in a precise, rapid, and balanced manner. Sensors can be used in the compression device and/or compression stockings to provide feedback to modulate the compression treatment parameters. |
| US10166161B2 |
Premature infant amniotic bath incubator
Devices, systems, and methods described herein can provide a simulated fluid environment similar to the mother's womb to recreate an ideal or more familiar environment for infants who are born before their ideal due date. In some embodiments, the premature infant amniotic bath incubator can comprise an incubating tank with synthetic or simulated amniotic fluid, a heating element(s), a temperature sensor(s), and/or thermostat(s) for temperature regulation. |
| US10166159B2 |
Care robot
A care robot that assists a standing-upright motion or a sitting motion of a care receiver without making the care receiver uncomfortable. In the care robot, a standing-upright trajectory, along which a movement control portion of a care receiver moves, is set so a center of gravity of the care receiver is in a range of the soles of both feet between a point in time early after the start of a standing-upright motion and an end time point of the standing-upright motion of the care receiver. A sitting trajectory is set so the center of gravity of the care receiver is out of the range of the soles of both feet from a point in time early after the start of a sitting motion of the care receiver, and moves toward a predetermined sitting position of the care receiver. |
| US10166158B2 |
Antimicrobial covers for rails
A rail cover assembly includes first and second cover portions with surface regions made from an antimicrobial material. The first cover portion has opposing and longitudinally-extending L-shaped lips with at least one pair of first slots defined at opposing locations along the lips. The second cover portion has opposing longitudinal edges for nesting with the first cover portion's lips, and has at least one pair of second slots defined at opposing locations along the edges in alignment with a corresponding pair of the first slots. A joiner is partially engaged in each of the first slots and partially engaged in a correspondingly aligned one of the second slots. Each joiner includes a first spring-loaded portion engaging the first cover portion and a second spring-loaded portion engaging the second cover portion. |
| US10166155B2 |
Absorbent article having multiple graphic zones
An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article. |
| US10166153B2 |
Pant-type absorbent article
A pant-type absorbent article, such as a pant diaper, a sanitary pant or incontinence pant, includes a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion, wherein lateral side portions of the front portion and back portion are superposed so that their inner surfaces face each other and being joined to each other along side seams. At least part of said front and back portions comprises an elastic laminate including first and second fibrous layers and an elastic film layer located therebetween, the first fibrous layer forms an inner wearer-facing side of the elastic laminate having a basis weight of between 13 and 30 g/m2 and the basis weight of the first fibrous layer is between 10 and 300% higher than the basis weight of the second fibrous layer, and wherein the first fibrous layers face each other along said side seams. |
| US10166147B2 |
Absorbent article for application to human or animal skin surfaces
An absorbent article that includes an outer covering made of two liquid-permeable cover layers that are joined together to form a pocket, and an inner layer that is initially freely movable within the pocket. The inner layer includes a mixture of particles of a superabsorbent polymer and substances that are osmotically comparatively weaker than the particles. When the absorbent article is applied to a human or animal skin surface to cover a wound, the absorbent article exerts an osmotic pressure via which endogenous wound exudate is removed from the wound. Thus, the absorbent article assists, both in a surface region and in a tissue depth, a normal interstitial hydration of the tissue by directing the wound fluids in a direction of flow to the skin surface and into the absorbent article, and by keeping the wound fluids that flow to the skin surface in the absorbent article. |
| US10166140B2 |
Liquid container and absorbent insert for oral negative-pressure therapy system
An oral negative-pressure therapy system includes a container and absorbent insert for the container. The container includes a baffle inside an interior of the container. A fluid passageway extends along the baffle for delivering fluid (e.g., a mixture of air and saliva) into the container. The absorbent insert for absorbing liquid (e.g., saliva) in the container may is over the baffle. At least one of the baffle and the absorbent insert is configured to maintain a fluid flow path between the baffle and the absorbent insert to maintain fluid communication between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet of the container. The absorbent insert and/or the container may be designed and constructed to burst air bubbles in the aspirated liquid. In one or more embodiments, the absorbent insert is replaceable so that a spent absorbent insert can be replaced with a new, fresh absorbent insert. |
| US10166135B2 |
Posture corrective brace
A posture corrective brace including a device for correcting asymmetry of the pelvis so as to surround the circumference of the pelvis, and/or a device for correcting asymmetry of the lower part of the thorax attached so as to surround the circumference of the lower part of the thorax, including: the innominate front compression part capable of abutting the abdominal part near the front side of the right or left innominate, and the innominate rear compression part capable of abutting the pelvis near the rear side of the right or left innominate; and/or the thorax front compression part capable of abutting the vicinity of the front side of the lower part of the right or left thorax, and the thorax rear compression part capable of abutting the vicinity of the rear side of the lower part of the right or left thorax. |
| US10166132B2 |
Systems and methods for magnetically positioning a gastric device
A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby an intragastric device is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach and impart tactile stimulation sufficient to induce the feeling of satiety. |
| US10166129B2 |
Bioabsorbable stent and treatment that elicits time-varying host-material response
Methods of treating a diseased blood vessel exhibiting stenosis with a bioabsorbable stent are disclosed. The implanted stent supports the section of the vessel at an increased diameter for a period of time to allow the vessel to heal. The stent loses radial strength sufficient to support the section of the vessel in less than 6 months after implantation, loses mechanical integrity, and then erodes away from the section. The biodegradable stent results in changes in properties of plaque with time as the stent degrades. The time-dependent properties include the luminal area of the plaque and plaque geometric morphology parameters. |
| US10166128B2 |
Lattice
The invention relates to medical devices and methods of using them. The devices are prostheses which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The prostheses are configured to have a lattice resistant to dilation and creep, which is defined by a plurality of openings. The prosthesis may also optionally have a stent disposed proximal to the lattice. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite materials exhibit high elongation while substantially retaining the strength properties of the fluoropolymer membrane. In at least one embodiment, the lattice is made of a composite material that includes a least one fluoropolymer membrane including serpentine fibrils and an elastomer. A lattice including a generally tubular member formed of a composite material including a least one fluoropolymer membrane containing serpentine fibrils and an elastomer is also provided. |
| US10166127B2 |
Endoluminal device and method
An endoluminal device can be configured for precise positioning during deployment within a vessel. The endoluminal device can be a tack, stent, vascular implant or other type of implant. The endoluminal device can have circumferential member with an undulating configuration having multiple inward and outward apexes and struts extending therebetween. Two of the struts can be used to establish a foot for the precise positioning of the device during deployment. A method of placing the endoluminal device can include withdrawing an outer sheath such that a portion of the endoluminal device is expanded prior to the rest of the endoluminal device. |
| US10166126B2 |
Inflatable balloon stent
An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular balloon having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular balloon may have an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall and the outer wall connected at the first end and the second end to define an enclosed inflation chamber between the inner wall and the outer wall. The stent may further include an inflation valve. |
| US10166122B2 |
Apparatus for controlling prosthetic arm
The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling an artificial hand, including: a head-up display interface portion; and a controller which controls the artificial hand in accordance with an input of the head-up display interface portion, the head-up display interface portion receiving the input based on movement of a user's eyes or pupil. |
| US10166121B2 |
Bone preserving intraoperative downsizing system for orthopaedic implants
An orthopedic implant system includes a set of provisional orthopedic implants having different implant sizes, in which each provisional implant facilitates an intraoperative selection of the next-smallest implant size without removing the provisional implant from the bone. All of the implant sizes share a common sagittal configuration of distal and anterior bone contacting surfaces, but have variable sagittal configurations only in the posterior bone contacting surfaces. Thus, where a relatively larger femoral provisional component is mounted to a femur, changing to a smaller provisional component (i.e., “downsizing”) can be accomplished by recutting only two of five original femoral cuts. Cut slots provided in each provisional implant are sized and positioned to correspond to the posterior bone contacting surface geometry of the next-smallest provisional implant size. Thus, the cut slots in a mounted, relatively larger implant can be used to further resect posterior femoral surfaces to accept the next smallest implant component size. |
| US10166116B2 |
Helical lock spacer, instruments and methods
Disclosed are bone spacing implants for bone fusion with an open helix locking system and insertion instrumentation for implanting a spacer and fixating with a helix lock without removal of instrumentation between steps. Implanting methods comprise the steps of: positioning a coil driver over an elongate shaft portion of a bone spacer inserter; loading a helical lock implant on a distal end of an elongate shaft portion wherein an elongate shaft portion occupies a central core space of the helical lock; positioning and fixing a selected bone spacer implant to the bone spacer inserter instrument; advancing the bone spacer and helical lock instrumentation assembly into an intervertebral space; advancing through rotation a coil driver transmitting torsional forces against a butt surface of a helix lock until the helix lock is fully threaded into adjacent bone and the bone spacer. |
| US10166112B2 |
Prothesis for the replacement of a posterior element of a vertebra
Prosthetic replacement for a posterior element of a vertebra comprising portions that replace the natural lamina and the four natural facets. The prosthetic replacement may also include portions that replace one or more of the natural spinous process and the two natural transverse processes. If desired, the prosthesis replacement may also replace the natural pedicles. A method for replacing a posterior element of a vertebra is also provided. |
| US10166109B2 |
Patient specific bone preparation for consistent effective fixation feature engagement
An optimized press-fit between a resected bone and an articular implant may, for instance, reduce undesirable qualities, including excess micromotion, stress transmission, and/or strain. By taking into account heterogeneous bone properties, the parameters of a bone resection can be determined as to optimize the press-fit between a resected bone and an articular implant. An optimized press-fit is obtained by determining ideal engagement characteristics corresponding to the fit between the fixation features of an articular implant and a bone. Then, taking into account a bone's heterogeneous properties, the parameters of a bone resection that would substantially achieve the determined ideal engagement characteristics are determined. |
| US10166107B2 |
Femoral stem and post system for hip prosthesis
A femoral stem for use in hip replacement surgery, specifically hip replacement surgery in dogs and similar animals but also inclusive to implants used in humans. More particularly, the invention is directed to a femoral stem that includes a lateral bolt or post that protrudes through the cortex or wall of bone opposite the neck of the femoral stem. The lateral bolt or post reduces the occurrence of subsidence in implanted femoral stems. The lateral bolt or post provides an anchor point on the cortex or wall of bone as opposed to relying solely on the compression of the femoral stem against the wall of the bony canal of the femur being implanted. |
| US10166104B2 |
Calcium phosphate polymer composite and method
A bone-repair composite includes a core and a sheath. The core is a first primary unit including a combination of a first set of yarns coated with a calcium phosphate mineral layer. The first set of yarns being made from a first group of one or more polymers. The sheath is a second primary unit a combination of a second set of yarns or one or more polymer coatings. The second set of yarns being made from a second group of one or more polymers, wherein the composite is made by covering the core with the sheath, and the composite is compression molded to allow the sheath to bond to the core. The bone-repair composite has a bending modulus comparable to that of a mammalian bone, such that the ratio of the core to the sheath is provided to maximize the mechanical strength of the bone-repair composite to mimic the mammalian bone. |
| US10166102B2 |
Mitral valve annuloplasty device with twisted anchor
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part. |
| US10166095B2 |
Introducer for a side branch device
An introduction arrangement for a fenestrated or branched stent graft (13) intended for deployment into the lumen of a vessel having a blind vessel extending from it. The introducer (1) has a distal end intended to remain outside a patient in use and a proximal end with a nose cone dilator (11) and an arrangement to retain the branched stent graft distally of the nose cone dilator. A sheath (15) on the introducer extends over the branched stent graft to the nose cone dilator. An indwelling catheter (21) extends from the distal end of the introducer and enters the fenestration or side arm and through to the nose cone dilator, the indwelling catheter has a guide wire (29) extending through it. The guide wire can be extended beyond the nose cone dilator in use before the sheath is withdrawn from the branched stent graft so that it can be snared from the contra-lateral artery. |
| US10166094B2 |
Integrated embolic protection devices
Embolic protection elements are integrated with a catheter or access sheath for any catheter. A catheter with an integrated embolic protection element comprises a catheter shaft, an embolic filter slidably mounted on a distal portion of the shaft, a proximal stop for limiting the proximal movement of the embolic filter, and a distal stop for limiting the distal movement of the embolic filter. The filter comprises a porous mesh material defining a collection chamber for captured emboli and has a collapsed and a deployed configuration. The filter may be collapsed by an access sheath used with the catheter. An access sheath may comprise a tubular main body and an embolic filter mounted on the distal portion of the tubular main body. The embolic filter may evert into the central lumen of the sheath or may be constrained on the exterior of the sheath with a larger diameter outer tube. |
| US10166093B2 |
Soft tissue repair prosthesis and expandable device
A hernia repair device is provided which may include a soft tissue repair prosthesis and an expandable device configured to be removably connected with the soft tissue repair prosthesis. Attachment components may be used to removably connect the soft tissue repair prosthesis with the expandable device. The hernia repair device may be manipulated into a reduced configuration for insertion into the body. When expanded, the expandable device may be configured to position the soft tissue repair prosthesis adjacent a hernia defect. The expandable device and/or the attachment components may be shaped and/or configured to minimize the maximum dimension of the hernia repair device in its reduced configuration. |
| US10166092B2 |
Toothbrush with a controlled transmission direction of vibration
A toothbrush device includes one electric motor that provides the toothbrush with various frequencies of pulsations that are transmitted in a controlled fashion. The toothbrush device has a brush head with bristle touch-points, a handle, and a carrying case that extends from the head to the handle and holds the electric motor (e.g., a vibration motor). The electric motor generates vibration energy that travels through a shaft of the carrying case to the brush head in generally a single direction to vibrate the brush head. For example, the carrying case of the electric motor contacts the handle at a contact point, which is approximately at the center of the carrying case such that the majority of the vibrations generated by the electric motor are transmitted toward the brush head, while the vibrations towards other directions are minimized. |
| US10166086B2 |
Dental therapy apparatus
A dental therapy apparatus which enables a dental therapy more surely and less invasively is provided. A dental therapy apparatus (10A) comprises a laser light source (11) emitting laser light (L) having a wavelength within a wavelength region of 5.7 to 6.6 μm; a controller (12) pulse-driving the laser light source and controlling at least one of pulse width and repetition frequency of pulsed laser light emitted from the laser light source; and an irradiation optical system for irradiating a tooth (20) including a carious part (21) with the light emitted from the laser light source. In this dental therapy apparatus, the controller controls at least one of the pulse width and repetition frequency of the pulsed light, so as to selectively cut the carious part (21). |
| US10166085B2 |
Method of disinfecting ports in central venous catheter systems
The present disclosure generally relates to systems for disinfecting Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system ports that use highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products, and methods for using such systems. The foam material may be an open-cell microabrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine. |
| US10166082B1 |
System and method for controlling a robotic wrist
A system for controlling a surgical robotic tool having an end effector driven by actuators through antagonistic cables is disclosed. The control system may include a position controller and a grip force controller. The position controller may be configured to receive an input signal to control the position of the end effector and generate a first command to drive the actuators to move the end effector. The grip force controller may be configured to receive another input to control the force exerted by jaws of the end effector and generate a second command. The first command and the second command may be combined to generate a composite command that is provided to the actuators to drive motion of the end effector. A third current or position command may be generated by a slack controller to prevent cable slack. |
| US10166081B2 |
Surgical robotic devices and systems for use in performing minimally invasive and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgical actions
Example embodiments relate to surgical devices, systems, and methods. The system may include an end-effector assembly. The end-effector assembly may comprise an instrument assembly and a wrist assembly. The instrument assembly may comprise an instrument for performing a surgical action. The instrument assembly may further comprise an instrument driven portion configurable to be driven in such a way as to move the instrument relative to a first axis. The instrument assembly may further comprise an instrument insulative portion providable between the instrument and the instrument driven portion. The instrument insulative portion may be configurable to electrically isolate the instrument from at least the instrument driven portion when the instrument insulative portion is provided between the instrument and the instrument driven portion. The wrist assembly may include a wrist driven portion configurable to be driven in such a way as to move the instrument relative to a second axis. |
| US10166080B2 |
Cooperatively-controlled surgical robotic system with redundant force sensing
A cooperatively controlled robotic system includes a main robot assembly, and an arm assembly comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The arm assembly is connected to the main robot assembly at the proximal end. The system also includes a tool assembly connected to the arm assembly at the distal end, a first force sensor between the distal end of the arm assembly and the tool assembly, and a second force sensor between the proximal end of the arm assembly and the main robot assembly. The system includes a control system that is configured to determine a force applied at the first force sensor based on a force detected by the second force sensor, and to compare the determined force to a force detected by the first force sensor to detect a failure of at least one of the first and second force sensors. |
| US10166079B2 |
Depth-encoded fiducial marker for intraoperative surgical registration
Methods and systems of performing intraoperative image registration during a medical procedure are described. A depth-encoded marker is provided to an object of interest. The marker is imageable by at least two imaging systems. The marker has asymmetry in at least a depth dimension. First and second sets of image data are obtained. Tracking data is obtained. The first image coordinate space, the second image coordinate space and the tracking coordinate space are independent from each other. Transformation mapping is performed to register the first and second sets of image data and the tracking data to each other. The first and second sets of image data are mapped to each other based on the depth-encoded marker. The first or second set of image data and the tracking data are mapped to each other based the same or different marker. |
| US10166075B2 |
Minimally invasive surgical instrument implementing a motor
The present invention relates to a minimally invasive surgical instrument implementing a motor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a minimally invasive surgical instrument comprises a shaft, an end effector connected to one end of the shaft, and a handle unit connected to the other end of the shaft. The handle unit includes a pair of linearly moving members, at least one rotating member for moving the pair of linear moving members away from each other in opposite directions, and a driving element for driving said at least one rotating member. The pair of linearly moving members operates the end effector in the pitch direction or in the yaw direction. |
| US10166073B2 |
Control data generation for the eye-surgical treatment of defective vision
A method for generating control data to control a laser device for correcting defective vision. A cut surface is specified which is curved, has a vertex and an edge, and is to be created in the eye. One or more paths, along which a focus of the laser radiation is to be adjusted, are defined for the control data and are selected such that they lie on or near the cut surface. To select the paths, a reference plane, preferably perpendicular, with respect to a direction of incidence of the laser radiation is determined, and different displacement positions are determined for said reference plane from the vertex to the edge of the cut surface. Multiple axes or semi-axes are determined for each displacement position. Intersections of the axes are connected into closed curves which are concentric or form a spiral. |
| US10166072B2 |
Systems and methods for creating an effect using microwave energy to specified tissue
Systems, methods and devices for creating an effect using microwave energy to specified tissue are disclosed herein. A system for the application of microwave energy to a tissue can include, in some embodiments, a signal generator adapted to generate a microwave signal having predetermined characteristics, an applicator connected to the generator and adapted to apply microwave energy to tissue, the applicator comprising one or more microwave antennas and a tissue interface, a vacuum source connected to the tissue interface, a cooling source connected to said tissue interface, and a controller adapted to control the signal generator, the vacuum source, and the coolant source. The tissue may include a first layer and a second layer, the second layer below the first layer, and the controller is configured such that the system delivers energy such that a peak power loss density profile is created in the second layer. |
| US10166071B2 |
Multi frequency and multi polarity complex impedance measurements to assess ablation lesions
A method of assessing a tissue ablation treatment, including positioning a medical device adjacent a target tissue; measuring a first impedance magnitude a first frequency with the medical device; measuring a first impedance phase at a second frequency with the medical device; ablating at least a portion of the target tissue with the medical device; measuring at second impedance magnitude at a third frequency with the medical device; measuring a second impedance phase at a fourth frequency with the medical device; comparing at least one of (i) the first and second impedance magnitudes and (ii) the first and second impedance phases; and providing an indication of the efficacy of the ablation treatment based at least in part on the comparison. |
| US10166070B2 |
Electrosurgical pericardial puncture
Devices and methods for providing access to the pericardial cavity while reducing risk of myocardial damage. One method includes advancing a distal end of a puncture device towards the heart from a subxiphoid region of a patient wherein the distal end of the puncture device is atraumatic and comprises an energy delivery device; positioning the energy delivery device at a target site on a pericardium of the heart using ultrasound for imaging; and delivering energy from the energy delivery device to a tissue of the target site to create a channel to the pericardial cavity. The method may include repeating one or more of the above steps until the energy delivery device is located within the pericardial cavity. Some embodiments of the method include using supplemental means of monitoring, including medical imaging and using contrast fluid. |
| US10166067B2 |
Ablation catheter and method for electically isolating cardiac tissue
Ablation catheter comprising an elongate member with proximal and distal ends, wherein the distal end is arranged to apply a high energy electrical shock from a plurality of locations along the length of said distal end and wherein said distal end is curved. Preferably the distal end of the elongate member extends in a circle segment. |
| US10166064B2 |
Low-power tissue sealing device and method
A surgical system and method for fusing tissue are disclosed. The system has an electrosurgical generator capable of delivering electrosurgical power, a surgical instrument electrically connected to the electrosurgical generator and adapted to transfer the electrosurgical power from the electrosurgical generator to a distal end of the surgical instrument, and a power control circuit for controlling the delivery of radio frequency energy to the tissue in contact with the distal end of the surgical instrument. The surgical system is configured to: deliver the radio frequency energy at a non-pulsing power to the tissue for a period of time of 3 seconds or less, wherein the non-pulsing power is held constant, the output current is held under 2 Amperes RMS, and the output voltage is held under 100 Volts RMS, the non-pulsing power further causing the tissue to begin to desiccate and to fuse within the period of time. |
| US10166063B2 |
Device for detecting metal when biological tissue is acted on by means of a sparking electrosurgical instrument
A device for detecting metal with sparking electrosurgical instruments. The device contains a metal detector, which decides, on the basis of the current and voltage delivered to the instrument, whether a spark originating from the instrument contacts biological tissue or a metal part. The component of the current is determined that is inconsistent with a linear equivalent circuit. The elements of the linear equivalent circuit may be determined in a regression calculation. As first decision criterion, the spark characteristic variable Frel is determined from the current. As second decision criterion, a resistance characteristic variable R is determined, which characterizes the tissue resistance. Both characteristic variables are compared with threshold values. If the tissue resistance falls below the resistance threshold value and the spark characteristic variable exceeds the spark size threshold value, a signal is generated that characterizes the activation of the spark against a metal part. |
| US10166057B2 |
Storage and mixing system with compressible internal cartridge for pasty starting components
Storage and mixing systems and methods for pasty multicomponent polymethylmethacrylate bone cements, the systems and methods comprise a first tubular cartridge with a first cylindrical internal space containing a first starting component, a first dispensing plunger, a second tubular cartridge that is arranged within the first tubular cartridge. The external wall of the second cartridge touches against the internal wall of the first cartridge and is attached to the internal wall of the first cartridge, whereby the second cartridge contains a second starting component and has a second dispensing plunger arranged in it, whereby a pressing device with a clamping edge for compressing the second cartridge that can be propelled axially in the internal space of the first cartridge is arranged, as seen from the cartridge head, behind the first dispensing plunger and the second dispensing plunger. The pressing device can be propelled appropriately in the direction of the cartridge head such that the second cartridge is being progressively compressed axially during the motion of the pressing device such that, in the process, the first dispensing plunger and the second dispensing plunger are propelled in the direction of the cartridge head. |
| US10166055B2 |
Method and apparatus for bone fixation
A fastener assembly can include a proximal fastener member, a distal fastener member and an internal fastener member. The proximal fastener can include a fastener head and an internal wall defining an anti-rotation feature. The distal fastener can include a proximal end defining an internal bore and an external anti-rotation feature, and a distal end defining a bone anchor. The internal fastener can be positioned in the cannulated proximal fastener and threadably coupled to the distal fastener such that the proximal end of the distal fastener is telescopically received in a distal end of the proximal fastener. Rotation of the internal fastener in a first rotational direction can telescopically retract the distal fastener into the proximal fastener so as to be adapted to compress a bone fracture. Rotation of the internal fastener in an opposite rotational direction can extend the distal fastener relative to the proximal fastener. |
| US10166053B2 |
Distractor with bidirectional rotation control
A distractor, such as a pediatric mandibular distractor, includes a housing member elongated along a longitudinal axis. At least one distal footplate is attached to the housing member. A drive rod and at least one proximal footplate configured to be driven by the drive rod are provided. A housing engaging member is configured to engage a drive rod engaging member to prevent the housing from being rotated in either a first or second direction of rotation relative to the drive rod when a rotational force less than a predetermined force is applied to the housing or drive rod. The drive rod can be rotated relative to the housing in either the first or second rotational direction when a force greater than the predetermined force is applied to the drive rod or the housing. |
| US10166045B2 |
Orthopedic external fixation device
Devices for the fixation of a bone fracture and methods of using the devices are provided. The devices comprise at least one distal pin assembly configured to engage a first bone fragment, at least one proximal pin assembly configured to engage a second bone fragment, and a pin connector assembly configured to connect the distal and proximal pin assemblies together across the bone fracture. |
| US10166040B2 |
Organ resection tool
It is an object to provide a surgical tool for excising a hard solid organ such as cirrhotic liver or cutting the organ into a groove without causing bleeding. The inventors of the present invention have found that an organ resection tool including a brush-like structure capable of performing microwave irradiation and/or a brush-like structure capable of receiving a microwave can achieve the above-mentioned object, to thereby arrive at the present invention (organ resection tool including a brush structure capable of performing microwave irradiation). For example, an organ can be crushed or scraped away by manually abrading the organ with a brush of a solid organ resection tool including a brush structure capable of performing microwave irradiation according to the present invention. Further, the organ can be concurrently coagulated through the microwave irradiation to stop bleeding. |
| US10166037B2 |
Surgical tool, micro-surgical instrument and actuation method for both
An actuation method for a surgical tool and the tool itself, which includes a proximal coupling portion from which two hydraulically actuatable, pivotably connected members extend. Each of the branches, at least at their distal ends, have an active portion and form in the coupling portion a boundary for at least part of a fluid-tight, fluid-fillable cavity. A pivot position of the members and a volume of the fluid in the cavity are operatively coupled with one another. An actuation method for a micro-surgical tool and the micro-surgical tool, which includes a proximal handle with an actuation device and a distally disposed inventive hydraulically actuatable surgical tool, which is connected by a shaft with the handle and can be actuated by the actuation device. |
| US10166031B2 |
Method and apparatus for preparing an implantation site
A bone preparation system, such as a broach, includes at least a first member and a second member. The first member and the second member may be connected. Both the first member and the second member, when attached to the first member, are configured to directly contact and broach an anatomy. |
| US10166028B2 |
Hemostatic clipping devices and methods
A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire. |
| US10166027B2 |
Apparatus for applying surgical clips
An apparatus for applying surgical clips has a body portion housing a clip stack and a pair of jaws supported at a distal end of the body portion. The body portion includes a camming member, a clip follower and a lockout member having a plurality of stop members. The lockout member is movable from a first position in slidable relation to the camming member to a second position interlocked with the camming member. The camming member has at least one notch, and in a second position the lockout member has at least one of the stop members positioned to interface with the at least one notch. The engagement between the stop member and the notch limits distal movement of the camming member. The clip follower actuates the lockout member when the clip follower advances to a predetermined clip in the clip stack. |
| US10166025B2 |
Surgical stapling device with lockout system for preventing actuation in the absence of an installed staple cartridge
A surgical stapling instrument comprising a staple cartridge assembly configured to be attached to the surgical stapling instrument, staples removably stored within the staple cartridge assembly, and a first jaw is disclosed. The surgical stapling instrument further comprises a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw, wherein the second jaw is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The surgical stapling instrument further comprises a lock system configured to permit the second jaw to move to the unlocked position when the staple cartridge assembly is attached to the surgical stapling instrument, and wherein the lock system is further configured to lock the second jaw in the locked position when the staple cartridge assembly is not attached to the surgical stapling instrument. |
| US10166020B2 |
Methods and devices for accessing and retracting a capsule of a joint
Devices and methods are disclosed herein for accessing the hip joint. A first device can be securely attached to the capsule of a joint. The first device can tent the capsule to increase the volume of the peripheral compartment. A second device can be biased against the first device to pierce the tented capsule and create a portal. Devices and methods are also disclosed herein for distending the capsule of a joint. A distention device may access a portal established within the capsule. The distention device can expand the capsule by applying an expansive force within the peripheral compartment. The distention device can maintain distention of the peripheral compartment while other devices access the joint. |
| US10166013B2 |
Flexible member for angled system
Disclosed is an instrument that may an interior tube and an external tube. The exterior tube may be fixed relative to an interior tube, where the interior tube may rotate or oscillate relative to the exterior tube. Further, the two tubes may be co-bent such that an angle is formed by both of the tubes. |
| US10166012B2 |
Holding device for a surgical instrument
A holding device for surgical instruments, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, is provided. The device includes a holding arm that holds an instrument support at the distal end of the holding arm. The instrument support can have which a surgical instrument is mounted thereon. The surgical instrument is operated by way of a drive device. To permit a simple replacement of the instrument support, the drive device is connected to the holding arm by way of a holding device, such that the drive device can easily be changed from a drive position to a replacement position. |
| US10166010B2 |
Surgical device for the collection of soft tissue
A handheld biopsy device comprises a handpiece, a fluid collection system, and a power transmission source. The handpiece is configured for grasping by a single hand and is independently manipulatable by hand for movement of the instrument toward and away from the patient. An elongated piercer extends from the distal end of the handpiece. The piercer has a sharpened distal end and a port located proximal to the distal end for receiving a portion of tissue mass. An elongated cutter is disposed coaxially relative to a piercer lumen of the piercer. A distal blade of the cutter slides distally past the port of the piercer to severe the tissue portion drawn into the port by vacuum. The handpiece further comprises a holster for detachably connecting a cutter rotation transmission and a cutter axial transmission to the power transmission source. |
| US10166008B2 |
Rectal cleaning device
A modified glove includes a glove portion and a wipe portion. The wipe portion is attached to the inner or palm surface of the glove, and comes in wet and dry varieties. The wet variety contains water or mild cleaning agents or some combination thereof, and can be scented or unscented. An embodiment of the modified glove is a single modified glove, while another embodiment is multiple modified gloves, such as three modified gloves in one. One aspect of the modified glove is for cleaning the rectal area of an individual. Another aspect of the modified glove is for cleaning other areas of an individual. |
| US10166007B2 |
Passive data transmission
Data is communicated from an implanted section to an external location. The implanted section includes a transducer such as a piezoelectric element with an ultrasound reflecting surface that moves in response to an applied driving signal. A sensor generates an output signal that depends on a sensed parameter, and a control circuit drives the transducer based on the sensor's output. The transducer's response to the driving signal is repeatable such that the value of the output signal can be determined by measuring the variations in the velocity of the surface using externally applied Doppler ultrasound, and computing the value of the sensor's output from the measured variations in velocity. |
| US10166006B2 |
Ultrasound system with dynamically automated doppler flow settings as a sample volume is moved
An ultrasound system performs duplex colorflow and spectral Doppler imaging, with the spectral Doppler interrogation performed at a sample volume location shown on the colorflow image. The colorflow image is displayed in a color box overlaid on a co-registered B mode image. A color box position and steering angle processor analyzes the spatial Doppler data and automatically sets the color box angle and location over a blood vessel for optimal Doppler sensitivity and accuracy. The processor may also automatically set the flow angle correction cursor in alignment with the direction of flow. In a preferred embodiment these optimization adjustments are made automatically and continuously as a user pauses at points for Doppler measurements along a length of the blood vessel. |
| US10166005B2 |
Medical devices with coatings for enhanced echogenicity
The disclosure provides medical devices comprising improved coatings for ultrasound detection, which provide optimal ultrasound images. Methods for preparing such devices are also provided. |
| US10166001B2 |
Trending S1 heart sounds amplitudes in ambulatory patients for worsening HF detection
An apparatus comprises a cardiac signal sensing circuit, a heart sound sensing circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The cardiac signal sensing circuit is configured to sense a plurality of cardiac signals representative of electrical cardiac activity of a subject. The heart sound sensing circuit is configured to sense a plurality of unfiltered heart sound signals representative of intrinsic mechanical cardiac activity of the subject. The signal processing circuit is configured to: detect an R-wave in a sensed cardiac signal and initiate a measurement window in a time relationship to the detected R-wave; determine amplitude of an S1 heart sound using a heart sound signal sensed during the measurement window; trend S1 heart sound amplitudes determined for the plurality of the unfiltered heart sound signals; and generate an alert when the trended S1 heart sound amplitude decreases below a threshold amplitude value. |
| US10165999B2 |
Radiological-image acquisition device
Improvement of a frame rate and suppression of power consumption are intended. A radiological-image acquisition device (100) includes a plurality of pixels, a capacitive element (1a) that accumulates electric charge corresponding to a dose (X) of radiation, and a read control unit (read element control unit 22, reset element control unit 23) that reads, from at least one pixel (active pixel 10) that is not subjected to initialization in two or more frames, an output (output voltage Vout) corresponding to the electric charge. |
| US10165998B2 |
Method and system for determining an angle between two parts of a bone
A method and a system for determining an angle between two parts of a bone that are twisted relative to one another about the axis of a bone shaft. The system is particularly suitable for determining the antetorsion angle of a femur. In order to determine an antetorsion angle of a bone easily intraoperatively, a method with the following steps is proposed: establishing the position of a first orientation feature assigned to a first part of the bone, in particular a femoral neck axis, using an imaging method, establishing the position of a second orientation feature assigned to a second part of the bone, in particular a condyle tangent or a condyle plane, using an imaging method, and determining the angle, in particular the femoral antetorsion angle, from the positions of the two orientation features. |
| US10165997B2 |
System for acquiring a three-dimensional image of arteries and veins
A system and method includes reception of first two-dimensional projection images of a patient volume, each of the first two-dimensional projection images having been acquired from substantially a respective one of a plurality of projection angles during presence of at least a portion of contrast medium in arteries within the patient volume, reception of second two-dimensional projection images of the patient volume, each of the second two-dimensional projection images having been acquired from substantially a respective one of the plurality of projection angles during presence of at least a portion of the contrast medium in veins within the patient volume, generation, for each of the plurality of projection angles, of a composite two-dimensional image based on one of the first two-dimensional projection images acquired from substantially the projection angle and one of the second two-dimensional projection images acquired from substantially the projection angle, generation of a three-dimensional image based on the generated composite two-dimensional images, and display of an image based on the three-dimensional image. |
| US10165996B2 |
Systems and methods for dual-energy computed tomography imaging
An imaging system includes a computed tomography (CT) acquisition unit and a processing unit. The CT acquisition unit includes an X-ray source and a CT detector. The processing unit is configured to determine a voltage delivery configuration for the X-ray source based on at least one of a patient size, a clinical task, or scan parameters. The voltage delivery configuration includes at least one of a transition configuration or a voltage threshold. The transition configuration corresponds to a transition between a high voltage and a low voltage. Portions of acquired data acquired above the voltage threshold are grouped as high energy data and portions acquired below the voltage threshold are grouped as low energy data. The processing unit is also configured to implement the voltage delivery configuration on the CT acquisition unit, and to control the CT acquisition unit to perform an imaging scan using the determined voltage delivery configuration. |
| US10165992B2 |
X-ray imaging systems and devices
An x-ray imaging system, such as a mobile radiography unit, includes a plurality of stationary carbon nanotube based x-ray sources to be selectively energized. A circuit enables a selected subset of the radiation sources to be energized while another subset may be disabled. A light source may be attached to the support arm of the mobile radiography unit and a source of electric power is configured to energize the light source upon operator contact with the unit. The plurality of stationary x-ray sources may be used to capture a plurality of 2-D projection images of a subject to reconstruct a 3-D image thereof. The 3-D image is used to generate a 2-D projection image of the subject. |
| US10165988B2 |
Personalized detection system for detecting magnetic objects in the human organism
The invention relates to a device with a sensor arrangement, which is able to detect magnetic or magnetized oral administration forms after oral take-up, moreover tracks the dissolution thereof via the reduction or disappearance of the magnetic field of the oral administration form, and with a log function, which records a subjective evaluation on the part of the human wearer of the sensor arrangement during or after the oral take-up. |
| US10165985B2 |
System and method of extraction of the heart valve signals
A system for monitoring and diagnosing heart conditions includes a sensor array with accelerometers, an electrocardiogram sensor, and a system to capture and process the composite heart signals. The system performs source separation to extract information contained in cardio pulmonic vibrations. The system can use machine learning, auditory scene analysis, spare coding, determined Models, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Independent Component Analysis ICA, Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), Bin-wise Clustering and Permutation posterior probability alignment, Undetermined Models, Sparseness condition, Dictionary learning, Convolutive models, K-SVD Matching Pursuit, Non-negative matrix factorization and Deep Belief Networks (Restricted Boltzmann Machine) approaches to the source separation problem. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10165984B2 |
Configurable vital signs system
A method of determining a value indicative of a hemodynamic parameter of a patient includes performing a plurality of value determinations. Performing the plurality of value determinations includes determining a first value indicative of the hemodynamic parameter, determining, with a controller, a difference between the first value and a baseline associated with the first value, and replacing the baseline with the first value, in a memory of the controller, if the difference is outside of a predetermined range. The method also includes determining an estimate of the hemodynamic parameter based on acceptable values determined during the plurality of value determinations. |
| US10165981B2 |
Surgical navigation method
A surgical navigation system is disclosed including a camera that is fixedly attached to a patient. The camera space merges with the patient space and thereby eliminates the need for a separate patient tracker. The surgical navigation system calculates the position of a surgical tool with a tracking device in view of the camera and shows on a display device the position of the surgical tool with respect to the patient superimposed and in correlation with a scan image of the patient. |
| US10165978B2 |
Method for measuring human body information, and electronic device thereof
A method of measuring human body information and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes displaying a guide image when a human body measurement mode is detected, acquiring, by a camera, a human body image, displaying the human body image, measuring a human body when the human body image corresponds to the guide image and outputting a result of the measurement of the human body. |
| US10165977B2 |
Sleep stage detection
Therapy delivery to a patient may be controlled based on a determined sleep stage of the patient. In examples, the sleep stage may be determined based on a frequency characteristic of a biosignal indicative of brain activity of the patient. A frequency characteristic may include, for example, a power level within one or more frequency bands of the biosignal, a ratio of the power level in two or more frequency bands, or a pattern in the power level of one or more frequency bands over time. A therapy program may be selected or modified based on the sleep stage determination. Therapy may be delivered during the sleep stage according to the selected or modified therapy program. In some examples, therapy delivery may be controlled after making separate determinations of a sleep stage based on the biosignal and another physiological parameter, and confirming that the sleep stage determinations are consistent. |
| US10165972B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting NIR fluorescence at sentinel lymph node
A device for observing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) in a human body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for observing an SLN by detecting near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence caused by a fluorescent material such as indocyanine green (ICG) at the SLN and a method for detecting NIR fluorescence at an SLN. Particularly, in the implementation of a composite image obtained by reproducing a fluorescent material such as ICG and NIR fluorescence emitted by excitation light together with a visible light image, it is possible to detect an SLN with high accuracy through a color contrast method and/or a temporal modulation method using an NIR fluorescence image signal and a visible reflection light image signal. |
| US10165970B1 |
Tissue oximeter intraoperative sensor
An oximeter probe includes sensor head with a probe face having one or more sensor structures to make measurements, a handle, and an elastic member connected between the handle and the base. A user can hold the handle while measurements are made and the elastic member permits the handle to flex relative to the sensor head with one or more sensor structures. |
| US10165964B2 |
Systems and methods for quantifying regional fissure features
Analysis of pulmonary scans representative of a patient's pulmonary structure can be used to classify a patient into one or more of a plurality of populations. The patient's scan can be mapped to a reference domain and analyzed to determine one or more fissure features associated with a plurality of regions in the reference domain. Comparison of the determined fissure features with a plurality of fissure atlases, each associated with different population, can be performed to classify the patient into one or more of the populations. Data from different fissure atlases can be compared to determine regions in the fissure atlases that distinguish one population from another. Such distinguishing regions can improve the ability to classify the patient while reducing errors based on false classifications. |
| US10165963B2 |
Hybrid electromagnetic-acoustic distal targeting system
A surgical targeting system of an intramedullary nail, which includes an extracorporeally arranged external transmitting unit. Further included is a plurality of first transponder units coupled with and arrayed along the length of the intramedullary nail, each adapted to be actuated by the external transmitting unit. Additionally, a plurality of holes are disposed within and arrayed along the length of the intramedullary nail. Each of the plurality of holes are situated between each of the plurality of first transponder units. Further, a first transmission section is between the external transmitting unit and each of the plurality of first transponder units via which the plurality of first transponder units are actuated. Additionally included is a second transmission section through the intramedullary nail between the plurality of first transponder units and a second transponder unit. |
| US10165961B2 |
Adjustable head coil systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging
A system for magnetic resonance imaging of anatomy including a head is provided. The system includes a base member, a plurality of support members, and a plurality of articulable reception units. The plurality of support members are movably fixed to the base member and configured to translate across a surface of the base member. Each support member is releasably securable to the base member in a plurality of positions along the surface of the base member. The articulable reception units are movable from an open position to a plurality of closed positions. Each reception unit comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) receive coil disposed within a body, with the body configured for abutment with a portion of a head. Each of the plurality of articulable reception units is releasably secured in the plurality of closed positions by at least one of the plurality of support members. |
| US10165960B2 |
Magnetic resonance 2D navigator technique
In a method and apparatus for producing respiration-corrected MR images of an examination volume containing the heart of a patient during respiratory movement of MR signals are recorded continuously during multiple cardiac cycles, each cardiac cycle having multiple time segments. One 2D navigator image data record per cardiac cycle is recorded during a time segment of that cardiac cycle, with k-space being filled along a Cartesian trajectory such that a spatial resolution is achieved in two spatial directions of the examination volume. Also, multiple 3D image data records are recorded in the other time segments of that cardiac cycle, with Cartesian filling of raw data space such that a spatial resolution is achieved in all three spatial directions of the examination volume. The respiratory movement is then determined from these navigator data records. The determined respiratory movement is corrected in the recorded MR signals. |
| US10165958B2 |
Method for detecting position of signal source in living body, and device for detecting position of signal source in living body
A method for detecting a position of a signal source in a living body includes: arranging three electrodes on a surface of the living body and alternately connecting a first external resistance and a second external resistance in parallel between the electrodes and a ground potential; measuring first voltages Vi (i=1, 2, 3) generated at the respective electrodes when the first external resistance is connected in parallel between the electrodes and the ground potential, and second voltages Vi (i=1, 2, 3) generated at the respective electrodes when the second external resistance is connected in parallel between the electrodes and the ground potential; and calculating three ratios Vi/V′i (i=1, 2, 3) from the first and second voltages Vi and V′i, and detecting the position of the signal source in the living body based on the three ratios Vi/V′i (i=1, 2, 3). |
| US10165957B2 |
Neurological screening connector
A medical lead screening connector includes a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the housing, where each lead receptor channel includes at least two lead receptor contacts, and a cover hingedly attached to the housing. The cover includes a protrusion that is arranged and configured to register with one of the lead receptor channels and contacts a lead body received in the lead receptor channel when the cover is in a closed position. |
| US10165953B2 |
Methods and systems for recalibrating a blood pressure monitor with memory
Systems and methods are provided for storing and recalling metrics associated with physiological signals. It may be determined that the value of a monitored physiological metric corresponds to a stored value. In such cases, a patient monitor may determine that a calibration is not desired. In some cases, a patient monitor may recall calibration parameters associated with the stored value if it determined that the stored value corresponds to the monitored metric value. |
| US10165951B2 |
Sensor device and method for measuring and determining a pulse arrival time (PAT) value
A method for measuring and determining a pulse arrival time (PAT) value of a user using a sensor device having a photoplethysmographic (PPG) multichannel sensor formed from a plurality of PPG sensor channels and being adapted to measure a set of PPG signals, each PPG signal being measured by one of the PPG sensor channels when the multichannel PPG sensor is in contact with the user; having: measuring the set of PPG signals; extracting a plurality of features from each of the measured PPG signals; selecting a subset from the set of PPG signals based on the extracted features; and processing the selected subset of PPG signals to determine the PAT value. The disclosed sensor and method can be embedded into a chest belt and do not need skilled supervision. They can represent a potential candidate for the implantation of PWV measurement campaigns in the ambulatory setting. |
| US10165950B2 |
Vital signs monitor
A multi-parametric vital signs monitoring device configured for use as an ambulatory and a bedside monitor wherein the device can be patient-wearable and is battery powered. The monitoring device can be used with a charging cradle to provide power to the device in lieu of the battery as a power source for bedside applications, in which the cradle further serves as an intermediary device to enable a data link with a PC or other peripheral device. The monitoring device can include a wireless radio to enable bi-directional transfer of patient-related data to a separate remote station. |
| US10165948B2 |
Ultrasonic probe and inspection apparatus equipped with the ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe includes a light irradiating portion configured to radiate light for generating ultrasonic waves from a light absorber, an ultrasonic transducing portion configured to transduce the ultrasonic waves to an electric signal, and a light guide member configured to introduce light from a light source to the light irradiating portion. A light irradiating region of the light irradiating portion is included within an ultrasonic receiving region of the ultrasonic transducing portion. |
| US10165942B2 |
Optical tomographic imaging apparatus, control method therefor, and program therefor
Focus adjustment is enabled with respect to an object to be inspected even when an optical member for changing a field angle is inserted in order to change the field angle of an acquiring area of a tomographic image, and a clear tomographic image with a focus on the object to be inspected is acquired. In an optical tomographic imaging apparatus, an optical system includes a focus lens configured to focus a measuring light on the object to be inspected. The optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a unit configured to compensate, when an optical member for changing a field angle is inserted between a scanning unit and the object to be inspected in order to change the field angle of an acquiring area of a tomographic image, a change in a focus position of the focus lens in association with the inserting. |
| US10165940B2 |
Vision-based diagnosis and treatment
Devices and methods are provided herein for aiding in the diagnosis of and response to conditions ranging from unpleasant to disabling. Images are presented to viewers and eye-tracking of their eyes during that process along with software analysis non-subjectively identify and quantify complex visual signatures formerly hidden in the responses of the eyes. This allows caregivers, when presenting these images to people to be evaluated for a condition, to identify, again with eye-tracking and software analysis, those signatures indicative of a presence or an absence of the condition. An associated remediative response provides treatment applicable to a real-time environment. |
| US10165936B2 |
Endoscope reprocessor and fault detection method
An endoscope reprocessor includes a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid, a fluid supply conduit configured to communicate with the fluid supply section and include an opening open to the atmosphere, a first valve disposed in the fluid supply conduit, a second valve disposed closer to the opening side than the first valve of the fluid supply conduit, a processing tank in which an endoscope is disposed, a first connector and a second connector provided in the processing tank, a first conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section and the first connector, a second conduit configured to connect a section between the first valve and the second valve and the second connector, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of a section between the first valve and the fluid supply section in the fluid supply conduit. |
| US10165933B2 |
Endoscopic surgical device and overtube
The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided in the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. A side hole for sending a fluid into a body cavity is formed in a side wall of the overtube body, and a side wall is configured to be openable and closable by the forward and backward movement of the slider. |
| US10165927B2 |
Holding assembly
A holding assembly for holding one or more stemmed objects in a dishwasher is provided. The holding assembly may include an elongated gripping unit frame and two or more gripping units arranged at the elongated gripping unit frame. The two or more gripping units may be arranged to grip a respective stemmed portion of the one or more stemmed objects. At least one of the two or more gripping units may be displaceably arranged along a longitudinal direction of the elongated gripping unit frame. The embodiments herein may also relate to a rack of a dishwasher and a dishwasher comprising a rack. |
| US10165926B2 |
Dishwasher having at least one illumination element
A dishwasher includes a washing chamber exposed to liquid during washing operation and enclosed by a plurality of walls of a washing container and by an internal wall of a door. At least one of the walls has at least one aperture which is covered or closed by at least one illumination element. The at least one illumination element includes at least one planar lighting element and at least one transparent, translucent or reflective planar element associated to the planar lighting element. |
| US10165923B2 |
Floor squeegee
There is disclosed a floor squeegee for spreading resin on floors or removing liquid spills or debris from floors and other flat surfaces. The squeegee includes a frame section, a handle connected to the frame section such that the frame section is generally perpendicular to handle, the frame section including a preset number of internally threaded locator bosses. A flexible squeegee blade section includes a preset number of boss holes extending therethrough to receive the preset number of internally threaded locator bosses. The flexible squeegee blade section has a first section and a second section being integrally formed with the first elongate section and being inclined at an angle with respect to the first section in a range from about 0 to about 90°. The squeegee includes a clamp section having a preset number of boss holes extending therethrough to receive the preset number of internally threaded locator bosses, and a preset number of threaded nuts with the preset number of threaded nuts being threaded to be threadably received in the internally threaded locator bosses. When assembled the second blade section contacts a floor or other surface when in operation. |
| US10165922B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting materials
A nozzle comprising a first light and a second light, wherein one of the lights is used to detect certain materials, such as bodily fluids, pet messes and stains and the like, while the other light is used for illuminating an area to be cleaned. The lights may be integrally incorporate into a nozzle or removably detachable therefrom. |
| US10165920B2 |
Handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner
A handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner that includes a handle, a duct, a valve assembly, and a cover. The handle is attached to the duct, which has an inlet end, an outlet end, and a bleed aperture between. The valve assembly includes a valve and an actuator. The valve is moveable between closed and open positions by the actuator to close and open the bleed aperture. The cover surrounds the duct such that an upper part overlies the bleed aperture and valve. Holes are formed in a lower part of the cover. Suction at the outlet causes a primary airflow to be drawn into the duct via the inlet. When the valve is in the open position, the suction causes a secondary airflow to be drawn in through the holes, around the space between the duct and the cover, and into the duct via the bleed aperture. |
| US10165918B1 |
Vacuum attachment
A vacuum attachment for a ceiling has a vacuum attachment assembly at a lower opening at a first end and an upper opening at a second and opposite end. Disposed within the opening are a pair of fixed brushes. The attachment is configured to enable cleaning of textured ceiling surfaces in addition to more traditionally smooth ceiling surfaces. |
| US10165915B2 |
Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber provided in an air flow path. The cyclone chamber has a screen assembly with an outlet section, a longitudinally spaced apart distal section and a longitudinally extending porous section. The outlet section includes a non-porous member extending longitudinally inwardly an outlet section length from an outlet end of the outlet section to a longitudinally inwardly positioned inlet end of the outlet section. The outlet end of the outlet section overlies a cyclone air outlet. The porous section extends longitudinally inwardly from an outlet end of the porous section that is located at the inlet end of the outlet section. The outlet section length is at least as long as the cyclone outlet port length. |
| US10165913B2 |
Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner has a handle provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the handle having a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly. An energy storage member is positioned above and overlying the hand grip portion, a suction motor and fan assembly that is positioned forward of the hand grip portion and a clean air outlet positioned rearward of the suction motor and fan assembly. |
| US10165912B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head, and a portable cleaning unit removably mounted to the upright section and comprising an energy storage member and a portable cleaning unit suction motor. The energy storage member provides the portable cleaning unit suction motor with power at least when the portable cleaning unit is switched on and when the portable cleaning unit is removed from the upright section. |
| US10165909B2 |
Multi-liner assembly for a body liquid receptacle and a body liquid receptacle including same
A multi-liner assembly for lining a body liquid receptacle includes a plurality of lining units superimposed on one another and engageable with the body liquid receptacle to line a cavity formed therein. Each of the plurality of lining units includes an impermeable layer having a top side with an absorbent material superposed thereon. When the multi-liner assembly is engaged with the body liquid receptacle, a topmost one of the plurality of lining units is exposed and is individually removable from the multi-liner assembly to leave a subsequent one of the plurality of lining units exposed. A multi-liner assembly including a rigid support removably engageable with a body liquid receptacle is also provided. When a rigid support is engaged with the body liquid receptacle, the top side of at least one lining unit is exposed and positioned to line a cavity formed in the body liquid receptacle. |
| US10165903B2 |
Caulkless seal
A seal for a bathing enclosure includes a first structure having a first flange extending from an upper end thereof and a second structure having a second flange extending from a lower end thereof and a channel. The channel includes a first side surface extending upward from an end of the second flange, a second side surface opposing the first side surface, extending upward from the second flange, and an upper surface opposing the second flange, extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The second flange defines a slot between the first side surface and the second side surface and the second flange is configured to interface with the first flange. |
| US10165901B2 |
Toothbrush holder apparatus
A toothbrush holder apparatus can include a toothbrush and a handle. The toothbrush can include a distal end with bristles. The handle can include a gripping portion and a cavity configured to hold the toothbrush. The handle can include a secured configuration and an unsecured configuration. In the secured configuration, the toothbrush can be secured within the handle with a support feature. In the unsecured configuration, the toothbrush is removable from the handle. A stopper can be coupled to the handle. The stopper can be located at a distance from the distal end of the toothbrush. An adapter can extend from the stopper and include an opening to the cavity. The adapter can have a convex shape extending from the stopper. The toothbrush can be located within the opening, and a support feature configured to hold the toothbrush within the handle. |
| US10165898B2 |
Coffee bean conveyance device
A coffee bean conveyance device includes a conveying unit, a coffee bean holding unit and a driving mechanism. The conveying unit is a hollow member detachably assembled to the coffee bean holding unit, such that the coffee bean holding unit and the conveying unit are internally communicable with each other. The driving mechanism is eccentrically connected to the conveying unit, such that axes of the conveying unit and driving mechanism are parallelly spaced from each other. When the driving mechanism operates, coffee beans in the coffee bean holding unit are caused to stably move into the conveying unit and a constant weight or quantity of coffee beans is continuously fed to a coffee bean grinder or a coffee bean dispenser disposed below an outlet of the conveying unit. With these arrangements, the feeding of irregular weight or quantity of coffee beans to the coffee bean grinder or dispenser is avoided. |
| US10165896B2 |
Method and an apparatus for processing foodstuff
The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing foodstuff, the apparatus comprising a receiving portion for receiving foodstuff; a heating source for processing the foodstuff so as to effect a change of a chromatic property of first and second surface areas of the foodstuff; wherein the apparatus is arranged to obtain information that is indicative of the chromatic property of the first surface area of the foodstuff, and control the change of the chromatic property of the second surface area of the foodstuff using the obtained information and predetermined calibration data. |
| US10165895B1 |
Disposable insert oven grate system
A disposable grill is formed with a central region having a periphery in a rectangular configuration. The periphery has a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, and a right edge, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall. Hinges couple the walls to associated edges. Each wall is pivotable between an upper position coplanar with the central region for storage and transportation and pivotable to a lower position perpendicular to the central region for supporting food to be cooked. A plurality of slots are formed in the central region. Each slot is rectangular and formed of a longitudinal slit and latitudinal end slits to form downwardly extending supports for strengthening purposes. |
| US10165893B2 |
Cookware item with spoon receiving recess
Cookware containers are provided with a handle member which also serves as a support to rest a utensil during cooking. Particularly, the spoon supporting handle member is afixed to the cooking container in a laterally aligned direction, rather than the normal perpendicular configuration with respect to a top opening of the container. The container can support a cooking utensil on the spoon supporting handle without having to be moved about on a stove top to avoid burners or the handles of other pots or pans. |
| US10165885B2 |
Stackable tray with compartment
An apparatus and an associated method that includes a lap tray, the lap tray having a flat portion and a raised perimeter edge, wherein the flat portion defines a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the flat portion defines an aperture. The apparatus further includes a tray compartment operably engaged with the lap tray. The tray compartment has a sidewall and a bottom wall, the sidewall and the bottom wall define, in part, an interior space accessible via the aperture. A lid operably engaged with the tray compartment is configured to enclose the interior space of the tray compartment. |
| US10165884B1 |
Serving container and ring element system
A serving container and ring element system that includes a serving dish and a ring element having a ring element lip with a shape that substantially corresponds to a shape of a serving dish lip, wherein portions of the ring element lip are formed to be positionable around at least a portion of the serving dish lip to provide frictional engagement between portions of said ring element lip and at least a portion of said serving dish lip, such that said ring element is capable of securing a foil pan within said serving dish. |
| US10165881B2 |
Self leveling spoon
A spoon, including a handle portion and a utensil portion rotatably coupled to the handle portion. The handle portion includes an elongated rod having a top end and a bottom end. The elongated rod is rotatably coupled to the utensil portion at the top end; and a sleeve rotatably enclosing the elongated rod; The utensil portion includes a bowl for transferring content and a weight for balancing the bowl. The bowl is balanced to remain level in two orthogonal directions during use of the spoon. |
| US10165872B2 |
Panel assembly, panel system including the panel assembly, and method thereof
A panel assembly, system, and method include upper and lower panels attached respectively to upper and lower back support, which are connectable to each other using linking beams. The upper back support is configured to be hung from a horizontal beam. The panels have through holes and the back supports have front blind holes that are aligned with the through holes in the panels. In another embodiment, rear blind holes are also provided in the back supports. A peg is securable to each of the blind holes. Multiple pegs can be secured to provide furniture options that can be used for storing, displaying, organizing, and merchandizing. Rear blind holes provides additional storage that can be hidden away from view. |
| US10165869B2 |
Internal tensioning structure useable with inflatable devices
An internal tensioning structure for use in an inflatable product fulfills the basic function of maintaining two adjacent inflatable surfaces in a desired geometric arrangement when the inflatable product is pressurized. The tensioning structure is formed by connecting a pair of plastic sheets to spaced-apart strands, such as strings or wires. When pulled taut, the strands provide a high tensile strength. At the same time, the plastic sheets facilitate a strong, long-lasting weld between the tensioning structure and the inflatable product. |
| US10165868B2 |
Internal tensioning structure useable with inflatable devices
An internal tensioning structure for use in an inflatable product fulfills the basic function of maintaining two adjacent inflatable surfaces in a desired geometric arrangement when the inflatable product is pressurized. The tensioning structure is formed by connecting a pair of plastic strips sheets via spaced-apart strands, such as strings or wires. When pulled taut, the strands provide a high tensile strength between the two opposed plastic strips. At the same time, the plastic strips facilitate a strong, long-lasting weld between the tensioning structure and the inflatable product. |
| US10165867B2 |
Pocketed spring assembly comprising perimeter strings of springs having rectangular convolutions
A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel interior strings of individually pocketed coil springs. The interior strings of springs may extend from head-to-foot or side-to-side of the product. The pocketed spring assembly further comprises at least one perimeter string of springs. Each of the springs of each perimeter string of springs has rectangular convolutions to provide edge support to the product. |
| US10165866B2 |
Bench
A bench for a bed frame having a headboard includes a base frame and a back frame. The base frame includes a seat frame and a leg frame downwardly extended from the seat frame. The back frame is upwardly extended from the seat frame, wherein a shape of the back frame matches with a shape of the headboard of the bed frame. In particular, an ornamental design of the back frame matches with an ornamental design of the headboard of the bed frame, so as to enhance an aesthetic appearance of the bench which serves as a bedroom bench. |
| US10165861B2 |
Chair assembly with upholstery covering
A seating unit component assembly comprises a support component that includes a first surface adapted to abut a seated user, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first end surface, a second end surface opposite the first end surface, and a pair of side surfaces extending between the first and second end surfaces, and a cover having a plurality of sides that cooperate to form an interior space that receives the support component therein, wherein the cover includes a first portion comprising a non-fabric substantially flexible thermoplastic material covering at least a portion of at least one of the side surfaces of the support component, a second portion comprising a fabric covering at least a portion of the first surface and at least a portion of the first end surface of the support component, and a third portion comprising a substantially rigid overlay covering at least a portion of the second end surface and at least a portion of the second surface. |
| US10165860B2 |
Cosmetic door panel suspension and adjustment system for a built-in appliance
A cosmetic panel suspension system for an appliance includes an outer door panel having a perimetrical flange. A plurality of side adjusters is attached to the perimetrical flange. At least one adjustment bracket has a plurality of positioning apertures in slidable engagement with a portion of the perimetrical flange. The plurality of side adjusters extends through respective positioning apertures defined within the at least one adjustment bracket, and adjustment of at least one side adjuster of the plurality of side adjusters slides the at least one adjustment bracket relative to the perimetrical flange. A cosmetic panel is attached to the at least one adjustment bracket. |
| US10165859B2 |
Refrigerator appliance with a drawer slide synchronizer
A refrigerator appliance includes a drawer slide synchronizer with a first cable and a second cable. A first bearing is mounted to a first one of a pair of drawer slides, and a second bearing is mounted to a second one of the pair of drawer slides. The first and second cables contact the first bearing, and the first and second cables also contact the second bearing. |
| US10165858B1 |
Multi-rail concealed slide rail structure
A multi-rail concealed slide rail structure includes an outer rail, a first ball retainer, a middle rail, a pair of second ball retainers, and an inner rail. One side of the outer rail is bent inward to form a first track for the first ball retainer to slide thereon. Two side edges of the middle rail are bent in the same direction to form second tracks, respectively. The middle rail is fitted on the first ball retainer, such that the first ball retainer leans against one of the second tracks. The pair of second ball retainers is movably fitted on the middle rail. One side edge of the inner rail is bent inward to form a third track corresponding to the second tracks. The inner rail is fitted on the pair of second ball retainers. Two parallel tracks are provided between the inner rail and the middle rail. |
| US10165857B2 |
Roller unit having integrated fastening portion
A roller unit having an integrated fastening portion includes a supporting shaft fastened to a containing body or a containing main body that can slide and having first and second flanges formed in multi steps with different outer diameters, a rotating body rotatably fixed to a side of the supporting shaft, and a washer coupled to a side of the rotating body to surround and fix the second flange, thereby preventing separation of the supporting shaft and the rotating body. Therefore, it is possible to more conveniently combine the supporting shaft and the rotating body and to prevent separation of the supporting shaft and the rotating body, whereby is possible to improve various functions. |
| US10165856B2 |
Household appliance
A household appliance includes a loading level, and a receiving area for receiving the loading level. A guide device guides the loading level when the loading level is selectively displaced into or out of the receiving area along the guide device. Secured to the guide device is a retraction device for automatically displacing the loading level into the receiving area. |
| US10165847B2 |
Exoskeleton system for load carrying
The present disclosure relates to an exoskeleton system to be worn by a user. The system includes a load carriage arrangement configured to carry an applied load. The load carriage arrangement includes a frame, for example a frame for a backpack, and at least one non-rigid member. The at least one-non rigid member is arranged to transfer at least a first part of the applied load carried by the load carriage arrangement to the ground bypassing the user's musculoskeletal system. The system may further include a load sharing arrangement configured to transfer a second part of the applied load to the user's musculoskeletal system. |
| US10165844B2 |
Diffuser
A diffuser includes a plastics baffle which has an air inlet end, an air outlet end and an outwardly tapering wall extending between the air inlet end and the air outlet end, and which defines a diffusing air chamber. A plurality of circumferentially spaced weld ribs is upstanding from the air outlet end. A plastics grille has a plurality of air outlets and an annular shelf to which the weld ribs of the baffle are ultrasonically welded. |
| US10165841B2 |
Footwear carrying system
A footwear carrying system may include first and second separate carriers, each having a first attachment point near a first end of the carrier, a second attachment point near a second end of the carrier opposite the first end, and a third attachment point along a side of the carrier. A first strap may be adapted to connect the first and second attachment points of the first carrier, and a second strap may be adapted to connect the first and second attachment points of the second carrier. The third attachment points of the first and second carriers may be adapted to connect the first and second carriers together. The carriers may be suspended from one or more shoulders of a wearer, or attached to another carrier using the straps or a connection between the first and second carriers. |
| US10165840B2 |
Locking fastener system
A fastener system that provides the ability to attach objects together. The fastener system includes a key and a housing, which connect together by insertion of a prong and a magnetic attachment. The key includes a prong that fits into a recess at a center point. The housing includes an aperture at the lower end to allow attachment to an item, and a slot at the upper end to receive insertion of the key. |
| US10165838B2 |
Protective cover for a mobile display device
Some embodiments include a protective cover for a mobile display device including a housing, a backplane, a liner, and a lip. The housing includes an outer portion and an inner portion, where the outer portion of the housing has a rectangular frame structure to provide a protective shell along an outer edge of the mobile display device, and where the inner portion receives and secures the mobile display device. The backplane is comprised of a rigid material and is coupled to a backside of the housing and provides a protective shell along a back side of the mobile display device. The liner has a corrugated soft rubber or polymer construction including a successive pattern of protrusions separated by a distance and is coupled to the inner portion of the housing. The lip is coupled to a front side of the housing to retain the mobile display device within the housing. |
| US10165837B2 |
Reconfigurable storage device
A storage device including a body having an inner compartment, wherein the body has first and second outer portions and a middle portion positioned therebetween. The storage device further includes a strap attachable to the body in a first configuration wherein the strap is coupled to the body at or adjacent to the first and second outer portions and extends therebetween and is not coupled to the middle portion such that the strap is wearable over a shoulder of a user in a manner of a courier-type bag, and a second configuration wherein the strap is coupled to the body at or adjacent to the first and second outer portions and releasably slidably attached to the middle portion to thereby define a pair of loops. Each loop is shaped and configured to receive an arm of a user therethrough such that the storage device is wearable on a back of the user in the manner of a backpack. |
| US10165831B2 |
Shoelace
An improved shoelace has an elastic inner core having a plurality of elastic members and a woven string covering the elastic inner layer. The woven string has a plurality of narrow sections and wide sections evenly disposed on two ends of the elastic inner core. Each narrow section wraps around the elastic inner core, each wide section is longer than each narrow section and separated from the elastic inner core. When the elastic inner core is not pulled, the wide sections overlap and fold onto the elastic inner core 10 and has a cone shape with at least three times thickness than the narrow section. When the elastic inner core is pulled, the wide sections are stretched straight. |
| US10165828B2 |
Article of footwear with decoupled upper
An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion. |
| US10165826B2 |
Article of footwear with a midsole assembly having a perimeter bladder element, a method of manufacturing and a mold assembly for same
An article of footwear has a midsole assembly that includes a fluid-filled bladder element having a substantially arc-shaped heel portion and having a lateral arm portion and a medial arm portion spaced from the lateral arm portion. Each of the arm portions extend from the heel portion. The bladder element is configured to be positioned with the heel portion in the heel region of midsole assembly, and the arm portions extending from the heel region to a forefoot region along a peripheral region. A method of manufacturing and a mold assembly for such an article of footwear are provided. |
| US10165822B2 |
Insulated footwear articles
The invention is an article of footwear incorporating insulation material, such as a low bulk insulation material, to provide warmth in cold weather, yet with the style, agility, and breathability of a typical conventional shoe or boot. Additionally, in a further embodiment, the invention includes these features in a shoe or boot which is also waterproof and breathable. These aspects of the present invention are achieved through a placement, or mapping, of low bulk insulation to maximize the footwear article attributes of warmth, style, agility, and breathability. |
| US10165821B2 |
Sole for a shoe, in particular for a running shoe
A sole for a shoe, in particular for a running shoe, the sole having a polyurethane injected midsole, a longitudinally extending shank, and an outsole. The shank extends from the forefoot of the sole through an arch area to a heel area and has an opening in its heel area for receiving polyurethane during injection of the polyurethane for the midsole. Further, the shank has a cavity for receiving a comfort element. The heel area of the shank is offset to be closer to the outsole than the shank in the arch area. The sole provides a low weight sole while still providing comfort to the wearer of the shoe. By placing a comfort element in the cavity, in the heel area of the shank, which comfort element has a higher elasticity than the polyurethane of the midsole, the sole provides improved energy absorption and energy return. |
| US10165815B1 |
Shirt stay
An adaptable shirt stay for maintaining shirttails in a flat and fully extended position. The shirt stay is provided in a kit that includes a pair of thigh bands, a crotch panel, a plurality of thigh belts and a plurality of straps having at least one clasp on one end for anchoring the shirttail to the thigh bands, the crotch panel or a combination of thigh bands and crotch panel. The straps are adjustable for accommodating a plurality of shirts of many different lengths and styles of shirttails. The shirt stay provides easy access to undergarments through a crotch panel that selectively opens when the shirt stay is in place. The shirt stay optionally has a plurality of downward straps with clasps attaching to the thigh bands for maintains stockings in place. |
| US10165814B2 |
System and method for connecting garments and related articles
A system and method of selectively connecting at least two articles of clothing is provided. First and second articles, which may comprise a glove and jacket sleeve or cuff, have mating geometries and at least one fastener to securely and selectively connect the two articles. In certain embodiments, magnets are provided as fasteners to connect the articles. For example, in certain embodiments, a method and system is provided that comprises features adapted to allow connection of an accessory (e.g. ski glove) to a portion of another article (e.g. jacket). |
| US10165811B2 |
Interchangeable fabric accessory and method of use
Interchangeable accessory for removable attachment to garments including attachment and interchangeable sections. The attachment section formed by an inner peripheral ring with interspersed inner and outer ridges, an outer peripheral ring with concavity at an inner-edge surface, and a gap between the outer peripheral ring and the inner peripheral ring for interference fitting. The interchangeable section being a plug with inside and outside peripheral edges which form a cylindrical extension from the plug surface, the inside peripheral edge configured to snap-fit onto the inner ridges, and a cap including an inner circumferential tab having an inner periphery dimensioned smaller than the outer peripheral edge of the plug such that the cap is connectable to the plug in a removable manner. |
| US10165806B2 |
Systems for active coupling of airbags
An airbag deployment system includes a helmet, a torso protection assembly, and an airbag assembly. The airbag assembly is coupled to one of the helmet and the torso protection assembly and includes an airbag, an inflation device configured to inflate the airbag, and a first coupling device. The first coupling device is configured to couple to a second coupling device provided on the other of the helmet and the torso protection assembly upon inflation of the airbag. The coupling resists relative movement between the helmet and the torso protection assembly. |
| US10165803B2 |
Textile lingerie article with improved hold
The disclosure concerns a lingerie item comprising at least one holding element (3) capable of holding said lingerie item when it is being worn, said holding element (3) consisting of a textile material provided, on the inner surface (31) of same intended to come into contact with the skin, with a discontinuous coating (4) of elastomeric material capable of preventing said lingerie item from slipping. According to the disclosure, said discontinuous coating (4) of elastomeric material comprises a pattern of protrusions (41) of elastomeric material in the form of grains of rice having a distribution of omnidirectional orientation in the reference system of the inner surface (31) of the holding element (3), said protrusions (41) comprising dimensions and a distribution such that the density of protrusions per surface unit of the holding element (3) is at least 10 protrusions per square centimetre, and preferably between 10 and 40. |
| US10165796B2 |
Hookah system
A hookah system for a smoking product may comprise a head assembly and a base assembly. The head assembly may include a capsule, a cavity member, a bowl, and a ring. The capsule may include a capsule base, a capsule sidewall with a capsule interlock, and a capsule shelf. The cavity member may include a cavity base with a shaft extending therefrom and about an axis, a cavity sidewall with a cavity interlock configured to be positioned in at least a portion of the capsule interlock, and a cavity shelf. The bowl may include a bowl sidewall and a bowl base configured to engage the shaft. The ring may be configured to be positioned between the cavity member and the bowl. |
| US10165795B2 |
Method for manufacturing curved edge cigarette rolling paper
A method of manufacturing packaged curved edge cigarette rolling papers including stacking a cigarette rolling paper blanks to form a leaf stack. The leaf stack is enclosed within a folded cover to form a covered leaf stack. A band is wrapped around the covered leaf stack to hold the leaf stack in alignment with the cover while the cover and leaf stack is die cut to form packaged curved edge cigarette rolling papers. The curved edge is continuous arc, for example an elliptical arc which eliminates the corners that can interfere with cigarette hand rolling. |
| US10165786B2 |
Pastry bag, auxiliary member, decoration forming toy and decoration forming toy set
A pastry bag includes: a container containing a creamy substance; a nozzle connected to the container; and an auxiliary member. The auxiliary member includes: a fixing portion fixed to the nozzle; and a positioning portion to be brought into contact with a creation surface on which a decoration is to be created. |
| US10165784B2 |
Method for preserving and conditioning beef by combining composite essential oil and modified atmosphere packaging
A method for preserving and conditioning beef comprises: cleaning and chopping picked fresh beef, dipping in composite essential oil prepared from clove essential oil, cinnamon essential oil and illicium verum essential oil for 30 s and taking out and draining slightly; placing the beef dipped into a modified atmosphere packaging box and fast precooling; inflating gas of mixed proportion into the cooled modified atmosphere packaging box with beef for preservation packaging and then storing at the low temperature of 0-4° C. The shelf life of the beef packaged by the method is up to 24 d. The aerobic bacterial count is not over 6.0 lgcfu/g. A total volatile basic nitrogen TVB-N value is not over 20 mg/100 g and belongs to the range of second freshness. The beef is stable in color, is cherry-red, has the advantage of good preservation effect and is used for cooking preserved cooked beef. |
| US10165782B2 |
Device for optically identifying the sex of a slaughter pig
The invention relates to a device for optically identifying the sex of a slaughter pig with a depth camera that has a depth camera acquisition region in which a genital region of the pig and spatial coordinates of pixels are acquired. The spatial coordinates are provided in a transmittable manner and include a positioning device to position the depth camera relative to the genital region of the pig. The device includes an evaluation unit connected to the depth camera. The spatial coordinates are acquired by the evaluation unit to determine a phenotypic sex of the pig. |
| US10165779B2 |
Substituted pyrazolylpyrazole derivative and use of same as herbicide
Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems. |
| US10165778B2 |
Method for controlling pests in soybean
A method for controlling pests of soybean plants comprises the step of contacting the soybean plant, parts of it, its propagation material, the pests, their food supply, habitat or breeding grounds with one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from the group consisting of bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J and ginkgolide M. |
| US10165775B2 |
Pesticidal compositions and processes related thereto
This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto. |
| US10165773B2 |
Antimicrobial constructs
The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| US10165766B2 |
Horizontally balanced symmetrical fishing lure
A concave, flat, or convex metal, plastic, or composite bodied lure with somewhat pointed and similar ends and a jig hook which extends through the center of the body and is connected in a channel that proceeds to the rear, causing the lure to suspend in a horizontal position and produce a variety of attractive movements when the rod is jigged vertically or otherwise manipulated. |
| US10165765B1 |
Speargun
The invention pertains to a speargun, comprising a barrel having an oblong body and a spear track for directly receiving a spear, the spear track being formed as a channel on the outer surface of the barrel, a handle unit connected to the barrel, and a trigger unit for releasing the spear through activation of a finger trigger, wherein the barrel is constructed as a single piece having an oblong barrel body comprising a hollow interior space, wherein a reinforcing bar is provided inside the hollow interior space, the reinforcing bar running essentially a length of the barrel body. The invention also pertains to a speargun wherein a housing containing the trigger unit has a window through which the trigger mechanism of the trigger unit is at least partly visible from an outside and a speargun wherein fixation means are provided for fixing the handle unit in different positions along the barrel. |
| US10165764B2 |
Hoop net
The present invention is a hoop net comprised of netting mounted to two semicircular tubular rods, forming a ring that maintains its shape and structural integrity. The two semicircular tubular rods are fashioned to connect seamlessly by a fastening means that allows the entire assembly to function as intended. The hoop net assembly includes four stabilizing cords positioned equidistant from each other along the ring, which cords converge at the center of the hoop net assembly and are connected to each other by a fastening means, then further connected to a single draw cord. The draw cord is used to cast the assembled hoop net into water to a desired depth and pulled back into the boat with live bait. Once the hoop net assembly has been used, the metal rods are easily disconnected to facilitate folding the hoop net in half for easy storage and portability. |
| US10165763B2 |
Animal models and therapeutic molecules
The invention discloses methods for the generation of chimaeric human-non-human antibodies and chimaeric antibody chains, antibodies and antibody chains so produced, and derivatives thereof including fully humanized antibodies; compositions comprising said antibodies, antibody chains and derivatives, as well as cells, non-human mammals and vectors, suitable for use in said methods. |
| US10165762B2 |
Temperature controlled containers
Devices and methods are disclosed for the housing and maintenance of aquatic, semi-aquatic, and terrestrial organisms. Methods and device can be applied widely in the care and culture of these species and will find wide applicability in the aquaculture industry, aquarium and pet hobby, science instruction and education, environmental screening and toxicity testing, and the education-entertainment field. |
| US10165760B2 |
Dog harness
A dog harness having an open prosternum loop and an open sternum loop that are angularly interconnected to form left and right inverted V shaped shoulder covering apexes where the apexes are selectively interconnected with a buckle that slidingly engages adjustable length web members attached to the apexes and which form a point of attachment for a leash. |
| US10165758B2 |
Rolling pet toy
An improved pet toy is generally ring-like and is rollable along a surface, such as the ground. The pet toy includes a resilient foam core that is surrounded by an elastomeric outboard portion and a fabric inboard portion that are affixed to one another and to the core. The outboard portion has a roughened surface that provides traction with the ground and enables the pet toy to roll in various fashions. The fabric inboard portion includes a stiffening structure in the form of a rib that resists deformation of the pet toy in a radial direction toward and away from a center of the toy. |
| US10165750B2 |
Lettuce variety 41-200 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-200 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel) races Bl:1 to Bl:26, Bl:28 and CA-I to CA-VIII, currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribignisi) biotype Nr:0, corky root (Sphingomonas suberifaciens) race CA1 and Lettuce Mosaic Virus (LMV), as well as very slow bolting. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-200 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-200 RZ. |
| US10165747B1 |
Maize inbred PH41VW
A novel maize variety designated PH41VW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41VW with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41VW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41VW or a locus conversion of PH41VW with another maize variety. |
| US10165745B1 |
Soybean cultivar S170032
A soybean cultivar designated S170032 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170032, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170032, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170032, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170032. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170032. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170032, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170032 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10165744B2 |
Inbred corn line KM5
Inbred corn line, designated KM5, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KM5, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KM5 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KM5 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KM5 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line KM5. |
| US10165742B2 |
Center pivot irrigation system
A center pivot irrigation system including a plurality of towers having circumferential and counter-circumferential legs; circumferential and counter-circumferential pivot arms having proximal ends respectively pivotally attached to the circumferential and counter-circumferential legs; circumferential and counter-circumferential linear motion actuators respectively triangulating between the circumferential pivot arms and circumferential legs, and between the counter-circumferential pivot arms and counter-circumferential legs, the linear motion actuators being adapted for alternatively upwardly retracting and downwardly extending the circumferential and counter-circumferential pivot arms; and circumferential and counter-circumferential ground contact assemblies which are adapted for, upon the circumferential and counter-circumferential pivot arms' downward extensions, downwardly biasing against a ground surface. |
| US10165740B2 |
Tree sap collecting device
A tree sap collecting device having at least one hollow main conduit extending between a first end adapted to be inserted into a tree and a second end. The main conduit has an external surface and at least one protuberance extending outwardly from the external surface. The at least one protuberance occupies a circumferential extent on the external surface that is less than a circumference of the external surface. The at least one protuberance engages a collection tube upon said collection tube being mounted to the external surface. |
| US10165733B2 |
Urn and planter combination
An urn and planter combination with a central plant holding cup shape, a first concentric ash and soil holding ring and a second concentric ash holding ring are contained within a main housing and covered by a main lid that has a central aperture to let the central cup protrude out. The first ring is placed around the central cup. The second ring is place around the first ring. The cup can hold a plant or bonsai tree. Slots in the outer wall of the cup correspond with slots in the inner wall of the first ring allowing the roots from the cup to migrate into the first ring thereby mingling with the ash and soil contained within the first ring. The second ring contains ash only. A secondary lid can cover the central opening of the cover. |
| US10165732B2 |
Aerial fluid application technology for orchards, vineyards and the like
A system, device and method for delivering CO2 or other gases to plants in fields, orchards, vineyards and the like. A stake with a windbreak structure and gaseous emitters on the upwind side creates a leeward wind eddy surrounding a plant, such as an orchards sapling. This establishes and maintains a gaseous microclimate beneficial to the plant. The device delivers CO2 gas to a plant in an agricultural field, orchard, grove, orchard of the like. The device includes an elongated base adapted to be adjustably placed on the ground a predetermined distance from the plant, upwind of the plant. A wind foil is adjustably connected to the base along its elongated length. The wind foil has a curvilinear geometry with a first face having a generally convex configuration, and a second face having a generally concave configuration. An emitter assembly is disposed on the second face of the wind foil. A gas supply conduit is communicatively connected to the emitter and adapted to be connected to a gas supply. A system including multiple devices and a method of making and using the device and system are also disclosed. |
| US10165726B2 |
Agricultural header with multiple knife drives
An agricultural vehicle that includes a chassis and a header with at least three header frames, including a center section, a first wing section, and a second wing section carried by the chassis. The header includes: at least three knife assemblies; and at least three knife drives, each of the knife drives being drivingly coupled to at least one of the at least three knife assemblies. |
| US10165725B2 |
Controlling ground engaging elements based on images
An agricultural machine has a communication component configured to receive a first data set and a second data set. The first and second data sets comprise indications of a soil parameter of a worksite. The first data set is captured at an earlier time than the second data set. The agricultural machine also has a controller configured to receive the first and second data sets and, based on the first and second data sets, generate a map of the worksite. The agricultural machine also has a controllable subsystem configured to receive a control signal from the controller. The control signal is generated based on both a position of the agricultural machine within the worksite and the generated map. The control signal is configured to control operator of the controllable subsystem. |
| US10165722B2 |
Scouting systems
Embodiments include a ground scout having an ability to identify the location of rows of crops and the end of the rows so that it can navigate, but in other embodiments, the ground scout can also rely more on an aerial drone to navigate, to act as a communication relay system, and so on. A buddy system including a ground scout and an air scout (e.g. drone) communicate their findings with each other. |
| US10172270B2 |
Pick-and-place feeder module assembly
A pick-and-place machine and method includes use of a passive component feeder cartridge including a feeder gear. Rotation of the feeder gear causes a component-bearing tape to be fed through the feeder cartridge. A pickup head includes a vacuum nozzle to pick up the components from the tape and a rack gear to engage and drive the feeder gear of the feeder cartridge via translational motion of the pickup head when operatively disposed with respect to a selected feeder cartridge. |
| US10172265B2 |
Board level shield including an integrated heat sink
A shielding assembly is disclosed, the assembly including at least a board level shield and a heat sink. The assembly may include a board level shield that includes both a lid and a fence, and may also include a thermal interface material, where the assembly may be mounted on a printed circuit board to provide both EMI shielding and thermal management of heat-generating electronic components or heat sources on the circuit board. The heat sink includes at least one pin, and the shield includes at least one complementary perforation relative to the pin, such that an assembled device of the disclosure provides both EMI shielding and thermal management while permitting the transfer of thermal energy via the heat sink pin through the board level shield perforation. |
| US10172263B1 |
Electronic assembly having a conductive shield and grounding contacts
Electronic assembly includes a printed circuit having a plurality of thru-holes. The electronic assembly also includes a conductive shield having a plurality of sidewalls. The sidewalls define a cavity. Edges of at least some of the sidewalls interface with the printed circuit along a perimeter line. The perimeter line intersects the thru-holes or extends immediately adjacent to the thru-holes. The electronic assembly also includes a plurality of grounding contacts that are each discrete with respect to the conductive shield. Each of the grounding contacts of said plurality includes a pin segment and a wall-engaging segment. The pin segments include compliant pins that are insertable into the thru-holes. The wall-engaging segments are connected to respective sidewalls. The grounding contacts are distributed along the perimeter line and electrically couple the conductive shield to the ground conductor of the printed circuit. |
| US10172246B2 |
Universal mount for a mobile hand-holdable electronic device
A universal mount is able to accommodate mobile hand-holdable electronic devices of various sizes having a device lower edge spaced from a device upper edge. The universal mount has a housing sub-assembly having a housing sub-assembly base-plate with a lower mount attached thereto and configured to releaseably receive the device lower edge. A movable latch-plate sub-assembly, having an upper mount attached thereto, is disposed in and slideably attached to the housing sub-assembly. The upper mount, aligned with the lower mount at an adjustable position above and relative to the lower mount, is configured to releaseably receive the device upper edge. A support-plate sub-assembly is fixedly disposed in the housing. The movable latch-plate sub-assembly is slideably attached to the support-plate sub-assembly. A back-plate sub-assembly is attached to the housing sub-assembly and encloses the movable latch-plate sub-assembly and the support-plate sub-assembly in the housing sub-assembly. |
| US10172243B2 |
Printed circuit board and methods to enhance reliability
In some embodiments, methods include drilling one or a plurality of PTHs with any industrial grade drill to fabricate holes with positive etch back, flooding the PTHs with a dilute solution of an acrylate monomer/oligomer containing an appropriate level of peroxide initiator, polymerizing the acrylate, and then rising the PTHs with the solvent used in the formulation of the acrylate material. In one embodiment, the printed circuit board may include a substrate comprising a plurality of metal layers separated by a plurality of insulating layers; a plurality of plated through holes formed in the substrate, each plated through hole comprising: recesses formed at each insulating layer, copper lands between the recesses, a polymer coating in each recess, and a metal layer lining the plated through hole. |
| US10172238B2 |
Multilayer capacitor and board having the same
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with dielectric layers interposed therebetween. The first and second internal electrodes are exposed at a mounting surface of the capacitor body. The capacitor body includes first and second groove parts at the mounting surface, spaced apart in a length direction of the capacitor body, and contacting exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The multilayer capacitor includes first and second external electrodes in the first and second groove parts, respectively, and electrically connected to the exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. |
| US10172236B2 |
Narrow frame display panel and display
The embodiment of the present invention discloses a narrow frame display panel, comprising: an integrated circuit input pad, being located on a lower side of the display panel and comprising a plurality of input terminals; a flexible printed circuit bonding pad, being located on a lower edge of the display panel and below the integrated circuit input pad, and the flexible printed circuit bonding pad comprising a plurality of bonding terminals, and bonding terminals of at least one end of the flexible printed circuit bonding pad are first bonding terminals, wherein each of the first bonding terminals comprising at least one three-side bracketing structure extending outward in a horizontal direction; wires, electrically connecting the integrated circuit input pad with the flexible printed circuit bonding pad. The embodiment of the present invention further discloses a display. By utilizing the present invention, being advantageous for narrow frame design is achieved. |
| US10172233B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes: a flexible substrate including a display unit and a plurality of peripheral units which surrounds the display unit and are bent to overlap a part of the display unit; a display member positioned at the display unit and which displays an image; and a signal line positioned at the plurality of peripheral units, where the plurality of peripheral units is bent in a way such that parts of the signal line, which are respectively positioned at adjacent peripheral units, are in contact with each other. |
| US10172231B2 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing RF crossover coupling
Systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing crossover coupling of two or more RF signals are described. In one case, a crossover structure is described where RF signals are routed through coplanar waveguides having a specific characteristic impedance and crossing at a central point of the crossover structure by way of a bridge. A ground shield having a geometry adapted to reduce the crossover coupling while minimally affecting capacitive coupling between the RF signals and the ground shield is introduced in-between a region comprising the central point. Further described is a multi-port rotary RF switch fitted with the crossover structure which allows substantially balanced electrical performance across all the operational states of the rotary RF switch at RF signal frequencies up to 40 GHz and beyond. |
| US10172222B2 |
Utility light malfunction determination
A method and system for automatically determining a utility light malfunction is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first hardware device, luminance data specifying current luminance levels associated with utility light apparatuses. Location data specifying a geographical location for each utility light apparatus is retrieved and the luminance data and location data are analyzed with respect to historical luminance data and historical location data associated with the utility light apparatuses. The analysis results in determining that a group of utility light apparatuses include first current luminance levels differing from previous luminance levels of the group. A list and associated map specifying a group of geographical locations associated with the group is generated. A control signal enabling control of a vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle and associated video data is retrieved via the vehicle during travel in accordance with the map. |
| US10172221B2 |
Method of controlling lighting sources, corresponding system and computer program product
According to the present disclosure, lighting sources having operating parameter(s), which is controllable in lighting sequence(s) as a function of a time code data set coupled with the sequence, are controlled as a function of a videogame played on display(s): by providing a repository of operating data files for the sources coupled with the lighting sources with each data file including time code data set(s) for lighting sequence(s) for one of the lighting sources, by retrieving in the data repository operating data file(s) coupled with a source selected among the lighting sources, and by detecting from the display a videogame signal indicative of the development of a videogame, and by operating the selected lighting source by controlling the operating parameter(s) as a function of the operating data included in the operating data file retrieved and as a function of the videogame signal detected. |
| US10172219B2 |
Wireless lighting control system
A networked lighting control system includes a variety of lighting control devices, including intelligent luminaires, standalone intelligent control nodes, plug load controllers, and power packs that communicate over a wireless control network and a commissioning network. Each lighting control device includes a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system. The dual-band wireless radio communication interface system is configured for unicast and multicast communication over a first of two different wireless communication bands as well as point-to-point communication over a second wireless communication band. The standalone intelligence control node can be a wall switch or detector. Commissioning and provisioning of the lighting control system is performed over the second communication band via communications with a mobile device and lighting controls are carried out over the first communication band. The lighting control devices may be divided into light control groups or zones. |
| US10172217B2 |
Method for configuring an electronic element in a lighting system, electronic element and configuring system
A method for configuring an electronic element (e.g., a ballast) in a lighting system prior to powering up the lighting system uses a wireless communication interface in the electronic element based on near field communication or radio frequency identification communication. An external configuring device, such as a programmed smartphone or tablet, is equipped with a wireless communication module and transmits configuration data to the wireless communication interface which in turn writes the data to memory in the electronic element without power being supplied to the electronic element. The control for the electronic element reads the configuration when it is powered up. |
| US10172208B1 |
Method for adjusting color temperature of LED in single light fixture
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for adjusting a color temperature of an LED in a single light fixture. In the method, at least two light-emitting modules in a single light fixture are respectively electrically connected to a switch, each light-emitting module is independently adjusted by a switch corresponding to the light-emitting module, and the light-emitting modules have different color temperatures. Therefore, the brightness of each light-emitting module can be respectively controlled by using each switch, so that emitted light of the single light fixture has more than three color temperatures. |
| US10172207B1 |
Adjustable light color temperature switching circuit
An adjustable light color temperature switching circuit includes an input module, a drive power supply connected with the input module, a regulating switch module connected with the drive power supply, a control module connected with the drive power supply and the regulating switch module, and an LED module connected with the regulating switch module. The control module includes a control chip. The LED module includes at least one first LED, at least one second LED and at least one third LED. Thus, the control chip of the control module is connected with the regulating switch module, to regulate the state of the regulating switch module, so that the at least one first LED, the at least one second LED and the at least one third LED are combined freely according to the practical requirement. |
| US10172201B2 |
Electronic converter and lighting system comprising such a converter
An electronic converter allows a power transfer from an AC voltage source, connected between an input terminal and a common terminal, to a load connected between an output terminal and a reference terminal, the AC voltage including positive alternations interspersed with negative alternations at a first frequency. The converter includes an input inductance connected to the input terminal; an output inductance connected to the output terminal; a storage capacitor between the inductances; a chopper circuit that: in a first state, charges the input inductance via the AC voltage source and discharges the storage capacitance in the output inductance by supplying the load; in a second state, discharges the input inductance in the storage capacitance and discharges the output inductance by supplying the load; and a device for controlling the chopper circuit to activate, during each alternations, consecutive operating cycles at a second frequency higher than the first frequency. |
| US10172198B2 |
Lighting system, related electronic converter and method of designing a lighting system
A lighting system includes an electronic converter, a lighting module and a switching stage. The electronic converter includes a transformer, a rectifier circuit and an output filter circuit. A capacitance is connected between the primary winding and the secondary winding. The lighting module includes a chain of LEDs and a current regulator, wherein the chain of LEDs is mounted onto a substrate of a metallic material, so that a parasitic capacitance is present between the lighting module and the substrate of a metallic material.The switching stage includes a field-effect transistor interposed in the negative line which connects the lighting module to the electronic converter, and a control unit configured to drive the gate terminal of the transistor as a function of a dimming signal.The switching stage includes a diode connected to negative output terminal of the switching stage and to positive output terminal of the switching stage. |
| US10172193B2 |
DC power supply and its LED lamp and control system
A DC power supply for preventing output from being misconnected to a power supply and its LED lamp and control system, comprise a DC power supply and an anti-misconnection module. The DC power supply comprises a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal. The anti-misconnection module comprises a positive access terminal and a negative access terminal which are electrically connected to the positive and negative output terminals of the DC power supply respectively, a NMOS transistor controlling on-off of the negative access terminal, a load access unit performing a turn-on operation of the NMOS transistor, a forward-blocking unit performing a turn-off operation of the NMOS transistor, and a backward access unit performing a turn-off operation of the NMOS transistor. The present invention prevents the DC power supply from being damaged even if the positive access terminal and the negative access terminal of the DC power supply are mis-connected to the external power supply, such as the electric supply or the dry battery. As long as the external power supply is removed and the normal load is connected, such as LED lamps, the DC power supply of the present invention can work normally, so that it can not only improve the reliability of power supply products, but also can reduce the corresponding maintenance workload. |
| US10172191B2 |
Driver circuit with LLC start-up control
A driver circuit is provided for lighting means, in particular for one or more LEDs, having an LLC circuit with an inverter which is clocked by means of at least two switches and is designed to supply a resonant circuit, wherein the resonant circuit is coupled to a primary winding of a transformer for transforming electrical energy from the primary winding to a secondary winding, and the lighting means can be supplied with current starting from the secondary winding, having a control unit which is designed to control the switch of the inverter after an activation of the driver circuit during a start phase, in such a way that after a single or after multiple alternating cycles of the switch, the cycling of the switch is suspended for the duration of at least one alternating cycling of the switch until a criterion for ending the start phase is satisfied. |
| US10172190B2 |
Light emitting diode having improved current spreading efficiency, improved mechanical reliability, or some combination thereof
A light emitting diode including a first semiconductor layer and a plurality of mesas including a second semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer including an exposed region between the plurality of mesas, a current blocking layer disposed on a portion of the plurality of mesas and a portion of the exposed region, a transparent electrode layer covering the second semiconductor layer and the current blocking layer, and a second electrode disposed on the current blocking layer and the transparent electrode layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The current blocking layer includes a connecting portion extending from a first mesa to a second mesa adjacent to the first mesa and a protruding portion protruding from the connecting portion and disposed on the exposed region. |
| US10172189B2 |
Method and apparatus for microwave treatment of dielectric films
An apparatus for thermal treatment of dielectric films on substrates includes: a microwave applicator cavity and microwave power source; a workpiece to be heated in the cavity, having a porous coating on a selected substrate; and, an apparatus for introducing a controlled amount of a polar species into the porous coating immediately before heating by the microwave power. The interaction of the polar species with the microwaves enhances the efficiency of the process, to shorten process time and reduce thermal budget. A related method includes: depositing a porous film on a substrate; soft baking the film to a selected state of dryness; introducing a controlled amount of a polar species into the soft baked film; and, applying microwave energy to heat the film via interaction with the polar species. |
| US10172188B2 |
Cooking heater
A cooking heater (1) of the present invention includes a cooking heater body (2) which includes a heating chamber; a drawing body (3) which is configured to be allowed to be pulled out of the cooking heater body (2) and pushed into the cooking heater body (2); a rotating tray (22) which is arranged inside the drawing body (3) and which is configured to be allowed to be mounted to the drawing body and removed from the drawing body; a rotating tray drive motor (25) which is provided in the cooking heater body (2); and a rotation transmission mechanism (29) which, with the drawing body (3) being pushed into the cooking heater body (2), transmits rotational force from the rotating tray drive motor (25) to the rotating tray (22) and, with the drawing body (3) being pulled out of the cooking heater body (2), blocks the transmission of the rotational force to the rotating tray (22). |
| US10172177B2 |
UE initiated SCell connection establishment
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications in which a wireless device may identify a small cell (e.g., SCell) and establish an independent connection with the small cell based at least in part on selection parameters received from a macro cell (e.g., PCell). The selection parameters may include power and/or quality parameters, as wells as a set of candidate cells from which to make the selection. The macro and small cells may be in communication with each other but need not be associated with the same base station (i.e., are not collocated). Once the small cell connection is established, the device may communicate with both cells concurrently. Available uplink data and/or downlink data may trigger the need for the device to connect with the small cell. For example, the small cell connection may be used to communicate uplink/downlink data associated with certain quality-of-service (QoS) and/or bearer identifier. |
| US10172175B2 |
Method and apparatus for interworking between electronic devices
A method and apparatus capable of enhancing the usability of an electronic device through interworking between the electronic devices are disclosed. The electronic device includes a 1st wireless communication interface configured to perform 1st wireless communication with another electronic device, a 2nd wireless communication interface configured to perform 2nd wireless communication with another electronic device, and a processor operatively coupled with the 1st wireless communication interface and the 2nd wireless communication interface. The processor is configured to connect with another electronic device by the 1st wireless communication, using the 1st wireless communication interface, execute a 1st process with another electronic device on the basis of the 1st wireless communication, sense a 2nd process during the execution of the 1st process, allocate a resource for processing the 1st process and the 2nd process, in accordance with a corresponding profile, and process at least one process among the 1st process or the 2nd process on the basis of the allocated resource. |
| US10172172B2 |
Device-to-device capability signaling
Methods, systems, and devices are described for signaling device-to-device (D2D) capability information. A user equipment (UE) may determine a frequency band list of frequency bands supported for D2D proximity service communications. Based on the frequency band list, the UE may determine a proximity service record for a frequency band combination parameter, the frequency band combination parameter associated with non-D2D communications. The proximity service record may include a reduced capabilities record for the frequency band combination parameter that indicates reduced capabilities for non-D2D communications when D2D proximity service communications are active. |
| US10172169B2 |
Method and device for controlling device by using bluetooth technology
Disclosed is a method for controlling connection between a first device and a second device using Bluetooth by a control device including obtaining a first device information related to the first device from the first device, obtaining a second device information related to the second device from the second device, transmitting a connection request message for requesting connection with the second device to the first device based on the first device information and the second device information, and receiving a first response message including a result of connection with the second device in response to the connection request message. |
| US10172166B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling E-RAB switch problem for dual connectivity in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for handling evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) radio access bearer (E-RAB) switch failure for dual connectivity in a wireless communication system is provided. A master evolved NodeB (MeNB) in dual connectivity receives an E-RAB modification confirm message including a list of E-RABs failed to be modified from a mobility management entity (MME). The MeNB may keep old general packet ratio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnels for the failed E-RABs, and trigger a secondary eNB (SeNB) release procedure or a SeNB modification procedure for releasing the failed E-RABs. Alternatively, the MeNB may trigger an E-RAB release procedure for releasing the failed E-RABs. |
| US10172164B2 |
Spatial reuse with training in RTS-CTS
Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for spatial reuse with training in RTS-CTS are disclosed. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry configured to: decode a received frame, the frame including either a request to send (RTS) frame or a clear to send (CTS) frame, with an initial portion of the frame indicating a plurality of training fields (TRN-R) at an end of the frame. The processing circuitry further configured to perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) for each receive (Rx) sector of a plurality of Rx sectors using the plurality of TRN-Rs. |
| US10172162B2 |
Method for performing a random access procedure in wireless communication system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a random access procedure in wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a random access preamble (RAP) on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource in a radio frame; calculating a random access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) by considering time-frequency resource associated with the PRACH resource and an index of a first radio frame of the PRACH resource; and monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) identified by the calculated RA-RNTI for RAR reception during a RAR window. |
| US10172156B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling uplink transmissions with reduced latency
A method and apparatus schedule uplink transmissions with reduced latency. A number of symbols used for UL transmissions in a TTI can be compared to a threshold value of symbols. An indication can be sent from a device on a sidelink channel. The indication can indicate the location of symbols used for an UL transmission when the UL transmission occupies a number of symbols less than the threshold value. Both a sidelink transmission and the UL transmission can be transmitted in the TTI when the UL transmission occupies the number of symbols less than the threshold value. Only the UL transmission can be transmitted in the TTI when the UL signal occupies a number of symbols that are at least the threshold value. |
| US10172148B2 |
Communication terminal, communication method, storage medium on which communication program is stored, and communication system
A data-storing-terminal counting unit counts the number of communication terminals in which each of a number of data are stored. Based on the results of the counts, a communication terminal count estimation unit estimates the number of communication terminals that will transmit data with the same timing. An adjustment reference value calculation unit computes an adjustment reference value for constraining the number of communication terminals estimated by the communication terminal count estimation unit to be less than or equal to a preset allowable number. On the basis of the adjustment reference value computed by the adjustment reference value calculation unit, a determination unit determines whether or not to permit transmission of data stored by a storing means. If the determination unit permits the transmission of said data, a data transmission unit transmits the data to a communication terminal in which said data is not stored. |
| US10172147B2 |
Method and system for allocating radio resources for uplink transmission in cellular networks
A method is proposed for selecting an allocation group comprising an ordered succession of radio resources from a first radio resource to a last radio resource, iterating the following operations: selecting the last radio resource of the allocation group, each last radio resource taking, at each iteration, a position in the ordered succession lower than the position taken in the ordered succession by the last radio resource at the respective previous iteration, estimating a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio per radio resource of the allocation group according to a number of radio resources of the allocation group, from the first to the last radio resources of the allocation group, and according to history transmissions information, and until the signal to interference-plus-noise ratio per radio resource is higher than a predetermined signal to interference-plus-noise ratio, allocating the radio resources from said first to said last radio resources of the allocation group. |
| US10172146B2 |
Wi-Fi and bluetooth coexistence
In embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate a mechanism for coexistence of various radio access technologies during peer-to-peer communications. In some embodiments, a first communication may be scheduled in one or more time slots with a peer station according to a first radio access technology (RAT), an end time of the first communication during a first time slot of the one or more time slots may be determined, and a second communication according to a second RAT may be transmitted. At least a portion of the second communication may be performed during the first time slot. In some embodiments, the first and second communications may be transmitted on the same channel. |
| US10172145B2 |
Phone-as-a-key localization based on object detection
Method and apparatus are disclosed for phone-as-a-key localization based on object detection. An example disclosed vehicle includes sensors, wireless nodes, and a phone key unit. The example sensors detect objects around the vehicle. The example wireless nodes receive RSSI values from a mobile device. The example phone key unit determines a quantity of the objects around the vehicle. The example phone key unit also determines a first RSSI threshold based on the quantity. Additionally, in response to an average of a portion of the RSSI values satisfying the first RSSI threshold, the phone key unit primes a door of the vehicle. |
| US10172144B2 |
User equipment, band balancing controller and RS-SINR reporting method
A user apparatus in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes a measurement unit configured to measure an rs-sinr (reference signal-signal to interference and noise ratio) for a reference signal in a physical downlink control channel transmitted from a base station; and a reporting unit configured to report the measured rs-sinr to the base station in accordance with a predefined reporting trigger. |
| US10172143B2 |
Second order intermodulation cancelation for RF transceivers
A method includes estimating a transmit leakage signal for a duplexer, where the duplexer is included in a transceiver that includes a transmit chain and a receive chain; squaring an envelope of the estimated transmit leakage signal; generating a replica signal based at least on the squared envelope of the estimated transmit leakage signal; and subtracting the replica signal from a total received signal in the receive chain to generate a wanted received baseband signal. |
| US10172140B2 |
Method and radio network for managing precoder reports
A method and a radio network node (110) for managing precoder reports from a set of user equipments (120) are disclosed. Each of the precoder reports indicates a precoder selected, by a respective user equipment (121, 122, 123) of the set of user equipments (120), to be used by the radio network node (110) for transmission to the respective user equipment (121, 122, 123). The radio network node (110) receives (202), in a first time interval, a first set of precoder reports from the set of user equipments (120). The radio network node (110) receives (204), in a second time interval, a second set of precoder reports from the set of user equipments (120). The radio network node (110) determines (209) a first distribution of precoders for the set of user equipments and a second distribution of precoders for the set of user equipments, wherein the precoders in the first distribution are indicated by the first set of precoder reports and the precoders in the second distribution are indicated by the second set of precoder reports, whereby a change in distribution of precoders for the set of user equipments (120) is detected. A corresponding computer program and a carrier therefor are also disclosed. |
| US10172133B2 |
Managed access to multiple wireless carriers
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for managing access of mobile stations to a plurality of wireless carriers. For example, in one embodiment, a central system can provide configuration files to mobile stations. The mobile stations can use the configuration files to access a plurality of different wireless carriers, with the different wireless carriers potentially implementing distinct technologies and communication standards and protocols. |
| US10172128B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving downlink control information in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for determining a starting symbol of a downlink control channel in a subframe including a plurality of symbols at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method includes receiving a parameter via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling; and determining the starting symbol of the downlink control channel according to a type of the downlink control channel, wherein, if the downlink control channel is a first type, the starting symbol of the downlink control channel is determined to a first symbol of the subframe, and wherein, if the downlink control channel is a second type, the starting symbol of the downlink control channel is determined based on the parameter. |
| US10172124B2 |
Carrier selection in a multi-carrier wireless network
A wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) on a primary cell. The DCI may comprise a field instructing a wireless device to activate a secondary cell. The wireless device activates the secondary cell in response to receiving the DCI. |
| US10172120B2 |
Communication system
A communications system is described in which user devices are allocated sub-carriers on which to transmit uplink data to a base station. ACK/NACK messages for the data transmitted on the uplink are then transmitted by the base station on sub-carriers that depend on the sub-carriers used to carry the uplink data. A direct mapping function is preferably used to determine the sub-carriers to be used for the ACK/NACK messages from the uplink sub-carriers. In another embodiment, the ACK/NACK messages are transmitted to the user devices on sub-carriers that are previously identified to the user devices, preferably by transmitting one or more index values to the user device in a control channel thereof. |
| US10172119B2 |
Uplink control signaling in cellular telecommunication system
A method, apparatus, and computer program for controlling allocation of control message fields in uplink transmission in a cellular telecommunication system are presented. Uplink control message fields are allocated to the resources of a physical uplink shared traffic channel according to an uplink transmission scheme selected for a user terminal. The control message fields are allocated so that transmission performance of the control messages is optimized for the selected uplink transmission scheme. |
| US10172118B2 |
Decoupled mode for a common uplink burst transmission in a time division duplex subframe structure
Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for methods, apparatus, and computer software for transmitting a common uplink burst in time division duplex (TDD) carriers. The common uplink burst includes a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmitted separate from (e.g., decoupled from) a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS). At least one symbol in the common uplink burst includes a control region for carrying control information and a data region for carrying data information. The SRS may be precoded separately from precoding of the control and data regions, so that the control and/or data information may be transmitted utilizing multiple input multiple output (MIMO). |
| US10172113B2 |
Target cell selection for multimedia broadcast multicast service continuity
Transfer of Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Services (MBMS) over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) service and idle mode unicast service for a mobile entity from a source base station to a target base station may be managed by a base station or mobile entity of a cellular wireless communications system (WCS). Operations related to the transfer may include obtaining an MBMS status of the mobile entity, and/or obtaining MBMS support information for the base station. A network entity may facilitate MBMS discovery by a mobile entity, by transmitting a data element to the mobile entity including service identifiers mapped to corresponding cell identifiers to indicate respective MBMS services to be broadcast in an WCS area on adjacent cells identified by respective ones of the cell identifiers. The MBMS services may be broadcast within the WCS area using the adjacent cells previously indicated in the data element. |
| US10172110B2 |
User equipment assisted indoor small cell location determination
Performing user equipment (UE) assisted indoor small cell location determination is presented herein. A method can include in response to sending, by an access point device, a request directed to a mobile device to obtain mobile device location data representing a user equipment location of the mobile device, receiving, by the access point device, the mobile device location data from the mobile device; and based on the mobile device location data, determining, by the access point device, access point location data representing an access point location of the access point device. In an example, the mobile device location data can include coordinates of the mobile device comprising latitude of the mobile device and longitude of the mobile device, and a time stamp representing a time of generation of the coordinates. In another example, the mobile device location data can include an altitude of the mobile device. |
| US10172102B2 |
Method for power headroom reporting and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a power headroom reporting in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating a PHR MAC CE (Power Headroom Reporting MAC Control Element) to be transmitted to the first BS; and transmitting a power headroom reporting through the PHR MAC CE to the first BS, wherein the PHR MAC CE includes only first PH (Power Headroom) information for activated cells served by the first BS such that second PH information for activated cells served by the second BS is not included. |
| US10172101B2 |
Network nodes, a wireless device and methods therein for enabling transmissions in a wireless communications network
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a first network node for enabling at least one second network node to perform a transmission in a wireless communications network. The first network node and the at least one second network node performs transmissions using contention-based transmission resources of the same frequency. The first network node determines an indication of a maximum transmit power for the transmission by the at least one second network node to be used by the at least one second network node when the contention-based transmission resources of the same frequency is available for transmissions by the first network node in the wireless communications network. Then, the network node transmits the determined indication of a maximum transmit power to the at least one second network node. Embodiments of the first network node are also described. |
| US10172100B2 |
Wireless device and power control method
The present disclosure provides a power control method and a wireless device, in a cluster comprised of wireless devices including a first wireless device and a second wireless device, comprising: receiving power control information including a second data channel transmission power, from the second wireless device; determining a first data channel transmission power based on the second data channel transmission power; and controlling data channel transmission power of the first wireless device according to the first data channel transmission power; wherein, the first data channel transmission power is a power allowing the first wireless device to reach all wireless devices in the cluster, and the second data channel transmission power is a power allowing the second wireless device to reach all wireless devices in the cluster. |
| US10172094B2 |
Broadband modem AC power monitor for low power mode
An apparatus, system and method for monitoring power to a communication device and switching operation modes. The system is monitored in order to detect a power interruption to the communication device. A first signal is supplied to the communication device to indicate the occurrence of a power interruption and/or activation of a backup power supply. The communication device is then switched to a low power mode which limits one or more operating functions. |
| US10172090B1 |
Sensor headroom control circuit
A sensor headroom control circuit includes a front end analog circuit, a digital compensation circuit, and a headroom state selection circuit. The front end analog circuit has configurable headroom and is configured to receive a sensor input signal and output a sensor digital signal. The digital compensation circuit is configured to adjust the sensor digital signal to compensate for an active headroom state of the front end analog circuit and produce a compensated sensor signal. The headroom state selection circuit is configured to select the active headroom state of the front end analog circuit responsive to a detected level of the compensated sensor signal. |
| US10172084B2 |
Provision of time information to a wireless device
There is provided provision of timing information of a first timing information source using timing information of a second timing information source to a wireless device. A network node determines that second timing information from the second timing information source is available and that timing information from the first timing information source is derivable from the second timing information. The network node instructs the wireless device to use the second timing information as a source for deriving first timing information of the first timing information source. |
| US10172083B2 |
Radio communication system, radio station, radio terminal, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) or the second radio station (2) transmits constraint information to the radio terminal (3). The constraint information contains an information element necessary to specify a reception constraint and/or transmission constraint related to the first cell (10) and/or the second cell (20) when the carrier aggregation is performed. The reception/transmission constraint is a constraint related to downlink signal reception/uplink signal transmission by the radio terminal over one or more subframe periods of the primary cell (10) and the secondary cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to reduction in wasteful power consumption in the radio terminal in the carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations. |
| US10172081B2 |
Information processing system and information processing method
An information processing system transmits, via a first network, connection information for a second network that is different from the first network to a plurality of terminal apparatuses; carries out communications with the terminal apparatuses via the second network based on the transmitted connection information; stores respective items of terminal identification information for the terminal apparatuses, with which the communications are carried out via the second network; determines whether the terminal apparatuses that are identified by the stored items of terminal identification information can carry out communications via the second network; and, when determining that the terminal apparatuses cannot carry out communications via the second network, carries out such control as to prevent the second network from being used to carry out communications. |
| US10172076B2 |
Unified in-vehicle Wi-Fi service
A system and method of providing a plurality of services through a plurality of vehicle-generated Wi-Fi channels includes: generating at a first Wi-Fi module a first Wi-Fi channel that includes a master list of services provided by the first Wi-Fi module as well as one or more other Wi-Fi modules; receiving a request for a service included on the master list at the first Wi-Fi module from a wireless device communicating; determining that the service is not available through the first Wi-Fi module; identifying a second Wi-Fi module that provides the service; and transmitting a message to the wireless device identifying the second Wi-Fi module that provides the service identified in the request. |
| US10172072B2 |
Connectionless modes for wireless machine to machine communications in wireless communication networks
Techniques, devices, and systems that include mechanisms for connectionless communications in wireless communication networks or systems include using a connectionless reverse link (RL) channel that is identified by a public long code mask. Power for the RL connectionless channel is adjusted by open loop power control under the control or a wireless device or by closed loop power control. The RL connectionless channel supports different transmission rates. |
| US10172071B2 |
Directional synchronization in assisted millimeter wave systems
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for assisted power control for an uplink signal transmitted during a RACH procedure. A UE may determine a transmit power for transmitting a message during a RACH procedure with a secondary BS, based at least in part, on communication between the UE and a primary BS. The UE may transmit the message to the second BS during the RACH procedure based, at least in part, on the determined transmit power. |
| US10172069B2 |
Paired smart device theft deterrent
A request to pair a first device with a second device is received. An indication is sent from the second device to the first device. The indication confirms that the second device is paired with the first device. One or more actions are received from the first device. The one or more actions may be taken on the second device. |
| US10172067B2 |
Bypassing external packet data networks in mobile-to-mobile communication
A first gateway receives, from a source user equipment, an uplink packet addressed to a target user equipment and identifies a pairing between the source user equipment and the target user equipment. The first gateway routes the received uplink packet to the target user equipment on a communication path that bypasses an Internet. A first mobility management entity (MME) receives, from a source user equipment, a first request to pair the source user equipment with a target user equipment and transmits a second request to a gateway to pair the source user equipment with the target user equipment. The first MME transmits messages to the source user equipment and the target user equipment including an identifier of the pairing received from the gateway in response to the second request. |
| US10172066B2 |
Flexible bearer handling
Embodiments presented herein relate to bearer handling, and particularly to a method, a network node, a computer program, and a computer program product for flexible bearer handling in a communications network. Packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data units (PDUs) are acquired. Individual PDCP PDUs are encapsulated into individual frames at at least one protocol layer above a bottom-most protocol layer. The individual frames are switched towards a packet switched network. |
| US10172062B2 |
Methods and devices for managing video sessions in a network based on network performance information
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network information for a group of video sessions. Embodiments include calculating an overall video traffic metric for the group of video sessions for each cell based on the network information and include determining a first overall video traffic metric of a first cell is above a first predetermined threshold and a second overall video traffic metric of a second cell is below the first predetermined threshold. Also, embodiments include generating a graphical map that indicates the overall video traffic metric for each cell in the cellular network and sending the graphical map to a mobile device in the first cell showing first overall video traffic metric and the second overall video traffic metric relative to the first predetermined threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10172060B2 |
Reselection failure detection and prevention in multi-SIM wireless communication devices
Examples described herein relate to managing reselection for a wireless communication device having a first subscription associated with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second subscription associated with a second RAT, including determining an occurrence of a barring procedure that bars a target cell or a target frequency for the first subscription for a barring duration and deprioritizing the target cell or the target frequency for the barring duration on the second subscription. |
| US10172058B1 |
Data gateway alignment in a wireless communication network
A wireless communication network aligns gateways for wireless user devices. A mobility controller detects attachment of a wireless user device in a source Tracking Area (TA). The mobility manager transfers a message to a policy engine indicating the source TA. The wireless user device exchanges user data over a source access gateway and a source network gateway in the source TA. The mobility controller detects a handover of the wireless user device from the source access gateway to a target access gateway in a target TA. The mobility manager transfers a message to the policy engine indicating the target TA for the wireless user device. The policy engine transfers a reattach message to the source network gateway for delivery to the wireless user device. The wireless user device reattaches in the target TA and exchanges additional user data over the target access gateway and the target network gateway. |
| US10172057B2 |
Handling of radio access network re-selection
A system, method, node and computer program for handling re-selection of a RAN (120, 130, 140) by a UE (100) is described. The UE (100) is attached via a first RAN (120, 130) to a CS control node (110) for execution of a CS service. The method comprises that the CS control node (110) receives an indication that the execution of the CS service shall be terminated. The CS control node (110) then determines whether the UE (100) shall perform re-selection of the RAN (120, 130, 140). If so, the CS control node (110) determines selection criteria for the re-selection of the RAN (120, 130, 140) and sends them to the UE (100) using Non-Access Stratum related signaling. The UE (100) receives the determined selection criteria from the CS control node (110) and re-selects the RAN (120, 130, 140), considering the received selection criteria. |
| US10172055B2 |
Controlling wireless access point handover and/or transmissions mode based on person proximity
An in-flight entertainment system including wireless access points (WAPs) spaced apart within an aircraft and connected to antennas, proximity sensors adjacent to the antennas, and a controller. The controller controls transmissions from WAPs of traffic in communication sessions. The controller performs operations that include receiving a proximity alert signal from a first proximity sensor indicating that a passenger is proximately located to a first antenna used by a first WAP for transmission of a communication session, and identifying a remedial action responsive to evaluating a rule based on the proximity alert signal and characteristics of the communication session. The operations include performing the remedial action as one of: 1) initiating handover of the communication session from the first WAP to a second WAP; and 2) initiating a change in transmission mode that will be used by the first WAP for continued transmission of the communication session. |
| US10172050B2 |
User anchor controller communication within a network environment
According to one embodiment of the invention, a non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the scalability and redundancy of a wireless communications network. One embodiment of the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that configure, by a first controller, a first access point, responsive to a client device associating with the first access point, identify a second controller configured for maintaining information corresponding to the client device, wherein the second controller is different than the first controller that configures the first access point, obtain, by the first access point from the second controller, information corresponding to the client device, and communicate, by the first access point with the client device, based on the information corresponding to the client device. |
| US10172049B2 |
Network node and method therein for handover in wireless communication network
A network node and method therein for assisting a communication device to perform handover from a serving cell to a target cell in a communication network are disclosed. The network node is configured to obtain a first round trip time between the network node and a server and obtain a second round trip time between a target node in the target cell and the server. The network node is further configured to instruct the communication device to perform handover from the serving cell to the target cell based on at least the first round trip time and the second round trip time. |
| US10172048B2 |
System for efficient recovery of node-B buffered data following MAC layer reset
A method and system for the UE and RNC to reduce transmission latency and potentially prevent loss of PDUs upon a MAC-hs layer reset. The RNC generates a radio resource control (RRC) message with a MAC-hs reset indication. The MAC reset indication requires the UE to flush buffers for configured HARQ processes, disassemble MAC protocol data units (PDUs) in the reordering buffers, deliver MAC-d PDUs to a MAC-d layer, and configure the MAC-hs to receive new data. |
| US10172047B2 |
Wireless network handover method, base station, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention relates to a wireless network handover method, a base station and a user equipment. The wireless network handover method includes: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes information about a candidate wireless fidelity access point Wi-Fi AP; and sending, by the source base station, a wireless resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message to a user equipment UE, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message is used to instruct the UE to hand over from the source base station to the target base station, and the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes information that is about a target Wi-Fi AP and obtained by the target base station according to the information about the candidate Wi-Fi AP. |
| US10172042B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for establishing signaling
A method, apparatus and system for establishing S1 signaling connections in an evolved network are disclosed. A source evolved NodeB (eNodeB) sends a handover request message to a target eNodeB to initiate a handover procedure during that a user equipment (UE) is handed over from the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB. The handover request message includes information about an original S1 signaling connection parameter. When the UE enters the target cell, the target eNodeB allocates a new S1 signaling connection parameter and sends a handover complete message to an evolved packet core (EPC). The handover complete messages carries the original S1 signaling connection parameter received from the source eNodeB and the allocated new S1 signaling connection parameter about the target eNodeB. With the present disclosure, the inability of the target eNodeB to establish an S1 signaling connection with the EPC in the related art is effectively solved. |
| US10172029B1 |
Controlling TTI bundling based on whether device provides wireless relay backhaul connectivity
A method and system for a base station to manage air interface communications with a wireless client device (WCD) served by the base station, taking into account whether the WCD is a relay-WCD that provides wireless backhaul connectivity for a relay base station. The base station will determine whether the served WCD is a relay-WCD, and based on a determination that the served WCD is a relay-WCD, the base station will responsively invoke a process to help expedite air interface communications with the served WCD, in an effort to reduce the total delay resulting from the wireless relay arrangement. In particular, based on the served WCD being a relay-WCD, and perhaps based on the relay-WCD facilitating a threshold extent of delay-sensitive communication, the base station will invoke transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, to help expedite the air interface communications between the base station and the relay-WCD. |
| US10172024B2 |
Technique for operating a movable radio base station
A movable radio base station, M-RBS, configured to provide to a plurality of user equipments wireless access to a telecommunications network is changed from a first mode to a second mode that is different from the first mode. Each of the first mode and the second mode specifies a set of parameter values for operating parameters of the M-RBS. |
| US10172022B1 |
Diagnostic analyzer for content receiver using wireless execution device
Techniques described herein relate to performing wireless diagnostic analyses including execution and evaluations of interactive content resources executed by execution devices on and/or for separate content receiver devices. A multi-phrase diagnostic session may proceed with an execution of an initial set of diagnostic modules on an execution device, during which interactive content is transmitted/received from a connected receiver device. The results of the diagnostic modules may be evaluated in real-time and transmitted to a diagnostic analyzer server to select additional diagnostic modules for execution during the diagnostic session. The diagnostic analyzer server may select the additional diagnostic modules based on based on response data received via the content execution device to the interactive content of the previously executed diagnostic modules, and/or data received from additional data sources related to the content receiver. |
| US10172021B2 |
Communication method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and communication system
A first node included in a first layer determines whether there has occurred a failure in a sink node included in a second layer subordinate to the first layer. The first node requests a second node included in the second layer to collect information of a third node included in a third layer subordinate to the second layer when the first node determines that there has occurred a failure in the sink node. The first node determines a fourth node serving as a substitute for the failed sink node included in the second layer on a basis of the information of the third node collected by the second node. |
| US10172016B2 |
Generation of access point configuration change based on a generated coverage monitor
At least one example disclosed herein relates to determining if a change to a wireless network configuration should be determined. If it is determined that the change to the wireless network should be determined, a plurality of coverage monitors are generated within a site model, each coverage monitor specifying at least one coverage parameter for an associated region of the site model. The change to the wireless network may be determined by identifying a change to a configuration of a wireless access point. |
| US10172012B2 |
Apparatus and method that notify frequency usage control systems with discovery signal
There is provided an apparatus that acquires information indicating a result of detection of a communication node managed by a second frequency usage control system; and notifies the second frequency usage control system of first sharable information generated from first frequency usage information related to a first communication node managed by a first frequency usage control system. The first sharable information being held by a first database included in the first frequency usage control system. |
| US10172011B2 |
System and method for control channel determination and detection in an opportunistic wireless network environment
An example apparatus for control channel determination and detection in an opportunistic wireless network environment is provided and includes a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor configured is to send, by a first device, a request for a whitespace map, the whitespace map including a list of whitespace frequency channels available for use within a particular geographical area. The processor is further configured to receive the whitespace map by the first device, and determine, by the first device, a control channel map from the whitespace map using a probability algorithm. The control channel map is a subset of the white space map and includes a list of control channel frequencies. |
| US10172010B2 |
Enhancements for operator spectrum sharing
A method including: receiving, at a first cell, radio resource information from a second cell, said first and second cells in at least one network controlled by two or more operators; receiving operator identity information and cell-type information at said first cell from said second cell; appending said operator identity information and said cell-type information to said radio resource information; and allocating radio resources in dependence on said information. |
| US10172007B1 |
Systems and methods for authenticating a caller using biometric authentication
Methods and systems described in this disclosure receive a call from a device associated with a caller and determine whether the caller is eligible for biometric authentication via the device by sending, via a communications network, an eligibility determination request to an issuer of the device. In response to the caller being eligible for biometric authentication, a request to initiate a biometric authentication process on the device is sent to an issuer of the device, where biometric credentials are received by the device and an indication of whether the biometric credentials were verified is received from the issuer of the device. |
| US10172001B1 |
Authentication mechanism
Aspects provide an authentication mechanism wherein processors are configured to extract encoded identification indicia of a cellular service base station from authentication credentials received from a mobile cellular device for access to a secure networked resource on a network device connection. The identification indicia uniquely identify the base station relative to other, different base stations. Configured processors grants access by the mobile device to the secure networked resource in response to determining that the mobile device is currently using the identified base station for cellular services to transmit the authentication credentials; and deny access by the mobile device to the secure networked resource in response to determining that the mobile device is currently using another base station for cellular services to transmit the authentication credentials. |
| US10171999B2 |
Mobile surveillance unit
Provided is a surveillance system, including: a trailer having wheels, a mast, and a trailer towing coupler; a camera coupled to the mast; a cellular modem communicatively coupled to the camera and operative to transmit video captured by the camera; a command center server operative to remotely receive and store data describing operation of a fluid-handling device and to receive the transmitted video and send the video to a user in response to a request from a web browser of the user; a power storage device; and a solar panel coupled to the power storage device such that the solar panel charges the power storage device. |
| US10171994B2 |
Mobile device and method of sharing content
A mobile device and methods for sharing content are provided. The mobile device includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one external device; and a controller configured to control decryption of encrypted content that is shared with the at least one external device, in response to determining that the mobile device is located within a proximate spacing of the at least one external device. |
| US10171985B1 |
Method and apparatus for data sharing
Data sharing between devices in a network is described. User data associated with a user device is identified, and a location of the user device is determined. A potential contact device located within a proximity range relative to the location of the user device is identified. Communications are sent between the user device and the potential contact device to initiate data sharing. In response to the communications, data is exchanged between the user device and the potential contact device by sending the user data to the potential contact device, and sending contact data associated with the potential contact device to the user device to modify contact information stored in association with the user device. The data sharing can also initiate a chat session and/or generate a display. |
| US10171982B2 |
Emergency evacuation service
Various systems and methods for providing an emergency evacuation service are described herein. An apparatus to provide an emergency evacuation service comprises an emergency event detection module to detect the existence of an emergency event at a venue; a transceiver to request and receive evacuation instructions from an emergency evacuation system, in response to detecting the existence of the emergency event; and a controller to process the evacuation instructions and display, to a user of the apparatus, information related to the evacuation instructions. |
| US10171981B2 |
Peer-to-peer emergency communication using public broadcasting
A method for emergency communication includes encoding a message for visual display including a message to field and a message from field. The visual display is revealed to a reading device in communication with a broadcast center, which stores the visual display. The messages are decoded and sorted from visual displays at the broadcast center. On an index channel, a time and channel number for when a message body of the message will be broadcast on a message channel is broadcasted. The message body is broadcasted on the message channel. |
| US10171980B2 |
Systems and methods for emergency response dispatch
Computerized method for coordinating decentralized response to emergency events includes receiving at least one request for emergency assistance, alerting registered responders in a geographic area corresponding to an emergency site of said request for emergency assistance, acknowledging a response from at least one of the responders agreeing to dispatch to the emergency site. The computerized method can also include one or more of confirming arrival of said at least one responder at the emergency site, determining a need for additional resources, confirming transportation to a destination facility, confirming arrival of said at least one responder at the destination facility, receiving a summary report of actions undertaken, and/or recognition of said at least one responder by the system to be available to receive subsequent requests for emergency assistance. |
| US10171975B2 |
Efficient distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning functionality
In one embodiment, a system for replicating settings in an HVAC network includes a first control unit including a first internal clock, the first control unit communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units and a first interactive display. The system may also include a second control unit comprising a second internal clock, the second control unit communicatively coupled to a second plurality of HVAC units and a second interactive display. The system may include a communications network, wherein the first control unit detects the second control unit over the communications network and the first internal clock and the second internal clock have the same time. |
| US10171972B2 |
System, method and apparatus for enabling a shared infrastructure
Parties having different responsibilities and interests at a monitored location can be given a partial view of the totality of the sensor channels of data generated by the various sensors installed at the monitored location. The partial views deliver customized sets of data streams to customers. The selective distribution of sensor information accommodates the divergent interests and needs of parties responsible for tracking the various characteristics of a monitored location. |
| US10171967B2 |
Fast discovery, service-driven, and context-based connectivity for networks of autonomous vehicles
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide autonomous vehicle network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable network of autonomous vehicles comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes. |
| US10171966B1 |
Crowd-sourced passive positioning and calibration
A method and system for deploying a calibrated positioning map of an area. The method, executed in a processor of a server computing device, comprises generating, using the processor, a distribution of positioning data points based at least in part on a first set of fingerprint data, the positioning data points calibrated in accordance with respective positions within the area, receiving, at the memory, a second set of fingerprint data, processing, using the processor, the second set of fingerprint data and the positioning data points to generate an updated distribution of positioning data points, and when the updated distribution exceeds a threshold density of positioning data points, deploying the updated distribution as the positioning map of the area. |
| US10171965B2 |
Micro-payment scheme encouraging collaboration in multi-hop cellular networks
In a communication system having a number of base stations and user devices, a sending user device comprising a processor and a memory is configured to generate a packet or other communication for forwarding to a receiving user device via one or more intermediary user devices of the system. The forwarding path of the communication may involve one or more of the base stations. A payment token is associated with the communication, such that at least one of the intermediary user devices can generate a payment claim based on the payment token. The payment token is independent of the particular identities of the one or more intermediary user devices of the system. |
| US10171958B2 |
Managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service using an MBMS relay device
Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS). In one configuration, service announcement information for at least one MBMS may be received. At least a subset of the service announcement information may be broadcast in a peer discovery signal. Content of the at least one MBMS may then be relayed to at least one mobile device operating outside a coverage area of a base station. In another configuration, an out-of-coverage status indicator or MBMS query may be broadcast in a first peer discovery signal, and a second peer discovery signal may be received from at least one MBMS relay device. The second peer discovery signal may include at least a subset of service announcement information for at least one MBMS. |
| US10171957B2 |
Method and user equipment for receiving broadcast/multicast service, and method and base station for transmitting broadcast/multicast service
The broadcast/multicast service according to the present invention is transmitted/received in a partial frequency region rather than the entire system bandwidth of a cell. The user equipment of the present invention may receive information regarding the frequency region set in the cell for receiving the broadcast/multicast service and receive the broadcast/multicast service over the frequency region based on the information. |
| US10171956B2 |
Notification method, system, and device for vehicle
A notification method for a vehicle to remind a passenger of arriving at a target station is disclosed. The notification method includes: establishing a wireless communication connection between an electronic device and the vehicle, receiving a target station sent from the electronic device, obtaining navigation information of the vehicle, and sending an arrival notification to the electronic device when the vehicle is approaching the target station. A notification system and device are also provided. |
| US10171950B2 |
Electronic logging device (ELD)
An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively. |
| US10171949B2 |
Electronic apparatus and operating method thereof
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and an operating method thereof. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one expected movement path, and a processor configured to confirm a first location of a user, predict a second location on a basis of the first location and a pre-stored at least one expected movement path, and provide an information service providing signal to at least one external device present in the second location. The method includes confirming a first location of a user, predicting a second location on a basis of the first location and a pre-stored at least one expected movement path, and providing an information service providing signal to at least one external device present in the second location. |
| US10171944B2 |
Monitoring a status of a disconnected device by a mobile device and an audio analysis system in an infrastructure
A computer program product and a computer system for monitoring an operation status of a disconnected device by a mobile device and an audio analysis system in an infrastructure. The mobile device has connectivity to the infrastructure while the disconnected device has no connectivity to the infrastructure. The mobile device invokes passive listening of the mobile device to a sound generated by the disconnected device, determines whether the sound can be detected by the mobile device, and steams audio with information of a location of the mobile device to the audio analysis system. The audio analysis system determines whether the audio is recorded from the disconnected device, compares the audio with pre-recorded sounds of the disconnected device, determines the operation status of the disconnected device, and sends to the mobile device a notification of the operation status of the disconnected device. |
| US10171939B2 |
Control based on geo-dependent conditions
A network device capable of performing rule-based actions dependent on geolocation-based conditions or realtime conditions from an external source. The network device can obtain its geolocation, obtain a rule based on a condition, query sources for and/or calculate updated statuses of the condition based on the geolocation, and perform actions based on the updated status of the condition, the geolocation, and the rule. The network device is capable of safely shutting down when voltage supplied to the network device falls outside of and acceptable range. |
| US10171934B2 |
Efficient geo-fence data transfer and notifications using a time to reach value
A system and method for using time to reach determinations to improve the usability of geo-fences is disclosed. A computer system accesses a current location of a client system and identifies one or more nearby geo-fences. The computer system then calculates the time to reach each of these geo-fences. If the calculated time to reach value for a particular geo-fence is within the notification range associated with that geo-fence, then the computer system generates a notification to display to a user. |
| US10171933B2 |
Issuing notifications about lost devices
In an approach for notifying a user of a location of a device, a processor receives a first location of a first device. A processor determines that the first device has been separated from a user of the first device. A processor determines a second device located at, within a first predetermined threshold, the first location. A processor sends a first notification to the second device, wherein the notification includes, at least, that the first device is located nearby. |
| US10171931B2 |
Method for receiving downlink control channel by MTC device, and terminal
An embodiment of the present specification provides a method for receiving a downlink control channel by a machine type communication (MTC) device. The method comprises: a step of receiving, by the downlink control channel, setting information about the maximum number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) which can be transmitted by a base station; a step of receiving, by the MTC device, setting information about a set of control channel monitoring PRBs which should monitor the downlink control channel; and a step of monitoring the downlink control channel on the PRBs according to the setting information about the set of control channel monitoring PRBs, wherein if the number of sets of control channel monitoring PRBs exceeds the maximum number of PRBs, the downlink control channel may be monitored only on the sets of PRBs equal to or less than the maximum number of PRBs. |
| US10171927B2 |
Method for processing an audio signal for improved restitution
A method comprises multichannel processing of an input audio signal by a multichannel convolution with a predefined imprint, the imprint being formulated by the capture of a reference sound by a set of speakers disposed in a reference space. The method further comprises selecting at least one imprint from among a plurality of imprints previously formulated in different sound contexts. |
| US10171926B2 |
Sound processing apparatus and sound processing system
The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image.A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker. The values obtained by multiplying these gains by the gain of the virtual speaker are set as the gains of the lower right and lower left speakers for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. The present technology can be applied to sound processing apparatuses. |
| US10171923B2 |
Binaural hearing system and method
A system (202) for binaural signal processing. A first speaker (210) and a second speaker (220) are respectively mounted proximal to, and deliver respective first and second acoustic signals to, the left and right ears of a user. A first microphone (212) and a second microphone (222) are respectively mounted proximal to the left and right ears. A binaural processing device receives signals from the microphones and, based on the microphone signals, determines the first and second acoustic signals. The binaural processing device operates at a distance from both the left and right ears of the user. The speakers, microphones and the binaural processing device are connected by a signal network. |
| US10171922B2 |
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
An example of an apparatus configured to be worn by a person who has an ear and an ear canal includes a first microphone adapted to be worn about the ear of the person, and a second microphone adapted to be worn at a different location than the first microphone. The apparatus includes a sound processor adapted to process signals from the first microphone to produce a processed sound signal, a receiver adapted to convert the processed sound signal into an audible signal to the wearer of the hearing assistance device, and a voice detector to detect the voice of the wearer. The voice detector includes an adaptive filter to receive signals from the first microphone and the second microphone. |
| US10171921B2 |
Microphone matching unit and hearing aid
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing a microphone matching of a hearing aid comprising a first microphone, a second microphone and a receiver in a predetermined spatial arrangement to each other. The method comprises the steps of: generating an output sound signal by means of the receiver; picking up a first and second input sound signal by the first and second microphones while the output sound signal is generated; converting the first and second input sound signals into a first and second electrical microphone output signal by means of the microphones; determining a first and second microphone response of the microphones; determining a microphone response difference between the first microphone response and the second microphone response; determining a matching difference between the microphone response difference and a predetermined reference microphone response difference; and adapting at least a first microphone gain of the first microphone according to the matching difference to reduce the matching difference. |
| US10171910B2 |
Methods and devices for reproducing stereo audio
Disclosed are stereo sound system devices and methods for reproducing stereo sound with improved auditory experience and reduced speaker rattle. In some embodiments, the disclosed arrangement of speakers on the sound system housing and driving low frequency speakers with the same signal contribute to the improved auditory experience and reduced speaker rattle effect. |
| US10171909B2 |
Processing of signals from luminaire mounted microphones for enhancing sensor capabilities
The specification and drawings present a use of multiple microphones for increasing acoustic sensing capabilities by processing acoustic signals from the multiple microphones in outdoor luminaire mounted surveillance/sensor systems. For example, various embodiments presented herein describe signal processing means to utilize stereo/multiple microphones in a luminaire (such as an outdoor roadway luminaire) to provide enhanced information regarding the surroundings of the luminaire. The multiple microphone luminaire sensor processing system can provide a more environmentally robust and sensitive approach which can be, for example, resistant to environmental noise such as a wind noise, as well as capable of isolating specific sounds from the surroundings, e.g., in specific directions. |
| US10171907B1 |
Fan noise controlling system
The present invention discloses a fan noise controlling system, comprising: at least one cylinder-shaped limiter, a plurality of error sensors, a noise controlling module, and at least one loudspeaker. According to the particular design of the present invention, the cylinder-shaped limiter is connected to a fan device for confining the transmission path of at least one fan noise signal. On the other hand, the error sensors are disposed in the internal of the cylinder-shaped limiter, and the loudspeaker is disposed at an axis position of the fan device. When this fan controlling system normally works, the noise controlling module is able to generate at least one anti-noise signal according to a plurality of error signals collected by the error sensors at consecutive previous time points, and then the loudspeaker is driven to broadcast the anti-noise signal for carrying out an outstanding efficacy on the cancellation of the fan noise. |
| US10171906B1 |
Configurable microphone array and method for configuring a microphone array
Microphone arrays with automatic beam focusing may easily focus on disturbing sound sources. In order to prevent this unwanted behavior, a predefined control sound signal is replayed from a direction of a disturbing sound source. The microphone array detects the predefined control sound signal, determines the direction of replay and in response performs a re-configuration according to the control sound signal. The reconfiguration may comprise eliminating the direction from its scanning range or cancel a previously made elimination of a different direction. |
| US10171904B2 |
Wireless nose-cancelling earplug
A wireless noise-cancelling earplug includes a housing within which at least an active noise cancellation (ANC) circuit for producing anti-noise, a speaker for emitting the anti-noise as a sound wave, and a battery for powering at least the ANC circuit. The earplug further includes an audio cavity for guiding the sound wave from the speaker out of the earplug, at least one microphone for measuring ambient noise and feeding the measured ambient noise to the ANC circuit, and a passive noise reduction unit for blocking ambient noise. |
| US10171901B2 |
Sound pickup device and sound processing device
A sound pickup device includes: a housing; a mount portion via which the housing is mounted on an object; a sound pickup including a microphone; a first output configured to output a sound signal indicating a sound input to the sound pickup; an installer configured to install the sound pickup on the housing; a sensor configured to detect a vibration transmitted to the housing; and a second output configured to output a vibration signal indicating the vibration detected by the sensor. |
| US10171899B2 |
Sound light and sound combination
A light and sound combination includes a lighting module and an audio module detachably mounted on the lighting module. The audio module includes a main body and a sounding assembly mounted in the main body. The lighting module includes a housing and an LED board mounted in the housing. Thus, the light and sound combination provides illuminating and sound playing functions by provision of the lighting module and the audio module. In addition, the audio module is detachably mounted on the lighting module, so that the audio module is mounted on and detached from the lighting module easily and conveniently. |
| US10171898B2 |
Cup
The present disclosure provides a cup, which includes a cup body, a top part of the cup body has a rim; a cup lid, the cup lid has a bottom cover and a top cover connected with a top end of the bottom cover, and a bottom end of the bottom cover is connected with the rim, the top cover is fixed with the top end of the bottom cover through a rotary clamping structure, and the bottom cover and the top cover cooperatively form a sealed mounting cavity; and an audio broadcast device, the audio broadcast device is assembled in the mounting cavity. The disassembly and assembly processes of the top cover and the bottom cover are simple, it is much more convenience to assemble the rotary clamping structure in the mounting cavity or disassemble the rotary clamping structure from the rotary clamping structure. |
| US10171897B2 |
Speaker mount and assembly and method of disengagement thereof
A mount, speaker mount, mount assembly, and method of disengagement thereof including a speaker baffle; a support member; a movable tab with a finger that extends away from the support member and/or shaped to engage with a surface when the speaker mount is installed, thereby causing the tab to tip relative to the support member. Each of the tab and the support member include mating teeth that, when engaged to each other when the tab tips due to the finger engaging with a surface, prevent travel of the tab from the closer region to the elevated region. There is an aperture through the baffle that provides access to apply pressure to a bottom of the tab to allow for an object to be inserted therein to disengage the mating teeth. |
| US10171889B2 |
Method and system for managing internal and external calls for a group of communication clients sharing a common customer identifier
A method and network element for implementing a virtual PBX feature for a customer associated with a plurality of endpoints. The method comprises receiving information regarding a call. Based on the information regarding the call, it is determined if the call is an external inbound call or an internal call that identifies a particular one of the endpoints. Responsive to determining that the call is an external inbound call, the call is caused to be routed to the plurality of endpoints associated with the customer, while responsive to determining that the call is an internal call that identifies a particular one of the endpoints, the call is caused to be routed to the particular one of the endpoints. This allows members of a small business or household to share a common external subscriber line, while also allowing the members to reach one another with ease. |
| US10171883B2 |
Directional MoCA filter
The present disclosure is directed a directional Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) filter. The MoCA filter can include a first port and a second port. Additionally, the MoCA filter can include a bidirectional path and a unidirectional path in parallel between the first port and the second port. Further, the unidirectional path can include an active isolator or a passive isolator. |
| US10171881B2 |
Backup module and method
The present invention relates to a backup module operative for a content item delivery system. The backup module is configured to identify a series of user invoked interruptions. Each user invoked interruption comprises a transition between the display of a first content item and the display of a second content item prior to completion of the first content item. The backup module stores interruption records each including a locator to the first content item subject to a corresponding user invoked interruption; and initiates display of a first content item based on an interruption record corresponding to the first content item responsive to a backup signal. |
| US10171877B1 |
System and method for dynamically selecting supplemental content based on viewer emotions
Embodiments are directed towards providing supplemental content to a viewer based on the viewer's emotion and environment while the viewer is viewing content. Content is provided to a content receiver for presentation to the viewer. While the viewer is viewing the content, an image of the viewer is captured and analyzed to detect the viewer's emotion and environment. Supplemental content is selected based on this detected viewer emotion and environment and presented to the viewer, which allows the supplemental content to be tailored to the emotional state of the viewer. One or more additional images of the viewer are captured while the viewer is viewing the supplemental content and the viewer's emotion while viewing the supplemental content is detected. This subsequent viewer emotion is analyzed to determine if the viewer had an expected response to the supplemental content, which can be used to determine the efficiency of the supplemental content. |
| US10171875B2 |
Method for providing previous watch list of contents provided by different sources, and display device which performs same
A display device including a display; an interface unit configured to receive a request from a remote controller; and a controller configured to in response to a first request received from the remote controller, display a list of previously-viewed content including at least a first item corresponding to a first previously-viewed content, a second item corresponding to a second previously-viewed content and a third item corresponding a third previously-viewed content, wherein the first item, the second item, and the third item are displayed in an order that has been previously viewed, in response to a second request received from the remote controller, display a fourth content on the display, in response to a third request from the remote controller to display the list of previously-viewed content, delete the first item in the list of previously-viewed content and display the list of previously-viewed content including the second item, the third item and a fourth item corresponding to the fourth displayed content, in response to a fourth request received from the remote controller, display a fifth content on the display, and in response to a fifth request from the remote controller to display the list of previously-viewed content, delete the second item in the list of previously-viewed content and display the list of previously-viewed content including the third item, the fourth item and a fifth item corresponding to the fifth displayed content. |
| US10171872B2 |
Methods and systems for implementing a locked mode for viewing media assets
Methods and systems that provide an interactive media guidance application having a locked mode for viewing media assets. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may provide media assets suited to a certain audience. The interactive media guidance application may determine suitable media assets for the locked mode based on media assets viewed by other users having characteristics similar to the user of the interactive media guidance application. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may allow access to only certain media assets and/or limit the time period for which the media assets are presented. |
| US10171870B2 |
Forced execution of authenticated code
Described herein are systems and methods for providing hardware based security to software applications in a television receiver. The system can include a television receiver having a trusted hardware environment that includes a security processor and a standard environment that includes an application processor. The security processor can ensure that at least a portion of the software application executed by the application processor is secure. A portion of the software application code can be placed in an interrupt service routine memory space. During execution of the software application, the security processor can security check the portion of the software application in the interrupt service routine memory space, making it trusted code. The security processor can force the application processor to execute the trusted code by triggering an interrupt. Such forced execution can allow the security processor to not only ensure that code is trusted, but that it is executed. |
| US10171866B2 |
Display system, display device, head-mounted display device, display control method, control method for display device, and computer program
A display system includes a control device, a first display device, and a second display device. The control device includes a wireless communication section that wirelessly transmits video data. The first display device includes a wireless communication section that receives the video data and an OLED unit that displays a video on the basis of the video data. The second display device includes a wireless communication section that receives the video data and an OLED unit that displays a video on the basis of the video data. The display system detects deviation between the videos displayed by the OLED units. |
| US10171864B2 |
Interactive television applications
An interactive user interface (AW) of an interactive application is provided simultaneously with a programme display (P) within a display area of a television receiver, wherein a proportion of the display area occupied by the interactive user interface (AW) increases in response to user interaction with the interactive user interface (AW). |
| US10171857B2 |
Network data delivery sponsorship signatures in streaming manifest files
A device receives, via a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), a manifest file associated with streaming content, wherein the manifest file includes a sequence of multiple Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) that identify network storage locations of multiple content segments of the streaming content, and wherein a sponsorship signature of multiple sponsorship signatures is appended to at least one of the multiple URIs of the manifest file. The device retrieves the multiple URIs, and the sponsorship signature, from the manifest file; sends the sponsorship signature to a charging node in the PLMN for controlling the charging of data delivery associated with the streaming content to one of a user of the media playing device or a sponsor of the streaming content based on the sponsorship signature; and engages, via the PLMN using the multiple URIs, in a content streaming session to receive the streaming content. |
| US10171856B2 |
Viewer-authored content acquisition and management system for in-the-moment broadcast in conjunction with media programs
A method, apparatus, and system for providing viewer-derived content for broadcast presentation in conjunction with a broadcast of a media program by a provider of the media program is disclosed. The disclosed system and method (1) simplifies the process for viewers to provide viewer-authored media to broadcasters, while minimizing the data transmission requirements between portable viewer devices and the broadcaster, (2) allows advance approval for the broadcasters to use that viewer-generated content to generate and disseminate viewer-authored-content and (3) provides for management of viewer-generated content (4) integrates with social networks that can be used to at least preliminarily assess the popularity and suitability of the viewer-generated content for broadcast to other viewers. |
| US10171854B2 |
Content supply device, content supply method, program, terminal device, and content supply system
The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device, and a content supply system, which are capable of performing rapid zapping between channels. A content supply device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first supply unit configured to generate a zapping stream by delimiting streaming data according to a timing and a duration in common with another channel and to supply the zapping stream to a reception side via a network, a second supply unit configured to generate a viewing stream by delimiting the streaming data according to a duration of an integer multiple of the duration of the zapping stream and to supply the viewing stream to the reception side via the network, and a metafile generating unit configured to generate a metafile that is for the reception side to receive the zapping stream and the viewing stream. The present disclosure can be applied to a system in which content is delivered in a streaming manner. |
| US10171850B2 |
Trunk management method and apparatus for video surveillance systems
The present invention relates to the video surveillance field, and discloses a trunk management method and apparatus for video surveillance systems. In the present invention, the connection priority of a surveillance equipment is the highest priority amon/between priorities of all clients, when multiple clients with different priorities access the same surveillance equipment. The connection priority of the surveillance equipment is set as the priority of a new client, if the new client accesses the surveillance equipment and the priority of the new client is higher than the connection priority of the surveillance equipment; the connection priority of the surveillance equipment is remained unchanged, if the priority of the new client is not higher than the connection priority of the surveillance equipment. It is all required to supply a service for each video request of the users when the network bandwidth does not reach full load; the video requests of users having lower priorities will be denied when the network bandwidth is at full load, which can more reasonably utilize the network resources based on the connection management of client priorities to avoid a congestion even a paralysis on networks. |
| US10171846B2 |
System and method for routing media
In one aspect, a method for managing streaming of video content to a client device includes providing the video content to a content distribution network for storage in a plurality of geographically separated resources of the content distribution network, dynamically selecting an advertisement media clip based on statistical information associated with a user of the client device, and receiving, from the client device via a packet-based telecommunication network, signaling to have the stored video content streamed to the client device. In response to the received signaling, the method includes transmitting to the client device via the packet-based telecommunication network and in one or more files having a format compatible with a media player on the client device, (i) an identification of a first resource of the content distribution network available to facilitate streaming of the stored video content to the client device, the identification being dependent at least in part on a relationship between a geographic location of the client device and geographic locations of the resources of the content distribution network and (ii) an identification of an advertising server, the identification of the advertising server being dependent at least in part on a relationship between the geographic location of the client device and a geographic location of the advertising server, wherein the one or more files, when processed by the client device, cause the client device to communicate with the first resource of the content distribution network and the advertising server to cause the stored video to be streamed to the client device by first resource of the content distribution network and cause the selected advertisement media clip to be streamed from the advertising server to the client device. |
| US10171845B2 |
Video segment manager and video sharing accounts for activities performed by a user on social media
A method includes identifying a plurality of user-interested multimedia files based at on one of a history of a plurality of user multimedia searches, a plurality of user multimedia views, or a history of multimedia sharing with other users. The method creates a catalog of the plurality of user-interested multimedia files, wherein the catalog includes one of more groups of the plurality of multimedia files based on one of a multimedia file length, the history of the plurality of user multimedia searches, the plurality of user multimedia views, or a history of multimedia shares with other users. The method generates a novel multimedia file, where combining one generates the novel multimedia file or more individual multimedia files selected from the catalog of multimedia files. |
| US10171839B2 |
Generating transforms for compressing and decompressing visual data
Encoding data includes: encoding a residual of a first portion of an array of data to generate a first set of coefficients; decoding the first set of coefficients to generate a decoded representation of the first portion; computing an estimated covariance function for a residual of a second portion of the array of data based on a model that includes a gradient of a plurality of boundary data values located on a boundary of the decoded representation of the first portion; computing a set of transform basis functions from the estimated covariance function; and encoding the residual of the second portion using a first transform that uses the computed set of transform basis functions. |
| US10171838B2 |
Method and apparatus for packing tile in frame through loading encoding-related information of another tile above the tile from storage device
A method for encoding a frame divided into a plurality of tiles includes: storing encoding-related information derived from blocks in a last block row of a first tile of the frame into a storage device; reading the encoding-related information from the storage device; and performing entropy encoding upon blocks in a first block row of a second tile of the frame based at least partly on the encoding-related information read from the storage device. The first block row of the second tile is vertically adjacent to the last block row of the first tile. The entropy encoding of the first block row of the second tile is started before entropy encoding of the last block row of the first tile is accomplished. |
| US10171837B2 |
Predictive value data set compression
A data set may be compressed by predicting a value for the values of the data set. A comparative value may then be determined between a predicted value and an actual value for the particular points of the data set. The comparators for the particular points of the data set may then be encoded. |
| US10171833B2 |
Adaptive switching of color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths
Innovations in adaptive encoding and decoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color spaces between units within a video sequence. Other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color sampling rates between units within a video sequence. Still other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of bit depths between units within a video sequence. |
| US10171831B2 |
Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, and moving picture coding program, and moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program
A motion vector predictor candidate generating unit makes a prediction based on a motion vector of one of coded neighboring blocks that are neighboring to a coding target block in space or time and generates a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A motion vector predictor redundant candidate removing unit removes the motion vector predictor candidates having identity among the motion vector predictor candidates predicted based on a coded neighboring block that is neighboring in space from a motion vector predictor candidate list with at least one being left. A motion vector predictor selecting unit selects a motion vector predictor from the plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A first bitstream generating unit codes information representing the selected motion vector predictor. |
| US10171829B2 |
Picture encoding device and picture encoding method
There is provided a picture encoding device that encodes a picture and encodes a difference quantization parameter in a unit of a quantization coding block which is divided from the picture and is a management unit of a quantization parameter. A quantization parameter calculator derives a quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded. A prediction quantization parameter derivation unit derives a prediction quantization parameter using the quantization parameters of a plurality of quantization coding blocks which precede the quantization coding block to be encoded in order of encoding. A difference quantization parameter generator derives a difference quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded, using a difference between the quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded and the prediction quantization parameter. A first bitstream generator encodes the difference quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded. |
| US10171826B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding residual block, and method and apparatus for decoding residual block
A decoding apparatus for decoding an image by obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from the bitstream. |
| US10171824B2 |
System and method for adaptive frame re-compression in video processing system
Method and system of video decoding incorporating frame compression to reduce frame buffer size are disclosed. The method adjusts parameters of the frame compression according to decoder system information or syntax element in the video bitstream. The decoder system information may be selected from a group consisting of system status, system parameter and a combination of system status and system parameter. The decoder system information may include system bandwidth, frame buffer size, frame buffer status, system power consumption, and system processing load. The syntax element comprises reference frame indicator, initial picture QP (quantization parameter), picture type, and picture size. The adaptive frame compression may be applied to adjust compression ratio. Furthermore, the adaptive frame compression may be applied to a decoder for a scalable video coding system or a multi-layer video coding system. |
| US10171819B2 |
Intra prediction mode selection in video coding
A method is provided for encoding a digital video with a video encoder that allows intra prediction of mode selection. The method includes dividing pixels from each intra prediction block into four groups based on phases of the pixels, progressively narrowing down a list of intra prediction modes over a series of stages based on a comparison of a cost value for each intra prediction mode at that stage against a threshold value, tentatively assigning the remaining intra prediction with the lowest cost value after the final stage to the block, calculating a heterogeneity index for each group of contiguous intra prediction blocks based on the tentative intra prediction mode selected for each block after the final stage, and finalizing the tentative intra prediction mode for each block if the group has a heterogeneity index above a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10171816B2 |
Method and apparatus for motion compensation prediction
The invention relates to a motion compensation performed under an inter-frame prediction. A fractional sample interpolation is applied on retrieved samples to generate fractional samples. The fractional sample interpolation comprises a plurality of filtering operations, and all of filtered results from the filtering operations are truncated down to a predetermined bit depth independent of the bit depth of the samples stored in the reference picture memory. |
| US10171813B2 |
Hierarchy of motion prediction video blocks
A video decoder is configured to obtain an index value for a current video block. The video decoder obtains a partition type for a current video block. The video decoder selects one of a plurality of defined sets of ordered candidate predictive video blocks based on the partition type of the current video block. A video decoder selects a predictive video block from a selected one of the plurality of defined sets of ordered candidate predictive video blocks based on an index value. A video decoder generates a motion vector for a current video block based on motion information of the predictive video block. |