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| 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. |
| US10187529B2 |
Systems and methods for conducting conference calls
Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system allow a user to request that his IP telephony device be set into a conference calling mode for an indefinite period of time. When the user's IP telephony device is in the conference calling mode, all parties that attempt to call the user's IP telephony device are added to a conference bridge tied to the user's IP telephony device. All incoming calls are treated in this fashion until the user cancels the conference calling mode and returns to a normal calling mode. |
| US10187521B2 |
Method, device and system of providing caller identification information to a user of a wireless device
The invention is a method, system, and computer-readable medium for gathering and communicating caller identification information on a wireless device. The invention includes receiving, at a wireless device, a calling party phone number to be communicated by the wireless device, determining that the calling party phone number and a corresponding caller identification are not stored on the wireless device memory, performing, in response to the determination that the calling party phone number and the corresponding caller identification are not stored on the wireless device memory, an external database search for the calling party phone number and corresponding caller identification, and determining that the calling party phone number and corresponding caller identification have been identified in the external database search. The invention further includes communicating, in response to the determination that the calling party phone number and corresponding caller identification have been identified in the external database search, the calling party phone number and caller identification. |
| US10187517B1 |
Reduction in network congestion
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform receiving a telephony connection request at a location in a telephony network, the location separated from an intended recipient of the telephony connection request by a target telephony network, determining addressing information regarding the intended recipient, the addressing information including at least routing information or a phone number, determining a status characteristic of the intended recipient based on the addressing information, based on the status characteristic, and determining whether the intended recipient would successfully receive the telephony connection request if the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient. |
| US10187516B2 |
Systems, non-transitory computer-readable media and methods for voice quality enhancement
Provided is a method of controlling an audio characteristic of an electronic device performed by a server, the method including receiving, from a first electronic device, first audio characteristic information that is measured during a call of the first electronic device; receiving, from the first electronic device, first device characteristic information of the first electronic device; first classifying the first audio characteristic information based on the first device characteristic information; generating environment setting information based on classified audio characteristic information including the first classifying; receiving, from a second electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices, second device characteristic information of the second electronic device; and transmitting second environment setting information corresponding to the second device characteristic information to the second electronic device, wherein the second environment setting information is applied to control an audio characteristic for a call of the second electronic device. |
| US10187515B2 |
Network interface devices having external demarcation points
A method of providing a telecommunications service using a network interface device (NID) is provided. The method includes connecting a provider line to one or more protector assemblies connected to a ground bar and configured to conduct current surges from the NID to ground. The one or more protector assemblies are electrically connected to an insulation displacement connector (IDC) module. An outgoing jack module wire is connected to the IDC module by inserting the outgoing jack module wire into a wire insertion hole of the IDC module to receive signals from the provider line. The outgoing jack module wire is electrically connected to a jack module outside the NID thereby providing a demarcation point. An incoming jack module wire is electrically connected to the jack module for carrying signals back to the NID. |
| US10187513B2 |
System and method for discouraging inappropriate use of a mobile device
A system and method for discouraging the in appropriate use of a mobile device including registering a mobile device with a monitoring application running on a system coupled with a network. A mobile device is linked with the monitoring application through the network. The operational status of the mobile device is monitored to detect if a change occurs in the operational status. A change in the operational status of the mobile device is reported to the monitoring program with time information and the status change is displayed in a graphical interface, and a notification message is sent to a system user. Beacons might also be implemented to advise a device user to disable a mobile device to be monitored. |
| US10187512B2 |
Voice-to text mode based on ambient noise measurement
Some embodiments relate to a smart phone or a wearable device, such as a smart watch, and associated methods for enabling the UE device to switch from a normal mode to/from a voice-to-text mode and/or a text-to-voice mode. The transition to/from voice-to-text mode and/or text-to-voice mode may be conducted automatically or through manual selection by the user of the UE. These transitions (or the presentation of a manual selection option) may be determined based on an ambient noise measurement performed by the UE. |
| US10187508B2 |
Notifications with custom user interface
Notifications for an accessory device are received at a mobile companion device. The notifications are directed to a notification processing application of the companion device that processes notifications intended for accessory device applications. The notification processing application determines an identifier of the accessory application for which the notification is intended, and provides the identifier to a notification display application at the accessory device, which determines user interface and display properties for the notification. The accessory device requests external (dynamic) user interface and display properties from the companion device, as needed, and upon receipt generates a notification display at the accessory device. |
| US10187506B2 |
Dual subscriber identity module (SIM) card adapter for electronic device that allows for selection between SIM card(s) via GUI display
A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes recognizing a number of connection components provided in the electronic device, storing count data corresponding to the recognized number of the connection components in a memory of the electronic device, acquiring the count data from the memory, and displaying application information corresponding to the acquired count data through a display connected to the electronic device. |
| US10187503B2 |
Enabling voice control of telephone device
A system capable of connecting a device to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using an adapter. The adapter may connect to the PSTN and send audio data between the PSTN and a server via a data network, enabling the device to communicate over the PSTN. In addition, the adapter enables a telephone connected to a home telephone circuit to perform voice commands, by sending audio data from the telephone to the server and the server determining voice commands included in the audio data. In addition, the system may enable additional functionality for the home telephone circuit, such as three way calling, avoiding charge calls, detecting outgoing alarm signals and triggering an alarm response, monitoring call statistics of telephone calls and sending intercom signals to telephones connected to the home telephone circuit. |
| US10187502B2 |
Device arrangement
A device arrangement may include an electronic device having a display. A cover may be secured on the display. The cover may include a first transparent cover element and a second transparent cover element. A transparent liquid may be disposed in a sandwich-like manner between the first cover element and the second cover element. |
| US10187500B2 |
Gyroscopic alerting mechanism for portable communications device
A portable communications device, such as a mobile phone, includes a novel tactile alerting mechanism capable of alerting the user of an incoming communication or other event. A gyroscopic mechanism is coupled to a housing of the portable communications device and controlled by a processor. The processor is configured to control a spin velocity of the gyroscopic mechanism based on receiving an alert of an incoming call or message, or detecting a fall. The gyroscopic mechanism may spin up or change a spin state to provide a tactile signal via the housing of the communications device, by imparting stabilizing force to the housing that can be felt by a person wearing the communications device, or to change an orientation of the device while falling. |
| US10187497B1 |
Systems and methods for performing data frame configuration on the physical layer for high-data rate wireless local area networks (WLANS)
Embodiments described herein provide a method for providing a physical-layer control mechanism in accordance with a wireless local area network communication protocol allowing a high data rate. At a wireless receiver, a physical-layer data frame may be received compliant with the wireless local area network communication protocol. When the physical-layer data frame includes only one data unit, a length of an enhanced directional multi-gigabit header from a header associated with the physical-layer data frame may be obtained, and the enhanced directional multi-gigabit header from the physical-layer data frame may be enhanced based on the length. When the physical-layer data frame includes more than one data unit, a first length of a first data unit may be obtained from a first header associated with the first data unit, and the first data unit may be identified from the data frame based on the first length. |
| US10187492B2 |
Maintenance window scheduling
A change in an information technology system may be monitored. The information technology system may include a computing resource, a computing service that is to utilize the computing resource, a resource policy including a rule that is to be matched to the computing resource. A compliance operation may be performed on the computing resource in accordance with the rule. A schedule may be changed for a maintenance window in which the compliance operation is to be performed. The change of the schedule may be based on the monitored change in the information technology system and on a priority of the compliance operation or of the computing service. |
| US10187491B2 |
Request-response processing an a content delivery network
A computer-implemented method in a content delivery network (CDN) includes, responsive to a request, determining a particular sequencer to handle the request, the particular sequencer includes a sequence of one or more handlers. The request is processed in accordance with the particular sequencer by invoking the one or more handlers. |
| US10187490B2 |
Discovering signature of electronic social networks
A method for predicting the behavior of an electronic social network (ESN) includes identifying one user's connections with other users and creating a data structure in a memory that represents the users and their connections in the ESN. A plurality of data sources for electronic communications between users are analyzed and assigned a relative importance value. A weight is also assigned to each of the connections between the users. The weight is an encoded value computed based on a link structure of the connections where the link structure includes metadata indicating a category and a status of the respective connection. The probability that one user will communicate with one of the other users is calculated based on the analyzed plurality of data sources calculating, and the user's connections with respect to other users are ranked based on the calculated probabilities. |
| US10187489B2 |
Information processing device and recording medium
[Object] To optimize a content output process by caching a source of content in an appropriate format.[Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a source acquisition unit configured to acquire a source of content; and a content output unit configured to output the content on the basis of the acquired source. The source includes a source cached by a client, and the cached source includes a source converted into an intermediate format. |
| US10187486B1 |
Systems and methods for automatic extension of information from a first network to a second network
An implementation involves a push notification system receiving, from an application server, a request to serve to a client device a push notification, the request including push notification identity information. The implementation further involves the push notification system transmitting to the client device in response to the received request, a push notification. The implementation further comprises the push notification system receiving, from an operating system of the client device, information related to whether and how a user of the client device interacted with the push notification. The implementation further involves determining, by the push notification system, based at least in part on the information related to whether and how the user interacted with the push notification, whether to transmit a request to the message creation system to create and serve a targeted message. The implementation further involves the push notification system transmitting a targeted message create and serve request including information related to the content of the transmitted push notification responsive to said determination and targeted message identity information associated with the push notification identity information. The implementation further involves the message creation system creating, responsive to the create and serve request, a targeted message including content, at least some of the content of the targeted message based on the information related to the content of the transmitted push notification, the message targeted based on the targeted message identity information, and serving the targeted message based on the targeted message identity information. |
| US10187485B1 |
Systems and methods for sending push notifications that include preferred data center routing information
The disclosed computer-implemented method for sending push notifications that include preferred data center routing information may include (1) configuring at least one rule for determining which data center out of a plurality of data centers is preferred to serve one or more download requests, (2) identifying a push notification that is configured to prompt a device to download data from a data center within the plurality of data centers, (3) using the rule to select, from the plurality of data centers, a preferred data center to which to route the device, and (4) embedding information about the preferred data center in the push notification sent to the device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10187483B2 |
Managing access to user information by applications operating in an online system environment
An online system regulates access to information about a user by associating an online system user identifier with a unique application-specific user identifier used by an application to identify the user. Each application communicating with the online system and installed by the user is associated with a unique application-specific user identifier that is associated with the user's online system user identifier. For example, information identifying an installed application and an application-specific user identifier are associated with the user's online system user identifier when the user installs the application. When communicating about a user with an installed application associated with the user, the online system identifies the user via the application-specific identifier associated with the installed application and may provide limited information associated with the online system user identifier associated with the application-specific identifier. |
| US10187480B2 |
Location-based content aggregation and distribution
In one embodiment, a method includes storing one or more content postings, where each content posting is associated with one or more first users and each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting. The method also includes selectively sending one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, where the access device is associated with a second user, and for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device. |
| US10187477B2 |
Restful interface system for an application
An endpoint system provides a REST endpoint for an application. The endpoint system processes request messages based on message pair data for each message that includes an operation and parameter data. The parameter data includes parameter information for each parameter that identifies whether the value for the parameter is to be taken from the URI or payload of a request message. The endpoint system receives request messages that have a URI and payload. The URI includes an operation name. The endpoint system processes each request message in accordance with the message pair data for the operation specified in the request message. For each parameter of the message pair data, the endpoint system extracts the value for the parameter from the URI, payload, headers, or query parameters as specified by the parameter information. The endpoint system invokes the operation passing the one or more extracted values as actual parameters. |
| US10187473B2 |
Gateway policy enforcement and service metadata binding
The invention relates to a method for gateway policy enforcement. The method includes receiving configuration data from a services registry. Also, the method includes annotating, based on the configuration data, a plurality of policies with flags. In addition, the method includes binding, using the annotations of the policies, a route to at least one of the annotated policies. |
| US10187468B2 |
Information communication apparatus, information communication method and program storage medium
The invention provides an information communication apparatus that discloses, on a network channel, an electronic file in a public region provided in a connected storage apparatus, causes the network channel to operate when the public region is accessible or stops the network channel when the public region is inaccessible and stops the network channel when the storage apparatus is connected for the first time irrespective of whether or not the public region is accessible. |
| US10187467B2 |
Information processing system and method of processing information
An information processing system including at least one computer includes a receiving unit that receives data input by an apparatus connected through a network and specifying information of specifying a storage destination of the data or other data generated based on the other data from a plurality of candidate storage destinations, the data and the specifying information being received from the apparatus; an intermediation unit that provides an interface common to the plurality of candidate storage destinations and sends the data or the other to the storage destination designated in a request received through the common interface; and a requesting unit that requests the intermediation unit through the common interface to send the data received by the receiving unit or the other data generated based on the data to the storage destination specified based on specifying information. |
| US10187466B2 |
Efficient live-migration of remotely accessed data
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for migrating data from a first storage system to a second storage system. That data is for a process (e.g., a virtual machine, application, or some other process) operating on a computer system that is separate from the first storage system and the second storage system. That data is stored according to data subsets that are each exclusive of each other. As each data set is migrated, access to the data set by the process is precluded, but access for the remaining data sets is not affected. Once the data migration is complete, access to the data set by the process is restored. |
| US10187464B2 |
Systems and methods of re-associating content items
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for re-associating content items of a user account of a content management system on a computing device relinked to the content management system. The systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media can include the content management system receiving a request to relink the computing device with a user account of the content management system. The systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media can also include determining a local content item of the client device corresponds to at least one revision of a plurality of revisions of a content item of the user account, wherein the content item is currently removed from the user account. Finally, the systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media can cause the client device to delete the local content item. |
| US10187463B2 |
Using a shared data store for peer discovery
An example method includes: identifying, by a new node, an address of a shared data store comprising information on a current membership in a peer-to-peer system, wherein the shared data store is shared by a plurality of nodes that are current members of the peer-to-peer system, wherein the shared data store is a container for storing data in a storage cloud; sending, by the new node, a first message comprising an address of the new node to the shared data store; requesting, by the new node, at least one membership data structure from the shared data store; receiving, by the new node, a second message comprising the at least one membership data structure; generating, by the new node, a new membership data structure comprising the address of the new node and the plurality of addresses for the plurality of nodes identified in the at least one membership data structure; sending, by the new node, a third message comprising the new membership data structure to the shared data store; and joining, by the new node, the peer-to-peer system, wherein the joining comprises using the new membership data structure to identify nodes of the plurality of nodes to receive a plurality of messages from the new node. |
| US10187458B2 |
Providing enhanced access to remote services
Techniques are described for providing client computing nodes with enhanced access to remote network-accessible services, such as by providing local capabilities specific to the remote services. In at least some situations, access to remote services by a client computing node may be enhanced by automatically locally performing some activities of the remote services, such as to improve the efficiency of communications that are sent between the client computing node and the remote service and/or to improve the efficiency by the remote service of processing communications from the client computing node. As one example, a node manager system local to a client computing node may perform authentication of communications sent by the client computing node to a remote service and/or may perform other activities specific to the remote service, so that the remote service does not need to perform the authentication and/or other performed activities for the communications. |
| US10187457B1 |
Using read weight affinities to optimize the reading of block cache data
A system for directing reads includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is to receive a request to read from a plurality of servers. The processor is to determine a set of weights for a set of healthy servers of the plurality of servers and determine a server to receive the request based at least in part on the set of weights. |
| US10187454B2 |
System and method for dynamic clustered JMS in an application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, a system and method provides a dynamic clustered messaging service in an application server environment. A cluster includes one or more servers operating within the application server environment and is configured to vary a number of the servers based on a service load of applications running on the cluster. The number also varies based on failure and restart of the servers. A messaging service for communicating messages between components of the applications includes instances of messaging service artifacts running on the one or more servers. A placement engine operating on the cluster is configured to migrate the instances of messaging service artifacts between the one or more servers based on a set of rules as the number of the one or more servers in the cluster expands and contracts and as a number of the instances of messaging service artifacts expands and contracts. |
| US10187452B2 |
Hierarchical dynamic scheduling
Hierarchical dynamic scheduling is disclosed. A plurality of physical nodes is included in a computer system. Each node includes a plurality of processors. Each processor includes a plurality of hyperthreads. An abstraction of the nodes, processors, and hyperthreads forms a hierarchy. Upon receiving an indication that a hyperthread should be assigned, a dynamic search of the hierarchy is performed, beginning at the leaf level, for a process to assign to the hyperthread. |
| US10187449B2 |
Download control device
When download operations get started in unison in conformity to RSS metafile delivery time-and-date information, the traffic is temporarily concentrated to a server, resulting in the risk of a system failure or else. In addition, it is inevitable to periodically check whether an RSS file on Web server is updated or not; so, users must delete update-unnecessary RSS files from those objects to be monitored. In view of this, the periodical update check timing of download control information is dispersed, thereby scattering download requests to the server. The download control information is provided with the information indicating whether such download control information is put under update management and/or expire time-and-date information in case the update management is to be done, whereby an information processing apparatus performs, based on the information, erase processing of the download control information when the download processing is completed. |
| US10187448B2 |
Remote application control interface
Embodiments of the present invention provide an active-application interface on a companion device that allows a user to control an application running on a primary device. The active-application interface may describe state information for a plurality of applications running on the primary device and allow the user to manipulate the application through one or more contextual controls. The active-application interface may be used to control applications running out-of-control focus on the primary device, including applications that do not presently have a visible viewport. |
| US10187447B1 |
Method and system for online conversion attribution
A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device. |
| US10187445B2 |
System, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization
The invention provides a system, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization. By the invention, command information is sent to a target client via a push server in time in the case that the data content stored in a cloud storage server is updated, thereby enabling real-time data synchronization between the cloud storage server and the browser client simply and efficiently. The invention further discloses an apparatus and method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a system for preventing a malicious connection, a system, method and information distribution database for enabling browser data synchronization, and a socket server and its service method for sending command information from a push server to a target client among a plurality of browser clients. |
| US10187441B2 |
Media relay
A method, system and computer program product for displaying media is provided herein. The method includes the steps of receiving, at a media server, streaming media from a source device located at a first user's premises and transmitting the streaming media from the media server to a display device at the second user's premises. The media server is located remotely from both the first user's premises and the second user's premises. The first user's premises and the second user's premises may be the same. The media server may be located at a cable television headend. |
| US10187432B2 |
Replaying content of a virtual meeting
A method of facilitating the re-joining of a virtual meeting by a participant. The method comprises determining at what time the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting. If it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, the method comprises deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting. As well as the method, related apparatuses, systems and computer readable storage media are disclosed. |
| US10187431B2 |
Network to network interface between service providers for web real time communication
Systems and methods presented herein provide for real time communications between service provider subscribers. In one embodiment, a web server is operable to provide a network-to-network interface (NNI) with a plurality of service providers, to communicate with the service providers through WebRTC links, and to retrieve contact information of subscribers to the service providers over the WebRTC links. The web server also includes a database operable to store the contact information of the subscribers. The web server is also operable to process a connection request from a first of the subscribers to connect with a second of the subscribers, to retrieve the second subscriber's contact information from the database, to push a notification message to a device of the second subscriber using the second subscriber's contact information (e.g., a user identity), and to establish a WebRTC connection between first and second subscribers when the second subscriber accepts the connection. |
| US10187428B2 |
Identifying data usage via active data
Disclosed are various embodiments for active data that tracks usage. The active data includes instructions that are executable by a computing device. The computing device is scanned to identify characteristics of the computing device. The characteristics of the computing device are utilized to determine whether the usage of the active data is authorized. Data is transmitted to a network service, including identifying information for the particular computing device and data that identifies a deployment of the active data. |
| US10187427B2 |
Networking flow logs for multi-tenant environments
Computing resource service providers may provide computing resources to customers in a multi-tenant environment. These computing resources may be behind a firewall or other security device such that certain information does not reach the computing resources provided to the customer. A logging entity may be implemented on computer server operated by the computing resource service provider. The logging entity may obtain log information from the firewall or other security device and store the log information such that it is accessible to the customer. Additionally, the log information may be provided to other services such as a metrics service or intrusion detection service. |
| US10187426B2 |
Provisioning systems for installing credentials
Certain embodiments provide means for managing automated access to computers, e.g., using SSH user keys and other kinds of trust relationships. Certain embodiments also provide for managing certificates, Kerberos credentials, and cryptographic keys. Certain embodiments provide for remediating legacy SSH key problems and for automating configuration of SSH keys, as well as for continuous monitoring. |
| US10187425B2 |
Issuing security commands to a client device
Disclosed are various embodiments for ensuring a client device complies with a compliance rule. An application executed by the client device can receive a request to communicate with a mail server. The request can be sent from a mail client executed on the client device. The application can determine whether the client device complies with a compliance rule. The request can be forwarded to a remote mail server when the client device complies with the compliance rule. |
| US10187413B2 |
Network-based approach for training supervised learning classifiers
In one embodiment, a supervisory device in a network receives traffic data from a security device that uses traffic signatures to assess traffic in the network. The supervisory device receives traffic data from one or more distributed learning agents that use machine learning-based anomaly detection to assess traffic in the network. The supervisory device trains a traffic classifier using the received traffic data from the security device and from the one or more distributed learning agents. The supervisory device deploys the traffic classifier to a selected one of the one or more distributed learning agents. |
| US10187411B2 |
Method for intrusion detection in industrial automation and control system
A method and system for automatic signalling an alert when a possible intrusion occurs in an industrial automation and control system, based on security events which occur in the industrial automation and control system or are externally fed into the system. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining a correlation of a first and second security event and storing the correlation in an event database, wherein the correlation includes a probability that the first security event is followed by the second security event within a normalized time period, (b) identifying a candidate event as the first security event, based on event information of the candidate event, upon occurrence of the candidate event, (c) classifying the candidate event as anomalous when the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold and no second security event follows the candidate event within the normalized time period, and (d) signalling the alert indicating the candidate event. |
| US10187409B1 |
Anomaly detection in dynamically evolving data and systems
Detection of abnormalities in multi-dimensional data is performed by processing the multi-dimensional data to obtain a reduced dimension embedding matrix, using the reduced dimension embedding matrix to form a lower dimension (of at least 2D) embedded space, applying an out-of-sample extension procedure in the embedded space to compute coordinates of a newly arrived data point and using the computed coordinates of the newly arrived data point and Euclidean distances to determine whether the newly arrived data point is normal or abnormal. |
| US10187408B1 |
Detecting attacks against a server computer based on characterizing user interactions with the client computing device
A computer-implemented method includes providing, for use by a third-party, injectable computer code that is capable of being served with other code provided by the third-party to client computing devices; receiving data from client computing devices that have been served the code by the third-party, the data including data that characterizes (a) the client computing devices and (b) user interaction with the client computing devices; classifying the client computing devices as controlled by actual users or instead by automated software based on analysis of the received data from the client computing devices; and providing to the third party one or more reports that characterize an overall level of automated software activity among client computing devices that have been served code by the third party. |
| US10187401B2 |
Hierarchical feature extraction for malware classification in network traffic
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving packet flow data at a feature extraction hierarchy comprising a plurality of levels, each of the levels comprising a set of feature extraction functions, computing a first set of feature vectors for the packet flow data at a first level of the feature extraction hierarchy, inputting the first set of feature vectors from the first level of the feature extraction hierarchy into a second level of the feature extraction hierarchy to compute a second set of feature vectors, and transmitting a final feature vector to a classifier to identify malicious traffic. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein. |
| US10187397B2 |
Modulation analysis and distortion identification
An apparatus, method, computer readable medium, and system are provided to determine whether a non-linear signal impairment is present in a network communication channel. For instance, a computing device may transmit equalization coefficients to a user device to modify future signals generated by the user device. If the equalization coefficients are unable to reduce a signal impairment, the signal impairment may be a non-linear signal impairment. The computing device may generate symbol placements based on signals received from the user device and transmit status messages. |
| US10187394B2 |
Personalized inferred authentication for virtual assistance
Aspects of the technology described herein provide a mechanism for controlling access to secure computing resources based on inferred user authentication. A current user may be authenticated and access to secure computing resources permitted based on a determined probability that the current user is a legitimate user associated with the secure computing resource. Legitimacy of the current user may be inferred based on a comparison of user-related activity of the current user to a persona model, which may comprise behavior patterns, rules, or other information for identifying a legitimate user. If it is determined that the current user is likely legitimate, then access to secure information may be permitted. However, if it is determined that the current user is likely illegitimate, than a verification procedure may be provided to the current user, such as a temporal, dynamic security challenge based on recent activity conducted by the legitimate user. |
| US10187392B2 |
Communications system, management server, and communications method
A communications system includes communications terminals connected to a management server. The management server includes a terminal manager managing data center identification information-acquiring identification information items for acquiring identification information items of data centers available to a predetermined one of the communications terminals in association with the identification information items of the data centers, a service manager managing services available to the predetermined communications terminal in association with the identification information items of the data centers, and an access authorization verification processor managing access to the services, based on the identification information items of the data centers available to the predetermined communications terminal in association with the data center identification information-acquiring identification information items, and the identification information items of the data centers in association with the services available to the predetermined communications terminal when an inquiry about the services available is received from the predetermined communications terminal. |
| US10187391B2 |
Data access by external users
Described herein is a framework for providing and securing data access by external users. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, an external schema is generated to pair with an existing company schema in a database. The company schema may own data stored in the database. One or more access-control views that expose one or more subsets of the data may further be generated. The external schema may be granted access to the one or more access-control views. Synonyms may be created to rename access-control views, so that the synonyms share common names with corresponding database objects accessible via the company schema. External users may then access the data visible to them via the synonyms that are used to alias the access-control views. |
| US10187389B2 |
Technologies for supporting multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device
Technologies for supporting and implementing multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a client device having an architectural enclave which may function to identify one of a plurality of digital rights management protocols for protecting digital information to be received from a content provider or a sensor. The architectural enclave select a preexisting secure information processing environment (SIPE) to process said digital information, if a preexisting SIPE supporting the DRM protocol is present on the client. If a preexisting SIPE supporting the DRM protocol is not present on the client, the architectural enclave may general a new SIPE that supports the DRM protocol on the client. Transmission of the digital information may then be directed to the selected preexisting SIPE or the new SIPE, as appropriate. |
| US10187385B2 |
Techniques for extending communications chain of trust to client applications
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to form secure communications between two computing devices in which the chain of trust of those communications is extended to a particular application routine executed by one of the two computing devices. An apparatus includes a processor component; a verifying component to verify a link attestation credential received from a server to verify an ability of the server to form a secure pipeline, and to signal an application routine with an indication of a result of the verification by the verifying component; and a hash component to generate a return hash of a return signature associated with the application routine to indicate to the server that the application routine has also verified the link attestation credential to form the secure pipeline between the server and the application routine. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10187383B2 |
Method of pushing passwords, and pushing system
A method of pushing passwords, and a pushing system are provided. The method includes establishing a sharing cryptographic library which stores a plurality of application program identification codes, account names and passwords, receiving first biological characteristic information of a user, and simultaneously receiving a push request including second biological characteristic information and a current application program identification code. An account name and a password of the current application program identification code from the sharing cryptographic library is read, and the account name and the password is pushed to a second terminal device when the first biological characteristic information matches with the second biological characteristic information. |
| US10187380B2 |
User device, method for setting password thereof, and operating method for setting and verifying password thereof
A method for setting a password for operating an application of a user device is provided. The method includes requesting the user device to input a password of the application, and requesting the user device to select device binding information of the user device to associate with the password. The device binding information is obtained from one or more of contact information, a photo, an e-mail, a file, or an address. |
| US10187375B1 |
Cryptographic services engine
A cryptographic services management engine may provide a single point of interaction for both users and administrators to manage and consume cryptographic services. Such an engine may allow centralized control over cryptography parameters, ensuring enterprise security standards are maintained while abstracting the complexity and potential for error away from users. Automating cryptographic maintenance tasks may avoid outages caused by expired or incorrect certificates, and improve reliability and predictability of critical infrastructure services. |
| US10187371B1 |
Quick-logon for computing device
Methods and systems for verifying a user's identity on a computing device using two-factor authentication are described. More particularly, the system utilizes a personal identification number input by a user, together with one or more of a secure browsing feature, a device fingerprint, and a token generator to authenticate the user on the computer. |
| US10187367B2 |
Licensing authentication via mobile device
A mobile device can be used as an intermediary to allow a client device to obtain licensing authentication. The mobile device can connect to the client device whenever the mobile device is within a proximity threshold to the client device. The mobile device can also control when a licensing message window is opened. When the mobile device is connected to the client device, and the licensing message window is open, the mobile device can act as an intermediary between the client device and the authentication server. Messages from the authentication/licensing server can be queued in the mobile device, and messages to the mobile device can be queued in the client device for later delivery if there is no communication or if the licensing message window is closed. |
| US10187366B2 |
Systems and methods of user authentication for data services
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods of user authentication for data services. The data services may include accessing a tax return at the IRS, accessing or completing a student loan application, accessing a credit report, etc. User authentication data is collected by a data provider and provided to a server computer, and user device data is collected by the server computer after the user device accesses a resource identifier (e.g., URL) associated with the server computer. The user authentication data and/or user device data is analyzed and a risk score is generated. |
| US10187354B2 |
DHCP client lease time based threat detection for authorised users
Methods and systems are provided for determining a leased time for an address leased for a first user device. The determined leased time and leased address may be stored in a first database. Upon receiving a renew/rebind request from the first user device, a request counter in the first database may be increased if the renew/rebind request occurs during the leased time. A MAC address and port number associated with the address may be identified as performing unwanted actions if the request counter crosses a first threshold. After the request counter crosses the threshold a first remedial action may be taken on the first user device associated with the MAC address and port number identified as performing unwanted actions. |
| US10187352B2 |
Deterministic mapping
Network address translating is contemplated to be of a type where a network address translator (NAT), a carrier grade NAT (CGN), or other type of translator may facilitate reconstruction of translated addresses in a manner that ameliorates the amount of data that must be stored to facilitate the reconstruction. |
| US10187348B2 |
Method and system of private messaging in a family networking computing platform
In one aspect, a method of a managing an online social network includes the step of providing an online social network. The online social network includes a set of nodes, wherein each node represents a user and a set of relationships between each node. The method includes the step of identifying a set of users that are members of the same family. The method includes the step of identifying each node of the set of users that are members of the same family. When a member of the set of users interacts with another member of the set of users determine an interaction; determine a family-relationship status between the member and the other member; and score the interaction. The method includes the step of generating a family bonding index based on the family relationship status of the member and the other member and the score the interaction. The method includes the step of updating the set of relationships of the online social network based on the family bonding index. The method includes the step of providing an online social-networking messenger service. The online social-networking messenger service enables the member and the other member to interact via a chat protocol. The chat protocol comprises private chat messages between the member and the other member that are not visible to any other user of the online social-networking messenger service. |
| US10187342B2 |
Email privacy enforcement
A system comprises email message parsing circuitry, tracking code suspect analyzer circuitry, reporting circuitry, and message modification circuitry. The email message parsing circuitry is operable to, after reception of an email message via a SMTP connection and prior to the email message being made available in a mailbox of a recipient of the email message, scan the email message to extract a tracking code suspect. The tracking code suspect analyzer circuitry is operable to analyze the tracking code suspect to determine, based on one or more characteristics of the tracking code suspect, whether the tracking code suspect is tracking code. The reporting circuitry is operable to, after a determination that the tracking code suspect is tracking code, generate a report that indicates the presence of tracking code in the email message. The message modification circuitry is operable to replace the tracking code suspect in the email message with replacement content. |
| US10187330B2 |
High-speed packet processing system and control method thereof
A high-speed packet processing system and a method of controlling the system are disclosed. The high-speed packet processing system includes: a network interface card configured to receive or transmit packets; a memory which is accessible by an operating system, and which includes at least one or more data buffers and a single dedicated head (dedicated skb) decoupled from the data buffers, where the data buffers are pre-allocated in correspondence to the packets to allow storing of the packets, and the single dedicated head is connected to the data buffers sequentially in correspondence to the packets; and a packet processing unit configured to sequentially connect the single dedicated head with the data buffers and store the packets sequentially in the data buffers corresponding to reception (Rx) descriptors based on the reception (Rx) descriptors designated in correspondence to the packets, when the packets are received. |
| US10187328B2 |
Anomaly detection and classification using telemetry data
Historical telemetry data can be used to generate predictions for various classes of data at various aggregates of a system that implements an online service. An anomaly detection process can then be utilized to detect anomalies for a class of data at a selected aggregate. An example anomaly detection process includes receiving telemetry data originating from a plurality of client devices, selecting a class of data from the telemetry data, converting the class of data to a set of metrics, aggregating the set of metrics according to a component of interest to obtain values of aggregated metrics over time for the component of interest, determining a prediction error by comparing the values of the aggregated metrics to a prediction, detecting an anomaly based at least in part on the prediction error, and transmitting an alert message of the anomaly to a receiving entity. |
| US10187327B2 |
Predictive network system and method
A proactive networking system and method is disclosed. The network anticipates the user demands in advance and utilizes this predictive ability to reduce the peak to average ratio of the wireless traffic and yield significant savings in the required resources to guarantee certain Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. The system and method focuses on the existing cellular architecture and involves the design and analysis of learning algorithms, predictive resource allocation strategies, and incentive techniques to maximize the efficiency of proactive cellular networks. The system and method further involve proactive peer-to-peer (P2P) overlaying, which leverages the spatial and social structure of the network. Machine learning techniques are applied to find the optimal tradeoff between predictions that result in content being retrieved that the user ultimately never requests, and requests that are not anticipated in a timely manner. |
| US10187321B2 |
Dynamic VPN policy model with encryption and traffic engineering resolution
High-level network policies that represent a virtual private network (VPN) as a high-level policy model are received. The VPN is to provide secure connectivity between connection sites of the VPN based on the high-level network policies. The high-level network policies are translated into low-level device configuration information represented in a network overlay and used for configuring a network underlay that provides the connections sites to the VPN. The network underlay is configured with the device configuration information so that the network underlay implements the VPN in accordance with the high-level policies. It is determined whether the network underlay is operating to direct traffic flows between the connection sites in compliance with the high-level network policies. If it is determined that the network underlay is not operating in compliance, the network underlay is reconfigured with new low-level device configuration information so that the network underlay operates in compliance. |
| US10187319B1 |
Automatic configuration generation for a proxy optimization server for optimizing the delivery of content of a web publisher
A method of determining one or more sources for delivery of content corresponding to a website is disclosed. Content from a plurality of initial sources is received through an interface. The content comprises content of a plurality of webpages of a website. Performance of the plurality of initial sources in delivering the content is evaluated. At least some of the content is copied to an alternative source. The content from the alternative source is received through the interface. Performance of the alternative source in delivering the content is evaluated. A determination of whether the alternative source should replace at least some of the plurality of initial sources as a source for delivering content of the website is made. The determination is based at least in part on the evaluated performances. |
| US10187317B1 |
Methods for traffic rate control and devices thereof
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and traffic management computing device that allocates a subset of tokens to active subscribers based on an estimated number of subscribers that will be active in a next sampling period. A request to transmit a first packet is received from one of the active subscribers. A determination is made when a current time is prior to an expiration of the allocated subset of the tokens. Another determination is made when a length of the first packet is less than a size corresponding to an available portion of the allocated subset of the tokens when the current time is determined to be prior to the expiration of the allocated subset of the tokens. The first packet is transmitted when the length of the first packet is determined to be less than a size corresponding to an available portion of the allocated subset of the tokens. |
| US10187315B2 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing communications at an intermittent communication link
Apparatus and methods for optimizing communications at a communication processor that exchanges communications across a communication link on behalf of an application processor or other local endstation of the communications, wherein the communication link is intermittently inoperative. The application processor is a source or destination of communication packets that traverse the link, while the communication processor transmits and receives the packets for the application processor. Packets are queued at the communication processor for transmit while the link is temporarily inoperative. A filter operates to select obsolete packets for discard. Obsolete packets may include packets for which a subsequent FIN packet (or other termination notice) is received, and may also include packets that have associated deadlines that expire or that will expire before they can be delivered. Obsolete packets may further include packets that have been retransmitted while the link is inoperative. |
| US10187314B2 |
Techniques for signal extension signaling
Various aspects are provided related to techniques for signal extension (SE) signaling. A signal extension (SE) duration for a data unit can be identified from a set of at least three possible SE durations. A single signaling bit in the data unit can be used to indicate the identified SE duration from the set of at least three possible SE durations to a receiver of the data unit. The data unit can be output for transmission to the receiver. |
| US10187312B2 |
Communication protocol for multiplexing data streams over UDP
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a method for identifying a data stream. In some implementations, the method can include steps for generating a first globally-unique identifier (GUID), associating the first GUID with a first data stream comprising a first plurality of data packets and sending each of the first plurality of data packets to a remote device. In certain aspects, the method can also include steps for receiving a second plurality of data packets from the remote device, wherein each of the second plurality of data packets comprises a second GUID and comparing the second GUID with the first GUID to determine if the second plurality of data packets is associated with the first data stream. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. |
| US10187309B1 |
Congestion mitigation in networks using flow-based hashing
Disclosed are various embodiments for mitigating congestion in networks employing flow-based hashing to assign flows to routes. A flow of packets is sent from a source endpoint to a destination endpoint by way of a network. The flow of packets is associated with flow identification information. It is detected whether congestion is affecting the flow of packets in the network. A perturbation to the flow identification information for the flow of packets is effected in response to determining that congestion is affecting the flow of packets in the network. |
| US10187308B2 |
Virtual switch acceleration using resource director technology
A virtual switch configured to switch packets between virtual switch ports based on classifier sub-tables. The virtual switch reserves blocks of last level cache for classifier sub-table storage. The virtual switch also maintains a global sub-table priority map for the classifier sub-tables. The global sub-table priority map indicates usage frequency of each classifier sub-table when switching the packets between the ports. A sub-set of the classifier sub-tables with a highest usage frequency, according to the global sub-table priority map, are pre-fetched to the reserved blocks of the last level cache. By pre-fetching the most used classifier sub-tables, memory related bottlenecks are reduced when searching through classifier sub-tables. This mechanism increases processing speed when matching packets/flows to classifier sub-tables, resulting in faster packet switching by the virtual switch. The virtual switch may leverage Cache Allocation Technology (CAT)/Code and Data Prioritization technology (CDP) to prevent cache eviction. |
| US10187307B2 |
Transmission and reception parameter control
A system and method for implementing transmission parameter control at a transmitting station is described. The exemplary system and method comprises querying a transmission parameter control module for a transmission schedule. The transmission schedule comprises at least one schedule entry defining a set of transmission parameter controls as they pertain to a destination address. At least one packet of data is then transmitted to the destination address according to the transmission parameters controls of at least one schedule entry from the transmission schedule. A system and method for selecting an antenna configuration corresponding to a next transmission of packet data is also disclosed. |
| US10187306B2 |
System and method for improved service chaining
There is disclosed an apparatus having logic elements to: receive an incoming packet associated with a first service function chain; identify a next hop service function for the incoming packet as a non-reactive service function; create a duplicate packet; forward the duplicate packet to the non-reactive service function; and forward the incoming packet to a next reactive service function. There is also disclosed an apparatus having logic to: receive an incoming packet associated with a first service function chain (SFC), having a first service path identifier (SPI); determine that the incoming packet has a first service index (SI), and that a next-hop SI identifies a non-reactive service function (NRSF); receive a duplicate packet of the incoming packet; rewrite a service header of the duplicate packet to identify a second SFC having a second SPI, wherein the second SPI is different from the first SPI; and alter the first SI of the incoming packet to identify a next reactive service function in the first SFC. |
| US10187305B2 |
System and method for using a path control element as a central controller for local protection of label switched path (LSP)
A path control element (PCE) is provided, including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor. The storage medium stores programming for execution by the processor, wherein the programming, when executed by the processor, configures the PCE to receive a request for a path of a unicast or multicast label switching path (LSP), determine a primary path and a secondary/local protection path through a plurality of nodes in a label switched network, and provide the primary path and the secondary/local protection path to the plurality of nodes. |
| US10187303B2 |
Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, base station, relay device, and mobile station
A wireless communication system includes a mobile station, a base station, and a relay device. The base station is configured to execute first link aggregation (LA) communication. The base station transmits a state notification representing whether or not a state is an LA connection state in which the base station is connected with a mobile station so that the first LA communication is executable to the relay device, and the base station is controlled such that the first LA communication is executed based on the state of the base station. The relay device is configured to execute second LA communication. The relay device is controlled such that the second LA communication is executed based on the state notification. |
| US10187302B2 |
Source address translation in overlay networks
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for translating source addresses in an overlay network. An access switch in an overlay network, such as a VXLAN, may receive an encapsulated packet from a tunnel endpoint in the overlay network. The encapsulated packet may originate from a host associated with the tunnel endpoint and be encapsulated at the tunnel endpoint with a first source tunnel endpoint address and a destination tunnel endpoint address. The access switch may replace the first source tunnel endpoint address in the encapsulated packet with a second source tunnel endpoint address of the access switch to yield a translated packet. The access switch may then transmit the translated packet towards the destination tunnel endpoint address. |
| US10187300B2 |
Fallback mobile proxy
A fallback mobile proxy system includes a gateway device having a local communication interface that establishes communication between a router and one or more smart home devices over a local communication network and one or more secondary local communication networks. The gateway device includes a processor that is configured to perform detecting a loss or degradation of connectivity between the router and a remote communication network. A mobile device is identified in communication with the router over the local communication network, where the mobile device has an alternate connectivity interface to the remote communication network. The mobile device is established as a fallback mobile proxy based on identifying the mobile device. Data is routed from/to the one or more smart home devices targeting the remote communication network to pass from/to the gateway device through the router and the fallback mobile proxy from/to the remote communication network. |
| US10187296B2 |
Access node device for forwarding data packets
Embodiments of present invention relate to an access node device arranged for receiving and forwarding data packets in a communication network, the device comprising at least one processor arranged to: receive data packets from an user node; and forward the data packets in a stateless mode over a first path to a destination gateway node, the first path being a default path, or forward the data packets in a stateful mode over a second path to a destination node, the second path being determined by user and/or session specific information for said user node. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a corresponding gateway node device, a method in an access node, a method in a gateway node, a computer program, and a computer program product thereof. |
| US10187294B2 |
Fast lookup and update of current hop limit
In order to facilitate efficient and scalable lookup of current hop limits of transmitted packets, a communications device embeds hop limit values along with other connection parameters in a connection data structure. To transmit a packet for a particular connection, the communications device retrieves the data structure for the particular connection and applies the hop limit value embedded in the data structure to the packet for transmission. To keep track of the hop limits being embedded in different data structures of different connections, the communications device use a binary search in which each node of the search tree correspond to a different connection. The communications device maintains one such search tree per communications interface. |
| US10187292B2 |
Data center topology having multiple classes of reliability
Techniques and architectures may be used to generate data center network topologies that use less reliable and less expensive links mixed with links of higher reliability. Such topologies may be categorized into reliability classes, where each class corresponds to a bound(s) on reliability of paths that include the links. A topology class may be selected for use by an application based, at least in part, on the degree of reliability demanded by the application. |
| US10187290B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for preventing tromboning in inter-subnet traffic within data center architectures
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing tromboning in inter-subnet traffic within data center architectures may include (1) detecting, at a leaf node of a data center, a route advertisement that advertises a route to a spine node of another data center that interfaces with the data center, (2) identifying, at the leaf node, an IP identifier of the spine node included in the route advertisement, (3) determining, at the leaf node, that the route corresponds to the spine node based at least in part on the IP identifier identified in the route advertisement, and then in response to determining that the route corresponds to the spine node, (4) rejecting the route to the spine node at the leaf node such that the leaf node does not learn the route to the spine node. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed. |
| US10187289B1 |
Route advertisement management using tags in directly connected networks
A system includes a provider network and a client network connected via a dedicated physical connection. The client network and the provider network exchange routing information using routing protocol messages, such as border gateway protocol (BGP) update messages exchanged during a BGP session. A provider network includes tag field values in outgoing routing protocol messages that indicate a portion of the provider network wherein resources of the provider network associated with a corresponding route are located. The client network may use the tag field value to determine whether to add the route to a routing table of the client network. A client network may also include tag field values in outgoing routing protocol messages to a provider network. The tag field values may indicate what portions of the provider network are to receive the routes from the client network. For example a tag field value may indicate that a route is to be propagated within a limited portion of the provider network. |
| US10187285B2 |
Adaptive time slot allocation to reduce latency and power consumption in a time slotted channel hopping wireless communication network
Excessive latencies and power consumption are avoided when a large number of leaf nodes (LNs) contend simultaneously to join a time slotted channel hopping wireless communication network having a root node (RN) interfaced to LNs by one or more intermediate nodes (INs). A first plurality of shared transmit/receive slots (STRSs) is allocated for at least one IN, and a second plurality of STRSs is advertised for use by contending LNs, where the first plurality is larger than the second plurality. When a LN joins, its STRSs are re-defined such that most become shared transmit-only slots (STOSs) and no STRSs remain. The numbers of STRSs allocated to INs may vary inversely with their hop counts from the RN. One or more STOSs may be added for each of one or more INs in response to a predetermined network condition. |
| US10187279B2 |
Controller, control system, and control method
A controller for using a first data item transmitted via a network to generate a second data item for controlling an entity to be controlled over the network, wherein the controller is characterized in being provided with: an adjustment unit for adjusting, with respect to the maximum delay time permissible on the network, the time by which generation of the second data item is started using the first data item after the first data item has been received; and a delay compensation unit, designed using a model of the entity to be controlled and the maximum delay time permissible on the network, for compensating for the delay of the first and second data items that can be generated using the network. |
| US10187277B2 |
Scoring using distributed database with encrypted communications for credit-granting and identification verification
A system is provided for determining network connectivity between a first node and a second node connected to the first node by at least one path is provided, the system comprising a parallel computational framework comprising a plurality of processors, the system being connected to a data store device, a key-value store device and an application server comprising processing circuitry. The system can be operable to receive a user request for a network connectivity value between a first entity of a network community and a second entity of the network community. The system is also operable to transmit an indication of the user request to a first remote server and receive an indication of the network connectivity value from the first remote server. The system is also operable to automatically determine at least one prospective decision regarding the second entity based on a magnitude of the network connectivity value. |
| US10187272B2 |
Interface management service entity, function service entity, and element management method
The present application provides an interface management service entity, a function service entity, and an element management method. After receiving a device management service request message sent by a network element, a cloud computing-based interface management service entity invokes, according to a network standard identifier and a request service type that correspond to the network element and are carried in the device management service request message, a service function of a function service entity in a cloud computing-based element management system to generate a service request response message; and sends the service request response message to the network element corresponding to the network standard identifier. According to the technical solutions, a cloud computing-based element management system manages multiple network elements working in different standards, which avoids a resource waste problem caused when multiple element management systems manages network elements working in different standards, and effectively improves hardware utilization. |
| US10187270B2 |
Approach to visualize current and historical access policy of a group based policy
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for visualizing current and historical access policy of a group based policy. A first group based policy and a second group based policy are received at a computing device, where each group based policy includes policy rules defining a range of destination internet protocol addresses, a range of source internet protocol addresses and a range of access ports. The computing device renders a three dimensional representation of the first group based policy, based on the policy rules of the first group based policy. The computing device renders a three dimensional representation of the second group based policy, based on the policy rules of the second group based policy. The computing device displays the representations of the first group based policy and second group based policy on a graphical interface. |
| US10187268B2 |
Geographic management system
A geographic management system (GMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. The map server geocodes the search criteria, obtains network data and geospatial data from the database server corresponding to the geocode, and transmits the geocode, the network data, and the geospatial data to the web server. The web server transmits the geocode, the network data, and the geospatial data to the user browser. The network data and the geospatial data are displayed on the user browser as a map displaying network elements of a telecommunication network relative to other network elements, geographic elements, and customers. One or more of the network elements have associated performance elements or sectored performance elements that display performance characteristics or sectored performance characteristics that signify performance attributes associated with the network element. The user browser can navigate through other network data and geospatial data by selecting network elements on the map or by selecting navigation tools or navigation tabs displayed in conjunction with the map. |
| US10187267B2 |
Device management system, device management method, and server apparatus
A device management system includes a device mapping unit configured to hold, in association with each piece of device management identification information indicating identification information for managing corresponding one of a plurality of devices, a device state indicating an installation state or an operating state of the device, device-specific identification information identifying the device, and installation planned device-specific identification information identifying a device that is planned to be replaced with the former device; and an update unit configured to, in response to receiving an installation request for a device, which includes device-specific identification information, replace device-specific identification information associated with device management identification information associated with installation planned device-specific identification information identical to the device-specific identification information included in the installation request, with the installation planned device-specific identification information. |
| US10187265B1 |
Dynamic optimization of simulation resources
The present invention dynamically optimizes computing resources allocated to a simulation task while it is running. It satisfies application-imposed constraints and enables the simulation application performing the simulation task to resolve inter-instance (including inter-server) dependencies inherent in executing the simulation task in a parallel processing or other HPC environment. An intermediary server platform, between the user of the simulation task and the hardware providers on which the simulation task is executed, includes a cluster service that provisions computing resources on hardware provider platforms, an application service that configures the simulation application in accordance with application-imposed constraints, an application monitoring service that monitors execution of the simulation task for computing resource change indicators (including computing resource utilization and application-specific information extracted from output files generated by the simulation application) as well as restart files, and a computing resource evaluation engine that determines when a change in computing resources is warranted. |
| US10187264B1 |
Gateway path variable detection for metric collection
The present disclosure relates to gateway path variable detection for metric collection. In some embodiments, a gateway receives a plurality of requests from one or more clients, wherein each request of the plurality of requests is directed to a service and comprises a path. In some embodiments, the gateway separates the path of each request into one or more sub-paths and inserts nodes representing each sub-path into a tree hierarchically based on the path, excluding redundant nodes. If a node has a parent node in the tree, in some embodiments, the gateway determines whether a number of child nodes of the parent node exceeds a variance threshold and, if so, identifies the sub-path as a variable and collapses all nodes at the same level into one node representing the variable, inserting child nodes of collapsed nodes as child nodes of the one node, and removing redundant child nodes. |
| US10187261B2 |
Skeletal refresh for management platforms
A method of implementations includes determining, by a processing device in a management platform, an occurrence of an inventory event in a computing environment managed by the management platform, wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of managed objects, and invoking a relationship handler to obtain identifying attributes for a target managed object corresponding to the inventory event. The relationship handler is further to update the identifying attributes and relationship attributes corresponding to the target managed object in an inventory tree maintained by the management platform, the relationship attributes comprising an identification of affiliations between two or more managed objects and for each managed object affiliated to the target managed object, and schedule a job in a message queue to update each of the attributes for the managed object, the detailed attributes comprising attributes of the managed object that are not identifying attributes or relationship attributes. |
| US10187260B1 |
Systems and methods for multilayer monitoring of network function virtualization architectures
In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes creating an integrated topology model (ITM) instance of interconnected topology objects. The ITM instance includes a physical infrastructure topology model (PITM) instance comprising first interconnected topology objects, a virtual infrastructure topology model (VITM) instance comprising second interconnected topology objects, a network service topology model (NSTM) instance comprising third interconnected topology objects and inter-model linking information. The method also includes generating dependencies between the interconnected topology objects of the ITM instance based, at least in part, on the inter-model linking information. Further, the method includes generating a dependency graph based, at least in part, on the dependencies. The method also includes outputting at least a portion of the dependency graph for presentation to a user. |
| US10187256B2 |
Configuration replication across distributed storage systems
A method includes receiving a change in a primary configuration of a primary storage node while the primary storage node is operational, wherein primary data stored in the primary storage node is to be backed up as backup data in a backup storage node. The method includes locating at least one identifier in the change that identifies the primary storage node. The method includes replacing the at least one identifier in the change that identifies the primary storage node with an identification of the backup storage node to create an updated configuration change. The method includes updating a backup configuration of the backup storage node based on the updated configuration change. |
| US10187236B2 |
Communication node and method therein for transmission using a precoded multi-carrier modulation scheme in a wireless communication network
A method performed by a communication node for transmission using a precoded multi-carrier modulation scheme in a wireless communications network is provided. The communication node splits a precoded multi-carrier symbol into at least a first symbol part and at least a second symbol part. Also, the communication node modulates the at least first and second symbol parts such that the first symbol part of the precoded multi-carrier symbol is used for transmission of a reference signal and the second symbol part of the precoded multi-carrier symbol is used for transmission of data and/or control information. Then, the communication node transmits the reference signal and the data and/or control information in the modulated precoded multi-carrier symbol. |
| US10187230B1 |
Equalization for transmitter input buffer array
The present invention relates to data communication techniques and integrated circuit devices. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an input buffer module that utilizes one or more equalization elements. The input buffer module includes an array of inverters arranged in a series. An equalization element is configured in series relative to a segment of the array of inverters. The resistance value of the equalization element is predetermined based on a delay associated with the segment of the array of inverters. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US10187226B1 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for jointly processing multiple sectors in a wireless communication network
Methods and systems are described for jointly processing multiple sectors in a wireless communication network. In one aspect, a first antenna serving a first sector is associated with a second antenna serving a second sector for joint processing. First and second antenna data is received. A plurality of wireless users associated with at least one of the first or second antenna data to model for channel estimation is determined, including an interfering wireless user connected via a third antenna serving a third sector not currently being jointly processed with the first or second antenna data. Channel estimates are determined for the plurality of wireless users. The first and second antenna data is jointly processed. Interference from the wireless user connected via a third antenna is suppressed based on a determined corresponding channel estimate for the wireless user and other received information for the wireless user. |
| US10187224B2 |
Radio receiving apparatus
A radio receiving apparatus includes an RF front-end unit that performs gain control and downconversion on a received signal, an analog equalizer that performs an analog equalization process on an output signal from the RF front-end unit in accordance with a coefficient of analog equalization, an analog/digital converter that samples and quantizes an output signal from the analog equalizer, a digital equalizer that performs a digital equalization process on an output signal from the analog/digital converter in accordance with a coefficient of digital equalization, and a coefficient-of-equalization calculator that calculates the coefficient of analog equalization and the coefficient of digital equalization by estimating frequency characteristics with use of the output signal from the analog/digital converter. |
| US10187222B2 |
Methods and devices for communicating over a building management system network
A method of communication between devices of a building management system (1) over a token ring network, comprising the steps of: a first device receiving (101) the token (2) for the token ring network; the first device, in response to receiving the token (2), broadcasting (105) a request message over the network; a second device, in response to receiving the request message over the network, sending a command message to a receiving device over the network; and the first device passing (107) the token (2) for the token ring network to a subsequent device on the network. |
| US10187217B1 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for efficient mapping of rule precedence values and filter priority values
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for efficient mapping of rule precedence values and filter priority values are disclosed. In some examples, a method occurs at a policy rules node for determining policies in a mobile network. The method may include generating a rule installation request including a rule precedence value, at least one packet filter associated with the rule precedence value, and a filter priority value indicating a first value of a filter priority value range associated with the at least one packet filter. The method may also include sending the rule installation request to a policy enforcement node for installation on user equipment (UE). |
| US10187216B2 |
Connecting a portable computing device to a vehicle by comparing a captured image of a vehicle indicator with stored images of known vehicle indicators
A vehicle wireless connection system, the system comprising: at least one portable computing device (PCD), wherein the PCD includes: at least one camera, wherein the camera is configured to capture an image of a vehicle indicator on a vehicle to capture a vehicle indicator image; at least one memory including a certification data file having one or more authorization certificates; at least one PCD processor configured to receive the vehicle indicator image and execute a sign-on application, wherein the sign-on application is further configured to: compare the vehicle indicator image with one or more stored images; when the vehicle indicator image is the same as one of the one or more stored images, direct the PCD to connect to the vehicle; and when the authorization certificates are determined valid, connect the PCD to the vehicle at a wireless access point to provide access to some or all vehicle information. |
| US10187214B2 |
Method and apparatus for the limitation of the mining of blocks on a block chain
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described wherein a block chain or block chain network can be created and the mining of new blocks can be limited to certain actors holding a specific set of private keys and verified by the corresponding public keys accessible to consumers interested in validating the block chain. These keys are stored in software or on specific hardware devices designed to not reveal the private key. Only blocks mined using those keys are acceptable on the block chain. The signing of the blocks in the particular block chain is integrated in such a fashion as to be integral to the proof of work for the block chain. |
| US10187210B2 |
Encryption and decryption of visible codes for real time augmented reality views
A method of decrypting an encrypted message. The method comprises storing a wearer decryption code in a memory of a wearable mobile device having a head-worn augmented display which generates an augmented reality view for a wearer of the wearable mobile device, capturing using the wearable mobile device a video sequence including at least one frame imaging a visible code using an image sensor of the wearable mobile device, processing the video sequence to identify the visible code, decrypting the visible code using the wearer decryption code to create an decrypted content, and presenting the decrypted content on top of at least some of the visible code in the augmented reality view. |
| US10187206B2 |
Key derivation for a module using an embedded universal integrated circuit card
A module with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) can include a received eUICC profile and a set of cryptographic algorithms. The received eUICC profile can include an initial shared secret key for authentication with a wireless network. The module can receive a key K network token and send a key K module token to the wireless network. The module can use the key K network token, a derived module private key, and a key derivation function to derive a secret shared network key K that supports communication with the wireless network. The wireless network can use the received key K module token, a network private key, and the key derivation function in order to derive the same secret shared network key K derived by the module. The module and the wireless network can subsequently use the mutually derived key K to communicate using traditional wireless network standards. |
| US10187195B2 |
Controller area network synchronization
A computer-implemented method for synchronizing nodes on a controller area network includes identifying, via a processor, a node from a plurality of nodes as a sync master node; designating, via the processor, each of the remaining nodes as a sync slave node; designating, via the processor, the first message from the sync master node as a sync message; assigning, via the processor, the lowest number, among all the message IDs in the network system, to the message ID of the sync message; determining a sync message target receiving time on a sync slave node; and triggering an interrupt to the processor responsive to receiving the sync message on a sync slave node in the controller area network to perform time adjustment on the sync slave node. |
| US10187194B2 |
Transmit-and-receive module
A transmit-and-receive module includes a power amplifier, a low-noise amplifier, first and second phase shifter circuits, and a correction circuit. The power amplifier amplifies power of first and second transmit signals. The low-noise amplifier amplifies first and second received signals without increasing noise. The first and second phase shifter circuits adjust impedance for the first received signal and that for the second received signal. The correction circuit supplies a canceling signal to an output node of the second phase shifter circuit. The canceling signal is used for canceling the first transmit signal passing through a receive filter. |
| US10187188B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving reference signals in support of flexible radio communication
A method and apparatus include scanning one or more frequencies within a predetermined spectrum space designated for use by the communication network. Synchronization signals are detected on a first frequency of the scanned one or more frequencies, and a first identity value is determined from the detected synchronization signals. The method further includes receiving a first reference signal based on the determined first identity value, and receiving a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel is then decoded based on the received first reference signal, and identifying from the decoded broadcast channel a second identity value. A second reference signal is then received, based upon the first identity value and the second identity value. |
| US10187186B2 |
Uplink grant management for LTE in unlicensed spectrum
Systems and methods for uplink transmission scheduling are disclosed. A wireless device may monitor at least two downlink sub-frames for scheduling grants. The wireless device may receive a first uplink scheduling grant in one of the at least two downlink sub-frames for at least a first uplink sub-frame and receive a second uplink scheduling grant in another of the at least two downlink sub-frames for at least the first uplink sub-frame. The wireless device may perform an uplink transmission in the first uplink sub-frame based on one or both of the first uplink scheduling grant and the second uplink scheduling grant. For the uplink transmission, the wireless device may select a most recent uplink scheduling grant or select an uplink scheduling grant received in a downlink sub-frame at least a minimum number of sub-frames before the first uplink sub-frame. |
| US10187184B2 |
Method for transmitting multiplexed HARQ feedbacks in a carrier aggregation system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting multiplexed HARQ feedbacks in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring with a plurality of cells, wherein at least two cells of the plurality of cells are configured with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources, respectively; generating a Hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) feedback by multiplexing the HARQ feedbacks of all of the plurality of cells configured for the UE; selecting a cell among the at least two cells with the PUCCH resources; and transmitting the generated HARQ feedback on the selected cell. |
| US10187181B2 |
Method and device for handling exception event in telecommunication cloud
The present invention discloses a method and a device for handling an exception event in a telecommunication cloud to shorten the notification path and increase the reliability. The method of the present invention includes: detecting a resource state; transmitting a detected resource state exception event to the application layer agent process via a failure notification channel between an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) agent process and an application layer agent process as pre-established inside a host machine Host, and/or transmitting a detected resource state exception event to the application layer management process via a failure notification channel between the IaaS agent process and an application layer management process as pre-established inside the host machine Host. By means of the present invention, the notification path is shortened and the reliability is increased. |
| US10187180B2 |
Flexible transmission mode and report format selection for D2D
There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device, the wireless device being Device-to-Device (D2D) enabled. The method comprises determining feedback on one or more than one communication channel comprising at least one channel of D2D communication and sending different reports on the feedback to different targets. |
| US10187178B2 |
Dynamically partitioning media streams
Systems, methods, and software technology for partitioning media streams is disclosed herein. In an implementation, an application partitions an encoded media stream into multiple sub-streams having different code rates relative to each other. The sub-streams may then be transmitted to different wireless access points. A change in a monitored performance of at least one of the wireless access points may drive a modification to the partitioning of the media stream such that the code rates change relative to each other. |
| US10187175B2 |
Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer and optical transceiver
An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer includes: first to n-th demultiplexed light input/output portions; a multiplexed light input/output portion; second to n-th interference film filters; and first to n−1-th mirrors. The first to n-th demultiplexed light input/output portions are disposed on a single plane and correspond to light having a single wavelength. The second to n-th interference film filters are disposed in front of the second to n-th demultiplexed light input/output portions. The first to n−1-th mirrors are disposed in front of the first demultiplexed light input/output portion and in front of the n−1-th interference film filters. Light from the first demultiplexed light input/output portion strikes the first to n−1-th mirrors and the second to n-th interference film filters and is input to the multiplexed light input/output portion. Light output from the multiplexed light input/output portion strikes the second to n-th interference film filters and first to n−1-th mirrors. |
| US10187166B2 |
Method of controlling a communications link
The present invention is directed to a method of controlling a communications link and apparatus configured to perform this method. This invention is particularly related to but in no way limited to MIMO (multiple inputs multiple outputs) wireless communications systems. The method comprises the steps of determining at the receiver the quality of the communications link and based on this, selecting a group of transmission parameters and an element from this group. These selections are then communicated to the transmitter. The transmission parameter may be the transmission configuration such as the modulation and coding scheme. The invention minimizes the required feedback signalling from the receiver to the transmitter by exploiting temporal correlation of the parameter being controlled, while allowing rapid selection of the parameter. |
| US10187164B2 |
Mobile terminal and method of controlling same
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, together with an external device separated therefrom, may measure body composition by using human body medium communication. The mobile terminal and the external device have two electrodes that contact areas of a user's body. The mobile terminal outputs a test signal through a first body area contacting a first electrode, and transmits the test signal to the external device through the user's body. The external device generates a feedback signal corresponding to the test signal. The mobile terminal detects a second signal which is the feedback signal that passes through the body and is transmitted through a second electrode. The mobile terminal uses the difference between a reference signal corresponding to the test signal and the second signal to calculate the body composition of the user. |
| US10187163B2 |
Self-locating light-based communication enabled luminaires
Techniques are disclosed for programming a luminaire position for light-based communication (LCom) luminaires within an array of luminaires using position information provided by passing mobile computing devices. This position information can be received as, for example, as a specific coordinate (e.g., x-y coordinates of a grid-based map) or as movement data of the mobile computing device relative to an initial known reference location. The disclosed techniques can be used, for example, to reduce the time, labor, and expense associated with programming and re-programming a luminaire with a luminaire position, and to increase the flexibility of navigation system installations. In some cases, the disclosed techniques can be used, for example, to improve the precision of a luminaire position programmed into a newly installed luminaire. |
| US10187162B2 |
Free space communication
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus (201) comprising adjustable optical equipment (290), a position sensitive photodetector (280), at least one light emitter (220), and control circuitry (104) configured to cause the light emitter (220) and the adjustable optical equipment (290) to output from the apparatus (201) a divergent beam of light, to determine a location of a light signal on the position sensitive photodetector (280) and to cause at least one of the at least one light emitter (220) and the adjustable optical equipment (290) to output from the apparatus (201) a collimated beam of light to a direction selected based at least in part on the location of the light signal on the position sensitive photodetector (280). |
| US10187161B2 |
Fading mitigation of turbulent channel based on polarization diversity in coherent optical receivers
A method includes receiving a first data packet on a first polarization portion of an optical signal from a second communication terminal through a free space optical link during a first time period and receiving a first data packet replica on the first polarization portion of the optical signal during a second time period. The second time period is delayed in time relative to the first time period. The method also includes determining receiving powers for the optical link during both the first time period and the second time period based on at least one of the received first data packet and the received first data packet replica. The method also includes selecting the one of the first data packet or the first data packet replica that is associated with the highest receiving power for the optical link as surviving data for maintaining the optical link. |
| US10187157B2 |
Optical transmitter module
To provide an optical transmitter module with simplified control of a voltage to be applied to an optical modulator. An optical transmitter module includes a semiconductor laser for irradiating a laser beam; a demultiplexer for branching the laser beam to output branched light beams; optical modulators for modulating an optical amplitude of each of the branched light beams into a first optical amplitude or a second optical amplitude, depending on an input level at two levels; and a multiplexer for multiplexing output light beams from the optical modulators. The optical transmitter module may include optical waveguides for connecting the optical modulators and the multiplexer, and the optical waveguides may include a first optical waveguide for causing a first phase difference and a second optical waveguide for causing a second phase difference different from the first phase difference. |
| US10187154B2 |
Activation of an optical network unit in a multi-wavelength passive optical network
It is disclosed a optical transmitter for an optical network unit of a multi-wavelength passive optical network comprising an optical line termination and a number of further optical network units for transmitting upstream signals to said optical line termination on multiple upstream channels. The optical transmitter is configured to generate and transmit an optical activation signal carrying activation information to be transmitted to said optical line termination on an upstream channel, the activation signal having an optical power lower than the optical power of each one of said upstream signals. The optical transmitter comprises an optical source, a first electric source configured to modulate the optical source with a first electric signal carrying the activation information; and a second electric source configured to directly modulate the optical source with a second electric signal so as to produce a frequency chirp on the optical activation signal. |
| US10187151B2 |
Digital-analog interface modules (DAIMs) for flexibly distributing digital and/or analog communications signals in wide-area analog distributed antenna systems (DASs)
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to digital-analog interface modules (DAIMs) for flexibly distributing digital and/or analog communications signals in wide-area analog distributed antenna systems (DASs). In this regard, in one aspect, a DAIM is a multi-functional device capable of distributing the digital and/or analog communications signals to a local-area DASs in a wide-area DAS. The DAIM comprises an analog radio frequency (RF) communications signal interface for coupling with an analog signal source, a digital communications interface for coupling with a digital signal source, an analog local distribution interface for coupling with a remote antenna unit (RAU), and at least one digital remote distribution interface for coupling with a head-end unit (HEU) of the local-area DAS. By employing the DAIM in the wide-area DAS, it is possible to flexibly reconfigure the wide-area DAS for distributing digital and/or analog communications signals over the digital communications mediums. |
| US10187150B2 |
Direct communicative coupling of a radio source to a remote unit for exchanging communications services with a distributed communications system (DCS)
Direct communicative coupling of a base station(s) to a remote unit for exchanging communications services with a distributed communications system (DCS) is disclosed. For example, the remote unit may include a remote antenna unit that is provided in a distributed antenna system (DAS) as one type of DCS. In this manner, the remote unit can facilitate distribution of communications services from a base station into the DCS at locations other than at a centralized location in the DCS, such as at a central unit or head-end equipment. Various DCS configurations are possible that include a remote unit supporting the direct communicatively coupling to a base station(s) for distributing communications services in a DCS. |
| US10187146B2 |
Light converting device
A light converter apparatus can receive a first light beam originated from a first Li-Fi device with a first wavelength. The first light beam may have data encoded therein. The light converter apparatus can receive the first light beam and convert the first wavelength to a second wavelength, and transmit a second light beam with the second wavelength to a second Li-Fi device. |
| US10187141B2 |
Cross-band system for end-to-end beamforming
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams. |
| US10187135B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating CSI report
Provided are a method for generating a CSI report and a terminal thereof. The method for generating a CSI report includes: receiving a CSI-RS from a serving cell of a base station through at least one CSI-RS resource included in a CSI-RS occasion; and generating the CSI report based on the CSI-RS received through the at least one CSI-RS resource. |
| US10187134B1 |
Tx beamformer in MIMO radar
A method for transmit beamforming in a MIMO antenna for a radar system having N transmit antennas includes acquiring a coding matrix defining a desired field-of-view, generating a transmit signal matrix based on a singular value decomposition (SVD) of the coding matrix, wherein the columns of the transmit signal matrix are transmit signal vectors formed from the singular vectors corresponding to the maximal singular values of the coding matrix based on the SVD, the transmit signal vectors defining spatial codewords, and transmitting signals in sequences over the N transmit antennas according to the transmit signal matrix, the sequences correspond to the spatial codewords from the transmit signal vectors, wherein each sequence is defined by a number of spatial codewords transmitted in a single repetition sequence interval, and wherein transmitting the spatial codewords according to the transmit signal matrix enables beamforming of the transmitted signals to the desired field-of-view. |
| US10187128B2 |
Extended range wireless inter-networking system and device
Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. |
| US10187123B2 |
Distributed radio base station
The present invention relates to a distributed radio base station, and provides a distributed radio base station, including: one or more base units (BUs) configured to process digital signals; and one or more radio units (RUs) installed in one or more target service areas, and configured to wirelessly communicate with pieces of user equipment; wherein each of the BUs is coupled to a cell group, composed of a set of RU groups each formed by grouping one or more of the RUs, over a transport network. |
| US10187120B1 |
Tunable microwave network and application to transmit leakage cancellation circuit in an RFID interrogator
A tunable microwave network and its application in a radio transceiver transmit signal cancellation network is described. The tunable microwave network realizes a large set of reflection coefficients over a predefined area in the complex reflection coefficient plane for the purpose of reflecting a variable cancellation signal which, when properly configured, results in the substantial attenuation of transmit reflection and transmit leakage signal at the radio transceiver receiver input. A relevant building block of the proposed tunable microwave network is a shunt tunable capacitive element coupled to another shunt tunable capacitive element through a phase shifting element with phase shift greater than 30 degrees divided by a quantity substantially similar to the total number of said tunable capacitive elements and less than 60 degrees at a predefined frequency. |
| US10187119B2 |
Method for wireless transmission of data to a magnetic read head, corresponding communications terminal and corresponding program
A mobile communications terminal, namely a terminal of the type having a screen, at least one radio communications component and at least one wireless charging terminal. The terminal furthermore includes a component for transmitting an F2F signal by using the at least one wireless charging coil. |
| US10187117B2 |
Receiving circuit and signal receiving method
Provided is a receiving circuit that operates in a power supply system different from a transmitting circuit outputting a transmission signal and receives the transmission signal through an AC coupling device where a primary coil through which the transmission signal flows and a secondary coil having a center tap to which a specified voltage is supplied from an external terminal are magnetically coupled, which includes a pulse width amplifier circuit that holds pulse signals appearing at both ends of the secondary coil for a specified period of time and outputs them as hold signals, respectively, and a differential amplifier that compares a voltage of the hold signal and a voltage of the hold signal and outputs a comparison result. |
| US10187113B2 |
Downhole telemetry using motor current spikes
A well tool for use in a wellbore can include a motor for performing a well operation. The well tool can include a switch that is couplable between the motor and a wireline. The switch can be toggleable between (i) a first operational state for providing the power to the motor by coupling the motor to an external power source and (ii) a second operational state for decoupling the motor from the external power source. The well tool can include a motor controller coupled to the switch for toggling the switch between the first operational state and the second operational state in an arrangement configured to impart, on the wireline, multiple current pulses including data encoded in the current pulses according to an encoding scheme. |
| US10187107B1 |
Electrochromic switch
An electrochromic (EC) switch is disclosed and claimed. The EC switch includes an EC region and an electrolyte region separated by a dielectric region on a ground plane. A microstrip configured to transmit an RF signal is adjacent to and in electrical contact with the EC region. A conductive pad is adjacent to the electrolyte region and a bias line couples the microstrip to the electrolyte region. Voltages applied between the ground plane and the conductive pad and between the conductive pad and the bias line switch the microstrip. The EC switch may be incorporated within a wide variety of RF devices, for example, attenuators, phase shifters and antennas. |
| US10187103B2 |
Motor vehicle having a plurality of antennas and at least one communication device
At least one communication service for transmitting and/or receiving information associated with the communication service utilizes at least one of several antennas in a motor vehicle. An antenna circuit, associated with each of the antennas, converts an analog signal received by the antenna into digital received data associated with that antenna circuit and/or converts digital transmission data associated with that antenna circuit into an analog transmission signal which is supplied to the associated antenna. A communication device in the motor vehicle generates transmission data associated with the antenna circuits in accordance with transmission information and transfers the transmission data to the associated antenna circuit and receives the digital received data from at least one of the antenna circuits to provide reception information based on the digital received data. |
| US10187101B2 |
Regenerative differential detector
A regenerative differential receiver includes, for example, a transformer arranged to receive a modulated differential signal. A first detector is arranged to source a first output current for indicating a first power level in response to falling voltage of a first line of the modulated differential signal. A second detector is arranged to sink a second output current for indicating a second power level in response to rising voltage of a first line of the modulated differential signal. A cross-coupled latch is arranged to latch a state in response to the first and second power levels. The cross-coupled latch provides, for example, weak non-linear regeneration for increasing receiver gain and maximum operating frequencies. |
| US10187099B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for digital transmission of messages
Embodiments relate to a controller operable to transmit digital data messages to a receiver via a communication link having at least a first and a second transmission path, the controller comprising a first signal terminal the first transmission path and a second signal terminal for the second transmission path. The first signal terminal is operable to digitally transmit a first message to the receiver according to a first transmission technique and the second signal terminal is being operable to digitally transmit a second message to the receiver according to a second, different transmission technique. |
| US10187097B2 |
Notch filter
The present technology relates to a notch filter capable of easily obtaining a desired frequency characteristic. In an N-path filter unit, any one of a plurality of N capacitors is selected as a signal path through which a signal passes, so that the capacitor serving as the signal path is temporally switched. A plurality of N-path filter units is cascade-connected and a capacitor is inserted to a connection point between the N-path filter units. The present technology may be applied to the notch filter which eliminates a blocker and the like, for example. |
| US10187091B2 |
Device for performing communication and method thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication with an external electronic device, based on a first communication protocol in which the wireless communication is possible based on at least one of a first frequency or a second frequency, a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory is configured to store instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the processor to acquire information associated with at least one of a state or an operation of the electronic device and the first communication to perform the wireless communication selectively based on one of the first frequency or the second frequency, based on at least a part of the acquired information. |
| US10187088B2 |
Cost-efficient repair for storage systems using progressive engagement
An apparatus or method for minimizing the total accessing cost, such as minimizing repair bandwidth, delay or the number of hops including the steps of minimizing the number of nodes to be engaged for the recovery process using a polynomial-time solution that determines the optimal number of participating nodes and the optimal set of nodes to be engaged for recovering lost data, where in a distributed database storage system, for example a dynamic system, where the accessing cost or even the number of available nodes are subject to change results in different values for the optimal number of participating nodes. An MDS code is included which can be reused when the number of participating nodes varies without having to change the entire code structure and the content of the nodes. |
| US10187086B2 |
State-based decoding of product codes
Techniques for reducing the latency for decoding product codewords with minimal hardware architecture changes are described. In an example, multiple decoding procedures are available a system. The system maintains decoding states. Each decoding state corresponds to a constituent codeword of a product codeword and to a decoding procedure. For instance, a BCH decoding state indicates whether the decoding of the respective BCH constituent codeword has previously failed. The decoding of the product codeword depends on the various decoding state. For instance, in a BCH decoding iteration, if a BCH decoding state of a constitutent codeword is set to “failed,” the BCH decoding of that codeword is skipped. |
| US10187082B1 |
Systems and methods for gray coding based error correction in an asynchronous counter
Embodiments described herein provide a method for correcting a propagation delay induced error in an output of an asynchronous counter. An input clock is applied to the asynchronous counter. A gray-code count is generated by the asynchronous counter. The gray-code count is mapped to a binary count. An error component, indicative of a counting error induced by a propagation delay between the input clock and the binary count, is generated by taking an exclusive-OR operation over the gray-code count and the input clock. The error component is added to the binary count to generate an error-corrected binary count. The error-corrected binary count is output. |
| US10187081B1 |
Dictionary preload for data compression
Disclosed herein are techniques for improving compression ratio for dictionary-based data compression. A method includes receiving a data block to be compressed, selecting an initial compression dictionary from a plurality of initial compression dictionaries based on a characteristic of the data block, loading the initial compression dictionary into an adaptive compression dictionary in a buffer, and compressing the data block using the adaptive compression dictionary. The method also includes updating the adaptive compression dictionary based on data in the data block that has been compressed, while compressing the data block. |
| US10187080B1 |
Apparatus and system for high speed keeper based switch driver
A keeper based switch driver can generate overlapping differential signals and increase a crossing point of the overlapping differential signals a first predetermined amount. Additionally, the keeper based switch driver can further increase the crossing point of the overlapping differential signals a second predetermined amount and limit signal swing to an absolute value of a drain-source voltage. A microprocessor can also be electrically connected to a DAC cell with keeper based switch driver through a performance detection circuit. The microprocessor can be configured to receive information from a performance detection circuit and control a current of a variable current source in a keeper bias circuit accordingly. |
| US10187079B1 |
Metastability error correction methods and circuits for asynchronous successive approximation analog to digital converter (SAR ADC)
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for metastability error detection and correction in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). For example, an ADC may comprise a comparator, a register circuit, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The comparator may generate a comparator output signal in response to a sampling clock signal. The register circuit, operatively coupled to the comparator, may process the comparator output signal. The first circuit, operatively coupled to the comparator and the register circuit may generate a plurality of first output bits that include a bit indicating a metastability error on a condition that the metastability error occurred during the bit conversion. The second circuit, operatively coupled to the first circuit, may generate a plurality of second output bits indicating a location of the metastability error. The plurality of second output bits may be sampled using first and second groups in response to the sampling clock signal. |
| US10187078B2 |
Data converters for mitigating time-interleaved artifacts
A data converter includes multiple subunits to convert an input such as a radio frequency (RF) signal. The subunits are selected to sample the input in an order that varies over time. Two or more subunits are enabled at the same time. The selected subunits are configured to convert the input from an analog signal to a digital signal or vice versa. |
| US10187075B1 |
Blocker tolerance in continuous-time residue generating analog-to-digital converters
Residue generation systems for use in continuous-time and hybrid ADCs are described. An exemplary system includes a filter, e.g. a FIR filter, for generating a filtered analog output based on an analog input, a quantizer for generating a digital input to a feedforward DAC based on the filtered analog output generated by the filter, a feedforward DAC for generating a feedforward path analog output based on the digital input generated by the quantizer, and a subtractor for generating a residue signal based on the feedforward path analog output. Providing a filter that filters the analog input before it is quantized advantageously allows blockers to be attenuated before they are sampled and aliased by the quantizer. At least some of the residue generation systems described herein may be implemented with relatively small design and power dissipation overheads. |
| US10187073B2 |
Electronic device, quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, magnetocardiograph, oscillator, electronic apparatus, moving object, and method of manufacturing electronic device
An atomic oscillator includes a base, an atomic cell unit that is disposed on the base, a lid that constitutes an internal space accommodating the atomic cell unit together with the base, and a getter material that is disposed on the base with a gap with respect to the base in the internal space. |
| US10187071B2 |
PLL lock range extension over temperature
A PLL including a VCO with a variable capacitance (such as an LC VCO) including a switched capacitor bank and a varactor, the PLL providing lock range extension over temperature using dynamic capacitor bank switching to dynamically adjust varactor set point based on junction temperature. The varactor is responsive to the Vctrl control voltage to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitance to control the phase of the PLL signal. Compensation circuitry dynamically adjusts varactor set point by dynamically switching the capacitor bank based in a junction temperature associated with the PLL circuitry, thereby extending PLL lock range over temperature. |
| US10187069B2 |
Phase locked loop with lock/unlock detector
A phase locked loop is disclosed comprising: a phase detector, a loop filter, a frequency controller oscillator and a lock detector. The phase detector is operable in a bang-bang mode to provide a binary phase error signal indicating whether there is a positive or negative phase difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal. The loop filter is configured to provide a control signal derived from the binary phase error signal. The frequency controlled oscillator is configured to receive the control signal and provide an output signal with a frequency that varies according to the control signal. The lock/unlock detector is configured to determine a lock/unlock state of the phase locked loop, the lock/unlock state derived from a duty cycle and/or spectral content of the binary phase error signal. |
| US10187066B2 |
Electronic device, method of manufacturing electronic device, electronic apparatus, and moving object
An electronic device includes a drive section, a detection signal output section adapted to generate a first analog signal having a value varying in accordance with a physical quantity, and a control section adapted to generate a second analog signal controlled based on the first analog signal, and adapted to control a drive state of the drive section, at least the detection signal output section and the control section are provided to a substrate, and a first digital signal obtained by digitalizing the first analog signal and a second digital signal obtained by digitalizing the second analog signal can be output from the substrate. |
| US10187065B2 |
Four spin couplers for quantum information processing
Structures and techniques, using superconducting Josephson-junction based circuits, to directly engineer physical multiqubit (or “many-qubit”) interactions in a non-perturbative manner. In one embodiment, a system for multiqubit interaction includes: a multispin coupler including a plurality of loops, each loop having a pair of Josephson junctions; and a plurality of qubits each inductively coupled to the multispin coupler. |
| US10187064B1 |
Systems and methods for routing data across regions of an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit may include multiple programmable logic regions and a first plurality of routers. Each of the first plurality of routers is coupled to a respective region of a first portion of the programmable logic regions, and each of the first portion of the plurality of regions transmits configuration data to a first set of adjacent regions of the first portion of regions. The integrated circuit may also include a second plurality of routers, and each of the second plurality of routers is coupled to a respective region of a second portion of the regions. Each of the second portion of the regions transmits the configuration data to a second set of adjacent regions of the first portion of regions. The integrated circuit may also include a voltage regulator that distributes a voltage to each of the regions. |
| US10187059B2 |
Light-emitting touch-switch device and light-emitting touch-switch module
A light-emitting touch-switch device includes a first circuit board, a cap unit and a light-emitting element. The first circuit board is electrically coupled to a sensing chip. The cap unit is disposed on the first circuit board and that is at least partially made of an electrically conductive plastic material having a resistance of equal to or smaller than 1×105Ω. The cap unit and the first circuit board cooperate to define a receiving space. The light-emitting element is disposed in the receiving space and is electrically coupled to the first circuit board. A light-emitting touch-switch module including the light-emitting touch-switch device is also disclosed. |
| US10187057B2 |
Semiconductor module, vehicle and elevator
A semiconductor module of an embodiment includes a first switching device, a first gate drive circuit controlling ON/OFF of the first switching device, a second switching device connected with the first switching device in parallel or in series, a second gate drive circuit controlling ON/OFF of the second switching device, and a control circuit controlling timing of transmitting a gate drive signal from the first gate drive circuit and transmitting a gate drive signal from the second gate drive circuit by synchronizing the first gate drive circuit and the second gate drive circuit. |
| US10187055B2 |
Output discharge techniques for load switches
An output discharge circuit for a load switch may include a capacitor coupled between a power rail of the output discharge circuit and a ground lead, and a diode coupled between a power input of the output discharge circuit and the power rail. The output discharge circuit may charge the capacitor via a current path formed by the diode while power is being supplied to the load switch. When the power supply to the output discharge circuit is turned off, the diode may prevent the capacitor from discharging through the current path, and the stored charge on the capacitor may be used to power the output discharge switch for a period of time after the power supply has been turned off. In this way, the output discharge circuit may continue to discharge the output of the load switch even when power is no longer being supplied to the load switch. |
| US10187054B2 |
Clamp for a hybrid switch
A switch having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The switch includes a normally-on device with a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the normally-on device is the first terminal of the switch. The control terminal of the normally-on device is coupled to the second terminal of the switch. A normally-off device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The control terminal of the normally-off device is coupled to the control terminal of the switch. The second terminal of the normally off-device is the second terminal of the switch. The first terminal of the normally-off device is coupled to the second terminal of the normally-on device. A clamp circuit is coupled across the normally-off device. The clamp circuit is coupled to clamp a voltage of the first terminal of the normally-off device to a threshold. |
| US10187045B2 |
Balancing delay associated with dual-edge trigger clock gaters
Techniques are disclosed relating to dual-edge triggered (DET) clock gater circuitry. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first series of DET clock gater circuits configured, when the DET clock gater circuits are not gating an input clock signal, to provide an output clock signal to sequential circuitry. In some embodiments, ones of the DET clock gater circuits are controlled by respective control signals and are configured to maintain a mode indicator indicating whether or not the DET clock gater circuit is inverting the polarity of its input clock when generating an output clock. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes a first adjustable delay circuit configured to adjust delay imposed on the output clock signal from the first series of DET clock gater circuits based on the number of DET clock gater circuits in the series that are in a particular mode. |
| US10187044B1 |
Bistable-element for random number generation
A bistable cell includes a pair of inverters and multiple pairs of cross-coupled tristate buffers. Each pair of tristate buffers can be individually selected to implement an entropy harvesting state for the bistable cell. Each of the tristate buffers generally has lower strength than the inverters but the inverter-to-buffer strength ratio can be configured through selective use of one or more of the tristate buffer pairs. The resulting entropy harvesting state behavior can be varied based on the inverter-to-buffer strength ratio in terms of greater randomness of the output bits or decreased power consumption. |
| US10187042B2 |
Wireless power control system
A wireless power transfer component with a selectively adjustable resonator circuit having a Q control subcircuit that varies the Q factor of the resonator circuit to control the amount of power relayed by the resonator circuit. The resonator circuit may be in the wireless power supply, the wireless power receiver, an intermediate resonator or any combination thereof. The resonator circuit may be actively configured based on a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit may sense a characteristic in the secondary circuit or elsewhere and actively operate the control subcircuit based on the sensed characteristic. The feedback circuit may cause the Q control subcircuit to change (reduce or increase) the Q factor when the sensed characteristic crosses a threshold value. The Q control subcircuit may include a variable resistor having a value that can be varied to adjust the Q factor of the resonator circuit. |
| US10187040B2 |
Configurable delay line
A delaying element includes a first XOR logic gate and a second XOR logic gate. A first input of the first XOR logic gate defines an input terminal. A first input of the second XOR logic gate is connected to an output of the first XOR logic gate. An output of the second XOR logic gate defines an output terminal. The second inputs of the first and second XOR logic gates are connected to a second input terminal. |
| US10187039B2 |
Filter devices having reduced spurious emissions from lamb waves
A filter device that reduces spurious emissions generated in a frequency band 1.2 to 1.4 times greater than a center frequency of a passband of a filter. In one example the filter device includes a first filter connected between a common contact and a first signal contact and having a first passband, and a second filter connected between the common contact and a second signal contact and having a second passband with a center frequency in a range of 1.2 to 1.4 times greater than a center frequency of the first passband. The first filter includes a SAW filter formed on a piezoelectric substrate, a SAW resonator formed on the piezoelectric substrate and connected in series between the common contact and the SAW filter, and a dielectric film covering the SAW filter and SAW resonator, the dielectric film having a reduced thickness in a region corresponding to the SAW resonator. |
| US10187035B2 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate that is made of a single crystal piezoelectric material, and includes a first region including an upper surface, and a second region that is located under the first region and has a density less than a density of the first region; and an IDT located on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate. |