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| US10183462B2 |
Pre-fabricated ceiling assembly and method of forming
A prefabricated ceiling panel and method of forming the same is provided. The panel comprises various built-in features including cable trays, lighting elements, and other features. The panel further comprises a layered structure comprising a plurality of layers to increase the fire resistance, insulation, and/or structural features of the panel. |
| US10183458B2 |
Insulated packaging and method of making same
Insulated packaging is provided including an inner substrate and an outer substrate attached to the inner substrate to form an air gap therebetween. An expandable material including expandable microspheres is provided with the expandable material disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate. An adhesive material different than the expandable material is disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate to attach the inner substrate to the outer substrate. A method for forming the insulated packaging is also provided. |
| US10183457B2 |
System and method for exchanging vertically segmented rotor segments on a rotary tablet press
Disclosed is a system and a method for exchanging vertically segmented rotor segments (16) on a rotary tablet press (34). The system comprises a rotor (10) comprising at least two vertically segmented rotor segments (16), a transfer unit (36) and an assembly carriage (38). |
| US10183454B2 |
Cylindrical-member forming method and device
Provided are a method and device for forming a cylindrical member for accurately forming belt-like members into a cylindrical shape without meandering. A pre-winding position sensor detects a position of a member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of a belt-like member along the entire length of the belt-like member in the longitudinal direction thereof before the belt-like member is placed on a transport conveyor belt, transported to a forming drum, and wound around the forming drum. The belt-like member is wound around the forming drum and formed in a cylindrical shape while the forming drum is relatively moved in the drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by a controller and the member reference line, based on the detected data and a position data of the drum reference line orthogonal to the drum axial center of the forming drum. |
| US10183453B2 |
Process for manufacturing an intraocular lens with an embedded mask
Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implant can include a mask adapted to increase depth of focus. The method of manufacturing the implant can include positioning the mask with an aperture on a protruding pin of a positioning mold portion. The protruding pin can be configured to center the mask in the intraocular lens. |
| US10183451B2 |
Method for repairing a composite-material panel of an aircraft and tool for implementing said method
A method and a tool for repairing a composite-material panel of an aircraft with at least one repair part made of composite material without using an autoclave. The repair method includes the steps of preparing the panel, placing at least one repair part made of composite material on the second face to cover a damaged zone, positioning a vacuum bag configured to sealingly cover the repair part, polymerizing or consolidating the repair part, compressing the vacuum bag against the repair part using a compression plate concomitantly with the step in which the repair part is polymerized or consolidated. |
| US10183450B2 |
Method for impregnation of a fibrous preform and device for implementation of the said method
A method of impregnating a fiber preform with an impregnation composition, includes applying a liquid on a structure, the structure including a chamber in which a fiber preform for impregnating is present, the chamber being defined between a rigid support on which the fiber preform is placed and a wall, the wall having a face situated facing the fiber preform; and an impregnation composition for impregnating the fiber preform, the impregnation composition being present in the chamber; the liquid being applied against the wall on its side opposite from the chamber, the wall being configured so that its face situated facing the fiber preform conserves its shape during the application of the liquid, the applied liquid enabling sufficient pressure to be created to move the wall towards the rigid support and impregnate the fiber preform with the impregnation composition. |
| US10183448B2 |
Back seam welder and method of operation
A thermal welder is configured to weld a back seam of a bag formed of thermoplastic sheet material. The welder may include a weld heater and a compression mechanism downstream of the weld heater to compress the sheet material to form the back seam. The welder may also include a weld breaker downstream of the compression mechanism to break apart incidental welds which are formed adjacent the back seam. |
| US10183444B2 |
Modular multi-station three-dimensional object printing systems
A three-dimensional object printing module has been developed. The printing module includes a first processing station configured to perform an operation. The printing module further includes a track configured to guide a cart moved by a motive force in a first direction to the first processing station and to guide the cart moved by the motive force in the first direction from the first processing station. The printing module further includes at least one lead screw disposed parallel to the first direction along the track at the first processing station and configured to engage the cart at the first processing station. The printing module further includes an actuator operatively connected to the at least one lead screw and configured to rotate the lead screw bi-directionally about a longitudinal axis of the lead screw to enable the cart to move along the track at the processing station without the motive force. |
| US10183443B2 |
Electrostatic 3-D printer controlling layer thickness using feedback loop to development device
3-D printers include an intermediate transfer surface that transfers a layer of material to a platen each time the platen contacts the intermediate transfer surface to successively form a freestanding stack of layers of the material on the platen. A sensor detects the thickness of the layer on the platen after a fusing station fuses the layer. A feedback loop is electrically connected to the sensor and a development station (that includes a photoreceptor, a charging station providing a static charge to the photoreceptor, a laser device exposing the photoreceptor, and a development device supplying the material to the photoreceptor). The development station adjusts the development bias of the development device, based on a layer thickness measurement from the sensor through the feedback loop, to control the thickness of subsequent ones of the layers transferred from the intermediate transfer surface to the freestanding stack on the platen. |
| US10183442B1 |
Medical devices and methods for producing the same
The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices, including airway stents, and additive manufacturing (3D printing) processes for producing the same. Using certain materials and novel printing techniques, the present systems and methods can directly print nearly any size or shape medical device in a few hours. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems and methods leverage fused deposition modeling (“FDM”) and polycarbonate urethane (“PCU”) to produce custom medical devices, including airway stents. |
| US10183440B2 |
Blow molder control systems and methods
Systems and methods for controlling the operation of a blow molder are disclosed. An indication of a crystallinity of at least one container produced by the blow molder may be received along with a material distribution of the at least one container. A model may be executed, where the model relates a plurality of blow molder input parameters to the indication of crystallinity and the material distribution and where a result of the model comprises changes to at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters to move the material distribution towards a baseline material distribution and the crystallinity towards a baseline crystallinity. The changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters may be implemented. |
| US10183439B2 |
Method for hydroforming a container from a preform
A method of hydroforming a container from a preform. During the method, an injection nozzle is moved from a retracted position, where the nozzle is spaced away from the neck of the preform, to an intermediate position, where contact is established between a first contact surface of the nozzle and the finish of the preform. The nozzle is then moved from the intermediate position to an injection position, where a second contact surface of the nozzle abuts an abutment surface and the neck is axially compressed. With the nozzle in the injection position, a liquid is injected from the nozzle into the preform causing the preform to expand and form the container. |
| US10183438B2 |
Apparatus and method for fabricating containers
An injection head for a container-fabricating apparatus. The injection head includes a first nozzle establishing fluid communication between an injection liquid source and a preform cavity of a substantially tubular preform. The first nozzle is configured to mate with a mouth of the preform. An annular mouth seal, provided in the first nozzle, creates a seal with the mouth of the preform when disposed in contact therewith. |
| US10183430B2 |
Method for injection molding of thermoplastic pole parts, and mold for producing the same
A method for injection molding of thermoplastic pole parts utilizes a mold to fix at least one vacuum interrupter and contact terminals during a molding process. At least one injection opening or gate for injection of thermoplastic material is formed into the mold. The mold is applied with multiple injection openings at least along its long axis, for injection of hot thermoplastic material, and the injection openings or gates can be steered in such a way that they inject thermoplastic material simultaneously or with a defined time dependent injection pattern. This process alleviates the issue of a pressure gradient along the long axis of the molded pole part, shortens process times, and achieves a homogenous dissipation of material during the molding process. |
| US10183429B2 |
Method and device for the production of an injection-moulded part
A method for the production of an injection-molded part including casting an injection-molding material at least two injection-molding stations by at least two injection-molding processes. A pre-molded part, produced in one of the at least two injection-molding processes, is cooled in a cooling station between the at least two injection-molding processes. |
| US10183428B2 |
Unit cell injection mold for fuel cell
A unit cell injection mold for fabricating a unit cell of a fuel cell, in which an integrated frame of the unit cell formed by injecting a polymer resin onto an insert, in which a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer are integrated, is formed, the unit cell injection mold includes an upper mold, a lower mold engaged with the upper mold to define an inner space between the lower mold and the upper mold, the inner space including an injection area into which the insert is accommodated and an insert area into which the polymer resin is injected to form the frame, and elastic protrusions formed from an elastic material, the elastic protrusions being disposed on the upper mold and the lower mold to face each other, wherein the elastic protrusions clamp the insert to divide the inner space into the insert area and the injection area to prevent the polymer resin from entering the insert area. |
| US10183426B2 |
Water as a propellant for thermoplastics
The present invention relates to a process for the production of an expandable thermoplastic polymer comprising water as blowing agent, comprising at least the step (A) of storage of the thermoplastic polymer in water, so that water is absorbed by the thermoplastic polymer, in order to obtain an expandable thermoplastic polymer, to expandable thermoplastic polymer, obtainable via the process, to a corresponding expanded thermoplastic polymer, to a process for the production of a foam via foaming and fusion of the expanded thermoplastic polymer, and also to a foam, obtainable via said process. |
| US10183418B2 |
Dynamic segregation monitoring of concrete
A system and process for detecting dynamic segregation in concrete rotated within a mixer drum, such as mounted on a delivery truck. A system processor is programmed to monitor an instantaneous and averaged rheology parameter and to deploy protocols for detecting segregation. A first protocol comprises monitoring the averaged slump during and immediately after a jump in drum speed of at least plus or minus four rotations per minute and detecting when a change in the averaged slump value meets or exceeds a threshold; and a second protocol comprises monitoring the instantaneous slump when the mixer drum is rotating at a constant speed for at least three successive rotations and detecting when the instantaneous slump value meets or exceeds a threshold limit. Once segregation is detected, one or more operations can be initiated, such as initiating an alarm or adjusting the mix. |
| US10183417B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument
An electrosurgical instrument is manufactured by presenting an electrode, and attaching a sacrificial portion to the electrode to form a first electrode assembly. An insulating material is molded over the first electrode assembly to form a second electrode assembly, and the second electrode assembly is subjected to a further process which is capable of removing the sacrificial portion without removing the insulating material. The sacrificial portion is removed to form at least one cavity within the electrosurgical instrument. |
| US10183416B2 |
Wood board and process for its production
The present application relates to wood boards, particularly post-cured wood boards and more particularly to particle board with excellent swelling properties; it also relates to a process for production of such boards. |
| US10183415B2 |
Table saw
A table saw includes a table, a saw, a track, a slide strip, and a fence member. The table has an axial direction and a radial direction which are orthogonal to each other. The saw is arranged at a predetermined position of the table. The track is arranged at each side of the table. The slide strip is slidably engaged with the track. An outer surface of the slide strip opposite to the track has a first position part, a second position part, and a third position part. The first position part and the second position part are respectively arranged at two ends of the slide strip and the third position part is arranged at a center of the slide strip. The fence member is bridged on the table and secured to one of the first position part, the second position part, and the third position part. |
| US10183410B2 |
Vegetable stick maker
A vegetable stick maker includes a plunger and a hollow body, each of which has a height which is much greater than its width. The body is configured with one or more blades extending across the hollow interior of the body so that a vegetable pushed through the body by the plunger will encounter the blades and be sliced accordingly. The plunger includes a terminal end that diverges into a plurality of legs configured to receive the blades to facilitate slicing. A cap on the plunger prevents the plunger from extending beyond a rim of the body. |
| US10183406B2 |
Thumb stud including tritium
A thumb stud for a folding knife assembly includes a body extending between a first end and a second end. A hollow passage extends between the ends, and a tritium vial is disposed within the hollow passage and extends between the first and second ends. A first lens is disposed within the hollow passage adjacent the first end and a second lens is disposed within the hollow passage adjacent the second end. The first and second lenses encapsulate the tritium vial within the hollow passage of the body and allow illumination produced by the tritium vial to be viewable through the first and second lenses to illuminate the thumb stud. In an alternative arrangement, the tritium vial can be replaced with a wafer which houses the tritium vial. In this arrangement, a pair of wafers are each disposed adjacent respective lenses at respective ends of the body. |
| US10183405B2 |
Robot, gear device, and manufacturing method for gear device
A robot includes a first member, a second member that is provided so as to be movable around the first member, and a gear device that transmits driving force from one of the first member and the second member to the other. The gear device includes an internal gear, a flexible external gear that has an external tooth portion, which partially meshes with the internal gear, and a body portion, which is linked to the external tooth portion in a direction of a rotation axis, and a wave generator that comes into contact with the external gear and moves a position where the internal gear and the external gear are meshed with each other in a circumferential direction. An exterior surface of the body portion has an oil-repellent portion of which oil repellency is higher than oil repellency of an exterior surface of the external tooth portion. |
| US10183401B2 |
Mass transfer tool
Systems and methods for transferring a micro device from a carrier substrate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a mass transfer tool includes an articulating transfer head assembly, a carrier substrate holder, and an actuator assembly to adjust a spatial relationship between the articulating transfer head assembly and the carrier substrate holder. The articulating transfer head assembly may include an electrostatic voltage source connection and a substrate supporting an array of electrostatic transfer heads. |
| US10183400B2 |
Reusable buoyancy modules for buoyancy control of underwater vehicles
A water environment robotic system and method has a buoyancy configuration which can be selectively altered. The system includes an underwater robotic vehicle and a buoyancy module that is configured to be selectively buoyantly engaged and buoyantly disengaged with the underwater robotic vehicle. A tether is connected to the buoyancy module and a motor is operatively connected to the tether and is configured to extend and retract the tether and buoyancy module. The tether can be extended and retracted to extend and retract the buoyancy module. Extending and retracting the buoyancy module can buoyantly engage or buoyantly disengage the buoyancy module with the underwater robotic vehicle according to the arrangement of the system. By engaging and disengaging the buoyancy module, the buoyancy of the underwater robot can be selectively altered. |
| US10183399B2 |
Six-axis motion mechanism
A six-axis motion mechanism combines three translation axes in the directions of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis and three rotation axes in the directions of the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis to carry out a six-axis compound motion. The six-axis motion mechanism includes a movable support frame provided with a connecting mechanism. Drive mechanisms are provided in the directions of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis respectively for controlling the displacement, velocity and acceleration of three translation axes. Rotation mechanisms are provided in the directions of the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis respectively for controlling the rotation angles (θ, φ, Ψ), angular velocity, and angular acceleration of the three rotation axes. The six-axis motion mechanism further includes a motion body which can proceed its rotation and displacement at any angle to imitate a single motion of rolling, yawing and pitching and a compound motion. |
| US10183396B2 |
Mass transfer tool manipulator assembly with remote center of compliance
Systems and methods for transferring a micro device or an array of micro devices to or from a substrate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a remote center robot allows on-the-fly alignment between a micro pick up array and a target substrate. The remote center robot may include a plurality of symmetric linkages that move independently and share a remote rotational center. In an embodiment, the remote rotational center may be positioned at a surface of the micro pick up array to prevent damage to the array of micro devices during transfer. |
| US10183393B2 |
Level referencing drill guide
A device which includes a guide member which includes a first end portion and an opposing second end portion. The first end portion defines a first plane and an opening is defined by the guide member, wherein the opening extends along the guide member in a direction perpendicular to the first plane. The device further includes a first bubble vial attached to the guide member wherein the first bubble vial extends within a second plane. The device further includes a second bubble vial attached to the guide member, wherein the second bubble vial extends within a third plane, the second and third planes are in angular relationship relative to one another and the first and second bubble vials are each rotationally adjustable relative to the guide member. |
| US10183386B2 |
Blind hole puller with interchangeable actuator
A blind hole puller kit includes a plurality of different sized collets, a plurality of pins, an adapter, and a pulling device. The pins have differently sized first ends corresponding to the collets, and second ends that include a common mounting interface receivable in the adapter. A pin corresponding to a desired collet is configured to be mounted via it mounting interface into the adapter to form an actuating device. The actuating device, via an external thread of the adapter, is configured to be threaded into an internal thread of the collet to actuate tines of the collet to grip the inner surface of a hole to be pulled. An end of the adapter opposite the pin is configured to be mounted to the pulling device, whereby the pulling device can be operated to pull the hole. |
| US10183385B2 |
Locking structure for hand tool
A locking structure for a hand tool contains: a body having a driving head which includes an accommodation chamber and a rib, and between two ends of the rib is defined an opening. The rib has two positioning orifices, the accommodation chamber has an obliquely arcuate groove accommodating a ratchet member which has a toothed rim and two opposite apertures, and a part of each steel ball extends out of each aperture. The ratchet member further has a first trench, a polygonal groove, and a second trench. A cap is covered on the rib and includes a through orifice, an open section, a protruded section, an actuation extension, and two opposite openings so as to house two posts respectively, wherein a part of each post extends out of each opening, and a resilient element is defined between the second trench and the cap. |
| US10183380B2 |
Modular fixture plate system for positioning a workpiece during a manufacturing and/or inspection process
A modular fixture plate system comprising: at least one interlocking fixture plate comprising at least one of a male end and a female end, wherein the male end comprises at least one male projection and the female end comprises at least one female recess; and a docking plate comprising at least one of at least one male projection and at least one female recess; wherein at least one male projection or female recess of the at least one interlocking fixture plate is interlocked with a mating one of the at least one male projection or the at least one female recess of the docking plate. |
| US10183377B2 |
Method of standardizing grinder burn etch testing
A method of standardizing a grinder burn etch test may include machining a test sample of substantially equivalent chemical composition and heat treatment to a manufactured part to be audited for grinder burn and receiving data on an expected range of thermal damage that may be caused on the manufactured part during grinding by grinder burn. The method may also include preparing the test sample by laser heat treating at least a portion of the test sample to create a range of thermal damage across predetermined areas on the test sample, wherein the range of thermal damage on the test sample encompasses the expected range of thermal damage that may be caused on the manufactured part during grinding by grinder burn. The method may still further include testing a grinder burn etch bath with the test sample to determine whether the etch bath can detect thermal damage across at least a threshold percentage of the expected range of thermal damage that may be caused on the manufactured part. |
| US10183376B1 |
Carrier for mounting a bar of sliders or a stack of such bars to be lapped
Embodiments of the present disclosure include carriers for a row bar or stack of row bars to be lapped. In some embodiments, the ratio of the coefficient of thermal expansion of at least the bridge of a carrier to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the slider row bar or stack of slider row bars is less than 1.6. In some embodiments, a carrier can include a bridge having a length longer than the row bar or stack of row bars. In some embodiments, one or more bridge bending members can have junction centerlines offset from the corresponding bridge bending members. |
| US10183375B2 |
Batch-processing method for super-high aspect ratio diffractive optics
A method for fabrication of diffractive optics by batch processing is disclosed, having applicability to high resolution ultra-high aspect ratio Fresnel Zone Plates for focusing of X-rays or gamma-rays having energies up to hundreds of keV. An array of precursor forms is etched into a planar substrate. Sidewalls of the forms are smoothed to a required surface roughness. A sequence of alternating layers of different complex refractive index, for binary or higher order diffractive optics, are deposited on the precursor forms by atomic layer deposition (ALD), to provide diffractive line patterns. Thinnest layers may have nanometer thicknesses. After front surface planarization and thinning of the substrate to expose first and second surfaces of the diffractive line patterns of the diffractive optic, the height h in the propagation direction provides a designed absorption difference and/or phase shift difference between adjacent diffractive lines. Optionally, post-processing enhances mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties. |
| US10183370B2 |
Constant temperature water supply system
A constant temperature water supply system that adjusts water from a water supply source to a constant temperature by a constant temperature water supply apparatus and supplies the water to a processing apparatus. The constant temperature water supply apparatus is provided with water temperature adjusting units that adjust processing water and cooling water to predetermined temperatures and temperature adjustment control units that reset predetermined temperatures of the water temperature adjusting units. The processing apparatus is provided with water temperature detectors that detect the water temperatures of the processing water and the cooling water and water temperature managing units that each calculate the temperature difference between the water temperature detected by the water temperature detector and a desired temperature set in advance. |
| US10183369B2 |
Cutting fluid supply system to machine tool
A cutting fluid supply system includes a machine tool, a nozzle for ejecting cutting fluid, and a nozzle-moving unit for holding and moving the nozzle. The cutting fluid supply system detects an object existing in the machine tool, recognizes a position and a shape of the object based on the detection information, and specifies a machining point from the recognized information. The nozzle-moving unit moves the nozzle such that cutting fluid is ejected to the specified machining point. |
| US10183367B2 |
Tool-support system
A tool-support system for working on holes of a surface. The tool-support system includes two rails fixed to the surface and having imprints regularly distributed over their length, and a mobile tool-support including a mobile optical system capturing an image of the surface. For each rail, at least one wheel is adapted to be moved on the rail, and includes on its rolling strip counter-imprints complementary to the imprints. A mobile tool carries a working tip, and a control unit is configured to control the movement of the mobile tool-support, of the tool and of the optical system to analyze an image captured by the optical system and to detect the presence of a hole. A tool-support system of this kind can therefore move along the rails without slipping while detecting the holes to work on them. |
| US10183362B2 |
Clad aluminum alloy material with excellent corrosion resistance and brazeability and method for producing the same
A clad aluminum alloy material exhibiting favorable corrosion resistance and brazeability in an alkaline environment is shown by a clad aluminum alloy material with excellent brazeability and corrosion resistance in which one surface of an aluminum alloy core material is clad with a sacrificial anode material and the other surface is clad with brazing filler material. The core material includes an aluminum alloy of Si: 0.3-1.5%, Fe: 0.1-1.5%, Cu: 0.2-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-2.0%, and Si content+Fe content ≥0.8%, wherein the 1-20 μm equivalent circle diameter Al—Mn—Si—Fe-based intermetallic compound density is 3.0×105 to 1.0×106 pieces/cm2, and the 0.1 μm to less than 1 μm equivalent circle diameter Al—Mn—Si—Fe-based intermetallic compound density is at least 1.0×107 pieces/cm2. The sacrificial anode material includes an aluminum alloy containing Si: 0.1-0.6%, Zn: 1.0-5.0%, and Ni: 0.1-2.0%. |
| US10183356B2 |
Welding tool comprising a shoulder, welding method and workpiece
A welding method for connecting at least two workpieces at a connection region by means of friction stir welding using a welding tool having a probe and a shoulder. The method includes rotating the probe around a rotation axis, wherein the connection region is softened by friction heat provided by the probe during said friction stir welding to form a welded seam at the connection region. The method also includes molding, simultaneously with forming the welded seam, at least one of a bevel, a rounding and a chamfer on an edge of the connection region using the shoulder, wherein the shoulder is configured to separate the connection region from the surroundings. |
| US10183354B2 |
Weld stud for drawn-arc stud welding
A weld stud for drawn-arc stud welding has a functional portion and a welding portion which represents one end of the weld stud and which is delimited by a front face that is curved outwards in a longitudinal direction of the weld stud. |
| US10183352B2 |
Welding wire feed speed control system and method
A welding system is disclosed in which the rate of advancement of wire electrode is determined automatically. The device can include a control circuit that determines the rate of advancement of the wire electrode in response to a signal from the voltage selection device of the welding system. Depending upon the operator selected voltage which is selected via the voltage selection device, the control circuit will determine the appropriate rate of wire electrode advancement and control the advancement mechanism (e.g., electric motor) accordingly. Linking of the voltage level and wire-feed speed controls facilities easy of use for more novice operators and, furthermore, facilitates single-handed adjustment of two operational parameters during a welding process. |
| US10183349B2 |
Adjustable shoe for a power tool
A band saw includes a first wheel and a second wheel for supporting a continuous band saw blade, a motor operable to drive at least one of the first and second wheels, a housing supporting the first wheel and the second wheel, a shoe for engaging a workpiece, the shoe including a first detent feature. The band saw also includes a second detent feature cooperating with the first detent feature to hold the shoe with respect to the housing. The shoe is moveable with respect to the housing between an engaged position and a non-engaged position. The shoe is moveable out of the engaged position by application of a force acting to move the shoe with respect to the housing sufficient to overcome cooperation between the first and second detent features in the engaged position. |
| US10183342B2 |
Cutting tip
The invention concerns a cutting tip (6) comprising: a core (10) that extends axially; and at least a first branch (12) and a second branch (14) that extend radially from the core (10), each comprising: a proximal portion (12a, 14a) connected to the core (10), a distal portion (12b, 14b), and a central portion (12c, 14c) connecting the proximal portion (12a, 14a) and the distal portion (12b, 14b); and a cutting edge (12d, 14d) extending at least along the distal portion (12b, 14b) and the central portion (12c, 14c); in which: the distal portion (12b) of the first branch (12) is arranged radially forward relative to the central portion (12c) of the first branch (12); and the central portion (14c) of the second branch (14) is arranged radially forward relative to the distal portion (14b) of the second branch (14). |
| US10183340B2 |
Twist lock tool system
A tool system including a liner having a body and a plurality of coupling members extending from the body, the body includes a first aperture through which at least part of a tool extends and is configured for coupling to a tool fixture, and a housing having an second aperture through which the at least part of the tool extends, a first end of the housing having grooves configured to mate with the plurality of coupling members to couple the tool within the grooves and to the tool fixture. |
| US10183339B2 |
Depth limiting drill
A depth limiting device for a drill includes a main body, an axial braking structure, and a limited shrinking structure. The axial braking structure is attached to the main body. The limited shrinking structure surrounds a drill rod of the drill, is slidably attached to the main body, and is in a home position or a compressed position. The axial braking structure axially brakes the drill rod such that the drill rod moves together with the depth limiting device. When the drill rod enters into a subject, the limited shrinking structure is pressed against the subject, moves from the home position to the compressed position, and stops the drill rod from entering further into the subject. |
| US10183334B2 |
Selection system having improved axial locking
A selection system, comprising: a sheath defining an internal housing extending in a longitudinal direction; a link rod disposed in said internal housing, and extending in the longitudinal direction; and a selection slide mounted to slide in the internal housing, about the link rod; the link rod being held stationary relative to the sheath against movement in translation in the longitudinal direction by stop means; the system being characterized in that the stop means comprise: a base that is a body of revolution and includes a conical portion; and a shell comprising two shell portions each including a conical portion configured to come to bear in plane manner against the conical portion of the base. |
| US10183333B2 |
Circular cutting insert having non-circular peripheral edge
A cutting tool has an insert holder with an indexable cutting insert removably secured therein. The cutting insert has upper and lower end surfaces with a peripheral side surface and a through bore extending therebetween, and a plurality of upper cutting edges formed on an upper peripheral edge. The peripheral side surface includes a non-circular upper relief surface adjacent the upper peripheral edge and a circular upper abutment surface spaced apart from the upper peripheral edge. Each upper cutting edge exhibits mirror symmetry about a bisector plane, and is non-linear in a side view. The through bore has an inner undercut formed by upper and lower bore surfaces located on opposite sides of a median plane, and a clamping member makes contact with one of the upper and lower bore surfaces at an inner contact zone located between the median plane and a seat surface of the insert holder. |
| US10183330B2 |
Skillful three-dimensional printing
The present disclosure various apparatuses, and systems for 3D printing. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, software and systems for a step and repeat energy irradiation process; controlling material characteristics and/or deformation of the 3D object; reducing deformation in a printed 3D object; and planarizing a material bed. |
| US10183329B2 |
Quality control of additive manufactured parts
Methods and apparatuses to fabricate additive manufactured parts with in-process monitoring are described. As parts are formed layer-by-layer, a 3D measurement of each layer or layer group may be acquired. The acquisition of dimensional data may be performed at least partially in parallel with the formation of layers. The dimensional data may be accumulated until the part is fully formed, resulting in a part that was completely inspected as it was built. The as-built measurement data may be compared to the input geometrical description of the desired part shape. Where the part fails to meet tolerance, it may be amended during the build process or rejected. |
| US10183322B2 |
Method of reusing core sand
A method of reusing core sand includes: crushing a core used for casting into granules; heating the granules at a temperature of 300° C. to 550° C.; causing the heated granules to collide against each other such that water glass used as a binder detaches from the core sand; and blowing air into a mixture of the water glass and the core sand, which are detached from each other, such that the core sand is separated and collected from the mixture due to a difference in specific gravity between the water glass and the core sand. |
| US10183321B2 |
Tubular back beam assembly for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same
A tubular back beam assembly may include a plurality of main members, each of which is formed by cold rolling and hot stamping and the plurality of main members may be coupled to form a vertically stacked structure with flat portions coupled in a surface contact fashion, or the tubular back beam assembly may include a main member and at least one support member that are directly coupled to form a vertically stacked structure. |
| US10183320B2 |
Method for producing a multi-layer large pipe
A method for producing a multilayer large pipe having an outer support layer and at least one inner liner layer. Advantages with regard to productivity and the properties of the multilayer large pipe are achieved by the sequence of method steps wherein production of a support sheet is pre-bent to a predetermined initial bending radius for the support layer and at least one liner sheet is pre-bent to a predetermined initial bending radius for the liner layer, placement of the at least one pre-bent liner sheet against the inside of the pre-bent support sheet, with a positioning and parallel alignment of its longitudinal edges extending in the direction of the bending axis in order to form the support layer and the at least one liner layer, there is integral joining of at least one of two longitudinal edges of the at least one liner sheet to the support sheet, shaping of the composite of the integrally joined support layer and at least one liner layer to form a slit multilayer large pipe by a bending machine, with nonpositive, frictional engagement in liner regions that are not integrally joined, and there is closing of the remaining gap of the slit multilayer large pipe with a longitudinal seam by welding. |
| US10183318B2 |
Method and device for producing a structured surface on a steel embossing roller
A method for structuring a steel embossing roller surface includes using a short pulse laser including at least one of a femtosecond laser and a picosecond laser. The structuring is macrostructuring with dimensions of over 20 μm and depths up to 150 μm and more. The short pulse laser has: in single pulse operation, a fluence in the range of 0.5 J/cm2 to 3.5 J/cm2, and in burst operation, a mean burst fluence of 0.5 J/cm2 to 70 J/cm2 per pulse; a wavelength of 532 nm to 1064 nm; a repetition rate of 1 kHz to 10 MHz; a pulse to pulse spacing on the roller of 10% to 50% of the beam diameter for the femtosecond laser and of 10-25% and 40-50% of the beam width for the picosecond laser; a laser pulse position near the roller surface; and deflection velocities of up to 100 m/s and more. |
| US10183317B2 |
Chemical oxidation method and compounds
A method and system for the reduction of contamination in soil and groundwater is provided. Cyclic oligosaccharides can be used, for example, to carry oxidants, carry activators, solubilize organic contaminants and promote biodegradation. |
| US10183316B2 |
Sustained release reactant blends
There is provided according to the present invention a sustained release reactant blend and methods for making the sustained release reactant blends. There is further provided methods for using such blends in the in situ or ex situ remediation of contaminated groundwater and in the treatment of water and wastewater. There is further provided, according to the present invention, methods for controllably coating reactant blends whereby such coated blends exhibit sustained release properties and have an open structure. |
| US10183315B2 |
Substrate cleaning device
A substrate cleaning device includes: a housing having a cleaning chamber therein; a plurality of spray pipelines pivotally mounted at the housing and distributed side by side along a moving direction of a substrate, each of the spray pipelines is provided with several spray ports configured to direct liquid in the spray pipeline towards a surface to be cleaned of the substrate, and one end of each of the spray pipelines is provided with a transmission gear coaxially fixed thereto; a driving system (4) coupled with the transmission gear and thus configured to drive the spray pipeline, through the transmission gear, to rotate reciprocally at the same frequency, wherein a portion of spray pipelines have a reciprocal rotation direction opposite to that of the other portion of spray pipelines. This substrate cleaning device enables a better cleaning effect for the substrate surface with minimum influence on the traveling speed of the substrate. |
| US10183308B2 |
Spraying device
A compact spraying device (10) connectable to a surface and for spraying a fluid comprises a housing (16) with an inlet (20), a pump (28) in fluid communication with the inlet (20), a retractable nozzle (24) in fluid communication with the pump (28), a nozzle cover (22) and a drive system (30). The retractable nozzle (24) selectively extends forward relative to a front side of the housing (16) into a spraying position for spraying the fluid and retracts inside the housing to a retracted position when not spraying. The nozzle cover (22) is selectively moveable from a closed position in which the cover (22) covers the nozzle (24) when the nozzle (24) is in a retracted position, to an open position in which the cover (22) moves to allow the nozzle (24) to extend into the spraying position. The drive system (30) moves the retractable nozzle (24) and the nozzle cover (22) and operates the pump (28). |
| US10183307B2 |
Method for applying a flowable substance
A method and apparatus for applying a flowable substance to a flat or curved product using a nozzle unit. The nozzle unit includes a nozzle valve that has a nozzle end with an outlet opening. Moist air and/or temperature-moderated air is admitted to a zone of the nozzle end to form condensation when the supplied moist and/or temperature-moderated air hits the nozzle end zone. Drying up or agglutinating of the flowable substance is thereby prevented at the outlet opening of the nozzle end to secure a continuous, unobstructed flow of the flowable substance from the outlet opening. |
| US10183306B2 |
System and apararatus for cost effective automated preparation and coating for large surfaces
An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns. Travel of the system along the work surface is accomplished by a reference track, which may be virtual or actual along which an unmanned platform travels. An articulated computer controlled arm is carried by the unmanned platform which in turn carries the assemblage. Other tools may be selectively operatively connected to the arm for cleaning the hull before a coating is applied thereto. |
| US10183302B2 |
Micro fogging device and method
The present invention relates to micro fogging device and method which can spray micro fog-like fine water droplet to be used, for example, for protected cultivation, such as green houses, or barns. The micro fogging device can supply fog tinier than the conventional low pressure foggers, and includes: a low pressure fogger unit for forming fog at low pressure; and a venture nozzle which is coupled to a coupling pipe of the low pressure fogger unit to finely segment/divide the water droplets supplied from the low pressure fogger unit, thereby minimizing usage of water and compressed air and maximizing the effectiveness of fog generation. |
| US10183295B2 |
Convective polymerase chain reaction apparatus and optical detecting method thereof
A convective polymerase chain reaction apparatus includes a tube, a temperature control unit, at least one light source and a sensor. The tube includes a cavity used to contain a reaction solution. The reaction solution has a liquid level measured from a bottom of the cavity to a top surface of the reaction solution. The temperature control unit is disposed adjacent to the tube for controlling the temperature of the reaction solution. The at least one light source provides a light beam passing through an incident portion of the tube to excite the reaction solution emitting a fluorescent light. The incident portion is located at a height greater than ½ of a liquid level. The sensor is adjacent to the tube for detecting the excited fluorescence. The light beam has an incident direction forming a non-straight angle with a long axis of the tube. |
| US10183294B2 |
Fluid handling device
A fluid handling device includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, wherein a first recess which allows fluid to flow therethrough is formed on the first surface; a film including a third surface and a fourth surface which are opposite to each other, wherein at least a pair of second recesses is formed on the third surface; and at least a pair of electrodes whose shape is defined by the second recesses, the electrodes being disposed in the second recesses and configured to apply an electric field to an inside of the first recess, the film being joined to the substrate such that the first surface and the fourth surface face each other. |
| US10183293B2 |
Reagent reservoir for fluids
A reagent reservoir for fluids, including a storage chamber connected to a duct for conducting fluid out of, into and/or through the storage chamber. The duct includes a duct section delimited by a substrate and a film joined to the substrate. The duct is sealed and is openable at a predetermined breaking point by deflecting the film. The film also delimits the storage chamber and covers a recess in the substrate which forms the duct section. A sealing wall that seals the duct and is integrally joined to the substrate is placed in the recess. The predetermined breaking point is formed by a breakable joining region between the film and an edge portion of the sealing wall facing the film. The dimensions of a peripheral area of the sealing wall, which is formed in the edge portion and runs parallel to the film, determine the surface area of the joining region. |
| US10183291B2 |
Generation and trapping of aqueous droplets in a microfluidic chip with an air continuous phase
The invention relates to a method and system for generating droplets of an aqueous solution on a microfluidic chip with an air continuous phase. Specifically, the droplet generator according to the present invention is integrated into a microfluidic chip to generate and introduce droplets of an aqueous solution into the microfluidic chip. The droplets travelling in a network of chip channels may be captured in on-chip traps in a manner defined by hydrodynamic resistances of chip channels. A biological reaction may be performed on a droplet trapped on the microfluidic chip. |
| US10183286B2 |
Noble metal zeolite catalyst for second-stage hydrocracking to make middle distillate
A second-stage hydrocracking catalyst is provided, comprising: a) a zeolite beta having an OD acidity of 20 to 400 μmol/g and an average domain size from 800 to 1500 nm2; b) a zeolite USY having an ASDI between 0.05 and 0.12; c) a catalyst support; and d) 0.1 to 10 wt % noble metal; wherein the second-stage hydrocracking catalyst provides a hydrogen consumption less than 350 SCFB across a range of synthetic conversions up to 37 wt % when used to hydrocrack hydrocarbonaceous feeds having an initial boiling point greater than 380° F. (193° C.). A second-stage hydrocracking process using the second-stage hydrocracking process is provided. A method to make the second-stage hydrocracking catalyst is also provided. |
| US10183285B2 |
Process for preparing a molecular sieve
Synthesis of molecular sieves of the STT and ITE framework types using, as a structure directing agent Q, [L(DETA)2]2+ cation or [L(TEPA)]2+ cation, or a mixture thereof, where L is a divalent metal cation comprising at least one of Ni, Co and Mn and DETA is diethylene triamine and TEPA is tetraethylene pentamine. |
| US10183280B1 |
Photocatalyst for removing hydroxypropyl guar gum in flow-back fluid of fracturing fluid and preparation method and use thereof
The present invention relates to the photocatalyst field, and discloses a photocatalyst for removing hydroxypropyl guar gum in flow-back fluid of fracturing liquid, and a preparation method and the use of the photocatalyst, wherein, the photocatalyst is expressed by Bi5O7Br0.5I0.5, in a powder form in 12-15 nm particle size, with 285-300 m2/g specific surface area. The photocatalyst has improved response to visible light, has greater specific surface area, and has very high activity in removal of hydroxypropyl guar gum in flow-back fluid of fracturing liquid. In addition, the photocatalyst can be prepared with a simple preparation method under mild conditions, and can be used to remove hydroxypropyl guar gum in flow-back fluid of fracturing liquid. |
| US10183278B2 |
Method for preparing the nano-porous oxide-noble metal composite material by deoxidation
The present invention discloses a method for preparing the nano-porous oxide-noble metal composite material by deoxidation, comprising dissolving the noble metal ion or fine particles, the oxide salt to be dissolved and the target oxide salt in the pure water in a proportion to form the mixed solution, adding the surface active agent, and stirring magnetically; dropping the precipitant gradually to form the precipitate, stirring for 4 h, separating and cleaning the precipitate, and drying, grinding and calcining at a high temperature; corroding fully and dissolving part of the oxide with an etchant, preserving the noble metal and the target oxide, separating, cleaning, drying at 80° C., and heat treating at a high temperature to obtain the nano-porous oxide-noble metal composite material. The present invention has the technological advantages of simple operation, low energy consumption, environmental protection and suitable for batching, etc. |
| US10183277B2 |
Photocatalytic composition for water purification
Disclosed herein are lightweight and settable photocatalytic compositions and solid composites; methods of preparing the compositions and solid composites; and their use in water purification. The compositions are comprised of photocatalysts such as titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO), lightweight glass bubbles, and a hydraulic cementing binder. The lightweight and settable photocatalytic compositions can be formed into lightweight photocatalytic solid composites and/or structures by mixing with water and moist curing. Disclosed herein are relatively simple, fast, and cost effective methodologies to photodope the TiO2—ZnO compositions and composites with silver (Ag), to enhance and extend the photocatalytic activity from the ultraviolet into the visible light spectrum. The lightweight and settable TiO2—ZnO and Ag—TiO2—ZnO compositions are used in making solids, structures, coatings, and continuous or semi-continuous water purification panels for purifying contaminated water. |
| US10183272B2 |
Adsorbent for heteroatom species removal and uses thereof
Adsorbent materials including a porous material support and about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a Group 8 metal ion are provide herein. Methods of making the adsorbent material and processes of using the adsorbent material, e.g., for heteroatom species separation, are also provided herein. |
| US10183268B1 |
Method of manufacturing bio-diesel and reactor
A reactor and process for the production of bio-diesel. The reactor includes one or more coiled reaction lines. The lines are positioned within a tank containing a heat transfer media such as molten salt, maintained at about 750° F. A pump circulates the media within the tank. An emulsion of alcohol; refined feed stock, including glycerides and/or fatty acids; and preferably water is pumped through the reaction lines at temperatures and pressures sufficient to maintain the alcohol in a super-critical state. The curvature of the coils, pump pulsing, and the flow rate of the emulsion keep the emulsion in a turbulent state while in the reactor, ensuring thorough mixing of the alcohol and feed stock. The alcohol reacts with the glycerides and fatty acids to form bio-diesel. The reaction is fast, efficient with regard to energy input and waste generation, and requires minimal alcohol. |
| US10183267B2 |
Gas-to-liquids conversion process using electron beam irradiation
A process for converting light alkanes from a natural gas production stream to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons is provided. The method includes transporting the natural gas stream to an electron beam reactor, such as a steel flow-type radiation reactor connected hermetically to an accelerator beam window. The gas stream is exposed to electron beam radiation to generate an upgraded and substantially liquefied hydrocarbon stream. The method then includes transporting the substantially liquefied hydrocarbon stream into a scrubber to remove non-condensed gases. The remaining liquid hydrocarbon stream is then transported as condensate to a distillation tower, where high octane products are separated through fractionation. |
| US10183264B2 |
Process for the insertion and conveying of labile additives in streams of molten material
The present invention relates to a process for the insertion and conveying of a labile additive, or a mixture thereof, in a transporting pipe, in which a main stream of molten material flows, said process characterized in that it incorporates said additive, or said mixture, in a portion of the pipe delimited by the main stream, according to one of the following alternative modes: a) in a longitudinal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of molten material, or b) in a transversal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of. molten material, or c) according to a composition of the longitudinal (a) and transversal (b) mode, thus forming a resulting stream which keeps the labile additives segregated from the main stream of molten material. |
| US10183261B2 |
Device for preparing an emulsified hot beverage
A milk-whipping device is disclosed. The device includes a heating base, a cylindrical container for the milk which rests on the base and which has a thermal exchange, a sealing closing flange, an impeller inserted in the container to produce an emulsifying effect on the milk; and a pair of connecting arms which can be snap-actuated. The connecting arms are revolvingly constrained to the base and extend along the lateral skirt of the container until hooking onto the closing flange. |
| US10183260B2 |
Carbonation unit and process for carbonating a beverage
A carbonation unit which includes a carbonation chamber and an expansion chamber is employed for use in beverage dispensers. The carbonation unit also provides a process for carbonation of a beverage that includes reducing the pressure in the carbonation chamber to a dispensing pressure through the use of the gas expansion chamber. |
| US10183252B2 |
Base metal catalyst for treatment of ozone and volatile organic compounds present in air supply
Disclosed herein are base metal catalyst devices for removing ozone, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. A catalyst device includes a housing, a solid substrate disposed within the housing, and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a first base metal catalyst at a first mass percent, a second base metal catalyst at a second mass percent, and a support material impregnated with at least one of the first base metal catalyst or the second base metal catalyst. The preferred catalyst composition is a combination of manganese oxide and copper oxide. |
| US10183251B2 |
Microcapsule fabric for absorption and release
A permeable microcapsule embedded fabric acts as a sorbent that creates mold-able, variable geometry fabrics for static or dynamic use. The fabric is composed of micro encapsulated solvent spheres held together by structural members. The fabric provides an excellent means to absorb and separate gases and/or liquids, particularly to separate carbon dioxide from flue gases. |
| US10183245B2 |
Water filtration system and water filtration system housing with closing assembly
A water filtration system utilizes a housing configured to utilize various types of filter media and having a press-sealed closing system. The closing system includes a head portion defining a head opening, a lock member, and a lid member. The lock member releasably engages the head portion such that an abutment section of the lock member projects into the head opening. The lid member is received by the head portion to cover the head opening, and has an outward-facing press section configured to abut an inward facing portion of the abutment section of the lock member when the lid member is covering the head opening. Pressure generated within the housing during water filtration presses the lid member in an outward direction and causes the lid member press section to press against the abutment section of the lock member to substantially prevent disengagement of the lock member from the head portion. |
| US10183244B2 |
Filter element with central element for a filter system
A filter element (10) has a filter bellows (12) arranged about the longitudinal axis (L) and having a first end disk (14) on a first end face (26), and a second end disk (16) on a second end face (28). A central element (20) is arranged rotatably about the longitudinal axis (L) relative to the filter bellows (12) in the interior (18) of the filter bellows (12). The central element (20) has one or multiple positioning elements (22, 24) which interact with counter positioning elements (116, 118) of an upper housing part (114) to fix the central element in the upper housing part (114) in a defined angular position. The central element (20) has at least one electrical connector element (32) on the element, electrically contacting at least one electrical connector element (120) on the housing. |
| US10183242B2 |
Porous inorganic membranes and method of manufacture
A method for making a porous inorganic membrane comprises using a mixture of an inorganic material, organic polymer particles and a solvent to form a slurry. The particles are non-spherical. The method further comprises distributing the slurry onto a surface, drying the slurry to remove the solvent and firing the dried slurry to produce the porous inorganic membrane. Examples of organic polymer particles include particles of acrylic. A substrate comprises a support with a porous inorganic membrane disposed on the support. The inorganic membrane has an average thickness of from about 0.5 micron to about 30 microns, a porosity of from about 30% to about 65%, a median pore size (d50) of from about 0.01 micron to about 1 micron, and a value of (d90−d10)/d50 less than about 2, as measured by mercury porosimetry. An example of a support includes an inorganic porous support. |
| US10183234B2 |
Crossflow tray for a mass transfer column, mass transfer column and use of the mass transfer column
The invention relates to a crossflow tray for a mass transfer column (27) in which a gas is conducted in countercurrent to a liquid, the crossflow tray (1) having passage orifices (3) for the gas and at least two downcomers (5), the downcomers (5) projecting beyond the top surface of the crossflow tray (1) and a collecting cup (13) being disposed beneath each downcomer (5). The downcomer (5) projects into the collecting cup (13), the minimum horizontal cross-sectional area of the collecting cup (13) is 1.2 to 4 times greater than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the downcomer (5) at the outlet, and the collecting cup (13) has a circumferential wall (15) having an overflow (19).The invention further relates to a mass transfer column comprising the crossflow trays and to a use of the mass transfer column. |
| US10183229B2 |
Building toy
A building toy and a method of building with it. The toy is designed to be constructed of a rigid and generally non-deformable material such as, but not limited to, wood and particularly hardwood, and is constructed in the fashion of a log-style building toy. The toy utilizes interconnecting notches in its construction, but provides for a variety of specialized pieces which allow for interconnection of parts where there is one notch but not another, as well as the ability to build roofs, floors, and specialty structures such as fireplaces through the use of specialized components. Further, the use of more strongly connecting components allows for stronger structures to be built. |
| US10183225B2 |
Portable computer gaming control station
A portable gaming control station for holding a keyboard and mouse is disclosed, according to certain embodiments. The portable gaming control station comprises a rectangular tub with a mouse mat area, a keyboard compartment, a cable management compartment, and a built-in powered USB hub, according to certain embodiments. |
| US10183223B2 |
Systems and methods for providing virtual reality content in an online game
Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by providing access to users attempting to join a game instance via virtual reality platforms and denying access to users attempting to join the game instance via non-virtual reality platforms. Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by requiring users playing the online game via virtual reality platforms during a time period to achieve a first objective, and requiring users playing the online game via non-reality platforms during the time period to achieve a second objective. The first objective may require interaction with the virtual reality content and the second object may not require interaction with the virtual reality content. Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by requiring all users to achieve an objective during a time period. The objective may require interaction with the virtual reality content. |
| US10183221B2 |
Game program, game control method, and computer
A computer-implemented method for operating a computer game. It can include identifying a playing user and one or more other users; storing user information about one or more other users and the game progress information of those other users; determining whether any of the other users satisfy a predetermined condition based on their game progress information; identifying any of the other users that meet the condition and qualify as substitution-target users; displaying the substitution-target users to the playing user; obtaining input from a playing user indicating the selection of at least one substitution-target user; allowing the user to play the game, and obtaining a result of a game played by a playing user on behalf of a substitution-target user, with said game being one available to the substitution-target user; and updating the game progress information of the substitution-target user in accordance with the result of that game. |
| US10183217B2 |
Hand-held controller using segmented capacitive touch trigger
A hand-held controller includes a handle extending in a longitudinal direction. The handle is shaped and dimensioned to be grasped by a user's hand. A trigger protrudes from an outer surface of the handle and moves relative to the handle responsive to pressing of the trigger by a finger of the user's hand. The trigger includes a touch surface that comes into contact with the finger of the user's hand to detect sliding of the finger of the user's hand on the touch surface. |
| US10183216B2 |
Game apparatus, storage medium, game controlling method and game system
A game apparatus includes a micon, and the micon measures step counts in correspondence with the magnitude of accelerations indicated by acceleration data from an acceleration sensor when a user carries the game apparatus in a sleep mode in which the apparatus is closed. The step counts are converted into earned coins. In each of a plurality of games executed by the game apparatus, by using the earned coins, a special item is purchased, playing in a special course is permitted, a hint is displayed, and a game is played in fast-forward. |
| US10183214B2 |
Table game multiplier system and method therefor
A table game multiplier system and method expands the play of a craps table by allowing a player to wager on a live-action craps table game being played at a table in a system operator, such as a casino or other suitable establishment, without requiring the person to be physically present at the craps table. The system allows the live-action craps table game to be virtually tiered or duplicated, thereby allowing a set of additional players to wager on a craps table identical to the one being played at a particular system operator. The additional players may connect to the table game multiplier system via an electronic telecommunication device such as, but not limited to, a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer, which may communicate with the system operator to allow the electronic placing of wagers on the tiered craps table. |
| US10183209B1 |
Storage device
A storage device includes at least one set of first and second tubular members, and a plurality of elastic cords that form a penetrable barrier. A first end of each elastic cord is coupled to a first tubular member by a knot, and a second end of each elastic cord is coupled to a second tubular member by positioning an enlarged body in a keyhole. A method for assembling a storage device includes securing first and second tubular members to a frame, looping an elastic cord around the first tubular member, and inserting an enlarged body into a keyhole of the second tubular member. In alternative example, each end of the elastic cord includes an enlarged body and each end of the elastic cord is positioned in a keyhole. In another alternative example, the first tubular member is fed through the loop of each elastic cord. |
| US10183208B2 |
Device for towing a board for board sports
The telescopic device for towing a board for board sports includes a base mounted on the board; and a skid with an in-use position positioned spaced apart from the base, and an out-of-use position positioned close to the base. There is a mechanism for mounting the skid so as to slide relative to the base between the in-use position and the out-of-use position and mechanism for retaining the skid in the in-use position, that includes part of the skid and an additional retaining device that is part of the mechanism for mounting the skid. The mechanism for retaining has an active position for holding the skid in the in-use position. The active position is intended for a movement stress, which is exerted on the skid in the direction of the out-of-use position. There is an inactive retaining position intended for a stress that is greater than a predetermined stress. |
| US10183205B2 |
Slip-proof grip sleeve and method for making the same
A slip-proof grip sleeve includes a lining tube and a slip-proof strip mounted on an outer periphery of the lining tube. The slip-proof strip includes a gripping portion between front and rear ends thereof. The slip-proof strip further includes a first folding portion adjacent to the rear end and a second folding portion adjacent to the gripping portion. The first and second folding portions are thinner than a thickness of the gripping portion. The first folding portion is folded toward an inner face of the slip-proof strip to overlap with the second folding portion. The slip-proof strip includes a third folding portion adjacent to the front end and a fourth folding portion adjacent to the gripping portion. The third and fourth folding portions are thinner than the thickness of the gripping portion. The third folding portion is folded toward the inner face to overlap with the fourth folding portion. |
| US10183204B2 |
Golf club insert
An insert for a golf club head, wherein the insert includes a generally planar base surface and a maximum thickness, Tmax, measured perpendicular to the base surface. The insert further includes a first component comprising a non-metallic material, and a second component coupled to the first component and comprising a continuous, formed metal sheet having a thickness between 0.01 mm and 3.0 mm, the second component extending a maximum distance, D, in a direction perpendicular to the base surface, that is no less than 6 mm. The insert is configured such that a ratio D/Tmax is no less than 0.50. |
| US10183200B2 |
Short game analysis system
The present invention generally relates to lightweight, portable robot for analyzing golf balls for short game performance attributes. The preferred robot is specifically designed to be lightweight and portable and to be able to hit a golf ball off of the ground or a mat that simulates the ground such that realistic short game performance can be evaluated. |
| US10183199B1 |
Tubular projectile device
Tubular projectile devices are disclosed herein. An exemplary tubular projectile device includes a spheroid frame having a long axis and a short axis. Further, the exemplary tubular projectile device includes a tubular medial section coupled with the spheroid frame; a first bicone comprising an exterior first cone congruent with an interior first cone, the first bicone being terminal along the long axis of the spheroid frame and coupled with the spheroid frame; and a second bicone comprising an exterior second cone congruent with an interior second cone, the second bicone being terminal along the long axis of the spheroid frame and coupled with the spheroid frame. The exemplary tubular projectile device may be a football. |
| US10183198B2 |
Golf ball compositions
Disclosed herein are polyurethane golf ball compositions. The compositions are prepared by adding a UV absorber to a polyol prior to reacting the polyol with an isocyanate to form a prepolymer, which is then reacted with a curing agent to form the polyurethane. |
| US10183192B2 |
Therapeutic hand-held exercise device
A therapeutic hand-held exercise device includes a pair of movable members that each define a handle portion and an end effector portion. The movable members are pivotably connected for relative pivotal movement between a first position and a second position. The handle portion of one of the movable members defines at least one flexible member engaging post. The end effector portion of the other movable member defines at least one flexible member engaging post such that the flexible member engaging posts can receive a common flexible member. The flexible member engaging posts are joined via a first common flexible member and other flexible member engaging posts are joined via a second common flexible member. The common flexible members may each exhibit a tensile strength that provides resistance to movement which either differs from or is equal to the tensile strength of the other common flexible member. |
| US10183185B2 |
Fall arrest apparatus
A fall arrest apparatus including a force damping subsystem having a damper, a brake release mechanism connected to the force damping subsystem and arranged to trigger when a force having a sufficient magnitude is transmitted to the brake release mechanism, and a brake mechanism including an energy storage device arranged to deploy at least one anchor when the brake release mechanism is triggered. The force is provided by a falling object to the force damping subsystem and the force damping subsystem is arranged to decelerate the falling object after the brake release mechanism is triggered. |
| US10183184B2 |
Closed circuit breathing apparatus and method of operating same
A closed circuit breathing apparatus (2) and a method of operating the same, the method comprising: determining whether a sufficient amount of replenishing gas is being supplied to a breathing circuit (4); sensing pressure within the breathing circuit (4) using a pressure sensor (6); generating a pressure signal representative of the sensed pressure; determining whether the pressure signal is representative of breathing; and generating an alert if it is determined that both an insufficient amount of replenishing gas, such as oxygen, is being supplied to the breathing circuit (4) and that the pressure signal is representative of breathing. |
| US10183183B2 |
Acoustic applicators for controlled thermal modification of tissue
An apparatus and method for modifying collagen containing dermal tissue. The apparatus includes a source of ultrasound energy comprised of a plurality of curvilinear ultrasound transducers shaped to direct ultrasound energy to selected skin depths. The transducers have variable curvature, drive frequency, power level and geometries to effect precise control of collagen modification. |
| US10183182B2 |
Methods and systems for treating plantar fascia
Various embodiments, described herein, provide methods and systems for the treatment of plantar fascia. In some embodiments, a method of non-invasive treatment of plantar fasciacan include the steps of identifying a damage location comprising a planter fascia; directing a conformal distribution of ultrasound energy to the plantar fascia at the damage location; creating a plurality of micro lesions in the plantar fascia at the damage location; initiating healing of a plurality of micro tears in the plantar fascia at the damage location; and sparing intervening tissue between the plantar fascia and a surface of a sole of a foot. |
| US10183181B2 |
Ion chamber for radiation measurement
An ion chamber has a chamber having an interior volume. There is a first electrode and a second electrode in the chamber and separated by a gap. A collector electrode is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The collector electrode is shaped to occlude a portion of the first electrode from the second electrode. |
| US10183177B2 |
Patient monitor
Images obtained by a camera system (10) arranged to obtain stereoscopic images of a patient (20) undergoing radio-therapy are processed by a modeling unit (56,58) which generates a model of the surface of a patient (20) being monitored. Additionally the patient monitoring system processes image data not utilized to generate a model of the surface of a patient being monitored to determine further information concerning the treatment of the patient (20). Such additional data can comprise data identifying the relative location of the patient and a treatment apparatus (16). This can be facilitated by providing a number or retro-reflective markers (30-40) on a treatment apparatus (16) and a mechanical couch (18) used to position the patient (20) relative to the treatment apparatus (16) and monitoring the presence and location of the markers in the portions of the images obtained by the stereoscopic camera (10). |
| US10183175B2 |
Cancer detection and treatment apparatus
A catheter treatment apparatus comprises an elongate tubular member and an expandable support. The expandable support comprises a radioactive substance to treat cancerous tissue and is configured to expand from a narrow profile for insertion to a wide profile to engage and treat tissue remaining after resection. The expandable support can be sized to fit within a volume of removed tissue to place the radioactive substance in proximity to the capsule and remaining tissue, to spare the capsule and proximate nerves and vessels to treat tissue in proximity to the capsule. The elongate tubular member may comprise a channel such as a lumen to pass a bodily fluid such as urine when the expandable support engages the tissue to treat the patient for a plurality of days. The treatment apparatus can be used to resect and diagnose tissue concurrently. Based on the diagnosis, targeted segmental treatment may be given. |
| US10183174B2 |
Device for providing body temperature regulation and/or therapeutic light directed to vasculature
One bracelet embodiment provides therapeutic blood irradiation at a first wrist region using a first module, and body temperature regulation/irradiation at a second wrist region using a second module. A connector couples one end of the modules together, while an attachment band releasably couples the second ends together, for attachment to the wrist. The first module includes first and second distributed pluralities of lights respectively emitting 850 and 660 nm wavelengths, and a third plurality emitting 630 nm, 532 nm, and 450 nm wavelengths, positioned in a row substantially parallel to the arm of the user. The second module includes first and second rows of lights on first and second sides of a cooling unit, each emitting 405 nm wavelengths, with the two rows positioned for penetration to the radial and ulnar arteries. The bracelet includes a microprocessor, LED screen, and firmware for displaying a GUI permitting treatment protocol selections. |
| US10183173B2 |
Content output device, content output method, control device, and control method
There is provided a content output device including a selection unit which selects content according to a user's condition and a magnetic field pattern corresponding to the content, a content output unit which outputs the content, and a magnetic field generating unit which generates a magnetic field based on the magnetic field pattern. |
| US10183172B2 |
Monitoring and detecting magnetic stimulation
A method, system, and apparatus for monitoring a magnetic field related to magnetic stimulation may be provided. A system for monitoring a pulsing magnetic field related to magnetic stimulation therapy may include a magnetic stimulation component, a sensor, and a processor. The magnetic stimulation component may be configured to generate the pulsing magnetic field for the magnetic stimulation therapy. The sensor may be configured to generate a signal associated with the pulsing magnetic field. The processor may be configured to estimate a first characteristic associated with a first peak of the signal, estimate a second characteristic associated with a second peak of the signal, and determine a third characteristic of the signal based on the first characteristic and the second characteristic. The processor may be configured to determine whether a failure occurred based on the third characteristic of the signal. |
| US10183169B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating selection of one or more vectors in a medical device
Systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One illustrative method may include delivering electrical stimulation at a first voltage to each vector in a first set of two or more vectors of a multi-vector medical system, determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the first voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the first set of two or more vectors, identifying those vectors of the first set of two or more vectors that were determined to result in capture as a second set of vectors, delivering electrical stimulation at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to each vector in the second set of vectors, and determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the second voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the second set of vectors. |
| US10183168B2 |
Systems and methods for automated charge balancing of multiple electrodes for uninterrupted therapy and evoked response sensing
Electrical stimulation of a target (e.g., nervous tissue) is performed, wherein balance phases are automatically determined, and at least one of the electrodes is indirectly monitored during therapy delivery. The stimulation system is further configured to generate correction currents when a voltage accumulated at associated double layer capacitances crosses pre-defined thresholds so as to reduce or cancel the accumulated voltages without therapy interruption. A finer automatic determination of balance phases permits minimizing the stimulus artifact for evoked response sensing. Closed-loop neurostimulation may be performed based on such evoked responses. |
| US10183166B2 |
Systems and method for automatically detecting an MRI environment for patient implanted with medical device
Methods, medical devices, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems are provided. A patient implanted with a medical device is exposed to a time-varying magnetic field having a signature, thereby inducing mechanical vibrations in at least one component of the medical device. A vibrational characteristic of the mechanical vibrations induced in the component(s) is detected. The vibrational characteristic is analyzed, and the signature of the magnetic field is identified based on the analyzed vibrational characteristic. The medical device is automatically switched from a first operational mode to a second operational mode when the signature is identified. |
| US10183163B2 |
Systems and methods for delivering pulsed electric fields to skin tissue
Systems and methods for controlling a tissue of a subject using applied pulsed electric fields. The system for controlling a therapy provided to a tissue of a subject using applied pulsed electric fields. The system includes an electrode assembly configured to engage a skin tissue of a subject to deliver a series of electric field pulses to the skin tissue and a user input configured to receive an operational instruction for the series of electric field pulses. The operational instruction defines at least one of a pulse duration, a pulse frequency, a pulse number, and a pulse amplitude. The system also includes at least one processor configured to access the operational instruction received by the user input and, using the operational instruction, create an electric field profile to be generated by the electrode assembly about the skin tissue of the subject to control a fibroblast characteristic while preserving a vascular perfusion in at least a portion of the skin tissue. The processor is also caused to control the electrode assembly using the electric field profile to deliver the series of electric field pulses to control the fibroblast characteristic. |
| US10183160B2 |
Wearable therapeutic device
A wearable therapeutic device includes a garment configured to be worn on a torso of a patient. The garment has an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The garment is configured to house at least one defibrillator component, a first therapy electrode disposed in the anterior portion of the garment, a second therapy electrode disposed in the posterior portion of the garment, and an alarm module configured to alert the patient of an impending defibrillation shock from the at least one defibrillator component to be delivered by at least one of the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode. The first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode are configured to be electrically coupled to the at least one defibrillator component. At least one of the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode is at least one of woven into the garment and comprises a textile material. |
| US10183158B2 |
Connecting structure for medical use
A connecting structure for medical use includes a first connecting portion 1 and a second connecting portion 2. The first connecting portion 1 includes a threadedly engageable portion 22a, a support portion 22b and a sealing portion 14. The second connecting portion 2 includes a threadedly engageable portion 2c and a sealing portion 2b. The threadedly engageable portions are threadedly engageable with each other. The sealing portions are joinable to each other by advancement of a threaded engagement between the threadedly engageable portions. An operating cylinder 30 is mounted on an outer periphery of the support portion 22b. A torque limiting mechanism 40 is disposed between the operating cylinder 30 and the support portion 22b. The sealing portions 14, 2b can be joined by turning the operating cylinder 30 in a threaded engagement advancing direction. When a rotary torque applied to the operating cylinder 30 reaches a predetermined torque as a result of a resistance generated by the joining of the sealing portions, the operating cylinder 30 is turned free from the support portion 22b. By this arrangement, appropriate sealing properties can be secured and the sealing portions can be prevented from breakages. |
| US10183155B2 |
Implantable devices and methods for evaluation of active agents
Devices for the local delivery of microdose amounts of one or more active agents, alone or in combination, in one or more dosages, to selected tissue of a patient are described. The devices generally include multiple microwells arranged on or within a support structure and contain one or more active agents, alone or in combination, in one or more dosages and/or release pharmacokinetics. In an exemplary embodiment, the device has a cylindrical shape, having symmetrical wells on the outside of the device, each well containing one or more drugs, at one or more concentrations, sized to permit placement using a catheter, cannula, or stylet. Optionally, the device has a guidewire, and fiber optics, sensors and/or interactive features such as remote accessibility to provide for in situ retrieval of information and modification of device release properties. In a preferred embodiment, the fiber optics and/or sensors are individually accessible to discrete wells. |
| US10183153B2 |
Sinus wall implant
An apparatus comprises an absorbent body, a non-permeable feature, and a port feature. The absorbent body comprises a wicking feature. The non-permeable feature is coupled with the absorbent body. The non-permeable feature and at least a portion of the absorbent body are configured to fit in an opening in a paranasal sinus wall. The port feature extends through the absorbent body. The port feature defines a lumen. The wicking feature extends outwardly relative to the port lumen. During installation of the apparatus, the non-permeable feature is positioned in an opening in the paranasal sinus wall. The absorbent body is oriented such that the wicking feature is in contact with mucosal tissue in a sinus cavity defined by the paranasal sinus wall. A proximal portion of the absorbent body is positioned outside the paranasal sinus wall. |
| US10183151B2 |
Reentry catheter and method thereof
The invention generally relates to method and apparatus for crossing an obstruction in a tubular member, and more particularly to a medical device method for crossing of a chronic occlusion in a subintimal or interstitial space of an artery. |
| US10183149B2 |
Five degree of freedom ultrasound catheter and catheter control handle
Catheter ultrasound systems including a sheath, a handle, a sheath lumen, and an ultrasound catheter disposed within the lumen of the sheath with ultrasound elements capable of visualizing anatomical regions. The handle allowing the ultrasound catheter to rotate with respect to the sheath using a rotation adjustment knob within the handle or alternatively an separate manipulation handle attached to the proximal end of the ultrasound catheter. The sheath, ultrasound catheter, or both may also include one or more electrodes or other location sensor for both orienting the ultrasound element as well as for diagnostic purposes. |
| US10183145B2 |
Enhanced flexibility neurovascular catheter
A catheter is provided, such as for distal neurovascular access or aspiration. The catheter includes an elongate flexible body, having a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall defining a central lumen. A distal zone of the side wall includes a tubular inner liner, a tie layer separated from the lumen by the inner liner, a helical coil surrounding the tie layer, adjacent windings of the coil spaced progressively further apart in the distal direction. An outer jacket surrounds the helical coil. The outer jacket is formed from a plurality of tubular segments positioned end to end, coaxially about the coil. The flexural load profile of the catheter as a function of catheter length is configured to provide enhanced distal flexibility while maintaining high backup support. |
| US10183141B2 |
Systems and methods for treating dementia
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for at least one of preventing, reducing, and treating a level of or change in at least one of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, C-terminal fragment-β (β-CTF), β-secretase (BACE1), γ-secretase, neuroinflammation, and/or dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease or age-related decline) in a subject by inducing synchronized gamma oscillations in the brain of the subject using, for example, a stimulus-emitting device to emit a stimulus (e.g., light, sound, and/or haptic) at a frequency (e.g., about 40 Hz) that synchronously activates in vivo a specific cell type (e.g., fast-spiking-parvalbumin (FS-PV) immunoreactive interneurons) and/or brain region (e.g., a sensory cortex and/or hippocampus) of the subject. |
| US10183138B2 |
Interchangeable mask assembly
A system of breathing arrangements for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes at least first and second cushion components, e.g., full-face, nasal, nasal prongs, nose tip, and/or a combination of any of the above, including a nasal or full-face cushion and nasal prongs/nozzles combination, etc., that are different from one another in at least one aspect, and a common frame assembly configured to support each of the first and second cushion components. Various embodiments are directed to a full-face or nasal mask used with a frame having lateral connector portions having a stiffening member. The mask assembly may include a nose height adjustment device for the height of the cushion, or a cushion adjustment member by which the position of the cushion may be adjusted relative to the frame. The mask assembly may include a chin strap assembly. |
| US10183132B2 |
Methods and devices for co-delivery of liquid and powdered hemostats and sealants
The present invention is directed to an integrated delivery device that is operable with one hand and provides co-delivery of a liquid medicant and a powder medicant onto a tissue or wound from a liquid medicant expression subunit and a powder medicant expression subunit. Each expression subunit having an actuator for the liquid medicant and the powder medicant contained therein that are positioned in close proximity to one other at a proximate end of said expression subunits and delivery cannulas for each of said expression subunits that positioned in close proximity to one other at a distal end of said expression subunits. The present invention also relates to method for using such integrated devices. |
| US10183130B2 |
Measuring valve health by pressure monitoring
A medical fluid infusion system includes a pump system configured to deliver a fluid drug to a patient. The system includes a pump, such as a piston pump, for driving fluid to a patient. One or more pressure sensors are configured to measure and detect changes in fluid pressure in a fluid flow line of the infusion system. The changes in fluid pressure, when detected, can be an indication of proper or improper functioning of a valve system of the pump system of the fluid infusion system. |
| US10183123B2 |
Needle protection device
Injection device of fluid product (100) comprising a syringe body (101) and a needle (110) fixed in an axial end projection (102) of the syringe body, said end projection (102) comprising an axial end surface (103), said injection device comprising a needle protection device (200), said protection device being, in a storage position, fixed on said injection device, said protection device being removable from said injection device, said protection device comprising an inner body (210) made of substantially supple and/or deformable material and an outer body (220) made of substantially rigid material, said inner body (210), in a storage position, sealingly closing the distribution orifice (111) of said needle (110) and sealingly cooperating with said injection device (100), and said outer body (220) comprising a fixing part (228) which, in a storage position, cooperates with a shoulder (104) of said injection device (100) for fixing said protection device (200) on said injection device (100), said inner body (210) comprising a proximal axial end edge (213) adapted, in a storage position, to sealingly cooperate with the syringe body (101) only with said axial end surface (103), said inner body (210) being made of material having the following properties: a hardness greater than 55 Shore A, in particular greater than 60 Shore A, an elasticity greater than 8 MPa, in particular greater than 10 MPa, a compression set less than 30%, in particular less than 25%, a density greater than 1, in particular greater than 1.3. |
| US10183120B2 |
Dose measurement systems and methods
Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, systems and methods for measuring a volume or number of doses remaining in a drug delivery device that is used for delivering a dose to a patient. In some embodiments, a dose measurement system for measuring the liquid volume in a container includes a light guide disposed and configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation toward the container. The dose measurement system also includes a light guide disposed and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation into the light guide. A plurality of sensors are located in the apparatus that are optically coupleable to the light guide and are disposed and configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least a portion of the light guide. The apparatus also includes a processing unit configured to receive data representing the portion of the detected electromagnetic radiation from each of the plurality of sensors. The processing unit is further operable to convert the received data into a signature representative of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the plurality of sensors. |
| US10183106B2 |
Blood purification system
A blood purification system includes a plurality of monitoring devices (1) each attached to a dialyzer (5) to perform a blood purification treatment on a patient. A dialysate supplying device (2) supplies a dialysate to each of the monitoring devices (1). The plurality of monitoring devices (1) and the dialysate supplying device (2) are connected to each other by a LAN cable α. Thus, predetermined individual information relating to the plurality of monitoring devices (1) is transmitted from each of the monitoring devices (1) to the dialysate supplying device (2). |
| US10183101B2 |
Liposuction device and use thereof
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a device for removing adipose tissue, comprising a self-contained syringe device comprising an inner syringe included within an outer syringe and wherein a filter is attached inside the outer syringe barrel; wherein the filter comprises a filter material that prevents premature filter collapse where the filter material is optionally coated to increase stiffness, and wherein liposuctioned adipose tissue is collected and purified inside the syringes. Methods of using the devices or system are also disclosed. |
| US10183100B2 |
Flow control system
A flow control system may include an inner nosecone having an inner nosecone distal end and an inner nosecone proximal end, an outer nosecone having an outer nosecone distal end and an outer nosecone proximal end, an aperture of the outer nosecone, a gasket having a gasket distal end and a gasket proximal end, a gasket aperture of the gasket, a gasket seal of the gasket, a flow control mechanism having a flow control mechanism distal end and a flow control mechanism proximal end, and a control aperture of the flow control mechanism. A rotation of the flow control mechanism about the gasket may be configured to decrease an aspiration flow rate. A rotation of the flow control mechanism about the gasket may be configured to increase an aspiration flow rate. |
| US10183099B2 |
Antimicrobial and antifouling catechol-containing polycarbonates for medical applications
Catechol-bearing polycarbonates (catechol polymers) were prepared comprising i) a catechol repeat unit comprising a side chain catechol group, ii) a cationic repeat unit comprising a side chain cationic group selected from the group consisting of quaternary amine groups, quaternary phosphine groups, and combinations thereof, and iii) a PEG repeat unit comprising a side chain poly(ethylene oxide) group having a degree of polymerization of about 5 to about 30. The catechol polymers form antimicrobial and antifouling films on a variety of substrate surfaces, in particular silicone rubber. |
| US10183097B2 |
Engineered cardiac derived compositions and methods of use
The present invention establishes a new standard for investigative studies of patient-specific, genetic cardiac diseases at a functional, tissue level by creating a novel platform for the study of cardiac related diseases, including cardiac conduction dysfunction, arrhythmias and depressed contractility for example. Provided herein are novel compositions of human engineered heart slices (EHS) formed from thin slices of decellularized cardiac tissue. Also included are compositions comprising a hybrid of decellularized tissue and organotypic organ slice technology. Intact mammalian hearts are precision cut to obtain thin slices in a range of thicknesses, decellularized, and seeded with various mammalian cells which can be from a variety of sources. Methods of investigation of many diseases and methods of use of these compositions for screening compounds for therapeutic purposes are also provided. |
| US10183096B2 |
Valve treatment by injection
A method for treating a valve of a heart of a subject is provided. The method includes inserting a needle into the heart, and, using the needle, injecting a soft-tissue-filling material into an annulus of the valve. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10183090B2 |
Clean room autoclave bag and hopper cover system
A cleanroom autoclave system including a reusable autoclave breather bag and a reusable fill line hopper cover. The autoclave bag is formed from a launderable abrasion resistant inner fabric layer and a launderable polyester outer fabric layer, and has a zipper closure. The hopper cover is formed from a circular bonnet and an open tubular skirt formed from a launderable polyester fabric, and includes an elastic portion and snaps to secure the hopper cover. |
| US10183086B2 |
Footwear sanitizing system
Introducing ultraviolet (UV) light to interior portions of footwear alters the environment inside a shoe or other footwear to destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth. Visible light can also be used to prevent further microorganism growth. Introducing forced air flow through the footwear removes dampness in and thereby deodorizes the footwear. A preferred embodiment comprises an adjustable shoe tree equipped with a UV germicidal light source and electronic safeguards that prevent appreciable leakage of UV radiation outside the shoe. |
| US10183083B2 |
Metal mesh, sterilization determination method, and cleaning determination method
A metal mesh has a plurality of through-holes. A photosensitive organic material is attached to at least part of the metal mesh. The metal mesh is sterilized and/or cleaned. A determination of whether or not the sterilization and/or cleaning has been successful is made by analyzing the photosensitive organic material attached to the metal mesh. |
| US10183075B2 |
Trace elements
The invention discloses a trace element solution, which comprises at least one metal selected from the group comprising selenium, copper, zinc, manganese and chromium and which comprises a concentration of the metal(s) of at least 60 mg/ml. The solution further comprises at least one compound selected from the group comprising iodine, potassium iodide, sodium iodide, iron, iron chloride, zinc oxide, manganese sulphate, sodium selenite, copper carbonate, sodium carbonate, anhydrous disodium EDTA and sodium hydroxide. The trace element solution is prepared by a method consisting essentially of the steps of preparing a MnCO3 mixture in a container; adding an EDTA/NaOH mixture to the container and subsequently adding at least one metal compound; and adding Na2SeO3 to the container to obtain the trace element solution. The method also comprises the step of adding CrCl3.6H2O to the trace element solution. |
| US10183074B2 |
Cationic oil-in-water emulsions
This invention generally relates to cationic oil-in-water emulsions that contain high concentrations of cationic lipids and have a defined oil:lipid ratio. The cationic lipid can interact with the negatively charged molecule thereby anchoring the molecule to the emulsion particles. The cationic emulsions described herein are useful for delivering negatively charged molecules, such as nucleic acid molecules to cells, and for formulating nucleic acid-based vaccines. |
| US10183071B2 |
Interaction of moraxella catarrhalis with epithellal cells, extracellular matrix proteins and the complement system
The present disclosure relates to surface proteins of Moraxella catarrhalis and their ability to interact with epithelial cells via cell-associated fibronectin and laminin, and also to their ability to inhibit the complement system. These surface proteins are useful in the preparation of vaccines. The present disclosure also provides peptides interacting with fibronectin, laminin and the complement system. |
| US10183067B1 |
TAA/CD4OL composition/vaccine for malaria
Provided are compositions and methods of selecting at least three fragments one each from three domains of the malarial CSP for generating antigen specific CD8 effector T cells and non-cross reacting neutralizing antibody immune responses to the malarial parasite, which when administered prevent an infection of a human being when bitten by a malaria infected mosquito. The composition and method comprises priming an individual by administering a mixture of one or more adenoviral expression vectors encoding one or more fusion proteins, which comprises the malarial CSP antigen fragments linked to the extracellular domain of the CD40 ligand. The adenoviral expression vector comprises a transcription unit encoding a secretable fusion protein, the fusion protein containing selected malarial sporozoite CSP antigen fragments linked to the CD40 ligand to block the attachment to or infection of the human liver cell(s) by the malarial sporozoite. |
| US10183064B2 |
Delivery system comprising a proteolytic enzyme or effector thereof for use in a method for oral treatment and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides a delivery system comprising (i) a physiologically acceptable carrier and (ii) a proteolytic enzyme or effector thereof for use in a method for relaxing fibers within a subject's oral cavity. In some embodiments, the relaxation is for use in tooth manipulation (particularly repositioning). In some embodiments, the method involves the use of the proteolytic enzyme or effector thereof at a concentration effective to cause relaxation of fibers between the tooth's alveolar bone and gingiva while maintaining integrity of the fibers surrounding the tooth. Also disclosed herein are methods for fiber relaxation and/or repositioning of tooth making use of the proteolytic enzyme or effector thereof. |
| US10183063B2 |
Injection composition comprising hyaluronidase for removal of topical fat
The present invention relates to an injection composition comprising hyaluronidase for topical fat reduction. More particularly, the present invention relates to an injection composition comprising 300 IU to 600 IU of hyaluronidase and a local anesthetic, an antihistamine, a lipolysis stimulator and a collagen production stimulator. The present invention promotes the reduction of topical fat tissue, thereby improving obesity and helping weight loss and maintenance of body shape while preventing side effects or skin imbalance by the even removal of fat. Further, at the same time, the present invention can achieve a skin lifting effect where skin resilience is maintained by the stimulation of collagen production. |
| US10183060B2 |
Compositions and methods for adjoining type I and type II extracellular domains as heterologous chimeric proteins
The present invention relates to, inter alia, compositions and methods, including chimeric proteins that find use in the treatment of disease, such as immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmunity. In part, the invention provides, in various embodiments, fusions of extracellular domains of transmembrane proteins that can have stimulatory or inhibitory effects. |
| US10183057B2 |
Use of liposomal WNT composition to enhance osseointegration
Methods and compositions are provided for the therapeutic use of Wnt proteins, for enhancing bone growth and regeneration, including repair following injury, osseointegration of implants, and the like. In some embodiments of the invention, the compositions are administered locally, e.g. by injection at the site of an injury. For certain conditions it is desirable to provide Wnt activity for short periods of time, and an effective dose will be administered over a defined, short period of time. |
| US10183052B2 |
Mutant tomatoes and use thereof for preventing weight gain and/or treating obesity-related conditions
The invention relates to the use of tomatoes for inhibition, amelioration or prevention of adipogenesis mediated diseases such as obesity, lipid storage disease and hyperlipemia. Provided is a tomato plant, fruit, fragment or extract thereof for use in a method for preventing weight gain, and/or inhibiting, preventing or ameliorating a disease condition associated with adipogenesis in a mammal, wherein the tomato is a ripening-impaired mutant tomato, such as a ripening inhibitor (rin), nonripening (nor), and/or never ripe (Nr) gene mutant tomato. Also provided are anti-adipogenic extracts and compositions comprising the extract. |
| US10183051B2 |
Personal care compositions with improved hyposensitivity
The present invention provides personal care compositions comprising a carrier and a mixture of essential oil components having specific levels of eucalyptol, terpene materials and auxiliary fragrance materials. The compositions herein gentle to skin and have a fragrance and activity similar if the composition were made using the pure extracted essential oil. |
| US10183046B2 |
Porcine lactic acid bacterial strains
A first aspect of the invention relates to a porcine lactic acid bacterial strain, wherein said bacterial strain is characterised by one or more of the following characteristics: (i) the ability to exhibit antimicrobial activity against E. coli; (ii) the ability to exhibit antimicrobial activity against S. enteritidis; (iii) the ability to suppress inflammation in IPEC cells induced by 12-0-tetradecaboylphorbol-13-acetate (PMA); (iv) the ability to block the attachment or invasion of IPEC cells by S. enteritidis; (v) the ability to block the attachment or invasion of IPEC cells by E. coli; (vi) the absence of antibiotic resistance to one or more antibiotics selected from the following: ampicillin; cefotaxime; chloramphenicol; erythromycin; gentamicin; tetracycline; vancomycin; metronizadole; nalidixic acid; and kanamycin; and (vii) the ability to exhibit heat stability when subjected to three cycles of heating, each cycle comprising heating at a temperature of 70° C. for a period of 15 minutes. Further aspects of the invention relate to compositions comprising said bacterial strains, and therapeutic uses of said bacterial strains. |
| US10183045B2 |
Human-derived bacteria that induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells
Species of human-derived bacteria belonging to the Clostridia class have been shown to induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon and suppress immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used to prevent and treat immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmune diseases. |
| US10183044B2 |
Systems and methods for thrombosis prevention
The disclosure provides a composition for inhibiting thrombosis. The composition includes 5 to 25% by weight of Fish Oil, 15 to 55% by weight of Willow Bark Extract, and 0.2 to 5% by weight of Vitamin E. |
| US10183043B2 |
Combined organ and hematopoietic cells for transplantation tolerance of grafts
Methods and compositions are provided for combined transplantation of a solid organ and hematopoietic cells to a recipient, where tolerance to the graft is established through development of a persistent mixed chimerism. An individual with persistent mixed chimerism, usually for a period of at least six months, is able to withdraw from the use of immunosuppressive drugs after a period of time sufficient to establish tolerance. |
| US10183040B2 |
Method for regulation of lipid metabolism
Provided is a method for regulation of lipid metabolism comprising a step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically amount of pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceuticals comprise an effective amount of a composition containing a ferrous amino acid chelate and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers to regulate lipid metabolism. The amino acid is capable of being chelated with the ferrous iron in a chelated state stably as passing through a stomach. The composition containing the ferrous amino acid chelate can effectively control the variances of body weight and enhance metabolism of body fat of a subject. The pharmaceuticals prepared by the composition containing the ferrous amino acid chelate have effects on regulation of lipid metabolism. |
| US10183037B2 |
Nucleoside phosphoramidate prodrugs
Disclosed herein are phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomer, salt (acid or basic addition salt), hydrate, solvate, or crystalline form thereof, represented by the following structure: Also disclosed are methods of treatment, uses, and processes for preparing each of which utilize the compound represented by formula I. |
| US10183035B2 |
Etoposide and prodrugs thereof for use in targeting cancer stem cells
The present invention pertains to the use of podophyllotoxin derivatives, such as CAP7.1, in methods for inhibition of and/or prevention of the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells. The invention discloses the surprisingly specific activity of the compounds in accordance with the invention against a cancer stem cell population. In this respect the present invention provides the use of the compounds as described in the treatment of cancer, specifically of cancers which have a high risk of developing metastases, chemotherapeutic resistances and/or cancer relapse. Provided are novel methods of cancer treatment, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds as described, for use in such treatment methods. |
| US10183032B2 |
Methods for treating bacterial infection
The present disclosure relates to molecules that function as selective modulators (i.e., inhibitors and agonists) of the Ras-homologous (Rho) family of small GTPases and, in particular, CDC42 GTPase, and their use to treat bacterial infection including systemic infection from sources such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. |
| US10183028B2 |
Enrichment method of ergosterol peroxide from sporoderm-broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder
The invention provides an enrichment method of Ergosterol peroxide from sporoderm-broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, comprising the steps of preparing crude extract containing Ergosterol peroxide, purification by medium pressure preparative chromatography, purification by simulated moving-bed, and recrystallization. The operation of this invention is simple and stable, with higher yield and low cost, suitable for industrial-scale production. |
| US10183027B2 |
Lanthanide toolbox for multi-modal, non-invasive tumor specific theranostic prodrugs
The present disclosure relates to theranostic prodrugs with responsive signals in-vitro or in-vivo and uses thereof. It also relates to synthesized europium complexes for evaluating the binding with integrin αvβ3. |
| US10183024B2 |
Crystalline forms of ibrutinib
The present invention provides crystalline forms of Ibrutinib. Specific crystalline forms provided by the present invention include Ibrutinib Form APO-I, an anhydrous form; APO-II, a methyl benzoate solvate of Ibrutinib; and APO-IV, a methyl salicylate solvate of Ibrutinib. |
| US10183023B2 |
Uses
The subject matter generally relates to methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of CNS diseases, disorders, and/or injuries. In one aspect, the subject matter relates to inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) as neuroprotective agents and/or neural regenerative agents. In a further aspect, the subject matter relates to individuals that are at risk for the development of CNS disease or disorder. |
| US10183021B2 |
sGC stimulators
Compounds of Formulae I′ and I are described, which are useful as stimulators of sGC, particularly NO-independent, heme-dependent stimulators. These compounds are also useful for treating, preventing or managing various disorders that are herein disclosed. |
| US10183019B2 |
Treatment of cancer with dihydropyrazino-pyrazines
Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) characterized by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and/or promoter methylation status, comprising administering an effective amount of a Dihydropyrazino-Pyrazine Compound to a patient having glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) characterized by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and/or promoter methylation status. |
| US10183012B2 |
Compounds and compositions and methods of use
Described herein are compounds useful in the modulation of blood uric acid levels, formulations containing them and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein are used in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to aberrant levels of uric acid. |
| US10183011B2 |
Anti-depression compounds
This technology relates generally to compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death. Various compounds are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like. |
| US10183010B2 |
2-oxo-1,2-dihydrobenzo[cd]indole compound and use thereof
The present invention relates to the technical field of medicinal chemistry, and in particular discloses a 2-oxo-1,2-dihydrobenzo[cd]indole compound and use thereof. The compound and pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, racemate, prodrug, co-crystallized complex, hydrate, and solvate thereof can effectively inhibit the BET bromodomain receptor, and can be used for preparing a medicine for treating cancers, cell proliferative disorders, inflammatory diseases, and autoimmune disorders, sepsis, and viral infections. |
| US10183008B2 |
Treatment of prolonged status epilepticus
Methods for terminating, preventing, and/or treating status epilepticus are generally provided. The method can include administering a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of stiripentol or a related compound thereof to an individual in need of treatment of status epilepticus. The individual can be in need of treatment of prolonged status epilepticus, refractory status epilepticus, and/or benzodiazepine-resistant status epilepticus. |
| US10183007B2 |
Method of producing proanthocyanidin oligomer
The present invention relates to a composition containing as its main component proanthocyanidin oligomer to which a substance having a phloroglucinol ring structure or resorcinol ring structure has been bonded and reduced in the molecular weight, which is obtained by heating plant materials containing proanthocyanidin polymer or extract thereof with a substance having a phloroglucinol ring structure or resorcinol ring structure in an acidic aqueous solution, production method thereof, and uses of the composition in health products and pharmaceutical products. According to the invention, proanthocyanidin oligomer having physiological activity, to which a substance having a phloroglucinol ring structure or resorcinol ring structure has been bonded and reduced in the molecular weight to such a level that the oligomer can be absorbed into living body, which has been conventionally difficult to obtain at high yield from plant raw materials, can be produced efficiently and easily. |
| US10183006B2 |
Methods of therapeutic monitoring of nitrogen scavenging drugs
The present disclosure provides methods for evaluating daily ammonia exposure based on a single fasting ammonia blood level measurement, as well as methods that utilize this technique to adjust the dosage of a nitrogen scavenging drug, determine whether to administer a nitrogen scavenging drug, and treat nitrogen retention disorders. |
| US10183003B2 |
Methods of therapeutic monitoring of nitrogen scavenging drugs
The present disclosure provides methods for evaluating daily ammonia exposure based on a single fasting ammonia blood level measurement, as well as methods that utilize this technique to adjust the dosage of a nitrogen scavenging drug, determine whether to administer a nitrogen scavenging drug, and treat nitrogen retention disorders. |
| US10182997B2 |
Liposomal curcumin for treatment of cancer
The present invention provides a compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and melanoma, in a human patient. The methods and compositions of the present invention employ curcumin or a curcumin analog encapsulated in a colloidal drug delivery system, preferably a liposomal drug delivery system. Suitable colloidal drug delivery systems also include nanoparticles, nanocapsules, microparticles or block copolymer micelles. The colloidal drug delivery system encapsulating curcumin or a curcumin analog is administered parenterally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US10182993B2 |
Compositions for colonic delivery of drugs
Described herein are controlled release oral pharmaceutical compositions for delivering active pharmaceutical ingredients to the colon and methods for making the same. In particular, an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a soft capsule and a controlled release matrix for delivering active pharmaceutical ingredients to the colon are described. |
| US10182992B2 |
Abuse-deterrent controlled release formulations
Described herein are abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising and methods for making the same. In particular, an abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a soft capsule and an abuse deterrent controlled release matrix comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient are described. |
| US10182990B2 |
Gastric reflux resistant dosage forms
Gastric resistant film-forming compositions are described herein. The composition contains a gastric resistant natural polymer, a film-forming natural polymer, and optionally a gelling agent. Suitable gastric resistant natural polymers include polysaccharides such as pectin and pectin-like polymers. The film-forming composition can be used to prepare soft or hard shell gelatin capsules which can encapsulate a liquid or semi-solid fill material or a solid tablet (SOFLET®) containing an active agent and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Alternatively, the composition can be administered as a liquid with an active agent dissolved or dispersed in the composition. The compositions are not only gastric resistant but may also prevent gastric reflux associated with odor causing liquids, such as fish oil or garlic oil, encapsulated in a unit dosage form and esophageal irritation due to the reflux of irritant drugs delivered orally. |
| US10182989B2 |
Non-gelatin enteric soft capsules
Described herein are pharmaceutical enteric soft capsules that do not contain gelatin as a film-forming polymer. In particular, compositions and methods for manufacturing enteric soft capsules comprising carrageenans as film forming polymers are disclosed. |
| US10182985B2 |
Residence structures and related methods
Certain embodiments comprise administering a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance, and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade. |
| US10182976B2 |
Personal care composition with zinc-containing layered material
The present invention is directed to a personal care composition is disclosed comprising: a detersive surfactant from about 2% to 50%; an anti-dandruff active; a cationic polymer; a zinc-containing layered material wherein the zinc-containing layered material has a particle size in the range of from about 0.5 um to 4 um; wherein the ratio of silicone deposition to crystalline structurant deposition is greater than about 5. |
| US10182972B2 |
Flexible sealing lid and connector device for a drink container
A flexible sealing lid and connector device for a drink container includes a container attachment band for wrapping around and attaching to the drink container. A resiliently flexible lid component is interconnected by a flexible connector element to the container attachment band. The lid component includes a neck portion for resiliently expanding to receive and sealably grip a periphery of the drink container such that the lid component covers a liquid dispensing opening of the drink container. |
| US10182971B2 |
Child feeding system
A child feeding system includes a spout pouch having a spout and a pouch formed integrally with the spout and configured to hold a liquid for feeding to a child, and a holder having a top and a body, the top having an opening configured to laterally receive and removably secure the spout to the holder when the spout is pushed transversely into the opening, the opening partially surrounding the spout, and the body having an interior area configured to receive at least a portion of the pouch. Other systems, methods, and components are also provided. |
| US10182970B1 |
Secured and programmable medication dispenser
A secured and programmable medical dispenser is configured to distribute medicine according to a schedule. The secured and programmable medical dispenser has a dispenser body mechanically coupled to a dispenser lid with a locking solenoid. A pill tube is arranged within the dispenser body and further has an open pill tube proximal end and a pill tube distal end. A pill release rotary solenoid is attached to the pill tube distal end. A liquid tube is arranged within the dispenser body and further has an open liquid tube proximal end and a liquid tube distal end. A liquid release rotary solenoid is attached to the liquid tube distal end. A microcontroller is attached to the dispenser lid, communicatively coupled to the pill release rotary solenoid and the liquid release rotary solenoid. |
| US10182967B2 |
Plug and bodily fluid-collecting instrument set
A plug that allows the plug body to be easily and reliably pierced through by a hollow bodily fluid collection needle, makes the bodily fluid collection needle difficult to draw back out of the plug body owing to a resilience of a sheath after the start of bodily fluid collection, and enables easy and reliable collection of the bodily fluid. The plug 1 is a plug for closing an opening end of a bodily fluid-collecting container 14 which is to be inserted into a tubular holder 11, and includes: a plug body 2 to be fixed to the opening end of the bodily fluid-collecting container 14; and a cover member 3 sheathed on the plug body 2 to cover an outer surface of the plug body 2, wherein the cover member 3 includes a side part 3c covering the outer surface of the plug body 2, and an outer surface of the side part 3c is provided with a protrusion 3k which protrudes radially outward of the side part 3c of the cover member 3 to come into contact with and give frictional resistance to an inner wall of the holder 11 upon insertion into the holder 11. |
| US10182964B2 |
Delivery of audio and tactile stimulation therapy for animals and humans
A system for providing a therapeutic treatment to a mammal for a selected mammalian condition includes a wearable member configured for use about an upper torso of a mammal and an energy module configured to generate energy waves in an energy range particularly configured to provide a stimulation that is therapeutically effective treatment for the selected mammalian condition. The energy module is adapted to be supported by the wearable member about the upper torso of the mammal. The wearable member also includes a therapy delivery portion configured to position the energy module at a treatment site about the upper torso. The underlying idea of the teachings herein is to deliver non-invasive, non-electrical-inducing therapies and energies such as vibroacoustic, physioacoustic, kinesitherapy and phototherapy, through wearable and non-wearable apparatuses to animals and humans for therapeutic treatment. |
| US10182962B2 |
Vibrating massage roller
A process of massaging a subject is provided that includes the provision of a vibratory massage roller having a casing with a casing surface extending over a length of the vibratory roller. A motor in included in the housing and is electrically coupled to a power source. The power source is energized to induce a vibratory amplitude to the surface that varies less than 30 amplitude percent across the central 70 percent of the length. The massage roller is contacted with the subject to massage the subject. |
| US10182957B2 |
Continuous passive motion device
A CPM device includes a support structure arranged to be removably attached to an articulating brace supporting a limb and a joint of a user. One or more rotating members are rotatably connected to the support structure. The rotating members are adapted to contact and roll on an underlying surface that is separate from the CPM device. At least one motor is arranged to apply a torque to the rotating members such that the rotating members roll on the underlying surface. The rolling of the rotating members on the underlying surface causes the support structure to translate over the underlying surface, which, in turn, conveys a bending force to the joint. |
| US10182955B2 |
Configurable patient ceiling lift
A ceiling lift assembly includes first and second motor units which can be operated together in a dual mode configuration and which can be operated in a single mode operation, in which only one of the motor units is operative with the other motor unit being dormant. The system provides routines for switching between the single and dual modes of the assembly and which ensure that in each mode the necessary parts of the apparatus are in an operative condition, whereas those parts of the apparatus which are not used are placed in a storage condition to avoid inconvenience or injury to personnel and patients. The apparatus also includes a motor unit support device of a structure which can accommodate asymmetric loads, on one motor unit only without causing deformation of the support structure. |
| US10182951B2 |
Emergency vehicle patient transport systems
Emergency vehicle patient transport systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an emergency vehicle patient transport system includes: a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to a floor of the emergency vehicle, a ceiling of the emergency vehicle, a wall of the emergency vehicle or combinations thereof wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; and a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between the floor and the ceiling. The chair locks in one or more set positions. And, the one or more set positions are selected from a group consisting of an airway care position, an extended airway care position, a procedural care position, a responder position, a patient care position, and a patient load position. |
| US10182949B2 |
Nonwoven material having discrete three-dimensional deformations with wide base openings that are base bonded to additional layer
A composite sheet that includes a first sheet and a second sheet is disclosed. The first and second sheets are bonded to each other at a number of spaced apart discrete inter-sheet bond locations. The first sheet is a nonwoven material that has discrete three-dimensional deformations therein forming protrusions that extend outward from the first surface of the first sheet to their distal ends and wide base openings adjacent to the second surface of the first sheet. The second sheet is a generally planar sheet that contacts the distal ends of the protrusions on the first sheet. The second sheet is bonded to the first sheet at spaced apart inter-sheet bond locations where the first region of the first sheet contacts the second sheet. |
| US10182947B2 |
Pressure indicator
Disclosed herein is a device which is intended to deliver and maintain reduced pressure to body surfaces for application of reduced pressure wound therapy (RPWT) also known as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). During application of this type of therapy, a substantially airtight seal is formed around a section of tissue to be treated. This seal is formed by a dressing which provides fluid communication from a section of tissue to a reduced pressure source. Disclosed herein is a dressing system which is configured to enhance usability and functionality of this dressing. First, the system may be configured to allow full rotation of the fluid communication conduit to the reduced pressure source along the axis substantially normal to the dressing. Second, the system may be configured to include a one-way valve to prevent backflow of any drainage fluids. Third, the system may be configured with transparent windows covered by opaque flaps to allow inspection through the dressing. Fourth, the system may be configured to include an indicator which visually makes clear whether reduced pressure is being applied or not. Fifth, the system is configured to minimize the profile of the dressing system. |
| US10182943B2 |
Adjustable pupil system for surgical laser systems
A surgical laser system can include a laser engine to generate a laser beam of laser pulses, a scanning delivery system to direct the laser beam to a target region and to scan the laser beam along a scan-pattern in the target region, and a pupil system to modulate the laser beam. In addition, a method of adjusting a pupil of a laser beam can include: generating a laser beam of laser pulses with a laser engine, directing the laser beam to a target region with a scanning delivery system, scanning the laser beam along a scan-pattern in the target region with the scanning delivery system, and performing a modulation of the laser beam with an adjustable pupil system. |
| US10182942B2 |
Ophthalmological laser system and operating method
A polarization beam splitter selectively decouples detection light onto a detector such that it has a polarization direction that differs from the emitted illumination light. This enables the detection of the light scattered back in the eye lens at a high level of accuracy, since stray light from reflections at optical components of the light path is suppressed. In the generating of photo disruptions or other incisions, the ray exposure of the retina may be reduced in that the incisions being furthest away from the laser are induced first such that laminar gas inclusions with an existence duration time of at least 5 seconds result. In this manner the laser radiation propagated in the direction of the retina in further incisions are scattered and partially reflected such that the influence impinging upon the retina is reduced. |
| US10182940B2 |
Phacoemulsification hand piece with integrated aspiration and irrigation pump
A method of irrigating a surgical site and aspirating fluid from the surgical site. The method includes directing a fluid through an aspiration conduit in a phacoemulsification hand piece using a vacuum pressure created from a pump in the hand piece interfacing with the aspiration conduit and directing an irrigation fluid through an irrigation conduit in the hand piece using a pressure created from the pump interfacing with the irrigation conduit. The method also includes increasing an irrigation fluid flow through the irrigation conduit by activating the pump in the hand piece, detecting a pressure associated with a surgical site using a sensor, and controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) by adjusting the pump speed based on the detected pressure. |
| US10182938B2 |
Lens AID and lens AID system and techniques for the insertion and removal of contact and scleral lenses
A lens aid, lens aid system, powered light source, and cleaning and storage compartment for the lens aid system that uses a lens cup of soft pliable material providing an improved visual method including a hands-free or one hand method for the insertion of a contact lens and more preferably a scleral lens into the eye. |
| US10182935B2 |
Support for articles and methods for using the same
A support for an article has a body arranged for length adjustment along a length adjustment axis. A tensioning device is connected to the support and adjustment of the tensioning device shortens or lengthens a length of the support along the length adjustment axis. The body defines at least one opening overlapping at least part of the length adjustment axis such that length adjustment is governed by modification of the size of the at least one opening according to adjustment by the tensioning device. |
| US10182932B2 |
Methods and devices for deploying and releasing a temporary implant within the body
Methods, devices and systems for delivering a device assembly into a gastric or other space within the body, allowing the device to expand to occupy volume within the gastric space and, after an effective period of time, delivering a substance or stimulus to begin breakdown of the expanded device so that it may release from the body. |
| US10182930B2 |
Aligning device for stent graft delivery system
A prosthesis implanting system includes a delivery sheath for receiving the prosthesis and delivering it to the treatment site and an alignment device on the sheath visible to a user for indicating a rotational and an axial position of the sheath with respect to the treatment site. The alignment device is part of a delivery assembly slidably disposed in a handle. |
| US10182929B2 |
Stent delivery system
A stent delivery system is configured to include an outer tube and an inner tube, with a space between the inner and outer tubes. In the space between the outer tube and the inner tube, a cylindrical mesh reinforcing spacer is provided at a position that is on the base end side of a stent. The reinforcing spacer is provided to be freely movable in the axial direction and radial direction. Even when the outer tube and the inner tube, which have been advanced into the lumen of a living body, are bent, the reinforcing spacer moves in the axial and radial directions and elastically deforms, thereby maintaining a substantially uniform internal circumference for the outer tube along the axial direction. |
| US10182913B2 |
Heart valve sizing ring for valve-sparing aortic root remodeling procedures
A heart valve sizing ring is disclosed. The sizing ring includes an outer ring and an inner ring configured and arranged to couple to the outer ring. A tubular portion extends from the inner ring and has a plurality of suture holders arranged about an upper end thereof. The outer ring and inner ring having a pair of complementary mating surfaces configured and arranged to grip sutures therebetween when coupled together. When coupled around sutures, the assembled ring may be tightened down against the heart valve to test the fit as if the sizing ring were a similarly sized prosthetic heart valve ring. Commissures of the heart valve may be suspended from the suture holders of the tubular portion. The surgeon can then remove the sizing ring and replace it with a prosthetic ring. |
| US10182911B2 |
Devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery
A clip for use during the loading of a prosthetic heart valve into a delivery device having an operating handle, a catheter assembly having a compartment for receiving the prosthetic heart valve, and an outer shaft joining the catheter assembly to the operating handle. The clip includes a first receiver coupleable to the operating handle of the delivery device and a second receiver coupleable to the outer shaft of the delivery device. The first and second receivers may be arranged orthogonally to one another so that in use the clip orients the catheter assembly substantially orthogonally to the operating handle. |
| US10182910B2 |
Method for fitting an implant to a catheter
A system and a method for crimping a heart valve prosthesis onto a catheter shaft. The system comprises two components (1, 2) which receive the heart valve prosthesis (12) and are inserted into one another in the direction (14) in order to crimp the heart valve prosthesis (12). |
| US10182909B2 |
Methods for quickly implanting a prosthetic heart valve
A heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The prosthetic valve has a base stent that is deployed at a treatment site, and a valve component configured to quickly connect to the base stent. The base stent may take the form of a self- or balloon-expandable stent that expands outward against the native valve with or without leaflet excision. The valve component has a non-expandable prosthetic valve and a self- or balloon-expandable coupling stent for attachment to the base stent, thereby fixing the position of the valve component relative to the base stent. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available to valve with a sewing ring and the coupling stent attaches to the sewing ring. The system is particularly suited for rapid deployment of heart valves in a conventional open-heart surgical environment. A catheter-based system and method for deployment is provided. |
| US10182902B2 |
Differential dilation stent and method of use
Embodiments herein provide differential dilation stents for use in percutaneous interventions, such as transluminal bypass procedures. In some embodiments, the stents may be used in the process of creating an arteriovenous (AV) fistula during a percutaneous bypass procedure, and such stents may have two or more specialized regions that are configured to adopt a predetermined diameter, shape, and/or tensile strength upon insertion in order to suit the needs of the vessel or procedure. The disclosed stents may be used for creating and/or maintaining an arterial/venous fistula for bypass of an occlusion in a cardiac artery using a cardiac vein, or the femoral artery, for example using the tibial or popliteal vein. |
| US10182901B2 |
Intraluminal device and method of fixation
An intraluminal device and method of fixation of an intraluminal device at a recipient having an esophagus, a stomach with a cardiac portion and a GE junction between the esophagus and the cardiac portion of the stomach includes deploying the intraluminal device to the recipient. The intraluminal device has a wall defining a cardiac member that is configured to the size and shape of the cardiac portion of the stomach and deployed to the cardiac portion of the stomach and an esophageal member that is configured to the size and shape of a portion of the esophagus and deployed to the esophagus. The intraluminal device having a connector connected with the esophageal portion and cardiac portion and deployed to the GE junction. The wall is fixed to the recipient to resist distal migration of the wall. The fixing includes the wall having a wall characteristic that is configured to facilitate tissue ingrowth. The wall is temporarily fixed to the recipient to resist distal migration of the wall while tissue ingrowth occurs at the wall characteristic. |
| US10182900B2 |
Hernia repair device and method
An improved abdominal hernia repair system is presented comprised of a silicone layer backed up with a knitted or woven polypropylene fabric layer, the silicone layer possessing a regular pattern of slits that permit equilibration of fluid pressure across the device. A variety of therapeutic substances can be applied to the hernia repair device to promote healing, including aloe and other medicinal preparations.An improved inguinal hernia repair system is presented that is identical to the above except it does not contain the hydrophobic silicone component. |
| US10182898B2 |
Clip for implant deployment device
An instrument for deploying a surgical implant includes a handle, an elongated shaft extending from the handle, and a frame arm. The frame arm includes a clip pair for releasably attaching the surgical implant to the frame arm. The clip pair includes first and second clips operably coupled by a spring member. The first and second clips are repositionable from a closed position to an open position. The spring member biases the first and second clips towards the closed position. A lock bar is coupled to the frame arm and translatable between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the locked position, the lock bar maintains the first and second clips in either the open or the closed position. When the lock bar is in the unlocked position, the first and second clips are freely rotatable between the open and closed positions. |
| US10182897B2 |
Female urinary incontinence device
A device is provided for applying pressure on a vaginal wall of a female subject, said device being configured for insertion into a vaginal cavity of said female subject. The device includes a first deformable element, a second deformable element and a transmission element. The first deformable element has a resting-state and at least one deformed state and is configured for undergoing deformation in response to an inner body pressure. When in the resting state, the first deformable element is configured to anchor the device inside the vaginal cavity. The second deformable element has a resting-state and at least one deformed state, and is configured for undergoing deformation to apply a second pressure on the vaginal wall, such second pressure being operable to narrow a urethral portion the female subject. The transmission element has a first end connected to the first deformable element and a second end connected to the second deformable element, and is configured for converting the deformation of the first deformable element to a deformation of the second deformable element, and for returning the first and second deformable elements to their respective resting states. |
| US10182895B2 |
Process for the fabrication of dental restorations
Dental restorations are created by preparing a hydrocolloid mold for such dental appliances as crowns and bridges. A slurry of zirconia powder and 3-O-acryloyl-D-glucose is prepared. The slurry is gelcast in the hydrocolloid mold with polymerization of the 3-O-acryloyl-D-glucose to a green body. The green body is dried and machined to the form of the dental restoration. The polymerized 3-O-acryloyl-D-glucose is then burned from the machined green body. The remaining zirconia body in the form of the dental restoration is then sintered to form the finished device. |
| US10182891B2 |
Dental device
The invention relates to a dentel device for the treatment of a dental restoration part, comprising at least one operating program, a storage of the dental device and at least one detection device for at least one object. The detection device can detect data of the object and this data, in particular together with an operating program associated with the object, can be stored in a storage of the dental device or can be compared to the data of objects which have been stored in advance in the storage of the dental device. The dental device, depending on the comparison result of the data of a detected object with the data of objects which have been stored in advance in the storage of the dental device, starts the associated operating program or shows it for selection. |
| US10182887B2 |
Titanium nano-scale etching on an implant surface
A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of immersing the microscale roughened surface into a solution containing hydrogen peroxide and a basic solution to produce a nanoscale roughened surface consisting of ranopitting superimposed on the microscale roughened surface. The nanoscale roughened surface has a property that promotes osseointegration. |
| US10182885B2 |
Self-ligating bracket
An orthodontic bracket includes a bracket body with a recess on a top surface of the bracket body and an archwire slot adapted to receive an orthodontic wire. The orthodontic bracket also includes a ligating member with a projection on its bottom surface. The ligating member is movably connected to the bracket body for retaining the orthodontic wire in the archwire slot when the ligating member is moved from an open position to a closed position. The orthodontic bracket also includes a discrete spring positioned in the recess on the bracket body such that a force is required to move the ligating member from the open position to the closed position. |
| US10182881B2 |
Dental laser apparatus and method of use with interchangeable hand piece and variable foot pedal
A dental laser system for treatment of hard and/or soft tissue includes a main chamber housing optical and primary fluid supply subsystems, for directing a laser beam and fluid to a treatment area. A hand piece affixable to the main chamber, includes mating optical and secondary fluid supply subsystems. The hand piece can be rotatable or re-orientable about an optical axis within the hand piece. A lock can maintain a selectable angular orientation of the hand piece relative to the main chamber. A coupling can maintain a fluidic communication between the primary and secondary fluid supply subsystems even when the hand piece is rotated or re-oriented. A sensor and controller can sense a selected angular orientation of the hand piece and adjust the main optical subsystem according to the sensed angular orientation, to align the two optical subsystems. The laser may be controlled using a variable speed foot pedal. |
| US10182879B2 |
Surgical head clamp and robotics platform
A surgical head clamp and robotics platform secures a head of a patient and positions an instrument relative to the head for a medical procedure. The head clamp and robotics platform comprises a planar C-shaped frame for at least partially encircling the head of a patient. An instrument arm is mounted is to a free distal end of one arm member of the frame. The instrument arm extends away from the arm member in a direction transverse to the plane of the frame. The instrument arm includes a base mounted to the arm member for movement along three degrees of freedom relative to the frame, a proximal portion extending from and pivotally connected to the base, and a distal instrument holder extending from and pivotally connected to the proximal portion. The instrument arm functions to selectively position the instrument in an angular position relative to the head clamp. |
| US10182878B2 |
Systems and methods for enhancing preparation and completion of surgical and medical procedures
Systems and methods for preparing and completing surgical and medical procedures. In particular, kits are provided for improving preparation and completion time for a medical or surgical procedure in which the kit includes modularized compartments containing sterilized medical or surgical equipment and wherein the medical or surgical equipment is organized and/or ordered within the kit to generally correspond to the sequence of steps of the medical or surgical procedure. The kit is particularly applicable to recanalization procedures for stroke patients as well as revascularization procedures for acute myocardial infarction patients where a kit enables faster preparation and completion of these procedures. |
| US10182875B2 |
Robotic visualization and collision avoidance
Methods and devices are provided for robotic surgery, and in particular for controlling various motions of a tool based on visual indicators. In general, a surgical tool can include an elongate shaft and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft and including first and second jaws. The tool can have at least one visual indicator disposed thereon and configured to indicate a size, position, or speed of movement of the tool or components of the tool. |
| US10182872B2 |
Positioning mark apparatus of a surgery navigation system and implementation instrument thereof
A positioning mark apparatus of a surgery navigation system and an implementation instrument thereof are disclosed. The positioning mark apparatus includes a positioning base and a frequency modulated radio frequency positioning module. One end of the positioning base is a lock portion having a screw structure, another end is a head having a joint structure, and a free end of the head has a fitting structure. The frequency modulated radio frequency positioning module has a sleeving structure that cooperates with the head structure and buckles with the joint structure. The frequency modulated radio frequency positioning module includes an antenna unit, a printed circuit board unit electrically connected to the antenna unit, and an electronic component battery unit supplying power to the printed circuit board unit. The frequency modulated radio frequency positioning module may transmit, according to a received frequency modulated signal, a feedback signal including a radio frequency signal to the external. |
| US10182869B2 |
Systems and methods for wearable injection guides
Systems and methods for wearable injection guides are described, which include: acquiring one or more digital images of a body region of an individual with at least one image capture device; creating a digitally rendered model of a wearable injection guide from the one or more digital images of the body region of the individual; adding one or more digitally rendered fiducials indicative of at least one treatment parameter to the digitally rendered model of the wearable injection guide; and forming the wearable injection guide from the digitally rendered model of the wearable injection guide, the formed wearable injection guide including one or more fiducials corresponding to the one or more digitally rendered fiducials on the digitally rendered model of the wearable injection guide. |
| US10182866B2 |
Flow rate monitor for fluid cooled microwave ablation probe
A microwave ablation system includes an antenna assembly configured to deliver microwave energy from a power source to tissue and a coolant source operably coupled to the power source and configured to selectively provide fluid to the antenna assembly via a fluid path. The system also includes a controller operably coupled to the power source and a sensor operably coupled to the fluid path and the controller. The sensor is configured to detect fluid flow through the fluid path and the controller is configured to control the energy source based on the detected fluid flow. |
| US10182865B2 |
Microwave catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation
Microwave catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver a microwave transmission element to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Renal neuromodulation may be achieved via dielectric heating in the presence of microwave irradiation that modulates neural fibers that contribute to renal function or alters vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. |
| US10182863B2 |
Medical devices including high strength bond joints and methods of making same
The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices, and more specifically to ablation catheters including bond joints formed to have improved strength and resistance to failure during use. In many embodiments an expanded bond-joint length and area and gap filling are used to increase the strength of the bond joint while decreasing relative variability. The bond joint length area is increased in a controlled manner so as to increase the overall strength of the bond joint by shifting the failure mode from the bond joint to a stronger area of the ablation catheter, such as the catheter shaft. Related methods of manufacturing such ablation catheters (or other medical devices including a bond joint) are also disclosed and described herein. |
| US10182859B2 |
Medical device for the transport of subcooled cryogenic fluid through a linear heat exchanger
A cryogenic medical device for delivery of subcooled liquid cryogen to various configurations of cryoprobes is designed for the treatment of damaged, diseased, cancerous or other unwanted tissues. The device is a closed or semi-closed system in which the liquid cryogen is contained in both the supply and return stages. The device comprises a number of parts including a vacuum insulated outer dewar, submersible cryogen pump, baffled linear heat exchanger, return chamber, and a series of valves to control the flow of the liquid cryogen. The cryogenic medical device promotes the subcooling to any external cryogenic probe. |
| US10182857B2 |
Force feedback device and method for catheters
The present invention is directed to a method of ablation. The method includes the steps of inserting a probe having an ablation electrode into a body of a living subject and urging the ablation electrode into a contacting relationship with a target tissue. A measurement of a contact force is made between the ablation electrode and the target tissue, and the measurement is haptically communicated to an operator. The probe is adjusted responsively to the communicated measurement, to achieve a desired value of the contact force while ablating the target tissue using the ablation electrode. |
| US10182848B2 |
Receiving part for receiving a rod for coupling the rod to a bone anchoring element and a bone anchoring device with such a receiving part
A receiving part for receiving a rod for coupling the rod to a bone anchoring element, the receiving part including: a receiving part body having a channel for receiving a rod and defining an accommodation space for accommodating a head of a bone anchoring element, the accommodation space having an opening for inserting the head; and a pressure element at least partially in the accommodation space, the pressure element including a first portion having a recess to receive the rod, and a second portion having a flexible portion to clamp the head, wherein the pressure element is moveable along a longitudinal axis of the receiving part body from an inserting position to insert the head, to a pre-locking position to clamp the head in the receiving part by a pre-stress exerted by the pressure element, to a locking position to lock the head in the receiving part. |
| US10182845B2 |
Bone securement apparatus and method
A bone securement apparatus includes a bone plate configured and dimensioned to be applied across a joint of at least two bones or a space between at least two bone fragments. The bone plate includes first and second openings. A beaming member is configured to pass through the first opening, and the beaming member includes a third opening. A support member is configured to pass through the second opening and the third opening. |
| US10182838B2 |
Shock wave focusing device, shock wave generation apparatus, and shock wave ablation system
Provided is a shock wave focusing device for a shock wave ablation system for coagulating and necrosing cardiac muscle tissue that becomes a cause of arrhythmia. A shock wave generation apparatus (10) comprises: a shock wave focusing device (11) which has a concave surface (11a); an optical fiber (12) which is inserted into the shock wave focusing device (11); a tubular catheter (13) which guides the optical fiber; an enclosure (14) which constitutes a space to be filled with liquid at the tip of the optical fiber (12); and the liquid (L) which is filled into the enclosure (14). The shock wave focusing device (11) is configured from a ring-shaped coupling part (16) provided with a central hole (11b), and 16 blade parts (17) curved outward from the edge of the coupling part (16) toward the front and provided elastically to the edge of the coupling part (16), and can be folded by rotating the blade parts (17) with respect to the coupling part (16). |
| US10182837B2 |
Sheath coupling member and associated instrument assembly
A coupling member for an ultrasonic instrument assembly has a tubular body with a first port at a first end and a second port at a second end opposite the first end. A lumen in the body member extends from the first end to the second end so that the first and the second port communicate with one another. The body member is made of a flexible resilient material such as silicone rubber and at least one reinforcement element is joined to the body member. The reinforcement element is configured so as to at least inhibit a collapse of the body member. |
| US10182835B2 |
Stone extraction and fragmentation device
A stone extraction fragmentation device of the present invention include: a stone extraction operation section having a first main body and a gripping section; and a fragmentation operation section having a second main body, a moving body which is capable of being connected with the first main body, and a rotating knob which is configured to move the moving body with respect to the second main body, wherein the moving body is configured to move the first main body in a direction away from the second main body by rotation of the rotating knob. |
| US10182831B2 |
Instruments and method for preparing an intervertebral space for receiving an artificial disc implant
Instruments and methods for preparing an intervertebral space for receiving an implant. An adjustable trial implant has an adjustable stop mechanism having a stop member connected thereto to vary the distance that a body portion of the trial implant can move into the intervertebral space. Cutting tools for forming cutouts in the adjacent vertebrae use the trial implant and/or a guide to position a cutting tool which may be a burr or a chisel. The chisel cutting tool can be moveable relative to a selected trial implant or the chisel cutting tools can be fixed onto a trial implant shaped body portion. |
| US10182828B2 |
Resection guide and method of positioning
A bone resection guide, which includes a profiling guide. The profiling guide includes a first planar bone contact surface, a first guide surface and at least one outline corresponding to at least a portion of a first implant. |
| US10182825B2 |
Venous tourniquet
A venous tourniquet having a constricting strap which can be placed around a body part, which strap is elastic in the direction of circumference or is provided with at least one elastic portion, and having a closing device by which the constricting strap can be locked into a tightening loop when the strap is positioned around a body part in the tightened state. One embodiment is advantageous if both structure and use is obtained by designing the closing device as a hook-and-loop fastener having two lockingly engaging closing parts. |
| US10182824B2 |
Clip applicator
An occlusion assembly comprising: (a) a tissue occlusion device comprising a first linear clamping portion and a second linear clamping portion, the first and second linear clamping portions oriented to overlap and be parallel to one another in a clamped position, the tissue occlusion device further including a spring concurrently coupled to and interposed by the first and second linear clamping portions to bias the first and second linear clamping portions toward the clamped position; and, (b) an endoscopic rein coupled to the tissue occlusion device and configured to facilitate repositioning of the tissue occlusion device toward an occlusion position where the first and second linear clamping portions are interposed by tissue, where the endoscopic rein includes a flexible wire coupled to the clamping device and configured to facilitate repositioning of the tissue occlusion device toward the occlusion position. |
| US10182821B2 |
Magnetic anastomosis devices and methods of delivery
The invention concerns delivering paired magnetic anastomosis devices to either side of tissues to be joined. The magnetic anastomosis devices are coupled to a guide element that facilitates delivery and manipulation of the devices when using minimally-invasive techniques such as endoscopy and laparoscopy. Elongated manipulators and guide tubes are also disclosed that improve a user's dexterity with the devices during placement. |
| US10182812B1 |
Needle holder
The needle holder includes a primary hollow shaft, a secondary hollow shaft attached to the primary hollow shaft in a generally “T” configuration, a pair of extendible jaws rotatably positioned at a distal end of the primary shaft, a trigger mechanism mounted on the primary shaft for selectively extending the jaws, a first rotation member in the primary shaft, a second rotation member in the secondary shaft, a driven gear attached to the first rotation member, and a drive gear attached to the second rotation member and configured to selectively engage the first gear. The jaws are selectively extendible and rotatable. |
| US10182809B2 |
Knotless suture anchor
A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface and is formed of a slot entering the body from its proximal end. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements. |
| US10182807B2 |
Suture anchor apparatus
In various examples, a suture anchor includes a sheath including a lumen. A frame member is disposed at least partially within the sheath. The frame member includes at least two suture loops extending from the sheath. The suture loops are configured to receive a suture, wherein tightening of the suture causes compression of the frame member to constrict the lumen of the sheath. |
| US10182802B2 |
Suturing devices and methods for closing a patent foramen ovale
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for closing a patent foramen ovale. Some of the disclosed apparatuses include an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, with first and second suture clasp arms adapted to hold end portions of a suture when in an extended position. A first suture catch mechanism is slidably housed in the elongate body and moves in a proximal-to-distal direction to engage the suture end held by the first suture clasp arm, and a second suture catch mechanism is slidably housed in the elongate body and moves in a distal-to-proximal direction to suture end held by the second suture clasp arm. The first suture clasp arm can be positioned around the septum primum to deliver a suture thereto, and the second suture clasp arm can be positioned around the septum secundum to deliver a suture thereto. |
| US10182799B2 |
Biopsy device having a ratchet drive mechanism for driving a biopsy probe assembly
A biopsy device includes a first cannula disposed co-axially with a second cannula. A ratchet drive mechanism is operatively coupled to the first cannula and the second cannula. The ratchet drive mechanism includes a first gear, a second gear and a torsion spring. The first gear is fixedly attached to the first cannula. The second gear is fixedly attached to the second cannula. A second side surface of the second gear is oriented to face a first side surface of the first gear. The torsion spring is interposed between the first gear and the second gear. The torsion spring has a first end portion inserted into a hole of the first gear and has a second end portion inserted into a hole of the second gear. The torsion spring stores energy which when released drivably rotates one of the first gear and the second gear relative to the other. |
| US10182795B2 |
Devices for integrated, repeated, prolonged, and/or reliable sweat stimulation and biosensing
A sweat sensing device includes a plurality of sweat collection pads communicating with a sensor. Each of the pads is activated by a timing circuit which allows one or more of the pads to be activated at a selected time and subsequent deactivated after a defined period of time. This allows for selective collection of sweat from a plurality of pads over a prolonged period of time. An impedance measuring circuit can be employed to determine if one or more of the pads becomes disconnected, in order to avoid irritation. Further, the devices can use a common microfluidic device which both transports sweat activating substance, such as pilocarpine, to the surface of the skin and directs sweat away from the skin to a sensing device. |
| US10182789B2 |
Toilet with stethoscope
We disclose a medical toilet that includes at least one stethoscope probe in the toilet lid. The stethoscope probes may be mounted on a compliant extension which extends the stethoscope probes toward a user seated on the toilet. The medical toilet may include a device which adjusts the height of the stethoscope probes to adjust for different size users and to collect measurements from different parts of a user. The medical toilet may include a device which records the sounds collected by the stethoscope and may also include a controller that proposes a diagnosis based on the sounds collected by the stethoscope. The medical toilet may also transmit recordings and other information to an external machine. |
| US10182785B2 |
CT system and method for determining the position and range of a mobile control element for control of the CT system
A CT system for a computed tomography examination is disclosed. In an embodiment, the CT system includes at least one mobile control element for control of the CT system, wirelessly connected to the CT system. At least one position and range determination facility is provided to determine the current position of the at least one control element in a range around the CT system. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for the position and range determination of a mobile control element for control of a CT system. A control and computing unit of a CT system are also disclosed. |
| US10182784B2 |
Medical appliances and operation thereof
The embodiments relate to a method for operating a medical appliance, (e.g., an angiography machine), in which an output data stream is produced with a first information item, and a first signature that is dependent on the first information item is embedded into the output data stream. The output data stream is supplied to an output apparatus and to a monitoring unit, wherein the first information item is presented by the output apparatus and the first signature is captured by the monitoring unit. An input is captured and is supplied to the monitoring unit. The input is coded on the basis of the first signature. |
| US10182783B2 |
Visualization of exposure index values in digital radiography
A method comprising: receiving a radiograph of at least a portion of a patient's body, wherein the radiograph is a digital grayscale image, and wherein each pixel of the grayscale image corresponds to a localized exposure index (EI) value; generating an HSL (Hue-Saturation-Lightness) image from the radiograph, wherein: a hue channel and a saturation channel of the HSL image are generated based on the localized EI values, a luminance channel of the HSL image is generated based on the intensity values of the pixels; and transforming the HSL image to an RGB image which conveys both the portion of the radiograph and the localized EI values. |
| US10182779B2 |
Medical system
A medical system includes a plurality of movable elements, a first control element for controlling a first type of movement and at least one further control element for controlling a further type of movement. The first control element is assigned to a first number of movable elements for controlling the first type of movement and the further control elements are assigned to a further number of movable elements for controlling the further type of movement. The control elements each include an input unit having at least two selection elements for selecting the movable element to be controlled. |
| US10182776B2 |
System and method for correlating object information with X-ray images
A system for displaying an image includes at least one x-ray source for emitting radiation, a detector for acquiring the radiation emitted by the radiation source for generating an x-ray image, the detector being disposed opposite the radiation source in relation to an object to be examined, a computer unit for performing computational operations, a display device for displaying x-ray images acquired by the detector and at least one data acquisition unit for acquiring surface information of the object to be examined. The data acquisition unit is disposed on the detector side and the computer unit is configured to correlate the data acquired by the detector-side data acquisition unit with the x-ray image. |
| US10182774B2 |
Spectral filtration of X-rays for energy-selective X-ray imaging
A filter is disclosed for the spectral filtration of X-rays emanating from an X-ray source which cross an object under examination and are detected by an X-ray detector in at least two different spectral regions. After crossing the object under examination, the X-rays have an energy spectrum which displays a characteristic distribution for the anode material of the X-ray source. In an embodiment, the filter is configured to suppress part of the energy spectrum comprising the focal point of the energy spectrum. A corresponding X-ray system and method are also disclosed. |
| US10182773B2 |
Radiation fluoroscopy apparatus
A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus provides radiation fluoroscopy from at least three positions without moving the radiation irradiation element and the radiation detector. A control element includes a detection rate calculation element that respectively calculates the detection rate of the position of the marker in a first imaging system having a first X-ray tube and a first flat panel detector, a second imaging system having a second X-ray tube and a second flat panel detector, and a third imaging system having a third X-ray tube and a third flat panel detector, and a fourth imaging system having a fourth X-ray tube and a fourth flat panel detector; and an imaging system selection element that selects the two imaging systems, used for X-ray fluoroscopy, out of one of the imaging systems based on a detection rate of a position of a marker calculated by a detection rate calculation element. |
| US10182771B2 |
Method and system for dose-optimized computed tomography scanning of a target organ
A method and system for dose-optimized acquisition of a computed tomography (CT) scan of a target organ is disclosed. A localizer spiral CT scan is started at a beginning of a confidence range before a target organ. Real-time localizer scan images are automatically analyzed to predict a beginning location of the target organ based on the real-time localizer scan images. A diagnostic spiral CT scan is automatically started at the predicted beginning location of the target organ. Real-time diagnostic scan images are automatically analyzed to predict an end location of the target organ where full coverage of the target organ will be reached. The diagnostic spiral CT scan is automatically stopped in response to reaching the predicted end location of the target organ. A 3D profile can be acquired using a 3D camera and used to determine the confidence range before the target organ. |
| US10182763B1 |
Intelligent assistive mobility device
Provided are mechanisms and processes for an intelligent assistive mobility device. Intelligent assistive mobility devices disclosed herein may include systems including a frame having handles, a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of brakes coupled to the wheels. The frame is configured to provide a user with assistance during walking. The system also includes a motion sensor coupled to the frame. The motion sensor includes a rotary encoder configured to measure a distance traveled by the frame by measuring rotation of at least one of the plurality of wheels. The system also includes a contact interface coupled to the frame and configured to enable connectivity with a mobile device. The contact interface is further configured to enable monitoring of measurements and the detection of distress based, at least in part, on the measurements. The system further includes an application interface configured to communicate with a health and fitness application. |
| US10182762B2 |
Electrode support structure assemblies
An electrode support structure assembly is provided comprising an electrode support structure including a plurality of splines. Each of the plurality of splines can have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The assembly further comprises a first element defining an axis and comprising an outer surface. The outer surface comprises a plurality of slots configured to receive the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines. The first element is configured such that the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines may move with respect to each slot. In accordance with some embodiments, the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines comprises a section configured for engagement with the first element, wherein the section comprises a shoulder. |
| US10182757B2 |
System and method for optical detection of skin disease
An optical system for the detection of skin disease, such as melanoma, acquires images of a lesion on a subject's skin at different wavelengths and utilizes a sweeping arm rotating about the lesion in a clock-like sweep to produce diagnostically relevant metrics and classifiers from the image data so as to enhance detection of the skin disease. |
| US10182753B2 |
Blood sampling device
A blood sampling device useful for collecting a blood sample from a separate vascular access device is described herein. The blood sampling device includes a body shaped and sized for partial insertion into a separate vascular access device. The body includes a reservoir defined within the body, which has an internal volume sufficient to contain enough blood for use in a diagnostic blood test. The body also includes a gas permeable vent disposed on the body, in which the gas permeable vent is in gaseous communication with the reservoir. When connected to a separate vascular access device the blood sampling device collects a blood sample as blood flows into the reservoir from the separate vascular access device and as gases pass out the reservoir via the gas permeable vent. |
| US10182751B2 |
Systems and methods for processing sensor data
Systems and methods for processing sensor data are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for calibration of a continuous analyte sensor. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for classification of a level of noise on a sensor signal. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for determining a rate of change for analyte concentration based on a continuous sensor signal. In some embodiments, systems and methods for alerting or alarming a patient based on prediction of glucose concentration are provided. |
| US10182749B2 |
Health care apparatus and operating method thereof
A health care apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The method includes generating a first blood glucose pattern of an examinee that indicates a blood glucose level of the examinee over a first period of time, generating a second blood glucose pattern of the examinee that indicates the blood glucose level of the examinee over a second period of time, generating a third blood glucose pattern of the examinee that indicates the blood glucose level of the examinee over a third period of time, and calculating a glycemic index of the examinee based on the first blood glucose pattern, the second blood glucose pattern, and the third blood glucose pattern. |
| US10182744B2 |
Footwear having sensor system
An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. Each sensor includes two electrodes that are in communication with a force sensitive resistive material. The electrodes and the force sensitive resistive material may have multi-lobed shapes. Additionally, the sensor system may be provided on an insert that may form a sole member of the article of footwear. The insert may have slits therethrough, and may have a defined peripheral shape. |
| US10182739B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging system and method for generating conductivity distribution image using magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography
There is provided a magnetic resonance imaging system using magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography comprising: a current generation controller configured to control an electric current which is applied to a measurement target; a converter configured to perform analog-digital conversion of data which are obtained by a RF pulse and a gradient pulse applied to the measurement target every repetition time according to a sequence for steady state free precession (SSFP) and, also, by the applied electric current; and an image generator configured to generate an image upon a conductivity distribution of the measurement target by using output data of the converter, wherein the current generation controller controls the electric current to be applied for a preset time within a certain repetition time. |
| US10182737B2 |
EMI protection for physiological measurements
An apparatus includes: a first layer including first and second measurement electrodes disposed at a distance from one another, wherein the first and second measurement electrodes are skin electrodes that measure an electric physiological property from a skin; and a second layer disposed on top of the first layer including first and a second shielding elements that are electrically conductive and arranged to cover at least partially both the first and second measurement electrodes to protect the first and second measurement electrode against electromagnetic interference. Each of the shielding elements are connected to a skin electrode. The first shielding element and the second shielding element extend adjacent with respect to one another between the first and second measurement electrodes on a plane defined by the second layer. The second shielding element is electrically isolated from the first shielding element. |
| US10182734B2 |
Enhanced ablation and mapping catheter and method for treating atrial fibrillation
A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends. An electrode assembly is provided at the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode assembly including a porous electrode arrangement that is generally transverse to the catheter body. The porous electrode arrangement comprises one or more electrodes electrically connected to a suitable energy source and a porous sleeve mounted in surrounding relation to the one or more electrodes and defining an open space between the porous sleeve and the one more electrodes. One or more irrigation openings fluidly connect the open space to a lumen extending through the catheter through which fluid can pass. In use, fluid passes through the lumen in the catheter, through the one or more irrigation openings, into the open space and through the porous sleeve. |
| US10182731B2 |
Medical electrode and limb clamp for an ECG device
The present invention provides a medical electrode comprising a conductive metal base comprising a plate element and a boss formed on the plate element and a conductive support cylinder separate from the conductive metal base. The conductive support cylinder is rotatably mounted to the conductive metal base while remaining in electrical communication with said conductive metal base. The present invention also provides a limb clamp for an ECG device. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent bending of the cable connecting with the medical electrode, thereby avoiding cable failure. |
| US10182727B2 |
Monitoring pneumocardial function
A pneumocardial function monitor includes a carrier configured to be mounted about at least a part of a trunk of a body of a subject. A sensing arrangement is mounted on the carrier, the sensing arrangement including at least one element for monitoring changes in volume of the part of the subject's body. A signal processing module is in communication with the sensing arrangement for processing signals output from the sensing arrangement, the signal processing module having at least one output for outputting a signal related to respiratory function and/or cardiac function. |
| US10182726B2 |
Device for physiological monitoring and measurement
Continuous monitoring of a plurality of physiological data may be used for health and fitness improvements for a user. To this end, a physiological monitoring and measurement device may include a wearable strap that receives heart rate data for a user including a time series of heart rate data, a maximum heart rate, and a resting heart rate. A processor may transform the heart rate data into a time series of heart rate reserve data that is weighted, e.g., to account for cardiovascular efficiencies at different intensity levels, to provide a weighted time series of heart rate reserve values. An intensity score that provides an indicator of cardiovascular intensity for an exercise routine may be generated from the weighted time series of heart rate reserve values and displayed to the user on the wearable strap. |
| US10182723B2 |
Electrode units for sensing physiological electrical activity
Systems and apparatus for monitoring physiological electrical activity of an individual include a first electrode unit for receiving a first signal indicative of electrical activity at a first location on a body of the individual and a second electrode unit for receiving a second signal indicative of electrical activity at a second location on the body of the individual. Each of the first and second electrode units may be operated in a field-sensing mode wherein the electrode unit is placed on or in proximity to the individual's skin. The first and second electrode units comprise a capacitive sensor element, and the capacitive sensor element of each of the electrode units comprising an electrodynamic sensor which is sensitive to electromagnetic waves; and an antenna comprising an electrically conductive radiating element for receiving electromagnetic waves. The field-sensing mode can be either non-contact field-sensing mode wherein the electrode unit is placed on the individual's clothing or a contact field-sensing mode wherein the electrode unit is placed directly on the individual's skin. |
| US10182722B2 |
Activity monitoring device with assessment of exercise intensity
Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user. |
| US10182719B2 |
Method for determining corneal astigmatism using optical coherence tomography
A method for detecting refractive errors in the eye that are attributable to a suboptimal surface shape of the front surface and/or rear surface of the cornea. An OCT volume scan and/or one or more OCT line scans of the front eye section are carried out; using the measured values, the front and rear surface of the cornea are detected by an edge detection process; the topography of the front and rear surface of the cornea are determined; and refractive errors are determined from said topographies. |
| US10182718B2 |
Fast absolute-reflectance method for the determination of tear film lipid layer thickness
A method of determining tear film lipid layer thickness. The method includes the steps of measuring a tear film aqueous plus lipid layer relative reflectance spectrum using a wavelength-dependent optical interferometer; converting the measured tear film aqueous plus lipid layer relative reflectance spectrum to a calculated absolute reflectance spectrum; and comparing the calculated absolute reflectance spectrum to a theoretical absolute lipid reflectance spectrum to determine a tear film lipid layer thickness. |
| US10182717B2 |
Systems for determining eye refraction
Mobile computer devices and systems for refraction determination of an eye, for example for objective refraction determination and/or subjective refraction determination, are provided. Here, a display of the mobile computer device can be driven to display an image for refraction determination. |
| US10182716B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for monitoring eye movement to test a visual field
A method for evaluating retinal function and testing the visual field of a patient by monitoring how the patient tracks a target image on a display that comprises displaying the target image on the display such that it is located at a first position on the display and visible to the patient. The process continues by identifying what portion of the display the patient is looking at, selecting a location of the patient's retina to test, and calculating, based at least in part on what portion of the display the patient is looking at, a second position on the display corresponding to the selected location of the patient's retina. The target image is displayed at the second position on the display and the process identifies how many eye movements the patient made to look at the target at the second position. Based at least in part on the number of eye movements, the process determines whether the patient was able to see the target at the second position. |
| US10182712B2 |
Catheter guided endotracheal intubation
The present invention relates to a guided endotracheal intubation endoscope. A guide catheter is used to position an endoscope and a tube for intubation of a patient. The endoscope can include a steering device for steering the endoscope in at least two directions, as well as suction, irrigation and retraction devices for maintaining a clear field of view. |
| US10182711B2 |
Method and apparatus for aiding in the diagnosis of otitis media by classifying tympanic membrane images
A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating, a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device. |
| US10182709B2 |
Filter for use with imaging endoscopes
A fluorescence endoscopy video system includes a multi-mode light source that produces light for white light and fluorescence imaging modes. A filter is positioned at the distal end of an imaging endoscope so that the endoscope can produce fluorescence and white light images of a tissue sample. |
| US10182708B2 |
Simultaneous acquisition of differing image types
A system in one embodiment includes an image forming device for forming an image from an area of interest containing different image components; an illumination device for illuminating the area of interest with light containing multiple components; at least one light source coupled to the illumination device, the at least one light source providing light to the illumination device containing different components, each component having distinct spectral characteristics and relative intensity; an image analyzer coupled to the image forming device, the image analyzer decomposing the image formed by the image forming device into multiple component parts based on type of imaging; and multiple image capture devices, each image capture device receiving one of the component parts of the image. Additional systems and methods are presented. |
| US10182707B2 |
Fluid channeling component of a multi-camera endoscope
There is provided herein a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope, the tip section comprising: a fluid channeling component for a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope, the fluid channeling component comprising one or more fluid channels configured for flowing for insufflation and/or irrigation fluid, and one or more support elements adapted to receive, support and/or secure a flexible electronic circuit board and/or one or more of a front camera, a side camera, an optical assembly, and a light source attached thereto; and a folded flexible electronic circuit board. |
| US10182706B2 |
Insertion device treatment system
An insertion device includes an insertion section extended along a longitudinal axis, and an assist tool detachably attached to the insertion section. The assist tool is actuated with being attached to the insertion section, thereby causing a propulsion force for movement along the longitudinal axis to act on the insertion section. A moving member movable between a first position and a second position is provided in one of the insertion section and the assist tool. The moving member is held at the second position due to a pressure from the other of the insertion section and the assist tool, in a state that the assist tool is located at the specific position relative to the insertion section. |
| US10182704B2 |
Robotic control of an endoscope from blood vessel tree images
A robot guiding system employs a robot unit (10) and a control unit (20). The robot unit (10) includes an endoscope (12) for generating an intra-operative endoscopic image (14) of a blood vessel tree within an anatomical region, and a robot (11) for moving the endoscope (12) within the anatomical region. The control unit (20) includes an endoscope controller (22) for generating an endoscopic path within the anatomical region, wherein the endoscopic path is derived from a matching of a graphical representation of the intra-operative endoscopic image (14) of the blood vessel tree to a graphical representation of a pre-operative three-dimensional image (44) of the blood vessel tree. The control unit (20) further includes a robot controller (21) for commanding the robot (11) to move the endoscope (12) within the anatomical region in accordance with the endoscopic path. |
| US10182702B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus including photoluminescent layer
A light-emitting apparatus includes; a light-emitting device including a photoluminescent layer that receives excitation light and emits light including first light having a wavelength λa in air, and a light-transmissive layer located on or near the photoluminescent layer; and an optical fiber that receives the light from the photoluminescent layer at one end of the optical fiber and emits the received light from the other end thereof. A surface structure is defined on at least one of the photoluminescent layer and the light-transmissive layer, and the surface structure has projections or recesses or both and limits a directional angle of the first light having the wavelength λa in air. |
| US10182701B2 |
Electronic endoscope system with rotation angle calculation of insertion portion
An electronic endoscope system including: an operation portion; an insertion portion including on a distal end side thereof a bending portion, and connected to the operation portion so as to be rotatable with respect to the operation portion, a bending direction of the bending portion changing depending on the rotation; an image pickup device disposed in the insertion portion, for generating an image of a subject; a physical quantity generation portion that generates a physical quantity which changes depending on the rotation of the insertion portion; a detection portion that detects and outputs the physical quantity generated by the physical quantity generation portion; a rotation angle calculation portion that receives the physical quantity outputted from the detection portion and calculates a rotation angle of the insertion portion; and a display portion that displays the image of the subject and information corresponding to the rotation angle of the insertion portion. |
| US10182700B2 |
Optimized dosing procedure for a washing machine
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a dispenser for dosing a product in a washing machine leading to an optimized dosing result, a dispenser controller programmed with an algorithm to execute the method of the present invention as well as the use of said dispenser for controlling dosing of a product in a washing machine. |
| US10182699B2 |
Dishwasher
A washing operation and a drying operation are performed while a basket which is located inside a washing tub and accommodates dishes reciprocates in a vertical direction of a washing tub due to a driving device. The basket reciprocates in order to pass through an injection nozzle which injects washing water and an air nozzle which injects air to perform the washing operation while passing through the injection nozzle and to perform the drying operation while passing through the air nozzle. Through this, a small amount of dishes may be washed and dried in a short time and the dishes may be washed using a small amount of water and energy. |
| US10182696B2 |
Steam nozzle system and method
Steam cleaning spray nozzle systems and methods of use are described herein. The spray nozzle includes a substantially rigid conduit a support member in fluid communication with a steam source. A portion of the conduit is angled. During use, sufficient eccentric force is produced by the steam to rotate the support member such that steam is ejected from the substantially rigid conduit at an oblique angle relative to the center to of the substantially rigid conduit. |
| US10182694B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner may include a cleaner body having a suction motor and a suctioning portion configured to be in communication with the cleaner body and to suction air and dust. One of a battery assembly having a battery or a cord reel assembly having a power cord may be installed in the cleaner body. The vacuum cleaner may also include a controller to control the suction motor by modifying a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle of an inverter providing power to the suction motor based on whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the cleaner body. |
| US10182692B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone separator, a collection chamber below the cyclone separator, a pre-motor filter downstream from the cyclone separator, and an openable cover above the pre-motor filter. The cover provides access to an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter when open, and forms an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner that is angled forwardly at an incline. |
| US10182688B2 |
Splash-reducing and velocity-increasing cartridge exit
A fluid exit portion for a splash-reducing urinal cartridge is presented. The exit portion comprises a splash reducer for causing fluid to exit the cartridge in a splash-reduced manner. The splash reducer is generally in the form of a spout with a tapered exit area for accelerating and directing the fluid. The spout may comprise converting fins to urge fluid to collect in a progressively narrower channel. When the cartridge is installed into a housing, the splash reducer ensures that fluid exiting the cartridge transitions into the housing with minimal disturbance, substantially parallel to the housing. The splash reducer is formed of a flexible material or is hinged with respect to the cartridge body to allow for easy insertion into a housing. |
| US10182684B2 |
Composite shower curb and self-sealing curb cap
A composite curb for a shower base, and a self-sealing anchoring cap for a shower curb. The composite curb includes a lower-density base portion formed of closed cell foam, and a higher-density anchoring cap portion attached to the base. The self-sealing anchoring cap comprises a resilient or self-healing material or a self-sealing layer, and is configured to retain a fastener therein and form a water-resistant seal between the fastener and the anchoring cap portion. |
| US10182682B2 |
System for mixing beverages and method of doing the same
A beverage mixing system includes a housing, a sealing feature, a locking feature, and an agitator. The housing has an opening separating inner and outer surfaces and a boss that extends through the housing such that part of the outer surface forms an inner bore of the boss having a terminus pointing toward the opening. The agitator has a base, a shaft, and a mixing element coupled to the base such that the base, in cooperation with the sealing feature, circumferentially seals the opening of the housing to form a cavity defined by the inner surface. The shaft passes through the inner bore. The locking feature when engaged permits independent or simultaneous translational and rotational movement of the shaft while an area between the terminus of the boss and the shaft remains mechanically sealed during the movement against liquid or powder encroachment into a clean area of the inner bore. |
| US10182680B2 |
Electrically operated food processor
The invention relates to an electrically operated food processor (1) for preparing a cooked product, which exhibits a basic unit (14), a vessel (2) with an agitator (18) that can be inserted into the basic unit (14), a heating device (9) allocated to the vessel (2), a temperature sensor (5), a transceiver device (12) for communicating with the temperature sensor (5), and an evaluator (13) for evaluating the measurement data received from the temperature sensor (5). In order to provide an electric food processor (1) with an alternative connection between the temperature sensor (5) and evaluator (13), it is proposed that the temperature sensor (5) be a surface acoustic wave sensor (SAW sensor). |
| US10182672B2 |
Warming bag and snow suit combination
A warming bag and snow suit combination includes a warming bag having an interior space between the front side and the back side. A slit extends through the front side and extends from a hole in the front side wherein the slit is openable to provide access to the interior space. A slit closure closes the slit. A perimeter closure coupled to the warming bag extends along an edge of the warming bag. The perimeter closure secures the warming bag in a folded position. Each of a pair of straps is coupled to the back side spaced apart for carrying the warming bag in the folded position. A snow suit is provided having a pair of arms, a pair of legs, and a torso section. Each of the arms and the legs is coupled to and extends from the torso section. |
| US10182668B2 |
Clip for securing elongated label track and associated systems and methods
Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to clips and associated systems and methods for securing elongated label tracks. Exemplary embodiments include a top portion, an intermediate portion and a bottom portion. The top portion can be configured to secure to a top surface of a shelf or base deck. The intermediate portion can be configured to retain a portion of an elongated label track against a front face of the shelf or base deck. The bottom portion can be configured to engage a bottom surface of the shelf or base deck and support the elongated label track. The intermediate portion can extend at a first angle with respect to the top portion and a second angle with respect to the bottom portion. |
| US10182665B2 |
System and method for preventing damage to products
A device and method for preventing damage to products in a display case is disclosed. The display case includes a normally black transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) which is positioned between a front and rear glass of the door. A controller is electrically connected to the LCD which drives the LCD according to transparency data. The transparency data comprises various transparency levels for the LCD depending on the time of day. |
| US10182664B2 |
Integrated door rails for door cases
A refrigerated enclosure system includes an enclosure with an interior region defined between a top portion and a bottom portion. A top rail is attached to the top portion and includes an upper hinge mount. A bottom rail is attached to the bottom portion and includes a lower hinge mount. A central axis of the lower hinge mount is positioned relative to a central axis of the upper hinge mount to enable a door secured to the upper hinge mount and the lower hinge mount to open and close relative to an opening of the enclosure. The refrigerated enclosure system also includes a first insulating layer positioned on a back side of the top rail and within the interior region and a second insulating layer positioned on a back side of the bottom rail and within the interior region. The first and second insulating layers inhibit a transfer of heat into the enclosure. |
| US10182661B2 |
Inflatable air mattress alert and monitoring system
This disclosure describes, among other things, techniques for waking a user by changing the user's sleep environment. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, at least one user alarm setting, generating, via the central controller, at least one instruction based on the received user alarm setting, and transmitting, from the central controller, the at least one instruction to a first component of the air mattress system to adjust a feature of the first component. |
| US10182659B2 |
Modular sofa construction and methods for assembly
A modular sofa assembly described herein includes a plurality of seating modules each having a seat section, a backrest section, and side edge surfaces. The backrest section includes first and second portions coupled for movement between a folded configuration and an extended configuration. An armrest module has an armrest side edge surface configured for mating engagement with a side edge surface of a seating module. The modular sofa is assembled by aligning connectors of the seating modules and armrest module, with each respective connectors slidingly engaged along an axis. After bringing the modules together, these connections are secured with the side edge surfaces in abutting engagement. The modular sofa further may include a power cradle mounted at the sofa's bottom surface. The power cradle includes a cubic power outlet near the front of the sofa, and power cable extending beyond the back of the sofa. |
| US10182654B2 |
Mounting part for slide rail assembly
A mounting part is adapted to mount an object to a rail of a slide rail assembly. The rail is arranged with an engaging member. The engaging member has an elastic portion and an engaging portion. The mounting part includes a mounting feature. In the course in which the mounting part is mounted to the rail, the mounting part pushes and thereby displaces the engaging portion of the engaging member, and the elastic portion stores an elastic force in response to displacement of the engaging portion. Once the mounting feature of the mounting part corresponds in position to the engaging portion, the elastic portion of the engaging member releases the elastic force and thus drives the engaging portion into engagement with the mounting feature. |
| US10182650B1 |
One piece collapsible shelving unit with vertical divider structure
A shelving unit movable between a shelf-supporting condition and a collapsed condition includes first and second side support frames pivotally connected to a rear support frame. At least two shelves are pivotally mounted to the rear support frame for movement between a horizontal position supported on the first and second side support frames, and a vertical position removed from the first and second side support frames. At least one divider is pivotally mounted to one of the at least two shelves between a vertical position between the at least two shelves and a horizontal position folded against the one of the least two shelves. The first and second side support frames are folded forwardly of the at least two shelves in the vertical position thereof, and the second side support frame is also folded forwardly of the at least one divider folded against the one of the at least two shelves to form a compact folded, layered arrangement so that the shelving unit is easy to store and transport. |
| US10182649B2 |
Stand for a portable device with a graphic user interface display
A stand for supporting a portable device has a first panel for supporting the device, a second panel hinged so as to be pivotable relative to the first panel about a first hinge axis and an angle setting leg hinged so as to be pivotable relative to the first panel or the second panel about a second hinge axis and having a free end releasably connectable to the other one of the first panel and the second panel at a distance from the first hinge axis for setting an angle between the first panel and the second panel. A flexible attachment flap projects from and extends along at least a portion of at least one edge of the first panel. The flap has an attachment surface for attachment to a bottom surface of or attached to the device. |
| US10182648B1 |
Adjustable table
An adjustable table may comprise a base, an adjusting unit and a tabletop, and the adjusting unit further has a locating seat, a sliding seat, a spring, a first shaft, a connecting rod and an operating rod. The locating seat has a first top plate, and each of two lateral edges of the first top plate is vertically connected to a first side plate. The first shaft is configured to simultaneously couple with the two first side plates, which significantly improves the stableness of the adjustable table when the tabletop bearing weight. |
| US10182647B2 |
Twisted wire brush and method of making
A twisted wire brush comprises a wire core and at least one length of spring coil. The wire core has a first length, defines a core axis, and comprises at least two core wires intertwined. The core wires twist helically about the core axis. Each length of spring coil extends about at least one of the core wires, and each length of spring coil is pressed between the twisted core wires. In another embodiment, a method of making a twisted wire brush comprises providing at least two core wires, positioning a length of spring coil about each core wire, aligning each length of spring coil, and twisting each core wire about a core axis. In yet another embodiment, a grill brush comprises a handle, a plurality of twisted core wires attached to the handle, and at least one length of spring coil, each length extending about at least one core wire. |
| US10182646B2 |
Multifunctional bottle washing brush
A multifunctional bottle washing brush includes a sponge, a plurality of bristles, a handle, an extension stem, an ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer light, and actuatable soap-dispensing mechanism, and a motor. The sponge, the plurality of bristles, the extension stem, and the UV sterilizer light complete an interchangeable brush that removably and terminally mounted to the handle through a rotor of the motor. The actuatable soap-dispensing mechanism that is integrated into the handle is in fluid communication with the sponge to supply a flow of soap while the interchangeable brush is rotatably operated through the motor via a power switch. Resultantly, the multifunctional bottle washing brush is able to efficiently clean dishes while the UV sterilizer light disinfects the sponge and the plurality of bristles. |
| US10182630B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a case and a cover. The cover includes a hook to be engaged with the case. The case includes a receiving portion for receiving the hook. An end of the hook is configured to laterally extend from a body of the hook. The first portion is engaged with the end. The second portion is located at an opposite side of the end and supports the cover thereon. The second portion is softer than the hook. |
| US10182629B2 |
Wheeled device and wheel assembly
A wheel assembly, a wheeled device and a method of manufacturing a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes a core and an outer portion coupled to the core. The core includes a body and one or more projections extending from the body. Material of the outer portion may be positioned radially between the body and a portion of the projection to limit radial movement of the outer portion relative to the core. The projection may define a bore and/or an undercut. Material of the outer portion may encompass the projection and fill the bore and/or the undercut. Engagement of the material of the outer portion and the projection(s) may limit relative movement between the core and the outer portion radially, axially, circumferentially, etc. |
| US10182628B2 |
Container, of the type of trunks, suitcases, trolley cases and the like
A container, of the type of trunks, suitcases, trolley cases, and the like, which includes at least one first half-shell, which can be closed at a free edge thereof by a second half-shell, when the second half-shell is arranged in a first configuration, in order to define an internal compartment that is designed to accommodate objects. The second half-shell can move from the first configuration to at least one second configuration, of free access to the compartment, and vice versa.The first half-shell has a door arranged, in a first arrangement of use, to close an opening that is provided along at least one first side wall of the first half-shell and is such as to define an additional, independent, access to the compartment. The door moves between the first arrangement and at least one second arrangement, in which the door is at least partially distanced from the opening, in order to allow free access to the compartment, even when the second half-shell is arranged in the first configuration. |
| US10182626B2 |
Body ornament manufacturing method, body ornament-molding die and body ornament
Silicone is placed between an upper die and an injection-pressing rubber-lid upper die, and the silicone injection passage is pressurized by the injection-pressing rubber-lid upper die. With this, the silicone is caused to flow into an injection port through the silicone injection passage. Then, sequentially through the injection port and the disc silicone-flow passage, the silicone is caused to flow toward an inner periphery of a silicone injection space. Further, the silicone flows between both circumferential sides of the silicone-flow deflection region. In this way, the silicone flows in a peculiar manner in conformity with a shape of the silicone-flow deflection region. |
| US10182624B2 |
Multiply functioning finger ring
An assembly for ornamenting a proximal end of a finger and for enhancing friction at the distal end of the finger, the assembly incorporating first and second bands; a void within the second band for receiving and releasing the finger; a frictional crown attached to the second band; and a shaft having an anchor end pivotally attached to the first band and having an opposite end pivotally attached to the second band, the shaft being adapted for guiding, orbiting, and counter-orbiting movements of the second band between flexed and extended positions, wherein in the flexed position, the crown overlies the proximal end of the finger, and wherein in extended position, the crown overlies the finger's distal end. |
| US10182619B2 |
Article of footwear incorporating a woven or non-woven textile with durable water repellant properties
A woven or non-woven textile for an upper of an article of footwear, methods for making the woven and non-woven textiles, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The textile includes a first portion formed by a first yarn or fiber having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn or fiber different from the first yarn or fiber. The second yarn or fiber is disposed along an edge portion of the textile configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The woven textile is formed of unitary woven construction, and the non-woven textile is formed of unitary non-woven construction. |
| US10182615B2 |
Light-cured composite insole
The present invention describes a shaped footwear device intended to be used as a supportive insole or orthotic and a system and methods for making the same. The footwear device includes a top foam layer, a light-cured composite material layer, and a bottom textile layer. The footwear device is created by conforming a pre-cured insole assembly to the plantar surface of a foot or foot mold and then exposing the pre-cured insole assembly to light to create a shaped footwear device with a light-cured composite material support plate. |
| US10182614B2 |
Sole system having movable protruding members
An article of footwear with a sole system includes a sole member and a protruding member assembly. The sole system provides tactile sensation. Protruding members of the protruding member assembly can translate through holes in the sole member to facilitate tactile sensation. |
| US10182612B2 |
Sole structure for an article of footwear having a nonlinear bending stiffness with compression grooves and descending ribs
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate that has a foot-facing surface with a forefoot portion, and a ground-facing surface opposite from the foot-facing surface. The sole plate has a plurality of grooves extending at least partially transversely relative to the sole plate in the forefoot portion of the foot-facing surface, and a plurality of ribs protruding at the ground-facing surface, extending at least partially transversely relative to the sole plate, and underlying the plurality of grooves. At least some grooves of the plurality of grooves are configured to be open when the sole structure is dorsiflexed in a first portion of a flexion range, and closed when the sole structure is dorsiflexed in a second portion of the flexion range that includes flex angles greater than in the first portion of the flexion range. |
| US10182610B2 |
Feet position guidance aid
A feet position guidance aid for formulating individually formed thermoplastic insoles, shoes or shoe sole structures. The feet position guidance aid is made of flexible material and its upper surface includes guiding places for feet for guiding the position of the feet. The feet position guidance aid includes a lifter, wherein the lifter is a rising structure arranged to lift up and support the toes of the feet so that feet are guided to a position suitable for formulating the individually formed thermoplastic insole. An insole customizing arrangement for formulating individually formed thermoplastic insoles is also described. |
| US10182609B2 |
Aperture cover for bicycle cleat assembly
A bicycle cleat/cover assembly and a cover device. The bicycle cleat cover device is configured to be releasably secured to a bicycle cleat, wherein the bicycle cleat has an aperture sized and configured to receive a clipless pedal. The removable bicycle cleat cover device serves to inhibit debris from entering the central opening of the bicycle cleat when the bicycle cleat is disengaged from a pedal and the user is walking about on the ground. |
| US10182596B2 |
Dabbing tool configured for releasable engagement with a heated nail
Described is a dabbing tool for transporting a tobacco or other herbal concentrate to a heated nail of a smoking or vaporizing apparatus. The dabbing tool includes a tip portion configured to transport and apply the concentrate to the heated nail. To provide improved convenience and safety for removing, handling, and manipulating the heated nail, the dabbing tool also includes a nail holder portion configured to releasably engage with the heated nail. |
| US10182595B2 |
Cigarettes and cigarette filters including activated carbon for removing nitric oxide
Filters and cigarettes include an activated carbon sorbent capable of selectively removing nitric oxide from mainstream tobacco smoke. Methods for making cigarette filters and cigarettes using the activated carbon sorbent and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke produced by smoking a cigarette comprising the sorbent are also provided. |
| US10182591B2 |
Legume-based food products
The present invention, in an embodiment, is a product having an outer shell and an inner filling. In the embodiment, each of the outer shell and inner filling include a legume and an additive such as vitamins and minerals. In the embodiment, the outer shell and the inner filling are substantially free of grain-based flour, the product is a ready-to-eat food, the outer shell is crispy, and the inner filling is creamy. |
| US10182587B2 |
Hybrid system and method for producing a substantially non-foaming and foaming gas-infused beverages
A system prepares and dispenses non gas-infused and gas-infused beverages including a gas source, a pressurizable container connected to the gas source to receive a first flow of gas, a gas infusion tank connected to the gas source to receive a second flow of gas, a first dispensing tap that receives a portion of preprocessed beverage stored in the pressurizable container that flows under pressure from a portion of the first flow of gas to dispense a non gas-infused beverage from the first dispensing tap, and a second dispensing tap that receives gas-infused beverage from the gas infusion vessel to dispense the gas-infused beverage by the second dispensing tap, the gas-infused tank receiving a portion of the preprocessed beverage from the pressurizable container to infuse the preprocessed beverage in the gas infusion vessel with at least a portion of the second flow of gas. |
| US10182579B1 |
Method of making a meat product and a meat product
The present disclosure describes new meat products and new processing and cutting techniques that more effectively utilize an animal carcass. A method of forming one or more bone-in products and one or more boneless meat products from the same segment of carcass are disclosed. The bone-in meat products and boneless meat products are formed by dividing a carcass segment having at least three rib bones into a bone-in meat portion and a boneless meat portion. The bone-in meat portion has a portion of rib bones exposed and a generally cylindrically meat member spanning its length. The boneless meat portion may be a formed by enveloping the meat portion with a flap created from attached fat or skin of the boneless meat portion thereby forming a boneless meat product that is a continuous piece of material and generally cylindrical in shape. |
| US10182578B2 |
Sausage stuffer
The present application discloses a speed-adjustable automatic limiting sausage stuffer. The sausage stuffer includes a rack and photoelectric sensors. A first limiting sensing hole is disposed on the top end of the rack, a second limiting sensing hole is disposed on the middle of the rack, and a perpendicular distance between the first limiting sensing hole and the second limiting sensing hole is a height of a barrel. The photoelectric sensors are disposed symmetrically on two sides of the rack, and when the first limiting sensing hole or the second limiting sensing hole on the rack is located on a same plane as the photoelectric sensors, the symmetrically disposed photoelectric sensors and the first limiting sensing hole or the second limiting sensing hole lie on a single straight line. |
| US10182577B2 |
Refrigerated, chemically leavened doughs in package, with carbon dioxide atmosphere
Described are methods and compositions relating to dough compositions leavened by chemical leavening systems that include acidic chemical leavening agent and encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, wherein the dough composition can be refrigerated in a low pressure package that contains a carbon dioxide atmosphere. |
| US10182573B2 |
Antimicrobial solution for use with dental appliances
In various aspects, the composition of matter disclosed herein includes an antimicrobial solution. The antimicrobial solution may include deionized water QS, acetic acid, and grapefruit seed extract (GSE) in combination with one another. The GSE may be at a concentration effective to eradicate microorganisms, and the microorganisms may include both Gram-positive microorganisms and Gram-negative microorganisms. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and methods disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. |
| US10182570B2 |
Antimicrobial coatings formed from mixtures of silanes and amines
An anti-microbial coating formulation consisting essentially of triethanolamine and a silane. |
| US10182567B2 |
Cyclodextrin compositions, articles, and methods
Cyclodextrin compositions including one or more radiation polymerizable monomers and a cyclodextrin inclusion complex, the cyclodextrin inclusion complex including a cyclodextrin compound and an olefinic inhibitor of an ethylene generation in produce, are coated onto packaging materials and cured. Treated containers and treated package inserts having the cured cyclodextrin compositions are useful in packaging of respiring plant materials. |
| US10182565B2 |
Insect repellent fixture and method
A fixture (100) for gradually releasing a spatially effective semiochemical, for example a repellant. The fixture includes a slotted tube (140), that may be formed for example, from a porous material, a peripheral tube (102) having a plurality of apertures and disposed outward from the slotted tube, a base (110) that engages the slotted tube and the outer tube, a funnel member (160) that engages a top end of the slotted tube and the peripheral tube, and a cap (130). In an embodiment the base includes a lighting element (150). |
| US10182564B2 |
Fishing rod holder
Fishing rod holders with an upper orthogonal coupling and a lower orthogonal coupling, which allow for adjustment of angle and height without using tools (e.g., screwdriver, wrench, etc.). |
| US10182553B2 |
Rotary livestock feeder with gravity flow feed openings
A feeder for dispensing feed to livestock includes a trough and a hopper mounted above the trough. The hopper includes a sidewall, a bottom, a central feed discharge hole through the bottom, and a plurality of gravity flow feed openings arranged around the central feed discharge hole. A deflector is mounted in the hopper above and vertically spaced from the hopper bottom to cover the central feed discharge hole to restrict gravity flow of feed from the hopper through the central feed discharge hole. A sweep member is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis for sweeping feed under the deflector to the central feed discharge hole for discharge into the trough. A closure system is associated with the gravity flow feed openings to automatically close the gravity flow feed openings once animals start moving the sweep member to sweep feed to the central feed discharge hole. |
| US10182549B2 |
Soybean cultivar BY1313402
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY1313402 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY1313402 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using BY1313402 in a breeding program. |
| US10182547B1 |
Maize hybrid X13M664
A novel maize variety designated X13M664 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13M664 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M664 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M664, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M664 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M664 and methods of using maize variety X13M664 are disclosed. |
| US10182545B1 |
Maize hybrid X13M658
A novel maize variety designated X13M658 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13M658 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M658 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M658, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M658 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M658 and methods of using maize variety X13M658 are disclosed. |
| US10182542B1 |
Soybean cultivar S170031
A soybean cultivar designated S170031 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170031, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170031, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170031, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170031. 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 S170031. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170031, 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 S170031 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10182541B1 |
Soybean cultivar S170000
A soybean cultivar designated S170000 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170000, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170000, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170000, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170000. 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 S170000. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170000, 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 S170000 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10182540B1 |
Soybean cultivar S170012
A soybean cultivar designated S170012 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170012, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170012, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170012, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170012. 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 S170012. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170012, 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 S170012 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10182535B2 |
Mesh based irrigation system
According to some embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a flowing water channel device, comprising, a tubular conduit made of fluid impervious material and at least one slit extending along a longitudinal axis of the tubular conduit, a first and a second marginal edge of the tubular conduit are opposing to one another, and at least one fluid permeable sheet material layer passing via the at least one slit and having a first marginal portion spread within the tubular conduit along the longitudinal axis and a second marginal portion spread outside of the tubular conduit along the longitudinal axis. |
| US10182531B2 |
Continuous cultivation system for organic ginseng using multilevel cultivation tables
A continuous cultivation system for growing an organic ginseng using multilevel cultivation tables. The system includes a facility including: a rainproof plastic roof, a first sun-shading screen placed on the rainproof plastic roof and allows transmission of an adequate amount of sunlight for cultivation of ginseng, and a second sun-shading screen installed at front, back, and left, and right sides of the facility and that allows air to smoothly pass therethrough; a plurality of multilevel cultivation tables that includes three or more levels of cultivation tables respectively; a water supply device for uniformly supplying water to the cultivation tables; a ventilation window and an air blowing fan installed on a ceiling of the facility to ventilate an upper portion of the facility; and auxiliary light sources installed under all of the cultivation tables except for lowermost cultivation tables. |
| US10182529B2 |
Agricultural baler with auxiliary power system powered by movable component(s) on the baler
An agricultural baler includes a flywheel, a driveline associated with the flywheel and couplable with a power take-off (PTO) of a traction unit, and a movable component which is driven directly or indirectly by the driveline and movable in a linear and/or rotational manner. The baler further includes an auxiliary power system coupled with the movable component. The auxiliary power system is configured for receiving power from the movable component and storing the power. |
| US10182528B2 |
Draper belt assembly
A draper belt assembly may include a roller and a web. The roller may include a first groove having a first interior side surface facing in a first direction and a second groove having a second interior side surface facing in the first direction. The draper belt may include a web, and first and second elastomeric belt guides received within the first groove and the second groove, respectively. The first belt guide may have a first exterior side surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction and axially spaced from the first interior side surface by first distance. The second belt guide may have a second exterior side surface facing in the second direction, axially spaced from the second interior side surface by second distance greater than the first distance in absence of axial loads to the draper belt. |
| US10182525B2 |
Feeder and header positioning method
A method of operating an agricultural vehicle having a feeder housing and a header. The method includes the steps of providing an automated adjustment system configured for adjusting at least one of: at least one header function, at least one feeder housing function, and at least one agricultural vehicle function. The automated adjustment system includes a controller and a memory operably coupled to the controller. The method includes the further steps of receiving an input from one of an operator manually inputting the input or the header automatically communicating the input, defining an origin position, calibrating an origin pitch angle of the header, adjusting a position of the header, maintaining the origin position, determining a condition, and adjusting or maintaining at least one of the at least one header function, the at least one feeder housing function, and the at least one agriculture vehicle function in response to the condition. |
| US10182523B2 |
Self-propelled, multiple-use transfer device with feed spreader
“SELF-PROPELLED, MULTI-PURPOSE TRANSFER DEVICE”, as described in the report and in the attached illustrations, is an equipment used in general agriculture and livestock activities to transfer products to another suitable equipment or place, containing the additional function of spreading products in the soil, therefore called self-propelled. The equipment presents as a differential the fact that it brings together multiple functions such as the possibility of transferring and spreading products in the field or in other applications, such as in sandpits. |
| US10182521B2 |
Field cultivation combined with fertilizer placement
A standard fertilizer applicator with coulters and shank assemblies with knives for placement of fertilizer below the soil surface is equipped with cultivator shank assemblies for tillage between the fertilizer shanks. Each cultivator shank is mounted by a plate having notches therein for adjusting the vertical height of the assembly. The plate is attached to a support bracket placed around a square beam or tool bar. When used for spring application, leveling of uneven soil is accomplished and weeds are eliminated with the same pass made to apply the fertilizer. |
| US10188020B2 |
Cable assembly and cable assembly manufacturing method
[Problem] Objects of the invention are to provide a cable assembly with reduced characteristic impedance at a protruding end portion of a first wire of a cable and configured for easy manufacture, and to provide a method for manufacturing the cable assembly.[Configuration] A cable assembly A1 includes a terminal 400a, a cable 100, and an electroconductive member 200. The cable 100 includes an outer insulator 100, a shield conductor 120 inside the outer insulator 110, and at least one first wire 130a being a signal wire inside the shield conductor 120. The first wire 130a includes a protruding portion Pa protruding in the Y-Y′ direction from the shield conductor 120 and the outer insulator 110. The electroconductive member 200 is an electroconductive plate or electroconductive tape wound around at least a part in the Y-Y′ direction of the protruding portion Pa. |
| US10188016B2 |
Node blind mate liquid cooling
The present disclosure is directed to a configurable extension space for a computer server or node blade that has the ability to expand data storage or other functionality to a computer system while minimizing any disruption to computers in a data center when the functionality of a computer server or a node blade is extended. Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may include multiple electronic assemblies where a first assembly resides deep within an enclosure to which an expansion module may be attached in an accessible expansion space. Such apparatus may also include liquid cooling. |
| US10188009B2 |
Connector device
A connector device includes a body having an opening on one end in a first direction, the body including inside a first space, and a second space positioned closer to the opening than the first space in the first direction and arranged in line with the first space in the first direction, a first tray that holds a first medium, a first sliding assembly that inserts and removes the first tray in the first direction with respect to the first space via the opening, and a second sliding assembly that inserts and removes a second medium different from the first medium in the first direction with respect to the second space via the opening, wherein out of the first tray and the second medium, only the second medium is removed in a state in which the first tray and the second medium are inserted into the body. |
| US10188006B2 |
Bracket mount assembly for light fixtures
A bracket mount assembly includes a mounting plate and a base assembly. The mounting plate includes a mounting aperture. The mounting aperture has an aperture cross-sectional width. The base assembly includes a first fastener and a second fastener. A first width is defined as a width between the first and second fasteners proximal to a first end of the base assembly. A second width is defined as a width between the first and second fasteners proximal to a second, opposing end of the primary fastener. A third width is defined as a width between the first and second fasteners at a point between the first and second ends of the primary fastener. The third width is greater than each of the first width, the second width and the aperture cross-sectional width. |
| US10188001B2 |
Methods of forming high aspect ratio plated through holes and high precision stub removal in a printed circuit board
The present invention relates to printed circuit boards (PCBs), and more particularly, to methods of forming high aspect ratio through holes and high precision stub removal in a printed circuit board (PCB). The high precision stub removal processes may be utilized in removing long stubs and short stubs. In the methods, multiple holes of varying diameter and depth are drilled from an upper and/or lower surface of the printed circuit board utilizing drills of different diameters. |
| US10187999B2 |
Method for manufacturing an ultra-thin metal layer printed circuit board
The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board having an ultra-thin metal layer. The method discharges alkaline aliphatic amine gas and the nitrogen bubbled in the cupric sulfate solution via capacitive coupling in a vacuum, to generate low temperature plasma. The polyimide film and the epoxy resin board coated with fiberglass cloth are etched and the surface is treated to graft active groups, so as to increase the surface roughness and chemical activity. Subsequently, sputtering copper plating or chemical copper plating is directly conducted. The electroplating is conducted to thicken the copper film to a required thickness. The method of the invention not only does not need adhesive (adhesive free), but also has a high peeling strength. It can be used for the preparation of the flexible PCB, the rigid PCB, the multi-layer PCB, and rigid-flex PCB, having an ultra-thin metal layer. |
| US10187994B2 |
Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same
A capacitor includes a body, first and second external electrodes, and first and second auxiliary external electrodes. The body includes first and second internal electrodes each having first and second lead portions exposed to one surface of the body. The first and second external electrodes are disposed on the one surface of the body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second auxiliary external electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and cover portions of surfaces of the body connected to the one surface of the body. |
| US10187990B2 |
Flexible printed circuit and display device
The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit capable of being mounted to an outer edge portion of a display panel including a periphery that is at least partially curved. The flexible printed circuit of the present invention includes: a flexible substrate provided with multiple slits; multiple conductive lines; and multiple terminals electrically coupled with the respective conductive lines in an independent manner. The slits and the conductive lines are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate. The terminals are disposed on a first longitudinal end of the flexible substrate. |
| US10187989B2 |
Electronic component
The invention concerns an electronic component that comprises a printed circuit board stack with multiple printed circuit boards arranged one on top of the other and that is used, in particular, for model aircraft or commercially utilized unmanned aircraft. The printed circuit boards are held at a distance from one another by spacers. The fastening elements that are provided here are electrically conductive in design, and the printed circuit boards are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner and also mechanically by these fastening elements. |
| US10187987B1 |
Interconnect assembly with flexible circuit
An interconnect assembly includes a spacer assembly including a top surface and a bottom surface; and a flexible circuit member including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The flexible circuit member curves about at least a portion of the spacer assembly such that a first portion of the first surface of the flexible circuit member is coupled to the top surface of the spacer assembly and a second portion of the first surface of the flexible circuit member is coupled to the bottom surface of the spacer assembly. The interconnect assembly further includes at least one top electrical interface element coupled to a first portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member; and at least one bottom electrical interface element coupled to a second portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member. The first portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member is spaced apart from the second portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member. The at least one top electrical interface element, the flexible circuit member, and the at least one bottom electrical interface element form an electrical signal path between the at least one top electrical interface element and the at least one bottom electrical interface element. |
| US10187983B2 |
Copper foil provided with carrier, laminate, printed wiring board, electronic device, and method for fabricating printed wiring board
Provided is a copper foil provided with a carrier which enables to form an extremely fine circuit and to suppress the disconnection of a circuit well. A copper foil provided with a carrier having, in order, an intermediate layer and an ultrathin copper layer on one side or both sides of the carrier, wherein the ultrathin copper layer is an electrolytic copper layer; and the thickness of the ultrathin copper layer measured by using a gravimetric method is 1.5 μm or less and the number of pinholes in the ultrathin copper layer is 0 pinholes/m2 or more and 5 pinholes/m2 or less. |
| US10187981B2 |
Multi-wire wiring board
A multi-wire wiring board including insulation-coated wires each including a wire and a wire coating layer, and a wire-laying adhesive sheet on which the insulation-coated wires are wire-laid, in which the multi-wire wiring board includes a wire-laying adhesive sheet on which a high-frequency-compatible wire is disposed, the high-frequency-compatible wire including the wire coating layer being a low-dielectric resin having a relative permittivity less than 3.6 at 10 GHz, and a wire-laying adhesive sheet on which a general wire is disposed, the general wire including the wire coating layer being a general resin having a relative permittivity of 3.6 or more at 10 GHz. |
| US10187979B2 |
Wiring substrate and electronic component device
A wiring substrate includes a metal plate in which at least one wiring formation region is defined, a cavity formed in the wiring formation region, a concave part formed to have a frame shape at a peripheral edge portion of a bottom portion of the cavity, a first pad disposed at a central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity, a wiring portion connected to the first pad and disposed on and extended along the central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity, a side surface of the concave part and a bottom surface of the concave part, and a multi-layered wiring layer disposed at the central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity so as to cover the first pad and a part of the wiring portion. The multi-layered wiring layer has a second pad provided at an upper surface-side and connected to the wiring portion. |
| US10187977B2 |
Head mounted computing device, adhesive joint system and method
An adhesive joint system comprises a circuit board with a distal end and a proximal end mounted on a first side via a tongue and groove connection to a housing. An adhesive is positioned at least in the gap surrounding the tongue, and an electrical component mounted to the distal end on a second side of the circuit board that is opposite the first side. The respective coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) of the tongue, adhesive, and the material defining the groove are related, such that as heat is applied to the tongue and groove connection, the adhesive is compressed within the gap. |
| US10187973B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first circuit board on which a first switching element and a first diode connected in inverse parallel are mounted, a second circuit board on which a second switching element and a second diode connected in inverse parallel are mounted, a printed circuit board disposed opposite the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a plurality of conductive posts which electrically connect the first switching element, the second switching element, the first diode, the second diode, the first circuit board, or the second circuit board and metal layers of the printed circuit board. The first switching element and the second switching element are connected in anti-series to form a bidirectional switch. |
| US10187970B2 |
Multilayer substrate
A multilayer substrate includes a component mounting electrode, an external mounting electrode, and a heat dissipating unit. The component mounting electrode is connected to an electronic component that is connected to an external structure. The heat dissipating unit is constituted by a plurality of via-conductors partially superposed each other in a stacking direction of the multilayer substrate and disposed continuously between the component mounting electrode and the external mounting electrode. The heat dissipating unit includes communicating portions, each in which one via-conductor is disposed per ceramic layer, and a branching portion in which a plurality of via-conductors are disposed continuously between the communicating portions per ceramic layer. Where the via-conductors of the branching portion and the via-conductor of the communicating portion are adjacent to each other, the positions of the centers of the adjacent via-conductors are separated from each other as viewed from the stacking direction. |
| US10187966B2 |
Method and apparatus for gas abatement
Embodiments disclosed herein include a plasma source, an abatement system and a vacuum processing system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. In one embodiment, a plasma source includes a dielectric tube and a coil antenna surrounding the tube. The coil antenna includes a plurality of turns, and at least one turn is shorted. Selectively shorting one or more turns of the coil antenna helps reduce the inductance of the coil antenna, allowing higher power to be supplied to the coil antenna that covers more processing volume. Higher power supplied to the coil antenna and larger processing volume lead to an improved DRE. |
| US10187963B2 |
Generating a lighting scene
A method of creating a lighting scene, the method comprising: receiving a still or moving input image; identifying one or more image segments within the input image (S22), including determining a shape of each of the one or more image segments (S23); determining a respective color and/or brightness level of each of the one or more identified image segments; determining a shape associated with each of a one or more luminaires present within the environment; matching the shape of each of the one or more identified image segments to the shape associated with a respective one of said luminaires or a respective group of the luminaires (S25); and for each respective of the one or more identified image segments, controlling the respective luminaire or group of luminaires to emit light with a color selected based on the color of the respective image segment and/or with a brightness level selected based on the brightness level of the respective image segment (S26). |
| US10187961B2 |
Combination light, RFID and software radio assembly to replace standard or existing lighting with RFID enabled lighting
An RFID reader (500) with a software radio that is aesthetically pleasing and powered using existing electrical systems comprising a component housing (102), a microprocessor (106), a communications protocol IC (108), an RFID interrogator integrated circuit (112), a power source (104), a light source (908), a heat removal means (114) and one or more than one antenna (110) connected to the microprocessor for communicating RDIF data and control data over a non-standard protocol. |
| US10187960B2 |
Lighting system having controller that does not cause plurality of luminaires to emit light with predetermined brightness or activate camera when the sound collected by sound collector is determined not to be the sound from the predetermined direction
A lighting system includes: a plurality of luminaires; a camera which captures an image of an area illuminated by the plurality of luminaires; a sound collector including at least two microphones; and a controller which determines whether or not a sound collected by the sound collector while the plurality of luminaires are off is a sound from a predetermined direction relative to the sound collector. The controller causes at least one of the plurality of luminaires to emit light of a predetermined brightness and activates the camera when the sound collected by the sound collector is determined to be the sound from the predetermined direction, and does not cause the plurality of luminaires to emit light of the predetermined brightness or activate the camera when the sound collected by the sound collector is determined not to be the sound from the predetermined direction. |
| US10187959B2 |
Illumination device
An improved illumination device is presented which is comprised of a light emitter, a source of electric power, such as a battery, and a sensor which senses the orientation of the device. The light emitter may be a laser, conventional flashlight bulb, other illumination source, or a combination of multiple illumination sources. The sensor determines the pitch and roll state of the device, and is designed such that the light source is switched on or off depending on the specific orientation of the device. |
| US10187958B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronizing lighting devices
Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing a plurality of lighting devices. One or more potential-interference-neighbor (PIN) lighting devices are identified near a master lighting device. The master lighting device outputs a first lighting signal and the one or more PIN lighting devices output one or more second lighting signals. One or more time offsets between the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals are determined. The one or more second lighting signals are adjusted based at least in part on the one or more time offsets to synchronize the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals. |
| US10187957B2 |
Multiway switch
Multiway switching, detects when any of a plurality of switches connected in series transitions between a first switch position and a second switch position. Power supplied to an electrical load is toggled when any switch in the plurality of switches is detected transitioning between the first switch position and the second switch position. When the electrical load is electrically disconnected from the power source, the toggling results in the electrical load being electrically connected to the power source. When the electrical load is electrically connected to the power source, the toggling results in the electrical load being electrically disconnected from the power source. |
| US10187956B2 |
Chaotic approach to control of lighting
At least one controllable source of visible light is configured to illuminate a space to be utilized by one or more occupants. A controller causes the source(s) to emit light in a manner that varies at least one characteristic of visible light emitted into the space over a period of time at least in part in accordance with a chaotic function. |
| US10187954B2 |
Lighting apparatus for display illumination
A lighting apparatus includes a light emitter that emits a first illumination light as a display illumination light. The optical characteristics of the first illumination light are: a correlated color temperature in a range from 3800 K to 6500 K, inclusive; chromaticity deviation Duv in a range from −9 to 0, inclusive; and an intrinsic photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) stimulus level of at least 0.6, the ipRGC stimulus level being a value standardized by setting an ipRGC stimulus level of light emitted from a D65 light source to 1. |
| US10187952B2 |
Method for controlling a tunable white fixture using a single handle
A system allows a light fixture to have a wider range of color temperatures (CCT) while limiting the warmest temperature reached at full intensity. The CCT of the light output may be controlled independently of intensity across a certain range of CCT and dependent on intensity across another range. In an implementation, both intensity and CCT may be adjusted from a single handle, where the interface positions may be divided into multiple zones. In another implementation, intensity may be adjusted from a first handle, while CCT may be adjusted from a second handle. The CCT of the light output may be limited to cooler levels when the intensity is higher, and/or the intensity of the light may be limited to lower levels when the CCT is warmer. |
| US10187950B2 |
Adjusting color temperature in a dimmable LED lighting system
A LED lighting system, such as a dimmable LED lamp, that may simulate the performance of an incandescent bulb. LED strings of different colors may be connected to the output of a single LED driver that regulates an overall intensity of light produced by the LED lighting system. The color of the LED lighting system may be controlled by circuitry, such as one or more switches, that allocates current between the LED strings to change the color temperature of light emitted by the LED lighting system as the light intensity changes. |
| US10187949B2 |
Light system with improved color control
The invention relates to a light system, which comprises a plurality of light source modules arranged in at least a row in a system housing having an outer boundary, and diffuser to which the light from the plurality of light source modules is emitted. Each light source module comprises at least one light source emitting light of a predefined color. Furthermore, the plurality of light source modules comprise at least one first light source module which is located closer to the outer boundary of the system housing than second light source modules of the plurality of light source modules which are located further away from the outer boundary than the at least one first light source module. The system furthermore comprises a color control unit configured to control, for each of the light source modules of the light system, the at least one light source individually using a light source control signal. The color control unit is configured such that, when a desired color is to be generated at the diffuser, it selects a first light source control signal for the at least one light source of the at least one first light source module that is different from a second light source control signal selected for the at least one light source of the second light source modules. |
| US10187948B1 |
Light control circuit and optical encoder system
There is provided a light control circuit including a detected voltage generating circuit, a reference voltage generating circuit, an error amplifier, an NMOS driver and a light source. The detected voltage generating circuit outputs a detected voltage to a first input terminal of the error amplifier. The reference voltage generating circuit outputs a reference voltage to a second input terminal of the error amplifier. The NMOS driver changes a drive current of the light source according to an output of the error amplifier. |
| US10187941B2 |
Light emitting device current regulator circuit and control method thereof
A light emitting device current regulator circuit is disclosed. A light emitting device circuit has a first end for receiving light emitting device operation power, and a second end. The light emitting device current regulator circuit includes: an internal voltage generation circuit coupled to the second end, for generating an internal voltage according to a second end voltage to supply electrical power to the light emitting device current regulator circuit, wherein the supply voltage generation circuit includes a charge storage device for storing charges from the second end voltage to generate the supply voltage; and a current control circuit coupled to the second end, the current control circuit regulating the light emitting device current according to a control signal, wherein the control signal at least intermittently reduces the light emitting device current to zero or low current in order to raise the second end voltage. |
| US10187938B2 |
Multichannel constant current LED controlling circuit and controlling method
A multichannel constant current LED controlling circuit can include: (i) a control loop configured to generate a first control signal in accordance with a current feedback signal that represents a driving current flowing through an LED load, where the LED load comprises a plurality of LED strings coupled in series; (ii) a loop steady state network comprising a plurality of steady state holding components configured to hold a plurality of steady state control signals that correspond to a plurality of load states of the LED load, where when a state of the LED load varies, at least one of the steady state holding components is selected by the control loop to generate the first control signal; and (iii) a power switching transistor of a power stage circuit configured to generate a pseudo-constant output current to drive the LED load. |
| US10187933B2 |
Microwave oven and control method thereof
A system and method for safe operation of a microwave oven is disclosed. The heating function of the microwave oven may be automatically disabled upon detection, by the microwave oven, of a metal object entering a heating compartment of the microwave. The detection may be based on magnetic induction. Further, the heating function of the microwave may be automatically enabled and recovered upon detection, by the microwave oven, of a metal object being removed from the heating compartment of the microwave. |
| US10187931B2 |
Inductive hardening machine
A machine for inductively hardening a workpiece has a stationary frame, a holder on the frame adapted to secure the workpiece in a workspace, and a control housing fixed on the frame and containing a transformer. A slide is movable on the frame relative to the workspace and carries an inductor juxtaposable with the workpiece in the workspace. A flexible high-current cable extends between the fixed transformer and the movable slide for feeding electricity from the transformer to the inductor. |
| US10187930B2 |
Induction heat cooking apparatus
An induction heat cooking apparatus includes a rectifier to rectify an input voltage and to output a DC voltage; a plurality of switching devices to switch the DC voltage output from the rectifier; a plurality of heating coils to heat a cooking container according to control of the plurality of switching devices; and a controller to control the plurality switching devices to simultaneously drive two heating coils connected in parallel with each other among the plurality of heating coils. |
| US10187928B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling a SDN-based multi-RAT communication network
Methods and systems for controlling an SDN-based multi-RAT communication network. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless communication system, which can support/enable services that are currently being provided by multiple wireless communication systems. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless communication system based on SDN (Software Defined Networking). Embodiments herein disclose a network comprising of a generic control plane node. Embodiments herein disclose a method for communication between the proposed wireless communication system and existing UEs that are in use in today's 3GPP-LTE networks or IEEE 802.11 based WLANs without any changes in the mobile communication protocol. Embodiments herein disclose a method for providing services to the users, such as handover of a device from WLAN to 3GPP-LTE and vice versa. |
| US10187925B2 |
WiFi display compatible network gateway
The invention relates to a method and a device for interconnection in a network gateway comprising a first wireless communication interface and a second interface adapted to the implementation of content sharing operations using an interoperability protocol, the method comprising steps of transmission, by the first interface, of at least one information element aiming to enable the gateway to be detected by a remote equipment as being compatible with a function for reproduction using a wireless communication interface, of reception of data frames defined in a link layer of a wireless network protocol, the data frames comprising an item of audiovisual content and being received from a second remote device connected to the first interface by means of a wireless connection and of transmission of the content received at said second interface to a reproduction device. |
| US10187924B2 |
System and method for managing emergency requests
A network component is provided. The network component including a component configured such that the network transmits a response message containing an indicator indicating that a first message is an emergency-related request, and such that the network receives a second message containing information associated with a user equipment (UE). |
| US10187923B2 |
Provisioning access points to mobile devices for emergency calls
Systems and methods are described herein for provisioning mobile devices to wireless access points to provide 911 and other emergency services to the mobile devices via communication networks, such as wireless communication networks. For example, the systems and methods provide a mobile device with the functionality to determine cell sites are unavailable at a location or and provision one or more access points for 911 and emergency communications. |
| US10187919B2 |
Proximity pairing based on signal strength
Proximity of a responder device to an initiator device can be used to determine user intent for pairing the responder device with the initiator device. For example, the initiator device can measure a signal strength of an advertisement signal from the responder device. When the signal strength is sufficiently strong, a pairing process can be initiated, e.g., the user of the initiator device can automatically be prompted to begin pairing. The determination of whether the signal strength is sufficiently high can be determined based on a human interaction model, which can use measurements from various geometrical configurations of the two types of devices. Measurements at expected configurations that users would place the two devices to initiate pairing can be used to determine a threshold value for the signal strength to identify user intent with a new pair of devices. |
| US10187918B2 |
Secure pairing of devices via pairing facilitator-intermediary device
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to systems and circuitry for and/or methods of establishing communication having one or more pairing facilitator-intermediary devices (for example, a network connected server) to enable or facilitate pairing and/or registering at least two devices (e.g., (i) a portable biometric monitoring device and (ii) a smartphone, laptop and/or tablet) to, for example, recognize, interact and/or enable interoperability between such devices. The pairing facilitator-intermediary device may responsively communicates information to one or more of the devices (to be paired or registered) which, in response, enable or facilitate such devices to pair or register. The present inventions may be advantageous where one or both of the devices to be paired or registered is/are not configured (e.g., include a user interface or certain communication circuitry that is configured or includes functionality) to pair devices without use of a facilitator-intermediary device. |
| US10187909B2 |
Method for indicating a ciphering indication for a sidelink radio bearer in a D2D communication system 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 indicating a ciphering indication for a sidelink radio bearer in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: receiving a PDCP SDU when the UE is configured to communicate with one or more other UEs directly; deciding whether to apply ciphering or not for the received PDCP SDU; generating a PDCP data PDU including the received PDCP SDU and a PDCP PDU header including one or more fields for ciphering parameters; and transmitting the PDCP data PDU to the one or more other UEs over PC5 interface, wherein at least one of the one or more fields for ciphering parameters is set to a fixed value when the ciphering is not applied for the received PDCP SDU. |
| US10187905B2 |
Target wake time (TWT) scheduling for orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) channelization
Systems and techniques relating to wireless networking, and target wake time (TWT) scheduling for transmissions employing an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) digital modulation channelization include: receiving a frame at a wireless device, wherein a format of the frame comprises (i) a field indicating a target wake time, (ii) a first subfield having a first value that indicates a digital modulation channelization scheme, and (iii) a second subfield having a second value that indicates a transmission direction; and powering on the wireless device at the target wake time indicated by the field in the frame, wherein the powering on the wireless device enables the wireless device to transmit additional frames via a wireless channel based on (i) the first value set in the first subfield of the frame and (ii) the second value set in the second subfield of the frame. |
| US10187904B2 |
Telecommunications network and method for time-based network access
The invention relates to a telecommunications network configured for providing access to a plurality of terminals is proposed and a method therefore. Each terminal comprises a unique identifier for accessing the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network comprises a register, an access request receiver and an access module. The register is configured for storing the unique identifier of at least one terminal in combination with at least one grant access time interval, or an equivalent thereof, during which access for the terminal is permitted. The access request receiver is configured for receiving the access request and the unique identifier for accessing the telecommunications network from the terminal. The access module is configured for denying access for the terminal if the access request is received outside the time interval, or the equivalent thereof. |
| US10187903B2 |
Method for transceiving signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication and apparatus therefor in wireless communication system
The present invention discloses a method for receiving a D2D signal of a D2D reception terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration for D2D communication; and, in accordance to whether or not under the fall-back mode of enhanced interference management for traffic adaptation (eIMTA), receiving a D2D signal from a D2D transmission terminal by means of at least one from among a first wireless resource or a second wireless resource within the resource pool configuration, wherein the first wireless resource is a wireless resource for which the use thereof is configured according to the system information block (SIB) uplink-downlink configuration and is not reconfigured by means of hierarchical signaling, and the second wireless resource is a wireless resource for which the use thereof according to the SIB uplink-downlink configuration is reconfigured by means of hierarchical signaling in the eIMTA mode. |
| US10187895B1 |
Dynamic scaling down of resource block allocation based on disproportionate allocation and based on use of high-order MCS
A method and system to help control air interface resource allocation. A base station monitors for each served UE a ratio of physical resource block (PRB) allocation to queued data, as a PRB/data ratio. The base station then detects that the PRB/data ratio of a first served UE has been threshold lower than the PRB/data ratio of each of a plurality of second served UEs, and the base station responsively selects at least one of the second UEs based on its modulation and coding scheme (MCS) being relatively high, and the base station limits PRB allocation to the selected UE to help reduce its PRB/data ratio and to thereby help achieve a level of fairness in PRB allocation. |
| US10187894B1 |
Systems and methods for improving voice over IP capacity in a wireless network
Systems and methods are described for improving capacity of voice services for data packet transmission through a wireless network. Application requirements including a data rate for a wireless device may be determined. An access node may determine available resources to transmit data as indicated by the application requirements. The wireless device and the access node may communicate data transmissions wirelessly for use by the wireless device application. Data transmission may be in a first mode or in a second mode depending whether there are sufficient available network resources for the determined data rate. The first and second transmission modes may be generated from a common input such as a wireless device user's voice; however, the second mode of data transmission may be converted in order to consume less network resources. |
| US10187893B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring long training field in wireless local network system
Provides are a method and apparatus for configuring an LTF sequence in a wireless LAN system. More specifically, a transmission apparatus generates an LTF sequence corresponding to a first frequency band. The transmission apparatus sends an LTF sequence corresponding to the first frequency band to a reception apparatus. In this case, an LTF sequence corresponding to the second 106-RU of a second frequency band is used as a sequence located in the second 106-RU of the second frequency band in the LTF sequence corresponding to the first frequency band. The transmission apparatus may apply a phase shift of 180° to the LTF sequence corresponding to the second 106-RU of the second frequency band. |
| US10187889B2 |
Classification of basic service sets based on transmission opportunity holder addresses
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for classification of basic service sets (BSS) based on transmission opportunity holder addresses are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) station is disclosed comprising processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to if the frame is not classified as an intra basic service set (BSS) or inter BSS, and the frame comprises a transmission holder (TXOP) address: classify the frame as the inter-BSS frame, if the TXOP address matches a first stored TXOP address associated with a basic network allocation vector (NAV) and the first stored TXOP address is classified as an inter basic service set (BSS) frame, or classify the frame as an intra-BSS frame if the TXOP address matches a second stored TXOP address associated with a non-zero intra-BSS NAV. |
| US10187888B1 |
Dynamic selection of frame configuration
Dynamically selecting a frame configuration as depicted herein includes determining a number of wireless devices within the wireless network that are capable of multiple transmissions using a first frame configuration comprising a first ratio of uplink subframes relative to downlink subframes, comparing the number with a threshold, and selecting a second frame configuration for each of the number of wireless devices based on the comparison. The second frame configuration comprises a second ratio of uplink subframes relative to downlink subframes that is different from the first ratio. |
| US10187883B2 |
Method for operating terminal in carrier aggregation system, and apparatus using said method
A method and corresponding apparatus, where the apparatus transmits, to a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) including a downlink assignment index (DAI) through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH). The DCI transmitted through the E-PDCCH includes an additional field which is not present in DCI transmitted through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). If the DAI value included in the DCI is greater than 1, the additional field is used to determine a single resource for the ACK/NACK among the plurality of PUCCH resources configured by a higher layer signal. |
| US10187880B2 |
System and method for transmission and reception of control and data channels with group reference signal
A device and method for transmission and reception of control and data channels with a group reference signal (GRS). A GRS may include a first common reference signal associated with a first group of users and a second common reference signal associated with a second group of users. Some users or channels can be grouped to use one set of common reference signals and other users or channels can be grouped to use another set of common reference signals. |
| US10187878B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving a transmission using a configured resource in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving a transmission using a configured resource in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes an uplink grant is available for the UE in a TTI, wherein the UE does not have data available for transmission. The method further includes the UE transmitting a physical control information on a data channel according to the uplink grant if the physical control information needs to be transmitted in the TTI. The method also includes the UE skipping the uplink grant if the physical control information does not need to be transmitted in the TTI. |
| US10187877B2 |
Communication method, base station, user equipment, and system
A communication method, a base station, user equipment, and a system are provided. The method includes: receiving uplink data that is sent by the user equipment in a specified multiple-access manner on a time-frequency resource corresponding to the specified multiple-access manner; and sending downlink data to the user equipment in a corresponding multiple-access manner on a time-frequency resource corresponding to the corresponding multiple-access manner, where the corresponding multiple-access manner is a multiple-access manner that is obtained by searching a at least two multiple-access manners according to a prestored correspondence and that is associated with the specified multiple-access manner. In this way, a problem that because one multiple-access manner is used in a same communications system, requirements of different user equipments cannot be met at the same time is resolved. |
| US10187876B2 |
Techniques for handling channel state information (CSI) in ultra low latency (ULL) LTE
Techniques for handling Channel State Information (CSI) for ultra low latency (ULL) in Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices are presented. For example, an example method of reporting CSI to a network entity is presented. Such an example method may include detecting a CSI reporting trigger for reporting CSI to the network entity and identifying, based on detection of the CSI reporting trigger, a subframe region for which the CSI is to be generated. In an aspect, the subframe region is included in a plurality of subframe regions, where each subframe region of the plurality of subframe regions includes at least one symbol of a subframe. In an additional aspect, the example method may include generating the CSI based on the subframe region and transmitting the CSI to the network entity. |
| US10187875B2 |
Uplink procedures for LTE/LTE-A communication systems with unlicensed spectrum
Long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) deployments with unlicensed spectrum leverage more efficient LTE communication aspects over unlicensed spectrum, such as over WIFI radio access technology. In order to accommodate such communications, various uplink procedures may be modified in order to handle communications between licensed and unlicensed spectrum with LTE/LTE-A deployments with unlicensed spectrum. |
| US10187873B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining information about access barring
A method for determining information about access barring includes the steps of: receiving a message set transmitted via a radio interface to a user equipment, the message set including at least a starting message that is a paging message; obtaining at least a first bit of a bit set from the starting message, wherein the bit set includes at least two bits and is intended for access barring; determining information of the bit set; the information at least disclosing whether the access barring is on or off; and receiving a system information block transmitted via the radio interface to the user equipment, the system information block comprising a scheduling information list that lists a further system information block that contains access barring parameters. |
| US10187871B2 |
Paging method and device for network and terminal
The embodiments of the present invention provide a paging method and device for a network and a terminal, for avoiding the paging period limit of the system frame number (SFN), configuring a longer paging period for the terminal, and conserving terminal power consumption. The method comprises: determining that the current time is a time for transmitting a paging message, the time for transmitting a paging message being predetermined with the coordination of the standard time used by the terminal; transmitting the paging message to the terminal. |
| US10187870B1 |
Systems and methods for intelligent routing of notifications of incoming voice communication requests
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for intelligent routing of notifications of incoming voice communication requests. A device, such as a smartphone, may receive an incoming voice communication request, such as a cellular voice call. The smartphone may then identify devices connected to it, such as headsets, tablets, etc., and request each device activate a microphone or camera to attempt to locate the user with respect to the connected devices. The smartphone may then select one of the connected devices, or itself, as the device best able to notify the user of the incoming call based on captured audio, images, or video. The smartphone may then request the selected device output a notification, such as a ring tone, to notify the user of the incoming call. Such a technique may avoid inundating the user with simultaneous call notifications from multiple devices. |
| US10187869B2 |
System information acquisition based on paging message indicators for normal and extended modification periods
A method including defining at least one extended modification period; determining a system information change; generating at least one paging message indicator based on the paging message occurring within the at least one extended modification period. |
| US10187866B2 |
Registering, deregistering and standby processing methods and systems for terminal peripheral
Provided are registering, deregistering and standby processing methods and systems for a terminal peripheral. The registering method includes that: a Machine-to-Machine/Man (M2M) gateway pre-allocates a terminal peripheral group identifier of a terminal peripheral group to a terminal peripheral configured into the terminal peripheral group by an M2M user, and sets an initial state of the terminal peripheral, the terminal peripheral group identifier being used for identifying the terminal peripheral group to which the terminal peripheral belongs; the M2M gateway acquires a terminal peripheral identifier of the terminal peripheral initiating a registering request, and determines the terminal peripheral group identifier pre-allocated to the terminal peripheral according to the terminal peripheral identifier; and the M2M gateway sends the terminal peripheral identifier and the terminal peripheral group identifier to an M2M application through an M2M service platform. |
| US10187862B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing timing synchronization in wireless communication system
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for performing timing synchronization in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention is characterized in that resources for D2D communication and resources for performing cellular communication are identified, and resource information for the D2D communication is determined considering the number of D2D terminals and a cell size of a base station, has different frequency and time domains according to D2D terminals, and includes different time offset values. Accordingly, the present invention prevents, in advance, the generation of interference according to the D2D communication. |
| US10187861B2 |
Constructing a distributed boundary clock over a dedicated communication channel
Implementing a distributed boundary clock in situations where book-end devices such as microwave TX/RX pairs must collaborate in achieving PTP on-path support is described. A dedicated channel, generally low-speed compared to the main channel is used to transfer timing from the master side to the slave side using framing and super-framing applied to the digital channel. Time-stamps of events such as super-frame boundaries are communicated between the two sides to enable timing transfer. |
| US10187853B1 |
Systems and methods for wearable initiated handshaking
Systems and methods for device handshaking are described. Embodiments for client device and associated wearable device initiated handshaking are described. In certain embodiments, a device such as wearable camera eyeglasses having both high-speed wireless circuitry and low-power wireless circuitry communicates with a client device. The low-power wireless circuitry is used for signaling and to manage power on handshaking for the high-speed circuitry in order to reduce power consumption. An analysis of a high-speed connection status may be performed by a client device, and used to conserve power at the glasses with signaling from the client device to indicate when the high-speed circuitry of the glasses should be powered on. |
| US10187852B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting idle mode in mobile communication system
A method of a base station (BS) in a mobile communication system to support an idle mode in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes performing a negotiation procedure for idle mode entry of a mobile station (MS), with the MS, determining whether to operate as a paging controller for the idle mode MS, detecting a packet destined for the MS, and transmitting a message notifying existence of the packet destined for the MS, to at least one other BS in a paging zone of the BS. |
| US10187850B2 |
Systems and methods for processing and transmitting sensor data
Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor, are provided. The data can be displayed on a hand-held display device having a display such as a key fob device including a user interface, such as an LCD and one or more buttons allows a user to view data, and a physical connector, such as USB port. |
| US10187848B2 |
Signalling in mobile telecommunications
In a method for use in a base station of a mobile telecommunications system, primary system information is maintained and is periodically broadcast while secondary system information is broadcast in response to a trigger event. |
| US10187845B2 |
Wireless access for a mobile terminal to functional domains
A system configured to be installed in an aircraft, the system comprising a first functional domain and a second functional domain. The first and second functional domains are configured to provide a first and service, respectively. The system further comprises a wireless access point configured to be externally managed by a controller and configured to communicate with a mobile terminal. The system comprises a controller configured to communicate with the wireless access point, the first and the second functional domains, configured to control the wireless access point and configured to control wireless access of the mobile terminal to the first and second functional domains. Further, the use of such a system in an aircraft, an aircraft comprising such a system and a method of controlling wireless access of a mobile terminal to a first functional domain and a second functional domain in an aircraft are disclosed. |
| US10187844B2 |
Wireless network communication system and communication method thereof
A wireless network communication system and its communication method of the present invention is mainly initiated from an interconnected state between a master controller, at least one slave controller and at least one working station (STA). The at least one slave controller is capable of transmitting an uplink signal strength (rssiVal) with the at least one working station (STA) to the master controller so that the master controller can instruct commands of disconnection or connection to the at least one slave controller according to the uplink signal strength (rssiVal) with the at least one working station (STA) transmitted from the at least one slave controller, and the at least one slave controller can automatically disconnecting from or connecting with the at least one working station (STA) so as to achieve automatic switch between base stations (wireless Internet devices) and obtain the best and most stable connection quality. |
| US10187843B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, and program
Provided is a communication control device including a setting unit configured to set a timing at which a predetermined signal is transmitted only from one of a plurality of base stations having an identical cell ID, and a determining unit configured to, based on a reception result of a communication device at the timing, determine a combination of base stations from the plurality of base stations, the combination of the base stations being used for transmitting a signal to the communication device. |
| US10187841B1 |
Method and system for switching data-paths in heterogeneous wireless communication networks
A system and method is provided for switching data-paths in heterogeneous wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving signal to noise ratio (SNR) samples for a downlink signal and for an uplink signal, and for each of antennas of a primary wireless communication network with respect to an access device. The method further includes dynamically processing the SNR samples to detect one of a cell edge event and a network re-entry event with respect to each of the downlink signal and the uplink signal. Upon detection of the cell edge event for the downlink signal or for the uplink signal, the method includes disabling a data-path between the primary wireless communication network and the access device. Further, upon detection of the network re-entry event for the downlink signal and for the uplink signal, the method includes enabling the data-path between the primary wireless communication network and the access device. |
| US10187837B2 |
Method and apparatus for seamless handover in a wireless communication network
A mobile station is configured to support handover from a source base station to a target base station. The mobile station receives signaling from the target base station that indicates Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) protocol data units which have been successfully received at the target base station. In response, the mobile station generates further PDCP protocol data units for missing PDCP service data units from corresponding PDCP service data units buffered at the mobile station. The generating comprises using a different header compression state from that which was used for the missing PDCP service data units and ciphering specific to a connection with the target base station. The mobile station transmits the further PDCP protocol data units to the target base station. |
| US10187836B2 |
Voice resource saving method, device, and system
The present invention discloses a voice resource saving method, including: an MME sends a notification message to an eNodeB, which is used to instruct the eNodeB not to hand over, for a non-voice service, a UE from a LTE network to a CS domain of a 2G or a 3G network. Or, when an MSC determines that the circuit domain service is a non-voice service, the MSC sends a bearer release message to a base station to instruct the base station to release the voice resource. According to the the present invention, during implementation of a non-voice service, a handover of UE from an LTE network to a CS domain of a 2G or 3G network may not be triggered, or a voice resource reserved in the CS domain of the 2G or 3G network is released. |
| US10187835B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting an access node and/or cell sector for handover of a wireless device
Systems and methods are described for performing handover of a wireless device to a target Access Node (AN) sector. Beam-form capable sectors of one or more target ANs may be selected from a pool of candidate sectors. At least one of the selected sectors may be prioritized (e.g., over the other sectors) based on an open beam-form seat. Handover of the wireless device from a first AN to the prioritized sector may be performed. |
| US10187832B2 |
Uplink switching of communication links for mobile stations in dual connectivity
The invention relates to a method for configuring subframes for uplink/downlink communication for a mobile station (UE) not supporting dual uplink but located in a communication system supporting dual connectivity. The UE is connected simultaneously to two base stations via a respective communication link. An uplink transmission pattern is determined, defining whether subframes are usable for uplink communication to the first or second base station or for switching the uplink communication between the two communication links. Based on the determined uplink transmission pattern, and further based on configuration of the mobile station for supporting dual reception or not, a downlink reception is derived for downlink communication between the two base stations and the mobile station, the downlink reception pattern defining whether the subframes are usable for downlink communication from the first or second base station or for switching the downlink communication between the two communication links. |
| US10187831B2 |
Communication control apparatus, communication control method, radio communication system and terminal apparatus
A communication control apparatus includes, a radio communication unit configured to provide a second radio communication service within a cell in which a first base station provides a first radio communication service; and a control unit configured to, when an operation mode of the radio communication unit is made to transition from a first mode to a second mode in which power is less consumed than in the first mode, switch the operation mode to the second mode after stepwisely reducing transmission power of a reference signal to be transmitted from the radio communication unit. |
| US10187827B2 |
Systems and methods for managing and triggering handovers of users in a network of moving things
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). Specifically, there is disclosed optimizing methods for handing off or connecting a mobile user to different access points. |
| US10187825B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus
The present invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a channel reservation request frame sent by a first station, where the channel reservation request frame is used to request to reserve a transmission resource for the first station for sending uplink data; sending a channel reservation response frame to the first station and M second stations according to the channel reservation request frame, where the channel reservation response frame is used to indicate that the first station and the M second stations are allowed to send uplink data. According to the data transmission method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, time-frequency resources of a system can be reduced when MU-MIMO is implemented, a transmission delay can be shortened, and user experience can be improved. |
| US10187821B2 |
Method for wireless data offload
A method and related apparatus for performing wireless data offload in a public transportation vehicle comprising at least one access point and at least one data storage comprising a plurality of pieces of data, the method comprising: searching for available offload nodes in the vehicle; sending a request for wireless offload of the data at least to a first offload node, the request including one or more offload parameters; offloading, upon an acknowledgement from the first offload node, a first piece of data to the first offload node; and registering the first piece of data as offloaded to the first offload node. |
| US10187815B2 |
Calculating a ranging measurement in a cellular communications network
A method and apparatus for calculating a ranging measurement in a cellular communications network. The method comprises: receiving (710) at a receiver (910) a first signal associated with a first cell-sector of a sectorised base station in the cellular communications network; determining (712; 812) at least one first time of arrival at the receiver (910) of a portion of the first signal; receiving (711) at the receiver (910) a second signal associated with a second cell-sector of the sectorised base-station; determining (713; 813) at least one second time of arrival at the receiver (910) of a portion of the second signal; and calculating (720; 820) a ranging measurement between the base station and the receiver (910), based on a combination of the at least one first time of arrival and the at least one second time of arrival. |
| US10187813B2 |
Systems and methods for improved protection modes in high-efficiency wireless networks
Methods and apparatus for adjusting transmission power in wireless networks are provided. One aspect of the disclosure provides an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to receive a message instructing each of multiple devices to transmit a packet at least partially concurrently with each transmission of the other multiple devices. The processing system is further configured to generate the packet. The packet includes an indicator having a value greater than a time associated with a transmission of the packet. An interface is configured to provide the packet for transmission. |
| US10187809B2 |
Synchronization of moving relay nodes and terminals in cellular networks
There are provided measures for a cell reconfiguration, more specifically a cell reconfiguration in a relay-enhanced network environment. Such measures exemplarily include recognizing a decision on a change of a configuration of a base station, informing a user equipment served by the base station due to a forthcoming change of at least one of a manipulated synchronization failure value or a manipulated radio link failure value before the configuration of the base station is changed, and providing the user equipment being served by the base station with a synchronization signal indicating a new configuration after the configuration of the base station is changed from an old configuration to the new configuration. |
| US10187806B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining accurate 3D modeling data using multiple cameras
Systems and methods using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to obtain data capture at a cell site for developing a three dimensional (3D) thereof include causing the UAV to fly a given flight path about a cell tower at the cell site; obtaining data capture during the flight path about the cell tower, wherein the data capture includes a plurality of photos or video subject to a plurality of constraints, wherein the plurality of photos are obtained by a plurality of cameras which are coordinated with one another; and subsequent to the obtaining, processing the data capture to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site based on one or more objects of interest in the data capture. |
| US10187804B2 |
Allocating wireless channels
An apparatus and a method for allocating wireless channels are disclosed. For example, the method, by an aggregator, aggregates sensed information received from a plurality of sensing devices, by an analyzer, analyzes the sensed information that is aggregated and determines when an incumbent is not detected based on the analysis, and allocates, by a channel allocator, a wireless channel of the targeted frequency spectrum to a user equipment when the incumbent is not detected. |
| US10187802B2 |
Accessibility in dynamic cellular networks
In order to facilitate communication in a dynamic cellular network, an accessibility issue in the dynamic cellular network may be detected. For example, if an electronic device is near the boundary between two adjacent cells in the dynamic cellular-telephone network, the signal power of signals from the adjacent cell may be higher than that of signals from the current servicing cell, which may offer an opportunity to improve communication performance. Thus, the accessibility issue may be detected if the difference is larger than a threshold value (such as 2-4 dB). In response to detecting the accessibility issue, a remedial action may be performed, such as repeating at least a portion of an acquisition process. In this way, the communication technique may improve the communication performance of the electronic device in the dynamic cellular network, thereby improving the user experience and customer satisfaction. |
| US10187801B2 |
Mobile application specific networks
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates a large-scale mobile ad hoc network to adapt to specific needs of wireless nodes in a mobile wireless network. During operation, a controller node collects state information associated with one or more wireless nodes. The controller node allocates one or more network elements based on the collected state information and a predetermined utility-based technique. Responsive to the allocation of the one or more network elements, the controller node reconfigures a logical topology of the mobile wireless network by using software-defined mobile ad hoc network nodes, thereby facilitating a large-scale mobile ad hoc network to adapt to specific application needs of wireless nodes. |
| US10187799B2 |
System and method for implicit authentication
A system for implicit authentication for a mobile device associated with a user, wherein the implicit authentication is behavioral, biometric and task-based and includes at least one authentication task selected so as to leverage the user's muscle memory. The mobile device comprises a touchscreen; a transaction authentication information unit; one or more sensors coupled to the transaction authentication information unit; and an anomaly detector coupled to the transaction authentication information unit. The sensors comprise one or more touchscreen sensors coupled to the touchscreen, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope, and are used to obtain and transmit one or more sets of data to the transaction authentication information unit. The sets of data are associated with one or more performances of the authentication task by the user. The anomaly detector generates an authentication model using the one or more data sets transmitted to the transaction authentication information unit. |
| US10187789B2 |
Method and system for cell identifier optimization
A method for a cellular telecommunications network includes performing a modulo operation on a physical cell identifier (PCI) of a target cell to determine a first PCI mod value, determining first tier neighbors of the target cell, determining that at least one of the first tier neighbors uses a PCI that has a PCI mod value that is the same as the first PCI mod value, comparing a number of handover attempts between the target cell and the at least one first tier neighbor with the first PCI mod value to a first threshold value, and when the number of handover attempts exceeds the threshold value, replacing the PCI of the target cell with a PCI with a second PCI mod value different from the first PCI mod value. |
| US10187787B2 |
Beacon device using GS1 code, operating method thereof and service providing method using the same
Provided is a method that enables a user terminal to receive a list of services associated with Global Standard #1 (GS1) code information from an Object Name Service (ONS) server based on data that includes GS1 code information received from a beacon device, and to receive a desired service from a service provider server. The user terminal requests the ONS server for a list of services associated with the GS1 code information based on the GS1 code information received from the beacon device, and generates and outputs the list based on information received from the ONS server. The user terminal receives information about a desired service from a service provider server in response to a selection of a user on the output list and provides the received information about the desired service to the user. |
| US10187786B2 |
System and method for handling inactive SIM cards
A method in a cellular communication network comprising the steps of: marking a SIM card as inactive when said SIM card has not been used for at least a quarantine duration, provisioning a recycler node by backing up managing parameters related to said inactive SIM card, in a database. |
| US10187781B2 |
Methods of efficiently sharing radio frequency (RF) resources in a dual SIM dual standby device
Some example embodiments provide a method performed by a dual subscriber identification module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) controller for efficiently sharing radio frequency (RF) resources in a DSDS device, the method comprising: receiving, when a data session is ongoing in a first SIM, a request from a second SIM for access to the RF resources for performing an activity at the second SIM having higher priority than the data session; determining a scaled throughput for the first SIM; determining an RF rejection percentage for the second SIM based on the scaled throughput; and providing the second SIM with access to the RF resources based on the RF rejection percentage. |
| US10187780B2 |
Facilitation of mobile technology microcellular service
A mobile device can be configured to connect to a telecommunications network via a wireless fidelity network device. The mobile device can register with a channel of a base station, which can indicate where the mobile device is located in relation to the base station. Additionally, the mobile device can communicate with other mobile devices via the wireless fidelity network device. In response to an indication that the mobile device is no longer connected to the wireless fidelity network device, notifications can be sent to the mobile device or other mobile devices regarding additional communication. |
| US10187779B2 |
Dynamically associated neighbor awareness networking (NAN) discovery windows for fine timing measurement
Certain embodiments herein relate to a dynamic pre-association between Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) discovery windows and fine timing measurement (FTM) communications. A wireless station may trigger an FTM procedure during a NAN discovery window by the transmission of a NAN Service Discovery Frame (SDF). In addition to the FTM communications, an indication of a discovery window for which a subsequent FTM communication is expected to occur is also transmitted. In some embodiments, an FTM range report may also be transmitted with the indication. |
| US10187773B1 |
Wireless coded communication (WCC) devices with power harvesting power sources for monitoring state data of objects
Devices, systems, and method are provided for wireless coded communication (WCC) devices, which are configured for wireless communication with other devices, e.g., over a network. A WCC device is a type of internet of things (IOT) device that can sense data, process data, send data, respond to data requests and exchange data with other WCC device, a network device, a user device, and/or systems over the internet. In some configurations, a WCC device may include a power source that enables usage of low power, e.g., to send data that is sensed, request data and/or communicate data wirelessly. WCC devices maybe function as standalone devices or may be integrated into other devices. In some configurations, a WCC device may include power harvesting circuitry, including power harvesting user controls. A WCC device may be pre-configured or coded to report occurrence of an event, log an event, log state, cause an action, send a message or request data from one or more end nodes. In some configurations, the devices enable communication over a wireless network, which enables access to the Internet and further enables cloud processing on data received or processing for data returned or communicated. |
| US10187771B2 |
Individualized short-range radio communication method, system and central device for the implementation thereof
A short-range radio communication method is presented including the steps of introducing a first communication device; introducing a plurality of second communication devices in operable communication with the first communication device; detecting one or more signals emitted from the plurality of second communication devices; identifying one or more of the plurality of second communication devices emitting the one or more signals by a unique identifier; and setting up an individualized communication between the first communication device and the one or more second communication devices detected and identified within a region defined by the first communication device. |
| US10187760B2 |
Delivery of messages in a multi device configuration
Some embodiments relate to a cellular network which facilitates transmission of messages, such as SMS or MMS messages, to/from respective user equipment (UE) devices of a user. Each of the UE devices may provide a relative priority value indicating a priority for receipt of messages relative to the other UE devices associated with the user. When a message intended for the user is received at the cellular network, the priority information associated with each of the user's at least two UE devices may be retrieved. The message may then be selectively delivered (by the cellular network) to one of the first UE device or the second UE device based on the relative values of the first priority value and the second priority value. If a delivery attempt fails to the highest priority device, the cellular network may attempt to deliver the message to the second highest priority UE device. |
| US10187759B2 |
Systems and methods for group communication using a mobile device with mode depending on user proximity or device position
Methods and systems for controlling group communications using a mobile device includes detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface, maintain a communication session with another mobile device while the user is detected in proximity to the first mobile device, and entering a non-active communication mode when the user is not detected in proximity to the device. The communication session may be maintained for a time-out period before entering the non-active mode. Further methods and systems include transitioning to a non-active communication mode in response to detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface. |
| US10187756B1 |
Emergency location informer system
An emergency location informer system includes: an emergency mobile positioning (EMP) server; an emergency service number (ESN) database server storing civic addresses and associated tags that are provided by an internet service provider (ISP) over the IP network; a wireless access point (AP) EMP-AP component executing on a processor of an AP at a civic address known to the ISP, the EMP-AP component providing a tag, known to the ISP, forming a part of a radio frequency (RF) beacon signal transmitted by the AP; and a mobile operating system (OS) EMP-OS component executing on a processor of a cell phone and operative to monitor the beacon signal of the AP and to store the tag, the EMP-OS component being further operative to embed the tag in an emergency call from the cell phone to the EMP server over a network. |
| US10187753B2 |
Queue information and prediction method and apparatus
Queue Information & Prediction System (QIPS) uses the probability of queue existing in a given venue to assess the queue time. The instantaneous queue time for a location may be determined using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or other wireless networks. QIPS uses the distances from signal strengths along with venue characteristics to determine an estimated queue time. Using queue probability for a venue and the instantaneous queue time for the same area QIPS may generate a Queue Decision Window (QDW). The QDW is a period of time leading up to a transaction or a consumption of a service. QIPS sorts through information surrounding a venue where crowds as well as queues may exists to determine queue time. Knowing the approximate queue time for transactions and consumption of services is helpful for consumers to manage their time. |
| US10187752B2 |
UE motion estimate based on cellular parameters
Some embodiments relate to a user equipment device (UE), and associated methods for enabling the UE to estimate velocity of the UE based on cellular parameters. In some embodiments, a first velocity of a UE may be estimated based on a first set of parameters associated with one or more cellular based metrics. Doppler measurements may be performed in response to the first velocity exceeding a velocity threshold for at least a time period. In some embodiments, performing (or conducting) the Doppler measurements may be triggered by (e.g., in response to) the first velocity exceeding the velocity threshold for at least the first time period and receiving an indication from a motion processor of the UE that the UE is in a non-static state. In addition, a second velocity of the UE may be estimated based on the first set of parameters and the Doppler measurements. |
| US10187750B2 |
Selection of location information based on detected movement
A tracking server receives, from a first mobile device in response to a tracking signal, a first location associated with a tracking device and a first measurement of accuracy of the first location. The tracking server receives, from a second mobile device in response to a tracking signal, a second location associated with the tracking device and a second measurement of accuracy of the second location transmitted from a second mobile device. In response to determining that two locations associated with the tracking device have been received, the tracking server determines whether the first measurement of accuracy and the second measurement of accuracy are within a threshold measurement of accuracy. In response to determining that the first and second measurements of accuracy are within the threshold, the first location and the second location are transmitted to the second mobile device for presentation by the second mobile device. |
| US10187748B2 |
Methods and systems for motion-enhanced package placement tracking using a container node associated with a logistic container
Methods, apparatus, and systems for motion-based tracking of package placement in a logistics container are described using a container node associated with the logistics container. In general, the container node activates a scanning mode to electronically listen for an ID node associated with a package being shipped within the logistics container. The container node detects a signal broadcast from the package's ID node and then senses an impact force on the logistics container using a motion sensor on the container node. The container node determines whether the detected signal broadcast from the ID node and the sensed impact force indicate the package was placed within the logistics container, and then transmits a notification to a managing node to reflect that the detected signal and the sensed impact force indicate the package was placed within the logistics container. |
| US10187747B1 |
Location search using dynamic regions generated based on service data
Systems and methods for improving a location search process are provided. A networked system accesses trip data associated with the POI. The networked system receives an indication of a search being performed at a user device and detects a location of the user device. The networked system accesses an index in a data storage. From the index, the networked system determines a region identifier that corresponds to the location of the user device, the region identifier identifying a dynamically generated region in which to perform the search. Based on a search term, the networked system performs the search in the dynamically generated region corresponding to the region identifier. The networked system then causes presentation of a result of the search on the user device. |
| US10187745B1 |
System and method for energy efficient geofencing implementation and management
A determination is made as to whether a computing device is located inside a first geofence of a geofence environment. A first location determination mode available to the computing device for determining a location of the computing device is identified. A second location determination mode available to the computing device for determining a location of the computing device is identified, wherein the second location determination mode consumes less power than the first location determination mode. A selection is made between the first location determination mode and the second location determination mode, based on the determination of whether the computing device is located inside the first geofence. A next location of the computing device is determined using the selected location determination mode, a next location of the computing device. |
| US10187744B2 |
Simplified method for placing telephone call and simplified method for requesting location-based service
A simple calling method comprises setting and registering into a hot key storage a hot key corresponding to contact numbers of a called terminal; inputting a certain key and a calling trigger key on a key input interface of a calling terminal; determining whether the inputted certain key matches the hot key registered in the hot key storage; upon determination that the inputted certain key matches the hot key, converting the inputted hot key to the contact numbers of the called terminal; and processing the converted contact numbers for calling and sending a request signal to the called terminal to request a call connection with the called terminal. |
| US10187742B2 |
System and method for tracking and monitoring surgical tools
A system for monitoring and tracking location of a tag paired to a tool is disclosed, the system comprising a communication unit to receive flag event data, the flag event data relating to a detected event, the flag event data including at least tag identification data, location data of the tag, detected event type, and time of occurrence of the detected event. The system comprises a storage unit to store data records of tags, the data records comprising a current tag location and data relating to the tool which is paired to the tag, and to store a set of instructions defined for handling flag event data. The system comprises a processing unit to receive flag event data, and to transmit a notification of the flag event data to other connected devices according to the stored set of instructions for handling the flag event data. The processing unit may be configured to identify a monitoring station located at a current location of the tool paired to the tag, and to transmit a notification related to the flag event data to the identified monitoring station. |
| US10187741B2 |
Device and method for processing a signal in the frequency domain
A device for processing a signal includes a processor stage configured to filter the signal present in a frequency-domain representation by a filter with a filter characteristic in order to obtain a filtered signal, to provide the filtered or a signal derived from the filtered signal with a frequency-domain window function, in order to obtain a windowed signed, wherein providing has multiplications of frequency-domain window coefficients of the frequency-domain window function by spectral values of the filtered signal or the signal derived from the filtered signal in order to obtain multiplication results, and summing up the multiplication results. Further, the device has a converter for converting the windowed signal or a signal determined using the windowed signal to a time domain in order to obtain the processed signal. |
| US10187734B2 |
Hearing aid with an antenna
This disclosure provides a hearing aid comprising an assembly. The assembly comprises a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal, and a signal processor for processing the first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid. The assembly comprises a wireless communication unit configured for wireless communication connected with an antenna for emission and/or reception of an electromagnetic field. The antenna comprises a first feed point connected to the wireless communication unit; and a second feed point. The antenna comprises a first branch connected to the first feed point. |
| US10187728B2 |
Acoustic enclosure comprising a non-heat-conducting external wall, an electrodynamic loudspeaker and an electronic control circuit
An acoustic enclosure (1), comprising: a non-heat-conducting external wall (20) at least partially defining a casing (25), at least one electrodynamic loudspeaker (5) including a motor (48), the loudspeaker having a peripheral portion (50) fastened on the external wall, and at least one electronic control circuit (10) of the loudspeaker. The motor and the electronic circuit are connected to a same member (15) of the acoustic enclosure. The member conducts heat and includes an exchange surface (66) able to be traversed by a heat flow (68) circulating in the member originating from the motor and the electronic circuit when the acoustic enclosure is operating, the heat flow being intended to dissipate in the air (76) outside the acoustic enclosure or to pass into a heat-conducting element outside the acoustic enclosure. |
| US10187727B2 |
Connectors for data transfer
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for peripheral device discovery, the detection of orientation of a connector having multiple degrees of rotational symmetry, and the provision of appropriate signal paths between a host device and a peripheral device. Some embodiments provide a characteristic impedance within the peripheral device that is coupled between rotationally symmetric contacts of the connector and thus enables detection of the connector orientation. The value of the characteristic impedance may be used in some embodiments to determine the type or model of peripheral device. Some embodiments are concerned with the enablement of appropriate signal paths to a peripheral device having a transducer (e.g. a loudspeaker) coupled only to rotationally symmetric contacts of the connector, such as headphones implemented in a “balanced” configuration. |
| US10187726B2 |
Audio accessory and audio output method
An audio accessory and an audio output method are provided. The audio accessory includes a connector configured to be connected to an external device, an audio output unit configured to output a sound, and a switching unit configured to select a signal path according to whether the sound output through the audio output unit is in a balanced mode or an unbalanced mode. |
| US10187720B1 |
Adjustable acoustic bass earbud
The present disclosure provides an earphone device with sound adjustment capability that allows a user to dynamically adjust sound acoustics resonating from the device. In one aspect, the earphone device includes a housing having an acoustic output port. The acoustic output port is adapted to receive an audio signal. In this regard, sound resonates from the acoustic output port based on the audio signal. The earphone device also includes a telescopic portion having a hollow tube portion attached to the housing. The hollow tube portion may be in communication with the acoustic output port. The telescopic portion is configured to receive a fitting member. The fitting member is configured to adjust a bass range of the outputted sound resonating from the acoustic output port by passing through the telescopic portion so as to adjust a length of the hollow tube portion. |
| US10187719B2 |
Methods and devices for operating an audio processing integrated circuit to record an audio signal via a headphone port
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method of recording a signal from a headphone. The method may comprise instructing an audio processing integrated circuit of a client terminal to connect an electrical resistance component between an electrical ground of a client terminal and an electrical ground of one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of a headphone. The method may further comprise instructing the audio processing integrated circuit of the client terminal to accept as microphone input a signal from the one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of the headphone. The method may further comprise recording a signal from the one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of the headphone using the audio processing integrated circuit of the client terminal. |
| US10187711B2 |
Time allocation for network transmission
Methods and systems for managing data transmissions are disclosed. An example method can comprise determining a plurality of time allocations for a time cycle. The plurality of time allocations can comprise a first time allocation which can be determined based on an information rate, a committed information rate, an excess information rate, an effective bandwidth rate, other factors, or a combination thereof. Data can be received from multiple sources into a buffer, for example, and can be processed within a time cycle if processing the data will not exceed the time allocation. |
| US10187710B2 |
Configurable multi-rate format for communication system for silicon photonics
In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol. In an example, the data input/output interface is configured for number of lanes numbered from four to one hundred and fifty. In an example, the SerDes block is configured to convert a first data stream of N into a second data stream of M such that each of the first data stream having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data stream having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate. |
| US10187709B2 |
Modular switchboard terminal block with means for transmission of optical data signals
Modular switchboard terminal block (10,20) for transmission of data signals (2) is provided, comprising a container (10a,20a) having, arranged inside it, a printed circuit (30) for processing the data signals, which has two opposite sides (30a,30b) in a transverse direction (Y-Y); connectors (11;21) for electrical connection to controlled/detection devices; and a rear end face provided with hook and spring means for mounting on a DIN switchboard rail (6). |
| US10187705B2 |
Media content matching and indexing
A method, system, or device determine when media content is to be displayed. The method can include receiving media content on a broadcast channel from a content feed. The method can also include receiving an identifier for upcoming media content from an automatic content recognition (ACR) system in response to a trigger event. The method can include receiving overlay content from an overlay content server. The method can include storing the overlay content at a memory device. The method can include determining a time that the media content is to be displayed using the identifier. |
| US10187704B1 |
Methods and systems for presenting a media asset segment that is associated with a pre-specified quality of acting
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a user with a segment of content where the segment includes a given actor and where quality of acting of the given actor in the segment matches a user specified quality of acting. The user specified level of acting associated with the actor may be below a threshold level of acting that is required for a given level of acting to be categorized as good acting. The media guidance application may determine a media asset in which the user specified actor plays a leading role. The media guidance application may then determine a segment of the media asset in which the actor appears and in which a level of acting associated with the actor matches the user specified level of acting. The media guidance application may generate for display the segment. |
| US10187703B2 |
Method of processing non-real time service and broadcast receiver
A method of receiving and processing a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of processing an NRT service in a broadcast receiver includes receiving and processing a signaling information table including detail information of each content in the NRT service and indication information indicating whether the content is available on internet, acquiring internet access information of each file belonging to content available on the internet through File Delivery Table (FDT) of File Delivery over Unidirection Transport (FLUTE) based on the indication information, and downloading files belonging to the content by accessing the internet based on the acquired internet access information. |
| US10187696B2 |
Systems and methods for overriding crowd-sourced auto-skip commands based on user activity
Systems and methods are provided herein for automatically overriding an auto-skip command embedded in a media asset annotation when a user profile indicates a preference for content that is to be auto-skipped. To this end, a media guidance application may play back a media asset to a user, and detect therein a skip annotation that corresponds to a portion of the media asset that is to be played back. The media guidance application may, in response to detecting the skip annotation, access metadata indicating content of the portion, compare the metadata to entries of a profile of the user, and determine whether the user prefers the content based on the comparing. if the user prefers the content, the media guidance application may refrain from executing a skip command indicated by the skip annotation. |
| US10187692B2 |
Methods and systems for distributing media guidance among multiple devices
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that distributes media guidance application operations between multiple devices based on one or more criteria associated with those devices. For example, the media guidance application may determine the plurality of operations performed by a target device and distribute the plurality of operations among devices near that target device. |
| US10187690B1 |
Systems and methods to detect and correlate user responses to media content
Systems and method of automatically detecting user responses from users to media content and correlating the user responses to the media content include a determination of an emotional response by a user—for example a smile—to a presentation of media content. The determined emotional response is correlated to the media content. Subsequent presentation of the same media content includes presentation of an indicator—for example a smiley —that indicates the determined emotional response. |
| US10187688B2 |
Moving video tags
A display device simultaneously displays at least the following: a video depicting an item in a scene; a tag in a first position overlaid on the video, the tag being associated with the item depicted in the video, wherein the tag includes descriptive text information describing the item depicted in the video; and a visually perceptible indicator extending between a proximity where the item is depicted in the video and a proximity of the first position. The tag undergoes continuous motion relative to at least a portion of the video scene from the first position to a second position different from the first position, while the display device displays the video and the tag overlaid on the video while the tag undergoes continuous motion. |
| US10187685B2 |
Set top/back box, system and method for providing a remote control device
A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box. |
| US10187684B2 |
Streaming media presentation system
One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing media presentations to users of a media presentation system. A media presentation generally includes a one or more media streams provided by one or more capturing users of the media presentation system. In one or more embodiments, a user of the media presentation system may share a media presentation with a viewing user. The media presentation system can provide a number of features to produce a media stream within a media presentation. |
| US10187679B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying media content and media guidance information
A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic devices. The portable electronic devices are operable for displaying video and communicating with the television equipment. A method comprises the steps of receiving media guidance information with a first portable electronic device; transmitting at least some of the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device to the control circuitry of the television equipment; and displaying the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device on the display of the television equipment while simultaneously displaying media content or media guidance information received from a source other than the first portable electronic device. |
| US10187678B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying segments of media guidance data
Systems and methods are provided herein for substituting an updated segment of media guidance data that no longer includes a selected media asset identifier with another segment of media guidance data that includes the selected media asset identifier. A media guidance application may determine, following an update to a segment of media guidance data, that a selected media asset identifier, associated with a given media asset classifier, is no longer included in the updated segment of media guidance data. The media guidance application may retrieve another segment of media guidance data that is associated with the given media asset classifier and that includes the selected media asset identifier. |
| US10187675B2 |
Methods and apparatus to identify co-relationships between media using social media
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify co-relationships between media using social media. An example method includes obtaining media-exposure social media messages based on keywords and posting timestamps, and identifying a media-pairing including first media and second media. The example method also includes estimating a first audience of the first media based on a first set of media-exposure social media messages referencing the first media, and estimating a second audience of the second media based on a second set of media-exposure social media messages referencing the second media. The example method also includes determining a pairing-score for the media-pairing based on the first and second audiences and the first and second sets of media-exposure social media messages, attributing a relationship threshold to the media-pairing based on the first media and the second media, and classifying the media-pairing based on the pairing-score and the relationship threshold. |
| US10187672B2 |
Method and system for supporting random access of MPEG data
Provided is a method of supporting a random access of MPEG data, the method including: obtaining at least one access unit including media data coded through processing including an encapsulation and a packetization; generating at least one media processing unit (MPU) by grouping at least one access unit; determining an initialization flag indicating whether the at least one access unit includes all of data required for initialization of a decoding process, in the at least one MPU; and inserting the initialization flag into a header of the at least one MPU. |
| US10187671B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving content
A content receiving apparatus includes a network interface receiving first content from a first transmitting apparatus and receiving second content from a second transmitting apparatus, and a controller selecting the first content based on a user's input, from the first content and the second content, in which the controller increases a first bandwidth of a bandwidth of the network interface, which is allotted to the first transmitting apparatus, and decreases a second bandwidth of the bandwidth of the network interface, which is allotted to the second transmitting apparatus, based on an increased first bandwidth. |
| US10187658B2 |
Method and device for processing multi-view video signal
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing a multi-view video signal, the method including: determining a prediction mode of a current depth block; determining a partition mode of the current texture block when the current texture block is a block encoded in an inter mode; obtaining a motion vector of each partition based on the partition mode; and performing inter prediction on the current texture block by using the motion vector through depth-based. |
| US10187655B2 |
Memory-to-memory low resolution motion estimation systems and methods
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes a low resolution pipeline that includes a low resolution motion estimation block, which generates downscaled image data by reducing resolution of the image data and determines a low resolution inter-frame prediction mode by performing a motion estimation search using the downscaled image data and previously downscaled image data. The video encoding pipeline also includes a main pipeline in parallel with the low resolution pipeline that includes a motion estimation block, which determines a candidate inter-frame prediction mode based at least in part on the low resolution inter-frame prediction mode, and a mode decision block, which determines a first rate-distortion cost associated with the candidate inter-frame prediction mode and determines prediction mode used to prediction encode the image data based at least in part on the first rate-distortion cost. |
| US10187654B2 |
Method and device for forward multiple-hypothesis encoding/decoding of image block
The present disclosure provides a forward multiple-hypothesis encoding/decoding method of an image block. In this method, motion information of a current block including two forward reference frame indexes and two motion vectors are selectively encoded into a bit-stream based on a current encoding mode. The motion information which is not encoded into the bit-stream is derived at a decoder by a predefined rule. This method sufficiently utilizes correlation within motion information of an image block and correlation between the motion information of the current image block and that of an adjacent image block. |
| US10187653B2 |
Motor vector prediction using co-located prediction units
A system includes motion vector prediction circuitry that generates motion vectors for pixel groups and pixel subgroups within the pixel groups. For a current pixel group within the currently processed picture, the motion vector prediction circuitry selects a target reference picture. Without first translating the current pixel group in accord with an offset vector, the motion vector prediction circuitry initiates generation of a default motion vector for the current pixel group. Responsive to the selected target reference picture, the motion vector prediction circuitry generates the offset vector. The motion vector prediction circuitry translates the current pixel group in accord with offset vector and determines motion vectors for pixel subgroups of the current pixel group based on the translated position of the current pixel group. |
| US10187652B2 |
High efficiency video coding device and method based on reference picture type
The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device. |
| US10187647B2 |
Image processing device and method
Provided is an image processing device including a receiving section configured to receive a bitstream obtained by encoding an image having at least one layer and buffer management parameter information of each layer indicating at least one of that a parameter for managing a decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of only a corresponding layer and that the parameter for managing the decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of a corresponding layer and a lower layer, and a decoding section configured to decode the bitstream received by the receiving section and generate an image. |
| US10187646B2 |
Encoding device, encoding method, transmission device, decoding device, decoding method, and reception device
To enable image data of the interlacing scheme to undergo encoding of an open GOP. An image encoding unit encodes image data of each picture constituting image data in an interlacing scheme in an NAL unit structure and generates a video stream having the encoded image data of each picture. The image encoding unit sets an NAL unit type of a slice of encoded image data of a picture forming a field pair with an intra picture constituting a random access point to a unique type which indicates a picture that is dependent on the intra picture and forms the field pair with the intra picture. |
| US10187644B2 |
Method and apparatus for coding/decoding image
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for coding/decoding an image. The method for decoding the image comprises the steps of: deriving a scale factor of a current block, depending on whether the current block is a conversion skip block; and scaling the current block on the basis of the scale factor, wherein the scale factor of the current block is derived on the basis of the position of a conversion coefficient inside the current block, and wherein the conversion skip block is the current block to which conversion is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether to apply reconversion to the current block. |
| US10187642B2 |
Encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method
According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index. |
| US10187640B2 |
Method of hard-limited packet size for video encoding
A method and system for encoding a group of coding blocks and packetizing the compressed data into slices/packets with hard-limited packet size are disclosed. According to the present invention, a packetization map for at least a portion of a current picture is determined. The packetization map associates coding blocks in at least a portion of the current picture with one or more packets by identifying a corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet of said one or more packets. The corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is then encoded according to the packetization map and the size of each packet is determined. The packet size is checked. If any packet size exceeds a constrained size, a new packetization map is generated and the corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is encoded according to the new packetization map. |
| US10187632B2 |
3D display device and driving method thereof
Embodiments of the invention disclose a 3D display device and a driving method thereof. The 3D display device includes a display panel and a grating structure, when both eyes are parallel to a first direction, a pixel array of the display panel forms a plurality of first left-eye pixel regions corresponding to the left eye and a plurality of first right-eye pixel regions corresponding to the right eye by the grating structure; when both eyes are parallel to a second direction, the pixel array of the display panel forms a plurality of second left-eye pixel regions corresponding to the left eye and a plurality of second right-eye pixel regions corresponding to the right eye by the grating structure, the first left-eye pixel regions are the same as the second left-eye pixel regions, and the first right-eye pixel regions are the same as the second right-eye pixel regions. |
| US10187627B2 |
Multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method
A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints. |
| US10187617B2 |
Automatic detection of moving object by using stereo vision technique
The present invention discloses a system and method for identifying a moving object in front of a vehicle by using stereo vision based technique. The invention also discloses a method and a system for determining an instantaneous distance between the moving object and the vehicle by processing the image of the moving object through a processor and by filtering and refining the image by using a Kalman filter to remove noise. |
| US10187613B2 |
Networked monitor appliance
An integrated security system operating over a network includes networked video sources, networked monitor appliances and networked monitor appliance controllers. Video streams are processed by the networked monitor appliances for display on a monitor. |
| US10187611B2 |
Video surveillance system with aerial camera device
A video surveillance system having a plurality of aerial camera devices such as cameras on drones operable from a plurality of docking stations. Each station having a dock for receiving, charging, and controlling the aerial camera devices. |
| US10187608B2 |
Techniques for managing visual compositions for a multimedia conference call
Techniques for managing visual compositions for a multimedia conference call are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor to allocate a display object bit rate for multiple display objects where a total display object bit rate for all display objects is equal to or less than a total input bit rate, and decode video information from multiple video streams each having different video layers with different levels of spatial resolution, temporal resolution and quality for two or more display objects. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10187597B2 |
Active pixel sensor circuit, driving method and image sensor
The present disclosure provides an active pixel sensor circuit, a driving method, and an image sensor. The active pixel sensor circuit comprises a photosensitive device, a first storage capacitor, a second storage capacitor and a source follower transistor. The active pixel sensor circuit further comprises a reset sub-circuit, a charging control sub-circuit, a compensation control sub-circuit, a signal-reading control sub-circuit. The charging control sub-circuit controls a second pole of the photosensitive device to be connected to a second terminal of the second storage capacitor during the reset phase and the charging phase, and controls the gate of the source follower transistor to be connected to a second pole of the source follower transistor during the charging phase. The compensation control sub-circuit controls the second terminal of the second storage capacitor to be connected to a second terminal of the first storage capacitor during the reset phase and the compensation phase. |
| US10187593B2 |
Verification system for a pharmacy packaging system
A pharmacy packaging system configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch formed by a feed roll and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor. The processor is operable to activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source. The processor is also operable to activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source. The processor is further operable to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image. |
| US10187592B2 |
Imaging device, image signal processing method, and image signal processing program
An imaging unit images an object in a state where an infrared projector projects infrared light. The imaging unit generates an imaging signal. A determination unit analyzes the relationship between the amount of environmental visible light and the amount of infrared light. A controller controls the imaging device, according to the relationship between the amount of environmental visible light and the amount of infrared light, analyzed by the determination unit. |
| US10187591B2 |
Image-capturing device and drive method therefor
An image-capturing device includes an infrared light source configured to emit infrared light, and a solid-state image-capturing device including a plurality of first pixels configured to convert visible light into signal charge and a plurality of second pixels configured to convert infrared light into signal charge, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels being arranged on a semiconductor substrate in a matrix. The solid-state image-capturing device outputs, during the same single frame scanning period, a first signal obtained from the plurality of first pixels, a second signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is emitted, and a third signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is not emitted. |
| US10187590B2 |
Multi-camera vehicle vision system with image gap fill
A vision system of a vehicle includes an image processor and a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The image processor provides warping or projection of a source image into a target image. The image processor scans through source images in a regular order, wherein each element of the source image is included only once in the scan order. The image processor determines the location of the source image element in the target image, with multiple source image elements existing with the same target image location. The image processor includes a set of accumulator registers, with one accumulator register selected by the location in the target image, and the image processor adds each source image element to the selected accumulator register to obtain an average of all source image elements with the same target image location. |
| US10187587B2 |
Live updates for synthetic long exposures
An image sensor of an image capture device may capture an image. The captured image may be stored in a buffer of two or more previously-captured images. An oldest image of the two or more previously-captured images may be removed from the buffer. An aggregate image of the images in the buffer may be updated. This updating may involve subtracting a representation of the oldest image from the aggregate image, and adding a representation of the captured image to the aggregate image. A viewfinder of the image capture device may display a representation of the aggregate image. |
| US10187584B2 |
Dynamic range extension to produce high dynamic range images
Described are examples for generating a high dynamic range image from a plurality of images. A plurality of images of a real world scene can be obtained from one or more image sensors, wherein at least two of the plurality of images are captured based on different intensity parameters. Intensity information for the real world scene can be determined based at least in part on processing the at least two of the plurality of images. A high dynamic range image corresponding to the real world scene can be generated based at least in part on adding the intensity information to pixels of at least one of the plurality of images. |
| US10187582B2 |
Infrared camera and infrared lamp brightness adjustment method therefor
Disclosed are an infrared camera and an infrared lamp brightness adjustment method therefore. The method comprises: when an infrared lamp of an infrared camera is turned on, conducting following processing at a pre-set time period: determining whether there is at least one sub-region with abnormal brightness in N sub-regions of the same size, which constitute a monitoring picture, where N is a positive integer which is greater than 1; and if so, according to a pre-determined parameter of the acquired at least one sub-region with abnormal brightness and a pre-determined parameter of the monitoring picture, determining an infrared lamp adjustment manner, and according to the determined infrared lamp adjustment manner, conducting infrared lamp brightness adjustment so that the at least one sub-region with the abnormal brightness is recovered to be normal. By means of the solution of the present invention, the picture of the monitoring picture can be improved. |
| US10187580B1 |
Action camera system for unmanned aerial vehicle
An action camera system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) selects a target based on a reference image captured by an onboard camera. Image processing determines a desired orientation of the target to the UAV, by which the UAV can track the target and provide streaming video images from the desired orientation. Image processing establishes a visual lock on the target and controls the UAV to maintain the desired orientation while capturing streaming images. Additional position data provided by sensors aboard a smartphone carried by the target enhances the tracking ability of the action camera system and enables predictive analysis of the target's future position. The action camera system may additionally provide preselected modes of operation that control UAV movement and image capture depending on the user's desired objectives. |
| US10187576B2 |
Image-displaying device and image data generation device
An image-displaying device includes an image data generation section, a progress information acquisition section and a display control section. The image data generation section is configured to perform processing for generating image data indicative of an image of a subject based on output data from an image-capturing section that captures the image of the subject, the image data being composed of a plurality of predetermined data units. The progress information acquisition section is configured to acquire progress information indicative of a status of progress of the processing for generating the image data with respect to each of the predetermined data units of the image data. The display control section is configured to control the display section to display at least one of the predetermined data units of the image data for which the processing for generating the image data is ended based on the progress information. |
| US10187572B2 |
UAV panoramic imaging
A method for generating panoramic aerial images includes controlling a carrier to rotate an image capturing device by a predetermined angle of rotation around a first axis of the carrier. The image capturing device is coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via the carrier and the carrier is configured to permit the image capturing device to rotate around at least the first axis and a second axis. The method further includes controlling the carrier to stabilize the image capturing device with respect to at least the second axis while the image capturing device is rotating around the first axis, by controlling one or more actuator members of the carrier. The method also includes controlling the image capturing device to capture a plurality of successive images while the image capturing device is rotating around the first axis and generating a panoramic image based on the captured plurality of images. |
| US10187569B2 |
Portable device capable of generating panoramic file
A portable device capable of building a panorama, a panoramic video or/and a panoramic audio. The portable device has a plurality of sensors with overlapping sensing areas and an input device receiving a trigger signal that triggers the sensors to sense data for generating a panoramic photo/video/audio file. |
| US10187566B2 |
Method and device for generating images
Disclosed are devices and methods for generating an image. A device according to an aspect of an example embodiment includes: a first camera configured to acquire a first black-and-white image; a second camera configured to acquire a first color image; a first electronic circuit configured to generate a second black-and-white image using the first color image; a second electronic circuit configured to determine information representing positional relationships between pixels in the first black-and-white image and pixels in the second black-and-white image; and a third electronic circuit configured to generate a third black-and-white image based on the first black-and-white image, the second black-and-white image, and the determined information. |
| US10187565B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and image capturing method
An image capturing apparatus includes: an optical system that gives aberration to incident light; an image capturing unit that converts the light that has passed through the optical system into pixels, and captures an image; and an inverse transform unit that obtains a first inverse transform filter for restoring the aberration for each predetermined part of the captured image captured by the image capturing unit, and performs a first inverse transformation process on the captured image by the first inverse transform filter. |
| US10187562B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling auto focus function in electronic device
An apparatus and a method for performing an Auto Focus (AF) function in an electronic device which does not perform the AF function while performing a camcorder function are provided. The apparatus includes a camera for receiving a photographing data, a camera processing unit for performing any one of a still picture acquisition function and an AF function, a recording processing unit for performing a function for recording the photographing data, a camera driver for operating the camera under control of the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit, and a processor for controlling the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit when detecting an AF request while photographing a moving picture to focus on the photographing data automatically and to record the focused photographing data. |
| US10187559B2 |
Flash band determination device for detecting flash band, method of controlling the same, storage medium, and image pickup apparatus
A flash band determination device that is capable of always detecting a flash band with high accuracy. It is determined whether or not there is a flash band caused by an external flash of light, which is an area having a luminance level higher than a threshold level, in a plurality of images which are continuously obtained. The threshold level is changed with respect to an image picked up with an exposure condition which is different from an exposure condition used in picking up a preceding image. |
| US10187557B2 |
Outdoor lighting fixture and camera systems
One embodiment of the invention relates to an outdoor lighting fixture that includes a ballast for controlling the amount of current provided to a lamp. The lighting fixture also includes a fixture housing at least partially surrounding the ballast and the lamp and a mounting system for holding the fixture housing to at least one of a wall and a pole. The lighting fixture yet further includes a camera coupled to the housing and a control circuit wired to the camera. The lighting fixture also includes a radio frequency transceiver wired to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to cause information from the camera to be wirelessly transmitted by the radio frequency transceiver. |
| US10187553B2 |
Color conversion processing apparatus, color conversion processing method and storage medium
A color conversion processing apparatus that converts a signal value of an input image into an output value of an actual color material used in an image forming apparatus, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing setting for the input image; and a conversion unit configured to convert the signal value of the input image into the output value of the actual color material in accordance with the acquired printing setting, and the conversion unit performs the conversion while maintaining a relationship between the signal value of the input image and output values of a virtual color material, the number of virtual color materials is smaller than the number of actual color materials and the respective virtual color materials have respective densities corresponding to respective wavelength bands obtained by dividing a wavelength range reproduced by the actual color materials being output into a plurality of wavelength bands, the output values of the plurality of virtual color materials are determined based on the respective densities corresponding to the respective wavelength bands, and the relationship is a relationship that increases monotonically and whose secondary differential does not become negative. |
| US10187552B2 |
Determination of tone value increase from a printed image
Systems and methods for analyzing printed images are provided. One system includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a set of one or more locations on the printed image on the substrate to measure color values; determine a set of input tone values for the at least one ink; receive a set of measured color values corresponding to the set of locations on the printed image from a sensor; and determine a tone value increase error based on the set of measured color values and the set of input tone values. The at least one processing circuit is configured to determine the tone value increase error without requiring measured color values from an area having solid ink. |
| US10187549B2 |
System and method for printing documents using print hardware and automatic print device identification based on context correlation
A method for printing a document from a mobile device includes identifying a document to be printed and generating a notification comprising a selection of at least one candidate print device that may be selected for printing. The notification may be generated by analyzing, by one or more mobile device applications, the document to be printed to identify a document context including a security level of the identified document; using data sensed by one or more mobile device sensors to identify a user context including at least a current geographical location of the user; using the user context to detect a print device near the geographical location of the user; and accessing a rule set to determine if the identified document can be printed on the detected print device based on the security level of the identified document; and causing a user interface to output the notification. |
| US10187547B2 |
Image reading system configured to detect document edge
An image reading system includes a reading device, a first calibration unit, and a detection unit. The reading device is configured to read a white reference member to acquire white image data and configured to read an original document to acquire document image data. The first calibration unit is configured to calibrate shading of the document image data to generate first image data by performing converting a density value in the document image data to a gradation value that is proportional to the density value and falls within a predetermined range having a minimum gradation value, a maximum gradation value, and a target value less than the maximum gradation value. The density value equal to the corresponding density value is converted to the target value in the conversion. The detection unit is configured to detect pixels in the image data corresponding to an edge of the original document. |
| US10187545B2 |
Method and apparatus to communicate data associated with media processing devices
Methods and apparatus to communicate data associated with media processing devices are disclosed. An example media processing device residing on a network includes a monitor configured to collect observational data associated with the media processing device in accordance with a configuration file stored on the media processing device; and communicate the observational data to a first device external to the network via a first persistent connection between the media processing device and the first external device; and a controller configured to receive an operational instruction from a second external device via a second persistent connection between the media processing device and the second external device, wherein the second persistent connection is independent of the first persistent connection; and implement the operational instruction on the media processing device, wherein the operation instruction controls media processing hardware of the media processing device. |
| US10187543B2 |
System for locating nearby picture hotspots
Portable communication devices transmit digital images and their location information to a central server. If a particular location is often photographed it can be designated as a hot spot. Thereafter, if a communication device is currently transmitting from within a vicinity of the hot spot, based on the location data received from the communication device, notification data can be transmitted to the communication device for notifying the user of the hot spot. The notification data can include directional information for the user to access on the communication device for enabling the user to find the hot spot. |
| US10187542B1 |
Integrated physical warehouse and digital document management system
A document management facility may process volumes of physical documents for digital imaging. The document management facility may utilize robotic apparatus to perform the various functions for processing the documents, which may include document intake, document storage, document digitization, and/or document removal. Digital versions of the documents may be accessed with a document management system. |
| US10187540B2 |
Image forming apparatus and optical sensor detecting target formed on image carrier or recording medium using effective light-receiving elements
An image forming apparatus includes a light-receiving unit that includes light-receiving elements arranged along a movement direction of a target formed on an image carrier, and is arranged so as to receive light emitted from a light-emitting unit and specularly reflected off the image carrier; a member configured to limit a size, in the movement direction, of diffused reflection light that is incident on the light-receiving unit; a selection unit configured to select whether or not each of the light-receiving elements in the light-receiving unit is an effective light-receiving element; a generation unit configured to generate a detection signal from an output of the effective light-receiving element; and a detection unit configured to detect a target formed on the image carrier based on the detection signal. |
| US10187535B2 |
Instruction apparatus, processing apparatus, and processing system
An instruction apparatus that instructs a processing apparatus to perform a process includes an operation-history transmitting unit and a display. The operation-history transmitting unit transmits, to a management apparatus, data on a history of a series of all operations by which the instruction apparatus instructs the processing apparatus to perform processes. The display displays an instruction-apparatus operation screen on which an operator's intention is reflected by the management apparatus based on the history of the series of all operations, data of which has been transmitted from the operation-history transmitting unit. |
| US10187534B2 |
Information processing device, plural printers, plural monitoring devices and control method of a printer to acquire status of a selected printer through a selected monitoring device
Redundant monitoring of the same printer by multiple monitoring devices when multiple monitoring devices monitor multiple printers is prevented in a network system 1 including a printer, multiple monitoring devices able to monitor printer states, and an information processing device. A monitoring device requests, at a specific interval, from one or more printers targeted for monitoring, a response of printer state information related to a state of the printer; receives printer state information in response to the request; and sends the received printer state information to the information processing device. The information processing device manages the state of the printer based on the received printer state information. When requested for a response of printer state information by a different monitoring device, the printer stops requesting a response of printer state information by monitoring devices other than a specific monitoring device. |
| US10187531B2 |
Method and system for charging information recording in device to device (D2D) communication
Embodiments herein provide a method and system of reporting a charging information for a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication established using a wireless network. The method includes recording by a first electronic device the charging information associated with a D2D communication session. The D2D communication session is established between the first electronic device and a second electronic device. Further, the method includes determining by the first electronic device whether the charging information meets charging criteria during the D2D communication session. The charging criteria are generated by a network node in a secure environment of the first electronic device. Further, the method includes reporting the charging information to the network node in the wireless network in response to determining that the charging information meets the charging criteria. |
| US10187530B2 |
Telephony web event system and method
An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server. |